Immediately after, she was afraid that Ye Xiaomo might suddenly wake up and see it.

She quickly flipped the report over, covering it.

In her panic, she forgot that with Ye Xiaomo’s current literacy, he couldn’t read this report.

Ye Fei clenched her fists tightly, gritting her teeth, "Xiao Mo is my son, I won’t give him to you!"

"If you want to take me to court, I’ll fight you with everything I have." Even if she’s ultimately not his match, she still wants to try.

Xiao Mo is the brightest light in her 24-year life.

He’s the child she didn’t give up on, even in the toughest times.

Even in the hardest times, she didn’t give up.

So now, she won’t give up either.

"Xiao Mo is my only one, I don’t plan to get married in this lifetime, it’ll just be Xiao Mo and me living together," Ye Fei said.

"Mr. Zhao," Ye Fei’s voice trembled, "I know, perhaps my request is a bit selfish. You are his father, and you have rights too. But you are different from me, you are the Zhao Family’s heir, you will marry and have children."

"Will your future wife treat Xiao Mo well? After all, Xiao Mo is not her child." Ye Fei sniffled, "I don’t really know families like yours, but I dare not overestimate human nature."

"Your future wife will want your heir to be her biological child, not one born of another woman. So, how could she treat Xiao Mo well?"

"If you encounter someone with a dark heart, they might not dare to openly bully Xiao Mo, but might do so secretly, or even ruin him."

"Even without inheritance reasons, without these, will your wife be kind to a child you had with another woman? Maybe your future wife will be kind-hearted, but I can’t gamble on such a slim chance."

"But regardless, you will have other children besides Xiao Mo. But I only have Xiao Mo." Ye Fei took a deep breath, "So, shamelessly... I beg you to leave Xiao Mo with me, don’t take him away."

Tears filled Ye Fei’s eyes as she stared fixedly at Zhao Gushen.

At any moment now, she could lose Xiao Mo.

She couldn’t remain calm.

"Don’t you think this is unfair to Xiao Mo? He won’t have a father, never will. And he’d lose the chance to become the Zhao Family heir. In any case, he is my eldest son, and there’s a very big possibility he could inherit the Zhao Family, having everything I have now, or even more."

Ye Fei’s face went pale, "And let him compete with your other children, struggle with your wife?"

Ye Fei shook her head, "I just want him to grow up happy and content. You have too much; he doesn’t need that. Call it my selfishness, I think he doesn’t need immense wealth, being moderately well-off is enough."

"If he feels that what I provide isn’t enough, then in the future, I believe Xiao Mo can achieve what he wants on his own." Ye Fei said.

"You say it’s unfair that he doesn’t have a father. But if he goes with you, he also wouldn’t have a mother. With you, the attention he’d receive would be much more than now. How would you want others to speak about his existence?"

"How did he come to be? Those words of censure would be much more than now." Ye Fei said, "Just consider it a moment of my selfishness; I made this decision for him."

Ye Fei held back her tears, refusing to let them fall.