My Dad is My Mom's Mortal Enemy

Chapter 9: (Revised)

Chapter 9

Shao ChengZe had just finished a stifling meeting and was in an extremely bad mood. Facing such an outrageous issue, he should have just hung up the phone.

"I'm on planet Earth," he heard himself reply.

Cheng LiQi breathed a small sigh of relief, "That's great, I'm on planet Earth too."

They were both on planet Earth. Even if they were far apart, they could still meet if they got on a plane.

Shao ChengZe bent his fingers to massage his temples, leaning back in his chair with his long legs crossed on the desk. Listening to the delight in her voice, he found himself wanting to let this inexplicable phone call continue.

Cheng LiQi had a line of questions waiting in her mouth. She had so many things she wanted to know.

"I'm six this year. How old are you?"

"Thirty."

Oh~~ He's the same age as big uncle, two years older than mom.

Cheng LiQi continued asking, "Where are you now?"

Shao ChengZe habitually took the initiative and asked back instead of answering, "Where are you now?"

Cheng LiQi replied, "I'm on the set of the TV series I'm filming."

Shao ChengZe figured she must be some child actor.

There was a knock on the door, and Shao ChengZe said to Cheng LiQi, "I have to get back to work now, so I have to hang up."

Afraid that he would hang up, Cheng LiQi hurriedly called out to hold him back, "Shao ChengZe."

Shao ChengZe was startled. Few people called him by his full name. The one who called him like this the most, only that one.

Forcefully, angrily, and very occasionally, dragging out her voice coquettishly.

The tender voice pulled him back from his memories. "You haven't answered my question yet, where are you now?"

Shao ChengZe patiently answered, "Do you know Shao Corporation?"

"No, I don't," Cheng LiQi had not heard of this name before, "Is that where you work?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I got it. You work at Shao Corporation. Then...can I call you again in the future?"

Shao ChengZe had never known he could attract little girls to like him. In the past, little girls would only hide far away at the sight of him. This little girl actually wanted to call him again. Could it be that his voice was more likable than his face?

"You can call at night." He casually said a sentence. Anyway, she didn't have his number. Even if she did, whether or not he would pick up her call would depend entirely on his mood. He couldn't possibly be free enough to chat idly with a little girl on the phone.

"Then get back to work quickly. I'll call you tonight."

When mom was at work, she was always very busy too. She couldn't disturb his work.

"Mm."

"Bye Shao ChengZe." Cheng LiQi softly bid him farewell.

"Bye." Shao ChengZe was about to hang up.

Cheng LiQi added, "You have to wait for my call, don't go to bed early. I'll call you at eight."

"...Okay."

"I'm hanging up now."

YiSheng was a major customer of LanChuan. But the hotel under Shao's managed to snatch this major customer, and it was done with Shao's consent, in a not very upright way. Kong YiChuan thought Shao, as the new boss, was just trying to make some big moves, not only internally in the group, but also externally.

This move broke the balance of non-aggression between the Cheng and Shao families over the years. It was equivalent to declaring war on the Chengs. So when she heard from YiSheng that second miss Cheng was going to YiSheng's auction, she immediately reported it to Shao. Just in case second miss Cheng was really going to disrupt the scene, they could be prepared.

When she reported it to Shao, Shao did not react much, only responded rather coldly, "I see." Then added, "Keep an eye on the auction."

She thought the boss had forgotten about it. After all it was not a huge matter, and he had been busy and swamped recently. She did not expect him to still remember clearly which day the auction was. She could only say the boss had a really good memory.

She replied, "Miss Cheng did not go to the auction."

Shao just nodded slightly, and said nothing more. Kong YiChuan saw he had no other instructions, so she left.

At noon, Shao ChengZe received a call from Shen XiWen. He was reluctant to take the call. He had just finished a call with his mother. His mother could speak continuously for half an hour in one breath on the phone, and did not even need him to respond. She could naturally switch topics after finishing one. His father once said that even professional storytellers probably could not beat his mother. Her son did not inherit her gift of gab. Shen XiWen as a goddaughter, was better than her godmother. He had just finished listening to a storytelling session, and just wanted to eat in peace. He did not want to listen to another story immediately after.

Even so, he still answered the call.

Shen XiWen's mother and his mother were sworn sisters. When Shen XiWen was in high school, her parents fell ill and passed away one after another. So his mother brought Shen XiWen home, and treated her like her own daughter. Also, when he was away from home all these years, it was Shen XiWen who accompanied his mother. In his mother's heart, Shen XiWen's position was probably more important than his.

"Did you call me?" was the first thing Shen XiWen asked.

Shao ChengZe was distracted by the little auntie, and forgot what he wanted to say. He repeated that she did not need to go to Shao JingYun's dinner.

After saying that, when he was about to hang up, Shen XiWen stopped him. "The little auntie who helped me answer the phone seemed to like you a lot. She kept asking me all kinds of questions about you, and even asked for your number from me. Seeing that you rarely get a little girl to like you, I gave her your number."

Shao rubbed his brow. It was too late now that she had given his number.

"Don't do this again in the future."

Just as he was about to hang up, Shen XiWen spoke again. "She is Shen ChuQi's classmate, and also his best friend. If she calls you, you have to be nice and talk to her properly."

"Who is Shen ChuQi?"

"My son. Biological. He is six this year. Congratulations Uncle Shao, you need to prepare six years worth of red packets."

Shao ChengZe felt it was absurd, but from Shen XiWen's tone she did not seem to be joking. "....When did you have a son?"

"Anyway I just have one now." Shen XiWen wanted to brush it off.

Shao ChengZe's brow furrowed tightly. "So where has your son been all these years?"

"Where could he be? Not with me. We agreed back then that I would be responsible for giving birth, and he would be responsible for raising the child."

"....Fooling around!"

Shen XiWen felt guilty. "I will explain it to godmother myself. Don't say otherwise in front of her."

"You had better explain the situation clearly to her as soon as possible."

Shen XiWen was still not very satisfied with his reaction. "I suddenly have a son out of nowhere, and you don't seem surprised at all."

"With your personality, I won't be surprised by anything you do."

....

Shen XiWen changed the subject.

"Do you know whose daughter the little auntie is?"

"I don't know."

He did not care whose daughter the little auntie was. Right now he only cared who the father of her son was. Six years old. Shao ChengZe calculated - there was a year when his mother said she was busy shooting a drama, and was gone for more than half a year without allowing visits, only video calls, not even coming back for New Year. If she really had a son, it must have happened that year.

Shao ChengZe tapped his finger heavily on the table, again and again. For this kind of scum who got a girl pregnant before marriage, should he break one of his legs, or break both?

On the phone, Shen XiWen slowly said, "She is Cheng JinLan's daughter."