Jun Zishen raised an eyebrow before he pulled open a drawer. Taking something out of it, he placed it on the table before pushing it towards her.

Her expressions shifted slightly as she glanced at the cards in front of her. One of them was the crystal card that was given to Jun Zixuan by Jun Zishen. And another was a black card. She picked up the black card before taking a closer look at it.

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It had Jun Zixuan's name engraved in golden letters along with the logo of Eminence behind it. "Did he give this to you?" She glanced at him. No wonder he was not surprised now that Jun Zixuan's face was all over the headlines along with his identity in bold letters.

"As a compensation for being his sperm donor," Her brows tugged together slightly while the man continued, "That's what he said that day. Anyways, don't look at me with such pity. I deserve all of this," He massaged the spot between his brows.

She concluded the day he was speaking about was the day when Jun Zixuan and her had a cold war. She did not know whether it could be called a cold war though given that they made up before sleeping.

She controlled her mind which was spiraling towards wayward thoughts before settling her focus back on the point.

"Well…'' Yu Mei lowered her head slightly as she leaned back on the chair. Jun Zixuan was unfeeling towards his father and she did not blame it on him.

Had Jun Zishen stood up for his wife in the past, then Shen Lihua would not have had to go through all that humiliation or mental torture in this family. Jun Zixuan, given his gifted maturity, had observed everything at that age but he could not do anything. He did not have the power to fight this powerful family. So, he could just watch his mother getting mentally and emotionally abused in one way or another while he could not do anything.

Maybe all that internal conflicts and unsaid struggle, those humiliations of having being called useless and abnormal, being treated unfairly…maybe all that made him the man he is today. Right now, he has the power to crush countless such royal families within a snap of his fingers.

But towards this family and his father, he is detached and unfeeling.

"You don't have anything to say?" Jun ZIshen asked. He glanced at the girl who has been with his son in recent days. He did not know her that well until she approached him…almost begged him to play chess with her. He wanted to reject it as he did but she confidently said that 'You are afraid to lose'. And successfully, it awakened his competitive spirit.

And now, he would not deny his liking towards her. The more he knew her, the more he understood why his stoic was son was wrapped around her fingers.

"Uh…I am not that good with all these," Yu Mei smiled awkwardly, "I even addressed Old Man Yu as my grandfather after..uh…after a lot of tears and threats. I tend to mess up the family thing so I won't make any comment here," She quickly waved her hands. If she could solve their father-son issue by speaking, then she would have gladly done so.

But she knew that she might cause further damage to their relationship if she spoke. She had that amount of confidence in her destructive abilities.

Jun Zishen laughed, finding the girl too adorable, "Back then, we really wanted a daughter like you," He thought back to the days when there were no issues between him and Shen Lihua. They thought their second child was a daughter but then Boyan came.

"No No, you can't have me as a daughter. Who wants to be Zixuan's sister?'' She glanced at him with her wide eyes.

Jun Zishen threw his head back as he laughed, the sound of his laughter reverberating inside the huge study.

She smiled. Even though she could not do anything regarding the father-son relationship but it was not that difficult to make him laugh.

The man sighed. It has been a long time since he laughed like this.

"So, what is it that you want to talk about mother-in-law?" Yu Mei asked.

"Well…." Jun Zishen drawled as he raked his fingers through his ash blonde hair, "How is she?"

"Just that?" The corner of her lips twitched.

"What else?" Jun Zishen raised an eyebrow.

If I wasn't fooled by your son's 'we are just friends' act for so long, then I might have believed you.

"Her son is the CEO of Eminence. How could she not be good? Mother-in-law is drowning in a life full of luxury and bliss. Clubs in the mornings, pretty men in the night. Zixuan and I make sure that she doesn't feel the lack of anything in her life," She nonchalantly said.

"M-Men?" Jun Zishen stood up.

"Ah, what is it? Don't scare me, father. You wanted to know how she is so I told you…"

"I want her back."

Here comes the point. The corner of her lips tugged up, "Why?"

"You want me to go into details?"

She could see the impatience on his face, "If you loved her that much, why did you let her go through all that in the first place? And why did you have other women?"

"Didn't you say that you won't speak in family matters?"

"Well, this is love matter and I am pro at that," She smugly stated.

Jun Zishen glanced at her face quietly, "At the time when we married, I did not have power in my hands. I was helpless at times and just a puppet in my parents' hands. I tried every way to have them accept her but it did not work. I thought it will be alright with time but everything worsened," He sighed, "Lihua would never leave me neither could I go against my parents. If I tried that at that time, then we might not have lived to this day. It continued over the years and I did everything to protect her but nothing worked. That day….when Zixuan was blamed to have stolen something….I knew it was not true but I stayed silent so that….Lihua would give up on me. Over the years as I started accumulating power, I wanted to leave everything to go to them but…." He slumped on his swivel chair.