Chapter 135 - Du Mansion Party (1)

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By the time Lu Ziyan's team arrived at the party, it was already full of people. Since Kai Xin was heavily pregnant, she merely stayed in the garden, while DX and Old Mo were the ones who stood at the door greeting the important guests. 

As usual, DX was donned in a fitted tux looking like he was about to kill women of all ages. His hair that was gelled back, the aura surrounding him, and his physique made him look like a supermodel. A killer supermodel.  

"I'm surprised you'd have a party so near the delivery time," Lu Ziyan said while he wheeled himself up the ramp. When he was right in front of DX and Old Mo, he added, "Isn't this stressful for Kai Xin?"

Hearing his question, DX merely sighed softly while Old Mo explained, "Madam President Du was the one who pushed for this. My guess is that she had been spending time talking to Old Madam Du. There haven't been many parties for the last two years, and according to Madam President Du, she said that since it is unlikely that President Du would be throwing parties after the new young master is here, he should have one now just to maintain his relationship with the others."

DX chuckled, "Which is true. The part about the baby anyway. I'd care less about others." 

Lu Ziyan smiled. "She's right though. You can't just abandon your social duties just because your wife hates it." 

DX frowned. "It's not like these kinds of parties are fun."

"Anyone else here yet, Old Mo?" Tian Le asked while he looked around. There were many people walking around or chatting, but no one that he could recognize. 

"The young ladies from the Nakamura Clan have arrived, but their husbands are stuck at home for their fatherly duties," Old Mo explained. He knew that Tian Le was looking for familiar faces.

"Young Ladies? You mean Sister Naomi and Sister Rin?" Tian Le asked. 

"Yes, Young Master Tian Le." 

DX smiled as he looked at the teenager who was eager to run off.

"Tian Le," DX said, "the twins are waiting for you at the gaming room. You can go there, but go say hi to your godmother first. She's with Rin and Naomi at the West Garden."

Tian Le nodded. "Where's Little Monkey?"

"She's still sleeping," DX said. He glanced at his watch and murmured, "Another 15 minutes or so. There will be another surprise guest coming later. Don't hang out in the gaming room for too long."

Tian Le nodded. He then looked at Xiao Zhihao and said with a grin, "Come with me. I'll introduce you to my godmother and the rest. Then we can go find the twins."

After he looked at his mother who nodded, Xiao Zhihao then nodded to DX before he ran off with Tian Le, leaving his mother behind with DX and Lu Ziyan. 

"Who is that boy? He's quite a pretty boy." DX asked Lu Ziyan after the two left. He narrowed his eyes at Xiao Lei as he tried to recall who she was. Her dress did not catch his attention and the lack of jewelry on her told him that she might not be so well off. And that black clutch bag of hers looked cheap, which he frowned upon.

He thought she was Lu Ziyan's date, and he wondered why didn't the man buy better stuff for her.

"He's my son, President Du," Xiao Lei said while bowing. "I'm Mr. Han Ye's secretary."

DX took a good look at her and finally recognized her as the woman who sat outside Han Ye's office. He had barely walked past her table, and even when he did, he never paid any attention to her. Every woman other than his wife and daughter was basically reduced to plain and simple looking, basically, nothing worth noticing.

He nodded and asked, "Where's Han Ye?" 

"Mr. Han is arriving shortly. He is currently on the way here with Ms. Angela Zhang," Xiao Lei replied politely and concisely, which caused DX to nod in approval. 

"Angela Zhang? The woman he is seeing now?" DX asked with a calm voice.  

"Yes, President Du." 

"Alright. You can go to the West Garden and mingle around for now. Just ask one of the staff to lead you there," DX said in a cold, indifferent voice after a moment of hesitation. He then turned to Lu Ziyan and said, "Ziyan, stay here. I need to talk to you about something."

Xiao Lei nodded and went toward the general direction of West Garden. 

"How is she?" DX asked as he looked toward where Xiao Lei was heading toward. 

"She's a pretty good mum."

"If she's Han Ye's secretary, then that means she's the surrogate mother. Guangying said she's special." 

"Well, I don't know about whether she's special or not," Lu Ziyan said and chuckled, "but her appetite is quite special."

"What's her background?" DX asked as he walked into somewhere quieter with Lu Ziyan following behind him.

"Not much. There's no record of a Xiao Xiao Lei, but that is to be granted, since she said she lost her family at a young age, and that was a name her husband gave her." Lu Ziyan told DX everything he knew. In the end, he added, "She doesn't seem to be a bad person despite her lack of clear background. I can tell she cares a lot about her son." 

DX nodded. "Her husband, what about him?"

"Ex-gang member."

Hearing that, DX frowned. Given his sworn younger brother's background, DX wasn't too particular about that. However, gang members tend to have unsavory past, and there were certain things that DX did not approve of, no matter what the circ.u.mstances. 

Yet, DX felt as if he would be stepping over the boundary if he were to intervene too much. No matter what, Callum was already an a.d.u.l.t.

After thinking for a moment, DX said, "Guangying told me to stay out of this, but I'm not too sure about it. Continue to monitor her for now."

Lu Ziyan smirked. "You know, I'm not your man."

"Oh." DX hesitated for a moment before saying, "Please continue to monitor her for now." 

"I will, and I was joking," Lu Ziyan said with a chuckle. "Have you heard from Guangying and Callum? I didn't get to talk to them because Guangying was busy taking care of Callum, and the latter was just too sick to do much."

DX's face turned thunderous for a second. His hands were clasped behind him as he replied, "Guangying hasn't found the culprit yet, but he doesn't want my help. I think he has an idea who did it."

"I didn't find anything in the surveillance footage at the restaurant nor the hotel. He was right. Someone turned off the surveillance cameras at that time." Lu Ziyan tapped the right arm of his wheelchair and added, "But why? There shouldn't be that many people who dare to hurt Callum."

DX nodded. "Exactly."

"Anyway, are they here yet?"

"Guangying messaged Kai Xin earlier. He said he'd be here shortly, but Callum is staying at home with Lin. That baby... " DX scoffed.  

Just as DX was about to ask about something else, a small, cute voice came from within his pant pocket.  

"Daadddyyy..." 

When Lu Ziyan glanced at his pocket, DX took out a small walkie-talkie and in a gentle, loving voice, he said into it, "Coming..." 

He then turned to Lu Ziyan and cleared his throat. "Talk to you later." 

The latter nodded and watched as DX jogged past the guards at bottom of the main stairs and went toward Little Monkey's room. 

"She has him wrapped around her little finger... I wonder if the new baby will have the same effect on him?" Lu Ziyan shook his head. "Ah, the baby is a boy. I doubt he can do the same thing as his sister."

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After saying hi to his godmother and the Nakamura sisters, Tian Le took Xiao Zhihao to the gaming room where he knew most of the teenagers attending the party were at. Those who had not turned thirteen yet would be at another gaming room, where the game was less violent and more cutesy. 

"You didn't say much earlier, are you alright?" Tian Le asked while they were walking toward the gaming room. 

Xiao Zhihao shook his head. He then nodded... before he blushed. "They are all so pretty..." 

Tian Le was stunned for a moment before he laughed. "Yeah, they are. My godmother especially! But shouldn't you be used to it? Your mum's quite pretty too." 

Hearing someone else complimented his mother, Xiao Zhihao could not help but smile brightly. "Yeah... but she's my mum. It's different."

Tian Le chuckled. "Well, welcome to the world of the rich and famous... You'll get to meet the prettiest women and men as well, to the point you can't even tell what beautiful really is. Anyway," he said and pushed open a door, "here we are!"