Hearing that, Winnie laughed and teased at this moment.
“You are modest, one is praising while the other dare not accept praise.”
“What am I to praise? I am willing to do anything for my own children. All parents will do as I do, all
parents are willing to do things for their children.”
Winnie smiled faintly. She did not feel she did much but felt indebted to the kids.
The kids had suffered so much before, and she had no idea what they would be like in the future. So
Winnie did not spoil them, but taught them to be independent and tough.
In the future, if she really was no longer around, she could rest assured.
“All say a mother's love is great, I understand it from you.”
As Oscar's voice just fell, Megan wanted to go to the bathroom.
Winnie put down her chopsticks and took Megan to the bathroom.
After sending Megan to the bathroom, Winnie stood outside and waited. At this time her mobile phone
rang, Winnie picked it up casually.
“How did you feel the visit to the police station?”
The voice was cold and eerie, sounded local.
Winnie was nervous but not afraid.
“If I say I feel good, will you send me in again? If I say I feel terrible, will you be glad? Who are you?”
Winnie said seriously, and did not flinch because she did not know the one over the phone.
“You are indeed special. A visit to the police station hasn't dampened your spirit. I have nothing else to
do and no leisure to send you there. I just want to warn you that don’t try to have the things that don’t
belong to you. If you insist, it won't be so easy next time.”
The man’s tone was bleak and horrible, but Winnie had experienced such a horrible thing, so she was
not afraid of it.
“Is this a threat? I can hear you are from this city from your accent. You are a foreigner but you know
my business. I'm afraid someone is telling you what to do.”
“Tell the man behind you that all the things I have are earned by my own hard work, which is not illegal
or against my conscience.”
“And you, you're breaking the law with those words, and I recorded them. If I pursue it, the police will
investigate it. It won't be so easy for you if you have been found out.”
“I've been investigated by the police, and you should know what my specialty is. Twenty minutes is
enough to find you by myself if I want to, and ten more minutes to find the man behind you.”
Winnie said in a domineering manner with majestic momentum. She had never been afraid of anyone.
If she was afraid, she wouldn't be alive today and wouldn't be with her children.
As Winnie's voice just fell, there was silence. Winnie knew he had hung up.
When they went to bed that night, the father and children were asleep, but Winnie was still thinking
about the phone call.
She made a casual remark and did not investigate the source of the call. As for being locked up by the
police, she didn't want to pursue it. After all, they had apologized publicly in the media.
Winnie did not want to cause trouble to Brian. She just wanted it be to peaceful, but she wanted to
guess who was behind.
She had not robbed anything and the things she had were not from robbing. She didn't have any
problems with any colleagues or the company.
Only in aspects of men, in aspects of her relationship, she had been regarded a thorn in the eyes of
others.
Now the only one who was dissatisfied with her was Felix, Wendy and Klara. Of the three, Felix would
not have used this method if he wanted to warn her. He could have warned her directly.
Klara was looking forward to her early death, but her courage was just dirty ideas behind the scenes,
and she would never have gone abroad to make such a fuss and give warning.
So there was only Wendy left.
During this period of time, Wendy had been following Brian. Maybe Brian went everywhere with her,
maybe Wendy secretly followed Brian to create a chance encounter deliberately.
She would let Winnie know after the creation of a chance encounter, to affect the relationship between
her and Brian. Wendy wanted her to quit and take the initiative to leave Brian.
But Winnie was not sure whether it was Wendy behind, but it was possible. But Wendy was not that
heartless and cold. How did she come up with the idea besides Klara helped her?
At home.
Leo was on the phone with Winnie is in his office and knew the news Luke ranked the first twenty.
“Great, Luke is not just our pride, but the pride of our country.”
Leo was excited, even his voice was trembling.
That was a big international competition, and only the world's elite could attend it. Luke can win a
position in these elite, he was an elite too.
“You are so happy, the final result has not come out yet, how could he be the pride of the country? The
most important thing is not to embarrass the country.”
Winnie was also happy, but she needed to keep a low profile. She could not be so proud.
“Winwin, you are modest. There are so many six-year-old children in the country, and only Luke is the
only one to represent the country to attend the competition. This has won glory for the country.”
“Don't put pressure on the kid. It's already good.”
Leo had not been so excited for many days. Hearing the news of Luke, he really had high spirits.
“Rest assured, I won't put pressure on him. If he's under pressure, he's giving it to himself. He wants to
win.”
Winnie said gently, no matter what it was, she would not put pressure on her children and force them to
do what they did not like. Winnie just wanted to train their interests, cultivate them to have self-reliance,
cultivate them to be tough.
“That's good. Let the children do what they want. Tell Luke, no matter how the result of the competition
is, I will give him award when he comes back.”
“I will tell him after the competition, otherwise he will look forward to it. By the way, have you made
progress with Emily?”
Before each phone call or meeting with Leo, Winnie would ask about the relationship between Leo and
Emily. It seemed as if she had something on her mind if they were not together.
“No, you don’t need to pay attention to me now, you just need to take Luke to focus on the competition.
Maybe Emily and I will make progress when you come back.”
Leo tried his best to sound as happy as before, but it was really hard.
He did not want to hide Winnie that he had given up, because he was afraid Winnie would worry about
them in foreign country and that Luke’s competition would be affected.
When Winnie and Luke returned with honor, he must tell all his friends and let them not worry about
him and Emily.
“Then I'll be waiting for your progress. I hope I can hear good news when I get back.”
Winnie did not find anything unusual. She thought Leo had been working hard on it. As long as he
didn't give up, Emily would be touched one day.
“I'll try my best, so don't worry about me. Well, I still have things to do. I hope Luke will give me better
news.”
With that, Leo hung up the phone and then took a helpless deep breathing.
He hadn't seen Emily for many days since they parted that day. He didn’t know what she was doing
now or whether she had gone abroad.
He wondered if she got enough sleep and eating. Without his entanglement, would she live leisurely
and contentedly.
He hoped she was good, happy, and to be loved. He hoped she met someone who loved her and she
loved. He hoped she could have smile every day and lead a satisfactory life.
Only if she was good, his giving up would be meaningful. But he was not good at all.
But even if he was not good, Leo did not regret his giving up. He gave up for Emily not to worry, for
Emily to have a better life and for Emily not to wear the expression of disgust on her face.
As thinking, Leo gave a bitter smile. When he was not busy, his brain was full of Emily. Sometimes his
mind wandered while he was working.
“No, I don’t regret. I am a bastard, I am be selfish, I am not worthy of Emily.”
As he was talking to himself, the secretary knocked at the door and came in.
“Mr. Johnson, there is a woman in the reception hall on the first floor and said she is Miss Jones'
mother. She wants to see you.”
“Let her come up.”
“Yes, Mr. Johnson.”
The secretary was just about to leave, and Leo added.
“Get the tea ready.”
“Let the others get the tea ready. You go downstairs and take her up.”
Leo ordered feeling uneasy.
“Ok, Mr. Johnson, I will do it now.”
After the secretary left, Leo felt nervous. Since leaving in a hurry that day, he hadn't seen Emily's
parents, and hadn't given them a formal explanation.
That day he proclaimed that he would be their son-in-law, and in a moment he cut off the connection,
which was not understandable to the elderly.
So he had to give explanation today.
When Christine came in, she sat down to drink tea and was very kind. She didn't seem to be asking
questions.
“Why are you standing there? You look like you made a mistake. Sit down.”
Christine said to Leo kindly with a smile face.
“I did make a mistake. I let you down.”
Leo took the initiative to talk about his mistakes, and then sat down.
“I came here today to ask you about your relationship with Emily. You didn't say anything when you left
that day, Charles and I are worried. We asked Emily, but she did not say anything. She just said the
procedures for going abroad have been completed and she was ready to go abroad.”
“I thought you quarreled. You didn't come to our home for so many days, and Emily didn't say anything
but prepared things to go abroad.”
“I am anxious, so I came to ask you. Please don’t mind.”
Seeing that Emily was about to leave, Christine was really worried at home, so she came to ask Leo
what was going on.
From what Christine said, Leo knew that Emily didn't say anything, so it could only be said by him.
“Christine, I'm sorry, I... I broke my promise to you and Charles. Emily and I have officially broken up
and I promised not to disturb her again.”
“Broke up? Emily just did not admit that she likes you. She actually cares about you.”
Christine said in surprise.
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