MTL - Don’t Covet the Beautiful System!!-Chapter 20

Ye Lanting is having a bad time these days, even the delicate makeup can't hide his exhaustion.

There were rumors about Pei Minghong having an illegitimate child abroad, and she was unwilling to face those faces who seemed to care but were actually prying, so she temporarily reduced her contacts with these women.

But Ye Lanting didn't stay at home all day, she often left early and returned late, and even a little neglected to discipline Pei Yan.

Because she went to Pei Minghong's apartment in private and hired a private detective.

She didn't fully believe Pei Minghong's explanation. Although Ye Lanting was well aware of this man's obsession and pursuit of money and career after twenty years of marriage, in the face of this rumor about her son's future status, no matter how familiar the person next to her pillow would be become unbelievable.

Ye Lanting asked the most professional private investigators to carefully investigate Pei Minghong's whereabouts in recent years, but the exorbitant fees only brought back a long list of records of Pei Minghong flying around the world for meetings, and there was no hidden woman. There are no hidden children either.

Long bright red nails pinched the tedious investigative note, eventually crumpling it into a ball in exasperation.

Pei Minghong is too obsessed with his career, such a flawless schedule looks like a disguise.

Ye Lanting didn't give up, so she asked the private detective to use someone else to investigate Pei Qingyuan who hadn't seen her for several days.

In this rumor that Qin Yujie saw it with his own eyes, the child followed Pei Qingyuan and called him brother affectionately.

This time, the investigation really made progress.

The private detective told him that there was indeed a three-year-old boy beside Pei Qingyuan, and he would have breakfast with him every day.

When Ye Lanting heard this, he excitedly asked what next? As a result, a complex expression appeared on the private detective's face, and he shook his head in embarrassment.

"Then it disappeared...I'm sorry, I didn't find out the identity information of this child, and I couldn't extract any biological samples that can be used for blood identification. He seemed to appear out of thin air, and only appeared in the target By his side, I only come into contact with people who are close to him, so I dare not contact him rashly, lest I startle the snake."

Ye Lanting seemed to be listening to the Arabian Nights.

How could there be someone whose identity information could not be found?

Pei Minghong actually hid this child so well that he even sent him to Pei Qingyuan, whom she would have completely forgotten!

No wonder he had no objection when she said that she would send Pei Qingyuan back to Luo's house. It turned out that he still had such a purpose hidden.

An indescribable anger and hatred welled up in her heart.

When Pei Qingyuan was still by her side, Ye Lanting controlled his life in every detail, and she was sure that he would never know such a child at that time.

When did the husband make an agreement with this fake son who embraced the wrong one?

Ye Lanting suddenly remembered that her husband had arranged a job for Pei Qingyuan's uncle in Luo's family. At that time, he said that he could monitor him not to mess around. Now that I think about it, is that really the case? Is that an exchange with Pei Qingyuan?

In the doubts that spread like ripples, the originally peaceful and beautiful days were instantly covered with cracks.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Mr. Pei, who just returned to China this week, unexpectedly did not lose his temper after learning of Pei Qingyuan's life experience and his current whereabouts, but only raised his eyebrows at her.

It seems that even the old man who once loved Pei Qingyuan very much couldn't pass the hurdle of blood relationship.

While dealing with Mr. Pei who had a lot of opinions on her, Ye Lanting worked hard to investigate the issue of the illegitimate child. After the private detective expressed his helplessness, he decided to ask Pei Qingyuan himself to find out what happened.

She couldn't bear the fact that there was one thing in her life that was completely out of her control.

However, as soon as she got out of the car, she was stunned by the noise coming from the bakery in front of her.

The store was crowded with noisy high school students eating cheap bread, the sweet smell poured into the nostrils, Ye Lanting frowned deeply.

Pei Qingyuan was reduced to working in this kind of place, she didn't even want to condescend to go in.

Soon a customer in the store noticed the woman outside who seemed out of place with the surrounding environment. Pei Qingyuan, who had finished taking pictures of his friends, raised his eyes, his face changed slightly, and then he took the initiative to walk outside the store.

Ye Lanting's brows slightly relaxed, and a sense of sarcasm flashed in his heart.

Pei Qingyuan used to be honest with her in the past, but now that he has tasted the taste of poverty, he knows to please her.

Sure enough, people only grow up when they fall.

She took off her sunglasses, with a cold expression on her face, and was about to speak, but was preempted by Pei Qingyuan who walked up to her and stood still.

"Are you here for a croissant?"

This was the voice she had heard for seventeen years, and she was extremely familiar with it, but at this moment, it was a little strange.

Ye Lanting couldn't immediately realize what the croissant was, and undefended astonishment flashed in his eyes.

So Pei Qingyuan asked politely again: "If it's not a croissant, do you want to buy other pastries?"

His eyes were clear and calm, as if looking at a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

Ye Lanting clearly remembered that at the welcome banquet held for Pei Yan not long ago, when Pei Qingyuan stood alone in the center of people's sight, he used to stare at him with completely different eyes.

At that time, there were complex emotions in it, nostalgia, puzzlement, hope, resentment...that was the look a child who had just been abandoned by the whole world should have.

But now, there is nothing in it.

Ye Lanting blurted out in a panic: "What are you talking about—"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Pei Qingyuan.

"Since it's not the case," the boy's eyes turned cold, "Please don't park your car in front of the store, it will affect other customers."

Immediately after he was about to turn around and walk back to the store, Ye Lanting subconsciously called out to him: "Stop!"

She thought that the child didn't know her reason for coming, and she was deliberately showing a kind of indifference to her former mother, so as to hide her weakness.

However, Pei Qingyuan stopped and looked back at her with stinging sarcasm and ridicule in his eyes.

"Feel life out of control?"

With a normal tone, he hit Ye Lanting's biggest weakness at the moment.

Just as she was very aware of the child's stubbornness and unyieldingness, he obviously also understood the mother who had been with him day and night for many years.

Pei Qingyuan correctly guessed Ye Lanting's current situation.

His voice was not loud, but his words were cold: "There is more than one thing to worry about, isn't it? Is grandpa back? Is he in good health? It's a pity that I don't have the status to visit him again."

"But it's okay, maybe Grandpa will see another cute kid soon." His voice rose slightly. "A kid who keeps you up at night, right?"

"You!" Ye Lanting was so excited that his mind went blank and he was speechless.

Pei Qingyuan stared at her expression, with a faint smile on his handsome face, as if to comfort her: "Don't worry, your husband has no illegitimate child, and Pei Minghong has never even seen that child."

He is telling the truth.

But after turning around, his next sentence seemed to be just for himself.

"But you don't even believe your husband's words... how can you believe mine?"

These words made Ye Lanting's skin ache.

Of course she didn't believe it.

In everyone's denial, she was completely convinced of the existence of that child.

The luxury car finally drove away.

Ji Tong, who held his breath the whole time, couldn't help but say when Pei Qingyuan started to check out the customer again: "Host, you clearly told the truth, but she seems more suspicious."

Pei Qingyuan responded flatly: "She has been like this since I was a child."

The little robot scratched its head, wondering how it could have such a strange mother.

Fortunately, the host left Pei's house.

Ji Tong remembered the strange name the host just mentioned: "Do you have a good relationship with Grandpa? Why hasn't he appeared in this period of time?"

"Grandpa is not in good health, and because of a conflict with Pei Minghong, he went abroad to recuperate a few months ago." Pei Qingyuan explained, "Grandpa loved me a lot since I was a child, so they will definitely hide it from him. He should now I just returned home, maybe I don’t know yet.”

Hearing that the host whose parents are not well-married has been hurt by his grandfather since childhood, Ji Tong was relieved for some reason.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, and he remembered a face, and quickly retrieved it from the database.

"By the way, Ruanruan, what does your grandpa look like?" He flipped through the image archives and tried to describe, "Is he wearing a pair of reading glasses and wearing ordinary clothes, like an old man who can be seen everywhere on the street? grandfather?"

Ji Tong disliked himself while talking, a bunch of worthless nonsense.

But Pei Qingyuan's movements stopped: "How do you know?"

That was actually the grandfather of the host.

The little robot cheered, and immediately said: "Yesterday, I detected that he was wandering outside the store for a long time, looking into the store. I felt something unusual, so I marked his image in the database."

Ever since he ran into Qin Yujie in the hospital, Ji Tong has stepped up his observation of the host's surroundings and people, and he can't let go of any opportunity to play with the rich second generation.

When the host was busy in the store yesterday, he noticed a kind-looking old man quietly looking into the store outside. His expression was very rich and changing from time to time. He even took off his reading glasses and secretly wiped his tears at one point.

The other party obviously didn't have any malice, so Ji Tong didn't tell Pei Qingyuan who was busy entertaining guests.

Because this old man looks so ordinary, completely different from the style of Pei Minghong and his wife, and his face is full of emotion and relief that "I didn't expect to sell bread in this place can sell this achievement", which caused Ji Tong mistakenly thought that he was the father of the shop owner He Shiwen, so he came to see his son's suddenly revitalized bread business.

The more Ji Tong thought about it, the happier he was, and he immediately described the changes in his grandfather's expression to the host vividly: "Grandpa must have found that the host was able to maintain a good attitude in adversity, so he felt sad and happy, and he didn't take the initiative to come in because he was afraid of disturbing the host. "

"Next time I see Grandpa again, I will definitely treat him to a croissant."

Ji Tong, who was nagging for a long time, finally concluded his statement: "Host, it's great to have someone who loves you come back."

Pei Qingyuan, who had been listening patiently, responded softly, as if agreeing with his words.

He narrowed his eyebrows, focused on the freshly baked custard croissant, and gently wrapped it in a paper bag, just like wiping off the puff pastry crumbs from the corners of his young brother's mouth.