Chapter 21: I’ll Sue You, Believe It
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“Pass the phone to your mother.”
“Are you Li Shaoling?” Jiayu’s eyes overflowed with delight.
“I am.” Ji Shaoling’s voice was very cold—he was reluctant to speak too much with the boy.
Because a fire of envy had ignited wildly inside him.
A smile spread over the tot’s lips. “Okay, please wait for a moment.”
The young boy had already noted down that phone number.
Meanwhile, Ji Weixi had left the bathroom wrapped in a towel. “Who is it, baby?”
“Here.” The tot handed him the phone. “He’s Li Shaoling.”
On the other side of the call, Li Shaoling was taken aback when he heard Ji Weixi called her son ‘baby’.
So, it was her son? And not some other man?
The fiery rage he was holding back vaporized immediately.
On the other hand, Ji Weixi’s voice was rather cool as she took the call with a little anger herself. “Hello?”
Li Shaoling laughed softly. “Are you angry?”
“Just say what you need to say, President Li. I’m going to bed.”
“Everyone gets a day off tomorrow.”
“I know,” Ji Weixi replied very quickly—she could not wait to hang up.
Li Shaoling’s brow furrowed anew. What was with that attitude of hers?
Was she that annoyed with him?
How unreasonable!
“You are to be present in the engagement ceremony tomorrow.” There was an unquestionable command in Li Shaoling’s voice.
Why could he not resist the urge to see her envious face?
“May I decline, President Li?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s a breach of agreement if you refuse,” Li Shaoling replied as if it was most natural. “You would have to pay a hundred million in recompense.”
For the first time, Ji Weixi found him utterly shameless. “President Li, I will sue you at the Price Bureau. Believe it!”
She was aware that characters like him held great authority, that agreements were no different from furniture and arranged according to their mood.
It is a breach of agreement if he says so, and there was no nitpicking.
But that reimbursement was simply astronomical!
“Threatening your superior? Hmm?”
Goodness. As his last note lifted, there was a faint magnetism of charm.
Just as there was a significant sense of danger.
Ji Weixi was so frustrated she would have smashed the phone to the floor. Closing her eyes, she seethed, “Fine. I will be there on time tomorrow.”
Li Shaoling was very satisfied. After he hung up, Ji Weixi raised her phone overhead, about to break it into pieces.
The tot quickly held her thigh. “Mommy, calm down! What did the phone do wrong?”
Oh, right. The phone did nothing wrong but almost suffered an innocent death.
Tian Miaomiao, who had been binge-watching some drama from the couch like some lifeless hog sprung up like a carp once she heard that Ji Weixi would join the engagement ceremony tomorrow.
“Oh, yeah! We are all going tomorrow!”
“I’m going alone. You stay here with my son.”
Ji Weixi swore on her life he would never let her son be cursed at.
Tian Miaomiao turned listless at once and burst into a tirade of complaints. “Xixi, you have to think about it: Jiajia is growing and you cannot keep hiding. I know what you’re thinking, but Jiajia would go to school sooner or later and show his face—what would you do then?”
Those words left Ji Weixi at a loss.
It was true. What would she do when the time comes?
Ji Weixi settled into the couch and gently stroke her child’s head. “I’ll find him a daddy before that.”
“Xixi, forget it. You know better than me that it’s just not likely. That said, even if you couldn’t change Jiajia’s birth, all you have to do is mold him—bastard, illegitimate child or whatnot, let them talk. Our Jiajia will definitely become a real, upright man, so why should he care about all those slandering? What’s most important for you to do is groom him into a star, and when he succeeds, everyone would acknowledge you as a strong and independent single mother!”
Ji Weixi was actually moved by Tian Miaomiao’s eloquent advice.
“Tian Miaomiao. Never knew that you had that in you.”
“Humph!” Tian Miaomiao proudly put her hands on her hips. “I’m definitely amazing—it’s just that I’m usually discreet.”
As Ji Weixi watched her son’s little face, she resolved herself. “Alright, we’ll all go tomorrow.”
“Oh, yeah!” Tian Miaomiao was happy as a lark.
On the other hand, the tot appeared none too pleased. Cradled in Ji Weixi’s bosom, he began to scheme…
Chapter 22: Li Shaoling, Let’s Runnow!
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The next day.
Ji Weixi was up early, and while Tian Miaomiao was usually a heavy sleeper, but she was especially excited with her mind full of Li Shaoling.
Nevertheless…
“Urgh, Mommy—”
Jiayu’s face was pale white. His little back was arched, and he was holding his hands over his stomach.
“What happened!”
Ji Weixi panicked and quickly crouched over him.
“Tummy hurts.”
The little one tunneled into Ji Weixi’s embrace; his face was full of torment.
Ji Weixi’s heart ached. “Do you need the toilet? Are you having an upset stomach?”
“Umm, it doesn’t feel like it. It just hurts.”
“Mommy will get you to the hospital.”
Ji Weixi picked him up, ready to leave without an explanation.
“Mommy…” The tot pouted, pointing his two index fingers uncomfortably. “Maybe I got a chill yesterday because I did not put on a blanket last night.”
“Why don’t you listen to me?” Ji Weixi scolded him grimly. “Didn’t I tell you to keep your tummy covered no matter how hot it is!”
“Mommy, I was wrong…” The rim of the child’s eyes was red and he was about to break into tears.
Tian Miaomiao came to him and soothed, “It’s fine, it’s fine. He’s still a kid.”
Ji Weixi carried him to bed, filling a heat pack with warm water which was covered in a layer of blanket and put it over the child’s stomach.
“Keep warm for a moment and don’t have anything cool for the time being. You hear me?”
Ji Weixi’s heart was in pieces at the sight of his suffering. Her nose was runny, as if she was about cry too.
“Okay, Mommy. Baby’s feeling a little better.” The little one snuggled up to her, his puppylike head rubbing against her chest. “But it still hurts a bit… I don’t want to go out… what should we do?”
“Alright, you’re staying. I’ll have Miaomiao take care of you.” Tian Miaomiao was as gentle as a dove.
“Not like this!” Tian Miaomiao exploded. “I want to meet President Li!”
Ji Weixi looked up at her. “Who is more important, President Li or my son? You’re my assistant, and you would eventually run into him in CBS if not today.”
Tian Miaomiao was at once listless. “Fine.”
It was a no go then!
“Does it still hurt?” Ji Weixi put her palm over the little one’s stomach and rubbed it gently.
The tot shook his head and said endearingly, “Mommy, I want to sleep.”
“Then sleep. Tell Miaomiao if it hurts, understand?”
At the same time, Ji Weixi felt very aggrieved with Li Shaoling.
She could have stayed home to care for her son if he did not force her to attend his engagement ceremony!
That despicable man.
The little one closed his eyes. It did not take long for his breath to even out and he fell asleep.
After Ji Weixi cleared things up, she told Tian Miaomiao, “Sorry for the trouble. Take him to the hospital if he gets worse.”
Tian Miaomiao bade her a tearful farewell. “Go, Xixi!”
After Ji Weixi left, Tian Miaomiao quietly closed his bedroom door after making sure he slept.
That was when the little brat abruptly opened his eyes. His eyes were lucid and there was no hint of pain at all.
Taking out his mobile phone, he dialed a number. “Li Shaoling? Let’s runnow!”
***
Li Shaoling was in a car. His eyes were closed for a brief rest on the way to the Ji family’s house.
He remembered that young, tender voice.
It was Ji Weixi’s son.
However, he frowned at his choice of words. “What?”
What did ‘runnow’ even mean?
Was that a new word?
“It means let us have a meeting,” the tot said.
“And why should I meet you?”
He was nothing but a brat. Who did he think he was?
“If you don’t meet me, I guarantee that you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”
Why did the child speak just like an adult?
Li Shaoling’s eyes narrowed. “Give me a reason.”
Usually, he would have hung up at once and wasted no more time with the conversation.
However, that child somehow kept him patient.
It was really bizarre.
“You’ll know when you meet me,” the tot said mysteriously. “I’ll send you the address.”
Li Shaoling could not say anything.
He was actually being manipulated by a brat.
Ji Weixi herself was an unusual woman, just as her son was an unusual child.
Truly, a family of singularities.
“Boss, what is it?” Jiang Cong asked nosily as he drove.
Li Shaoling furrowed his brow as he stared at the address messaged to him. “Head to Nan Yue café.”
For some reason, he had the feeling that a mysterious force was leading him to a certain truth…
Chapter 23: All Men Are Pigs
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Over the last four years, Ji Group had developed in prosperity and earned assets worth over billions, becoming the third strongest enterprise in River Town.
And with that fortune, the Ji family moved their house to a manor in the city’s most luxurious district.
The engagement ceremony would be held in the manor’s courtyard.
Luxurious cars were pouring in the widely opened European-styled main gates, and when Ji Weixi alighted, every emotion gushed through her heart as she gazed upon the unfamiliar home.
When she was chased out of the Ji family four years ago, she had read news about them when she fled overseas.
She even cursed Ji Group to go bankrupt.
It was often said that the gods are always watching, but where were they now?
Where was the karma?
Were the villains not living the good life and getting what they want?
As Ji Weixi entered while lifting her gown, she was stopped by a steward.
“Your invitation please, madam.”
Invitation? She dumped it into the trash can yesterday.
“I don’t have it.”
“Then apologies,” the steward replied, “I can’t allow you to enter.”
“Alright.”
She could not be blamed for being prohibited from entry. However, as she planned to seize the chance to flee home and care for her son, an old, arresting but surprised voice called out behind her. “Weixi?”
Ji Weixi’s spine froze. She slowly turned, and her eyes met Ji Xiangdong’s.
The man had aged considerably in the last four years. Even so, his wrinkled face matched his tailored suit, and he exuded the air of a successful middle-aged entrepreneur.
Ji Weixi said nothing, and merely stared as he approached her.
“It’s really you!” There was both delight and regret in Ji Xiangdong’s eyes. “Where have you been all these years?”
Then, he started to panic as she kept her silence and agitatedly held her shoulders. “Don’t you know that Daddy’s been looking for you for so long!”
Ji Weixi’s lips curled to a cynical sneer. “Apologies, but he’s dead to me.”
Ji Xiangdong was left staggered. “Why would you say that, child! Even if I did make many mistakes back then…”
“Save your explanations.” Ji Weixi coldly cut him short, unwilling to listen to him. “I’m no longer a member of the Ji family, and did you think I’ve would gladly come today if I wasn’t invited?”
Even so, Ji Xiangdong held her hand emotionally. “Weixi, just tell me where’ve you been all these years! Why did you disappear without a trace?”
***
Over the last four years, he had regrets even when he slept.
Ji Group had certainly developed rapidly, but Zhou Huijie and Ji Jianing’s wild ambitions were also slowly revealed.
Ji Xiangdong realized then that aside from that mother and daughter’s coveting of the company, they had no respect at all for him, the head of the Ji Family.
How could they be so conceited?
Thanks to all his pillow talk with Zhou Huijie, Ji Xiangdong was influenced to give up his shares to her and Ji Jianing.
Even if he was still chairman of his company, he was no more than a figurehead, not to mention that the portion of shares he now held was actually less than mother and daughter’s.
The reason Zhou Huijie did not kick him out to the streets was because she still needed him to run the company.
Since then, he finally realized that Ji Weixi was right.
That was why he went on a wild search, but she was simply nowhere to be found, and four years passed in no time at all.
Ji Weixi certainly found it funny.
“What does that have to do with me?”
All men are pigs—only ever cherishing things after they were lost.
Ji Xiangdong felt wounded then. “Weixi, I know you blame me for what happened back then, I really regret now. I would repay you with whatever you want, alright?”
“Is that so?” Ji Weixi laughed coldly. “Would you give me your entire company if I ask?”
Ji Xiangdong was stunned. He did not expect such ambition from her.
“Dear husband, what are you doing? The guests are all waiting for you!”
A sharp woman’s voice reached them.
It was Zhou Huijie.
Chapter 24: Come On Then, It’s an Act-Off
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Zhou Huijie looked as young as she did four years ago.
Her red cheongsam, exquisite makeup, and polished nails exuded elegant grace.
She still had the air of a rich wife.
However, she was pale with shock when Ji Weixi glanced sideways at her.
“Ji… Ji Weixi?!”
She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
“Yo. So, you do recognize me.” Ji Weixi smiled coldly.
Zhou Huijie could not help scanning her from head to toe—she was actually more beautiful than she was four years ago, even if her face was etched full of misanthropy.
Her strapless gown accentuated her slim but exquisite frame as if she was god’s most perfect piece of art.
Moreover, her skin was snow-white and smooth, with her cinnabar lips tightly pursed over her wintry visage. Her eyes, lined exquisitely shone with an icy elegance.
She was a breathtaking beauty.
“Xixi! Where have you been these four years!” Zhou Huijie ‘s face changed at once and approached, putting up the act of a miserable mother who was finally reunited with her long-lost daughter. “I miss you so much… it’s good that you’re back!”
Ji Weixi shook her off and frowned in disgust without giving her any face. “Stay away, and don’t touch me!”
Zhou Huijie teared up at once in grief and complained at Ji Xiangdong, “Husband, look at Weixi! It’s been four years, and she still hates me to the bone!”
With his wife on one side and his daughter on another, Ji Xiangdong was in quite a predicament, and could only try to calm Ji Weixi.
“Weixi, look at you. Don’t pull such a long face on a happy day like this—hurry inside, Jianing’s waiting for you.”
Then, as the steward tried to stop Weixi again, Ji Xiangdong’s voice turned cold at once. “She’s my eldest daughter.”
The steward quickly bowed. “My apologies.”
‘Wait, when did Ji Xiangdong get a second daughter?’
***
There were many upper-class people gathered in the hall.
Ji Jianing was dressed up like a princess and pacing around while lifting her skirt.
What time was it? Why was Li Shaoling not there yet?
She called him a few times, but could not reach him.
She had a bad feeling about that.
Suddenly, an alluring lady had arrived at the entrance, instantly drawing everyone’s eyes.
Envy flashed past Ji Jianing’s eyes. She would admit that the other woman was more beautiful, but she would soon be the Li’s young mistress.
With that thought, she proudly held her head high and went to her.
“Sis, you’re finally here!”
Ji Jianing smiled sweetly, even tugging Ji Weixi’s hand intimately.
Everyone else broke off and started to chatter.
“Since when did the Ji family have two daughters?”
“Looks like one was disowned four years ago.”
“Heard it was for her misdeeds?”
The gossiping overflowed throughout the scene immediately, a noisy hum that left Ji Weixi utterly irritated.
She shook off Ji Jianing in utter disgust, who quickly assumed a pitiful air and a wounded look. “Sis, I know Daddy was forced to disown you after you slept with that old man… but Daddy missed you all along, and we’re all still a family!”
Impressive. Asserting her white lotus image with a single line, while also revealing that tidbit about Ji Weixi to everyone else.
The crowd immediately erupted into an uproar.
Most of the men’s gaze at Ji Weixi cooled when they heard that she slept with some old man.
Meanwhile, her gaze had become even colder.
So, Ji Jianing had not had enough of that white lotus act of hers.
‘Fine. Since you love acting so much, let’s have an act-off!’
“How could you say that!” Ji Weixi herself burst into tears at once. “I know you’re too lonely and empty that you stole my fiancé, sister, even luring him to bed… but I still forgave you in my great tolerance and beauty, even coming to your big day! I really wish you happiness with all my heart!”
I wish you a great marriage, be blessed with children and lots of adulterous lovers!
The conversation turned at once then, with the spear tip pointed at Ji Jianing this time.
The sudden act-off had clearly caught her off guard and dumbstruck.
‘What the hell? What fiancé?’
“As I’ve thought, all ‘maidens’ in the entertainment industry are just appearances.”
“Don’t say that. She did manage to get to where she is now… thanks to our Young Master Li.”
“Tsk tsk. Never thought that Ji Jianing’s so empty inside… sleeping with a brother-in-law, huh? How about me?”
The crowd’s murmurs left her good image almost collapsing.
Ji Jianing was defeated, and about to billow smoke from the top of her head.
She leveled a deadly glare at Ji Weixi as if it would kill her. However, no matter how angry or miserable she was, all she could do was hold it in firmly.
In the end, it was her own fault for taking the pure, innocent route.
Ji Weixi simply smiled sweetly at her.
Nevertheless…
Just as she stepped out, Tian Miaomiao called her.
“This is bad, Xixi!” She screamed as if one fire. “Your son disappeared! He’s gone!”
Ji Weixi’s breath was caught as all her blood rushed to her head.
“What did you say?!”
Chapter 25: Sensational! Congratulations, Young Master Li, You’re A Dad!
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Nan Yue café.
Li Shaoling entered to find a young boy around four to five by the window seat.
Perhaps out of boredom, he was holding up his little head in a pout.
Suddenly feeling his gaze, he turned.
Two pairs of eyes were locked with each other for so long it was as if ten thousand years passed.
His small, delicate face looked as if they were sculpted. His eyes shone vibrantly, glimmering with an unusual delight between blinks.
Suddenly, Li Shaoling’s eyes tightened.
That face…
He slowly sat opposite the boy, his eyes never leaving his face.
“You’re Li Shaoling?”
Li Shaoling stared at him. “I know,” he growled.
Why would Ji Weixi’s son have such a striking resemblance to his on younger self?
He knew that it was no coincidence.
“Where’s your father?” He asked.
The little one shook his head. “Never met him. Even Mommy says she doesn’t know.”
Li Shaoling stared blankly. Soon, a thrill started to gush inside him.
No father…
Then, could the girl he dreamt of for countless nights be Ji Weixi?
He promptly rose, pulling the tot as he left, an indescribable sensation rising in his mind.
The little one could only keep up with a jog—it also took him some effort to look up. “Are you taking me for a DNA test?”
Li Shaoling paused and lowered his gaze. His pupils and the boy’s seemed to be cut out of the same fabric and it was as if he was looking into a mirror.
His heart softened mysteriously, and he lowered himself to pick the boy up. “Yes.”
“If we really are father and son, would you assume responsibility for my mother?” The little one pressed.
Tangled emotions arose in Li Shaoling’s eyes but he said nothing.
In his car, Jiang Cong was left tongue-tied in shock when he saw Li Shaoling carrying a child out of the café.
“I-isn’t that Miss Ji’s son?”
“You know him?” Li Shaoling’s eyes glinted coldly. “And you didn’t tell me?”
“No, No!” Jiang Cong tried his best to explain. “I can’t be sure, and I don’t know whether I should tell you either, Boss!”
“Just get to the hospital.”
In the car, the little one and Li Shaoling locked gazes again.
They were clearly meeting for the first time, but were at once familiar and unfamiliar with one another.
“You came by yourself?” Li Shaoling suddenly spoke.
The tot nodded. Li Shaoling promptly frowned and reprimanded him strictly. “Don’t go out alone from now on.”
The dangers a little boy faced by slipping out at such a young age… what if he was kidnapped and his organs harvested?
That bitch Ji Weixi would cry herself to death.
Nonetheless, the little one simply laughed goofily. “Understood.”
***
With Li Shaoling’s special status, they went through special channels.
The little one was not afraid when his blood was drawn. He was very well-behaved, and simply watched carefully as the doctor put a needle through his skin without making a sound.
Li Shaoling felt vaguely pleased.
It was less than half-an-hour since they had met, but the child’s mannerisms were ever natural and fearless. He was no different from an adult, and that grooming has to be that fool Ji Weixi’s accomplishment.
A nurse then came and left with a single line. “President Li, the results will be out in three hours. Please be patient.”
Then, the young boy suddenly smiled, revealing a row of small, white teeth.
Li Shaoling’s brow furrowed. “What are you smiling for?”
“It would be so awkward if we’re not father and son.”
Li Shaoling said nothing. He closed his eyes to rest his mind, even if he was already a mess inwardly.
He was a little nervous, and it was a feeling he had not experienced for years.
How mysterious. He was very certain that the child was his, and naturally Ji Weixi would belong to him.
But damn it, why was he so hopeful for some connection with Ji Weixi?
He felt a splitting headache at the very thought.
His brow furrowed even deeper as fractions of pain arose.
Those memories were doors protect by some secret code and could not be opened by any means.
Three hours later…
“President Li, we have the results.”
Li Shaoling promptly opened his deep, dark eyes.
He received the sheets of paper, and as expected, the written results were 99.99% genetic resemblance.
“You’re really my daddy!” The tot laughed heartily, grinning ear-to-ear at Jian Cong. “Oh, yeah! Li Shaoling is my dad! My daddy!”
Oh yeah. No one would call him a fatherless boy anymore!
Jiang Cong looked like he had seen a ghost.
Oh, hell… His boss had a child with Miss Ji at some unknown point in time.
President Li was now a daddy… on the day of his engagement.
It was one of the greater mysteries in this world!
Chapter 26: Find Her to Settle A Score
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That report was crumpling in Li Shaoling’s hand.
He could clearly feel that his heart, lying dormant for years was now thumping powerfully and energetically, with every drop of blood in his body boiling.
Such remarkable irony. He was at once convinced and in disbelief.
After being a single man for twenty-eight years, how could it not be terrifying for a son to pop out of nowhere?
Ji Weixi’s son was his!
So, he was her man?
Why was he finding that a little awkward?
To think he felt being cuckolded…
Was it possible to cuckold oneself?
“Where have you been all these years? Why didn’t you take me in?” Jiayu asked a little sadly.
Li Shaoling lifted his hand and stroked his head stiffly. “I don’t know.”
His memories were blank when it came to four years ago.
“You wife-abandoning scumbag!” The tot blurted.
Li Shaoling said nothing, but Jiang Cong hurriedly explained, “Calm down, Young Master! President Li lost his memory in a car accident four years ago…”
Li Shaoling leveled a cold sideways glance at his assistant—he had already changed how he addressed the little one.
Truly the world’s best henchman!
Meanwhile, the tot nodded slowly. “Okay. Almost acceptable.”
Either way, the fact that he was his father would never change.
“I want to see Ji Weixi.”
And without a moment’s delay! Even if today was Armageddon or if planet earth explodes!
The tot’s eyes’ sparkled. “Are you going to marry Mommy? Hurry up!”
The wedding…
Truth be told, he thought nothing about it.
But now that it was certain that they have a son, and he now must reconsider.
His eyes narrowed, his expression turning frightening.
He and Weixi engaged in lovemaking and the little one was conceived, only for Shaoling to lose his memories about her.
On the other hand, she must be able to remember.
That foul woman. She actually pretended she did not know him, even hiding his son!
***
After Ji Weixi hung up, she lifted her skirt and dashed wildly out of the hall.
Ji Xiangdong gave chase. “Weixi, where are you going! Don’t go, Daddy misses you!”
She would not go missing like she did four years ago, would she?
However, Zhou Huijie suddenly appeared before him and blocked his way. “Where are you going, dear husband?”
“I… Of course I’m going to…”
“Ji Xiangdong, I won’t show mercy if you take one step further!” Zhou Huijie cut him short coldly.
Ji Xiangdong glared at her angrily. He wanted badly to hit her, but held back once he remembered his company.
Meanwhile, Ji Weixi’s face was pale-white—she sprained her leg as she ran.
It hurts so much it felt like it would drop off.
Her injury from the day before relapsed as well, but she gritted her teeth to bear with it, limping away.
She would not survive if she could not find her son, because he was her spiritual support.
She took out her phone and called Tian Miaomiao again. “Did you find him?”
Tian Miaomiao was bursting in tears. “No… Xixi, it’s my fault, kill me!”
Not wanting to listen to another word of that, Ji Weixi hung up again. Still, even though her tears were welling, she stubbornly kept it from flowing.
She took a deep breath and kept telling herself that her son was fine.
That was when a luxury car abruptly stopped in front of her and blocked her way ahead.
The car door opened, and Li Shaoling alighted.
He was so tall she had to look up to see his face.
For some reason, it was as if the dams crumbled in the instant that she set eyes on him—her tears poured and her grief overflowed.
Li Shao Ling had wanted to accuse her at once, but his heart felt punched when he saw her frail appearance.
Soon, however, a fiery rage rose over his chest when he saw her gown.
It barely covered her chest and did not even have a single strap. She would freeze to death!
Not to mention that everything is out for all to see if she leans over for the slightest bit.
She even put on makeup. It looks nice, but why the red lipstick? Did she not know that it was too alluring?
Wait, why makeup? What was wrong with going without makeup?
Did she put it on for all the other men to gawk at?!
After learning that they had a child, his jealously festered even more self-righteously.
Li Shaoling had the perverse intention to execute and torment her summarily without a care in the world right then.
Chapter 27: The Great Bride Kidnapping, Live
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He quickly caught her arm, growling domineeringly, “Come with me.”
“What are you doing!” Ji Weixi shook him off as if jolted. “You’re getting engaged with Ji Jianing—why are you pulling me around!?”
What did he want with her? Why not just end her swiftly if he hated her that much!
Li Shaoling was left stunned as she bellowed.
The woman must have been a tigress in her previous life!
Meanwhile, Ji Weixi could not repress herself any longer. “Are you done making fun of me?! I know you hate me, so just fire me! You’re so irritating!”
Wow. He actually irritates her.
Li Shaoling gritted his teeth in frustration. “I’m not going to fire you. I’m going to annoy you to death.”
Ji Wei Xi could not say a thing.
That was the first time she was left so irritated by a man.
Lifting her skirt, she turned and tried to leave, only for him to pick her up with a single move and forced into his car.
No way would he allow anyone else to ogle his woman.
“Li Shaoling, put me down!”
Ji Weixi struggled. She struck, bit and even kicked him.
Everyone else looked on dumbly.
That woman must have eaten some serious entrails—that must be why she had the guts to be the first do those things to Li Shaoling.
***
Meanwhile, Ji Jianing had waited fruitlessly for Li Shaoling. Then, when she saw a crowd gathering by the entrance, she squeezed her way through.
Then, she felt as if her world had shattered.
She could see Li Shaoling forcefully carrying Ji Weixi and stuffing her into a car even as she wildly struggled, biting and screaming—although the man himself was unmoved.
That sight felt similar to the Bull Demon King1 committing bride kidnapping.
“Shaoling!”
Ji Jianing ran to them, her face full of disbelief and streaming tears. “What are you doing?”
Why would he be grabbing her sister ever so intimately?
However, Li Shaoling simply leveled her a cold glare and silently got on the car.
Ji Jianing actually took a step back in fright. She had never seen those eyes.
It was extremely cold and utterly devoid of humanity.
On the other hand, Ji Weixi was crying out in sheer frustration after being forced inside the car. “I have to look for my son!”
“Your son is with me.”
Li Shaoling was panting heavily after struggling through her tossing and kicking. She had managed to scratch a gaping hole over his neck, and actually caught his body with one of her kicks.
It hurts very much.
Was she a demon? Why would she hit him so badly?
Nonetheless, she stopped crying almost immediately, although it took her another second to actually react.
“You scumbag of the universe—Li Shaoling!” She screamed. “You actually kidnapped my son!”
He said nothing, merely closing his eyes in rage and rubbed his forehead.
Damn it, he had never been so enraged.
“Tell me then. What are your conditions for letting him go?” Ji Weixi said.
She had already calmed down. It was as if her heart had returned to her chest just by knowing where her son was.
But suddenly, Li Shaoling caught both her hands and shoved her.
“Ji Weixi. Why didn’t you tell me you had a son with me?!”
Ji Weixi was left dumbfounded. “You’re mad. Who would have a son with you?!”
In response, Li Shaoling simply extended a hand, and Jiang Cong handed him the DNA report, which slid down his narrow fingers.
The result indeed showed that they were father and son.
Ji Weixi gaped, staying motionless and breathless while her eyes never left the paper.
She was left confused so elegantly.
“Li Shaoling, you could have settled your score with me with every other way and it would work. Who’d you think you’re fooling with that fake piece of paper?”
Was she not supposed to have a fling with some old fart? How could it be some looker instead?
She could not believe it.
Li Shaoling kept his hand over hers, inching ever closer while exuding a coercing frigidity.
“Do I look I’m lying? Hmm?”
Ji Weixi blushed feebly.
Chapter 28: How Many Grams Is Your Brain?
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“You do.”
But even if that was what she said, Ji Weixi could somehow tell from Li Shaoling’s temperament that he would not resort to such underhanded methods.
Could it be that he really was the one four years ago?
No way. Such a coincidence should not be possible.
On the other end, Li Shaoling was having an impulse to force a kiss on her.
Why was she so unmanageable?
Could she be a wild horse? It was a pity then, that he did not have grass plains back home.
Either way… this vixen would bite off his lips if he did try to kiss her.
“Still keeping up the act, then.” Li Shaoling smiled coldly. “You knew me all along and pretended you didn’t, while raising my son quietly. What are you planning?”
“I know you? You’re delusional!” Ji Weixi rolled her eyes at him and struggled. “Let me go!”
It was an embarrassing position, please.
They were very close. His warmth scorched her.
“If you don’t know me, how did you come by my seed?”
Ji Weixi choked and stayed silent for what felt like half a day, before muttering, “I gave birth to him all by myself!”
Li Shao Ling sneered. “You can give birth without a man?”
Did she think that flowers could be grown without soil either?
Why was she so… impressive?
Meanwhile, Ji Weixi’s face was a flushed crimson.
How could the great president not be aware of his surroundings?
There was another person in the damned car!
Jiang Cong cleared his throat. “I’m actually deaf.”
Was he taking her for an idiot?
“Speak!” Li Shaoling urged her, impatient for the truth.
Almost driven out of her mind, Ji Weixi simply doubled down. “What can I say! I don’t even know who the father is, and you think I would know who I… uh, bedded?”
It was cold. The aura of killing intent surrounding Li Shaoling shrouded her.
Like a crazed beast, his eyes were going red while the veins on his hand grasping hers bulged.
“You have a messed up private life.”
She could hear the distinct gnashing of his teeth.
But what on earth was he thinking?
Did he take her for some common whore, sleeping around to the point that she would not know who the father was?
O great president, how many grams is your brain?
And you should keep those things at a minimum. It is bad for the kidneys.
“To be clear, I was set up by someone… and…” Ji Weixi muttered, blushing in complete embarrassment. “I was drugged. I heard that I did it with an old man.”
She could die, really. The shameless things she was saying!
“I’m an old man?” Li Shaoling exclaimed with a stony face.
Please. He is fresh meat and less than thirty years old.
Ji Weixi simply stared at his outrageously handsome face for a while before turning away. “Who knew that it was you.”
Still… was it really?
She was in disbelief, or she perhaps just could not digest that she was so lucky to sleep with such a looker.
Not to mention that her son resembling him so much!
On the other hand, Li Shaoling burst out in rage. “What? Did you expect someone else?”
His deep-reaching gaze enraptured her like swirls that were about to pull her inside.
Ji Weixi had always been obstinate and kept people at arm’s reach, but tend to be a little weaker when it came to men.
Especially with a heartthrob like him.
She bit her lip, and yelled, “Just let go!”
Her wrists were red.
Li Shaoling grunted coldly and freed her.
He could now be sure that they had intimate relations four years ago.
‘That being said’, Li Shaoling thought as he narrowed his eyes dangerously, ‘was he her first?’
He had no memory and she was certainly not telling, and he once again was caught in that accursed mysterious envy.
Meanwhile, Ji Wei Xi realized that something was not right either. “Li Shaoling, you actually have the thick skin to ask me all that… don’t you know who you bedded?”
Was he blind or something?!
However, he replied boldly, “I got in a car accident and lost my memory.”
Ji Weixi could not say a thing.
‘You win!’
Chapter 29: I Gained Weight Through Skill
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The car slowly drove inside the Shallow Mountain Villa.
The residential area was secluded—Li Shaoling liked it quiet.
The car doors opened, but the moment Ji Weixi’s foot touch ground it throbbed, causing her to lose her balance and fall.
With great reflexes, Li Shaoling caught her waist.
It was very slender.
And very soft.
However, Ji Weixi quickly shoved him off as if jolted.
That blasted thug! He was assuming he could touch her all over just because he had the looks!
“Mommy!”
Ji Jiayu dashed out from the villa; his arms were spread for a hug.
However, Ji Weixi looked as if she could kill.
“Ji. Jia. Yu!” She seethed.
She went through all that trouble looking for him, and yet here he was, even smiling so cheerfully?
The tot hurriedly paused and took a few steps back panickily, grinning guiltily. “Hehe… Mommy…”
“You’re brave enough to run away from home now, right?” Ji Weixi closed in on him by every limping step. “Don’t you know how I suffered? Are you sick of being alive, Ji Jiayu?! Huh?”
“Mommy…” The boy puckered his lips tearfully. “I was wrong, but I just want Daddy…”
“For what? Did I leave you hungry? Did I abuse you? That’s why you have to find your daddy?”
“Sob—” The little one cried, rubbing his eyes.
Ji Weixi, however, scolded him loudly. “Yeah, keep pretending!”
Putting up a sad face whenever she scolded him… What remarkable acting skills at your young age, young man.
‘Oops. Mommy knows.’
Knowing his dear mother’s temper, the tot quickly grabbed Li Shaoling’s thigh, his face pleading for protection. “Daddy, Mommy’s bullying me.”
Being called ‘daddy’ softened Li Shaoling’s considerably. He arched his back and stroked his head, while leveling a cold glare at Ji Weixi. “I forbid you from scolding him.”
She scoffed. “What does that have to do with you?”
“He is my son too.”
She could say nothing to that, and watched as the two resembling faces—one adult and one child—looked at her with the same eyes.
Ji Weixi almost vomited blood.
Damn it. Father and son were now joining forces to overthrow her?
And so what if Li Shaoling was his biological father? She was his dear mother who had raised him for four years!
She was the first person he saw when he was born!
“Ji Jiayu, come here!” Ji Weixi ordered coldly.
Still making silly faces at her just a moment ago, the tot quickly changed into an aggrieved look, shaking his head. “Daddy, I’m scared. Give me a hug, Mommy’s being scary.”
Li Shaoling certainly could not withstand that endearing little demon and hence picked him up. “Is she always like this?” He asked coldly.
“Uh-huh!” The little one nodded, his little hands wrapping around his neck.
‘Hehe. Daddy is warmer than Mommy.’
Ji Weixi was left even more enraged. “Ji Jiayu, you heartless wolf! Who was it who rose early and slept late to nurse you! So, you don’t want me after getting your daddy? Fine, stay here. I’m leaving, and don’t think you’ll see me again for the rest of your life!”
A woman of her word, she limped away without losing her dignity.
Rising early, sleeping late… And nursing?
As the image of the brat suckling Ji Weixi popped into his mind, Li Shaoling lost his mind.
That rascal had monopolized his woman for four years.
Unforgivable!
He at once dumped the little one at Jiang Cong as if he was trash.
Jiang Cong was left bewildered; his arm was almost snapping off.
“Young Master… why are you so heavy?”
“I gained weight through skill. Mind your own business.”
Jiang Cong was left speechless.
The boy was definitely his boss’s. No one else had that arrogant tone that so sorely needs a beating.
Chapter 30: I’m Interested In You
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With a few swift steps, Li Shaoling moved and caught Ji Weixi by the wrist, pulling her to himself.
Caught off guard, she lost her balance and spun a few circles without control.
The skirt of her gown flowed with the wind, drawing an exquisite arc in the air and pulling the pair together intimately.
He handily picked her up as well, keeping Ji Weixi tightly against his broad, powerful chest, catching her in a dazzled moment.
Sunlight was washing over his hair and flickering in halation. The face reflected beneath revealed many lines and shapes, but thought there was not much in way of expression in his features, it was a lethal sense of beauty.
Jiang Cong watched blankly in a corner.
He still remembered that one occasion when Ji Jianing deliberately ‘fell’, slipping conveniently into Li Shaoling’s arms and crying in pain.
Li Shaoling, however, spurned her and very much pushed her away, his body language screaming that he was ready to live his entire life in solitude.
Now, it was clear the woman in question mattered when it came to who was allowed in his embrace.
“Let me down!”
Ji Weixi struggled—she was not crippled after all.
Li Shaoling cast her a sweeping glance and taunted, “Your foot’s swollen like a pig’s. Are you even able to walk?”
Ji Weixi fumed.
Her leg was like a pig’s?! His entire family consisted of pigs!
Meanwhile, Li Shaoling simply watched her brilliant reaction before calmly saying, “Don’t hold back if you want to start ranting.”
Ji Weixi played dumb. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Was this man a mind-reader?
***
Li Shaoling’s place was a three-floored European-styled villa.
It had a majestic hall and was covered with elegant golden wallpaper, with famous paintings hung all over the wall.
The couch was made of genuine leather, there was a goatskin rug was handmade and imported from Italy, and even the teapots were embedded with diamonds.
Really, was he some sort of parvenu?
Every inch was screaming money.
That was when Ji Wei was placed on the couch. Then, Li Shaoling lifted her foot, raising her skirt in the process.
“What are you doing!”
Startled, Ji Weixi almost landed a kick on his face and quickly tucked her skirt down, afraid of exposing herself.
Li Shaoling simply watched coldly and said nothing, lifting her pig-sized foot again.
“How did you get injured?” His blade-sharp brows frowned into a single line.
“How, indeed?” She shot back, irritated.
He actually had the gall to ask her. Would she be so hurt if not for his antics yesterday?
She shrank away when his ice-cold fingertips touch her swollen ankles.
“Don’t move.” He growled.
She felt a bloating pain at first, but at his touch, the pain mysteriously vanished as if it was magic.
Li Shaoling then deftly sprayed some ointment over her pig foot.
Nonetheless, as he knelt with one foot and held her leg as if it was treasure, one could tell their respective future standings in the family.
As Ji Weixi sat on the couch with her long feet outstretched, folding her arms across her chest with a cold look on her face, she looked exactly like a queen.
“Mommy, does it hurt? I’ll help you.”
Seizing the moment to contribute, Ji Jiayu blew on her foot to cool the swell and grinned. “Am I a good boy?”
As Ji Weixi smiled coldly but said nothing, the tot pouted and dived into her arms, rubbing her chest with his small head. “Mommy, I won’t do that ever again,” he said cutely. “Forgive me… and I have Daddy now, so no one will call me a bastard anymore.”
Ji Weixi felt a stabbing hurt in her heart then. She held the boy tightly as her nose became runny. “No more next time!”
“Mommy’s the best!”
The little one happily gave her a peck on her cheek.
Meanwhile, Li Shaoling could only feel a rising coldness inside himself as he watched, his rage burning like a bushfire even as he glared at those fat little hands placed on Ji Weixi’s breasts.
“Jiang Cong, take Young Master to bed upstairs.”
The tot blinked blankly. “Daddy, I’m not sleepy.”
Li Shaoling simply sat opposite mother and son slowly. “You are. You should sleep.”
It would not do otherwise. What, is he to keep watching his son touch his woman?
Ji Weixi felt unsettled as she watched his darkened face. “Li Shaoling. You’re not taking him away, are you?”
Taking her son upstairs might be a ploy to spirit him away, separating them for the rest of their lives.
“I’m not interested in the child.”
What was even nice about sons? Daughters are better—they were simply more endearing and adorable.
“Then who are you interested in?” Ji Weixi asked before she could stop herself.
Li Shaoling fixed his own eyes upon hers for several heartbeats with a serious face.
“You.”