Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 1100 - 1078 Father and Son Reunited (Part 2)

At this point, Ning Xiaochuan choked up, perhaps because the past was too painful to recall, and continued:

"...However, I was hit with seven or eight gunshot wounds... I was in a coma for more than half a year, and with the subsequent recovery and rest, by the time I could get out of bed, almost a year had passed... When I returned, I found out that during the time I was working undercover, your mother had given birth. At the time, your grandmother came from China to Southeast Asia to take care of her during the delivery, but your mother died during childbirth. You and your grandmother disappeared without a trace. In my grief, I returned to China to look for your grandmother, but found that she had not taken you back to China with her. I was on the verge of collapse; many undercover drug enforcement agents and national intelligence personnel ended up tragically after their identities were exposed, often resulting in not only their deaths but also repercussions for their families. Like a colleague who was exposed with me—his wife and daughter were later avenged by the drug cartel and disappeared, reportedly thrown into the sea... At that time, I thought, after my identity was exposed, that you and your grandmother had been accounted for by the drug cartel and were dead... I never expected that you would still be alive."

He couldn’t continue speaking at that moment.

Ning Duoduo patted his chest and poured him a cup of hot tea.

Ning Xiaochuan took a few sips of the hot tea, rested for a while, and then calmed down: "Later, I returned to China, joined the National Security Bureau, and thanks to my accomplishments in overseas anti-drug missions, I climbed step by step to where I am now."

He paused, then looked at Ning Duoduo: "Yixiao, this is your sister, her name is Duoduo."

Nie Yixiao naturally understood that Ning Xiaochuan had remarried, and Ning Duoduo was born from the second wife, making her his stepsister.

His mother had died in difficult childbirth in a foreign land, without ever seeing him one last time.

And this so-called father? After returning to China, his career flourished, he remarried and had a daughter, living a happy and fulfilling life!

Nie Yixiao restrained the turmoil within him, speaking in an indifferent tone: "Mom died in childbirth and didn’t have time to tell Grandma about your identity. Grandma always thought you were a businessman, so she always believed you had fled due to a failed business. Grandma hated you for not being there when Mom needed you the most, and she also hated you for disappearing, ignoring us. So she simply told me you were a gambling addict who died somewhere far away. Since then, Grandma never returned to China and let me take her surname, living with me in a small town in Southeast Asia populated mainly by Chinese."

Ning Xiaochuan’s face turned even more sorrowful, his eyes reddening: "I am sorry for your mom. And your grandma. And even more for you. Please forgive Dad, will you?"

Nie Yixiao’s voice was cool and indifferent: "I’ve been doing well all these years, never starving or freezing. You don’t need to apologize to me. Director Ning, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving first."

Ning Xiaochuan was startled and grabbed him: "Yixiao! Where are you going? If you forgive Dad, come back, I’ve finally found you, and I won’t let you go again! Let Dad make it up to you—"

The man before him was his son, who could wield power and influence, should not remain outside!

He had lost this son for over twenty years, and for the remaining days, he could not let him leave the Ning Family again.

Nie Yixiao gave a faint smile: "Compensate me? How does Director Ning intend to compensate me?"

The father whom Grandma claimed had run away after accruing debt, leaving his pregnant wife behind, was actually a powerful figure in the northern political sphere.

And he was, as it turned out, a genuine government official’s kid.

Ning Xiaochuan took a deep breath: "You are to move back to the Ning Family immediately. You are the son of the Ning Family, the only son of Ning Xiaochuan. My career, family business, status—all will be yours in the future. You will rise through the ranks, wielding power and influence. You shouldn’t just be a businessman; you are the scion of a general’s house, and Dad will see to it that you stand out even more!"

Ning Duoduo’s brow twitched; her father certainly regarded this sudden brother as incredibly precious.

Nie Yixiao’s eyes showed no hint of joy, his tone cold as ice: "Director Ning, thank you for your generosity, but I have no interest in the Ning Family’s status or family business. Are we done talking? If so, I’ll be on my way."

Long legs taking a step, heading toward the door.

"Yixiao. Don’t go—" Ning Xiaochuan’s heart ached, afraid that his long-lost and newly found only son would disappear again.

Ning Duoduo quickly assisted her father: "Dad—take care of your health—"

Nie Yixiao paused his steps and turned back.

Ning Xiaochuan thought he had softened and was delighted, but then heard his cold voice: "Since Mom knew of your job’s nature and still chose to marry you, that means she was prepared. Being a military wife isn’t easy, and I believe Mom wouldn’t blame you. However, I want to know why you didn’t continue searching for Grandma and me all these years?"

He and Grandma were in that small Southeast Asian country where Ning Xiaochuan initially performed his mission.

If Ning Xiaochuan had searched a bit longer back then, perhaps they’d have been found, and father and son wouldn’t have met only after more than twenty years.

This meant Ning Xiaochuan hadn’t seriously searched for him.

Ning Xiaochuan was anxious: "I did look for you! Truly! Even after I returned to China and joined the National Security Bureau, I continued searching for you! But the people I sent could never find your whereabouts, and later, it was said that you and your grandmother might indeed have been killed by the local drug cartel... I was completely despaired then and stopped searching. Yixiao, you don’t know how brutal those drug cartels can be, how utterly ruthless they are in taking revenge and targeting anti-drug police and military, using all means possible. Many anti-drug personnel’s families have died innocently at their hands... Did you know, I once had a colleague who was an anti-drug soldier; when his identity was exposed, the drug dealers he had captured retaliated by kidnapping his seven-year-old son and then pouring boiling water down his throat... "

At this point, emotions choked him up until he could not continue, clearly assuming his only son had met such an end back then.

Ning Duoduo also spoke up for her father: "Although I wasn’t born then, I’ve heard from old family members that Dad really put in a lot of effort to find you. Your grandmother took you to a very remote town, even changing your name and surname. The investigation level in Southeast Asia over twenty years ago was limited; without even widespread telephones, it was nothing like it is now—it’s understandable that you couldn’t be found."

Nie Yixiao’s eyes flickered: "So you believed I was dead, which was why you didn’t continue searching? Then keep believing I’m dead."

He turned his face toward the suite’s exit, striding away.

Ning Xiaochuan was burning with anxiety, wanting to grab his son again, but Ning Duoduo noticed he looked unwell and quickly said: "Dad, you just met him today; it’s normal if he can’t accept it all at once. Take it slow, don’t rush, we’re in Yunling now, there’s plenty of opportunity."

Only then did Ning Xiaochuan stop pursuing further, patting his daughter’s hand: "Duoduo, you have to help Dad persuade your brother to come back."