Sweet Chief Secretary - Chapter 459

“Listen to her. She admitted herself.” Second Madame pointed to Shen Yan’s nose. This useless brat wouldn’t defend her, would he?

“I admitted. Are you satisfied?” Xia Yu sat in front of her computer after saying that. She typed a resignation letter quickly and gave it to Shen Yan. “I will vanish myself. So, you won’t become a joke to your family.”

“Xia Yu!” Shen Yan wanted to go after her. But Second Madame stopped him.

“Mom, what are you doing?” Seeing Xia Yu going into the elevator, Shen Yan went back angrily. He sat on the couch. “Mom, I really don’t know if you are my real mom or not.”

“You bastard. How dare you talk about your mom like that? How badly I have suffered for you all these years! Now you dare to blame your mom for a fickle woman?” Second Madame was so angry that she was shivering.

“You did this for me? Then why do you always help First Madame? They bribed Madame Zeng into starting a rumor about me and Zeng Mina having a baby. And you spread the rumor about Xia Yu and Li Wen. Yes, Li Wen is an a**hole . But he really likes Xia Yu. He definitely won’t do anything that will embarrass Xia Yu.” Shen Yan held his head in his hands. He always thought everything was under control. However, it wasn’t.

“You saved her daughter. She requited kindness with enmity?” Second Madame’s eyes and mouth were wide-open.

“She is Zeng Ziqiang’s woman. You want to talk to her about conscience? Do you think she has?” Shen Yan sneered. Then he sighed. “Do you know why I like Xia Yu? Because she has feelings. Although her stubbornness gives me a headache sometimes, she is more human than those hypocrites. Don’t you see it?”

“I was just so angry when hearing that she spent a night at Li Wen’s home that I couldn’t think clearly.” Second Madame heard what Shen Yan said. She also felt that she was really thoughtless. “What do we do now?”

Xia Yu left Tengfei. She wandered on the street alone. Someone tapped her on her back. She turned around and found that it was Wanru. She smiled to her reluctantly.

“How did it go? Did you talk to Shen Yan today?” Wanru talked to Shen Yan for a long time last night. Shen Yan promised that he would explain to Xia Yu today. He must have done it already.

Xia Yu shook her head. “I resigned.”

“What?” Wanru looked at Xia Yu in surprise. It was obvious that they had made things worse.

“His mom insists that there is something going on between me and Li Wen. In this case, why should I bother staying there?” It was not that Xia Yu was petty. Second Madame was unreasonable indeed. Her son had a kid with Zeng Mina. Now she dared to say that Xia Yu embarrassed them. She really didn’t know how she was able to say this.

“Second Madame was so over the line.” Li Wen was not good. But Wanru believed in Xia Yu due to her character. How could Second Madame say something like this? “Never mind. It’s better that you take some time to cool off.”

“I will rest for a few days. Then I will go back to work in the Ruyi Tower.” Xia Yu had made up her mind.

“That’s good. However, before you go back to the Ruyi Tower, you need to go somewhere with me.” Wanru didn’t persuade Xia Yu. Since she was not happy in Tengfei, it was good for her to change a place.

“Where are we going?” Xia Yu asked.

“I plan to adopt a kid in the orphanage. It can be considered as an atonement for Zhang Hanyu. He did so many bad things.” Wanru sighed. Actually, she wanted to have kids a long time ago. But when she was with Zhang Hanyu, he was busy with his work. Besides, what Zhang Hanyu did broke her heart indeed. So, she didn’t have kids.

Now she was alone. Wanru felt a little lonely.

“It’s a good thing. Let’s make a deal. I want to be the godmother.” Xia Yu supported her. If she was not so busy, she would adopt a kid.

“I know that you will support me. Let’s go and get him back together tomorrow.” Wanru smiled happily. “As for now, you will go with me to buy some children’s products.”

Wanru took Xia Yu to the mall. They went directly to the children’s products area after entering the mall. After Xia Yu asked the kid’s age and height, she bought him some clothes.

When they went out of the mall, their hands were full of things they bought. They got into a taxi while talking and laughing.

Yang Ke’er saw them from a distance. She called them from behind twice. But they didn’t hear her. She had to give up. But Xia Yu bought so many children’s products. Was she pregnant?

No. She needed to tell Shen Yan right away. “Brother Yan, you are so over the line. You quarreled with Xia Yu even when she is pregnant.”

“What did you say?” Shen Yan didn’t understand what she meant.

“I just saw that Xia Yu and Wanru bought many toys and children’s clothes. Wanru is divorced and alone. She doesn’t have a boyfriend. It’s very obvious that Xia Yu is pregnant. Why? You don’t want to deny it, do you? I tell you, Brother Yan. If you dare to deny it, I will disown you as my brother.” Yang Ke’er uttered a pile of words quickly.

“Are you sure?” Shen Yan asked cautiously.

“Isn’t this nonsense? If I’m not sure, why should I call you?” Yang Ke’er hung up after saying these words.

“Oh, such a pity. If you break up with her now, people will say that you forsook after having dallied with her. If you don’t break up with her, you have caught her when she was catting around with another man. It seems that you will be a cuckold anyway. Tut, tut, tut!” First Madame kept mocking at the side.

Wasn’t he capable of hiding Zeng Mina? Since you guys were so close, you guys should be together. You should marry her directly. Didn’t you dare to do so? Were you afraid that Xia Family would make trouble for you?

Oh, you thought that you found a treasure. It turned out to be a joke!

Shen Yan gave First Madame a contemptuous look and walked away directly after turning around. If what Yang Ke’er said was true, he must take Xia Yu back as soon as possible.

After Xia Yu went back with Wanru, she helped her decorate the room. She went to the orphanage with Wanru to pick up the kid the next day. That kid’s name was Cheng Xi. He was about six years old. He was a shy little boy who was pretty. His parents had a car accident when they took him out. His family relatives didn’t want to take him. So, he was sent to the orphanage.

Wanru wanted to adopt him. The dean was very happy. It was better for the kid to grow up in a family than in an orphanage, after all. She dressed the kid up deliberately. And she held a farewell ceremony for him with all the other kids in the morning.

Cheng Xi was both excited and scared. He was about to have a mother again. But he didn’t know whether this mother would be nice to him or not. So, he didn’t say a word after he arrived home for a few hours. Finally, Xia Yu managed to please him with a toy and made him talk to her.

“Xia Yu, you really have more experience. He is willing to talk to you.” Wanru envied her very much on the side.

Xia Yu smiled and said, “Don’t you know I have experience in taking care of kids? I have taken care of Jiangjiang.”

“Right, right, right. It seems that I need to learn from you.” Wanru gave some food to Cheng Xi. They became familiar with each other after a short while. She was very happy. And they took the kid to the amusement park in the afternoon for fun.

Xia Yu went to take a bath after she told the kid stories and watched him fall asleep. After the bath, she went to check him again. She was afraid of him kicking the quilt. Just when she pushed the door open and went in, she heard a subtle sob. Xia Yu was worried. She moved forward quickly and saw Cheng Xi crying secretly.

After seeing Xia Yu, he wiped off the tears on his face in a panic. Xia Yu held him up and asked him with care, “What’s wrong?”

He shook his head to Xia Yu. But he kept crying. Xia Yu helped him wipe off his tears. He tried so hard to stop. He said in a childish voice, “Aunt, I did wrong. I won’t cry anymore in the future. Don’t tell my new mom.”

“Xi Xi, are you not feeling well?” Xia Yu touched his forehead with her hand. He didn’t have a fever.

The kid kept shaking his head. Seeing the sadness in his eyes, Xia Yu suddenly realized. He might have missed his family. Her heart ached badly.

“You miss your parents, right?”

Cheng Xi first shook his hand. Then he looked down. “Aunt, can you not tell my new mom?”

“Why can’t I tell her?” Xia Yu asked.

“I’m her kid now. If she knows that I still miss my former parents, she won’t be happy.” Cheng Xi said cravenly.

“Xi Xi, it’s not true. Your new mom brought you home because she likes you. She won’t forbid you to miss your former parents.” Xia Yu felt sad. She almost cried.

This kid might be afraid that if he missed his former parents, he would be sent back to the orphanage again by his new mom.

“Aunt, can I really miss my parents?” Cheng Xi looked at Xia Yu with expectation. “Then can I go back to see them?”

“Okay. Aunt will talk to your mom. I will ask your mom to take you there tomorrow.” Xia Yu hugged him and said.

“Thanks, aunt!” Cheng Xi smiled happily. “Aunt, tell my mom that I just want to go back and take a look. I will behave well in the future.”

“Okay. Xi Xi is the best. Now go to sleep. So, you can have the spirits to go back and see your parents tomorrow.” Xia Yu touched his head and turned off the light.

When she went to the living room, Wanru was still up. Seeing Xia Yu going out of Cheng Xi’s room, she asked, “Did that kid fall asleep?”

“He wants to go back and take a look.” Xia Yu told her that Cheng Xi just cried.

“Then we will take him back tomorrow.” Wanru looked in the direction of Cheng Xi’s room. It was really hard for a kid at such a young age like him.

They took Cheng Xi back to his village the next day.

After they arrived at the village, a kind villager took them to the cemetery. It was in the mountains. The road was bumpy. It might have rained yesterday. The land was muddy. Xia Yu and Wanru held the kid’s hands tightly on each side. They walked cautiously.

“Alas. Cheng Xi is a poor kid. His parents passed away because of a car accident. There was no choice but to send him to the orphanage.” The villager sighed and said. He looked at Cheng Xi with much pity in the eyes.

They walked for about twenty minutes. The villager finally said, “We are here. These three tombstones side by side are the graves of his parents and his grandmother.”

“Okay. Thank you, sir.” Xia Yu said gratefully.

“You are welcome. I just led the way.” The old man said with a smile and then left to go down the mountain.

Two of the three graves were relatively new, which should be his parents’ graves. Another one was covered with weeds. Xia Yu looked around. It didn’t seem that someone had visited these graves. She didn’t feel right in her mind.

Wanru took out the firecrackers and incense which she bought. She lit the incense and put it in the grave. She said, “I adopted Cheng Xi. I will take good care of him.”

“Purr…” The kid started to cry. He was extremely sad while crying.

Xia Yu hugged him in her arms and comforted him ceaselessly. Then he stopped crying.

After kowtowing, Xia Yu lit the firecrackers. Then they left with Cheng Xi. After they went down the hill, they went back to the village. They planned to see his old home. A lot of villagers looked at them curiously on the road. Most of the people in the village were seniors and kids. Young people should have all gone out to work.

“You are the one adopting Cheng Xi?” A villager asked Wanru.

Wanru nodded with a smile. Then she kept walking forward while holding Cheng Xi’s hand.

Cheng Xi’s house was a one-story house built with red bricks. He got rid of Xia Yu’s hand and ran towards the house quickly. But the door was closed. He slapped the door with force. Then he turned around, looking at them with anxiety.

“This house belongs to Cheng Xi’s first uncle now. They use it to raise rabbits.” A villager said at the side. It seemed that she wanted to say something else, judging from her expression. But she hesitated.