Save Mom. These two words hit Kaito's heart like a ten-thousand-pound hammer.
Many thoughts ran through his mind, but he once again raised his head to look at his senior from back then, Xiao Yunyun.
"Th-this... granddaughter... Mr. Kaito..."
Ye Chen on the side really couldn't handle it anymore.
What was happening right in front of him?
It turned out that his daughter's real husband... oh no, boyfriend, was actually the Mr. Kaito in front of him!!
Although he didn't know why his daughter hadn't said anything, this was definitely a huge situation, completely beyond his ability to control!
"Alright, Boss Ye, you don't need to say anything more for now, and don't ask any questions. Just stay here quietly. I will personally ask Xiao Yunyun about this."
Kaito waved off the somewhat at a loss Ye Chen. After reaching out to hold Xiao Qi, Kaito also felt a connection through blood ties.
If he hadn't come into contact, it might have been okay, but once he did, Kaito didn't want to let go.
This was his daughter...
He was also a father now.
Naturally, he was also a dad!!
'Come to think of it...'
'Maybe it was because I had a daughter that I was invited to the chat group?'
'No, no, no...'
'It could also be that they invited the wrong person, originally intending to invite Xiao Yunyun, but some error occurred and they invited me instead!'
"Ha..."
Kaito let out a long sigh here.
This sigh carried relief, helplessness, but mostly happiness.
Fortunately, the chat group had invited him!!
Everything he had now was given to him by the chat group.
"Baal, Beelzebul, sorry, I need to handle some things."
"Okay, Kaito, go ahead!"
Baal was very understanding, and she could also see from Kaito's eyes that unshakable affection, so she naturally wouldn't stop him.
His younger sister, Beelzebul, wanted to say something, but she gritted her teeth and chose to wait and see with her sister.
"Come on, let's go to Mom."
Kaito held Xiao Qi, patted her little head, and then walked towards where Xiao Yunyun was.
By now, Xiao Yunyun had also come to her senses, but she could only smile bitterly and wait for Kaito to come over and question her.
Now...
There was no way to hide it anymore...
Looking at the man she once loved, now grown up and increasingly handsome, Xiao Yunyun's heart was filled with an indescribable complexity.
It was a mix of all kinds of emotions, happy for him, but also worried for him.
Because Xiao Yunyun didn't know what Kaito's identity was now. At the very least, in these past few years, she had never heard of anyone named Kaito becoming an executive of some company, or a young company president, etc.
Aside from that, if Kaito extended a helping hand to assist her, wouldn't that make him a target for Xiao Tianjiao?
"Kaito..."
"Oh, senior, I didn't expect us to meet again after just over a week."
It was as if they were back in university life, the opening words were extremely familiar to Xiao Yunyun.
Hearing this, Xiao Yunyun's eyes flickered, and then she smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Yeah, we meet again. Compared to last week, you're even more handsome today. As expected, dressing up suits you very well! I told you this before."
"You know me, I'm too lazy to spend all my time on maintenance and dressing up like those people."
"Hehehehe, yeah~"
"Can you tell me now? Why did you suddenly disappear back then, and my daughter... why didn't you tell me sooner."
Even though Kaito already knew some of it, he still needed to hear it from Xiao Yunyun herself.
Only by knowing the specific details could he make accurate judgments.
"Dad..."
Xiao Qi nuzzled against Kaito's chest, then gently reminded him with an expression that seemed to say "don't make things difficult for Mom", as if to say that Mom hadn't had it easy these past few years, and not to blame Xiao Yunyun or anything.
Kaito immediately understood Xiao Qi's meaning. He smiled and gently stroked her face, then gestured to Xiao Yunyun to talk nearby.
Xiao Yunyun understood Kaito's gesture, and the group turned and walked to a nearby coffee shop, renting a private room to sit down.
Ye Chen also followed along; after all, as a father, he also needed to know the specific details of the matter.
Naturally, Baal and Beelzebul also followed, sitting on either side of Kaito. They occasionally felt curious about Xiao Qi and couldn't help but reach out to touch her.
Xiao Qi didn't refuse; instead, she called them "big sisters" very affectionately.
"Kaito, I'm sorry..."
After a while, once the waiter had served the coffee and the milk Xiao Qi had ordered, Xiao Yunyun finally spoke.
This apology had been buried in her heart for many years.
Then, as Kaito nodded, Xiao Yunyun revealed the whole story.
Of course, this referred to the events after that night.
A month and a half later, realizing her period hadn't come, Xiao Yunyun secretly went to the hospital for a checkup. Upon learning she was pregnant, she coincidentally returned home to find another blind date arranged for her.
Therefore, Xiao Yunyun formulated a plan in her mind, and to protect Kaito from being implicated, she could only cruelly hide and disappear.
Going abroad, she directly hid at the home of her high school best friend, who was studying abroad for further education. She relied on her friend to live for a while, gave birth to the baby in the hospital, discussed it with her friend, and thus came up with the plan for a fake husband.
By spending money to forge the birth certificate and a foreign marriage certificate, after two years passed, when her whereabouts were finally discovered, she returned.
After returning, things naturally proceeded according to plan, until it was discovered earlier.
After listening to the whole story, Kaito finished his coffee, put Xiao Qi down to let her go to Xiao Yunyun, and then moved to sit in a corner by himself, taking out a new cigarette and lighting it, starting to smoke.
His heart was complicated.
Very happy, it turned out Xiao Yunyun wasn't married, and the ring was fake.
But the frustrating thing was that Xiao Yunyun disappeared directly to protect him.
The sad thing was that he didn't have any ability to help her back then, and then completely get together or anything.
Well...
This isn't a novel, after all, where the protagonist starts showing off and slapping faces to gain the mother-in-law's approval.
Ridiculous.
Even if he was a top student, without family connections, after graduating, wouldn't he still have to start from the most ordinary position?
Even if he could succeed and have his own career, it wouldn't be now, but ten years later.
So from the beginning, he couldn't be like a novel's protagonist.
But!
Now he was different.
"In that case, come stay at my place! As for your mother's matter..."
"Hehe... do you believe there are miracles in this world?"