Overnight Hit: Vicious Stepmother and Genius Son
Chapter 316: Mr. Zhang sent the flowers.

Chapter 316: Mr. Zhang sent the flowers.

Song Jinze stepped out of the private room and immediately saw Ye Zhenzhen walking towards him from the end of the corridor.

"Are you okay?" he asked her.

Ye Zhenzhen’s right eyelid twitched slightly as she replied, "Yeah, I’m fine."

"Let’s go, we’ll head home."

"Okay."

They rode home in silence, and Song Jinze was deep in thought the entire way.

It wasn’t until the car was parked steadily in the garage that he paused to speak without hurrying to get out. "Zhenzhen," he said lightly.

Ye Zhenzhen turned to him, "Hmm?"

What was going on today? The tone of his voice and his attitude towards her had been incredibly gentle!

"Xiao Chen is not my biological child," Song Jinze said without beating around the bush.

He hadn’t planned on explaining this so soon. Plus, he had been unsure about Ye Zhenzhen’s character before and worried that she would neglect the child upon learning he wasn’t his biological son.

He had entered into a rushed marriage with her half a year earlier because he thought she was passable and it served to fulfill the task assigned by his elders.

But now, in this past month or so, he had come to understand her character from many aspects very quickly, and he was attracted by her personal charm, both towards the child and the people around her.

He wanted to have a serious talk with her about their emotions, wanted to tell her everything she didn’t know...

Ye Zhenzhen blinked in astonishment, "Then whose child is Xiao Chen?"

The news surprised her greatly.

She had always thought Xiao Chen was his own son, and certain thoughts had even crossed her mind, thoughts about his ex-wife...

Would his ex-wife come back for him one day? And she was just someone who had gone through a marriage in name only. When that time came, would he directly kick her out?

Song Jinze’s hand tightened on the steering wheel, his dark eyes deepening as he spoke in a low voice to the woman about Xiao Chen’s biological parents.

"Xiao Chen’s biological father is named Zhou Ziyi. He was my childhood friend along with Xiao Yi. Five years ago, when he went to Country A, he was kidnapped. The kidnapper was an enemy of Ziyi’s father and took him from Country A to Country M. Later, during the rescue, the kidnappers killed him..."

Ye Zhenzhen felt a weight in her heart, "What about Xiao Chen’s mother?"

And what about the rest of Xiao Chen’s family?

"At the time, Xiao Chen was just a month old. His mother was at home caring for him. But the kidnapper insisted that only his mother personally delivering the ransom would suffice. I hired someone to pose as Xiao Chen’s mother, but the kidnapper saw through it. He came prepared and demanded a Zhou family member.

Song Jinze’s handsome face clouded over with gloom as he continued.

"The kidnapper then sent a video of Ziyi being hung in a water dungeon, being brutally beaten, to Xiao Chen’s mother. She rushed over from the domestic side to Country M immediately upon seeing it, unable to be stopped.

We had made all the necessary preparations, sufficient money, and manpower, but who knew, the kidnappers had buried a lot of explosives in the jungle where the kidnapping took place, prepared to die together...

In the end, the kidnapper and Ziyi were killed on the spot by the blasts, and Xiao Chen’s mother was seriously injured. After being rushed to the hospital, she struggled for two days and a night, but ultimately succumbed to her injuries.

When Xiao Chen’s grandmother heard that her son and daughter-in-law had been killed by the kidnappers, she was overcome with anger and grief, fell ill from the shock, and passed away a week later..."

Ye Zhenzhen, shocked, turned pale, at a loss for what to say.

Xiao Chen was too pitiable!

She also noticed that the man was in very low spirits. She reached out to pat his shoulder, comforting him, "Xiao Chen is very fortunate now, because he has you, a good dad."

And she would be his mother, although Xiao Chen wasn’t her biological child, she would treat him as her own and take good care of the little guy.

...

The following morning arrived early.

Ye Zhenzhen was woken up by the sound of a phone ringing and glanced at the caller ID; it was a call from Madam Song.

"Mommy, good morning!" Xiao Chen’s adorable milky voice came through the phone after she answered.

Ye Zhenzhen got up from bed, "Xiao Chen, good morning!"

She glanced at the other side of the bed, which showed no signs of being slept in; the man had still been busy working in the study last night when she went to bed, so he must have slept in the study again last night.

"Mommy, can you come pick me up after school today?"

"Of course, I can! Wait for school to end, and you’ll see Mommy at school!"

After hearing Ye Zhenzhen’s response, the little fellow was very happy, "Great, I’m off to school now. See you in the afternoon, Mommy."

"See you in the afternoon."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhenzhen checked the time; it was 7:30. She went into the wardrobe room to change into workout clothes and then headed to the gym on the first floor to exercise for an hour before coming out.

After washing up on the second floor, she went downstairs for breakfast.

The vase on the dining table was filled with champagne roses, so vibrant and dazzling that it inexplicably lifted her spirits.

Aunt Li brought breakfast over and said with a smile, "Madam, the roses the master gave you are really beautiful."

Ye Zhenzhen’s pupils constricted—given to her?

"Last night when you and Mr. Zhang came back, the roses were left on the back seat of the car. The servant found them while cleaning the master’s car, and just as he brought them in, he ran into the master coming down for a drink so he asked me to put them in the flower vase on the dining table.

The master must have wanted you to see these beautiful roses during breakfast."

Ye Zhenzhen nodded, "I see, thank you, Aunt Li."

The flowers indeed were beautiful!

While having breakfast, Ye Zhenzhen received another WeChat message from Liu Rui, still about the invitation issue for the Chenguang charity dinner.

Liu Rui was also in a tough spot, as Jiang Lu first thing in the morning had asked her about the invitation.

Jiang Lu now had a certain level of fame in the circle, and with Ye Zhenzhen being publicly known as one of Chenguang’s behind-the-scenes shareholders, it would be quite a joke if Jiang Lu, YG’s top sister, couldn’t attend the dinner while artists from other companies could.

Today was Monday, and there were only three or four days left until the dinner.

They needed to prepare evening gowns and arrange schedules; if they couldn’t finalize the invitation issue soon, it would be difficult to plan this week’s work.

Ye Zhenzhen didn’t immediately reply to Liu Rui’s message; she looked at the time—it was already past 9. Would she disturb him if she called Song Jinze now?

After he talked to her about Xiao Chen’s background last night in the car, they hadn’t spoken much once they got home, each busying themselves with their own things.

She too had been preoccupied with too many thoughts yesterday, momentarily forgetting to ask him about the invitation.

After all, he had mentioned having President Lei from Chenguang contact her, and it had been two days without a call from him.

After some thought, she decided to send a WeChat message first;

[Are you busy? I need to talk to you. Give me a call when you’re free.]

By the time she finished breakfast, the man’s call came back;

"What did you need?"

Ye Zhenzhen listened to the deep male voice on the phone, gentle as yesterday, and could even make out a hint of joy.

Her eyes caught sight of the flowers on the table and she smiled, "Thank you for the flowers; they’re beautiful."

She really liked them.

The man on the phone chuckled, "You’re welcome. Is there anything else?"