Chapter 256
Chen Li drove on the road and called her daughter, Sophie. Her daughter was now traveling in Tsingtao. Chen Li asked her daughter to change her mobile phone, including the number. The phone that she had used before had been turned off, so that Ryan could not get in touch with her.
She lied to Ryan that her daughter had suffered a lot after breaking up with Edward. She couldn’t hold on any longer, so she went out for a walk and didn’t want to be disturbed.
She picked up the phone and heard Sophie’s voice. “Mom.”
“Sophie.” Chen Li was driving. When she was in the Bailey family, she didn’t dare to get in touch with her. She was afraid that her aunt would talk nonsense and tell him. She turned on the speaker of her mobile phone and heard the noise of her daughter, Sophie. She frowned and asked, “Why is it so noisy over there? Is it in the bar?”
“Well, it’s just for fun,” Sophie said impatiently.
She didn’t know why her mother, Chen Li, suddenly asked her to leave Haleston City for a period of time. She didn’t want to leave that day and didn’t want to delay her and Edward’s affairs. But Chen Li forced her with her life and told her that she would die if she didn’t leave. She was really crazy. She didn’t know whether it was early or not.
No wonder her father was unwilling to marry her.
“Don’t go too far. As a woman, reputation and chastity are the most important things.” Chen Li only cared about Sophie verbally. She knew that Sophie would definitely not listen to her, and it didn’t matter. At present, she couldn’t deal with her own affairs, so she didn’t care about the cheap daughter of Sophie.
She said kindly, “There is one thing that I need you to do. It concerns the future of us. You know what kind of person your father is. I have been with him for so many years, and I still don’t know what he is thinking. I can’t go on like this. I don’t think about myself, but for you. I only have you as my daughter. Even if I have no fate with your father, you should stay in the Bailey family and be your daughter.”
Hearing this, Sophie was a little concerned. She turned around and went into the women’s restroom of the bar. The surroundings suddenly became much quieter, and it was suitable for talking on the phone. She quickly asked Chen Li, “Mom, what are you going to say? Don’t scare me.”
Chen Li sighed and said in an emotional tone, “Your father has a woman outside.”
Sophie thought with disdain, “It’s not a new thing. There was a woman a long time ago. Chen Li still looked at me with her eyes closed, so it doesn’t matter if I take it out now.”
Chen Li added, “This woman’s background is not small. I think she’s here to discuss marriage.”
Sophie immediately realized that things were not going well. Although she looked down on Chen Li and felt that this woman as a mother was really useless, Chen Li had lost her power. As a daughter, she probably could not get any benefits in the Bailey family, and her situation would be quite sad.
She gnashed her teeth and said, “Why are you talking about this until now? Why didn’t I hear you say it before? What do you want to do now? Are you going to give up like this?”
Chen Li curled her lips, and her expression and tone were completely different. “Sophie, I only have you as my daughter. You have to help me. Your father is now thinking about that woman.”
“How do you think I can help you?” In fact, Sophie didn’t know much about her father, Ryan. After so many years, her father’s attitude toward her had always been neither cold nor warm. He could count the words he said to her every day with ten fingers, and he was not close to her.
Ryan’s most beloved children were Anna and Sean.
Back then, because of Anna’s words, Ryan didn’t return late. Every night, he would go home on time to have dinner with his children. He was also worried that Anna wouldn’t get used to his stepmother, so he didn’t marry Chen Li. Later, he was so excited that Chen Li couldn’t marry him.
At that time, Sophie and Chen Li both hated Anna to death. However, Anna not only had his backer, but also had Edward and Sean. Everyone knew that in the group of three, Anna had always been the object of Sean and Edward’s protection. Now, without Anna, there was another Nelissa who wanted to compete with her for a man.
That shameless little vixen!
She shamelessly gave birth to a pair of illegitimate children for another man, and now she dared to hook up with Edward. She really didn’t know what kind of demonic skills she used. No wonder when she saw Nelissa, she felt that this woman was harmless, but had a demonic aura in her bones.
Chen Li told Sophie, “Tomorrow, contact a media reporter and ask him to interview you. You just say that you are now taking a break to heal your wounds. Now the whole Haleston City knows that Edward broke up with you. If he doesn’t love you, then we will be unjust. It’s good to use his identity as a wager. You just complain to the media that Edward didn’t want you because he thought that your mother’s identity was not good.”
Sophie asked in confusion, “What do you mean?”
Chen Li said confidently, “These media reporters just want to dig some explosive news. If you say this, there will be a lot of ambiguity in your words. The media will think that the Bailey family has something to dig out, and they will dig it out according to your background. They will dig out that I am your biological mother, and you are not Megan’s son. Naturally, they will dig it out as well. I have no sense of identity to follow Ryan’s past for many years.”
He sighed again and said, “I don’t want to mention these disgraceful things anymore, but for the sake of our happiness, I don’t want to be so shameless anymore. When the old things are brought up again, I think Ryan will give me a proper identity or compensate me for my feelings for him these years.”
Instead, Sophie had some misgivings. “Will Father blame me for picking on you when he finds out?”
Chen Li sneered, thinking that her daughter was not easy to fool. She was afraid that her father would be scared. “What are you afraid of? I can tell you directly that the old woman that your father likes has a woman who is a burden. She is younger than you. When the old woman marries into the Bailey family, her daughter will be the daughter of the Bailey family. She can always compete with you, a woman who has no mother.”
“What’s more, you’re not stupid. Before that, you can let the media reporter compare lines with you and put on a hard act with you. I’m not asking you to pour out all the things. You’d better be more tactful. When your father sees you, he will think that you’re too sad and accidentally spilled the beans. As for the following things, it’s all done by the media. It has nothing to do with you. What reason does he have to blame you?
“Sophie, I’m counting on you this time. I’ve been with Ryan for many years, and I’m tired. I don’t want to see him marry me, but the woman he’s going to marry now has a woman to drag down. What will you do in the Bailey family in the future? I originally thought that you would have a husband’s backer after marrying Edward, but you’re disappointing. Edward is now obsessed with that little fox…”
Chen Li insisted on bringing up the matter. Sophie was so agitated that her grip on her phone tightened. “Nelissa! I hate her so much. She’s a slutty woman. I wanted her to get pregnant on her behalf because she had a beautiful illegitimate child. I don’t know which man she is, but she’s shameless.”
Chen Li comforted her daughter’s mood and said, “Since Nelissa is shameless, I will let her be shameless to the end. I will find an opportunity to take a photo of her and let all the men in Haleston City see how coquettish she is…”