It was silent in the car for a while. Winnie suddenly thought of a thing. Then she broke the silence.
"Give me your phone."
"Phone?"
Brian was baffled, looking at Winnie vigilantly. His mobile phone had never been shown to anyone else.
He did not know why Winnie wanted his phone.
"You look at me like this gain. You're sitting right next to me, can I take your phone away? I hate that
look in your eyes. Come on, I'm just doing an experiment. If you don't cooperate with me, I'll go to Leo,
so that he will come and save me when I am in trouble."
Winnie was upset and felt her heart cold, looking at Brian’s vigilant eyes. Maybe in his heart she would
always be a cheater.
“What do you mean?”
Brian was confused and did not understand why the mobile phone was related to her danger. But he
had removed his vigilance. He no longer thought of her as a cheater, because she was not.
"I've developed a new app that can send out a distress signal even when the battery is dead and find
your lost phone. I just want to run an experiment by linking your phone to mine. It's an experiment. It's
not peek. Why all the fuss?"
Winnie seriously explained, otherwise Brian would be paranoid.
Brian then understood what Winnie wanted to do, so he handed the phone to Winnie. He would not
give up the chance to Leo.
Winnie took over the phone and began to operate.
"This is still in the experimental stage, and it cannot be successful at once, so I will use your mobile
phone again. Don't suspect I have ulterior motives."
Winnie said to Brian while operating. Normally, she used her own two mobile phones for such
experiments, but she was worried that she would have an accident after being warned by two strange
men.
So the experiment had been shelved, and she chose Brian as the experimental object, because in the
case of danger, only he could save her.
"I won’t, you are not a cheater. I will never suspect you again."
Brian's sudden words were warm and soft full of trust. It pulled back Winnie's thoughts.
Winnie suddenly stopped in operation and stared at Brian for a moment.
What was he talking about? She said she was not a cheater? No, she must have heard it wrong. It
seemed she needed to go to the hospital and have checked her ears.
Winnie thought she must have misheard it, and then looked back in amazement to continue to work on
the phone.
"I said you were not a cheater, and I will never say you are again."
Brian repeated when he found that Winnie did not respond. Winnie stopped her move. This time she
knew she had heard it right.
He said she was not a cheater.
Winnie was excited but with grievance. Without saying a word, she just stood there, trying to restrain
her wronged heart with all her might.
From the day she knew Brian, she had been staying with Brian as a cheater. He guarded against her
and looked at her with vigilant eyes all the time, as if she would cheat him at any time.
It was a bad feeling, It hurt like the devil bit by bit swallowing Winnie's self-esteem. But when her pride
was wounded all over, he let her see the light.
Winnie took a deep breath and spit out her grievances.
"Thank you for believing me not to be a cheater."
Winnie did not say anything or look up, but said thank you.
She did not want to know why Brian suddenly believed her, did not want to know what purpose he had.
She did not dare to ask a word, for fear that Brian suspected that she had ulterior motives.
"I've been too extreme all this time, I've been too blind, I shouldn't have treated you..."
Brian said in a low voice and tried to explain, but was stopped by Winnie.
"No need to explain, I am glad that you believe me. Thank you."
Once again she said thank you, with a faint smile, but her heart was in pain as if falling into the frying
pan.
Winnie failed to hold back tears and hurried to look out of the window, frequently pricking eyes so as
not to shed tears.
"Winwin, I am sorry."
Brian was distressed to feel Winnie's grievance, like someone holding his heart with his hand, so that
he could not breathe.
Brian tried to comfort Winnie, reaching out to her hand which was holding the phone.
"I am fine, don't bother me. My software has not been installed successfully. I want to implement it as
soon as possible. If someone kidnaps me, you must come to rescue me. As long as you save me, I will
thank you."
Winnie pretended to be fine and said Brian did not need to say sorry. She didn't ask for much, as long
as Brian didn't hurt her pride.
"Nonsense. How can you be kidnapped for no reason?"
Brian did not like Winnie's assumptions, and did not like the idea that Winnie was in danger.
"What you said is reasonable. I have no money and no power, who would kidnap me?"
"But it's possible, because I made a lot of software, which are worth a lot of money, and there's good to
kidnap me for a patent."
Winnie was not important to anyone, and of course no one cared if she lived or died. But she had to
say that out, because she had something to tell Brian.
"Nonsense again."
Brian's voice was cold. Hearing that, he was nervous and would break down if it really happened.
"Just kidding. Why take it so seriously? You are always wearing a cold face."
Winnie said jokingly, and then continued the topic after pausing for a moment.
"Do me a favor, if I really have an accident, help me take care of Megan."
She thought only Brian who could take good care of Megan, because he was her father.
Since the day she was warned by two men in black, Winnie had been anxious, but there was no way to
solve. She could only be ready before things happened.
If she really had an accident, she could not pay Brian back that one hundred million, because she
wanted to leave it to her aunt and Vanessa. Aunt and Vanessa could depend on each other, and she
believed that Vanessa could take good care of her aunt.
But Megan was different. If she had an accident, Megan would become an orphan, and her life would
be doomed to be miserable. So she entrusted Megan to her own father. With her father's love, she
would be happy.
"What are you talking about? It is like there's something happening. Has something happened to you?"
Brian let go Winnie's hand angrily and began to suspect why she kept talking about this.
"No, nothing happened. Accidents happen to all of us, and I was just talking about it when it struck me.
Won't you take care of Megan? If you don't want to, I will ask Leo for help."
Winnie once again threatened him with Leo, because she knew that this trick was the most effective.
"Yes, I can take care of Megan."
Brian hurried to agree, but he had a question to ask Winnie.
"I want to know why you trust Megan to me? I don't seem to be related to her by blood. Her father
should be her first choice over me."
Brian asked suddenly in a serious tone. His eyes were full of doubt.
Winnie was stunned and flustered looking at Brian’s eyes that could see through everything. She felt
she knew something. Didn't he say "related to her by blood" on purpose?
"Because Megan likes you more than her own father, I entrust her to you."
She answered. If she did have an accident, someone would tell him the truth.
"Is it that simple?"
"It's that simple."
Winnie gave an affirmative answer, took back the line of sight and continued to debug the two mobile
phones.
It took her some time to finish it and then she taught him how to use them.
The exam lasted for two days. Brian and Winnie did nothing but accompany Vanessa for two days.
The next afternoon, in order to celebrate the successful end of Vanessa's exam, Brian took everyone
out for a dinner.
It was a top - class cafeteria, lavishly decorated with many kinds of dishes. Vanessa hadn't been to
such a fancy place in years since her father died.
"The environment here is good, thank you for bringing me here."
Vanessa took what she wanted to eat and sat down to thank him.
She did well in the exam. She was confident and in a good mood. Grinning from ear to ear she said
thanks.
"Not at all. It's just a meal."
Brian said lightly. Winnie sat down with two kids.
"Thank you for bringing us to such a delicious restaurant, Uncle. There is a place to play, I like it very
much."
Megan said politely.
"You are welcome, Megan. If you like it, I can often take you here."
Since Brian suspected Megan was his daughter, he spoiled to Megan. And now his words showed his
love to her too.
"Well, I like it here, and I like you."
Megan said sweetly as if she took honey.
"I like it here, and I like Auntie, too."
"And I like my aunt."
In order to highlight his existence, Luke said so, but what he said was true. He liked Winnie and
Vanessa.
"Luke, you are good, I like you too."
Vanessa said jokingly, playing with the two children together. Winnie was pleased, raising the corners
of her mouth.
Brian liked Winnie's smile the most, but after they were together, he always made Winnie cry and
seldom saw her smile.
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