After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

Cheng Mansion.

In the walk-in closet on the second floor, Cheng Wanwan sat in front of the mirror, looking at the person in the mirror, with faint dark circles under her eyes.

She didn't sleep a wink last night.

My mind is filled with thoughts of Anning's son.

Cao Han knocked on the door and asked worriedly, "Miss, you didn't have breakfast this morning. I stewed some bird's nest for you. Please come out and have some."

Cheng Wanwan opened the door and suddenly asked her, "Aunt Cao, did you see Anning's son the day you disciplined her?"

Cao Han didn't know why she suddenly asked this, so she quickly replied, "Yes, I brought along a three-year-old bastard."

"Aunt Cao!" Cheng Wanwan grabbed Cao Han's arm excitedly and asked, "Do you think that child looks like Xi Yan?"

"Young Master Xiyan?" Cao Han asked in surprise, then suddenly realized, "Miss, do you suspect that that bitch An Ning secretly had Young Master Xiyan's child outside?"

Upon hearing Cao Han's words, Cheng Wanwan turned pale with fright. She clutched her anxious chest, "I'm not sure..."

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the child's features resembled west Yan's!

When she saw the child last night, she felt that he looked somewhat like him, and she became even more uneasy when she learned that he was Anning's son.

That child doesn't eat shrimp...

Western-style banquet with shrimp allergy...

A series of coincidences made a thought well up in her mind.

"Miss, that child is definitely not Young Master Xiyan's," Cao Han said with certainty. "If that child were really of the Lu family bloodline, An Ning would have already taken this opportunity to extort a large sum of money from the Lu family, and she wouldn't be living in such poverty. I don't think she can even afford to treat her mother to a doctor."

Cao Han's words made some sense. Cheng Wanwan realized that An Ning seemed to be short of money. If she really gave birth to west Yan's child, she could ask west Yan for a large sum of child support.

Even so, she was still worried, "But if he's not from west Yan, how could he look so much like him?"

"Perhaps you care too much about Young Master west Yan, and that's why you're worrying too much."

Cao Han couldn't help but think that An Ning, that little bitch, had seduced Young Master Xi Yan in order to ruin Wan Wan's childhood sweetheart relationship. Now that she's back, she might be plotting something wicked again.

She pondered for a moment, "If Miss really has doubts, I have a way."

She whispered something in Cheng Wanwan's ear, and Cheng Wanwan's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing it.

Then she immediately squeezed out a few tears, "Aunt Cao, you've always been the best to me since I was little, you'll help me, right?"

She held Cao Han's hand tightly, "west Yan and I are getting engaged next month, and we absolutely cannot have any more unexpected events happen during this time."

She cried pitifully, and Cao Han felt particularly sorry for her. "Don't worry, Miss. No one can take away your happiness. Leave this to Cao Ma."

Hearing this, Cheng Wanwan stopped crying and smiled, quickly hugging Cao Han. "I knew Aunt Cao was the best to me!"

Cao Han was deeply moved and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

......

"Snapped!"

A thick stack of documents was thrown onto the sleek desk, revealing undisguised anger and dissatisfaction.

When An Ning first joined the company, her project manager, Sun Liangying, gave her a hard time in front of her colleagues.

"Anning, what a clever trick! I informed you that you were offered a position at Haowei, but you flatly refused. I didn't expect you weren't really trying to refuse, but rather playing hard to get, waiting for our CEO Dong to personally invite you?"

Sun Liangying crossed her arms haughtily, sizing up the woman in front of her—a simple white shirt, black skirt, and high heels, her ordinary work attire, her black hair pulled back, and her light makeup.

I didn't look closely last time, but now I realize that this woman is quite attractive.

Furthermore, he was very resourceful, becoming the project manager immediately upon arrival and taking full charge of Hao's undecided new projects.

"It seems my status is too low to persuade someone as important as you?"

Sun Liangying's voice was quite loud, and her sarcastic remarks were clearly heard by her colleagues, who all began to scrutinize this new employee.

Anning quietly tidied her workstation, not taking her words to heart.

She remained unmoved, and Sun Liangying felt even more that a new employee was already giving her, the boss, attitude before even getting anything done, and her expression grew increasingly unpleasant.

Before she could speak, a sharp voice interrupted.

"An Ning! You think you can get away with anything just because you were personally recruited by General Manager Dong? Get this straight, Supervisor Sun is our project manager, your superior! Where did you get the nerve to give our supervisor such attitude?"

An Ning stopped organizing the documents and turned to look calmly at Li Hui, who had interrupted. "Someone who plagiarized someone else's project proposal was actually kept in the company by Manager Sun."

After saying that, she looked at Sun Liangying again, "Isn't my reason for refusing Manager Sun obvious enough? But the reason I agreed to join Haowei with President Dong is because President Dong is fair and wouldn't frame me without distinguishing right from wrong and convict me of some unfounded crime."

Li Hui blushed with anger when accused of plagiarism in front of her colleagues. Sun Liangying was even more surprised that this seemingly gentle woman was actually quite sharp-tongued.

"Anning, since you're so confident, then I'll wait and see how capable you really are!" Sun Liangying glanced at her contemptuously. "Haowei never keeps useless people, and this new project is no exception."

"Since President Dong has put you in full charge of this new project, I'll give you three months. If you can't win over the top management of the Ou Teng Group and secure the cooperation with them within three months," Sun Liangying said coldly to An Ning, her tone filled with anger, "even if you were personally recruited by President Dong, you'd better get out of Hao Wei!"

After saying that, Sun Liangying walked away haughtily in her high heels. The other colleagues returned to their workstations, ostensibly working, but actually discussing what kind of grudge this new colleague had against Supervisor Sun.

Li Hui glared at An Ning's retreating figure, then turned and went to the supervisor's office.

An Ning sat down and opened the thick stack of documents in her hand. It contained information about Haowei's entrepreneurial journey and corporate culture, which was essential for new employees to understand.

However, she already knew this information.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of wheels rolling from my side and behind me. A colleague slid over in his chair and asked curiously, "Are you called Anning?"

Anning turned her head to the side. She was a young girl with a round, slightly chubby face, and quite cute.

She nodded gently.

"What a lovely name!" The girl smiled, her eyes narrowing into slits. "My name is Huang Yuanyuan."

"Yuanyuan?" An Ning smiled slightly. Indeed, her name suited her perfectly; she was very cute, and just looking at her made her feel good.

Seeing her smile, the girl explained, "My original name was Yuanyuan, the Yuan in 'socialite.' But my mom said that name didn't sound good and insisted on changing it to the Yuan in 'round and plump.'"

She complained, "And look what happened, it really turned round."

"You're so cute," Anning chuckled softly, "and your smile is so infectious."

Huang Yuanyuan thought she was beautiful, gentle, and had a pleasant, understated charm.

She couldn't understand how someone like that could have offended Manager Sun, but she still kindly reminded her, "Anning, you're new to our department, so you might not know, but Manager Sun is Haowei's old subordinate. She used to be eligible for promotion, but she voluntarily stayed in the project department to help Haowei develop new projects, so she carries a lot of weight in front of President Dong. You'd better not offend her."

An Ning nodded, "I see."

"And then there's Li Hui. She just graduated not long ago, like me, but I got in on my own merits." Huang Yuanyuan said this with some resentment. "She was brought in by Supervisor Sun. I heard she's Supervisor Sun's cousin, so everyone in the company gives way to her."

Now An Ning understood why Sun Liangying spoke up for Li Hui back then at Ou Teng.

"Thank you for telling me all this," Anning said with a smile. "I'll treat you to lunch today."

"Although I really want to have dinner with you, I guess we won't be able to." Huang Yuanyuan showed An Ning the messages in the work group on her phone.

An Ning glanced at it, and when her eyes fell on the two words "Ou Teng", her brows furrowed slightly.