Chapter Eleven

Early in the morning, Chu International Group was in a busy state. Not long after he entered the office, he heard a gentle knock on the door. "Come in."

"Boss, good morning! This is your schedule for today." Anna gave the well-arranged work schedule to him. "Is there anything special?" Stephen read it for a while. Iw was his daily work.

"Yes, the CEO of Yang Foreign Trade has an appointment with you, but we have no business relationship with them." This company was very strange. Why did they suddenly want to meet with their boss?

"Since we don't have a business relationship, then refuse them." He did not want to waste his time on such useless things. "Alright, I'll do it." Ava was always calm, and it was hard to find too much emotion on her face.

"Do it now!" He browsed the schedule again, and suddenly remembered that Yang Foreign Trade was the company of Brielle's father. They had never seen each other for so many years. Why did both of them come to him recently?

"Wait, Ava. When is the appointment with them?" Okay! Since he was his nominal father-in-law, whatever his purpose was, he must have a meet with him.

"7 p.m. at Mochan Restaurant." Ava looked at him doubtfully. Her boss was strange today. But she did not ask the reason. "I see. Tell them I'll be there on time." What does Jack Yang want to do? Would he come to blame his attitude towards his daughter? They had been married for so many years. Why did he come at this moment? Or was it the recent foreign economic crisis that had affected his foreign trade. Maybe his sudden visit should have something to do with it.

He would never waste his mind on anything he could not guess. So he picked up the documents in front of him. All the answers would be revealed tonight. It was better to do more work than to wrestle with the issue.

Thomas's car was as cool as himself. The shiny black body of the car was even more awe-inspiring in the sunlight. Ariel wondered how could he be a good friend with Stephen. Did they feel weird when they played together?

"Uncle Thomas, could you send me to Daddy's company? I'll go back home with him later." He needed to check whether he was with beauty or not. "Should we make a phone call first? I'm afraid your father won't be there." Thomas turned around and looked at him. His father liked this little boy very much. They had so many topics to talk about. He was very jealous of him.

"No, I can wait for him in the office if he is not there." It would not be a raid if they called him first. "Okay! As you wish." He turned to another direction after saying that.

"Uncle Thomas, are there many people who owe you money?" Ariel asked with his head titled slightly and wondered why Thomas always kept a poker face.

"Og course not! Why do you ask? Thomas glanced, sideways. at him and kept driving with concentration. "If not, why do you always keep a poker face? It seems that someone owes you a lot of money." The world of adults was so strange.

Thomas stepped on the brake and the car hopped lightly when he heard what Ariel said. Ariel bends forward suddenly. Fortunately, Thomas reached out with one hand and pulled him in time. Otherwise, he would be blamed by Stephen if Ariel got hurt.

"Uncle Thomas, you gonna murder me! Just for my question? I didn't ask it on purpose. Do you want to kill me for this? I was so scared." Ariel patted his chest and complained to Thomas.

Thomas was embarrassed. 'It should be me who was first scared by your remarks.' His words shocked him. So he suddenly applied the brakes. Even murder charges had been put on him now. This little boy was really difficult to deal with! Kids were horrible now! It was no wonder that Stephen had become a lot quiet now since there was a "wolf child" at home!

"Sorry, I'll watch out and be careful next time." Thomas would love to correct his mistakes. he was proud of this character. They arrived at Chu International Group soon, When he was about to get off the car, he got an urgent call from the company. He looked at Ariel with embarrassment and then looked at his watch.

"Uncle Thomas, if you have something urgent, you can go first. I can go upstairs by myself, and besides, it's not my first time here, so you don't have to worry about me." Ariel was a master of observation. Although he was young, he knew a lot.

"Really? I can call your father and ask him to come down and pick you up." Thomas worried about him, but business in the company was really urgent. "No, Uncle Thomas. Bye-bye, I will go upstairs now." Ariel got out of the car and ran into Chu International Group.

Thomas drove off after seeing Ariel went into the building. He called Stephen. "Hello, Thomas what's up?"

"Are you in the office? I sent Ariel to your company. But I have something urgent to deal with. He went upstairs by himself. Let someone pick him up."

"Well, I am here. I'll let someone pick him up." Ignoring the crowd of executives for him to speak Stephen waved at Alex. With a puzzled face, Alex leaned to him and listened to his whisper, then left the meeting room. What the hell was going on? Scott was puzzled. He looked at Stephen and wanted to get some hint, but Stephen didn't look at him at all. "Go on," Stephen ordered. His curiosity was decreased by Stephen's attitude and he got really angry, but couldn't say a word during the meeting.

When Alex just walked out of the meeting room, he saw little Ariel went out of the elevator jumping. He couldn't help but smile. Ariel was so clever! His boss needn't worry about him. Ariel didn't need other's help! He could take good care of himself!

"Uncle Alex, where's my daddy?" He trotted all the way into Alex's arms. "He was in a meeting. It may be a while before it ends. Will you go in and wait or would you rather wait in my office?" Alex pinched his pink face lovingly.

"Don't you need to participate in the meeting?"

"I should have to, but since you are here, I don't need to know." Rare benefit! "Then uncle Alex, I'll go to your office!" At least it would be better than being alone. He smiled sweetly, which was so different from his cool expression before. The environment can really alter a person's mood.

"Don't you think about it again?" He still remembered the last computer incident. He wouldn't flame him again, would be?

"Uncle Alex, look at that nervous look on your face. Are you hiding someone in your office?" Ariel looked at him with a sly expression. "Who says I am hiding a woman in my office?" Alex defended himself immediately.

"I didn't say you had hidden a woman. You said it by yourself." Gosh! Sometimes it was really fun to tease Alex. Alex wanted to slap himself. How could he be so stupid! 'Haha... Alex, you are really funny! And you are a typical fool! You can't take advantage of those two evils in the conference room. Now you are even teased by a child. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself?'

As soon as the meeting was over, Scott came forwards Stephen and started to gossip. He was in a casual suit today and he wore a pink and purple stud earring, which matched the color scheme of his suit and made him more eye-catching. Now he was looking flatteringly at Stephen. he really looked like the bottom one with that charming face.

"What did you ask Alex to do, Mr. Chu?" He asked and ogled at Stephen. Stephen glanced at him disdainfully with his fine lips compacted. he picked up the documents and left. Stephen wondered when Scott became such a lackey. He even tried to ogle at him, but unluckily he was Stephen, who was so charming himself that he would not be possible seduced by anyone else.

"My dear elder brother, Boss, Mr. Chu, Beautiful Chu, could you please just tell me?" He followed him all the way out without any fear. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in the nose. It turned out that he hit his nose hard on Stephen's back when Stephen stopped unexpectedly.

"Damn you, Scott!" Stephen turned his head abruptly and glared coldly at him. Scott shrunk his neck. 'Damn it! Have I offended him? I should stop talking immediately. He was born beautiful. Why doesn't he let others talk about it? If he were gay, he should be the bottom one. I just cannot imagine what he will be like when he is under somebody else."

"You'd better stop thinking the dirty thoughts now." Stephen's gloomy voice suddenly sounded near his ear, Scott retreated a few steps out of fear. Was this guy a ghost? When did he come so close? Was he trying to tempt him? His sexual orientation was normal and he had no interest in him at all.

"Do you want me to make your messy thoughts come true?" Stephen's voice became colder. it made Scott want to scape at once. The guy knew exactly what he was thinking. When did Stephen learn mind reading?

"I'm not thinking of anything. you have thought too much yourself, boss." Uttering these words, Scott gave up gossiping and ran away at once. Hey! He was just like Claire who dared to challenge Stephen but could not bear the consequences. Both of them were good at running away.

Scott's wretched expression had already betrayed him. How could he deceive Stephen? Scott trotted away, but he did not go to his own office. Instead, he went straight to Alex's. he could not find the answer from Stephen. Wasn't it easier for him to get the answer from Alex?

Alex was so innocent. He was always the one to be bullied. The office door burst open while Alex was drinking coffee. he was frightened by the loud sound and the coffee had split all over him. He glared at the man who had just come in. He was so angry that he wanted to kill Scott. The door was used to be knocked on instead of being hit. It seemed that Alex had forgotten what good manners were.

"Scott, you'd better give me a good reason which will save your life. If not, you'd better disappear from seeing a gentleman like Alex became so furious. As he wiped up the coffee stains on his clothes, he glared at the man who was to blame.

Seeing how hopeless Alex was, Scott must have laughed out as before. But now he wanted to cry instead. Why was his luck so bad today? He first pissed off his boss and then offended Alex. Alex was so angry that he wouldn't tell him the answer. COuld it be true that the evils we bring on ourselves are the hardest to bear?

"Hey! Alex, I didn't know that you were drinking coffee, did I? Besides, why did you pour your coffee on yourself? If you want to take a shower, you should first walk into the bathroom and then take off your clothes." Before he could finish his words, a folder was flying towards him and he dodged out of the way at once.

"Oh, God! Are you serious? Do you want to kill me?" Scott pretended that he was scared and he patted on his own chest. He challenged Alex again without any fear. Alex's face became darker and his eyes became colder.

"Scott, do you want to tool out by yourself or not? I don't mind carrying you out." The wet clothes stuck to his body, made him feel very uncomfortable. He really wanted to go into the bathroom and take a shower. However, that guy kept on talking with a lame apology.

"I'll walk out instead of rolling out. I don't know how to roll out. If you can set me an example, maybe I will think it twice." It was not a good start, he should have stopped for the moment. When Alex was calm, he would come back again. He was sure that he would get the answer he wanted. So before the next folder was thrown to him, Scott quickly dodged out of the door. Then he heard the sound of something falling on the ground. 'Damn it. He was really mad.'

Stephen walked into his office. he looked around and did not find that little guy. He frowned and thought that he may be with Alex. he walked up to his desk and sat down. When he found that little guy sleeping on the sofa, he smiled. He must have been waiting for a long time. It took him a relatively long time to have the meeting today.

He picked up his coat and walked quietly up to his son. He looked at his son dotingly and covered him gently with his coat. he smoothed away a wisp of hair from the little guy's forehead and found that his hair was a little longer. It had been almost three months since he came here. It was time to have his hair cut.

He caressed his little pink face. Noticing the unusual red on his face, he put his hand on Ariel's forehead at once. Damn it. It was so hot. It seemed that he had gotten a fever. No wonder his face was so red. Stephen was in great panic. he had never experienced anything like this before. The little guy had always been in good health since he came here. Stephen was frightened by his illness. He held Ariel in his arms and rushed out.

"Ava, Ava, call Fan and ask him to get the car ready." Stephen's voice was full of tension. His shouting also attracted the attention fo Scott who had just escape from Alex's office. He walked up to him quickly and asked what had happened. But when he saw the little guy in Stephen's arms he was stunned.

"Scott, go down and get the car ready. Ariel has a fever." Stephen was a little distracted. The little guy in his arms was so scorching hot that he felt that he was almost burned. So when he saw Scott, he asked him to get his car ready at once. "OK! I'll be right there." With these words, Scott ran downstairs at once. Although he was very gossipy and he wanted to know who that little guy was, he could tell that it was not the right time to ask.

Scott hadn't parked his car into the underground parking lot today, so when Stephen and Ariel came downstairs, he had already started the car waiting for them at the doorway. he drove as fast as he could and glanced at Stephen in the rearview mirror from time to tome. Scott did he see his boss in such a nervous state. It seemed that this little guy was of great importance to his boss. He didn't have the chance to see Ariel's face clearly, so he didn't know how much Ariel resembled Stephen.

They soon arrived at the hospital. After having a series of tests and the antipyretic injection, Ariel was put on a drip soon. Stephen's face which had been in a state of tension finally relaxed a little.

Stephen asked for a VIP room. As soon as the doctor left, the room suddenly became very quiet. Scott went to go through the formalities. And now all could Stepehen hear was his own fast and irregular heartbeat.

Stephen walked tot he bed and sat near his son. He gently held Ariel's hand which was not put on a drip. He didn't know what other fathers felt when their children were ill. He was scared. Yes, scared, Stephen had never felt this scared, even when he was facing an assassination attempt. But now he was scared only because his son got a fever.

"Mr. Chu, the formalities have been completed." Scott walked in ad spoke softly. In the meantime, he stared at Ariel's little face curious for a long time.

"Mr.Chu, house child is this? Scott looked at Stephen and then Ariel. He felt that he almost got the answer. "He is my son, Ariel Chu." With these words, he turned to look at Scott. "What? Your son? Why didn't I know?" Although he guessed the answer when he saw Ariel's face, he was still stunned on hearing Stephen's words.

"It's not late for you to know now." Why did everyone react violently when they knew that he had a son? "But, when did you have a son at this age? where is his mother? Who is she?" Scott began to gossip again. He was just as gossipy as Thomas.

"My wife." Stephen gave him the same answer as he had given Thomas which stunned Scott too. "Boss, I'm already very surprised that you have a son. How could you have a wife? Are you kidding me? When did you get married?" everything was in a mess. It seemed that a lot of changes had taken place during his business trip.

"Six years ago." His words became more and more concise. No wonder that Scott knew nothing about it. He hadn't graduated from school when Stephen was married.