"You used to be very nice to mom, but now you don't even look at her or smile at her." said Pingan. He
was not an ordinary child. He was much more mature and sensitive than other children his age.
Kerry was confused and didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry. I don't remember anything from before. "
"So you brought another girl back with you?" Pingan asked coldly, "You want her to be my new mom?"
"No, of course not." Kerry responded quickly.
"You don't like Mom. And I don't like you either. I'm going to leave here with mommy. I'm mommy's
baby." Pingan said seriously.
"Who told you I don't like your mother?" Kerry asked.
"I guessed it myself. I don't want to talk to you now. I'm sleepy." Pingan said and turned his back to
Kerry and closed her eyes.
To be honest, Pingan didn't want to sleep with his father after such a long absence. He still preferred to
sleep with his mom. He just didn’t like Xiaomei and he didn’t let her take his Daddy away from him, so
he slept with his dad.
Pingan seldom hated people, but he hated Xiaomei Pan. From the first moment Pingan saw her, he
knew that she did not like him.
Kerry looked at the back of Pingan’s head and began to think again about how to face Venus.
He thought he wouldn't be able to sleep this night, but he did before he could figure things out.
Venus next door also slept soundly. Her worries were finally resolved, and she drank again tonight, so
she fell asleep soon.
The next day, Kevin and Kerry had breakfast at the table. Kerry looked at the time and saw that it was
almost eight o'clock, but Venus hadn't come down yet.
"Kevin, isn't that Venus going to the office too? Why isn’t she up yet?" asked Kerry.
"She's been having nightmares all this time, always waking up in the middle of the night. Today, she's
sleeping in. Let us wait patiently for her to wake up."
Kerry was confused. He asked, "Are you that close to her? You know her so well."
Hearing Kerry’s words, he was worried that Kerry would misunderstand his relationship with Venus. He
explained, “Venus woke up every morning with dark circles under her eyes. She told me that she had
nightmares at night. Besides, she and I are good friends."
"I see." Kerry said awkwardly.
Kevin glanced at him and smiled. "Do you want to know why Venus and I are so close?"
"Not because of me?" asked Kerry.
"There's a lot going on here. You were mean to Venus at first, and I was always secretly helping her.
Over time, we've become very good friends." Kevin said meaningfully.
"I was bad to her?" Kerry questioned this statement. According to his son and John, he should have
loved Venus very much.
Kevin nodded heavily, "Yes, you used to treat her very badly. Do you remember Xinyou Qiao? I guess
you don’t remember that woman."
"Xinyou Qiao? Who is she?"
"She came to our house specifically to frame Venus," Kevin said. "But you were tricked by her at the
time. You believed whatever she said."
Kerry snapped back to yesterday when Venus had said at the wedding that it wasn't the first time he'd
brought another woman home. He guessed that the woman Venus mentioned yesterday might be
Xinyou Qiao.
"Good morning, guys." Venus's voice came over.
Kerry turned her head to see Venus in a delicate, light dress, her short hair hanging over her shoulders.
She pulled out the chair next to Kerry's and sat down.
Kerry looked at her, his heart suddenly pounding.
Then Kevin said, "Your dark circles are gone, and you look much better. You seem to have slept well
last night."
"Yeah. My worries are settled, so of course I can sleep well." Venus picked up a dumpling. She found
that Pingan was not there, and then turned her head to ask Kerry, "Where is Pingan?"
"He's with John." said Kerry. His heart was still pounding.
"What are you guys talking about?" Venus asked.
"We're talking about Xinyou Qiao. I reminded my brother how stupid he was." Kevin said.
The smile on Venus' face faded a little, and she nodded and said, "He was pretty stupid."
"By the way, I wanted to ask you why you forgave my brother. I didn't expect you to forgive him. When I
heard the news, I thought John was lying."
Venus looked at Kerry and said quietly, "He saved my life several times, and then he forced me to stay
with his own life. I had no choice so I stabbed him in the chest. I took it as a way to end my grudge
against him."
Kerry choked on a dry cough and Venus patted him on the back before bringing a glass of water to his
mouth, "Slow down."
Kerry took a few sips of water, and then stopped coughing. He knew he had the scar on his right chest,
but he didn't think she had stabbed him.
Kevin was surprised too, "You must have been in a lot of pain at the time."
Venus smiled faintly. "I'm still too soft. I should have stuck the knife in your left chest and killed you.
Maybe if I had done that, I wouldn't have had so much to worry about afterwards." She said to Kerry.
Kevin laughed gleefully, while Kerry's look was complex.
Hearing her words, Kerry felt as if he and Venus used to be filled with hatred rather than love. But John
also said that he loved Venus, which confused him.
"Let's talk about that tonight. After breakfast, we need to go to work," Kevin said.
Perhaps the bed at the Ye family's house was too comfortable, but Xiaomei Pan and her brother had
not gotten up until the three of them left the Ye family's villa by car.
When they arrived at the office, Kerry was a little nervous. Venus felt his nervousness, held his hand
and said, "You are the boss of the company. You don't have to be afraid."
Then Kevin opened the door for the two of them. Kerry took a deep breath and got out of the car.
Venus took his arm and held his hand tightly.
Kerry looked down at their entwined hands and felt a sense of peace.
The doorman saw Kerry and Venus appear and just froze. When they walked past, he remembered
that he hadn't just greeted them.
The lady at the front desk also looked surprised. She hurried to greet them, "Good morning, Mr. Ye,
and Mrs. Ye."
Venus smiled at her very gently.
Soon, the news of Mr. Ye's return to the company with his wife spread throughout the COMPANY via
social media. Everyone in the company was excited. They were all eager to see Mr. Ye, who hadn't
been seen for a long time.
When they got into the elevator, Kerry asked, "What will I do if someone says hello to me?"
"You can smile at the person, nod your head, or just ignore them," Venus replied.
"Ignore them? Wouldn't that be rude?" asked Kerry.
"You used to be like that." Venus scoffed
Kerry was speechless.
As soon as they got out of the elevator, the four men from the secretariat bent down and said in unison,
"Good morning, Mr. Ye."
Kerry nodded gently.
"Long time no see." Venus smiled and said to them.
Then Venus gently took Kerry's hand and motioned for him to continue walking.
Walking into the president's office, Kerry felt very familiar with everything here.
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