Chapter 119 - Panic

Chapter 119: Panic

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As Aaron left the office with an uneasy feeling, he met Mu Wanrou at the door by chance.
He had no idea how long she had been standing outside and as to what extent she had overheard their conversation. At this moment, the pallor of her skin was extremely terrible.
Stunned, his expression slightly faltered and he exclaimed in shock, “Madam!”
“Shut up!” Mu Wanrou immediately stared daggers at him. She stepped forward, covered his mouth, and then pushed him into the assistant’s office before swiftly locking the door from the inside.
Bang!
At a loss, Aaron stood rooted to the spot. Mu Wanrou was trembling from head to toe. She leaned on the door and let her body slide down helplessly, looking as if she had plunged herself into great fright and distress.
“Madam, are you alright?” he looked at her with worry.
At present, she appeared to have lost her composure. Her face was ghastly pale, just like a white sheet of paper.
“He… What did he say to you? Did you tell him?” She asked, as he fixed her gaze on him. She appeared to be in a situation where she was on the verge of drowning.
“Boss requested me… to look into Yun Shishi’s identity again and get every piece of information about her no matter how trivial it is. I have to re-examine everything… including that child.”
When Aaron ended his words, he observed that Mu Wanrou’s expression had worsened.
“NO!” Her eyes were stricken. “You will destroy me if you do that!”
He took in a breath of cold air with some complicated feelings resonating in his chest.
“I can’t betray the boss again.” He showed a pained expression, his good-looking face contorting. “I’ve already betrayed him once…”
“If you keep mum, how will he know?” She sounded as if she were trying to survive from drowning by grasping at the last straws. She was so frightened that her voice shook.
“If that child were really boss’s flesh and blood, wouldn’t it be good to investigate thoroughly?”
“NO!”
“Why?” he asked with confusion.
She, of course, could not give a reason why.
Why? If Yun Tianyou’s identity were to be discovered, he would be treated as one of the future heirs to the Mu Group, and he would be taken back into the Mu family.
Benefitting from her son, the woman would rise in status. She was the surrogate chosen by Grandpa Mu. She was outstanding, and the scarier thing was that she had given birth to two sons for the Mu family.
In contrast, being infertile from birth, she was unable to deliver any children for the Mu family, and her position as the young mistress was not sturdy.
The world of the rich was profound and difficult to navigate through. If one did not have any children, they would be unable to stabilize their position in the family.
She currently had influence in the Mu family because Grandpa Mu adored her.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not enter Mu Yazhe’s heart.
He agreed to marry her only because it was Grandpa Mu’s order – something that he could not defy.
However, Grandpa Mu’s physical condition was deteriorating with every passing year. To live a more relaxed life at an old age, the authority in Disheng Financial Group slowly shifted into the hands of Mu Yazhe.
What if… Mu Sheng were gone? Would she still have any place left in the Mu family?
Would she be kicked out of the family?
When that time came, Yun Shishi would ascend in the position because of her son – this was not something impossible.
The scariest thing was… If Grandpa Mu knew of Yun Tianyou’s identity, he would surely make him acknowledge himself as part of the Mu family.
Based on his usual actions, he would certainly have someone conduct a thorough investigation on Yun Shishi.
If that incident from a decade was dug out, if Mu Sheng discovered that she was the one who snatched Yun Shishi’s jade away and pretended to be her for over ten years, what would become of her?
She shuddered at the thought of this.
“Don’t dig into this. If you do that… I will be destroyed!”
Mu Wanrou covered her face and wept helplessly. She was weeping beautifully on the surface, but she was cursing herself bitterly on the inside.
Damn it… She was too slow to act!