Chapter 187: The Issue of Leaving an Heir

Guo Mengyao went to meet with Sister Li, leaving Chen Feng bored in the room by himself. He picked up his phone and chatted with a few of the women for a while, mainly with Wu Mengting.

He had previously said he would only stay for a day before heading back, but now it looked like he might have to stay for another two or three days.

After all, Guo Mengyao hadn’t completely settled the stock issue, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to invest in her company.

This was a serious matter, and Chen Feng felt obligated to stay with Guo Mengyao for both personal and practical reasons.

Therefore, Chen Feng told Wu Mengting the truth.

Although Wu Mengting felt a little unhappy, she knew Chen Feng was talking about business. By staying to support Guo Mengyao and build goodwill, it would certainly be beneficial for him to invest in her company later.

In addition, Chen Feng had subtly hinted that he intended to have Wu Mengting hold the shares of the cosmetics company on his behalf in the future, which undoubtedly showed his absolute trust in her.

This both moved Wu Mengting and made her feel an inexplicable sense of sorrow and sadness.

She knew Chen Feng had a terminal illness, so she had always wanted to establish a romantic relationship with him as soon as possible. This was why she had originally mustered the courage to brazenly go to his house.

Unfortunately, Chen Feng was still stubbornly refusing to accept her. To make matters worse, she had been the one to mess up their relationship before, so she couldn’t even blame him, which left her feeling very frustrated.

Wu Mengting said to Chen Feng on WeChat: [Although I’m nominally your god-sister, it’s obviously not appropriate for me to hold shares worth tens of millions on your behalf. Your family will definitely have objections in the future.]

The implication was that her current status as a god-sister wasn’t significant enough.

Chen Feng, of course, saw through it and said directly: [I think your identity as a god-sister is just right. If you were my girlfriend, it wouldn’t be enough, and it might even make my family think you have ulterior motives. It’s even more impossible for you to be my wife, otherwise, after I die, most of my property would be inherited by my wife according to the law, which would create even bigger conflicts with my family.]

Wu Mengting immediately replied: [We can try to have a child. I don’t need any of your property, but our child can inherit part of it, and the rest can be left to your parents. That way, if I hold your shares, no one will gossip, and I can do my best to hold these shares for you and help take care of your parents.]

Wu Mengting had thrown caution to the wind, no longer beating around the bush, because she felt that time was really running out. The doctor at the hospital had said that Chen Feng only had a few months, and almost two months had already passed. She was genuinely worried that Chen Feng would suddenly be gone.

She had tried her best not to think about this problem before, but now that things had come to this, she could only face this cruel reality with great courage and get Chen Feng to accept her as quickly as possible.

Furthermore, more and more women were appearing around Chen Feng. The competition was growing, and her rivals were becoming stronger, which gave her an overwhelming sense of crisis and mounting pressure.

For example, this Guo Mengyao was beautiful, sexy, had a successful career, and was his old classmate. They might have even had a flirtatious relationship in high school. They were of a suitable age and had an emotional foundation. If they got together, what place would there be for his god-sister?

She could no longer care about a woman’s modesty. Once an opportunity like this was missed, it would be a lifetime of regret. She didn’t want to spend the rest of her life in remorse.

Chen Feng hadn’t expected Wu Mengting to be so bold as to directly offer to have his child. As a dying man, it was impossible for him not to be a little moved.

After all, he was thirty years old this year and still had no children of his own. If it were back when he had just gotten divorced, with no women around him, he would have been fine with dying alone.

But now, with more and more women around him, and two or three that he had feelings for, it was impossible to say that he hadn’t thought about having them bear his children.

This was a basic human instinct.

He had indeed worried before that after he left a child behind, someone else would sleep with his wife and beat his child.

But this kind of worry could actually be prevented in advance. After all, his parents and family were still alive.

He could very well leave a will for his family, stipulating that before the child came of age, the child’s birth mother could not marry or form a new family. Otherwise, custody of the child would have to be returned to his parents and family.

For this, he could even sign an agreement with the child’s birth mother in advance, specifying how much money she would receive each month and that she could not find another man. If she did, she would have to hand the child over to his parents, and the monthly payments would stop. He could find a professional to draft the more detailed specifics.

He could even have the child handed over to his parents to raise right after birth, which would solve the problem even more thoroughly.

And if this woman was Wu Mengting, Chen Feng wouldn’t even have this worry. He trusted her. If they had a child together, she would definitely not casually find another man to remarry. It was even very likely that she would never marry again after he passed away.

But to do so would be truly unfair and cruel to her. He would be gone, free of all worries, but leaving her as a widow with a child was something he couldn’t bear to do.

Besides, he couldn’t just find any woman to have a child with. That wouldn’t align with his values.

No matter what, the two people had to like each other. Not just any woman could have his child.

After a long while, Chen Feng finally collected his thoughts and typed a reply: [You’re making me feel very guilty. I really don’t know what I’ve done to deserve such devotion from you. It’s the same as before, I don’t want to ruin your life. I could die at any moment. Even if I’m lucky and live a little longer, I can’t possibly wait until the child grows up. What will you and the child do then?]

Wu Mengting immediately sent a text back: [I have hands and feet, and we both still have our own families, especially since your parents are still alive and well. Are you worried that our child will have no one to take care of them in the future? Brother Feng, I’m a rather emotional and stubborn person. Since I’ve chosen you, I won’t change my mind easily, and I’m willing to have a child for you, to leave an heir for you.

Otherwise, think about it, when you’re gone in the future, there will be nothing left, everything will be empty. But it’s different if you leave behind a descendant. Your life and genes will be carried on, and there will be future generations who can often think of you and remember you.]

If they were face to face, Wu Mengting would have found it difficult to say these words so brazenly. But now that they were typing on WeChat, and she was a writer after all, it wasn’t too hard to type out such a long passage, complete with persuasive language.

Still, a faint sense of shame lingered in her heart, making her heart beat faster and her face feel a little flushed.

When Chen Feng saw this text, he felt a mix of bittersweet emotions. For one, he wasn’t even dead yet, and she was already talking about his future descendants remembering him, which felt a bit strange. On the other hand, having a beautiful woman who graduated from a prestigious university wanting to have his child, without even caring that he didn’t have long to live, and wanting to leave an heir for him, as a man, he was definitely a little proud and moved.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Feng also brazenly typed out his true thoughts: [Thank you for this proposal. If I want a child in the future, you’ll be the first person I ask.]

This was truly Chen Feng’s real thought. Among the women he knew, although they were all quite outstanding and beautiful, all things considered, if he wanted a child, his first choice would definitely be Wu Mengting.

It was just that he couldn’t make up his mind to have an heir just yet. Besides, he didn’t want to potentially ruin Wu Mengting’s life; doing so would be extremely irresponsible.

And Chen Feng was unwilling to have a child with a woman he had no feelings for. Even with Sun Xiaorui, Lin Yujiao, or Guo Mengyao, Chen Feng wasn’t very willing.

Because Chen Feng had conflicts of interest with all of them, including Guo Mengyao. He was about to invest in her company, so they also had a financial relationship.

Only Wu Mengting had no financial entanglements with him. From the very beginning, their relationship had been purely emotional. This was what Chen Feng valued most and the main reason he trusted her more.

On Wu Mengting’s end, after seeing Chen Feng’s reply, her face burned, and she also felt a little embarrassed and annoyed.

She had been so direct and proactive, yet Chen Feng was still so hesitant, which made her very dissatisfied.

She didn’t know exactly how much longer Chen Feng had to live, so of course, the sooner she could establish a romantic relationship with him, the better.

Wu Mengting secretly gritted her teeth and quickly typed a message: [I hope that after we return to Xiuzhou, we can resume our relationship as lovers. You should know that we don’t have much time left. If you keep dragging this out, it’s a form of torture and cruelty to me. I don’t need you to think about my future; you just need to be responsible for the me of right now.]

Chen Feng looked at the text, sighed with emotion for a long time, and for a moment, didn’t know how to reply.

After several minutes, Wu Mengting sent another message: [I’m not pressuring you. It’s just that time waits for no one, and I hope neither of us will have any regrets. Do you understand?]

Chen Feng thought to himself, isn’t this pressuring me? My original plan was to leave this world without any ties, to live freely and happily before I die, eating good food and having fun. If I have a child with you, how can I leave without any ties?

But saying these thoughts to her would be somewhat unkind. Such an outstanding woman was throwing herself at him, begging to have his child, and he was still unwilling?

Chen Feng was at a loss. He quickly typed back: [You know my current situation. I’m a very promiscuous person, and I don’t want to be monogamous before I die. I’m involved with several women right now—Sun Xiaorui, Lin Yujiao, and Guo Mengyao. In the future, I might take a fancy to some other woman. It’s impossible for you to tie down my heart. It’ll be the same even if we get back together and you become my girlfriend again. I can’t be faithful to you. I don’t have long to live, and my philandering habits are already hard to change.]

When Wu Mengting saw this reply, her eyelids twitched. She hadn’t expected that Chen Feng had actually gotten involved with Guo Mengyao. The fact that Chen Feng had gone back to his hometown and hooked up with the divorced woman Lin Yujiao had already made her furious, but she was no longer his girlfriend, and Chen Feng was still nominally single, so she had no right to say anything about him.

But Guo Mengyao was still a married woman. She had just warned him about it yesterday, and now he was telling her that he had already gotten together with Guo Mengyao. This was going a bit too far.

[Don’t you know Guo Mengyao is a married woman? You’re still involved with her. You’ve disappointed me so much. I was wrong about you.]

Chen Feng pursed his lips, thinking, I just want you to be disappointed.

[She and her husband have been separated for almost a year. Besides, she’s going to divorce him soon.]

[But she’s not divorced yet. It’s immoral for you to be involved with her like this.]

[Fine, I’m immoral, alright? I’m sorry to have disappointed you.]

Wu Mengting was suddenly so angry that she didn’t want to continue chatting with Chen Feng.

A few minutes later, seeing that she hadn’t responded, Chen Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had temporarily dealt with her ultimatum.

Chen Feng turned on the TV and hadn’t been watching for long when Guo Mengyao returned, a smile on her face as she said to him, “I got the previous share buyback contract back, and she returned the three million deposit to me. Also, she took the initiative to sign a new share buyback letter of intent with me, voluntarily lowering the price to twenty-five million.

She said that as long as her husband is fine, it doesn’t matter even if he loses his job. When her husband comes home safely, she will formally sign this share buyback agreement with me. Chen Feng, you really have to help this time. She’s taking a five million loss, and so am I. At that time, you’ll only need to put up 25 million to get 15% of the shares.”

Chen Feng smiled wryly to himself. He really didn’t have that much power. Besides, he still didn’t even know what Sister Li’s husband did for a living or what crime he had committed.

But he had already made the boast and set himself up as a powerful figure, so he definitely couldn’t back down now.

So, Chen Feng smiled confidently and said, “I’ll do my best to have my friend think of a way.”

“I knew you had a way. Chen Feng, I really underestimated you before. If I had known you were so capable, I wouldn’t have been so on edge these past few days. It’s so good to have you.”

Guo Mengyao looked at Chen Feng with tender affection, then walked over in a few steps and hugged him, pressing her whole body against his…

It was past seven in the evening when the two of them finally left the hotel room to eat together. Chen Feng ate three large plates of braised chicken rice in one go.

“You can really eat,” Guo Mengyao said, looking at him with a gentle smile. “Have some soup, don’t choke.”

Chen Feng drank half a bowl of egg drop soup in one gulp, took a napkin to wipe his mouth, and said with a smile, “I used up too much energy earlier.”

Guo Mengyao rolled her beautiful eyes at him and changed the subject, “Can you go with me to meet Xue Jun tomorrow? To get the shares he holds back as well.”

“Do you have the money?” Chen Feng asked.

Guo Mengyao looked at him and smiled, “It’s all thanks to you this time. I had already prepared some money to buy back Sister Li’s shares. Now that I don’t need it, it’s just enough to buy back Xue Jun’s shares.”

“Is it enough?”

Guo Mengyao nodded, “It’s more or less enough.”

“Alright. Then I’ll go with you tomorrow.”

After they finished their simple meal of braised chicken rice, they went their separate ways. Guo Mengyao had to go home to be with her daughter at night.

The next morning at around eight, Guo Mengyao came to pick up Chen Feng. They first went to Xue Jun’s home, chatted with his wife for a while, and comforted her, then went with her to visit him in detention.

Xue Jun was now in custody, awaiting his court hearing. The three of them came and saw him through the iron bars.

In just two short days, Xue Jun looked as if he had aged several years. He was gaunt and his spirits were broken, a truly lamentable sight.

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