My Wife is a Beautiful CEO

By the time they got out of Maple Forest Leisure Center, Mo Qianni was already panting from the running.    

    

Seeing that Yang Chen still held onto her hand, Mo Qianni pretended to cough. It was unknown if it was due to her shyness or due to sports that her face was completely red.    

    

"What's wrong? Miss Mo, you have a bad throat? " Yang Chen asked as if he didn't know anything.    

    

Mo Qianni glared at him. "Let go of your pig's feet!"    

    

Yang Chen chuckled and didn't blush, but he still let go of her tender white hand. Although the texture of the hand she was holding was really good, he also explained in passing, "Miss Mo, your words aren't good. You can't bend your hoof to hold your hand. "    

    

Mo Qianni, who already knew that arguing with this guy wouldn't end well, didn't bother to say anything to him and directly walked towards the car.    

    

When the two of them got onto the road, Yang Chen looked behind and saw no one catching up, so he slowly let out a sigh of relief.    

    

Mo Qianni smiled playfully, "So there are people who are afraid even with their thick skin. Are you worried that Zhou Dongcheng will chase after us?"    

    

Yang Chen was really worried that the sissy would catch up. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Miss Mo is really thoughtful. She could even think of such a profound question."    

    

"Don't worry, although he is from the underworld, but in this circle, he is known to be modest and polite. He would never be able to see the domineering manner of those young masters at all, and he would never force anyone."    

    

"He seems to be very kind when you say that …" Yang Chen muttered.    

    

Mo Qianni pressed the volume button on the steering wheel, turned off the music in the car to the minimum, and said, "Of course it's impossible for him to be this kind all the time. If he's really that harmless, then everyone wouldn't be afraid of him. "I'm just saying that if you don't offend him or endanger his interests, Zhou Dongcheng will always treat you very gently, unlike his father."    

    

"You've even seen Zhou Guangnian?" Yang Chen asked.    

    

Mo Qianni looked at him as if she was looking at an idiot. She said: "Of course, Dongxing Group is not a small business, so it's not really strange for us to meet Zhou Guangnian in public, but honestly speaking, that old man really doesn't seem like a businessman. Even though he has been helping me all these years, every time I see him, I feel like I'm wrapped up in darkness, so dark that it makes my heart race."    

    

Otherwise, how could he be an underground emperor of the east? Yang Chen felt that Zhou Guangnian's appearance was rather normal.    

    

Mo Qianni was silent for a while before she said, "In return for helping me today, I'll give you a chance to choose a place to eat."    

    

When Yang Chen heard this, he was glad that he did not have to follow Mo Qianni to some strange places. After thinking for a while, he said, "I want to eat hotpot!"    

    

Mo Qianni glanced at him. "It's not even winter yet, what's the point of eating hotpot?"    

    

"You said you wanted me to choose, then what do you think I should eat?" Yang Chen asked, feeling wronged.    

    

"Let's eat at the food stall."    

    

"Eating at a roadside stall!? Big Sis, didn't you say that you would give me the chance to choose!? " Yang Chen smiled bitterly.    

    

Mo Qianni harrumphed, "You said it already, what I am talking about is opportunity, not the right to decide. The place you chose has been rejected, so let's go to the roadside stall now!"    

    

He painfully closed his eyes. This woman was too shameless!    

    

* *    

    

Half an hour later, Yang Chen was sitting opposite Mo Qianni in Sister-in-law's roadside stall with a depressed expression. In front of him were several Sichuan dishes. The red chili peppers were so spicy that they could kill Yang Chen just by looking at them.    

    

Because it was still early, there weren't many people at the roadside stall. Compared to the last time they were here, it was rather deserted. The cool wind of early autumn blew past, bringing with it a slight chill.    

    

Mo Qianni took a sip of the white wine. When she saw Yang Chen's bullied look, she said unhappily, "What kind of expression is that? I'm treating you to a meal and you still have a bitter face."    

    

Yang Chen wiped away the sweat on his forehead, "I didn't eat this kind of spicy food like you did since you were young. You should know that you rarely eat such spicy food overseas."    

    

"Oh, I almost forgot. It turns out that this top student in front of me was the one who left the ocean. A wild girl from a small mountain village like me really can't compare to him." Mo Qianni said sarcastically.    

    

Yang Chen was too lazy to argue with her, but he suddenly thought of something, and asked with a serious expression: "How do you plan on dealing with your stepfather Zhang Fugui? Before, I didn't know the reason, but from the looks of it, you seem to be very upset these few days. Now, it seems that man has given you a headache. If you need help with anything, I'm free, you know. "    

    

Mo Qianni's chopsticks stopped moving. She looked up at Yang Chen and asked, "You've been paying attention to whether I'm sad or not?"    

    

"Ugh …" Yang Chen smiled in embarrassment. He couldn't say that every time she walked in front of him, she would sneakily look at his butt, so he just said, "The colleagues in the office all say that you're not in a good mood."    

    

A tinge of disappointment could be seen in Mo Qianni's eyes as she said softly, "Do you remember the last time we were here, I received a call?"    

    

"I remember." Yang Chen still remembered that he was hugged that night!    

    

"It's my mom. She said that Zhang Fugui wants to come to Zhong Hai to work, so she asked me to go pick him up and arrange something for him." Mo Qianni sneered, "Actually, he doesn't work that hard. He gambled a lot of money at our hometown, and if I didn't help him pay his debt, he would have been beaten to death by those people. But his reputation there is too bad, that's why he came to Zhong Hai."    

    

"You know his character, why did you let him come?" Yang Chen asked curiously.    

    

"Would you mind listening to a long story?" Mo Qianni asked.    

    

"If the next time you don't bring me here to eat, I'm willing to listen to what you have to say …" Yang Chen tried to negotiate.    

    

"Impossible."    

    

"Ugh …" Yang Chen Shan smiled, "Tell me about it."    

    

The corners of Mo Qianni's mouth curled up like that of a victor. She then narrated in a bland voice —    

    

"I told you before, when I was thirteen, my dad died and my mom married Zhang Fugui. Zhang Fugui was one of the few unmarried men in the village, he was still considered young, and he always liked my mom, so my mom agreed to it in the end. At that time, Zhang Fugui didn't really like gambling, and even though our family was poor, we could still get enough food and drinks."    

    

"But after a few months, because my mom was too weak to get out of bed because of the nature of farming, I was only thirteen at the time. I stayed home after school and didn't go to junior high school. In fact, we didn't even get to junior high."    

    

"I told Zhang Fugui to take my mother to the nearest small town to see a doctor because I was afraid that after my father left me, my mother would also leave me. If I did, I'd really be an orphan. I'm scared, and I keep begging Zhang Fugui... I didn't want to call him dad before, but in order to beg him, I had to call him 'Daddy' and 'Daddy' all the time … "    

    

"However, Zhang Fugui suddenly made me not recognize him. He didn't listen to me at all. Other than going to the Village Head to get some herbs for me to fry for my mother, he didn't do anything else …"    

    

"Later on, my neighbor auntie told me that Zhang Fugui was too poor and that he didn't have any money. Even if he went to the town's hospital, he wouldn't be able to treat his mother's illness, let alone buy medicine. He can't even afford to take a bus to the nearest town. "    

    

Mo Qianni's voice turned hoarse and her eyes reddened as she poured herself a small cup of white wine and finished it in one gulp.    

    

"Then your mother …" Yang Chen did not continue asking.    

    

Mo Qianni said, "Of course my mother was better after that. I don't know if it was the pity of the heavens or the village chief uncle's herbal medicine, but that illness made my mother seem a few years older …"    

    

"But I was still scared. I thought what would happen if Mom got sick again and we still didn't have the money to see her? I didn't dare to think any further. I only had one thought in mind, and that was to give mom the money to see a doctor … "    

    

"So you came to Zhong Hai alone?" Yang Chen suddenly understood.    

    

Mo Qianni nodded and laughed at herself, "Don't you think that it's ridiculous and stupid? A girl who's not even 14 years old and pretends that she's very mature, but in fact, she doesn't know anything and just took the train to Zhong Hai, wanting to earn money to see her mother. "    

    

"You are not stupid, but you are very powerful. I am very curious as to how you managed to get the money to buy a train ticket." Yang Chen asked.    

    

Mo Qianni's eyes looked away and she hesitated. She said, "I stole a man's wallet at the station..." After she finished speaking, she asked in a low voice, "Do you look down on me and think that I'm very shameless? Even though I've done such a shameless thing, I'm still able to say it brazenly.    

    

What did stealing a wallet count for? I even robbed a bank... Yang Chen thought, but he naturally wouldn't say it out loud. He only shook his head honestly and said, "No, people will always make mistakes. You are at least much more noble than me. I've been in the police station twice already."    

    

Mo Qianni finally smiled and continued to speak, "You might know a little about what happened afterwards. After I came here alone, I found a way to self-study, got the help of Sister-in-law and a few other village people, along with some help from the orphanage, and went to middle school. After that, because Ruoxi's grandmother, also known as Yulei International Elder President, happened to come to our school to give a lecture, and after she took a fancy to me, she nurtured me. "If not for Elder President, then the Mo Qianni of today would be fine. You should understand now why I was so angry when I found out that you were a rascal who married Ruoxi."    

    

Yang Chen nodded in understanding.    

    

The most precious favor in the world is to offer coal in the midst of snow. Although Mo Qianni's words seemed light, it was obvious that she wanted a girl who came from a remote mountain village and had no one to rely on, even if there was nothing in the world, to enter a real school, come into contact with the upper class, and become the elite of Zhong Hai's business community. What Grandma Lin Ruoxi had given Mo Qianni was definitely not only material assistance, but also a form of spiritual support that could support Mo Qianni. Of course, the effort Mo Qianni put in this journey was definitely several times larger than an ordinary person's. The pain and sweetness that she felt was something that only she could understand.    

    

"In the end, I finally earned some money. I still remember when I transferred the first money to Mom, Mom cried for a long time on the phone, but we were all very happy. Mom knew I grew up, and I knew I could finally take care of her …"    

    

"However, that was also the beginning of Zhang Fugui's infatuation towards gambling. He knew that I could receive quite a bit of salary every month, and after taking root in Zhong Hai, the stakes became higher and higher. From the first few dollars, to betting with some people, to the last two years, it has been around a few hundred. " Mo Qianni sighed.    

    

Yang Chen frowned, "Then why don't you let your mother divorce him, and let your mother leave him and live with you in Zhong Hai? With your income, you're perfectly capable of living a good life with your mother. Why do you care about that gambler? "    

    

Mo Qianni laughed miserably, "To you, he is a shameless gambler. To me, he is a useless and shameful stepfather, but to my mother, he is the man who took her in during her most lonely time. He is the man who accompanied her for more than ten years. No matter how bad Zhang Fugui is, he didn't do anything to my mother.    

    

"So for your mother's sake, you always gave money to help Zhang Fugui fill in the gambling debt? and even agreed to let him come to Zhong Hai? " Yang Chen already understood the whole situation and sighed. Every family had their own problems. If it weren't for Mo Qianni's words, who would have known that there would be such a dark side to such a high-ranking beauty in front of such a famous person?    

    

Mo Qianni nodded, "What else can I do? I can't force my mother to divorce me. My mother can't refuse Zhang Fugui's pleading. I also can't refuse the request of my only family."    

    

"Do you think your mother loves Zhang Fugui?" Yang Chen asked.    

    

Mo Qianni was stunned. "If I didn't love him, I wouldn't stay with him in that poor village forever. Even though I know that my daughter already has a house, a car, and a career in a bustling city, she still stayed silently with Zhang Fugui, guarding a shabby house and two acres of land.    

    

"How can you be so sure, I suspect, that your mother doesn't want your career to suffer because of her? After all, if some people were to find out about your true background, they might do you harm at work."    

    

"I don't care!" Mo Qianni was a little excited, she had indeed not thought of this. Being a little bit more conscious by Yang Chen, she suddenly said, "Do you really think it could be like that? It's not because I love Zhang Fugui, but because I'm afraid of delaying my future?"    

    

Yang Chen thought for a moment and smiled strangely. "If you believe me, we can do an experiment. After that, everything will be revealed."    

    

"Experiment?" Mo Qianni looked at Yang Chen in puzzlement, but instinctively, she nodded slightly out of trust.