Pei Shaoze frowned slightly. Hearing another man express concern for Su Banxia was something he truly disliked.
After a moment of silence, Pei Shaoze said, "Su Banxia isn't that simple. She had an ulterior motive when she entered Dingsheng."
His tone was almost certain.
Yan Xin disagreed. "Impossible!"
Pei Shaoze didn't explain, only said, "I gave her two choices: leave or stay with me. If she leaves, it proves she had no motive for entering Dingsheng. If she stays, I'll keep her by my side. With her abilities, she shouldn't cause much trouble."
Yan Xin paused slightly, then asked, "What did she choose?"
Gathering all the contracts on the table, Pei Shaoze stood up and said, "She hasn't given me an answer yet."
"Oh!"
Yan Xin responded, lost in thought as he looked down.
Pei Shaoze put away the documents, glanced at him, and asked casually, "Have you seen Su Banxia's children?"
Yan Xin was preoccupied, so he nodded without thinking. "Yeah."
"Both of them?"
"A boy and a girl, twins—"
Suddenly, Yan Xin realized he was supposed to keep Su Banxia's secret, and the rest of his words died in his throat.
He stood up from the sofa and said, "Why are you so concerned about this? I have things to do. I'm leaving!"
Pei Shaoze noticed his nervousness and deliberate attempt to change the subject.
As Yan Xin headed for the door, Pei Shaoze crossed his arms and watched him. "Yan Xin, Su Banxia isn't someone you should be thinking about."
This irritated Yan Xin. He turned back to Pei Shaoze and said, "Whether I can think about Su Banxia is up to me, not you or anyone else. Shaoze, since you don't like her, there's no need to keep her by your side and hurt her. She deserves better."
"You?"
Pei Shaoze curled his lips into a cold smile. Su Banxia's skills were truly impressive—she had already managed to bewitch Yan Xin in no time.
Yan Xin wanted to retort, but Pei Shaoze cut him off, directly asking, "How old are those two kids?"
Yan Xin initially didn't want to say, but if he didn't, Pei Shaoze's nature would make him think Yan Xin was deliberately hiding something.
After thinking it over, he said, "I'm not sure. They should be about five or six years old."
With that, he lowered his head and left.
Pei Shaoze's dark eyes grew deeper. The kids were five or six?
Su Banxia said she got married five years ago, so her children would be at most four. How could they be five or six?
Suspicion arose in his mind, and he made a mental note.
...
Su Banxia had been worn out by Pei Shaoze at the café, losing quite a few brain cells.
As soon as she got home, she saw Guoguo clutching a doll and toddling after Xiao Hao, asking for something. When she saw her mother, Guoguo threw herself into Su Banxia's arms.
In a soft, childish voice, she said, "Mommy, you're finally back!"
Picking up the little one, Su Banxia looked at the two children and asked, "What were you doing at home? Where's Aunt Fang? Has she come back yet?"
Guoguo rested her head on her mother's shoulder and said indignantly, "Brother was looking at the computer earlier and said there's an uncle who looks a lot like us. I wanted to see, but he wouldn't show me!"
After a pause, she added, "Aunt Fang said she'd buy us snacks and just went out."
Su Banxia was taken aback. She looked at Xiao Hao and asked, puzzled, "Who did you see?"
Xiao Hao held the computer and looked at her seriously. "The CEO of Dingsheng Group, your boss."
He didn't say anything more, just stared at Su Banxia with his dark, serious eyes.
It left her momentarily stunned.
This child was too clever.
After a pause, she forced a smile and said, "You think so too, right? When I first saw him, I also thought you two looked alike. I was shocked for a long time myself!
But really, I've never met him before. There's no way to explain it. Think about it—you also look a lot like Uncle Lin Tongze, don't you?"
Su Hao naturally didn't think there was any connection between them and Pei Shaoze. He just found it a bit strange. Seeing how nervous his mother was, he frowned slightly, closed the website on the computer, and looked at her. "I was just looking casually. You're overreacting."
Su Banxia was speechless. How could she not be nervous?
Guoguo and Xiao Hao were her treasures.
If Pei Shaoze ever found out about them, she truly didn't know how she would survive losing both her children.