One and Only: Doting CEO's Infinite Love

Chapter 494 - 492: Secrets Forgotten by Time (XII)

Xiao Jinghuai tightened his hold on the person in his arms slightly, then began recounting events that seemed distant yet as if they had happened just yesterday—"My father was the only child in his family line, so he grew up with the demeanor of an arrogant young man. He accomplished little apart from indulging in food, drink, prostitution, and gambling. My impression of him likely stops at when I was eight. On my birthday, he and a woman from outside were having car sex too vigorously, and the car crashed into the sea—"

"At that time, my mother and I were at home waiting for him to return. I still remember the scene; the cake was made by my mother herself, but the taste and style completely catered to my father. Originally, she had prepared a lot to say to him that day, hoping to ease the relationship between the two of them, but unexpectedly—what came was a call from the police station asking her to identify a body at the morgue."

"..."

Song Song hadn’t expected his childhood story to be so much about negative energy. She slightly raised her head from his warm embrace, only to see his expression calm and serene, as if everything was long past and faded like smoke.

Perhaps these words had been buried deep in his heart for a long time, never spoken to anyone, so she didn’t want to interrupt him.

"The old man always had a bit of an obstinate character. After my father’s death, he spent quite some time finding all the children my father had outside, six were found, including Chenxi, but the exact number of those not found is still unknown. My mother couldn’t accept this reality, so she left for the United States in a fit of anger and rarely returned."

"Although these children carried my father’s blood, the old man never truly acknowledged them. He allowed them to carry the Xiao surname but never let them through the Xiao Family’s gates—"

"And my childhood life completely disappeared with my father’s sudden death. On the day of his burial, the old man shut himself in the study day and night, and when he came out, he told me: Jing Huai, grandpa has let down your dad and won’t let you down again. At that time, I was still young and didn’t understand what those words meant. Later, I gradually realized the old man regretted indulging my father from a young age, allowing him to become a useless second-generation rich kid. If it weren’t for this, maybe he wouldn’t have left so early..."

"Afterwards, I suppose you can imagine the old man’s requirements for me were exceedingly strict, almost to a perverse degree. Human potential is truly limitless; once pushed to the brink, the small universe can explode terrifyingly."

"..."

Suddenly the suite became very silent, Song Song was eating an apple with her mouth, and poked at the man’s cheek with her hand, "Continue!"

"That’s all."

"..." Song Song immediately turned around and looked, her eyes flashing disbelief, "Just, that simple? A story in three words?"

Xiao Jinghuai pulled her back into his arms, suddenly feeling that her brief departure left him feeling incomplete, "What comes next is boring and tedious, I’m sure you wouldn’t like to hear it."

Besides, he doesn’t want to reminisce much either.

"Oh." Since he’s unwilling to talk, she naturally wouldn’t force him, she laughed and said, "I didn’t expect... my unseen father-in-law is such a... uninhibited person, even... car sex!"

Xiao Jinghuai narrowed his eyes, a dangerous aura emanating from him, "You even know what car sex means?"

"Ahem!" Song Song nearly choked to death on her own saliva, "That... just search on Baidu and you’ll understand! Besides, even if you haven’t eaten pork, you’ve seen pigs run, right? There are lots of such news nowadays, just click one to understand."

The man laughed, pulling her in tighter, "So, do you want to try it?"

Song Song: "..."

Oops! She forgot, this man has always been dangerous, absolutely a dangerous element.

She’s not that open-minded, obviously wouldn’t dare—

Seeing her immediately retreat to the corner of the sofa in a shrinking manner, Xiao Jinghuai stopped teasing her, "Come over here, considering you also won’t accompany me right now, the fever just broke, you still need a few days to recover."

Gosh! Does he mean that when she’s mostly recovered, he could...

Song Song didn’t go over, hugging the chips tightly, continuing to be a quiet baby watching a movie.

Xiao Jinghuai was just about to go over and catch her when his phone in his pocket rang again, he took it out and saw, why was it Huo Junting again?

"Hello!"

"Is Song Song by your side now?" Huo Junting sounded anxious.

Xiao Jinghuai looked at the girl beside him, seeing her eating even more cheerfully than before, he couldn’t help but lift the corners of his mouth, "Mhm, she’s happily eating junk food."

"...Qiao Yanjing’s Qiao Family is finished overnight. The news is reporting now, it seems they’ve offended some very important figure and are deliberately being targeted,"

"Overnight?" Xiao Jinghuai’s gaze turned dark, "Qiao Family is such a big enterprise, I find it unlikely that it could collapse overnight."

"No, it’s not impossible, as long as the opponent is strong enough and formidable enough. Now Qiao Yanjing has practically become a stray dog, the situation is very bad. Do you think we should tell Song Song about this?"

Xiao Jinghuai looked at the girl, seeing her staring at him intently, "I think... she’s already aware."

Huo Junting was silent for a while, "Alright, what’s her reaction?"

"No special reaction, expression indifferent, looks like—"

The next second, Song Song snatched the phone from Xiao Jinghuai, "Hey! Brother, it’s me... are you referring to Qiao Family, as in Qiao Yanjing’s Qiao Family?"

"Uh, yes..." Huo Junting was a bit worried about Song Song’s emotions, "I think you shouldn’t get involved in this matter, after all, this man hasn’t fulfilled any duty towards you and your mother, maybe this is his punishment."

Song Song’s eyes dimmed somewhat, "Does my mother know about this?"

"Yes, my dad told Aunt Xue immediately. Song Song, stay with Xiao Jinghuai outside for a while, adjust your mood, Aunt Xue, Bao Bei, and Little Xiyou we’ll take care of."

Song Song understood what he meant, which was to let her ignore this matter. Actually, she hadn’t planned to get involved; she was just an ordinary person, even if she wanted to intervene, she couldn’t.

"Okay, we will—"

Song Song hung up the phone, but her heart couldn’t help but start wandering.

Then, she picked up the remote control from the coffee table and started switching channels, settling on a financial news channel—

"...Qiao Group’s Chairman Qiao Yanjing has now disappeared, Qiao Group employees have posted banners outside asking for severance pay. Qiao Family is surrounded with no way out, Chairman Qiao’s beloved wife and wife are also missing, according to speculation from experts, it is an embezzlement and escape."

Embezzlement and escape?

How did he become a rat crossing the street overnight?

Seeing the girl’s smile slowly fade, Xiao Jinghuai immediately stood up, grabbed the remote control, and changed the channel.

"You’re not allowed to watch those, just watch comedies—"

Song Song frowned, "Xiao Jinghuai you..."

Once she encountered his serious expression, she softened her stance, "I’m fine! I just want to know what happened?"

"If you want to know, you don’t need to watch those, just ask me directly."