Mo Chen felt that Mo Xuan was provoking him, and a flood of thoughts surged through his mind.
Just as Xiao Jun had said, he was a brute, nothing but brute strength!
At this moment, Mo Xuan had no idea that he had inadvertently made Mo Chen resent him.
Mo Xuan: I'm wronged, even Dou E wasn't as wronged as I am. Who did I provoke? Crying emoji.
Mo Chen looked at the bouncing Mo Xuan, then at Shen Yao, who pretended not to know him.
"Aunt Shen, Sister Yao Yao, let us help too." With that, Mo Chen walked over to the delivery van to help carry things.
"No, no, those things are heavy, you..."
Before the words "can't carry them" could be uttered, he saw Mo Chen pick up a large box, on which was painted a small solid wood bed.
Good heavens, are young men this strong nowadays?
Then he saw Mo Chen carrying the items and walking into the agritainment, following behind Mo Xuan.
Seeing that they had left, Shen Yao immediately said to her mother, "Mom, I'm a bit hungry. Let's go home and eat something."
After speaking, she hurried back to the house.
When Mo Chen came out, he saw that Shen Yao was no longer there. Excellent, was this person a rabbit, slipping away so quickly!
After helping to put away all the packages, Mo Chen bid farewell to Shen's mother and left, declining her invitation to dinner.
Mo Chen returned to his room and briefed Luo Yunping on the next steps.
He was not Xiao Jun; the company had a mountain of work that needed his attention.
"Investigate everything about the Shen family in detail during this period," Mo Chen said.
"Investigate what?" Luo Yunping was puzzled. He had already sent all the information about the Shen family members to his boss.
"Mo Xuan."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yunping couldn't help but recall Xiao Jun hugging Mo Xuan and calling him husband. "Boss, we don't need to find trouble with him. Although Xiao Jun's actions yesterday were his mistake, he did cure Xiao Jun in the end. We shouldn't go too far. After all, Xiao Jun still needs to recuperate here for a while."
Mo Chen glanced at Luo Yunping. "Did I say I was going to find trouble with him? I'm asking you to check his relationship with Shen Yao."
"Oh."
Luo Yunping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it wasn't about finding trouble with Mo Xuan. "There's no need to investigate that. This person seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and his mind might be a bit off. He always calls Miss Shen 'mother,' without considering how young Miss Shen is to have a son as old as him."
Mo Xuan: So now everyone has to put me down when they speak, do they!!!
Mo Chen was taken aback. "Say that again, who does that brute call mother?"
"Miss Shen Yao, of course. We all know, and many guests know too. The Shen family has a handsome guy with a bit of a problem."
When Luo Yunping mentioned this, he had quite a bit to say. "Boss, you just arrived and don't know yet, but the villagers say that the Shen family has a habit of picking people up to raise them. Shen family boss's father picked up a woman as his wife back then. Then Shen father picked up Shen mother. Even Shen boss's eldest daughter-in-law was picked up. They also say that the Mo Xuan they picked up now will definitely be their family's son-in-law in the future."
Mo Chen: "Hasn't Shen Yao married?"
Luo Yunping looked at Mo Chen in surprise. Wasn't he just curious about Mo Xuan's matters? Why did he suddenly turn to Miss Shen?
"No, Miss Shen returned to her hometown to start a business right after graduating from university. I haven't heard anyone say she was married."
"Not married?"
Mo Chen had now made up his mind about his earlier thoughts.
"Oh, Boss, are you asking about Miss Shen? I heard about that. It's said that Miss Shen had a boyfriend when she was in college, who was apparently a soldier.
But then the boyfriend died in an accident during a rescue mission. (I'm giving a heads-up here, for plot purposes, all our country's soldiers must be safe and sound!)
At that time, she suddenly discovered she was pregnant, and her boyfriend was an orphan, so she decided to keep the child to continue his lineage. It's a pity for that man, with no parents, and he died so young. Sigh."
Luo Yunping looked regretful and felt that Shen Yao was a loyal and righteous person.
It was rare for anyone in this world to go to such lengths.
Mo Chen: Very good, now he's been definitively described, hasn't he!
Upon hearing this, the knot in Mo Chen's heart was instantly untangled. If that was the case, according to the timeline, the child could only be his!
However, Mo Chen had no intention of rashly running to Shen Yao and saying, "I know you're pregnant with my child!"
Shen Yao might accept the child, but that didn't mean she would accept him. What if he pushed Shen Yao too far and she rejected both him and the child!
Or worse, she might deny it and raise the child alone.
"I'll return to the company tomorrow. You'll take care of Xiao Jun here. Report to me daily about anything that happens, including any developments in the Shen family."
Mo Chen decided to return to the company first. After all, he now knew where Shen Yao was, and she wasn't going anywhere.
"Okay, Boss." Luo Yunping replied obediently. Wasn't this what he had been doing all along?
As for the story of Shen Yao's pregnancy, it was fabricated by the Shen family to shut up the villagers. They knew how much gossip there was in the village and were afraid Shen Yao would be talked about.
The moment Shen Yao decided to keep the child, Shen's mother had already started visiting neighbors the very next morning.
As soon as she visited, she began to play the victim, talking about how kind-hearted Shen Yao was, and how she planned to get pregnant before marriage to leave an heir for her deceased boyfriend, even if it meant being scolded.
She also said that their family didn't want Shen Yao to have a child without a father, and that it would be difficult for Shen Yao to marry in the future with a child. The whole family was so worried they couldn't eat or sleep.
When the villagers heard this, they all praised Shen Yao as a kind and loyal child. They said if she wanted to keep the child, they would support her, and the family could afford to raise it, and the child's father was a hero.
Shen's mother immediately placed Shen Yao on a pedestal of high moral standing. Even if someone said something about Shen Yao, they were all scolded back by the village elders.
Later, with Mo Xuan's appearance, the villagers felt that the Shen family was truly calculating, finding a fool to be their son-in-law.
The next morning, Mo Chen left the agritainment under Shen Yao's hopeful gaze.
Shen Yao watched the disappearing car tail, letting out a deep sigh of relief. Heaven knew how much she had thought about things last night.
She had even considered running away, but reason had triumphed over impulse. Mo Chen hadn't recognized her, so what was there to fear!