Chapter 335: Chapter 341: Chu Xiaoyao’s Parents Co Knocking
Before leaving work that evening, Li Yifei wanted to leave the company early. He was really afraid that Xu Yingying would ask him to stay at her place, even though he had stayed with her countless tis before. But now, Li Yifei just couldn’t face Xu Yingying alone, especially in the enclosed space of her ho.
But before Li Yifei could leave, his phone rang. It was Xu Yingying calling.
Li Yifei wanted to ignore the call, but knowing that wasn’t a solution, he reluctantly answered, "President Xu, what’s the matter?"
Xu Yingying was succinct, "Wait for
to finish work."
"I have plans tonight, going to have dinner with so friends," he said.
"Then I’ll join you."
"Isn’t that a bad idea? There will be colleagues from our company there; don’t you want to keep it a secret?"
"Anyone who goes out to dinner with you must have a good relationship with you, so I don’t think they will gossip."
Li Yifei rolled his eyes and resignedly said, "Suit yourself then."
Xu Yingying’s tone softened, "Yifei, don’t avoid . I won’t pressure you, but you have to give us ti to be together."
"Are you really not pressuring ?"
"Mhm, I’ve thought about it, and I can’t just think about myself. I also have to consider your feelings, and I realize we need to adapt to each other."
"Since you say so, then I’m relieved," Li Yifei sighed with relief.
"Okay, so where shall we go, your place or mine?"
"Well... let’s go back to my place," Li Yifei felt more comfortable returning to his own ho.
Xu Yingying quickly agreed.
Since Xu Yingying still had so work tasks at hand, when they left the company, there were hardly any people around. Inside the company, they didn’t say much to each other, and even after getting into the car, they remained silent. Now they had to interact as husband and wife, which was equally awkward for both of them.
Driving the car silently, Li Yifei stopped outside the residential area and said, "I’ll go buy so groceries."
Xu Yingying eagerly offered, "I’ll co with you."
This was the first ti Xu Yingying accompanied Li Yifei grocery shopping. Even when they were at her place, Li Yifei usually shopped alone or with Xu Shanshan. Xu Yingying had never wasted ti on such trivial matters as grocery shopping.
Today, despite having an abundance of work, Xu Yingying had decided to go grocery shopping with Li Yifei after leaving the office. She wanted to show him that she intended to be a good wife and ease his mind, fostering their togetherness and the conception of a baby.
The two entered the supermarket, with Li Yifei pushing a cart and Xu Yingying following by his side. After a few steps, Xu Yingying took hold of his arm.
They had done this nurous tis, but Xu Yingying grabbing his arm still made Li Yifei stiffen. Without turning his head, he glanced at Xu Yingying from the corner of his eye and felt her discomfort, even more so than when they first pretended to be a couple.
Only the two of them could understand this feeling. To outsiders, they looked like a loving couple, making so n who saw them cast envious glances at Li Yifei. He shook his head in secret, knowing only too well how uncomfortable it was to be with Xu Yingying.
As for grocery shopping, Xu Yingying was clueless. She could only watch as Li Yifei made selections, and he casually picked out a few items and was ready to leave.
Xu Yingying suddenly said, "Wait, I need to buy sothing else."
"Sure," Li Yifei nodded and followed her, but halted when he saw the destination—she was heading to the lingerie section.
"Co on," Xu Yingying tugged at Li Yifei.
"Isn’t that unnecessary?"
"What do you an unnecessary? I’ve always bought your underwear for you. Can’t you co with
to buy so? After all, I’m your... wife now," Xu Yingying spoke the word "wife" with a blush creeping over her face. No matter what she had said before, it hadn’t mattered, but now, the word "wife" carried much more aning.
"Wife..." Li Yifei murmured to himself, wondering why the word sounded so frightening.
Xu Yingying chose two sets of lingerie and another nightgown. Too shy to let Li Yifei help choose, just selecting these things in front of him made her feel indescribably odd.
Having settled accounts with Xu Yingying, Li Yifei was about to leave when Xu Yingying suddenly stopped and said, "You go back first, I still need to buy so things."
Li Yifei did not ask further and nodded before leaving first. When he got to the elevator in the residential complex, a couple who looked to be in their forties entered with him. Both faces were filled with urgency, as though they had encountered so sort of ergency.
After Li Yifei entered the elevator, he pressed the floor number, and the couple glanced at it but did not press any other buttons, which surprised Li Yifei. Could it be that they were going to his floor? Other than him, there were only Su ngxin and ng Xiaofei on that floor. But these people definitely weren’t looking for Su ngxin and it couldn’t be him since he didn’t know them at all, so they must have been looking for ng Xiaofei.
He wanted to greet them, but seeing their expressions, they seed uninterested in talking, so Li Yifei just nodded.
However, looking at the woman, Li Yifei felt she looked sowhat familiar, like he had seen her sowhere before. The people he recognized usually turned out to be won he had been involved with in the past, but this woman was older, and it appeared he hadn’t been with such an older woman before.
The elevator stopped, and Li Yifei stepped out, followed imdiately by the couple. They glanced at the doorplate and then surprisingly stood in front of Li Yifei’s door.
Li Yifei beca even more puzzled and asked, "Excuse , are you looking for ?"
"Do you live here?" both of them asked dubiously while looking at Li Yifei, the man asking the question.
Li Yifei nodded and replied, "Yes, this is my ho."
The couple glanced at each other, their expressions changing dramatically, and it was the man who spoke again, "Do you live alone?"
"Yes," Li Yifei nodded once more.
"Then how long have you been living here?"
Li Yifei guessed the couple was looking for soone who had lived here before. With a slight smile, he said, "I’ve lived here for over half a year."
He expected that this statent would leave them disappointed, but instead, they beca enraged, the man grabbed Li Yifei by the collar and the woman started yelling loudly, "Give
back my daughter, return my daughter to ."
Confused by the couple’s reaction, Li Yifei sized them up again and suddenly exclaid, "Are you Chu Xiaoyao’s family?"
"It is you indeed! Hurry up and return our daughter!" The woman beca even more agitated and lunged at Li Yifei, hitting him.
anwhile, the man roared, his eyes widened with fury, and aid a slap at Li Yifei’s face.
Li Yifei, sowhat speechless, saw the couple’s aggressive deanor and figured Chu Xiaoyao must have run into trouble, but this was none of his business. Yet now they were here demanding a person from him. However, it was clear he couldn’t just let them beat him for no reason. Li Yifei dodged the man’s punch and, with a swift move, brought the man in front of himself to shield against the woman’s blows.
"Please calm down. Chu Xiaoyao hasn’t been here for a long ti, and I haven’t been in contact with her for a while."
After the man’s punch missed, he raised his hand for another slap and shouted furiously, "You’re still lying to us; you said my daughter lived with you for so days. If you hadn’t taken her, how would she have disappeared?"
Li Yifei had to grab his wrist and, with a stern face, said, "Although Chu Xiaoyao lived here for a while, I didn’t do anything to her, and she’s not here now."
But the couple wouldn’t listen to Li Yifei’s explanation and continued crying and making a fuss, insisting Li Yifei hand over Chu Xiaoyao. This left Li Yifei feeling quite helpless. If he were facing an enemy, he could easily handle them, but these two weren’t enemies and were Chu Xiaoyao’s parents. Li Yifei always regarded Chu Xiaoyao as an immature child, without any other intentions, and he wasn’t inclined to quarrel with the couple.
Just then, the elevator doors opened and Xu Yingying ca out. Seeing the couple entangled with Li Yifei, she rushed over and commanded, "Stop it, what are you doing?"
The couple turned to look at Xu Yingying, who was dressed in a professional suit and had an imposing aura, realizing that this woman must be soone of stature and stopped instinctively. The woman seed to have found a sympathetic ear and began crying, "This man took our daughter; she’s only eighteen and still in high school."
Li Yifei imdiately said, "They are Chu Xiaoyao’s parents."
Xu Yingying frowned and replied, "I think you’re mistaken. Li Yifei has been with
all this ti; he couldn’t have taken your daughter."
"And who are you to him?" the man asked imdiately.
"I... I’m his wife," Xu Yingying said as she walked over to Li Yifei and took his arm.
The couple was startled. With Xu Yingying being such a beautiful and dignified wife, it seed less likely that Li Yifei had abducted their daughter. Plus, with a couple like them, it seed their daughter wouldn’t be hard if she ca here.
"That’s not right, he just said he lived alone, you’re lying to ," Chu Xiaoyao’s mother suddenly cried out.
The man also glared at Xu Yingying with an angry expression, clearly not believing Xu Yingying’s words, and said sternly, "Regardless of your relationship, our daughter is missing and you two are under major suspicion."
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