Volume One, Chapter Two: Mommy, Sui Sui Has Seen Daddy

Five years later.

At the top auction house in Country Y.

The spacious hall was filled with elites.

On the auction stage, the auctioneer wore a white cheongsam, her dark hair elegantly pinned up, a sheer veil covering her face, concealing her features, yet every movement she made was breathtakingly beautiful.

With flawless English, she confidently and gracefully introduced the item on display, sparking a fierce bidding war below.

Her clear, bright eyes scanned the crowd as she held the gavel, commanding the entire room.

On the second floor, Lu Junshen sat deeply immersed, tilting his head as he glanced down. “Is the person grandfather insisted on seeing her?”

His assistant handed over some information. “Yes. Her name is Nan Zhi. She joined here five years ago as an auctioneer. In her very first auction, she sold a landscape painting with a starting bid of one million for a staggering sixty million—a sixtyfold premium. She became famous with just one hammer stroke.”

Lu Junshen narrowed his eyes. “Has she always concealed her face behind a veil?”

The assistant considered for a moment. “Yes. I heard someone once offered ten million for her to remove the veil, but she refused. People say she’s so shockingly ugly that she doesn’t want to reveal her face.”

Lu Junshen snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and watched quietly. “Her eyes are beautiful.”

With such beautiful eyes, how could she be shockingly ugly?

Those eyes reminded him of someone.

Who was it?

Xia Nanzhi.

The woman who, five years ago, left behind a divorce agreement, silently terminated his child, and disappeared—still nowhere to be found.

“Bring her to see me.”

Lu Junshen stood up and took a few steps before stopping.

“Five years... and still no trace of Xia Nanzhi?”

His assistant was anxious and fearful.

People say no one can simply vanish without a trace.

But their madam truly had vanished, leaving no hint for five years.

Lu Junshen rubbed his temples. “Keep looking.”

That woman was ruthless—divorced him, terminated his child, blocked and deleted all his contact information.

No one knew that the proud CEO of the Lu Corporation had been abandoned by a divorce agreement, nor that he had been searching for the woman who left him for five years.

Lu Junshen was determined to find her; he needed to ask her what unforgivable sin he had committed to make her so resolute.

Lu Junshen left.

Assistant Jiang Ze stood there, breaking out in a cold sweat. He had searched everywhere but found no news at all.

Looking for someone missing five years was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Jiang Ze muttered bitterly to himself, “Madam, where on earth are you?”

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The auction ended. Nan Zhi bowed gracefully and turned to leave.

Five years ago, Xia Nanzhi came to Country Y and started working at an auction house under the name Nan Zhi to avoid unnecessary trouble. She always wore a veil at work.

Arriving at the office.

A soft, chubby little pink bundle toddled over with short legs, opened chubby hands, and hugged Xia Nanzhi’s leg, calling out in a clear voice, “Mommy.”

Xia Nanzhi lifted her veil, revealing an exquisitely beautiful face. She bent down and picked up her daughter, kissing her delicate cheek. “Did you wait long, Sui Sui? Where are your brothers?”

The little bundle clenched her tiny fists and raised her head. “Hmph, the brothers went out to play.”

“Didn’t they bring you along?”

“They said they were going to play boys’ games and couldn’t bring Sui Sui.”

Xia Nanzhi was speechless.

Those two boys could have just said they wanted to leave Sui Sui behind.

Back then, Xia Nanzhi had been so disheartened that she considered terminating the pregnancy. But the moment she faced the operating room, she couldn’t bear it and finally gave up the idea.

Two months after arriving in Country Y, she gave birth to three babies—two boys and a girl.

The eldest was named Xia Shunian, the second Xia Jincheng, and the youngest Xia Sui Sui.

The eldest was sensible, the second mischievous, and the youngest the most adorable.

Looking at the tiny, delicate little bundle in her arms, Xia Nanzhi was grateful for the choice she had made all those years ago.

“Oh, Mommy, guess who Sui Sui and the brothers saw today?”

“Who?”

“The bad daddy.”

Sui Sui spoke clearly, but Xia Nanzhi hadn’t quite caught it.

“Sui Sui, who did you see?”

“Sui Sui and the brothers saw bad daddy—the one who appears on TV—you know… called Lu Junshen. Bad daddy, so fierce and scary.”

Sui Sui raised her little hand, making gestures as she spoke.

Hearing her words, Xia Nanzhi’s heart tightened.

In recent years, she had rarely heard Lu Junshen’s name.

For a time, she had almost forgotten he existed.

But now, hearing his name from Sui Sui’s lips brought back a flood of memories and a sharp pang to her heart.

But why would Lu Junshen come here?

Her children only knew their father’s name was Lu Junshen and had seen him a few times on TV. They probably got it wrong.

“Sui Sui must have mistaken him. He wouldn’t come here.”

“But…”

Before Sui Sui could finish, a knock interrupted her.

“Who is it?”

“Nan Zhi, are you busy? The manager wants you to come immediately. There’s an important guest asking for you by name. The manager said it’s urgent.”

An important guest?

Their auction house had many important clients, but few made the manager this nervous.

Xia Nanzhi grew curious about who this guest could be.

“I’m not busy; I’ll be there right away.”

“But Sui Sui really saw bad daddy,” Sui Sui frowned slightly and spoke softly. Xia Nanzhi looked at her. Sui Sui blinked her big, watery eyes and asked a little sadly, “Mommy, are you going to work again?”

Xia Nanzhi placed Sui Sui on the sofa and apologized softly, “Sui Sui, darling, wait a little longer, okay? Mommy will be back soon.”

Though she wanted Mommy to stay, she wouldn’t delay her work.

Sui Sui was very obedient.

“Okay, Sui Sui will wait for Mommy.”

Xia Nanzhi kissed her daughter’s cheek again, handed her some bread, and said, “Eat some bread, and later Mommy will take you and your brothers out for a big meal, alright?”

“Okay.”

Xia Nanzhi smiled gently, donned her veil, and stepped out.

Sui Sui held the bread with both hands, ran to the door, and peeked out quietly.

Mommy left again. So boring.

She put down the bread, tapped her smartwatch, and in a baby voice asked, “Brothers, where are you? Sui Sui is coming to find you.”

Soon she received a reply: a location tag with the message, “In the underground parking lot.”

In the underground parking lot, two little boys stood in front of a black Maybach.

Xia Shunian crossed his arms and looked at Xia Jincheng with a complicated expression. “Are you sure this car belongs to that bad daddy?”

Xia Jincheng was busily drawing on the car with a paintbrush.

Mission accomplished.

“No doubt about it. I saw him get out of this car.”

Xia Shunian looked at the large, messy characters on the car and silently read them aloud: “pao seven abandoned son big scoundrel.”

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