For a moment, I couldn't believe my ears, and if it weren't for the clarity of what I heard, I even wondered if I had heard it wrong.

However, Mr. Chen's voice continued, and before I could go too deep, Mr. Chen told me the answer.

“…… Xiaodong, you told me that your dad got into a car accident because he found Jiaqi hiding in the basement, right? But what I want to tell you is that it was me who called your dad that day and told you that Kiki existed. ”

Finally, the truth is revealed.

I couldn't control myself anymore and my whole body started to tremble slightly.

I finally understood everything.

It turns out that the reason why Jiaqi's existence is known to my father is because of Mr. Chen.

It was Mr. Chen who told my dad about Jiaqi's existence, so there was a quarrel between me and my dad later, and finally ...... It also caused my dad to get into a car accident.

"On the morning of your dad's car accident, I called your dad and said that I wanted to adopt Kiki, but what I didn't expect was that your dad never knew about the child's existence. I was a little surprised by that. However, he later agreed to give the child to me for adoption. Xiaodong, maybe you don't know, but that night, your father actually went out to talk to me about adopting that child...... It's just that I didn't expect him to have a car accident. Hey......"

Every word of Mr. Chen's words was like a knife, deeply engraved in my chest.

I see. It turned out that my dad went out that day to find a car, you first talked about discussing the adoption of Xueqi. It turned out that my dad had already figured out how to deal with Xueqi that day, and that day he was angry with me and spoke coldly to me, all of which were just testing me.

It's been 9 years. I don't even know.

I didn't even know about it.

"I also rushed to the scene when your father had an accident that day, and it was also the hospital I took him to, and on the way to the hospital, he was already delirious, and at that time, he only told me that he begged me to let me take care of you more. Xiaodong, maybe you don't know, but they are both from the pharmaceutical industry, and your father and I have been friends for several years. At that time, I promised your dad that if you were going to work in the pharmaceutical industry in the future, I would do my best to take care of you. In the past few years, you have worked in my company, and I have given you the greatest opportunity. On the one hand, it's because I'm optimistic about you, but on the other hand, it's also because of your dad. I haven't fully told you the facts, so you don't know either. But what I want to tell you is, Xiaodong, I have always been ashamed, I owe you and your dad a lot, which is why I have been planning to repay you in various ways for so many years. ”

"Now that you know the truth, although I don't have long to live, I guess I was in the coffin when you saw this tape, but I still hope you can forgive me. I, a half-foot man who has stepped into observe, ask for nothing but a little understanding and comfort. Xiaodong, do you understand?"

"Xiaodong, that's all I want to tell you. Finally, there is another thing that your father told me when he was in a car accident, he told me that if one day you can make a career and take charge of yourself, let me tell you, your mother's name is Qiu Lan, she divorced your father when you were 5 years old, and at the time of the divorce, she was already 3 months pregnant. If your mom gave birth to that child, you may have a younger brother or sister that you can look for and hopefully find her. If you can find it, I wish you all a reunion. ”

"That's pretty much all I have to say. Xiaodong, that's all I have to tell you. Over the years, I have watched you grow little by little. From the beginning of the youth to the later sophistication, I have seen the change in you. I am very satisfied with your ability and style, but no matter how many years have passed, what I am most satisfied with you is still only those four words, "love and righteousness". Life is rare for seventy years, and living in the world for just a few decades, it is not in vain to be able to really grasp these four words all the time. ”

"Goodbye, Xiaodong. This is really my last word to you, in the end, I wish you a long and healthy life, Xiaodong, manage my company well, don't come to see me too early, otherwise I won't be happy. ”

“……”

The sound on the tape stopped abruptly, and my brain was still spinning.

If I hadn't heard it today, if a third person had relayed it to me, I wouldn't have believed it to be true.

But now, I have to believe that fact.

It turned out that Mr. Chen and my dad had known each other for a long time......

It turned out that my dad was in a car accident because Mr. Chen told him that he was going to adopt Xueqi......

It turns out that the reason why I have been favored by Mr. Chen over the years and become the leader of Sanxin Company so quickly is because Mr. Chen feels guilty about me......

It turned out that my mother was pregnant with a baby when she left home......

All of a sudden, all the riddles that had puzzled me for years surfaced and the truth was revealed.

I had a strange feeling that I had opened a canvas and seen the real world.

That strange feeling made me feel like my life for so many years as if it were a fictional canvas.

Now that the imaginary canvas has been pulled apart, I see the real world behind the canvas. But even though the world is real, it makes it hard for me to adapt.

Because what I thought was "like that" has been subverted, subverted into "this way".

I was a little dazed, even a little confused, and I stood for a long time in the dark storage room where no one was around, then turned off the repeater and carefully took out the tape.

I'm going to keep this tape well, at least for the rest of my life, and I'm not going to let it break.

After putting the repeater machine away, I sorted out my mood and went back to the hall, but as I went downstairs, I kept thinking about what Mr. Chen told me about my mother.

My mother.

For more than two decades, the word mom has almost faded out of my life, and I hardly know what my mom really looks like.

After all, there is no way, my dad has hidden all the photos about my mom, and since he divorced my mom, he has rarely mentioned my mom in front of me, so over the years, although I often think about my mom, I never really get a little bit of information about my mom.

I hardly knew much more about my mom than I knew my mom's name was Qiu Lan.

But now, the tape that Mr. Chen gave me has rekindled my nostalgia for my mother.

All these years have passed......? Is she still alive?

If she is alive and well, is she doing well? Did she give birth to another child, did she raise him?

After so many years, how did she survive, how did she support herself, and why did she never think about coming back?

She...... Have you ever thought about me?

The words left by Mr. Chen are like a key that unlocks the thoughts that I have hidden deep in my heart, and all the thoughts I have missed for my mother for more than 20 years have exploded at this moment, and it is difficult to stop.

I couldn't calm down until I went downstairs, because I suddenly had a strong desire to go to my mother, at least, I wanted to see her and see how she was doing.

But where do you start?

I don't know.

After all, my mom has been away from home for twenty-three years. After so many years, in the vast sea of people, where can I still lobby to her whereabouts?

Back in the living room, I was a little embarrassed, so I sat on the sofa, at that time Xue Qi was looking at me strangely, as if she could see that I was preoccupied, but did not ask me anything, but took out a homework book, walked forward, and asked me intentionally or unintentionally: "Papa, how to do this problem?"

The little girl seemed to be deliberately trying to divert my attention so that I could recover from my low mood.

The little girl's little plan did have some effect.

"Which question?" was disturbed by Xue Qi, I recovered from missing my mother, took Xue Qi's homework book, and looked at it.

"This question. Xue Qirou's lips opened slightly, and she pointed to a question in the homework book with her thin pointed fingers.

"This question...... Let me see. "I was holding Xueqi's homework book and looking, but at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the villa.

"Dongdong, Dongdong, we're here, hurry up and open the door!"

I was shocked by the sudden knock on the door outside the villa.

It's my cousin, and my uncle's voice.

Oops, they actually came at this time.

"Qiqi, take the homework book and schoolbag, go to the third floor, hurry up!" In a hurry, I stuffed Xue Qi's homework book back into her hand as quickly as possible, and then motioned for Xue Qi to hurry to the third floor to hide.

"Papa, it's them again, right?" As soon as I ordered, Xue Qi frowned faintly, looked at me with some worry in her homework book, and said bitterly.

"Ah...... Yes, Qiqi, hurry up and hide. When they saw Papa, they couldn't talk about it. I said to Xue Qi in a bit of a hurry.

But Xue Qi didn't immediately listen to my words and take action, she just pursed her small mouth, looked at me with some grievances, and said, "Papa, will I always have to be like this in the future?" Papa, why can't you let them see me?"

Xue Qi's sudden question made me stunned for a moment, in the past, Xue Qi had always obeyed me, she would do whatever I said, and never asked me back

But now, she began to express her incomprehension of my behavior.

After all, she grew up and began to have her own thoughts.

Looking at Xue Qi's somewhat aggrieved eyes, I sighed, touched her head, and said to her in a soft tone:

"Qiqi, this is for your own good. If they knew that you were here at Papa, they would have misunderstood me and you, so until Papa thought of another way to explain that you are not my daughter, it would be better for you not to be seen by them. ”