"Xixi, didn't we already agree..." Helen Gu smiled, still trying to refuse Cecilia's suggestion.
"I think Xixi's suggestion is great." Charles Yin's voice came from behind, his tone always deep and steady, giving people a sense of security.
Cecilia looked up and saw Charles Yin striding over with Alex.
All the diners in the restaurant turned to look at Charles Yin.
Many women didn't even notice their knives and forks falling onto the table as they stared blankly at Charles Yin.
This man is so masculine!
"Madam, Young Madam." Alex stepped forward and said, "The car is ready."
Charles Yin took the initiative to pick up Cecilia's bag and said, "Let's go, we can talk later."
Cecilia nodded gently.
At this moment, maybe Charles Yin's suggestion was the most sensible.
Before she figured out how to deal with this, she'd better not act rashly!
Maybe talking to Dad could still turn things around?
Alex turned and walked ahead, and two bodyguards followed behind, carrying all the bags.
All the women in the restaurant were practically dying of envy for Cecilia—after all, she was married to the CEO of Yin Enterprises.
Unfortunately, Cecilia was in no mood to care about anyone's attention right now—her mind was only on this one thing.
Back at the hotel, Cecilia took her mom to her room to rest.
"Xixi, tell me, did something really happen?" Helen Gu knew her daughter best. Seeing Cecilia's serious expression from earlier until now, her instincts told her something was wrong—and it was something big!
"Is it the baby..." Helen Gu's gaze instantly fell on Cecilia's belly, her eyes suddenly filled with worry.
"Mom! Don't jump to conclusions! The baby and I are both fine." Cecilia interrupted her mother and said, "Mom, I just suddenly remembered something... Uh, you know, besides being Charles' wife, I'm also an employee at the company... I... I was just thinking about work stuff earlier..."
Cecilia thought for a long time and could only come up with a clumsy excuse to distract her mom!
"Is that so? Then don't work yourself too hard!" Helen Gu felt relieved when she heard it was a work issue. "You have Charles, anyway. Even if you don't work, it's fine!"
"I know, Mom. Are you hungry? I’ll have the hotel send up something for you!" Cecilia stood up, ready to leave.
Helen Gu grabbed Cecilia’s hand. "Alright, alright, I’m not hungry at all. If you have things to do, go ahead. I’ll just rest here for a bit."
Cecilia nodded, forcing a smile. "Mom, the hotel has room service, so order whatever you want. Seriously, don’t save money for my sake!"
"Got it." Helen Gu smiled gently. "Go on, take care of your work!"
Cecilia’s eyelashes trembled. She couldn’t stay any longer and quickly turned to leave!
She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she’d end up telling her mom everything!
As soon as she stepped out of the room, Cecilia leaned against the wall, rubbing her face hard and forcing back her tears!
Protecting her mom had always been her biggest wish.
But she felt so useless, watching her mom get hurt again and again, unable to do anything about it!
She thought if she could just save enough money and buy a house, she could move her parents out and finally escape her grandmother and the Gu family’s shadow.
But she never expected that just when she was about to succeed, her dad would suddenly betray her mom!
Maybe, for her mom, that was the most devastating blow of all.
No matter how harsh or cruel her grandmother was, no matter how stressful life or work got, nothing compared to her dad’s betrayal!
What should she do now? How was she supposed to talk to her dad about this?
Cecilia went back to her own room. Charles Yin was on the phone.
When he saw Cecilia come in, Charles gestured for her to wait a moment and kept talking on the phone.
Charles kept his call short and to the point. After he hung up, he asked Cecilia, "Do you need me to go with you?"
Cecilia was about to shake her head, but somehow ended up nodding instead.
Right now, she didn’t even have anyone to talk things through with.