When it came to being shameless, Yun Zijin was truly no match for Lu Yunque. The very next second, she started ordering him around.

"Order it yourself. And you’re not allowed to have Assistant Mo help you."

He’d done something out of line, so naturally, he had to pay the price.

Lu Yunque was helpless, but since Yun Zijin had made a request, he could only comply. He took out his phone, found the restaurant he usually ordered from, and started making the call.

Although Lu Yunque was a domineering CEO, he wasn’t one of those completely lacking in life skills. He certainly knew how to do something as simple as ordering food.

Moreover, the person on the other end realized it was Lu Yunque himself calling and was practically trembling with reverence. They immediately promised to prepare the food as quickly as possible and arrange for it to be delivered right away.

After successfully placing the order, Lu Yunque held out the payment screen to Yun Zijin. "It’s ordered. All your favorites."

Yun Zijin glanced at it. They were indeed all her favorite dishes, but was she the kind of person who could be placated with a single meal?

The young miss haughtily turned her head away. "Hmph!"

Lu Yunque knew he had gone a bit too far. He put down his phone, sat behind Yun Zijin, and began to massage her shoulders.

"We haven’t seen each other all day, and your surprise today made me so happy. I just couldn’t hold back. I’ll be more mindful next time."

Lu Yunque’s massage technique was almost on par with a professional’s, and Yun Zijin immediately sank into the bliss.

"Right there, right there... a little lower..."

No matter what request Yun Zijin made, Lu Yunque diligently fulfilled it. He was only forced to stop when the call came to announce the food delivery.

Lu Yunque went to open the office door. The delivery person quickly brought the food in, laid it all out, and then left just as fast. The entire process was professional, without a single wasted word.

"Time to eat, time to eat."

Lu Yunque used the serving chopsticks to place a "Lion’s Head" meatball on Yun Zijin’s plate.

By now, Yun Zijin’s anger had mostly subsided. Eating the meatball Lu Yunque had served her was a signal that they had made up.

After eating and drinking her fill, Yun Zijin took over Lu Yunque’s private lounge for her afternoon nap, as usual. When she woke up at 3 p.m., she happened to receive a call from Situ Wenze.

Lu Yunque glanced over and saw the caller ID: the two words "Situ Wenze." He immediately put down the document in his hands, preparing to listen to the call with Yun Zijin.

Lu Yunque stood up from his desk and walked over to the sofa in the lounge area. He sat down next to Yun Zijin, wrapped an arm around her, and gave her a reassuring look.

Yun Zijin smiled at Lu Yunque and put the call on speaker.

"Is this a good time for you to talk?"

Situ Wenze’s voice came through the phone’s speaker.

"Yes. What are the results? Just tell me."

On the other end of the line, Situ Wenze and Situ Yunliang exchanged a glance before he spoke. "The test results confirm a parent-child relationship between you and my younger aunt."

Situ Wenze tried his best to deliver this sentence in a calm tone, but the results of the test made it impossible for him to remain composed.

Yun Zijin’s expression, on the other hand, didn’t change at all. If Situ Wenze could have seen her face, he might have even rebuked her for being cold-blooded.

"Okay, I understand."

"You... is that all you have to say?"

Situ Wenze hadn’t expected Yun Zijin to react like this. It was completely different from what he had anticipated.

"What kind of reaction did you expect, Mr. Situ? For me to dance around and scream with joy?

"If that’s what you were hoping for, then I can only apologize.

"If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up."

After saying that, Yun Zijin moved to end the call.

"Don’t! Wait!"

Situ Yunliang’s voice came through the speaker. Yun Zijin paused her hand, which was about to hang up. "Is there something else, Miss Situ?"

"What kind of way is that to address her? Younger Aunt is your mother!"

Situ Wenze’s scolding voice came through again. Yun Zijin frowned.

’So choosing not to return to the Situ family was the right decision.’

The Situ family already had a cherished daughter; a second one would inevitably be ostracized by the others. That wouldn’t change even if Situ Yunliang was her mother.

"Mr. Situ, I hope you understand one thing. The only reason I agreed to do a paternity test with you all was because I wanted to know if she is my biological mother.

"Whether or not I choose to acknowledge her is another matter entirely. I’m not some poor orphan who has to fret over every meal. I have no intention of returning to the Situ family. This matter ends here.

"If you feel even the slightest bit of guilt towards me, then please try not to disturb my life in the future."

With that, Yun Zijin hung up the phone directly. Even when Situ Wenze called back immediately after, Yun Zijin simply flipped her phone face down. Out of sight, out of mind.

The moment Yun Zijin hung up, Lu Yunque pulled her into his arms, patting her back with his large hand. "You still have me. I’ll always be with you."

Yun Zijin clutched the front of Lu Yunque’s shirt, burying her head in his chest. She remained silent for a long time.

If Xia Zhengguang had made her live as an orphan for twenty-one years because he didn’t know she existed, then Situ Yunliang was the one who knew she existed and still waited twenty-one years to come looking for her.

When it came to cruelty, Situ Yunliang was the more heartless one.

But from the moment Situ Yunliang had met her, she had acted so cautiously, and her eyes seemed to be genuinely filled with motherly love.

They had only met once, so Yun Zijin couldn’t judge whether her emotions were real or fake. However, Yun Zijin had already made up her mind: she would absolutely not return with Situ Yunliang to be formally accepted back into the Situ family.

On the other side, after being hung up on by Yun Zijin, Situ Wenze’s face was as black as thunder.

"See? A child raised in an orphanage has no manners!"

At Situ Wenze’s mention of the orphanage, Situ Yunliang’s expression stiffened for a moment.

Back then, she had been the one to personally leave the newborn Yun Zijin at the entrance of an orphanage.

She had waited secretly nearby for a long time, only leaving after she confirmed someone had come out and carried the tiny bundle inside.

At the time, her family was about to leave Hua Country, and she didn’t dare say anything. She just never imagined that their parting that day would last for twenty-one years.

In those twenty-one years, Yun Zijin had built her own life. Even without the Situ family, she could live very well.

When Situ Wenze had proposed the paternity test, he had already run a background check on Yun Zijin.

Although it couldn’t compare to the Situ family’s fortune, most of the assets under Yun Zijin’s name were real estate. Her main source of income was collecting rent.

With that kind of income, it could be said that as long as Yun Zijin didn’t live recklessly, she could live very well for the rest of her life without doing a thing.

Billions in rental income each quarter put her far ahead of entrepreneurs who worked themselves to the bone just to earn tens of millions.

"Don’t say that. It’s all my fault, through and through. She’s just a child."

Situ Yunliang showed some sense of responsibility. Knowing she was in the wrong, she quickly spoke up to stop Situ Wenze when she saw how dissatisfied he was with Yun Zijin.

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