The two colleagues beside Rong Ci peeked at Lin Wu while quickly taking two steps back and pressing themselves against the wall.
Lin Wu also saw Rong Ci. But she immediately looked away indifferently, clearly not taking her seriously. Then, surrounded by the managers, she entered the elevator.
After the elevator door closed, Rong Ci's two colleagues let out a sigh of relief and then excitedly started gossiping again.
"That must be President Feng's girlfriend, right? Damn, she's so beautiful. She's all dressed in brand - name clothes. They must be really expensive. No wonder she's from a wealthy family. She's so confident, calm, and imposing. Her temperament is really on a different level from us ordinary people!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
As they spoke, they softly asked Rong Ci, "Rong Ci, what do you think?"
Rong Ci lowered her eyes and said lightly, "Yes."
In fact, Lin Wu was her father's illegitimate daughter. Or perhaps it wasn't quite accurate to say that.
After all, when she was eight years old, her father, in order not to let Lin Wu and her mother suffer, insisted on divorcing her mother and marrying Lin Wu's mother.
After her parents divorced, she lived with her mentally ill mother, along with her grandmother and uncle.
Over the years, her uncle's business had been declining, while the Lin family's business was booming.
She heard that in order to make up for the grievances Lin Wu suffered during her childhood, her father wanted to give her the best of everything and spent a fortune cultivating her.
And Lin Wu, living up to expectations, was said to be extremely outstanding.
So, the illegitimate daughter Lin Wu from back then had now become a legitimate wealthy young lady.
After being a young lady for over a decade, as it seemed, the wealthy - young - lady aura on Lin Wu was even stronger than when Rong Ci was the real young lady.
She had thought that after childhood, she and Lin Wu would have no more intersections.
But it seemed that fate especially favored Lin Wu.
She and Feng Tingshen were childhood sweethearts. But no matter how hard she tried, Feng Tingshen never noticed her. However, he fell head over heels in love with Lin Wu at the first sight...
"Rong Ci, are you okay?"
Seeing Rong Ci's pale face, the two colleagues were a bit worried.
Rong Ci came back to her senses. "I'm fine."
She and Feng Tingshen were going to get divorced soon. Whom Feng Tingshen loved would have nothing to do with her in the future.
On that day, Rong Ci didn't pay any more attention to what was going on between Feng Tingshen and Lin Wu.
She worked overtime until almost nine o'clock. When she was almost done with her work, her phone rang. It was a call from her best friend, Chu Zilan.
Rong Ci answered the phone and was informed that Chu Zilan had drunk too much and asked her to go to the restaurant to pick her up and take her home.
Rong Ci quickly finished dealing with the documents at hand, grabbed her car keys, and left the company.
Twenty minutes later, Rong Ci arrived at the destination.
After getting out of the car, as she was about to walk towards the entrance, a little girl came out of the parking lot on the other side.
Looking at the little girl's clear profile, Rong Ci stopped in her tracks.
Xinxin?
Wasn't she supposed to be studying in Country A? Why would she... Could it be that she came back to the country with Feng Tingshen?
Due to her position, she couldn't access some of the company's confidential documents. But she also knew that Feng Tingshen's development work in Country A would take some time to be completely completed.
She thought that Feng Tingshen had only come back to the country briefly to handle some matters.
She never expected that her daughter had also come back...
She didn't know exactly when they had returned to the country. But judging from the fact that she had seen Feng Tingshen this morning, they had been back for at least a day.
But her daughter hadn't called her at all to tell her that they had returned.
Thinking of this, Rong Ci tightened her grip on her bag. Looking at the little figure hopping cheerfully in front of her, Rong Ci quietly followed.
When she reached the corner of the lobby, Lin Wu and several of Feng Tingshen's friends appeared at the end of the corridor.
Rong Ci immediately moved to the side to hide. Then she heard her daughter happily call out, "Aunt Wuwu!" and quickly ran forward, throwing herself into Lin Wu's arms.
Rong Ci sat down on the sofa nearby with her back to them, using the green plants and the back of the chair to block her body.
"Xinxin, you're back in the country too?"
"Because Aunt Wuwu, you came back. Dad and I couldn't bear to part with you. So Dad finished his work ahead of schedule and brought me back. And we came back the day before your birthday on purpose so that we wouldn't miss it!"
"This is a necklace that Dad and I made for you. Aunt Wuwu, happy birthday!"
"Wow, did Xinxin and Dad make it by themselves? It must have taken a lot of effort. Xinxin, you're amazing. Auntie loves it. Thank you, Xinxin!"
"I'm glad you like it, Aunt Wuwu~"
Feng Jingxin hugged Lin Wu and coquettishly said, "I haven't seen you for a week. Aunt Wuwu, I missed you so much. If I couldn't call you every day, I really couldn't have stayed in Country A these days..."
"I missed Xinxin too."
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps from the side.
Rong Ci paused.
It was Feng Tingshen. Even without seeing him, just by hearing the footsteps, Rong Ci was almost certain.
And the reason she was so sure was that during the six - seven years of their marriage, she had been waiting for him almost every day.
Feng Tingshen's footsteps were just like him, unhurried, steady, and self - possessed.
Even when dealing with the Feng family members who were close to him, he was calm and seemed somewhat nonchalant, as if nothing in the world could shake his composure.
She had once thought that no one and nothing in the world could disrupt his state of mind.
But then Lin Wu appeared. And this matter suddenly became an exception...
Thinking of the past, before Rong Ci could think it through, she then heard her daughter call out, "Dad."
Feng Tingshen's friends also greeted him one after another.
Feng Tingshen responded and then said to Lin Wu, "Happy birthday."
Lin Wu smiled. "Mm."
"Dad, didn't you also prepare other birthday gifts for Aunt Wuwu? Hurry up and give them to her!"
There was a sudden silence over there. Then, one of Feng Tingshen's friends burst out laughing, bent down, and pinched Feng Jingxin's cheek. "That's a private gift your dad prepared for your Aunt Wuwu. He'll probably give it to her in private. Let's not get involved, haha~"
The others also laughed ambiguously.
At this time, Feng Tingshen said, "I've already given it."
"Ah? When?" Feng Jingxin said, and then added, "Dad, you went to see Aunt Wuwu secretly again without taking me. Humph!"
Feng Tingshen's friends laughed heartily.
Rong Ci thought of the fact that Lin Wu had gone to Feng's Group this morning.
Presumably, that was when he gave the gift.
Lin Wu smiled shyly and said, "Let's not stand here. Let's go upstairs quickly."
The sound of footsteps gradually faded away.
Rong Ci's mind went blank.
Her heart ached densely. It was a long time before she came back to her senses. Then, in silence, she entered the elevator and went upstairs to help her friend downstairs.
The private room where Chu Zilan and Lin Wu's group were having a dinner was actually on the same floor.
As Rong Ci was helping Chu Zilan into the elevator, Qi Yuming, a friend of Feng Tingshen, stopped in his tracks.