Chapter 31: You Must Take Responsibility For Me
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“Cough—”
Ji Weixi almost choked on her own spit.
Today was not April’s Fools, was it? Did his brain go haywire?
“Woah, Daddy, do your best! Make me a sister to play with!” Ji Jiayu was applauding with sparkling eyes. “After four years apart, you two should have some Netflix and chill in the bedroom!”
Ji Weixi was at once angry and bashful. “Where did you learn that?”
How did he get to know all those things at his age?!
Netflix and chill…
Did he even understand what he’s saying!
“Hmmm…” The tot’s eyes then shifted intelligently as he turned to Li Shaoling. “Daddy, do your best! Give me a sister!”
“Okay.” Li Shaoling agreed.
He had actually said yes!
Ji Weixi’s cheeks were burning. “Ji Jiayu!”
“Hmm… so sleepy…” The little one quickly yawned and tugged Jiang Cong. “Take me to bed, hurry up.”
Then, before he left, he gave Li Shaoling two thumbs-up. “Give it your all, Daddy! My sister depends on you! Break a leg!”
“Okay.” Li Shaoling agreed again.
After Jiang Cong took the child upstairs, only the two of them were left in the vast living room.
Li Shaoling then moved to sit right beside Ji Weixi, who shifted away without a word.
That did not deter him, and he simply moved closer to her again.
That process repeated. Ji Weixi kept her eyes on the floor as she shifted, but was finally seized by Li Shaoling and pulled into his embrace.
“You…” Her eyes jerked up, only to be caught in those deep, dark eyes of his.
“Let’s talk.” Li Shaoling’s voice was low and melodious. No one could refuse those words.
Her rage calmed mysteriously too.
“Give up if you’re going to talk custody.”
“It’s not about that.”
“What, then?”
Ji Weixi had always been impatient, and she was almost driven crazy with Li Shaoling, who could go half a day without saying a word.
‘Boss, please say what you have to say. Don’t be like that.’
“We’ll talk about…” Even as he spoke, Li Shaoling was inching closer to her, his hands placed on each of her flanks in declaration of possession.
Those eyes of his were fathomless.
“About you and I, and that moment four years ago.”
Ji Weixi felt her breath getting caught. As she gazed at the handsome face inches away, her memories promptly flashed back to four years ago.
She remembered nothing of that indulgence and euphoria, although she would occasionally dream moments of it—but it would be so vivid she could not differentiate dream or reality.
That being said, certain things were especially distinct, such as the man’s unique hormonic scent, his splattering sweat, and his thick, intoxicating heavy breaths…
Ji Weixi’s cheeks started to boil, but she turned away and said nothing. “Nothing worth talking about. We’re all adults.”
However, that sounded to him like she did not care at all about their affair, that he did not have to take charge for it.
He lifted her chin. His very breath was becoming chilly as a storm stirred over his face.
“Ji Weixi. No matter how confused you are before, you are mine now and a mother at that. Know your place.”
“Hah!”
Finding his assertion insulting, Ji Weixi shot back at once. “You’re no better if you jump into bed with a woman like me, then. You’re a dad now, repent!”
And if you do, would you need a confession booth with that too?
Li Shaoling’s eyes turned crimson at those words. “We already did it. How could I repent?”
The sinister look on his face was exuding an inviolable possessiveness, as if he would skin and disembowel anything that so much as touched his possession.
“… What?” Ji Weixi could not understand.
Li Shaoling suddenly pressed her into his embrace. His eyes would not have flinched in a storm and ever serious as he spoke, each word carrying enormous weight.
“You must take responsibility for me.”
Chapter 32: Be Nice, I Will Take Responsibility For You
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…What the heck!!!
Who could have freed an ancient monster like him!
He definitely would be the first man to be acknowledged as abnormal across the universe!
Absolutely one of a kind, without anyone coming close in the past or in the future.
The most definitive scumbag there is.
“Li Shaoling, care to repeat that?” Ji Weixi’s eyes were bulging, hoping for a brief moment that she had been deaf.
Li Shaoling’s eyes narrowed. “What? Are you going to avoid your responsibility? Hmm?”
She was left at a loss as he pressed her, and almost actually believed that she was scum as well.
Just look at how he was behaving.
It was as if she had lost her memory too, and that what happened four years ago went like this: Ji Wei Xi woke up invigorated, while Li Shaoling, covered in sheets was biting on it tearfully and sobbing something like, ‘Sobs, you have to take responsibility for me now…’
A complicated scene that stung the eyes.
“Li Shaoling, you’re sick. You need a brain doctor!”
His lips curled into a cold smile. “Irresponsible woman.”
Ji Weixi could not say a thing even as her heart throbbed violently.
“Who is trying to take advantage of who here?”
Li Shaoling’s black pupils were fixed on him and he remained quite composed. “You are.”
‘Screw your whole family, even your grandmother twice removed!’
With her stubborn temper, Ji Weixi would definitely protest.
“Li Shaoling, on what grounds should I take charge for you?”
However, his face was clearly saying that he did not care, and that she must assume responsibility one way or another.
He was devilishly persistent.
“…”
Ji Weixi was annoyed to death.
The end.
***
The woman’s cheeks were a faint crimson in irritation. Her lips were slightly apart, and her chest rising and falling rapidly.
She looked just like a bristling kitten about to claw someone painfully.
Li Shaoling’s thin lips curled as amusement appeared in his eyes. It was so entertaining teasing her like that.
He placed a hand over her hair. “Being angry is bad for the body.”
His gesture was no different from an old father consoling his daughter.
Ho ho ho, the culprit should talk!
Ji Weixi vexedly slapped his hand off. “Don’t touch me!”
Li Shaoling simply smiled evilly. “But I already did.”
“!!!”
Ji Weixi finally realized that she was being toyed.
“Die, Li Shaoling!”
She lunged at him, prepared to strangle him.
He watched as she dove towards him, handily catching her and turned.
“Let me go! Scumbag!”
Ji Weixi struggled as hard as she could but he was unmoved.
How irritating.
And he was so heavy—she could barely catch her breath, and it felt like a huge boulder was above her chest.
“How am I scum?” Li Shaoling’s sharp brows knitted, unhappy with that label.
“You are if I say so!”
Li Shaoling smiled. “Are you unhappy about four years ago? Be nice, and I will take responsibility.”
That alluring, deceptive look… damn it, it was just too charming.
“Who needs you to do that?” Ji Weixi turned away, a little embarrassed.
Chapter 33: Wedding Cancelled
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Ji Weixi was simply beautiful.
Snow-white skin, a face reminiscent of peach flowers and poppies that no one could resist from taking a bite out of, and be enraptured forevermore.
Li Shaoling had never been interested in women. He had initially been troubled about the intimate moment four years ago, but he was sure of it now.
That she possessed the witchcraft to draw fierce loving from men.
Nevertheless, his eyes cooled.
Was he her first or not?!
Envy quietly arose over his chest again.
Suddenly, he pulled back and rose to his feet, just as his mobile phone incidentally rang.
He glanced at the incoming caller, while fractions of annoyance appeared over his brow.
“Hello.”
“Alright.”
After two curt words, Li Shaoling quickly hung up. Throwing the woman who was still utterly irritated a disapproving look, he said, “I’m going out for a bit. Don’t leave.”
Ji Weixi snorted, but his gaze pierced her as if able to see through everything, just as she was about to speak. “Don’t even think of taking your son and running. River Town is my domain.”
In other words, she would never escape from him.
However, Ji Weixi was the type of person who was uninhibited and free.
The more she was bound, the more she would struggle.
Meanwhile, Li Shaoling watched as her little face became excited before adding, “Even if you flee River Town, I would shoot down your plane.”
Ji Weixi was speechless.
Wait, why was she frightened for no reason?
***
It had been an engagement ceremony that caught the attention of millions, only to end up having the bridegroom-to-be suddenly kidnapping another woman and going missing.
Reporters from local channels were broadcasting live outside the Ji Residence’s gates, with groups of onlookers joining the crowd as well.
Then, a sapphire Bugatti Veyron slowly stopped outside the gates.
The door opened. Li Shaoling’s long legs strode out.
Everyone’s eyes sparkled—the main character had arrived.
“President Li, a word?” Every reported stuffed their mics at his direction.
Li Shaoling did not even glance sideways, and simply strode forward despite the flanking crowd.
Meanwhile, everything inside the Ji Residence was essentially upended and an utter mess.
Ji Jianing had grabbed a vase and was about to fling it on the floor, all while cursing, “Ji Weixi, you b*tch! Stealing my man on my engagement party… He is mine… Mine!”
“No, Jianing, stop! Put it down!”
Zhou Huijie and Ji Xiangdong were nervous wrecks. Their heads were dripping with sweat, fearful that their daughter would hurt herself.
The words only reached deaf ears. It was smashed into a million pieces, its shards darting in every direction—including the leather shoes of the man who had just arrived.
At that moment, Ji Jianing felt chill. She turned to find a pair of hawkish eyes.
Caught off guard, she could not withdraw her untoward emotion in time.
“Shaoling…”
Her tears began to fall, and she once again assumed the sympathizing appearance of a white lotus, lifting her skirt and dashing into his arms.
“Shaoling… Shaoling… you’re finally here! I knew you wouldn’t leave me, right?”
She looked up at the man’s cold face which loses no charm, her eyes utterly captivated.
He was so hopelessly handsome.
She would never let Ji Weixi take him away!
Li Shaoling simply watched her tearful and lovesick face with rising indignation.
He was especially upset with the pungent perfume from her body.
Ji Weixi’s faint sweetness was better.
Hence, he shoved her off and walked to Zhou Huijie and Ji Xiangdong and declared coldly, “I’m canceling the wedding.”
Chapter 34: We Shall Not Meet Again
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“What?!”
The trio present were left stunned, with Ji Jianing gaping in utter disbelief.
When the Ji family and the Li family had announced the marriage, Zhou Huijie had bragged to many other rich wives that she would be the mother-in-law of the Li family’s head, and a big shot in River Town.
But with that almighty slap of having the wedding canceled on the day of engagement… where would she show her face from now on?
“Shaoling, that’s probably not ideal… How would you explain canceling the wedding to Old Madam?” Zhou Huijie asked sheepishly, while discreetly nudging Ji Xiangdong in the ribs.
“That’s right,” Ji Xiangdong parroted. “Shaoling, Old Madam would never agree to it.”
“I’ll talk to Grandmother.” Li Shaoling replied, pausing for heartbeats before looking down coolly at Ji Jianing. “We shall not meet again.”
With those words, he turned and left without stopping, a haste in his pace.
There were two large people: one large and one small waiting for him back home.
“Shaoling!”
Ji Jianing rushed in front of him and blocked his path, still holding a trace of hope. “Are… are you really not marrying me?”
“Or, what?”
“Please, no! Shaoling!”
Ji Jianing lunged into his arms again, her tears flowing freely as she begged. “No, Shaoling, don’t cancel the wedding! You can’t do this to me, you promised Granny and me that you would marry me!”
Li Shaoling sharp brows lifted in irritation and loathing.
“Let go!”
“No! I’ll only let go if you marry me!”
Ji Jianing had both her arms tightly wrapped around Li Shaoling’s waist, her upper body latched tightly to his body brazenly.
Before, Li Shaoling neither liked nor hated her. In the end, his planned engagement was only in accordance to his grandmother’s wishes, and as such he never tried to understand her, and was reluctant to have anything to do with her.
Today, he truly felt that the woman was an annoyance!
He hence gripping her upper arms with both of his bony hands forcefully to the point that they turned white. When Ji Jianing flinched from the pain, he shoved her aside.
Ji Jianing’s sprained her heel then and fell raggedly on the floor, while a red line was cut out over her arm by a pebble.
“Jianing, are you alright?!” Zhou Huijie and Ji Xiangdong rushed toward her, saddened by the sight.
Nonetheless, hatred was welling in Ji Jianing’s eyes. With her fingers all digging into the ground, she screamed at that tall, departing shadow.
“You are canceling the wedding because of Ji Weixi, aren’t you!”
And as she expected, Li Shaoling paused.
However, he did not turn as he waited for her next words.
Pushing away Zhou Huijie as she tried to help her up, Ji Jianing simply glared at him, her deadly gaze seemingly boring a hole into his head. “Shaoling, I’m telling Granny if you leave!”
He was the most obedient grandchild after all. She only had to complain to the Old Madam, and he would have no choice but to marry her!
As for Ji Weixi, she would have her learn what terrible consequences waited for anyone who touched her man!
Nonetheless…
“Heh.”
Li Shaoling chuckled. As he glanced at her sideways beneath the bright sun, there was only indifference in his face. “Go ahead.”
As if struck by lightning, Ji Jianing was left watching as Li Shaoling left, her tears still flowing freely.
“Jianing…”
Having never expected such a turn of events, Zhou Huijie felt heartbroken to see her daughter’s wretched state, and tried to help her up.
“Don’t touch me!” Ji Jianing screamed, her face ferocious and devoid of all pretenses before. “Ji Weixi… Ji Weixi! You b*tch! I will kill you!”
Why did her man have to be taken away on the day of her engagement ceremony?!
Chapter 35: Who Is the Idiot Here?
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Back in the Shallow Mountain Villa, Ji Weixi had gone upstairs to check on her son.
Her eyelids grew heavier and she soon fell asleep as she watched the smaller version of Li Shaoling.
As such, Jiang Cong was the only one who greeted Li Shaoling when he returned.
“Welcome back, Boss.”
When Li Shaoling could not find Ji Weixi after looking around, his brow lifted. “Where’s Ji Weixi?”
That woman needed a spanking. Did he not tell her to stay put?!
“Miss Ji is upstairs with Young Master.” Jiang Cong said.
Li Shaoling’s brow relaxed.
He sighed inwardly; he was overthinking it.
***
The scene in the bedroom was heartwarming.
The curtains had blocked out all sunlight, leaving the room in darkness.
On the large bed within, the brat was sleeping soundly while salivating with his tummy exposed. It was rather uncouth, not to mention that he was chortling in his sweet dreamland.
Ji Weixi was curled up right beside the boy with both hands clenched, and looked just like a baby.
Her alabaster skin was white and delicate. Her curled eyelashes threw a faint shadow over her eyes while her small luscious lips were slightly open. As her chest gently rose and fell, she appeared utterly lovable and inviting.
As Li Shaoling stared at his powdery lips, he felt a dryness in his mouth for some reason.
“Boss…” Jiang Cong called softly and broke the silence.
Li Shaoling stared daggers at him, and he quickly shut up and closed the door.
Well, that was how it is: a slave-wife with no hope of escape.
With the distraction gone, Li Shaoling sat beside the bed and simply watched quietly.
That was the first time he gazed upon a woman for so long. In fact, his body was starting to feel sore but he was afraid to move or make a sound and startle them.
Meanwhile, in Ji Weixi’s dream, the main character was… Li Shaoling?
He had somehow turned into a dish, begging wretchedly for mercy.
But why would she spare him so easily? Without a word, she threw him entirely into a hot pot, and laughed in great delight at the sounds of his miserable screams!
Li Shaoling felt a mysterious chill inside himself as he listened to Ji Weixi’s freakish giggle.
Who could she be dreaming of?
Back in the dream, Ji Weixi pinched the now hard-boiled Li Shaoling with her chopsticks.
“Li Shaoling, you’re dead meat!” She cried.
But just as the food almost reached her mouth, a sudden chill woke her up.
Slightly upset, she opened her eyes, rubbed off the spit beside her lips, and looked up to find another pair of dark, cold eyes.
Startled, she rolled off the bed and fell with a thud.
“Ouch…” Ji Weixi held her leg, her eyes welling with tears.
Li Shaoling was folding his arms and looking down at her in disdain and a stony face.
There was a stunning grudge in his eyes.
“Are you crazy? You startled me!”
Ji Weixi limped to her feet, but Li Shaoling simply caught her, and she fell on her thighs.
“Let go!” She was at once angry and embarrassed, but kept her voice down in fear of waking her son.
Li Shaoling ignored her, and lifted her chin with two fingers. “I’m dead meat?” He said coldly. “You’re a bold one, Ji Weixi!”
He actually heard that. It seems that even in her dreams, she was not safe.
Ji Weixi blinked. “It’s just a dream, President Li. Don’t take it so seriously.”
Even so, he was doing exactly that, and actually forcing her to look at him. “What’s your dream about?”
“…”
Ji Weixi’s eyes swiveled as she racked her brings. “Uh… it’s about… Actually, it wasn’t me talking in the dream, but someone else.”
Li Shaoling simply gave her a look that says ‘Who is the idiot here?’.
Chapter 36: Giving You A Sister
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“Umm…”
Ji Jiayu rubbed his eyes, stretched his little limbs and smacked his lips.
He blinked drowsily a few times to find his parents tangled.
“Wow! Mommy, Daddy… so you are really making me a little sister!” The tot sprung up like a carp, his dark obsidian eyes sparkling.
Ji Weixi felt as if she was in the nude in public and blushed crimson at once. She quickly tried to shrug free from Li Shaoling, only for him to calmly keeping her down.
“Do you really want a little sister?” He asked Jiayu, smiling.
“Yes!” The tot nodded fervently. “I want a sister!”
“Okay. I promise I’ll have your mommy give you a sister.”
“Oh, yeah!” The little one applauded. “I have a little sister to play with!”
‘…play with?’
This man has no idea what he was talking about! How many bases were they skipping just days after they had met?
Ji Weixi felt her cheeks burning. “Who would agree to that?!” She snarled. “You’re mad, Li Shaoling!”
At the same time, she was conscious of his exceedingly warm body, and could feel as if her bottom was igniting…
Li Shaoling held back a smile. “You’re a mother. You shouldn’t break promises.”
Ji Weixi went mad. “And who made that promise?! I never said a thing!”
In response, Li Shaoling shot the little one a glance, and the boy immediately burst into tears. “Boo-hoo… I want a sister! I need a sister!”
“Ji Jiayu, you stop that at once!” Ji Weixi chastised coldly as she slowly stood up. “No means no! It’s not up to you!”
As he covering his eyes with both hands, the little one sneaked a look through his fingers at Li Shaoling and started to roll around the bed. “Boo-hoo… Mommy doesn’t love me anymore! I just found Daddy, and Mommy is giving up on me already! I don’t want to live anymore, my life is hopeless… boo-hoo…”
Ji Wei Xi rubbed her temples, at once annoyed and at a loss—and that was when Li Shaoling quietly said, “Your poor son… You are really a cruel one.”
She was left speechless.
Who was the cruel one here?!
Meanwhile, the tot was still throwing a fit, flailing around and really touching a nerve.
“Fine, I’ll give you a sister!” Ji Weixi seethed!
The tot stopped crying at once and stood up.
His little face was completely clean—there were no tears at all.
“Really?!”
Ji Weixi nodded impassively. “Yes, really. Would I lie to you?”
“When is my sister coming then?”
Breathing a deliberately long sigh, Ji Weixi arched her back and told him sincerely and meaningfully, “Baby, it’s a long process that takes a long, long time. You have to wait patiently, but Mommy has promised you, so it’s definitely happening. You have to promise me that you would stop throwing a fit, understood?”
The little one bought her words, quickly nodding and even giving her a little salute. “I promise I won’t disturb Daddy and Mommy making a sister!”
Ji Weixi said nothing. She simply tidied his clothes and prepared to get downstairs.
Jiayu ran ahead of her then and stretched out two little hands. “Mommy, carry me.”
The little fellow’s words were ever mellow and endearing.
Her heart softening, she gathered him into her arms and aimed a smug smile at Li Shaoling.
Hmph! In the end, she was still the dearest person to her son!
Unexpectedly, Jiayu suddenly said, “I heard that Daddy would get tired when making me a sister. Mommy, you’ll carry me from now on… Daddy mustn’t get tired from now on, he has to rest.”
Ji Weixi’s face darkened.
‘Dear son, your mother is still limping. And you don’t give a damn!’
On the other hand, Li Shaoling pursed his lips for a while before smiling faintly, his brow arching in glee.
She suddenly had the impulse to send the child to some welfare center.
The brat was no different from a freebie from registering her prepaid plan four years ago!
Chapter 37: President Li Is Really Thick-Skinned
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When he saw that Ji Weixi struggled with her limp, Li Shaoling picked her up with a single swish, with Ji Jiayu still in her arms.
The man was strong and had an awe-inspiring chest. Blushing a little, she averted her gaze.
On another note, she almost forgot entirely about Tian Miaomiao if she did not call her.
“Xixi, I can’t find Jiajia anywhere…” Tian Miao Miao’s voice was hoarse from crying. “I’ll go kill myself.”
“Miaomiao…” Ji Weixi felt a little embarrassed. “Don’t worry, I found him.”
“Really!?” Tian Miaomiao could be heard slapping her chest in relief from the other end. “Wonderful, wonderful… When are you guys coming back! I miss him so much… I won’t survive if he really went missing!”
Ji Weixi smiled then. “Be at ease. Have a meal and watch your dramas—I’m bringing him back now.”
When she hung up, the tot appeared rather unhappy. “Mommy, are we really going home?”
He would not be able to see daddy if they did.
In return, Ji Weixi tapped the tip of his little nose. “Of course we’re going home.”
‘Or what, are we supposed to stay here?’
“Okay…” The little one’s eyes darkened as he pouted.
Meanwhile, Li Shaoling kept his eyes on Ji Weixi for a few moments.
“Jiang Cong,” he then said, “take them home.”
The other three were certainly surprised by his reaction.
‘You’re not having them stay, boss?!’ Jiang Cong thought. ‘This isn’t how it’s supposed to go…’
‘Hmph!’ The little one thought. ‘Bad daddy! I don’t love you anymore.’
‘He is finally thinking straight now?‘ Ji Weixi thought.
When Ji Weixi and the tot got on, Jiang Cong had already started the ignition.
However, just as she was still thinking that she was finally freed from Li Shaoling, a warm breeze suddenly streamed inside as the door opened.
Li Shaoling calmly entered and sat beside her.
“…Why are you in here?” Ji Weixi asked.
“It’s my car.” He replied.
“Please don’t tell me you’re following me home.”
Li Shaoling’s face was impassive. “What do you care?”
“…”
She must have trampled over his grave in her last life that he was seeking vengeance in this life—by annoying her to death.
On the other hand, the little one was bursting with joy. Climbing up to his lap in moments, he looked up at him happily. “Daddy, you’re here!”
Li Shaoling tousled his dark hair, a rare mildness beneath his eyes.
***
Back home, Tian Miaomiao was spread over the living room sofa. Her hair was tied in a messy bun, with her legs spread apart in an unrefined manner while watching a drama.
“Welcome back, Xixi, Jiajia,” she said lazily when she heard the door open.
No one replied, although there was a rush of coolness.
Tian Miaomiao sat up. There was a ray of sun filling in, and she shielded her eyes by reflex… to find a stony-faced Li Shaoling in his black tailored suit.
His collar was wide open, just as his imposing coldness and aristocratic appearance added to his indescribable handsomeness.
Truly, his face would captivate even straight men!
“What—the—hell!”
Startled, Tian Miaomiao leaped to her feet, her bulging eyes almost dropping out of their sockets.
“You—you’re Li Shaoling!”
However, the man ignored her and instead glared coldly at Ji Weixi. “Why is there a man in your house?!”
Everyone else was left speechless.
Tian Miaomiao’s hair was very short and her appearance rather masculine. Moreover, her voice was rather gruff, her chest flat and she was dressed in unisex clothing, leaving her gender a little ambiguous.
“She’s Miaomiao,” the little one quickly explained. “Mommy’s assistant and a woman!”
Li Shaoling scanned her thoroughly; his face slowly calmed.
“Jiajia, I miss you so much!” Tian Miaomiao lunged at the boy and gave his little rump a few slaps. “You brat, do you know how long I’ve been looking for you?! Don’t run off anymore!”
The tot giggled.
However, Li Shaoling’s face darkened as he watched Tian Miaomiao.
“Why are you hitting him?” He growled coldly.
Chapter 38: Poor President Li
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Tian Miaomiao froze, thinking that the godly man had quite the poor temper despite his mesmerizing looks.
And what did her hitting the little one had to do with him?
“I… I’m just teaching him a lesson… He sneaked out by himself, and what should we do if something happens…” Tian Miaomiao said fearfully, afraid to look Li Shaoling in the eye.
Li Shaoling considered it. “Right. He deserves it.”
The little one snorted. “Daddy, you don’t love me anymore.”
‘Da-Daddy!?’
Clutching her own chest, Tian Miaomiao took a few steps back, glancing at the tot’s face and then at Li Shaoling’s. She realized what had happened at once, and went pale as if she had seen a ghost—but as she turned to Ji Weixi, her eyes were clearly accusing her ‘why-didn’t-you-tell-me-you-bagged-a-god!’
Ji Weixi simply cleared her throat. “Li Shaoling. Shouldn’t you be going back?”
He did bring her home, but it was time for him to go. Her little temple was inadequate for a superior deity such as him.
Li Shaoling appeared unhappy. “Did I say I’m leaving?”
Why is chasing him off all she could think about? Was he that annoying?
However, just as Ji Weixi was about to retort, the tot promptly leaped into Li Shaoling’s arms tearfully. “Mommy, don’t be so cruel,” he said distressingly between sniffs, “Daddy just came back to us, we should stay together… poor, poor Daddy, he waited us for four long years… it must have been so hard for him… boo-hoo…”
Ji Weixi was speechless.
It sounded as if Li Shaoling was leading an utterly miserable life! It was just like a scene that only lacked sad violin noises!
She wanted to scream her heart out badly—Li Shaoling didn’t even know her!
He was probably living the good life even without her. In fact, he was definitely the type who kept harems, swapping one girl for another every single day.
However, Tian Miaomiao joined in as well. “That’s right, Xixi. President Li’s already here, and after so long apart, you should… hehe…”
She made a gesture for copulating.
Ji Weixi felt alone and helpless. Why was everyone standing on Li Shaoling’s side?
She was convinced that he must have bought them off beforehand.
That being said, it was not as if she was irritated with him—she just could not digest such a relationship at once.
In the beginning he was her so-called future brother-in-law, and then he turned out to be her top superior, and now he was also her son’s father.
She should be allowed time to let that sink in, not to mention that after four years of living overseas had kept her perpetually on her toes—there was simply no way that she would trust that man so easily.
“Daddy, come see my bedroom!” The little one was prancing and tugging at Li Shaoling, leading him to a bedroom.
It was neither too large or too small, while everything from the bedsheets, dolls, and curtains appeared white and soft.
Just like a boudoir.
Growing up surrounded by such effeminate elements, would he not become a Nancy-boy when he grows up?
Li Shaoling frowned in disdain. “You sleep here?”
The little one shook his head. “Yes. Mommy sleeps with me.”
“What about that bedroom?” Li Shaoling pointed at the next room.
“That’s Miamiao’s.”
“You sleep with Mommy every night?”
The tot nodded, leaped into bed and rolled around. “That’s right,” he said with that endearing tone of his. “Mommy hugs me when we sleep. She is super-duper soft and warm.”
Super-duper… soft.
Li Shaoling’s eyes narrowed, feeling upset as if her woman was being monopolized by a rival in love.
Suddenly, the corner of his eye caught a plastic bag and a familiar thing inside it by the wall.
He picked up, his face turning cold instantly.
Those were his pants.
She had yet to wash it, and there was now a dyed watermark over it, making it look as if it was peed in.
Noticing the look on his face, Ji Weixi quickly snatched it away and stuffed it into a washing machine. “I’ll wash it right away.”
Her survival instincts were strong after all.
“Handwash.” Li Shaoling insisted.
“Alright.” Ji Weixi smiled through gritted teeth
Chapter 39: He Likes You
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It was then that Jiang Cong came to them and whispered something into Li Shaoling’s ear.
Li Shaoling grunted affirmatively, and gave Ji Jiayu a head pat.
“I’m off,” he said. “I have something to do.”
The tot looked up at him. “Will you come back?”
Li Shaoling turned to shoot Ji Weixi a meaningful glance. “Of course,” he said, putting weight behind each word.
Was he some industrial-strength glue? Why was he so sticky?
***
After Li Shaoling left, Ji Weixi promptly breathed a huge sigh, with her entire being relaxing considerably.
She was actually scared even if she appearing fearless against him—she was just not showing it.
“Ji Weixi, good job… although you never told me you scored such a divine man!” Tian Miaomiao excitedly shook her shoulders. “So, Jiajia is President Li’s son… oh my god, what bullshit fate is that?!”
“…Please watch your words.”
“Spill! Didn’t you say the one four years ago is some old fart? Why did it turn out to be President Li?!”
Ji Weixi narrowed her eyes. “I don’t know, but Jiayu is definitely his son.”
Did Ji Jianing make a mistake when she planned her trap, leading to her sleeping with Li Shaoling by mistake?
“Anyway, he’s doing good by you!” Tian Miamiao had crossed her fingers while her eyes were overflowing with heart-shaped bubbles. “Xixi, he’s even called off his wedding with Ji Jianing for you!”
“…What?” Ji Weixi was stunned.
Tian Miaomiao opened the news on her phone and showed her.
“Ji Jianing had planned for a live broadcast and announce to the whole wide world that Li Shaoling was hers, but nobody expected that he simply carried you off, and then announce that the wedding is canceled… hahahaha!” Tian Miaomiao said, laughing wildly. “I saw the whole thing, and it’s even making headlines and explosively trending on Weibo. Rumor even had it that Ji Jianing’s management company was left in a mess!”
Ji Weixi did not care at all about Ji Jianing, but was certainly left stunned by the news that Li Shaoling canceled his wedding.
“Miaomiao, I don’t think Li Shaoling canceled his wedding over me.”
Maybe he just did not want a stepmother for her son?
“How could it not be?” Tian Miaomiao retorted. “Even I could see that the way he looks at you is different.”
Ji Weixi did not agree. “How so?”
Tian Miaomiao smiled mischievously. “I’m telling you, on the Internet, it is said that you can see the love from the eyes of someone who is smitten with you, even if you stuff his mouth and beat him up. It can’t be held back! The eyes never lie!”
Indeed, Ji Weixi’s heart thumped for no reason as Li Shaoling’s handsome face appeared in her mind.
Could he really like her?
No way. She would not buy it even if she was beaten to a pulp.
“What if he lost his memories…”
“Losing memories doesn’t mean that his heart changed! You still dwell inside it!”
“What if he becomes blind?”
“…Are you so insistent on staying single until you die?!”
***
The old Li family residence was a European-style castle.
The sun had descended slightly. Combined with the tangled vines and creepers on the courtyard of the residence, as well as the occasional cawing of crows, it painted a forbidding—almost sinister sense of isolation.
“You have returned, Master Li.” A blond man with blue eyes who looked to be in his fifties approached and greeted him respectfully. “Old Madam is waiting for you upstairs.”
Li Shaoling changed his shoes and went to the floor above. “How is her health?” He asked without so much as a glance sideways.
Butler Wilson then hesitated for a moment, before saying, “The old madam was affected after she learned that you called off the wedding.
Li Shaoling, however, was calm. “Understood.”
Chapter 40: You Must Marry Ji Jianing
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The second-floor corridor was isolated and quiet.
Since Old Madam Li has trouble walking and disliked too much commotion, she had taken the room by the corner. Still, even before Li Shaoling entered, he heard sobs from within.
He pushed the door and entered to find Old Madam Li in her wheelchair. She was dressed in tangzhuang, and it was not difficult to see that she was once beautiful despite her white hair and wrinkles.
A woman was sprawled over her lap and quietly sobbing. She looked slowly when she heard the door open—her face was full of tear stains and her eyes were utterly damp, as if she was waiting for someone to console her.
It was Ji Jianing.
One would not surprise and indeed be aware through common sense that she had told her side of the story with tons’ worth of added details, claiming Old Madam Li’s sympathy and heartache.
She probably even took the chance to badmouth Ji Weixi as well.
Disgust showed between Li Shaoling’s brows, but he simply stepped up and lowered his head.
“Grandmother.”
Old Madam Li smiled coldly. “So, you actually still remember me!”
“What do you mean, Grandmother?” Li Shaoling replied, simply waiting for her scolding.
“Why did you cancel the wedding today!” Old Madam Li exclaimed, hitting herself in the thigh—perhaps due to the exertion, she heaved for moments before continuing. “What has Jianing done wrong that you have to hurt her like this? Wasn’t it you who promised me to marry her and treat her well!?”
“Yes.” Li Shaoling did not deny it.
“Good. Then tell me why would you go back on your own promise and leave Jianing a laughing stock for the entire nation! She’s a star! You shouldn’t have ruined her future even if you hated her!”
“Grandmother, stop…” Ji Jialing sobbed, shaking her head as she wiped away her tears. “It’s all my fault!”
She looked so miserable that Old Madam Li felt a pang of hurt inside.
***
Old Madam Li liked Ji Jianing the most.
Ever since Ji Jianing had made connections with the Li family, she had played the role of a noble and virtuous white lotus, ever playing her cards right. Then, when she set her eyes on Shaoling, she made every effort to act the part of a lovestruck maiden who asked for nothing in return.
Having learned that her birth and status were decent and yearning for a grandchild since she did not have much time left alive, she demanded that Li Shaoling marry Ji Jianing.
She just never expected that her most trustworthy and obedient grandchild had suddenly rebelled!
“On your knees!” She yelled, but started to cough violently.
“Grandmother, are you alright?” Ji Jianing patted her back gently in concern.
Meanwhile, Li Shaoling slowly lowered himself, putting both his knees on the ground. However, his expression was unfettered and his back straightened, appearing more like a king than someone apologizing.
After wheezing for a moment, Old Madam Li turned back to Li Shaoling. “It’s not too late to resume the wedding!”
Li Shaoling met her gaze. “No. Because I never do anything I regret.”
“You…!”
Old Madam Li’s face went white, but soon caught a mysterious glint in Li Shaoling’s eyes. As doubt arose in her chest, she calmly turned to Ji Jianing. “Leave us.”
Ji Jianing bit her lip. “Grandmother, I’m worried about you…”
“I’m fine. Go.” Old Madam Li smiled mildly.
“Alright. Take care of your health, Grandmother, and please don’t argue with Shaoling over me,” Ji Jianing said softly, before turning to leave.
After she closed the door, she tried to listen in on them, only for Wilson to approach her.
“Miss Ji, please come with downstairs as you wait.”
A hint of discontent arose beneath Ji Jianing’s eyes, although she smiled in return. “Alright.