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I pushed Emily."Can you go to the kitchen and see how mom's cooking is going?Uncle has something about work to talk to me about."
Emily left the living room reluctantly.
"What's wrong,Uncle?Emily and I are getting married soon.What's the matter that can't be said in front of her?"
"Emily has been married before.Did you know that?"
The smile on my face instantly froze.Emily really hadn't told me that she was a divorcee.
"Uncle,are you mistaking her for someone else?"
"No,it's her.And wasn't her reaction just now obvious enough?"
I couldn't wait to find Emily and ask her clearly,but my uncle reached out and stopped me.
"Listen to me first.It's not too late to ask her later."
My uncle picked up the teacup and suddenly changed the subject."Ethan,what do you think of how I've treated you?"
My uncle went to New York alone 20 years ago.He started from nothing and now he's the CEO of a listed company.
Even when he was in the most difficult situation,he always helped our family.He even paid half of the money for my house and car.
I didn't hesitate at all and said,"If it weren't for you,Uncle,I don't know where in the countryside I'd be farming right now."
My uncle poured a cup of tea and handed it to me.
"Ethan,don't blame me for speaking bluntly.In the first year I went to New York,when I earned my first pot of gold,the first thing I thought of was to visit a brothel.Your uncle is ugly,and I hadn't touched a girl's hand for so many years.That was my first time."
"The first woman I slept with was Emily."
I was stunned,my mind went blank.What was my uncle talking about?!How old was he and how old was Emily!
How could these two people...
"Uncle,are you kidding me?Emily is only 26 years old.If you really had something with her...You'd be in jail right now."
My uncle held the tea cup and sneered."Did she tell you she was 26?"
"Otherwise?How old could she be?Could she be the same age as you?"
I thought it was absurd.All of this was so goddamn absurd.My girlfriend had been married before,and my uncle had slept with my girlfriend.It was so fucking impossible to believe!
"Have you seen her ID card?"my uncle asked me.
I'm not a census taker.Do I have to check my girlfriend's ID card when we're in a relationship?
I suddenly remembered the receipt in my pocket.
I picked up my phone and took a photo of the receipt,then called my friend in the luxury goods store in New York.
"Hello,it's me,Ethan.I sent you a photo of a receipt on my phone.Can you help me check who this VIP is?"
A sharp male voice came from the phone.
"Brother,who offended you?But this is an invasion of customer privacy.I don't dare to do it.And the watch you ordered last time has arrived.When are you going to pick it up?"
I was already anxious,and he was only thinking about money.
I immediately shouted at the other end of the phone,"I'll pick it up when I get back to New York.Help me check it first!Don't be so slow!"
His sarcastic tone suddenly became serious.
"Don't worry.I've found it.This person is named Emily Brown,female,42 years old.She has spent over 2 million dollars in our store."
I was shocked,and my phone slipped from my hand and turned off.I couldn't hear what he said later.
My uncle saw that I already knew about Emily's situation,so he didn't hide anything and told me everything.
When he was young and earned his first pot of gold,he went to a brothel and chose a prostitute,who was Emily.
They were about the same age.My uncle was infatuated with her for a while,but Emily looked down on him.I heard that she later married a boss and had a child.
I suddenly remembered the man who called Emily mom.
What the hell,stepmother?Emily was his real mother!
