As soon as she stepped into the bedroom, a faint and barely perceptible crisp scent spread through the air.
Su Li stood at the door, smiling gently, causing Yu Xiaochi, who followed quickly behind, to feel a sharp pang in his heart, a premonition that sothing was not right.
Without pausing for more thought, Yu Xiaochi spoke with a hint of bla: "Su Li, can you be reasonable? Li Qi is already fifteen, things happened more than ten years ago, and you’re bringing it up again to take it out on . Do you know how hurtful that is?"
Yu Xiaochi selectively forgot about Secretary Bai, whom Su Li had just ntioned, avoiding the topic. Instead, he chose to focus on Su Li’s sudden rehashing of old grievances, causing discord in the household, which seed quite unreasonable.
Su Li: "Ha ha."
Not bothering with him, her gaze was directly fixed on a small pink bottle inside the cabinet.
On the surface, no one would recognize that the small pink bottle contained dicine pills; it actually looked like a container a young girl might use to store cute little things.
Since Su Li had it, the small pink bottle had lost its purpose and had never been tended to, but today, it had been touched by soone.
A youthful boy, still very immature, despite his careful deanor, had been sowhat careless.
If you looked closely, there was a circle of fingerprint marks on the small pink bottle.
"Is this ergency services? I need to report soone trying to commit murder."
The Yu Xiaochi following behind was bewildered, unable to understand what stunt Su Li was pulling this ti.
"I’m already so tired, can’t you be a bit more sensible?" Yu Xiaochi exhaustedly lanted, convinced Su Li was throwing a baseless tantrum.
When Yu Xiaochi said he was tired, he genuinely ant it.
As he explained, the days of silent treatnt with his wife were intense and emotionally draining.
The Yu family’s company was still under Mr. Yu’s control, which made Yu Xiaochi’s work within the company quite demanding; he needed to intensify his performance to gain more influence.
Originally, his wife handled all business at ho, leaving him worry-free.
Despite her seemingly delicate and gentle nature, Su Li was resilient.
From managing Li Qi’s daily needs and education to engaging in social circles’ Madam diplomacy, she handled it all flawlessly.
During this brief cold war, he thought he was giving his wife ti to cool off and be rational, only to find it felt like he was shooting himself in the foot, suffering from it instead.
What seed insignificant before, rely icing on the cake of Madam diplomacy, beca noticeable when absent, as company affairs were not as smooth as they used to be.
While the issues weren’t major, frequent small problems and conflicts were enough to be botherso.
On top of that, various matters at his son’s school were causing headaches.
Unable to hold on any longer, Yu Xiaochi had to sheepishly seize the opportunity at a parent-teacher eting to initiate reconciliation.
He thought he had already offered a step down, yet Su Li insisted on blowing things out of proportion... was that not a bit too much?
Why wasn’t it enough already?
The police arrived swiftly, catching Yu Xiaochi off guard.
"It’s all a misunderstanding; my wife is just being capricious with ." Yu Xiaochi quickly explained, missing the pale, anxious expression on a shrunken Yu Liqi huddled on the sofa.
Su Li: "With you being so evasive, can I assu you’re the culprit?"
Yu Xiaochi was shocked, stamring, "Su Li, you, you, how can you...?"
Su Li’s words caused the arriving police officers to adopt a stern expression, exchanging glances and evaluating this young master of the Yu family with caution.
In wealthy families, skeletons could be lurking—today they might just stumble upon one such scandal.
Despite Yu Xiaochi’s protests, the police still went upstairs, entering the room.
The small pink dicine bottle was taken away and sent promptly to the testing departnt.
Yu Xiaochi clawed at his hair, an expression containing not only anger but overwhelming confusion.
"Su Li, filing a false report like this disturbs everyone’s peace—does that truly make you happy?"
In the end, Yu Xiaochi couldn’t believe anyone would want to murder Su Li.
There were only a few people in the house; besides him and Li Qi, it was a few aunts and maids who’d been helping around for years.
If there were tensions, it was only between him, Li Qi, and her; he couldn’t fathom doing such a thing, and it was absurd to suggest it was his son.
"My life is invaluable... anyone who sses with , I’ll make sure to deal with them first."
Su Li sipped her sugar water, softly and gently speaking.
A fierce person making threats seed normal, not fearso, but watching soone seemingly gentle and weak say these words was always unsettling and frightening.
It’s like a barking dog that doesn’t bite.
"Mrs. Yu, you..."
Saying these things in front of the police was improper. Su Li imdiately smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I’m just kidding."
Inside, the police officers’ inner monologues were screaming: No, you definitely don’t seem like you’re kidding.
Yu Xiaochi and Yu Liqi were also startled by Su Li’s unhinged smile.
Yu Xiaochi yanked at his tie, pacing back and forth in the house, becoming increasingly agitated.
"You can have soone check, but it was who switched the dicine in your bottle... and look, nothing happened to you..."
Yu Liqi bounced off the sofa, unable to bear it anymore, shouting and yelling.
His first misdeed left him nervous and terrified, with poor psychological resilience.
If given more ti, he might have been calr.
But now, having swapped the dicine not long before the stepmother entered, his pounding heart hadn’t cald down before being discovered, creating such a commotion that the teenager’s mind was frazzled with fear.
Yu Xiaochi was shocked, "Li Qi, don’t talk nonsense."
Only then did Yu Xiaochi notice sothing was off with his son.
Actually, the police had already suspected him; after all, he was acting overly conspicuous.
Quickly, Yu Xiaochi recovered, pulling Su Li over, pleading, "This is a family matter; let’s keep it behind closed doors, don’t make a scene out of it. After all... Li Qi is still young; if word got out, how would he manage...?"
"He’s at a rebellious age, and recently you were a bit harsh on him, he’s just resentful..."
Before Yu Xiaochi finished, Su Li gave him a fiery slap, followed by another.
Su Li: "Since you say it’s a family affair, fine, shouldn’t a stepmother like properly educate her stepson?"
Despite being dizzy from the slaps, with ears ringing and heart disgruntled, Yu Xiaochi was willing to agree to any terms as long as it temporarily soothed Su Li.
Yeah, if the involved parties weren’t looking to pursue it further, people really wanted to get involved; was it all coming to a closure here?
Pah, keep dreaming.
No, it’s not over.
Yu Xiaochi sighed with relief, rubbing his swollen, aching cheek, intending to have a reasonable talk with Su Li, only to...
He stared vacantly, eyes wide, stamring, "You, you, what are you doing?"
Su Li held a purple-gold whip, smiling brightly and gently at them.
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