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Chapter 7
Two of Rong Ci’s colleagues secretly looked at Lin Wu while quietly stepping back and pressing themselves against the wall.
Lin Wu also saw Rong Ci.
But she quickly looked away coldly, clearly not taking her seriously. Then, surrounded by several managers, she walked into the elevator.
After the elevator doors closed, Rong Ci’s two colleagues finally let out a breath of relief and immediately started gossiping excitedly.
“That was President Feng’s girlfriend, right? Oh my God, she’s so beautiful! She’s wearing all luxury brands. That must cost a lot, right? As expected from someone born into a wealthy family. She’s confident, calm, and has such a strong presence. Her temperament is totally different from ordinary people like us!”
“Exactly!”
Then they softly asked Rong Ci, “Rong Ci, what do you think?”
Rong Ci lowered her eyes and said calmly, “Yes.”
Lin Wu was actually her father’s illegitimate daughter.
Though perhaps “illegitimate” wasn’t entirely accurate.
When Rong Ci was eight years old, her father insisted on divorcing her mother so that Lin Wu and her mother wouldn’t suffer. He married Lin Wu’s mother instead.
After the divorce, Rong Ci followed her mentally unstable mother to live with her grandmother and uncle.
Over the years, her uncle’s business declined, while the Lin family’s business flourished.
It was said that to make up for the grievances Lin Wu suffered in childhood, her father gave her the very best of everything and spent enormous amounts of money raising and educating her.
And Lin Wu lived up to expectations. She was said to be extremely outstanding.
So the once “illegitimate daughter” Lin Wu had now become a legitimate rich heiress.
After more than ten years as a young lady of a wealthy family, Lin Wu now carried herself with even more elegance and confidence than Rong Ci had when she was the true heiress.
Rong Ci had thought that after childhood, she and Lin Wu would never cross paths again.
But it seemed fate especially favored Lin Wu.
Rong Ci and Feng Tingshen had grown up together. Yet no matter how hard she tried, Feng Tingshen had never seen her in his eyes. However, the moment he met Lin Wu, he completely fell in love with her.
“Rong Ci, are you okay?”
Seeing her pale face, her two colleagues looked worried.
Rong Ci came back to her senses. “I’m fine.”
She and Feng Tingshen would be divorcing soon. Whoever he loved had nothing to do with her anymore.
That day, Rong Ci did not pay further attention to Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu.
She worked overtime until nearly nine o’clock. Just as she was finishing up, her phone rang. It was her best friend, Chu Zilan.
After answering, she learned that Chu Zilan had drunk too much and asked Rong Ci to pick her up at the hotel.
Rong Ci quickly finished her documents, grabbed her car keys, and left the company.
Twenty minutes later, she arrived at the destination.
After getting out of the car, just as she was about to walk toward the entrance, a little girl came out from the parking lot on the other side.
Seeing the girl’s clear side profile, Rong Ci stopped in her tracks.
Xinxin?
Shouldn’t she be studying in Country A? Why was she here… Had she come back with Feng Tingshen?
Although Rong Ci’s position didn’t allow her access to confidential company documents, she knew Feng Tingshen’s expansion work in Country A still needed some time to be completed.
She thought this trip back was only temporary.
She hadn’t expected her daughter to come back too.
She didn’t know exactly when they had returned, but since she had already seen Feng Tingshen this morning, they must have been back for at least a day.
Yet her daughter had not called her once to tell her they had returned.
Thinking of this, Rong Ci tightened her grip on her bag. Looking at the small figure hopping happily ahead, she quietly followed behind.
At the corner of the lobby, Lin Wu and several of Feng Tingshen’s friends appeared at the end of the corridor.
Rong Ci immediately stepped aside to hide. Then she heard her daughter happily shout, “Aunt Wu Wu!” and run forward, throwing herself into Lin Wu’s arms.
Rong Ci sat down on a nearby sofa with her back to them, using the plants and the chair to block herself.
“Xinxin, you came back too?”
“Because Aunt Wu Wu came back! Daddy and I couldn’t bear to be apart from you, so Daddy finished his work early and brought me back! And we especially came back the day before your birthday so we wouldn’t miss it!”
“This is a necklace Daddy and I made for you ourselves. Aunt Wu Wu, happy birthday!”
“Wow, you and Daddy made this yourselves? It must have taken a lot of effort. Xinxin, you’re amazing. I love it. Thank you!”
“As long as you like it~”
Feng Jingxin hugged Lin Wu and acted cute. “I haven’t seen you for a week, Aunt Wu Wu. I missed you so much. If I couldn’t call you every day, I wouldn’t have been able to stay in Country A…”
“I missed you too.”
At that moment, footsteps sounded from the side.
Rong Ci froze.
It was Feng Tingshen.
Even without seeing him, she could recognize him just from his footsteps.
In the six or seven years of their marriage, she had waited for him almost every day.
His footsteps were like him—steady, unhurried, calm.
Even with close family members, he remained composed and distant, as if nothing in the world could shake him.
She had once believed that no person or matter could disturb his heart.
Until Lin Wu appeared.
Suddenly, there was an exception.
Before Rong Ci could dwell further on the past, she heard her daughter call out, “Daddy.”
Feng Tingshen’s friends greeted him.
He responded briefly, then said to Lin Wu, “Happy birthday.”
Lin Wu smiled. “Mm.”
“Daddy, didn’t you prepare another birthday gift for Aunt Wu Wu? Hurry and give it to her!”
There was a sudden silence.
Then one of Feng Tingshen’s friends laughed and bent down to pinch Feng Jingxin’s cheek. “That’s a private gift your daddy prepared for your Aunt Wu Wu. He’ll probably give it to her in private. We shouldn’t get involved, haha~”
The others laughed knowingly.
Then Feng Tingshen said calmly, “I already gave it.”
“Huh? When?” Feng Jingxin pouted. “Daddy, you secretly went to see Aunt Wu Wu again without taking me! Hmph!”
His friends burst into laughter.
Rong Ci suddenly remembered that Lin Wu had gone to the Feng Group this morning.
He must have given it to her then.
Lin Wu smiled shyly. “Let’s not stand here. Let’s go upstairs.”
Their footsteps gradually faded.
Rong Ci’s mind went blank.
Her chest ached sharply. After a long time, she came back to herself, silently entered the elevator, and went upstairs to help her friend downstairs.
Coincidentally, Chu Zilan and Lin Wu’s group were dining on the same floor.
As Rong Ci helped Chu Zilan into the elevator, Feng Tingshen’s friend, Qi Yuming, suddenly paused in his steps.
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