If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 967 - Chapter 967 Chapter 967 Wanting a Child

Chapter 967: Chapter 967: Wanting a Child Chapter 967: Chapter 967: Wanting a Child “Yes,” said Xu Chaomu, “I’ll hand him the phone.”

“Take it!” Xu Chaomu handed the phone to Shen Chi.

Really, knowing full well she didn’t understand work matters, yet they still had her answer the phone.

Shen Chi put on his Bluetooth headset and asked in a deep voice, “What’s the matter?”

Previously, he had instructed Xiao Mo that unless it was something important, he was not allowed to call. Now that Xiao Mo was calling, it was obvious that there was something to report.

“Mr. Shen, could you come back for a bit?” Xiao Mo said urgently.

“Make it clear.”

“The police have found a group of suspects smuggling arms at the harbor. Following the trail, they discovered residual arms in Shen Group’s factory warehouse,” Xiao Mo explained.

“You need me for this kind of thing?”

“The police suspect that Shen Group is colluding with foreign arms dealers in illegal and criminal activities,” Xiao Mo said. “The police have already taken coercive action against the factory, but the news has not yet been leaked.”

“Shen Shihan, he really has the nerve,” Shen Chi said coldly.

No wonder they had searched for so long without finding the location of the arms depot; it turned out that Shen Shihan had secretly placed the arms in the Shen Group’s factory warehouse!

That way, he could smuggle the arms out of the country without leaving a trace, and even if the police found out, Shen Group would have to bear the blame.

“Yes, and the arms have already been smuggled out of the country, and the police have not seized them. Now, the police are insisting that Shen Group colluded with the foreign arms dealers,” Xiao Mo said.

“I’ll call the police,” Shen Chi said.

“Mr. Shen, now that the arms were found in our warehouse, we have no defense, and this is an offense that could lead to imprisonment.”

“Inform them that we’ll fully cooperate with the police investigation in the near future.”

“Mr. Shen, this is something you need to handle personally,” Xiao Mo said.

If Shen Chi didn’t show up personally, in case things escalated, it would be Shen Group that suffered the loss.

Shen Chi fell silent; this was a tricky situation.

Private possession of arms, this was no minor charge.

“Mr. Shen, if you come back, and if you’re quick, we can sort this out within a day,” Xiao Mo said.

He was clearly suggesting that if the matter could be resolved in a day, Shen Chi could fly back to Australia the next day; it would just be a bit of a hassle.

Shen Chi stayed silent for a long while, pondering for a moment, and then agreed, “I’ll come back.”

“Good, Mr. Shen, I’ll wait for you.”

Shen Chi ended the call and pulled the car over to the side of the road.

Xu Chaomu, although not hearing what they were saying, seemed to have pieced some things together.

Shen Chi, looking apologetic, turned to Xu Chaomu and said, “Chaomu, I might need to go back home.”

“It’s okay, you go,” she said.

“I’ll hurry back,” Shen Chi continued, “I’ll have you sent to Melbourne, to stay with your older sister.”

“No need, I haven’t had enough fun in Sydney yet,” Xu Chaomu said. “You can go, but promise me one thing.”

“Hmm?”

“Have that handsome guy keep me company.”

“No,” Shen Chi firmly refused.

“I’m not going to do anything to him. Don’t you trust me?”

“I’m afraid of what he might do to you!”

“Don’t worry, no man can compare to you,” said Xu Chaomu, seductively touching the back of his neck.

Despite knowing Xu Chaomu was just flattering him, Shen Chi couldn’t help but smile at her words.

“Alright, alright, just agree to have him keep me company. I promise I won’t lay a hand on him. Of course, I believe he wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on me either.”

“You really need a man to accompany you?”

“For someone as pure as me, men and women are the same. It’s only people like you who, upon seeing a man and a woman together, conjure up impure scenes!” Xu Chaomu argued emphatically.

“You still think you’re right?”

“I was right from the start,” Xu Chaomu coldly huffed, “Are you leaving or not? If you are, hurry up and go to the airport. I’ll go to the concert with the handsome guy.”

Shen Chi turned his head to glance at her, his large hand caressing her face.

“You heartless little thing.” Shen Chi’s lips curled upward, looking at her reluctantly.

Even if they were apart for just a day or two, he felt hesitant to part.

“I’m leaving…” Shen Chi released his hand, turned, and hopped out of the car.

The longer the goodbye, the harder it was to leave. He was afraid that a few more glances at her face would change his mind.

Fortunately, he would be back soon.

As the car door closed, Shen Chi stood outside and made a phone call, probably to have the handsome guy he mentioned come back.

Xu Chaomu watched his tall, solitary figure through the car window, feeling an inexplicable silence in her heart.

She felt choked up, unable to utter a single word.

Minutes passed, and Shen Chi finished his phone call.

He didn’t look back at the car but walked straight around it, planning to walk a distance behind it.

At that moment, Xu Chaomu’s nose tingled.

She desperately opened the car window; as soon as the window was down, a summer breeze blew in, caressing her face.

She wanted to call out “Shen Chi,” but the words died in her throat as she swallowed them down.

Shen Chi didn’t turn back, but walked straight ahead, his back straight as an arrow.

Xu Chaomu leaned at the window, silently watching his retreating figure, wordless. Before she knew it, tears wet her eyes, already red as a beet…

To Shen Chi, it was just a brief farewell; to her, it might be goodbye forever.

She watched his receding figure, watching and watching.

He never turned his head, perhaps afraid of farewells.

He didn’t stay long at the crossroads before a taxi arrived, and he got in without hesitation.

The car left, the summer breeze lightly carried dust aloft.

Xu Chaomu remained leaning at the window, gazing in the direction he left. That moment, tears streamed down from her eyes…

These many days, she had never cried like this, not even when she learned that the little bun was gone.

But now, she lay at the window, crying her heart out.

The summer wind gently lifted her soft hair, which, mixed with tears, fluttered in the air.

All sounds seemed to come to an abrupt halt to her ears, she couldn’t hear anything, only her own crying growing louder…

“Shen Chi…” she sobbed his name.

She loved him, but she and he would have no future.

Their child was the only bond between them, the one thing that could bridge the gaps between them, but… her child was gone.

Without the child, all that remained were the chasms.

Between them, there had always been wide chasms that could not be crossed. Now, those chasms had become insurmountable.

To step forward was to shatter to pieces; to step back was to lose.

She was afraid, she was timid, she chose to step back, to let go.

Love, after all, is not everything.

Someday, he would understand this too.

When he comes to realize it, he’ll see that by giving her up, a beautiful future awaits him.

And she, she just wants a simple, ordinary life, without strife, without entanglements, without heartache.

In the future, she too wants a child.