ebookland Chapter 580: The Hot-tempered Young Wife Captures the Warm-hearted and Handsome Factory Director 28
Chapter 580: The Hot-tempered Young Wife Captures the Warm-hearted and Handsome Factory Director 28
The old lady's originally calm expression suddenly changed dramatically. This sudden change shocked Zhang Cuilan's mind.
The two looked at each other, and in that brief moment of looking at each other, the light of joy flashed in each other's eyes.
Zhang Cuilan tried hard to calm her inner turmoil, slowly adjusted her facial expression, and tried her best to make herself look natural and composed.
She walked slowly and pretended to be calm as she approached Xiaoyu. A kind smile appeared on her face as she asked softly, "Child, how old are you?"
Her eyes were filled with eagerness and anticipation, but perhaps it was this overly eager look that made Xiaoyu instinctively wary.
He pursed his lips tightly and did not respond to Zhang Cuilan's question. Instead, he turned around quickly, held Huanhuan tightly with his little hand, and ran towards where Lin Yi was.
Zhang Cuilan followed the children desperately. When she reached Lin Yi, she bent down slightly, a tentative smile on her face, and asked softly, "Xiao Lin, are these two children yours?"
Lin Yizheng was concentrating on her meal, gently picking up food from her lunch box with her chopsticks. Hearing Zhang Cuilan's question, she stopped what she was doing, looked up, and proudly replied, "Yes, they are twins. The brother is Pei Jingyu and the sister is Pei Jinghuan. Cute, aren't they?"
From Zhang Cuilan's concerned look, Lin Yi simply thought that she just loved the children. Without any guard, she enthusiastically introduced the two children to Zhang Cuilan, her words full of pride and happiness.
However, Zhang Cuilan's expression froze for a moment after hearing Lin Yi's introduction. But she quickly recovered, her smile returning to her face as she said cheerfully, "Xiao Lin, you're so lucky! I didn't expect your children to be this big at your young age. They look about six or seven, right?" Her words seemed casual, but they held a hidden meaning, each one a carefully crafted test.
Lin Yi looked at Zhang Cuilan with a strange look. In her impression, Ms. Zhang did not show such a strong interest in the family affairs of strangers. How could she suddenly come over to ask about these things today?
Although she was full of doubts, out of politeness, Lin Yi patiently answered Zhang Cuilan's question: "They will be six years old soon!"
After getting the answer she wanted, Zhang Cuilan also keenly noticed Lin Yi's scrutinizing gaze. She quickly put on an apologetic expression and said, "I just like the two children and couldn't help but want to ask a few more questions. I'm sorry to have disturbed your meal!"
After saying this, she nodded slightly, turned around and slowly left. At this moment, Pei Jingping, who had been silently observing all this, became solemn.
Lin Yi, with her womanly intuition, immediately noticed Pei Jingping's change. She frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Pei Jingping looked around, a hint of caution in his eyes. He replied in a low voice: "It's not convenient here, let's go home and talk about it!"
Lin Yi followed his gaze and glanced at the two children playing nearby. She probably guessed that this incident was closely related to the children. So, she didn't ask any further questions, but simply nodded slightly, her eyes filled with curiosity.
In the following time, Pei Jingping and his two children quietly waited for Lin Yi to finish his work. While waiting, Zhang Cuilan and the old lady came over from time to time to chat with the two children and get close to each other. Their faces were filled with smiles and their tone was gentle, trying their best to get closer to the children.
However, Pei Jingping acted extremely calm, as if everything was just an ordinary thing. He treated them as strangers who simply liked children, and there was no strange expression on his face.
Finally, Lin Yi finished her work for the day, and the family returned home. Pei Jingping gently coaxed the two children to sleep. Seeing their tender faces smiling sweetly in their sleep, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
After the children fell asleep, Lin Yi could no longer suppress the doubts in her heart and asked Pei Jingping about the children: "Could the Ms. Zhang I met today be the family of the children's biological parents?" There was a hint of nervousness and uneasiness in her voice.
Pei Jingping sighed softly, a glint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes. He slowly said, "I'm not sure. Their mother must have hated their biological father at the time. After I saved her, she deliberately fabricated a false suicide by jumping into the river and followed me to our production brigade, which is your village. The two villages are dozens of miles apart, and no one knew her!"
This was the first time Pei Jingping talked to Lin Yi about Xiaoyu and Huanhuan's biological mother. Although his tone was calm, people could feel his respect for this woman.
"In order to completely sever all ties with the past, she begged me to keep it a secret for her, and then stayed in your village as a person with amnesia who had committed suicide. Later, I used my connections to get her household registration again, and then we got a marriage certificate!" Pei Jingping continued slowly, with a hint of emotion in his voice.
In Lin Yi's opinion, this is a strong woman who can take it or leave it, but fate is too cruel to her.
"Has she never mentioned to you the biological father of the children?" Lin Yi continued to ask.
A trace of sadness flashed across Pei Jingping's eyes. He whispered, "Before she died, she told me that the children's biological father was from Kyoto. She begged me not to take the children to Kyoto. She probably didn't want the children to recognize their biological father!"
Speaking of this, Pei Jingping's tone was full of regret, as if he felt sorry for the deceased woman.
Lin Yi felt a sense of relief when she heard this. Spending these days with the children, she had already developed a deep emotional bond with them. She firmly believed she could provide a good living environment for them, and so she didn't want them to leave.
"Ms. Zhang today didn't sound like she was from Kyoto. Why did you behave like that?" Lin Yi asked curiously, with doubts in her eyes.
Pei Jingping's expression grew serious, and he said solemnly, "Ms. Zhang is the wife of the new director of the Finance Bureau, and this new director, Kang Jianxin, is from Kyoto. Judging from their behavior today, Xiaoyu must look a lot like their biological father, which is why they're suspicious!"