The mother and sons finalized their meeting time in the restroom.
Jiang Nanfang slipped away to the balcony and, seeing Xu Zhou eating with their heads down, quietly sent Xu Yanchuan a message.
"Achuan. Can you come up to the balcony? I have something to tell you."
A moment later, Xu Yanchuan walked out.
Seeing Jiang Nanfang's solemn expression and that she was meeting him secretly behind Zhou Jinxiu's back, he also became solemn.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Nanfang looked at his young, handsome face.
"Achuan, I can trust you one hundred percent, right?"
"Of course. What do you want to tell me?"
Jiang Nanfang roughly explained that she was Zhan Beijue's ex-wife, that they had two children together, and that she was now preparing to leave with the children.
It took Xu Yanchuan a full minute and a bit to recover from his shock.
"I really didn't expect your relationship to be so complicated. No wonder... So, if you leave, what about my script?"
Jiang Nanfang said, "I called you out because I wanted to talk to you about this."
"I'm sorry that something like this happened right after we signed the contract. I also regret not making things clear to you earlier."
"But rest assured, I won't delay the script. When I return to Dan Country, we can communicate online. I will write out exactly what you need and send it to you. Distance will not lower the quality."
Xu Yanchuan fell silent again.
After a period of silence, he sighed and said,
"I just made a friend like you, and I was originally thinking about the future... Forget it. Since that's the case, I can only support you."
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Jinxiu is rather oblivious. I don't want him to know about these things to avoid complications. Remember to keep it a secret for me."
"Understood."
"When he falls asleep, you and I will go pick up the children."
Xu Yanchuan did not hesitate: "Okay. Don't worry, I will keep your secret forever."
Zhou Jinxiu felt unwell. He endured the pain and drank half a bowl of porridge, took his medicine, and soon fell asleep.
Jiang Nanfang tidied up the room and drove with Xu Yanchuan to outside the Zhan family villa.
After a period of waiting, they successfully picked up the two children.
The mother and sons embraced and cried with excitement in the car.
"The tickets are already booked. We leave at four in the morning. Mom will never be separated from you again, my darlings!"
Her mental state had been very poor these past few days.
Tonight was no different.
Despite drinking half a bottle of red wine, Zhan Beijue still couldn't fall asleep.
What the two children had said to him in the study, their resentful expressions as they spoke, replayed in his mind like a movie.
Zhan Beijue deeply regretted taking his anger out on the children because of adult matters.
They already lacked motherly love and had lacked a sense of security since childhood.
Now he was about to get engaged to someone else and also scolding them...
He felt extremely guilty.
After much thought, he rolled out of bed and went to Ge'er's room, intending to kiss and hug her and apologize.
However, when he entered the room and turned on the light, the bed was spotlessly clean, and there was no one in the covers.
Could they have gone to sleep with their brother again?
He turned and went to Ruirui's room.
To his surprise, Ruirui's room was also empty.
He recalled the scene of the children talking to him in the study.
It was only then that Zhan Beijue belatedly realized something was wrong.
"Butler!" he immediately roared in the room.
"Where are the young master and young lady? Everyone get up, and find the young master and young lady!"
Outside the Zhan family villa, another pair of twins, identical to Ruirui and Ge'er, stepped out of a taxi, pushing their luggage.
Looking at the grand, magnificent, brightly lit, palace-like mansion before them, they exchanged a glance.
"This should be it. I wonder if Mom is here, and if the Zhan surname will recognize us."
"Who cares. Let's knock and go inside to sleep. The hotel won't let children check in, and we can't sleep on the streets tonight."
The twins were the two children Jiang Nanfang raised in Dan Country.
The elder brother was Jiang Jingyu, and the younger sister was Jiang Jingtian.
From childhood, while Jiang Nanfang was out working hard, they were raised and lived at home by their godmother, Tang Xueying.
Who would have thought that after their mother came to Nancheng for a business trip a while ago, everything changed.
As soon as their mother left, their godmother confiscated their phones and computers, claiming that their mother was busy with work and that the time difference between the two countries was too great to allow them to call her.
After about a month, their godmother began selling their house, cars, perfume studio, and factory in Dan Country.
She said that their mother had found a better job in Nancheng, and they were to sell their belongings here and move to Nancheng to live together.
However, after three months of handling things, all their possessions were finally sold, their godmother did not take them back to Nancheng.
Instead, she sent the two of them to stay with a childless middle-aged couple in Germany.
"There are still some matters at the factory that need to be settled. I'll pick you up when they're done."
Their godmother left for half a month.
The middle-aged couple began to force them to call them Mom and Dad and took them to handle various procedures.
It was then that the two children realized that their godmother seemed to have betrayed their mother.
After selling all her assets, she then sold her children and fled with the money.
Having grown up with their godmother,
She was like their own mother, and they had trusted her so much, only to be betrayed like this.
The two children tried to email and call Jiang Nanfang.
However, they could not reach her by any means, so they had to travel across the ocean themselves to return.
Fortunately, there was still the clue of Zhan Beijue. Jingyu led his sister to find this place.
To protect personal privacy, Zhan Beijue did not allow surveillance equipment to be installed at home.
When the children went missing, they could only rely on manual searches.
However, they searched every room from top to bottom but could not find the young master and young lady.
Acheng was ashamed.
This was the second time the young master and young lady had gone missing under their watch in the past few months.
He didn't know how to explain.
It must have been that woman, Jiang Nanfang, who stole the children.
Zhan Beijue didn't have time to listen to Acheng's confessions. He waved his hand in frustration.
"All of you go out and search. Split into four groups."
"You go to the pier, you go to the airport, you go to the train station, and you guys come with me to Peninsula International."
"No matter what, you must find the young master and young lady within an hour!"
Everyone was fully equipped and rushed out of the villa's main entrance like a swarm.
Bright car headlights shone in a row, illuminating the two children, who instinctively squinted their eyes.
What was going on? They hadn't even knocked on the door, and so many cars had suddenly appeared?
Were they being welcomed? Was Zhan Beijue this polite?
As the car lights turned on, someone immediately spotted two children standing on the road in front of the gate.
Sounds of surprise came.
"The young master and young lady are there! Brother Cheng, look, the young master and young lady are right there!"
Whoosh.
A group of tall men in uniform ran over and surrounded the two of them.
Acheng squatted down and grabbed Jiang Jingyu's shoulder.
"Young master, why are you running off again? The master was so worried he couldn't find you. Come back with me quickly."