Chapter 228 - Interrogation (1/2)

"Oh, what did you want to ask me?" Xu Mey looked at Zhu Chen with her bright eyes. She had a curious look visible on her face.

Zhu Chen languidly took another sip of his coffee. He had a contemplative look on his face as he thought about whether to ask the question or not? 'She's not the person whom I should be asking about Ye Jie?'

'Why not? She's his wife! Only she can answer your queries.' His conscience retorted.

'Yeah, but I don't think I want to hear the answer from her.'

'At least, you'll have an answer!' His conscience reminded him again.

'And what if my mind is playing games with me and Ye Jie is actually not my son? It'll break me in the worse way than before. Forget it! I will change the question.' Zhu Chen decided in his mind. He was a realistic person and no matter what he didn't want to break his own heart by expecting something which was not possible.

"Erm... Uncle Chen?" Xu Mey called his name to get his attention back to her.

"Oh, right! I-I wanted to ask," he tried to procrastinate. "About Azalea!"

Xu Mey's eyes widened a bit as she avoided his gaze. "What about your daughter?" She didn't think about this possibility at all. As they say, talented people often think that things will go their way but they often forget that they can't play with life. It's always the other way around. Only life gets to play with us.

Zhu Chen noticed her suspicious behavior. "Where was Azalea for the past year?"

Xu Mey dry-coughed a bit before whispering, "I heard she was traveling around."

"Was she?" he challenged making Xu Mey curse under her breath.

'Why the hell did I agree for this questioning deal? I feel like being interrogated!' But she couldn't do anything about this now since she had agreed for it herself.

"You promised not to lie," Zhu Chen reminded her in his gentle voice but Xu Mey could hear the underlying meaning.

He really tricked her this time. His plans were rock solid and so were his aims. Ugh! This surely is not something I should be answering. "Why don't you ask Azalea yourself?" Xu Mey pleaded with her eyes.

"I know my daughter better than you. She won't talk unless she feels the need to talk." He answered without batting an eye.

Xu Mey nibbled on her lower lip and eventually sighed in defeat under his scrutinizing gaze. "Okay! I'll can only tell you a part of it. Not the whole truth since I'm not the one who's supposed to talk here."

"Fine!" He said and gestured her to keep going.

"Well, she was in a hospital."