After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 687: You Might Have an Illegitimate Child

Chapter 687: Chapter 687: You Might Have an Illegitimate Child

"I’m fine."

Quan Jinbei looked at her, his eyes brimming with tenderness.

Shi Yaoguang felt somewhat uneasy under his gaze.

However, someone was even more uncomfortable than she was, and that was the person in charge.

The person in charge felt that when this couple looked at each other, the air was filled with pink bubbles.

So much so that to him, he seemed like a...

...intruder.

Or perhaps, like a light bulb that could glow, and one that came with its own neon effect.

No one would care whether the neon was flickering.

The neon flickering seemed very ordinary.

Therefore, his existence as a light bulb was not conspicuous at all.

...

After leaving customs, Shi Yaoguang followed Quan Jinbei to the headquarters in X Country.

The headquarters in X Country was just a subsidiary for all the companies of the Quan Family.

But the headquarters in X Country was quite sizable.

Seeing Quan Jinbei return safely, the person in charge of the X Country headquarters was moved to tears of excitement.

"It’s good to have you back, so good."

Looking at the teary-eyed man in front of him, Quan Jinbei couldn’t help but hold his forehead.

Why did he feel that the CEO of the X Country headquarters wasn’t very reliable?

The CEO naturally did not know that he was being disdained by his boss, otherwise, he would certainly be upset.

He was really a very reliable person, which could be seen by how he managed to keep things in order at the headquarters without Quan Jinbei’s presence.

If he had to point out a flaw, the only thing was that he had not married yet.

He was already thirty-two, but still a bachelor.

He didn’t have a wife, but he did have a goddess.

Although the goddess herself had a child, which might be hard for most people to accept,

it was acceptable to him.

After all...

The mindset in X Country was not that conservative; there wasn’t much thought about second marriage for women and first marriage for men.

Furthermore, his goddess had never been married.

The child was born out of wedlock entirely by accident.

If she hadn’t entered the wrong hotel and slept with the wrong man while in her own country, that little life wouldn’t have come into being.

He didn’t know what others thought, but he himself was very fond of the son his goddess had brought into the world.

He had been raising the boy as if he were his own for five years.

He and his goddess had already agreed to get married in half a year.

He could see that his goddess had not fully accepted him yet.

But it didn’t matter; he believed that as long as he worked hard, one day she would fall in love with him.

Thinking this, Tang Nade, the CEO of the X Country headquarters, couldn’t control the corners of his mouth that were wildly rising.

Anyone with discerning eyes could tell he was thinking about something that made him very happy.

Tang Nade was indeed, truly happy.

The joy of being about to marry his goddess was indescribable.

If he had to describe it, it would be...

... ecstatic!

However.

This happiness did not last long.

He was very happy when he first saw Quan Jinbei.

As the CEO of the X Country headquarters, having his direct boss safe and sound was naturally the best thing.

With Quan Jinbei well, his own workload would not increase.

But...

As his time in close contact with Quan Jinbei prolonged, he began to notice something he was reluctant to accept.

And that was...

...the face of the man in front of him bore an uncanny resemblance to the likeness of the son of his soon-to-be stepchild’s goddess.

Perhaps, ’carved out of the same mold’ would be a more fitting description.

There was only one possibility in this situation.

His goddess’s son was related to Quan Jinbei!

An adult and a child, similar in appearance, comparable in temperament...

To say that the two weren’t father and son... probably no one would believe that.

Even if there were such a foolish person, that person wouldn’t be Tang Nade.

Upon realizing this, Tang Nade became even more withdrawn.

Quan Jinbei, however, was unaware of the multitude of thoughts in Tang Nade’s mind. After stating his arrangements and receiving no response from Tang Nade, he coughed lightly to bring him back to reality.

Tang Nade looked at him with a faraway gaze, hesitant to speak, yet full of words to say.

Thinking Tang Nade had something to say, Quan Jinbei took the initiative to ask, "What is it you want to say?"

Tang Nade took a deep breath, deciding that he needed to ask for clarity.

"Boss, have you ever considered the possibility that you might have an illegitimate son out there?"

Quan Jinbei’s eyes filled with confusion.

He wondered if he had misheard.

Or perhaps Tang Nade had lost his mind.

In fact, Tang Nade was not insane.

He was very serious as he voiced his doubts, "I don’t mean any offense, I just... unexpectedly came across a child who looks exactly like you."

"A child that looks very much like me?"

Quan Jinbei’s eyelid twitched, a bad premonition arising in his heart.

Given Tang Nade’s implications, it seemed he was convinced that the child was related to him.

Otherwise, as the CEO of headquarters, he wouldn’t have brought it up so presumptuously.

With this thought, he couldn’t help but look towards Shi Yaoguang, his eyes carrying a trace of anxiety.

Although he was quite sure he hadn’t done anything he shouldn’t have, it didn’t mean that accidents couldn’t happen.

Because he suspected he might have had a lapse in memory, Quan Jinbei truly couldn’t guarantee anything.

Seeing Quan Jinbei’s reaction, Tang Nade’s heart sank.

Shi Yaoguang then posed a question, "How old is this child?"

It was only after Shi Yaoguang spoke that Tang Nade remembered there was another person present who resembled her.

Well, in Tang Nade’s eyes, no matter how beautiful a woman was, if she wasn’t his goddess, she wouldn’t catch his eye.

Upon hearing Shi Yaoguang’s question, he naturally had an answer.

"The child is five years old," Tang Nade said and then added, "It’s a boy."

Just by looking at Tang Nade’s expression, Shi Yaoguang knew he must be very familiar with the child, so she asked for a photo.

Tang Nade hesitated for a moment, but still took out his phone to show the photo.

No matter whether the child was Quan Jinbei’s or not, Quan Jinbei had the right to know.

The photos were in Tang Nade’s phone, in all kinds of states.

It was evident from this that Tang Nade was very close to the child.

If it weren’t for the way Tang Nade addressed him, even Shi Yaoguang might have believed that Tang Nade and the child were father and son.

However...

The fact that Tang Nade was so intimate with the child but their relationship was still quite ordinary was enough to explain the situation.

Either, Tang Nade and the child were not that closely related.

Or Tang Nade’s status had not yet progressed further.

Now it seemed that Tang Nade was more inclined towards the latter.

Tang Nade was very distressed at the moment.

He had never imagined that meeting with his boss just once would lead him to suspect the boss to be the father of his goddess’s son.

In other words, his goddess might have had an affair with the boss!

Because of this suspicion, Tang Nade couldn’t help but wonder if the experiences his goddess had told him about were fabricated.

Perhaps there had been a romance between his goddess and the boss.

It’s just that they had parted ways.

Thinking this, Tang Nade was even more heartbroken.

Although Tang Nade was also a CEO now.

But!

He had to admit that compared to Boss Quan Jinbei, he still fell short.

Without the foundation of feelings, if he were a woman, he too would choose the more outstanding boss over someone slightly less desirable like himself...