Lu Chengwen looked at Ellie.
"Actually, it's nothing special. I heard that you had a previous marriage and an eldest son. Is that right?"
At the mention of this, Ellie immediately became alert.
She suddenly felt dizzy.
She had just felt grateful toward Lu Chengwen, along with a trace of guilt, but now she once again felt as if she had been carefully led into a trap, falling into an ice cellar.
This was a trap.
A terrifying trap.
Lu Chengwen's methods were a little more than she could handle. After all, what mother would not feel for her child?
Her child's leg condition could only be maintained with Western medicine, kept from worsening. Yet Lu Chengwen had found some miracle worker who could actually cure it.
And now, it was her eldest son from her previous marriage.
"What exactly do you want?"
Lu Chengwen smiled and waved a hand. "Ellie, you're too tense. I'm not that scary. Here's the thing—I've looked into you too. I believe you have quite complete files on me as well."
Ellie did not reply. She merely frowned and stared fixedly at Lu Chengwen.
Lu Chengwen said, "I heard he recently succeeded in getting off drugs, but your political opponents have been using this against you. David doesn't like him either. He thinks... he'll be a bad influence on his own child. The university that was originally going to admit him has also withdrawn its offer."
Ellie clenched her fist beneath the table. "He has already gotten off drugs. If CEO Lu wants to use this to threaten me, then I can tell you that my opponents have already done that—thoroughly. It's nothing new."
Lu Chengwen shook his head. "Ellie, why are you always so hostile toward me?"
"As far as I know, your eldest