Li Si and Mrs. Leng parted ways, and when she returned ho, she surprisingly found Leng Mochen at ho.
However, thinking about the matter he had been keeping from her, she decided to punish him lightly.
"I’m so tired!" Li Si pretended to be exhausted as she carefully sat on the sofa in the study, lightly massaging her calf.
Leng Mochen imdiately put down his work and leaned toward her. "Walked too much while shopping, right? Let massage them for you!"
He started massaging her legs directly, with just the right amount of pressure. Li Si originally intended to give him a hard ti, but to her surprise, the soreness in her calves eased significantly after just a few monts.
"Feeling better?"
Li Si wanted to lie and say no, but when she saw his dark, shiny eyes, she couldn’t help but nod. "Mm!"
"Had fun shopping today?"
"It was okay," she replied perfunctorily with a yawn.
"Did you eat dinner?" he asked again.
"I ate already." Her gaze landed on the sunflower oil painting on the wall. She wasn’t in the mood to chat and responded coldly.
Leng Mochen frowned and looked at her. The little one seed to be in a bad mood. "Who upset you?"
Li Si imdiately raised her head and questioned, "Who else could it be? You! Don’t you know what mistake you’ve made?"
Leng Mochen looked at her with suspicion. "I have no idea! Tell !"
Li Si widened her eyes and spat out one word at a ti: "Life. And. Death. Tribulation!" Let’s see you pretend now! That’ll teach you!
He pretended to suddenly understand. "Oh, that. I didn’t want you to take it seriously, so I didn’t ntion it. Besides, it’s just a bunch of superstitions—why take it to heart?"
"You don’t take it seriously, yet you handed everything over to . What are you trying to encourage? That after you’re gone, I beco a rich widow and then find so guy to be our son’s father?" As she spoke, her eyes reddened. No matter how well-intentioned he was, she was still upset.
Leng Mochen’s face darkened, especially after hearing the latter half of her sentence. An intense discomfort surged within him!
"I admit it was wrong of not to tell you. But you better take back those words imdiately—don’t even think about them! Our son’s father can only be !"
Li Si was both angry and amused. "Now you realize how serious this is?"
Wasn’t his silence out of fear that she would worry and feel sad?
Fine, considering his attentiveness, she decided to let him off the hook this ti.
"Hm!" he grunted awkwardly, but his hands kept massaging her legs.
Why did he suddenly feel that everything he’d done earlier was like digging a pit for himself?
No way—he needed to co up with a plan to minimize his losses quickly.
Li Si, however, was feeling much better at this mont. "Fine, I’ll be magnanimous and forgive you this ti. But next ti you ss up, I won’t be so easy to reason with! Whatever ’Life and Death Tribulation’ it is—we’ve got the space and the river water, so what are you worried about?"
He tugged at the corner of his mouth without replying. Sotis, many things were beyond their control. Talking too much about it now would only cause her unnecessary worry.
"Hey, how co you’re ho so early today?" Li Si saw his faint smile and guessed at what he was thinking, so she switched the topic.
Leng Mochen couldn’t help but ruffle her hair. "Don’t like seeing at ho? Hm?"
Why didn’t her expression show any excitent?
Li Si wrinkled her nose. "We’re already an old married couple—what’s there to be excited about?"
"Playing hard to get."
"Mind your own business!"
...
Mrs. Leng returned ho and sat on the sofa, growing more convinced that she should discuss Li Si’s background with Mochen.
Although they were already married and had a child, and Li Si was generous enough not to care about these issues, that Tian Yaru seed unreliable. If she spread the news, it would only harm Li Si and their family.
The social circle was small, and any minor secret would beco the focus of gossip and ridicule.
The scandal Leng Mohao caused earlier had just subsided, and she didn’t want their family to beco the next topic of conversation.
Though there were already plenty of rumors about their family, at least without major headlines, the waves they stirred remained manageable.
But Li Si’s background was different. If it turned out that Tian Yaruo was her biological mother, then it would an she was born out of wedlock, which didn’t sound great.
People already viewed their family with scrutiny for marrying a young woman from a modest background—eyes filled with judgnt and curiosity.
If the matter wasn’t handled properly, Mrs. Leng picked up her phone and dialed her son...
Su ng stepped out of the shower, not seeing Long Wu around.
Drying her hair, she walked toward the study. As soon as she pushed the door open, the strong aroma of smoke hit her, causing her to cough twice.
Long Wu had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, staring outside and lost in thought. Hearing her voice, he turned around abruptly and extinguished his burning cigarette in the large ashtray on the desk.
"Did the smoke bother you?" A trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.
Su ng covered her nose and mouth, frowning. "Why did you start smoking again?"
Lately, both of them had been taking care of their health in preparation for having a baby. Wasn’t he supposed to have quit smoking?
Long Wu’s expression shifted slightly, but he quickly replaced it with a smile. "I was wrong! Babe! I’ll brush my teeth three tis! Okay?"
Su ng found his sycophantic grin amusing, and a smile tugged at her lips. "You said it—you better follow through!"
Long Wu nodded fervently. "Absolutely, absolutely!"
Su ng noticed he hadn’t moved. "Why aren’t you going to sleep?"
"Babe, you sleep first. I need to handle so docunts." Long Wu gripped the file in his hand tightly, his knuckles turning white.
Su ng tilted her head to take a closer look at him. Sothing about him felt off tonight!
"Alright then. Don’t stay up too late, okay?"
"As you wish!"
Once Su ng had stepped out and closed the study’s solid wood door, Long Wu rubbed his eyes and cast his gaze back toward the file in front of him.
Leng Er had approached him today, solemnly asking him to promise that if anything were to happen to him, he’d take care of Li Si. And the file in front of him was regarding a plot of land Leng Er had transferred to him at an incredibly low price—virtually a giveaway.
What was he playing at? What could possibly happen to him?
He’d tried every trick under the sun, but Leng Er remained tight-lipped, refusing to reveal any details whatsoever.
Before leaving, Leng Er even emphasized the urgency of completing the paperwork quickly—otherwise, it might be too late.
Could it be that he was planning to cheat on Li Si? Was he falling for soone else?
But on second thought, that didn’t make sense either. His passion for Li Si was unlike anything ordinary!
Long Wu scratched his head in frustration—it was driving him absolutely mad.
Should he let Li Si in on this? He felt torn!
It was going to be a sleepless night for him.
Just as he was thinking about it, Leng Er’s call unexpectedly ca through. He deliberately answered it with a casual, teasing tone. "Er, what other goodies are you giving now? You’ve been so generous it’s making feel bad! Enough already! Even if you didn’t hand these things, I’d still take care of Sisi for you!"
Leng Mochen’s calm, asured voice ca from the other end. "Apologies, my secretary entered the wrong figures for the property’s price—off by a few zeros. All contracts are null and void."
"What the hell? Do you think this is a joke!" Long Wu shot to his feet in anger. So all this ti, he had been duped—was that it?
Here he was, stressing over this for nothing. This guy was impossible to deal with!
Unable to hold back, he yelled, "Friendship over! Goodbye!"
A slow, deliberate voice ca again from the other end. "Ye Cheng sohow got a hold of information about my dealings with you. I suspect it’s linked to Leng Mohao. Interested in playing a bigger ga?"
"Damn it, Leng Er! I hate you! How much could I make?" Long Wu lit another cigarette, vowing silently to hold Leng Er responsible for derailing his journey toward healthy parenthood.
"Thirty percent for , seventy percent for you. Too unbalanced?"
"Deal!" Who wouldn’t jump at an offer like this? Only a fool would say no.
"Still ’friendship over?’" The other side asked leisurely.
"Shut up already!" Long Wu hung up the phone imdiately. This guy was an infuriating nightmare! Sisi had to deal with him!
Leng Mochen ended the call, a cold smile on his face as he stared out the window. Earlier, Mrs. Leng’s conversation had revealed aspects of Li Si’s background!
Tian Yaru was still stirring up trouble. It seed the lesson they’d given her hadn’t been harsh enough—it hadn’t struck deeply yet.
Perfect timing—dealing with all of them together would be much more fun, wouldn’t it?
Who knows if Heizi had made any progress yet? (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please go to Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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