If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1047 - Chapter 1047 Chapter 1047 That Child Must Look A Lot Like Her

Chapter 1047: Chapter 1047 That Child Must Look A Lot Like Her Chapter 1047: Chapter 1047 That Child Must Look A Lot Like Her “Of course, Mr. Shen, you’re welcome anytime.”

“It’s not like I’m visiting a mistress; why would I need to sneak around?” Shen Chi chuckled.

Xiao Mo also laughed, “I definitely can’t be a mistress.”

Xiao Mo took Shen Chi to the living room. Neither of them had eaten, so Xiao Mo had the kitchen prepare dinner.

“Mr. Shen, Bai Man called today, said the contract was signed and she wanted to hand it over to you personally, but you were not around,” Xiao Mo reported on work matters to Shen Chi.

“I was up too late last night, tired,” Shen Chi said, his face showing fatigue.

“That woman really knows how to cause a scene. Women, indeed, should not drink too much. Once they drink, all decorum and grace vanish.”

“Exactly.” Shen Chi sneered, “Here, take this.”

Shen Chi pulled something resembling a chip from his trouser pocket and handed it to Xiao Mo.

“Mr. Shen, what is this?”

“Didn’t you say there was no evidence about Chaomu’s premature delivery? Here it is.”

Xiao Mo was surprised at first, but it only took him a minute to grasp it.

He took what Shen Chi handed him and smiled, “When Mr. Shen makes a move, there’s no reason it won’t succeed. Did that woman spill everything once she had some drinks?”

“She had to spill, one way or another.”

“Mr. Shen, don’t get angry just yet, we need to take this matter slow,” Xiao Mo advised.

“Once we get the contract in hand, we’ll be ready to close the net.”

“That’s what I was thinking too,” Xiao Mo said. “It must have been hard for you, Mr. Shen, having to use your charm as bait…”

Shen Chi glared at him coldly, “Scram.”

Xiao Mo laughed, “Of course, no one else has that charm. Now, Bai Man trusts you deeply, and your acting is indeed top-notch.”

“I’ve said it before, we need to be careful in everything. For that, I even made a special trip to the hospital during the day.”

“The hospital?”

“I told Bai Man that my arm was scratched by Xu Chaomu, so making a big show of going to the hospital during the day would make her believe it more,” Shen Chi explained nonchalantly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mo burst into laughter, “Mr. Shen, you always take your acting seriously.”

It seemed, he had to learn a trick or two from Shen Chi.

“During this period, we can’t let our guard down. Bai Man is very cautious. Don’t let her catch any leverage, don’t give her any chance to strike back!”

“Don’t worry,” Xiao Mo said.

“Mm.”

The two sat on the balcony, the summer breeze blowing in through the windows, bringing with it warm air and the scent of foliage. There they sat on the carpet, sipping red wine and chatting.

The environment here was splendid, free from light pollution, the stars above clearly visible.

Stars dotted the sky, clouds ethereal.

Soft balcony lights shone on their faces–one cold and noble, the other friendly and modest.

As they talked, they both relaxed more.

So, Xiao Mo posed the question he had wanted to ask since yesterday.

“Cough cough, Mr. Shen, there’s something I wanted to ask, not sure if I should,” Xiao Mo coughed lightly.

Shen Chi turned to look at him and seeing his expression, felt he might not say anything of substance.

Shen Chi frowned and gave him a sharp look, “Go ahead.”

“Mr. Shen, you and Bai Man have been so close recently, and last night you even went to the hotel, so I was wondering…” Xiao Mo deliberately paused.

Shen Chi found it funny and laughed out loud, “I’m a normal man, she’s a normal woman, we both had drinks, what do you think?”

Shen Chi was also being deliberately ambiguous, not directly answering Xiao Mo.

“President Shen, does this count as infidelity within marriage?” Xiao Mo suddenly became serious, wiping the smile off his face.

Shen Chi’s words were very ambiguous, leaving Xiao Mo guessing, had they slept together?

“Yes, I cheated. Xu Chaomu doesn’t want me anymore, why can’t I not want her?” Shen Chi said nonchalantly.

“President Shen, if you didn’t want her anymore, you wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to seek justice for her, so I don’t believe it,” Xiao Mo said.

Based on his understanding of Shen Chi, Shen Chi was unlikely to do such a thing, but things said in drunkenness were unpredictable.

However, he noticed that last night, Shen Chi wasn’t very drunk and his thinking was still very clear.

Shen Chi laughed and stopped joking. He spoke bluntly, “You’re right not to believe me.”

“Yes, if you wanted to cheat, you would have left Chaomu early on. But Chaomu, being such a kind and good-natured girl, you, Shen Chi, probably couldn’t find a second one like her,” Xiao Mo said with a laugh.

“Hearing you say it like that, am I not kind or good-natured?”

“Well, not that kind or good-natured.”

“You don’t have to come to work tomorrow.”

“…” Xiao Mo sweated, dismissed at the drop of a hat.

The two sat on the balcony for a long time, and Xiao Mo even brought out his treasured red wine. It had been a long time since he and Shen Chi had chatted like this.

If he didn’t bring up Xu Chaomu, Shen Chi wouldn’t mention her, but his brows would slightly furrow.

As they talked, Shen Chi lit a cigarette and smoked silently.

During this time, Bai Man made several calls. Shen Chi didn’t lie to her; he simply said he was at Xiao Mo’s house discussing a few projects.

Shen Chi and Xiao Mo knew Bai Man had people watching, so the more cautious, the better.

As expected, Bai Man suspected nothing and merely mentioned that she would visit Shen Group the next day to hand over a contract to Shen Chi.

By ten in the evening, it was getting late. Shen Chi picked up his suit jacket, preparing to leave Xiao Mo’s house.

“I’ll catch up with you some other time, I need to head back to Waterside Pavilion,” Shen Chi said.

“President Shen, should I give you a lift?”

“No need, I’ll drive myself.”

Outside, the moonlight was just right, casting a faint glow over the yard and the street, the evening breeze swooshing through the treetops, stirring the branches and casting shifting, dappled shadows on the ground.

The area was very quiet, almost devoid of people, with only a few cars passing occasionally.

Shen Chi drove his Maybach along the road, his eyes slightly moist at the far end of his gaze.

He still remembered last year, under similar moonlight and season, he had walked hand in hand with a certain young woman in the Shen family’s courtyard.

The memory remained, but the warmth was gone.

Now, his hands on the steering wheel were ice cold.

When would they see each other again? What was she doing now? Was she doing well…

Had her days been easier since leaving him? He knew he hadn’t taken care of her well, he couldn’t even save their child.

If that child were still here, they would be lively and jumping around now, how happy she would be.

The child would definitely resemble her, surely lively and adorable.

Thinking this, he gripped the steering wheel harder.

The black Maybach sprinted along the empty, expansive road, his eyes sharp like obsidian as he looked into the distance, the night accentuating the deep and chiseled lines of his profile.

As the night deepened, so did the unbearable pain in the depths of his heart.

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