Chapter 118: You Know My Mother?

Si Hong was even more certain that something had happened to her in Jiangcheng these past two days.

But looking at her cold eyes, he knew she wouldn’t tell him anything no matter what he asked.

He sighed softly.

“Do you think this is wrong?” Su Yiren asked.

Si Hong shook his head, “The business world has always been like this, there’s no right or wrong.”

“Then why are you sighing?”

“Because this isn’t your style,” Si Hong confessed, “You used to be very Zen.”

Su Yiren withdrew her gaze and looked out the window, “A good horse is ridden, and a good person is bullied.”

“Yiren…” Si Hong looked at her with some worry and couldn’t help but ask, “What happened to you these past two days?”

“I was bitten by a dog,” Su Yiren blurted out, “Now I have to bite back.”

The doorbell rang.

Si Hong went to answer the door, and when he came back, he was carrying a thermos.

Su Yiren asked, “Did you order takeout?”

“It was sent by Lu Yunzhi,” Si Hong said truthfully, “She comes to deliver food every day since you came back.”

Su Yiren’s mood visibly sank because of this name, “Send her a gift in return, tell her she doesn’t need to send anything anymore.”

“I already told her, I told her you’re awake and she doesn’t need to worry.”

Si Hong pondered for a moment and then said, “I think she’s probably helping Lu Yunting find out about your situation.”

Su Yiren closed her eyes, clearly not wanting to hear that name anymore.

Seeing that she didn’t want to say anything more, Si Hong pulled the curtains, turned up the air conditioning, and pulled her blanket up.

Looking down at Su Yiren’s peaceful sleeping face, Si Hong couldn’t help but look at her a few more times. Then he raised his hand, paused over her head, as if he had made a big decision, and gently patted her.

“Get some good sleep.”

After he left, Su Yiren slowly opened her eyes.

She knew, of course, that Lu Yunzhi and her didn’t have much interaction, and if it wasn’t for Lu Yunting，she definitely wouldn’t have come to deliver food.

But even so, she wouldn’t forgive him again.

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After two more days, Su Yiren’s body recovered to normal.

She was worried about the company and as soon as she could move freely, she got dressed and went to the company with Si Hong.

The receptionist girl saw Su Yiren and immediately greeted her happily,

“Good morning, Ms. Su!”

Su Yiren smiled and greeted her back. She was about to take the elevator when the receptionist stopped her,

“Ms. Su, there’s a gentleman over there looking for you. He’s been here for four or five days in a row. I told him you were on a business trip, but he still comes here every morning and waits.”

Su Yiren turned her head to look at the waiting area and saw a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties sitting on the sofa, dressed in a very ordinary way.

“Did he say anything else?” Su Yiren had never seen this man before and didn’t know if he was a new client.

The receptionist shook her head,

“No, he said it wasn’t about work. He just wants to wait here.”

Su Yiren was even more curious, but she had a meeting in a while and didn’t have time to receive guests, so she went upstairs first. Before leaving, she told the receptionist to ask the middle-aged man what he wanted to do.

She was busy all morning and after Su Yiren finished her meeting, she found that the receptionist had left her a message saying that the man had remained silent and seemed to only want to speak to her in person.

Taking advantage of the break for lunch, Su Yiren went downstairs and walked up to the middle-aged man, asking,

“Sir, what can I do for you?”

Su Yiren quickly took a look at him. He was wearing a tunic suit, his face was clean, and he was wearing rimless glasses. He looked polite and elegant.

Even on the most comfortable sofa, he still sat upright, with excellent manners.

He had been sitting here for so many days in a row, refusing to talk to anyone else, which was really strange.

The moment the middle-aged man saw Su Yiren, his eyes suddenly welled up.

He slowly stood up, stared at her intently, and said in a low voice, “You look so much like her…”

Su Yiren felt that he was emotionally unstable and subconsciously leaned towards Si Hong.

Because of the previous stabbing incident, Si Hong was always by Su Yiren’s side, afraid that something would happen to her again.

Realizing her initiative to get closer, Si Hong reached out to block her behind him and asked in a deep voice, “Sir, what exactly do you want?”

The middle-aged man looked at him nervously, then looked back at Su Yiren and asked cautiously, “May I ask, do you know Chu Yujing？”

Su Yiren subconsciously frowned,

“Do you know my mother?”

The middle-aged man’s expression visibly became excited, and his voice became trembling and stuttering, “You… are you really Yujing’s child?!”

Su Yiren nodded in a daze, and saw the middle-aged man’s eyes turn red. He excitedly took out his phone, his fingers trembling as he dialed a number.

Su Yiren saw that even when he was making a call, his eyes were fixed on her, as if he was afraid she would run away.

She exchanged glances with Si Hong, both of them unsure who the other person was or what they were going to do.

“She really is Yujing’s daughter! Really!” The middle-aged man said excitedly as soon as the call was connected.

She didn’t know what the other person said, but the middle-aged man suddenly turned around, wiped his eyes with his hand, obviously not wanting Su Yiren to see his embarrassed expression.

For some reason, Su Yiren felt a little sour looking at his back.

The call only lasted a few seconds before the middle-aged man put away his phone and solemnly introduced himself to Su Yiren,

“I’m Chu Yujing’s second brother, Chu Yufeng.”

This time it was Su Yiren’s turn to be surprised.

She widened her eyes, stared blankly at Chu Yufeng，and quickly glanced at Si Hong, seeing the surprise in his eyes as well.

The entire afternoon, Su Yiren spent in a state of shock.

She had never seen her mother’s family since she was a child. Every time she asked, her mother would remain silent, clearly not wanting to answer.

Her father would always tell her quietly that these were her mother’s secrets and she didn’t want to tell anyone.

Later, when she grew up, she stopped asking, but she couldn’t help but feel curious.

Why did her father have so many family members, but her mother didn’t?

So when she went back to the ancestral home once, she also asked her grandfather this question, but her grandfather said he didn’t know.

This question remained buried in her heart for so many years, until her parents died unexpectedly, and this secret was buried in the deep sea, so much so that she almost forgot about it.

“So, my mother ran away from home?” Su Yiren caught the key information and asked.

Chu Yufeng nodded, his brow furrowed slightly,

“She fell in love with your father, but your grandparents didn’t agree to her marrying a businessman, they insisted on refusing, so she secretly ran away from home and disappeared.”