Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Time slips away, and before we know it, it's the last day of the year.

Even the biggest companies have to give holidays; they can't withstand statutory holidays.

Sure enough, all of Ji's offices were empty except for the president's office, where a man was sitting, seemingly waiting for something.

moment.

Xu Mingkai rushed in, panting heavily, "Young Master Ji, I've brought the information. Tang Junting and Tang Xin are related as father and son."

The man wasn't too surprised; it was expected, he just wanted to verify it.

After pausing for a moment, Xu Mingkai continued, "We've found an important clue: Miss Jiang knows the chef at Tihou, and they're master and apprentice. According to the outsider, they're cooking master and apprentice."

Ji Hancheng moved his eyes, his lips pursed, and he tapped the table. "That explains why she cooks in the same way as the chef. Jiang Rui and that chef must have known each other for quite a while."

Xu Mingkai explained, "Yes, it's been 21 years. He came to the capital after the young mistress was born, for the same reason as before: he wanted to develop his career in the capital. We haven't questioned him yet, for fear of alerting him. This guy is very tight-lipped. Young Master Han asked him several times about his previous workplace, but he wouldn't say. Young Master Han said he could handle it, so we didn't investigate further." Xu Mingkai, having followed him for a long time, is quite shrewd. He also felt that this chef was not simple and should know something.

I casually asked Han Shao that day, and he only gave me a few simple words.

Ji Hancheng lowered his eyes, picked up the new documents on the table, which were much more detailed than the previous ones. They included information on the relationship between Jiang Rui and the chef, the time when the chef came to the capital, and the narratives of marginalized people.

According to the information, this chef did have a mother, but she passed away from illness 21 years ago, after which he came to the capital.

Why did the chef come to the capital 21 years ago? Was it just because his mother passed away and he wanted to find a new place to live?

Xu Mingkai glanced at the pensive man, thought for a moment, and said, "Young Master Ji, should we give this information to the young mistress now?"

Xu Mingkai felt it was better to call Tang Junyao "Young Mistress" instead; calling her his ex-wife in front of this man was just asking if she'd run off to South Africa again.

After pondering for a moment, I said, "Hmm, I'll send it to her. Where does she live now?"

Xu Mingkai stammered, "Um... that young mistress lives in Yixinyuan."

After speaking, she carefully examined the man's expression, and sure enough, it visibly darkened. "You're living with Su Yu?"

Xu Mingkai hurriedly explained, afraid that Young Master Ji would misunderstand his wife again, "No, no, Young Master Ji is living with Miss Su now. Young Master Su lives in the Su family and comes home every night. It is said that Su's mother can't bear to part with him."

Hearing this, his expression softened a little. "Okay, send it over. Buy me the two largest apartments in that complex. I want to combine them together."

Xu Mingkai reminded him, "Young Madam is just staying there temporarily. She'll be going abroad after the New Year. Young Master Ji, do you want to... go apologize to Young Madam? Otherwise, she'll run away."

Ji Hancheng glared at him. "What do you want? You've been talking too much lately."

Xu Mingkai shut his mouth, feeling utterly contemptuous. "Just keep being arrogant. If you don't like the young mistress, you have more money to buy two apartments in Yixinyuan. You just want to buy them and combine them to make it bigger, so the young mistress can come and live there. Your intentions are obvious, but you still won't admit it."

As Xu Mingkai walked to the door, a man's voice came from behind him, "Go back to your hometown after you've delivered the documents."

A few days ago, the project was restarted for review and it was found that Lu Man and her superiors acted on their own, so the Ji family is innocent. The website has clarified the matter and apologized to the Ji family.

The project has returned to the Ji family's hands, and those who reported it will not have a good New Year this year; they may even suffer from insomnia.

Yixinyuan, 3:30 pm.

The two girls slept until 3 a.m., when they vaguely heard someone ringing the doorbell.

Tang Junyao rubbed her eyes, sat up, put on her coat, and went to open the door.

Xu Mingkai was standing outside the door holding a file folder and carrying another bag.

Tang Junyao was a little surprised. Was the divorce proceedings not yet completed? But she had already received the divorce certificate.

Xu Mingkai answered first, "Young Madam, this is information that Young Master Ji asked me to send to you. He said it is very important to you. Young Master Ji bought this for you before and hopes you will keep it. He can't wear it if it is left in the Imperial Garden."

After a moment of hesitation, she reached out to take it and politely said, "Come in."

Su Xue woke up at this moment and came out of the guest room. She yawned and walked towards the door. "Assistant Xu, what brings you here? Is it that Young Master Ji is reluctant to part with Yao Yao and has come to curry favor?"

Tang Junyao patted her, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

Xu Mingkai gave an awkward laugh. "Since I've handed the things over to the young mistress, I'll be leaving now. Happy New Year in advance, young mistress."

Tang Junyao corrected, "Assistant Xu, your Young Master Ji and I are already divorced. From now on, please call me by my name. I also wish you a Happy New Year in advance, and may all your wishes come true next year."

At this moment, Xu Mingkai felt that Young Master Ji had really lost out. Such a handsome, approachable, and kind young mistress didn't want him, and he was still being arrogant.

"Thank you." He really couldn't remember the young mistress's name.

After Xu Mingkai left, Tang Junyao closed the door. Su Xue glanced curiously at the contents of the bag. "What did Young Master Ji bring you? He's not really regretting the divorce, is he?"

Tang Junyao didn't think so. She thought that the clothes and bags she had worn were left in the Imperial Garden and were brought out for her. "They are the clothes and bags that were bought for me before. They probably brought them to me because they were afraid that Miss Lu would feel upset if she saw them when she came in."

Su Xue was annoyed. "What a scoundrel! Look at this information. Don't tell me it's some kind of compensation offer. What a swindler!"

Ji Hancheng was already on their blacklist, and the fact that Lu Man said she was pregnant with Ji Hancheng's child a few days ago only worsened their impression of him.

Su Xue felt that if Ji Shao liked Yao Yao, he would definitely come to explain. The fact that he actually returned the things that Yao Yao left in the Imperial Garden meant that he was cleaning them up.

Tang Junyao was quite open-minded and didn't care about the future. She just needed to take care of her pregnancy and her career. She slowly opened the file folder.

The first thing that caught my eye was the true relationship between Tang Junting and Tang Xin. Although I had guessed it long ago, seeing the information still made me feel sorry for my mother.

Su Xue also leaned closer to take a look, glanced at it, and her eyes widened. "Damn, this Ersan really is Ersan, she really is an illegitimate daughter, oh my god!"

Continuing to scroll down, "Yaoyao, isn't your mother's name Jiang..." He stared blankly at Tang Junyao.

At this moment, Tang Junyao's face also turned a little pale. She had never thought that her mother was not born to her maternal grandparents. From a young age, she could see how good her maternal grandparents were to her mother. It turned out that she was adopted.

If the information was given to her by someone else, she would doubt its authenticity. But since it was brought over by Assistant Xu, Ji Hancheng must have already reviewed it before it was delivered.

Assistant Xu wouldn't have come to her without Ji Hancheng's permission.

If the mother is an orphan, then who are her real relatives, and why would she be abandoned?

If she hadn't met such kind people as her maternal grandparents, she couldn't imagine what would have become of her mother. She felt that God was both fair and unfair.

My mother was abandoned, but was picked up by kind people like my maternal grandparents, who loved her like their own daughter and never had a second child.

Seeing her best friend's pale face, Su Xue said worriedly, "Yaoyao, don't be sad. If your aunt is an orphan, it means she has a family, which means you also have a family. It's not necessarily a bad thing."

Tang Junyao had a thought in her mind: "What if it was thrown away, because people didn't want it?"

Su Xue couldn't deny that this was a possibility. "We're just speculating right now. What if it's not true?"

Tang Junyao thought so too, but this was the worst-case scenario. Right now, it was all just her speculation. If her mother was lost, the other family would keep looking for her. Who would abandon their own child? If her mother was abandoned, it wouldn't matter. Over the years, her maternal grandparents had shown her no less love, so her mother never knew she was an orphan.

An idea formed in her mind: she had to find the truth. People have to understand why they live, and she wanted to find the reason for her mother's death.

Su Xue looked at her absent-minded best friend and said, "Stop looking at me. I'm a little hungry. Tomorrow is the New Year. Aren't you going to buy some New Year's goods? Take advantage of today's rest, because you have to go back to work tomorrow. Let's go. I'll go home after we buy them. If I don't go home, my mom will scold me to death. I need to work on my brother-sister relationship."

Tang Junyao put the documents in the room, took clothes out of the closet and put them on the bed. Su Xue followed her into the bathroom to wash up, and the two started chatting in the bathroom.

While squeezing toothpaste, Tang Junyao said, "I told you to go home yesterday, but you wouldn't. Your auntie is going to scold me."

Su Xue's mouth was full of toothpaste foam. "You still have the nerve to say that? I told you to come home with me, but you wouldn't go. I'm just keeping you company."

Tang Junyao knew there was a reason for this. "It's good that you know. Be careful when you go back." The two people with foam on their lips chatted happily in the bathroom.

After rinsing her mouth, Su Xue asked, "Yao Yao, are you planning to look for your relatives?"

Before entering the bathroom, Tang Junyao had already decided, "Go ahead and search. You have to find the truth in life; you can't live in a daze."

Su Xue nodded in agreement.