Hearing that it was about Winnie, Brian became anxious.
"Winnie has never been married. She had a nominal husband."
What Albert said was just like a flash of lightning in the darkness, giving people light.
And he was the person who waited for the light in the darkness.
He was secretly pleased first. Then he asked.
"What happened?"
"I heard that she married someone temporarily to register for kid. That man is her classmate and is now
abroad. Mr. Bennet, shall I find him to confirm it?"
It took Albert great effort to find these pieces of information out. He was very puzzled and wondered
why Winnie's messages were deliberately hidden.
Brian pondered for a moment.
"You don't have to. I'll find a way to confirm it."
Brian had a way to do that and he would get the truest and most convincing information. However, he
was in a better mood after hearing the news.
"Anything else?"
Brian went on asking. For the first time, he expected that Albert would have more news.
"I haven't found out anything more about Winnie. Mrs. Bennet threw away..."
Albert was reporting seriously, but he suddenly interrupted by Brian. He was somewhat puzzled.
"Don't call Penny Mrs. Bennet in my presence in the future. She doesn't deserve it."
Brian was agitated when Albert mentioned the word "Mrs. Bennet", so he directly forbad Albert from
calling Penny "Mrs. Bennet".
"Yes, Mr. Bennet...But what should I call her?"
Albert didn't know what to do and was afraid that Brian would become annoyed when he called Penny
in the wrong way.
"Just call her Penny."
"The cell phone threw away by Penny has been restored. Some data was deleted and cannot be
restored. The rest of the data has been restored."
As Albert spoke, he put Winnie's mobile phone on Brian's desk.
Brian frowned and stared at the phone with sullen eyes.
Then he picked it up, turned it on and began to search for what Penny wanted.
There wasn't nothing but the photos of Megan in it. However, Brian was puzzled the moment he saw
the picture taken when Megan was just born.
He enlarged the photo. The child was very thin. Although he was not sure whether the kid in the photo
was a boy or a girl, he found that this picture was obviously different from the previous one. It meant
that the kid in the photo wasn't Megan.
But who would the kid be if the kid wasn't Megan? If the kid wasn't Winnie's child, why did she keep
this photo all the time? Could it be that she just liked other people's kids?
Brian became even more shocked when he saw the next photo. It was a picture of two kids who were
thin and weak and looked a lot smaller than normal kids.
One of the kids was Megan and the other one was the kid in the previous picture. In this picture, it was
obvious that this kid was a boy.
Brian looked at these photos repeatedly in doubt. He felt that there was something wrong, but he didn't
know what was wrong.
In fact, it was just a photo and couldn't prove anything, but Brian was upset for no reason.
No longer looking at the picture, Brian began to search for video. But there wasn't any video in the cell
phone. It seemed that videos had all been deleted, just like Albert said.
At this moment, the secretary called in. Albert ended his report and Brian put away the mobile phone
which he hadn't seen all the information in it.
After getting off work in the evening, Brian canceled his appointment and came to Winnie's house with
an excuse.
He entered the password himself and went in the house as he usually do, which surprised Vanessa
who was sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Could bosses of companies enter their employees' houses as they wished? Would bosses remember
the passwords of the doors of their employees' house?
"Brother, you come here!"
Vanessa stopped thinking about the doubts, stood up and greeted Brian with a light smile.
"Hmm. Did you go to attend the tutoring class?"
Brian asked in a low voice.
"Yes. Albert went there with me. There aren't many people in the class. There are about seven or eight
students in the class. Brother, I've asked Winnie to express my thanks to you. I can follow this tutoring
class."
Vanessa thanked Brian politely. She would never forget that Brian had helped her.
"You're welcome. Winnie performs well in the company. She deserves these benefits."
As a matter of fact, he did it out of his concern for Winnie. However, he told Vanessa that it was a
reward for Winnie's work. In this way, it was possible that Vanessa wouldn't think too much and
therefore Winnie wouldn't be put in a difficult position. However, he didn't realized that Vanessa had
become suspicious when he opened the door by entering password.
"Brother, sit down please. What do you want to drink? I'll get some for you."
Vanessa led Brian into the living room and asked him to sit down.
"I don't want to drink anything. Where's Winnie?"
Brian looked around, but he didn't saw Winnie.
"She goes out to buy some food. The kids are doing their homework upstairs. Shall I ask Luke to come
downstairs?"
Vanessa asked.
"No, you don't have to. I don't want to disturb them."
It was a good opportunity and Brian didn't want to miss it.
"Vanessa, Luke told me that Megan always wants to see her daddy. Where's her father? Did he divorce
Winnie?"
Brian asked implicitly. This was the reason why he didn't ask Albert to investigate over it.
"Daddy? Having no daddy? Winnie has never been married."
Vanessa just felt surprised when she heard Brian's questions, but she found it fun when Brian
mentioned the divorce.
There were too many things that Vanessa didn't know, so she could only tell him something according
to her understanding.
"She has never been married?"
Although it was the second time for Brian to hear such an answer, he still felt relieved. However, he had
more doubts after hearing her saying so.
After thinking for a moment, Brian went on asking.
"According to the personal details Winnie gave to the company, she's divorced. Why?"
"Oh, Winnie married one of her classmates to register Megan. After Megan was registered, they
divorced."
Vanessa still didn't think much. In her view, it wasn't a secret or something shameful. Therefore, she
thought it ok to tell others about it.
However, Brian was suddenly enlightened after hearing the seemingly unimportant words Vanessa
said. Winnie had never been married; she had no husband at all; it appeared that she wasn't going to
remarry.
However, there wasn't a kid who had no father. Could it be that...
"Is Megan adopted by Winnie?"
If Winnie had never been married, then there were only two possibilities. One possibility was that she
was pregnant with her boyfriend's kid and they broke up then. However, according to Albert's
investigation, Winnie had only one ex-boyfriend--Leo. Was Leo Megan's father?
Another possibility was that Winnie pitied the baby and therefore adopted her.
Among these two possibilities, Brian actually hoped that Megan was adopted, although it was selfish
for him to think so. However, Brian knew that it was impossible because Megan had a face similar to
that of Winnie.
Speaking of Megan's birth, Winnie hesitated for a while before speaking.
"Winnie gave birth to twins. At that time, we were poor, so we had one baby adopted by others."
This time, Brian was really shocked. He finally knew who the boy in the photo he saw in Winnie's
mobile phone was.
"Didn't the father of the kids care about them?"
"I don't know. At the time, I was sick and in a bad state. Aunt Isobel and Winnie concealed something
from me."
Vanessa knew that she must stop talking about this issue. It was the bottom line. If she told Brian this,
Winnie would kill her.
Brian stopped asking, but he felt upset again.
Since Winnie gave birth to kids herself, she must have had an intimate relationship with someone.
Before Winnie came back, Brian left. Before leaving, he asked Vanessa not to tell Winnie that he had
come.
Coming out of Winnie's home, Brian suddenly didn't know where to go. There was not a place that felt
homey. He sat in the car with the air conditioner on, listening to soothing music to relax himself.
However, he happened to see Winnie walk to the door of the building with Leo, talking and laughing.
In an instant, Brian became angry and had the impulse to get off the car to blame them for "having an
affair".
However, he still restrained himself. Now, his mind was also in a turmoil, being unable to tell what was
true and what was false. If Leo was Megan's father, how could he question Winnie?
If Megan was Leo's daughter, how long could the relationship between him and Winnie last? Would
they end their relationship before Wendy Yup came back?
He didn't even dare think about ending the relationship with Winnie. Therefore, he must find out who
Megan's father was.
Thinking of this, Brian made a phone call to Albert.
"Winnie gave birth to twins. No matter what means you have to use, find out the identity of Megan's
father."
After putting down the phone, Brian took a deep breath and watched Winnie entered the door of the
building with Leo.
Back in home, Winnie began to cook dinner. When Vanessa was here, life was much easier for her.
That's because Vanessa could take care of kids and cook for her.
"You're going to attend tutoring class tomorrow. Is everything ready?"
Winnie chatted with Vanessa while cooking.
"Yes. Don't worry. I can deal with it."
Vanessa was very confident. As a matter of fact, she was originally very confident in study. Now, she
became even more confident because she could attend such a good tutoring class.
"Sister, thank Mr. Bennet for me. He helped us, so we can't act as if nothing had happened."
Vanessa spoke in a sensible manner, but there was a hidden purpose behind what she said.
"Oh, you've really grown up and become grateful. Well, I'll thank him for you."
She was happy that Vanessa's being sensible. As long as there wasn't any difficulty in Vanessa's life
and as long as she was kind and sensible, Winnie wouldn't feel guilty when she thought of her parents
in the future.
"I've grown up. How can I be not sensible? You underestimate me too much. Sister, I'm not talking
about just saying thank you to him. We should show some sincerity, right?"
Vanessa asked tentatively.
"Sincerity? What sincerity?"
Winnie didn't think much about it and paid most of her attention to cooking, not noticing the weird
expression in Vanessa's eyes.
"We can't say that we have sincerity unless we invite him to have dinner at our home. Today, I asked
the students of the tutoring class in private about the cost. I'm told that it'll cost 100000 dollar to study in
the class with less than 10 people for a month. Mr. Bennet had paid the tuition fee for us and therefore
we owe him a favor. We must invite him to have a meal."
Vanessa really wanted to thank Brian, but she also wanted to ask Brian to come to their home and
know what the relationship between him and Winnie was by observing.
Although she hadn't begun to work, she had never heard that a boss would care about and spend so
much money on the younger sister of an employee.
Her instinct told her that there was something wrong, but she didn't know what was
wrong.
the class with less than 10 people for a month. Mr. Bennet had paid the tuition fee for us and therefore
we owe him a favor. We must invite him to have a meal."
Vanessa really wanted to thank Brian, but she also wanted to ask Brian to come to their home and
know what the relationship between him and Winnie was by observing.
Although she hadn't begun to work, she had never heard that a boss would care about and spend so
much money on the younger sister of an employee.
Her instinct told her that there was something wrong, but she didn't know what was
wrong.
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