Chapter 48 - How Big?

This night, Su Xiqin had a dream again where she walked into a garden and played around, then she got tired and ran into the mansion in the garden. The moment she stepped into the door, a cold voice floated into her eardrums.

"Who allowed you to be in here?"

She looked up, and saw that a tall, handsome man stood a short distance away, who was looking at her with a gloomy face.

She paused and said timidly, "Sorry to bother you; I didn't know anyone was here."

The man slowly walked towards her and raised her chin. "What is your name?"

Su Xiqin answered, and the man suddenly smiled and said, "My name is Mo Xigu; remember my name."

He let her rest in his mansion, offered her food, and gave her the most beautiful gifts in the world; he spoiled her, he was gentle, and she couldn't help to fall for him. From then on, the two fell in love.

She lived in that beautiful garden and forgot to go back. Suddenly one day, she remembered to go home, but Mo Xigu said to her, "Are you leaving me? I will suffocate without you because I am deeply in love with you, my beautiful princess."

She smiled having heard his confession and asked, "Will you fall in love with anyone else?"

"I will only love you in this life, until death do us part," Mo Xigu said to her with deep affection.

The most beautiful words in the world were the words of love; how could anyone remain calm when they hear the confession from their beloved ones.

She was indulged in the joy he brought her and had the most beautiful smile in the world on her face.

"You're not leaving anymore?" Mo Xigu pursued the question.

She sounded righteous as she said, "You are also the only person I will love in my life, so I'm not going anywhere."

Mo Xigu's sweet and bright smile made her heart beat fast again and again.

Just when she was about to begin her happy life, she went fruit-picking in the orchard outside the garden where she met a strong lion. The strong lion came toward her, and she didn't manage to escape in the end even though she wanted to.

The strong lion pushed her down and transformed into a gorgeous man, who she lost her virginity to, and her life went down in a spiraling disaster from then on.

Shortly after the event, she discovered that many strange women were living in the mansion, and her beloved husband was amongst them and drunk while indulging in pleasure.

She was upset, but she could only suffer in silence because she lost her virginity to a stranger. This went on for some time until a man suddenly arrived, claiming to be the father to her child and wanting his child back.

...

He took the child by force, and she was in deep pain as she watched her child get taken away by that man….

Su Xiqin woke up with a startle, and she wondered what it might foreshadow when both a beautiful dream and nightmare came together.

Could it be because of Mo xigu's action during the day? Su Xiqin thought to herself and felt that was the reason.

 

Is it because of his sudden change in attitude that I'm having these dreams about him for the past two nights? Or is there another reason? Once there were these unsolvable questions in Su Xiqin's mind, she couldn't fall asleep again. She sat up in bed and looked out at the window as the curtains slightly moved with the breeze, giving her a peek of dusk through the slit.

She laid on her bed for a bit while staring sightlessly at the ceiling, and only when the outside became brighter did she lift up her blanket and get up. She turned off the AC in her room before leaving.

Tang Xi went back home already, and there was only Su Xiqin and her son in the little apartment. She walked out of the bedroom and went to check on the little guy first. Mo Jintian was still asleep with part of his pajamas lifted up from moving too much, revealing his chubby belly.

Su Xiqin looked down at his innocent sleeping face, and it made all her stress and worries disappear. She then pulled down his pajama to cover his belly before she left the room to make breakfast for the new day.

"Susu, we're having a parent-child sports competition at school next Friday; you must come!" Mo Jintian said to Su Xiqin with a mouthful of food on his child's seat at the dining table.

Su Xiqin frowned a bit. "Next Friday, eh…"

"Yup, we are holding a sports competition and I'll be in one of the events. You have to come and cheer me up!" the little guy had his mushroom head tilted and neck stretched eagerly for Su Xiqin's response. He still had food in his mouth while he talked unclearly, and some bits were even shooting out from the corner of his mouth, but Su Xiqin understood his words and answered as she wiped away the food bit from the edge of his mouth.

"Alright, I'll definitely be there that day."

"If only Baibai could come too," the little guy murmured to himself after he swallowed the food in his mouth.

It was still overheard by Su Xiqin, who furrowed her brows unconsciously. "Mo Jintian, do you not want me to go?"

The little guy's face frowned as he lowered his head and muttered, "No! I just thought it would be nice if Baibai comes too. After all, he's a good friend of mine!"

Su Xiqin sighed in her mind as she looked at his innocent face. He's really treating Bai Yansen as a friend. How could a CEO make friends with a kid? He probably has something else in mind; I really can't let Bai Yansen get any closer to Jintian.

Having thought that, Su Xiqin put down the glass of milk in her hand and looked at him with a serious face.

"Jintian, he is a big shot, and he probably wasn't serious when he said he's your friend. Don't take it to heart."

The little guy wasn't happy to hear that as he set aside his fork and defended himself, "Baibai wasn't just saying that casually; he's serious."

Su Xiqin felt helpless looking at the seriousness in her son's eyes, and she was unable to say anything further. Little Milk Bun asked again, "Baibai is a big shot? How big?"

She nodded and explained, "He's the owner of a big company."

The little guy then nodded thoughtfully. "Oh," he asked after a pause. "Bigger than Dad?"

The Zhuosheng Corporation was obviously bigger than the Mo Corporation, so she nodded to that answer. Mo Jintian was happy inside as he realized how amazing his friend was, and he wouldn't have to worry about his dad bullying him and Susu ever again.

Having thought that, he grinned as he urged Su Xiqin who was looking at him, "Eat quickly, or I'll be late."

Then, he lowered his head and finished all the milk in his glass in one gulp.

Having seen her son's actions, Su Xiqin didn't dare to push him too hard, and she hoped that as long as Bai Yansen didn't show up again, her son would eventually forget about him.

Having thought that, she lowered her head and finished drinking her glass of milk.

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At 3 PM, Su Xiqin received an internal landline call from Mo Xigu, who asked her to discuss a contract at Yuntang after work. He specifically stated that once this contract was negotiated and signed, then the Mo Corporation could come back again from almost being killed.

Su Xiqin was always keen on work, and there was no reason to reject the meeting as it concerned the existence of the Mo Corporation while the person who wanted to end the Mo Corporation wasn't found. She also thought that it might be a chance to discuss the divorce terms with Mo Xigu.

Near the end of the day, she asked Tang Xi to pick up Mo Jintian from school as she would be late to return home. After she had settled everything, she grabbed her purse and left the headquarters as she drove towards Yuntang.

Su Xiqin arrived at Yuntang and found the suite according to the number that Mo Xigu had given her.

The door opened, and a strong smell of alcohol and tobacco rushed into her face, along with the ear-shattering noises of chatters. There was a moment of silence when she appeared as everyone laid their eyes upon her.

She looked around, and even under the dim light and smoke, she could still tell that most of the people were Mo Xigu's best friends, and there was one person she didn't recognize; she guessed that he was probably the other party.

"Come on in!" A low, deep voice sounded, pulling Su Xiqin back from her thoughts.

Su Xiqin walked towards the seat next to Mo Xigu, as it was the only vacant one there; it looked like it was specially reserved for her.

"This is Chairman Ling." Mo Xigu introduced her and then turned to Chairman Ling.

"Chairman Ling, this is our company's designer, Su Xiqin."

Mo Xigu did not introduce her as his wife but as an employee of the company. Su Xiqin glanced at him as it was a bit unnecessary in this setting.

"Hello, Ms. Su." Chairman Ling, who was still seated, reached out his hand as he smiled and gazed at Su Xiqin.