His tone was quite gentle, but the words he spoke made Song Qiao feel a bit heartless.

Her eyes suddenly reddened, and she murmured, "Why?"

Why not acknowledge each other? 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

She had always envied those who had brothers and had hoped for a brother herself since childhood.

Finally knowing that her brother was alive in the world, and she had even met him, had dinner together, and interacted.

The most important thing was that she felt good about him, yet now he said he didn’t intend to acknowledge her.

This made her feel a little bit uncomfortable.

Nan Moyan saw Song Qiao’s eyes redden all of a sudden, looking like she was about to cry, and he suddenly felt flustered, hurriedly speaking up, "You... please don’t cry."

He couldn’t handle women crying, definitely couldn’t comfort them.

He didn’t know how to comfort them, and seeing women cry always made him feel annoyed.

Song Qiao bit her lip with her teeth but looked at Nan Moyan with teary eyes, not speaking, as if she was about to burst into tears.

Nan Moyan felt a headache coming on at his temples again and couldn’t help but press them with his hand, then spoke straightforwardly to explain, "We are not from the same world. If we publicly acknowledge that we are siblings, it would cause unnecessary trouble not just for me, but also for you and your husband’s company. I feel there’s no need for it, and soon, I will leave An City."

Probably won’t come back here again.

He would return to Italy because his aunt’s grave was there, and he’s afraid she’d be alone without company.

By going back to Italy, he could visit his aunt frequently.

Song Qiao felt deeply saddened and spoke directly, "I don’t mind these things, if you really are my brother, I really don’t care about these. Mom died over a decade ago, and I’ve been living alone all these years. I’ve always wished for a brother, and I originally thought I was the only one in this world, but... when Jingchen told me, do you know how excited I was?"

She really wanted to acknowledge Nan Moyan directly; the kind of sibling bond isn’t something easily replaced by others.

Nan Moyan didn’t speak.

Song Qiao tried to calm herself. She continued speaking, "You could actually stay in An City. Jingchen said you have great abilities; you could start your own company here. Xiao Ye is still young, he needs to go to school and live a normal life. Your men have been with you for years; don’t you want them to live a normal life?"

Nan Moyan still didn’t say anything, and even furrowed his brow involuntarily.

Song Qiao directly called out, "Brother..."

As soon as Nan Moyan heard the word ’brother,’ a piece of his heart crumbled, becoming very soft, and he looked steadily at Song Qiao in front of him.

...

Inside CK Group, Lu Jingchen sat at his desk and asked Assistant Xue who was standing in front of him, "Any updates on Tan Shuya’s side?"

Since meeting Nan Moyan last night, he was certain that it was Tan Shuya who paid Nan Moyan and his group to kidnap Qiaoqiao and Xu Qian.

However, because there was no evidence, they hadn’t directly reported to the police to have Tan Shuya arrested.

And his uncle Xu Yan also directly issued orders to find the culprit behind the scenes as soon as possible.

Assistant Xue stood there and answered truthfully, "Miss Tan is currently in the hospital; I heard she has a high fever and hasn’t woken up yet, so we haven’t discovered much. However... the night the old lady was kidnapped, Miss Murong visited Miss Tan’s villa. She even sent the maid away, and the two of them were alone for over ten minutes."

Murong Rui...

Lu Jingchen’s eyes narrowed dangerously. If Tan Shuya really did this, did Murong Rui also participate?

Regarding his so-called ’sister,’ Lu Jingchen knew Murong Rui’s feelings toward him, which is why he decreased his visits to the old house over the years to avoid encounters with Murong Rui.

Even when Murong Rui came to the company to see him, she was stopped by the receptionist with various excuses.

Five years ago, the reason Song Qiao left was because there was a rift in their relationship, which was entirely due to Murong Rui exposing something at their wedding.

This led Lu Jingchen to feel that part of the reason Qiaoqiao left was due to Murong Rui.

As a result, he no longer showed the indulgence and affection of those years towards Murong Rui.

Looking down at the files in front of him, Lu Jingchen spoke calmly, "Investigate Tan Shuya’s call records."

Assistant Xue immediately agreed and then asked, "By the way, President, Madam went to the hillside villa to find Nan Moyan. Do you need me to send someone to protect Madam?"

"No need, go back to work," Lu Jingchen replied.

"Yes, President."

After Assistant Xue left, Lu Jingchen directly picked up his phone to call Xi Mohan.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered, but before he could speak, Xi Mohan coldly asked, "Why are you calling at this hour? Don’t you know I’m busy?"

Xi Mohan’s tone was full of dissatisfaction, as if... unsatisfied desires.

Lu Jingchen stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and said leisurely, "Judging by your tone, it sounds like dissatisfaction. What’s wrong? Didn’t your little girlfriend satisfy you?"

A fire of anger surged through Xi Mohan’s chest, and his tone became even colder, "If you’re calling just to mock me, you can hang up."

Saying that, he really did hang up.

The call ended with a busy signal, and Lu Jingchen looked at his phone, sneering softly, but still redialed.

This time, Xi Mohan answered quickly, but again warned, "If you’re calling and it’s not important, even though we’re buddies, I’ll put you on my blacklist, do you not know I have a ton of work to do?"

Lu Jingchen said calmly, "What if I tell you, it’s regarding Ning Wan? Oh... I suddenly remembered, it’s probably not that important, nor more important than your work, I’ll hang up then, and you go ahead and keep working, we’ll catch up for a meal later."