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Chapter 1 Wedges
Chapter 1 The Wedge
A corner of a quiet cafe.

The beige cashmere carpet is piled up with a soft and comfortable touch, and it extends to the floor-to-ceiling windows. The georgette curtains of the same color with gold and dark patterns separate the bustling city outside the window, and even the warm sunshine is politely kept out.

Jing Yan leaned indifferently on the black soft leather sofa, his unfathomable eyes were as introverted and deep as the dark sea surging in the dark. A well-known magazine once used such a word to describe him - mysterious.Although today's social information is highly developed and the media is pervasive, outsiders still know little about him.

Today, there is only a table away between him and Su Xiaomu, but in the past, they were separated for ten years.

He pursed his lips and did not speak, his eyes fell on Su Xiaomu without blinking.

At this moment, she was taking a sip of coffee with her head slightly lowered, her light makeup showed her fairness to the extreme.As if the coffee was a bit bitter, her slender eyes narrowed slightly, and there was still a slight smile on the corner of her mouth. For a moment, it overlapped with the smile in his memory. He remembered her, even though they hadn't spent much time together. Long, but I didn't expect that there would be a son between them.

Thinking of this, his cold eyes shivered, and his jaw tensed, showing anger already.

Lin Ze is Jing Yan's royal lawyer. Seeing the tense and awkward atmosphere at this time, he asked, "Miss Su, didn't you bring your lawyer with you?"

Su Xiaomu put down her coffee cup, raised her head quietly, and replied calmly, "I don't think I need a lawyer." She looked back at Jing Yan without showing any weakness, and the smile on her lips parted, "Anyway, please Please ask a lawyer, I will definitely lose in court, so why bother.”

Lin Ze opened his eyes wide and looked at her in surprise, as if he hadn't expected to encounter such a situation.He has experienced countless lawsuits in his hands. There are many such rich and powerful custody cases. Some women ask for huge alimony, and some fight to the death for the custody of their children. But he has never seen such a calm and calm... For such a woman who knows her fate well, he couldn't help guessing, what does she mean by giving up?

"Refreshing." Jing Yan raised his lips slightly. This was the first time he spoke today, and his expression remained unchanged. "As long as you agree to an out-of-court settlement, everything is easy to talk about. I can satisfy you whatever you want."

i want you.

Su Xiaomu murmured quietly in her heart, but she shook her head and said, "I only want my son, and he must follow me." Following the movements, a trace of her coiled hair slid down her cheeks lightly, her face was gentle and peaceful.

Unable to get the expected answer, Jing Yan's eyes were tinged with coldness and coldness, and his sharp tone was clear and compelling: "That's a pity, we can only meet in court." Such a cold and arrogant gesture is really impossible to ignore.

"I don't care." Su Xiaomu shrugged, as if he was not afraid of his indifferent aura, and said with a calm smile, "Do you know why I insist on making an appointment here?" This is one of the top five-star hotels in the capital. The people who come and go are all political and business celebrities, and Jing Yan has always kept a low profile, talking about these things should not be in such a public place where people come and go.

Jing Yan raised his eyebrows silently, waiting for her next words.

Su Xiaomu looked into his cold eyes firmly, concealed the tingling pain in her heart, and said lightly: "I made an appointment here, so I'm not afraid of being known that Mr. Jing and I are going to have a lawsuit, and I don't know if Mr. Jing minds? Although I don't have any contacts, I do know a few journalist friends. I heard that after a person becomes famous, his exposure rate in the media and the public will increase greatly. Especially for a celebrity like Mr. Jing, there will definitely be media follow-up reports every day. Isn't it?" She smiled slightly, "Then... thanks to you, this case of seizing a child that is about to cause a sensation in the city will make me and Xiaoyao celebrities."

Instead of being aggressive, she called him "Mr. Jing" politely and distantly, as if that period of the past was also irrelevant in her eyes, and now their relationship is more pure, just for Su Yao's parents.

It's just that her clenched fingers under the table betrayed her emotions, the fingertips were slightly cold and trembling, her heart was far from as calm as she appeared.She thought she had been reborn from that brief but deep relationship, and she had performed very well in the past ten years, but when she met him again, she realized that she hadn't fully realized it, but hid him in her heart Deep down, still in love.

Lin Ze immediately understood what she meant. According to Jingyan's identity, once it was revealed that he had an illegitimate child, it would not be a good thing for anyone, especially for the child.

Jing Yan's complexion sank, the chill instantly froze the air, Lin Ze bit the bullet and put forward his opinion in a timely manner: "Miss Su, I advise you to think twice, it will not do you any good if this matter is exposed in the media, your rashness Behavior will not only hurt the child, but also make the judge's impression of you less, so why bother?"

Su Xiaomu looked fearless and free and easy, and said slowly: "Do you need to think too much? First, I have no power, and second, I have no money. If Mr. Jing wants to rob me of my son, I can't rob him. In the end, I can only die." .Anyway, you are rich and powerful. If I lose the lawsuit, you can apply to the court for an injunction to prevent our mother and son from meeting. What's more, you will send him abroad without saying a word in the future. It's hard to see your son, so it's good to see his news in the newspaper, don't you think so, Lawyer Lin?"

"This..." Lin Ze, who was always eloquent, hesitated for a moment because of her series of sharp words, because Su Xiaomu's concerns were not wrong, and many families dealt with such things coldly.

Hearing her words, Jing Yan's brows were furrowed, his body leaned forward slightly, and he clasped his hands on the red tablecloth-covered table. The crisp cuffs of his dark-colored shirt were slightly exposed outside his black suit. eyes, and asked her in a sharp and deep voice: "You haven't said, what exactly do you want?"

Su Xiaomu wanted to laugh. Will he give her what she wants?No, because Jing Yan's heart was carved out of stone, a thousand-year-old ice, no matter how long she covers it, it won't warm or melt.No, maybe someone has succeeded, but unfortunately, that person is not her.

She raised her brows lightly, stirring the small spoon unconsciously with one hand, watching the coffee swirl in the cup, and said unhurriedly: "What I want is very simple, two choices, one is that we return to the bridge and return to the road, Xiaoyao I will still raise him, you don't need to provide alimony, and you can meet him at any time." But according to what she knew about him, he would not agree.

Sure enough, Jing Yan bluntly refused: "Impossible."

"The other option is..." Su Xiaomu squinted her eyes at Jing Yan, and said with a warm smile on her lips, "You, marry me."

(End of this chapter)