Chapter 17 — I Used To Love You To Exhaustion

"This afternoon, a very important investor in the laboratory is coming here. Please go with me to meet him."

Kieu Van Ngoc was very surprised: "I'm not very good at communicating with outsiders..."

"It's okay, he personally asked to meet you." The old professor winked at her, looking rather witty.

In the afternoon, Kieu Van Ngoc arrived at the coffee shop on time. I haven't seen the investor yet, so I immediately bumped into a tiny cotton ball that covered me from head to toe. Without saying a word, the boy rushed forward, rubbing wildly into Kieu Van Ngoc's arms: "Sister Kieu! I miss you so much!" Kieu Van Ngoc was stunned: "Tieu Ta? How did you find me?" Tieu Ta is the child she picked up on the way back to the apartment. The little boy was tiny, his adorable chubby face was hidden in a wool hat, and the tip of his nose was cold and red. Kieu Van Ngoc looked at him but couldn't bear it, so she took the boy back to the apartment, mixed medicine for him to drink, and planned to contact his family to help him.

“What is your parents' phone number?”

Tieu Ta blinked her big round eyes and said in a slightly slurred Chinese accent: "I don't know, sister." Touching the boy's eyes, Kieu Van Ngoc felt somewhat helpless and had to keep the boy for one night. The boy was scared, couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, covered himself with the blanket and secretly cried. Kieu Van Ngoc has been taking care of Hoac Than - that difficult little devil for three years, so she is very experienced in dealing with this situation. She then pulled Tieu Ta out. She hugged Tieu Ta and comforted him while singing a lullaby to him. Tieu Ta gradually fell asleep, in her dream she mumbled the name "mom", hearing that Kieu Van Ngoc's heart softened. The boy stayed at Kieu Van Ngoc's place for a few days, and the police finally contacted his family. The day the police came to take the boy away, he hugged Kieu Van Ngoc's arm tightly and refused to let go, his voice crying: "Sister, you are the best person for me."

“No one has ever soothed me to sleep, you are just like my mother.”

Hearing that, Kieu Van Ngoc's heart felt sour, she even suspected that the boy was being abused. Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask, Tieu Ta let go. Kieu Van Ngoc thought the two would never meet again. Chapter 14

“It was dad who took me there!”

Tieu Ta raised her head, her small face red with excitement. The boy happily raised his hand and pointed behind Kieu Van Ngoc. Kieu Van Ngoc turned her head and immediately met the man's eyes. He wears a hand-tailored suit, has a tall figure, and sharp three-dimensional facial features. The bridge of the nose is high and straight, and the dark green eyes exude some coldness. Kieu Van Ngoc's eyes scanned the face that clearly did not belong to the Oriental, then turned to Tieu Ta's boldly Chinese face. She hesitated: "This is... my father?" You haven't encountered a trafficker, have you?

"Tieu Ta is not my biological child, he just likes to call me dad."

The man rubbed Tieu Ta's head, his voice carrying helplessness. Then, he reached out his hand towards Kieu Van Ngoc.

“Hello, I'm Levi.”

He speaks Chinese, with accurate pronunciation, with only a slight foreign accent. Kieu Van Ngoc shook his hand, feeling the slightly cold temperature from his fingertips, just like him. Levi is a very nurturing person. After sitting down, he chatted a few casual words with Kieu Van Ngoc. The way he brings up a conversation is very clever cleverly, not letting the air stagnate at all. They mainly talk about Tieu Ta. Near the end, Kieu Van Ngoc said frankly: "When the professor told me to come here, he said he hoped I could take advantage of your investment." Not expecting her to be so straightforward, Levi froze for a moment, the corner of his lips slightly raised: "Oh? So how did Ms. Kieu answer?"