"Let her in."
She wanted to see what the Wang family was up to this time.
The housekeeper hesitated.
"What is it?"
"Miss, that person, she refuses to come in, saying that once she enters, she won't be able to leave."
"What, is my Cui family hell or some dragon's pool and tiger's den, that she's afraid to enter?" Cui Mantong scoffed. "Uncle Zhao, please accompany me. I want to see what tricks the other party has in mind."
"Alright, Miss." Butler Zhao was still a little worried. "Why don't we call some bodyguards to guard the surroundings? Your health is the most important right now, and besides, we don't know what the other party intends to do by coming over while your husband is away."
"Uncle Zhao is right. You call some bodyguards to wait nearby. If there's anything unusual, take them all down."
"Okay."
After arranging things, Uncle Zhao followed Cui Mantong out of the villa.
Outside the villa.
A woman in tattered clothes and with white hair was pacing anxiously at the entrance.
Upon seeing Cui Mantong, she strode forward and knelt heavily in Cui Mantong's direction: "Miss Cui, please spare my Xiaohu, our family can't live without Xiaohu."
Cui Mantong calmly stepped aside: "Elderly grandmother, who are you? Please don't try to scam me. This is a villa area with surveillance. If anything happens to me, you won't be able to escape."
The woman lowered her head and was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Cui Mantong: "I want to see Cui Tong."
Cui Mantong raised an eyebrow slightly: "Cui Tong is not here, you're late."
"Cui Mantong, don't rely on being a member of the Cui family and prevent me from seeing Cui Tong. I am Cui Tong's biological mother, and in other words, your mother-in-law."
"Is that so?"
Seeing Cui Mantong's bewildered expression, the woman nodded confidently: "Of course. I'm telling you, blood is thicker than water, mother and son are connected. If you bully me, Cui Tong will definitely not let you off when he returns."
Cui Mantong smiled.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at your lack of brains, I'm laughing at you thinking too much, I'm laughing at you being played like a fool."
"You're talking nonsense. Do you believe that when Cui Tong returns, I'll make him divorce you?"
"Madam, you're thinking too much. This isn't the old society anymore, there's no such thing as divorce. Even if there were, Cui Tong wouldn't be able to do such things," Butler Zhao said with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Why? The entire Cui Group belongs to Cui Tong, how can he not have the ability?"
"I'm saying, Auntie, is it possible that the reason Cui Group is called Cui Group is because it was founded by my grandfather and developed by my father, not because it's named Cui Group because of Cui Tong?"
Speaking of which, Cui Mantong's gaze lingered for a moment before continuing to look at the woman: "Did the person behind you who sent you here not tell you this? For example, if Cui Tong and I divorce, Cui Tong will have to leave with nothing."
"How is that possible?" the woman exclaimed in shock. "How could this be?"
Cui Mantong shrugged: "See, the person behind you didn't tell you this. You're truly pitiful, to be manipulated like this."
The woman's expression changed slightly: "I don't know what you mean."
"Is that so?" Cui Mantong smiled brilliantly. "Your hair is dyed, right? And honestly, these clothes don't suit you."
"I don't understand what you mean," the woman said, trying to maintain her composure.
"Really?" Cui Mantong didn't expose her. "Then next time you come, remember to make your hands look more weathered. Your hands clearly haven't suffered hardship."
The woman instinctively hid her hands behind her back: "I don't understand what you're saying."
"Tell the person behind you not to have any ideas about Cui Tong, or don't blame us for being impolite."
"Mom."
The coldness on Cui Mantong's face instantly disappeared, replaced by a gentle smile. She waved to Cui Yongsi, who was running over from a distance: "Sisi."
Cui Tong followed closely behind. Upon seeing the woman, his smile vanished: "Why are you here?"
"Xiaohu, Xiaohu." The woman, seeing Cui Tong, showed a rare lack of arrogance, replaced by embarrassment and unease. "You, you're back."
Cui Yongsi looked at the woman, then at her father, and finally stayed obediently by Cui Mantong's side, not saying a word.
"Did the Wang family send you?"
The woman shook her head: "No, I just missed you and wanted to see you."
Cui Tong looked at Cui Mantong.
Cui Mantong held Cui Yongsi's hand: "Sisi, let's go home. Daddy has something to deal with."
Cui Yongsi nodded. After thinking for a moment, she still said: "That auntie, I've seen her."
Her childish words fell on everyone's ears like a bolt from the blue.
"Sisi, what did you just say?"
Cui Yongsi nodded firmly: "I've seen this auntie near my school."
"No, impossible, you haven't seen me," the woman said, panicking. She quickly shook her head. "You've mistaken me for someone else, I'm not the person you know."
"Mom," Cui Yongsi looked up at Cui Mantong.
"It's okay," Cui Mantong stroked Cui Yongsi's head. "We'll leave the rest to Daddy, let Daddy handle it, alright?"
Cui Yongsi nodded: "Mhm."
Cui Mantong looked at Cui Tong.
"Wife, I promise to handle this beautifully," Cui Tong said with a fawning smile.
"Ten minutes."
"Five minutes," Cui Tong immediately said. "Five minutes is enough."
After everyone else left, the smile on Cui Tong's face was replaced by a chill: "Sun Yu, what exactly do you want?"
"I just wanted to see you, I really have no other intentions," Sun Yu explained.
"See what? See if the child you threw away is dead?"
"No," Sun Yu looked at Cui Tong with a hurt expression. "That's not what I meant, you've misunderstood me. Sisi's situation was also an accident. I just happened to meet him, and I didn't expect that child to have such a good memory, to remember me with just one glance."
"Do you think I believe you, or my son?"
"I'm your mother, and you don't believe me?"
"Stop the nonsense, why are you here to see me?"
"I just missed you."
"Do you think I can't find out anything?"
Sun Yu lowered her head and remained silent.
"Considering you gave birth to me, here's a million. Leave this place and never come back. We'll live our own lives, but if you insist on joining the Wang family, I don't mind dealing with you too. Besides, you know that even if you enter the Wang family, they won't acknowledge your existence."
Upon hearing this, Sun Yu looked at Cui Tong with a complicated expression: "You don't resent me?"
"Resent you for what? Resent you for judging people poorly when you were young, giving birth to me, and then abandoning me? Or resent you for agreeing to join forces with them against me after the Wang family found out about me?"
"If I said I just wanted to see you?"
"It doesn't matter anymore. I'm doing well now. Let me go, and let yourself go. The Wang family is not your final destination."
Sun Yu gave a bitter smile. How could she not know that the Wang family was not her final destination?
"You, you must be well. The Wang family is not to be trifled with."
After speaking, Sun Yu gave Cui Tong another deep look, then turned and left.