Shi Yue did not deny that if he hadn't used various excuses to prevaricate, there might have been nothing between them long ago.

Seeing her silence, Qiu Xichen sneered: "As expected, you are the one who really has good means. You can get everything you want with a marriage in name only, and then turn around and leave."

Shi Yue pursed her lips, her throat a little dry. After a while, she just begged calmly: "Master Qiu, I really appreciate your help to me, but it will not be good for either of us to continue to be entangled like this."

Qiu Xichen locked her eyes tightly: "It's no good, but it's also not bad. It's good to be entangled like this."

But he also knew that this woman would only speak cold and heartless words, so he simply went straight into the study, and the door was slammed shut.

The living room suddenly became quiet, and Shi Yue fell down on the sofa. What should he do to satisfy everyone?

After entering the study, Qiu Xichen did not turn off the light. He had just sent the photo to his mobile phone and sent it to Secretary Jiang's mailbox, asking him to check the authenticity of the diagnosis.

Gu Huaian is a doctor, so it is not difficult to forge such things.

The reason why he was suspicious of this diagnosis was...he suspected that the woman that night was not Gu Huaian at all.

If what happened that night was her imposter, there would be no need to study whether the child was real or fake.

In the following days, Shi Yue went to work as usual to keep herself busy, which might relieve her inner uneasiness and discomfort.

Late autumn has passed, and winter in Kyoto always comes earlier than in other places. Shi Yue is afraid of the cold and always has to wrap herself up thickly before going out.

There was mist on the glass of the office, making it difficult to see the outside scenery clearly. Shi Yue found a handkerchief and wiped it, and then his vision became wider.

These days, Pan Xiaoya has been studying hard to make cheongsam, and she has already got a good look. She took the cheongsam she made all night last night and couldn't wait to show it to Shi Yue.

Shi Yue checked it for her and found that the pattern was ready. There were only some detailed problems and he pointed them out to her one by one.

Pan Xiaoya couldn't help but feel annoyed. She rolled up her clothes and went to the operation room to change them.

Seeing how angry she was, Shi Yue couldn't help but pull her back: "Look at the dark circles under your eyes. I'll give you a day off. Go back and have a good rest. I'm not squeezing you."

After hearing this, Pan Xiaoya immediately beamed with joy, bowed ninety degrees, and was extremely grateful: "Thank you, Mr. Shi, Mr. Shi, you are the most beautiful."

Shi Yue was amused by her and urged people to go home quickly.

Without Xiaoya's help, Shi Yue could only determine today's schedule by herself. She looked at the time on the calendar and couldn't help but feel dazed.

Today is November 30th...her birthday.

When her mother was still alive, she would cook herself a bowl of longevity noodles. Later, Shi Jingwen remarried and brought back a girl named Shi Qian, who was only a few years younger than her. She also had the same birthday as her.

When Shi Jingwen bought beautiful princess dresses and gifts for his little daughter, he never thought about her.

Shi Yue took out a photo with her mother from the drawer. Her nose was sore. She put her hand on her mother's face. Her appearance was almost unclear from the old and yellowed photo.

She was feeling sad when she heard someone knocking on the door.

Shi Yue hurriedly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and put the photo away.

"Please come in."

He thought he was a colleague, but when he saw Zhou Mian, Shi Yue was surprised: "Why are you here?"

Zhou Mian came in with a smile as bright as the sun and bright and clear eyes. He quickly took out the bouquet and cake hidden behind him: "Of course I'm here to celebrate your birthday."

Seeing the sunflowers that symbolize beauty and the exquisite birthday cake, Shi Yue felt that the tears she had just held back were about to flow out again: "How...how did you know that today is my birthday?"

Zhou Mian put the things on the table and said, "Xingxing told me that although she is abroad, she always thinks of you and reminds me not to forget to celebrate you."

At the same time, Ye Xing woke up and sent a video. She stood on the blue seaside, put her hands to her mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted blessings loudly.

Shi Yue swallowed a little harder.

Zhou Mian took out a handkerchief to wipe her, patted her back gently, and said comfortingly: "I can see that she is having a lot of fun abroad. You should be happy."

Shi Yue cried and laughed: "She went abroad and there was no news. I thought she wanted to forget me..."

Zhou Mian smiled gently, opened the cake gift box, cut a piece and handed it to her: "Since today is your birthday, don't cry. If you eat a piece of cake, your heart will be sweeter."

As he said that, he took out a gift box from his arms and placed it next to the bouquet: "Ye Xingxing told me it was too late. The gifts were prepared in a hurry. Don't mind."

Shi Yue was delighted and opened the gift box. It turned out to be a pearl fringed placket, which is the most common accessory for cheongsam.

"Is this gift... too expensive?"

Zhou Mian responded with a smile: "I'm just afraid that you won't accept it, so it's not worth much, but the style is good-looking. I think you often wear cheongsam, so you should need such accessories."

If Shi Yue wanted to shirk it, it would be too polite. She smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Then I'll accept it, thank you."

She couldn't put it down and played with the lapel, imagining what kind of cheongsam would match it.

The cake was too big, so Shi Yue took it out and shared it with other colleagues.

Only then did everyone realize that it was the director's birthday. While eating the cake, they did not forget to give Shi Yue their blessings.

After the fun was over, Shi Yue invited Zhou Mian to have dinner nearby.

After Shi Yue ordered a few signature dishes, she smiled and was in a good mood: "If you hadn't come, I would have been busy at work today."

Zhou Mian smiled: "I'm so happy just to celebrate your birthday, but there's something good I haven't told you yet."

As he said that, he took out the verdict form from the document bag and gave it back to Shi Yue: "Based on the clues you provided, I found someone to verify it. The fingerprints on it are forged, and the content and format are all fake."

Shi Yue stared at the piece of paper blankly and took it.

She knew that her mother would never commit plagiarism. Everything was framed by Shi Jingwen and Lin Fang!

The yellowing and old appearance of this piece of paper is not fake. It shows how long they have been preparing to frame their mother's reputation.

Shi Yue decisively tore it into pieces and threw it into the trash can.

Zhou Mian took the liberty to ask: "This Wen Ping...is your mother?"

In order to clarify the matter, Zhou Mian also checked the name Wen Ping, which was somewhat similar to Shi Yue.

Shi Yue nodded and said: "She is my mother, but she has died many years ago. Speaking of which, she founded the Shi family, but now she has someone else's surname."
Chapter completed!