Chapter 259 - LITTLE HIDING PLACES (1/2)

Hu Lei rode her motorcycle straight to the Zhong home after receiving the message from Ah-Feng. Her eyes glinted with anger at the thought of Song Lili and her evil antics.

Kaito was right. She had become too careless. He had also warned her that Song Lili planned to come to badmouth her to her mother-in-law, but she had not taken him seriously. Who knew that the shameless woman would be so bold?​​

If she had not obtained the information from the woman earlier in the day, it could have been catastrophic. She had been too confident in her plans and had failed to come up with contingencies in case she failed.

If she had been this casual in the past, she would have died a thousand times.

When she reached the gate of the home, she raised her helmet visor. The security guards looked at the woman and quickly opened the gate for her.

They could not believe that the wife of the young master, who looked so small and harmless in pictures, rode a motorcycle. And so fast, at that. She seemed to disappear in a second.

When Hu Lei reached the house, she casually left her bike in the parking lot and took off her helmet. Out of her old habits, she carried her helmet under her arm. She knew how easy it was for someone to tamper with this item.

”Lei'er, please come in.” Chu Ling welcomed her personally and took the helmet from her hands. She had been waiting for her anxiously.

Hu Lei felt a shiver, and goosebumps appeared on her arms. She just could not get used to Chu Ling treating her so well.

”Madam Zhong, I hope you did not wait for too long.” She said with a serious expression.

Chu Ling felt uncomfortable at being called Madam Zhong by Hu Lei. However, she knew that it was her fault that there was a great distance between them. She had never tried to understand or accommodate Hu Lei despite everything she and her father had done.

”What Madam Zhong? I know about your secret marriage to Feng'er. You can call me Mom.” Chu Ling tried to lighten up the mood as they walked into the house.

Hu Lei froze as she was untying her boots. She did not know how to respond to that. She wanted to get along with Ah-Feng's parents, but she was also not ready to call them so intimately. It felt like there was still a knot in her heart, so she would not feel good calling Chu Ling 'Mom'.

Chu Ling noticed the silence and realised that Hu Lei was not willing. She felt sad. However, she remembered that Hu Lei had tried to be friendly and treat her closely in the past, but she had rejected her without a thought.

She was only reaping what she sowed.

”You can just call me Auntie if you are not used to it yet.” She said to disperse the awkwardness.

”Auntie, what exactly happened with Song Lili?” She asked as she finished taking off her boots.

”Feng'er did not tell you?” Chu Ling asked as she indicated to the pink fuzzy slippers.

Hu Lei wore the slippers which clashed with her black outfit but also gave her a more approachable look.

”I just saw his message to come here. I was handling some business elsewhere.” Hu Lei explained.

Chu Ling nodded even though she did not understand. She still did not know how Hu Lei could deal with Song Lili, but she was willing to follow her lead.

She hesitated a little before speaking. ”Song Lili came by claiming to have a video of you that could destroy the Zhong Family.”

Hu Lei nodded and seemed unaffected, so she continued.

”I told her that she should give up and stop forcing things. Then, she threatened to expose the video unless we gave her fifteen per cent of the Zhong Industries shares.” Chu Ling sounded tired.

Seeing the distress on Chu Ling's face, Hu Lei felt a little sorry for her because she had noticed how well she had treated Song Lili, even to her detriment.

”Don't worry. She has no information that can harm the Zhong family.” Hu Lei comforted her.

”Really? She seemed confident, and she said that she had a lot of backups.” Chu Ling exclaimed.

”I know that you do not trust me, but you can trust Ah-Feng.” Hu Lei said. ”Let me see her.”