What? I Actually Reincarnated As Stepping Stone In Another World?-Chapter 3 The Shocking News From Mother

"Mom?"

Zayn was a little confused because it wasn't usually his mother calling him at night like this.

However, he knew that there was likely something important his mother had to say, so he immediately picked up the phone.

"My little Zayn~" A very seductive, mature woman's voice came from the other end of the call.

"Mom, it's not usually that you call me at night like this."

"Is there something important?" Zayn smiled and greeted his mother with curiosity.

"Humph! Can't I call my dear son if there is nothing unimportant?" A voice full of complaints sounded on the other end of the call.

Zayn was used to his mother being like this to him, so he didn't take her complaints seriously.

So he pretended to feel guilty, saying, "Okay, my dear mother, it was my fault for not being considerate."

"Hum! good if you know that."

Zayn feels helpless watching his mother treat him in this manner which doesn't fit his mother's cold image on the outside.

He often heard that his mother, before marrying his cheap father, was an independent woman who built her own business empire, and she was the female president as well as the capital's first beauty at that time.

Many men rushed at this time to propose marriage to her, especially young masters from great families who fell in love with her.

However, Carla never accepts any of their proposals and thinks they are all just people using their family's power without any real ability.

Until one day, at a dinner banquet, Carla met Zayn's cheap dad, Richard Welston, and was drawn to him because of his terrible skills and talents.

Richard, who at that time also built his business empire without the help of the Welston family, made him a famous star at that time.

Even Carla, who was so proud at the time, finally admitted that Richard was better than her, especially with his deep mind and seeming ability to see through all other people's thoughts.

This made Carla even more curious about Richard.

And sure enough, as the saying goes, "if a woman is curious about a man, that woman is not far from falling." Carla finally fell in love and wanted to marry Richard after a long period of contact, of course, Richard's handsome face was also playing a part in making Carla fall in love.

Carla took the surname Welston after marriage and assisted Richard in consolidating the Welston family's power in the capital.

Until now, the Welston family has dominated both the capital and the country.

This is also one of the reasons that Zayn really respects his parents and doesn't want anything to threaten the harmony of their family.

"So, my dear mother, is there something important?" Zayn immediately asked why she called.

"Fufufufu! Okay, back to business, I have three important news to make." Carla chuckled, but suddenly became serious.

Zayn raised his eyebrows and listened to what his mother was about to say.

"I have two good and one bad news items to share with you."

"Fufufu~ which do you want to hear first little Zayn~?" Carla said it teasingly.

Zayn thought for a moment, then said, "I prefer the bad news first."

Just kidding, if he chose the good news and then heard the bad news afterward, it wasn't like the good news would turn out to be vapid?

Of course, he had no idea what the bad news was. However, seeing that his mother's tone was slightly different, he became slightly anxious.

"Fufu~ well, the bad news is that your engagement with Charlotte has been cancelled." Carla chuckled on the other end of the phone.

"Eh?" Zayn widened his eyes and almost dropped his phone in surprise.

He didn't expect to suddenly get news like this and was very surprised.

How could you not be surprised? His own engagement was because Charlotte's family owned most of the land in the town that the government was planning to develop for business and education areas!

Its value can be hundreds to thousands of times greater than the original price before construction!

If the Welston family can manage it, the Welston family will rise to a terrible level! Even the enemies of the Welston family who were hiding and had ill intentions would give up and would never have other intentions.

However, now his mother has said that his engagement to Charlotte has been called off, so Zayn is very confused and wonders to himself.

Mira, who had been trying to listen all this time, was also shocked and covered her small mouth in disbelief.

Because she was very close to Zayn, even Carla considered her to be her daughter and she also knew about the reason her Young Master was betrothed to Charlotte, so she had the same thoughts as Zayn.

Seeing Zayn remain silent and not answer, Carla understood, so she smiled and explained.

"Yesterday, we visited the Bailey family and decided to cancel the engagement between you and Charlotte."

"Of course we have our reasons."

"Because the government issued the news that the town development that had been planned was not carried out because the land area was quite bad and not good as a foundation for development,"

"Many people regretted this and because of this news, many investors withdrew their capital for the development of the town,"

"Including the Welston family, but since we have made no investment other than to betroth you, we have no real loss."

Zayn who listened seriously immediately understood.

Maybe, on the surface, it was a profitable business. However, if you look deeper, the Welston family is very disadvantaged by this situation.

A second-class family forcing a family at the top of the pyramid like the Welston family to betroth him to Charlotte, this matter became a public conversation.

If the Welston family's enemies and even the government hadn't intervened to prevent the Welston family from taking further action against the Bailey family, they might now be bankrupt.

In addition, thanks to the Welston family, the Bailey family was promoted from second-class family status to first-class status. It was a pie that fell from the sky for them.

If it were not for the development of the Welston family, Carla would not have engaged her beloved son to Charlotte.

Now, the Bailey family had no chips to play with, so it was natural for the Welston family to cancelled off the engagement.

Cooperative relationships based on interests are fragile and easily destroyed.

"Of course that's not the only reason we pulled off the engagement."

"At first, I thought she would be suitable to be my daughter-in-law, but as I watched her over time, it turned out that she wasn't suitable at all."

"I also know that Charlotte is a very cold and arrogant girl. I know because I was like her in the past."

"However, she was a bit different from me, who started my business empire without any major powers behind me."

Carla's soft and a little bit proud voice came from the other end of the phone and she continue.

"Fufufu~ also, I know that my beloved son is trying to develop a good relationship with that girl but is being neglected by her." Carla teases Zayn and chuckles.

Zayn rubbed his nose in embarrassment. If the women outside knew that their dream prince was also being ignored by Charlotte, they would probably stab Charlotte with a knife, and the men would burst out laughing and say, "Even the capital's prince is being ignored!"

"Hum! How dare she ignore my little baby Zayn." Carla's somber voice came from the other end of the phone.

Zayn just sighed inside "My mom spoils me too much!"

"Then, how would Charlotte's parents react to this?" Zayn is curious about this, maybe they will explode with anger?

And Carla's answer matches Zayn's prediction.

"Of course they are angry, but there is nothing they can do."

"They took the biggest hit because of the news, especially Charlotte's father, who was taken to the hospital in shock by the news and broke off the engagement at the same time, and her mother, who fainted because she lost her dream son-in-law."

Carla's soft and helpless voice rang out.

The corner of Zayn's mouth twitches and he thinks to himself.

"How could anyone possibly endure such torment? Charlotte's father is so strong that he was only taken to the hospital in shock."

"If it had been anyone else, they would have killed themselves."

Zayn immediately thought of something and asked, "Charlotte's mother passed out because she lost her son-in-law? What does that mean?"

Carla took a deep breath, then asked softly, "Did you know that Charlotte isn't their biological daughter?"

"What?! Is that true?" Zayn was really surprised to know this.

He didn't expect that there was such a big secret in her family.

"Of course it is true, my dear son."

"They're using Charlotte to climb up our family and using the Welston family's reputation to their advantage."

"If it weren't for the fact that we needed the land to strengthen our family's standing, we would not have followed the husband and wife's selfish desires." Carla said this in an angry and slightly helpless tone.

Zayn feels sorry for Charlotte now, maybe because she was forced into an engagement for the sake of the family. Even though he is also like Charlotte, he is a man who can have more than one wife!

Now, hearing his mother's angry tone, he knew that Bailey family was finished. He knows the nature of his mother, who hates being used by strangers, especially by threats!

Especially, the Bailey family only second-class family.

At a time when the Welston family is pressuring the Bailey family, the government may then get the opportunity to block the Welston family from moving forward. Plus, the government and hidden enemies of the Welston family at that time used public opinion to suppress the Welston family.

Zayn has noted several families that took part in suppressing the Welston family at that time. Maybe, in the near future, the Wesltons will get back at them cruelly, and he will be there to help when it happens!

He had a terrifying business aptitude, but because he was too lazy to meddle and wanted to enjoy his youth first, he had no real power in his hands.

Immediately, he remembered that Charlotte was coming and planned to tell his mother.

"I understand, by the way, Charlotte is coming here now, maybe she want to talk about the engagement." Zayn thought and decided to tell his mother about this matter, anyway sooner or later she will find out.

"Alright, the business between the two of you should be taken care of by yourselves." Carla smiled and said lightly.

"Alright, I'll talk about this peacefully. After all, our relationship has been around for about two years. At least we won't break up out of hatred for each other." Zayn smiled and said casually.

"Fufufu~ My baby Zayn has grown up now, I'm so happy!" Carla laughed teasingly.

"I've been 23 years old, mother." Zayn rolled his eyes and said weakly.

"Yes, yes, big." Carla answered carelessly and didn't take Zayn's words seriously.

Because to her, Zayn is still a kid regardless of his age.

Zayn knew his mom was again not taking what he said seriously, so he asked about the two pieces of good news that were left out.

"So, what are the two remaining pieces of news?"

"You might be surprised to hear these news, Fufufu~" Carla's voice, which seemed mysterious and somewhat mischievous, left Zayn a bit confused. He had a hunch that these two pieces of news would shock him.

"Since your engagement with Charlotte has been called off, I will tell you about your three fiancées that I promised to tell." Carla said softly.

Zayn who heard this narrowed his eyes and seemed to be contemplating.

However, Carla immediately continued her explanation.

"The three women I chose are the girls I want to be my daughters-in-law."

"They are talented and beautiful women, not inferior to Charlotte, of course, fufufu~"

"And you must recognize them."

Carla's voice sounded teasing, like "Let's guess them," which kept Zayn guessing.

Actually, he had already guessed one to two women because he was only close to a few women.

However, he is still in doubt because his mother sometimes doesn't stick to routines.

Seeing that Zayn was silent and do not speak, she said softly, "The first woman is Mira."

Zayn, who heard that, was a little surprised, but not much because Mira was one of the women on his mind when his mother told him to guess.

Moreover, his mother already considered Mira as her daughter, so he wasn't too surprised and was very relieved at the same time.

He had just proposed to Mira, which made him a little scared if his mother didn't approve. However, all his fears were now unfounded and did not occur.

Mira, who heard that, looked very surprised because she didn't expect that she would become Zayn's fiancée. Ever since Zayn proposed to her, she has found out that she started as his personal maid and that her background isn't as good as Zayn's other fiancées.

Since Carla had her as Zayn's fiancée, she has the Welston family as her background. Her ambition to lead Zayn's wife will be realized!

Unknowingly, a charming smile radiated from her beautiful and gentle face.

Zayn was so preoccupied with talking to his mother that he didn't notice Mira's twisted mind to controlling his backyard.

"Hum, I know." Zayn answered lightly, without a hint of surprise in his voice.

Carla was a little surprised, but she quickly calmed down and tried to tease Zayn, "Ara~ did you know? Don't tell me you already confessed your love to Mira?"

Zayn rubbed his nose and said innocently "I just proposed to Mira."

Carla:... :O

Carla had no idea their relationship had progressed to this point! However, if you think about it, it might just be because of the amount of time they've spent together since they were little.

Carla's goal was to get Mira out of the orphanage because Mira was the child of a friend who died in an accident.

At that time, her friend was taken to the hospital and asked Carla for help one last time to take care of her child, little Mira, who was in an orphanage.

They sent Mira to an orphanage because there was a conflict of power in their family, and they were afraid that Mira would become a victim because of this problem.

So, they put Mira, who was still a baby, in an orphanage so that she would be safe and grow well. They also often send money to orphanages for little Mira, so she can grow up healthy and not malnourished.

Carla, who was well aware of the situation, agreed without hesitation. After meeting with little Mira and taking her, Carla has a plan to betrothed her to Zayn.

After hearing this from Zayn, Carla is both happy and sad, as her son is finally able to be with Mira, and her friend's wish for Mira to stay safe and sound has come true. It's sad because she feels that the Zayn she raised will leave her soon.

Of course, this is just an exaggerated thought from Carla, who loves Zayn too much.

"Okay, I'm happy with that. At least, I've kept my promise with Mira's mother." Carla's voice of helplessness and relief sounded.

Zayn was surprised when his mother suddenly mentioned Mira's parents.

Because whenever Zayn asks where Mira's parents are, Carla always avoids that question, as if she didn't know and didn't want to discuss it.

And how did Zayn know that his mother found out about Mira's parents?

Just kidding, how could his mother bring home an unknown child and appear so fond of her at the time? After all, with the strength of the Welston family, it was very easy to find someone's information.

So, Zayn concluded that his mother must have known Mira from the start.

Even at that time, he thought that Mira was his father's illegitimate daughter who was found by his mother. Luckily, it wasn't like he thought.

Mira was very surprised when Carla suddenly mentioned her mother.

However, after Mira thought about it some more, it was a normal thing for the strength of the Welston family.

So, she wonders who her parents are and why they put her in an orphanage.

If it weren't for Carla bringing her to the Welston family and meeting her beloved prince, Zayn, maybe she would still be alone right now in the orphanage and couldn't have this happiness.

So, she probably suspected that something was wrong with them that led them to put her in an orphanage.

Zayn saw that Mira was in a daze, so he hugged her and stroked her hair gently and said, "Are you curious about both of your parents?"

Mira nodded, but then said softly as she buried her face in Zayn's wide chest, "I was curious about the situation that made them put me in an orphanage, but just for it because the Welston family is the real family for me now~"

Zayn looks a little sad for his dear Mira and rubbed her hair to provide comfort. Although Mira claimed that she was simply curious, Zayn, who has known her since childhood and can read other people's expressions, knows that this is just her nonsense reason to make him not worry about it.

Zayn recalls Mira's face as a small child as being beautiful and charming, but also very cute with her chubby cheeks, and now he knows that her face as a small child is not like the face of a child born into an ordinary family.

So, Mira may have come from a family with class in the capital, or perhaps one of the six major families.

And also, Zayn probably guessed that Mira's parents were involved in a family conflict, and that they positioned Mira to stay out of the conflict.

And maybe they had an accident that made Mira's mother ask his mother, Carla, who was her closest and most trusted friend, to take care of Mira, who would have no more support at the orphanage if they died.

Zayn continues to make and draw logical conclusions about Mira's parents' story based solely on his memories of meeting Mira for the first time.

If Carla knew Zayn's thoughts right now, maybe she would be shocked and say, "As expected of my lovely son!!"

Zayn immediately came back to his senses and tried to ask his mother.

"Mom, can you tell us about Mira's parents? I'm also curious about them."

Even though he had concluded the story about Mira's parents, to be clear about their situation, it was better to ask his mother directly.

Furthermore, his mother usually avoided this question, but he was confident that she would not do so this time.

"I would have told the truth then, but not now."

"When I get home, I will tell that to you and Mira in private." Carla's helpless and sad voice sounded.

Zayn nodded and looked at Mira with a smile after his mom finally will told them later.

Mira also feels better because her past will be revealed and her heart felt relieved.

Furthermore, she couldn't contain her gratitude for Zayn and hugged him tightly, making him feel as if two heavy objects were pressing down on him, soft and so huge!

"This girl is very healthy, my children will not go hungry in the future." Zayn breathed a sigh of relief. 𝙗𝒆𝒅𝒏𝙤𝒗𝒆𝙡．𝙤𝒓𝙜

However, seeing that Mira looked happy and not worried anymore, Zayn smiled gently and his heart felt relieved.

Immediately, he remembered that his mother had not told him who his other two fiancées were, so he asked curiously, "By the way, mother, who are my other two fiancees?"

"Fufufu~ They are Chloe, your cute and beautiful sister, and Luna, your former childhood sweetheart." Carla chuckled and said at once.

"What!!"

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