CHAPTER 230: CHAPTER 217: MATERNAL AND INFANT PRODUCTS

Li Yanan indeed asked Xiang Xiaokui to return his photo album, with only one picture left inside: a photo of himself.

And now this photo is being used as his screensaver, quietly lying beneath two lonely icons!

Li Yanan’s appearance was top-notch to begin with, and at this moment, sitting formally in the CEO’s chair, he truly looked as if he belonged in a movie still!

"Li Yanan, you’re so childish!"

Lin Zhenxin said while laughing, sweeping away the gloom in her heart!

Li Chengze arrived at the Tu Family nearly an hour and a half later than scheduled.

Tu Shaohong had already gone to the Tu Family’s place, leaving Tu Wanzi alone in the living room, absent-mindedly arranging flowers.

Seeing him arrive, she greeted him with indifference.

Tu Haohao came downstairs, saw that Li Chengze was there, but didn’t ask why he was late. After all, she was used to it.

"Let’s go, grandfather handed some responsibilities for the Li Family to me, we’re going to your company first."

Originally wanting to greet Tu Wanzi, but she had been so out of it lately, always staring blankly at a bunch of dried Heather!

Li Chengze merely responded and the two of them walked outside shoulder to shoulder.

He seemed a bit absent-minded.

In fact, he was somewhat angry.

After hearing He Nuoxin’s scream, Li Chengze rushed to the bar without any hesitation, running through three or four red lights.

But when he arrived, he saw Nuoxin sitting at the entrance sunbathing as if nothing had happened.

After sending her back to the hotel and rushing over, he was already very late.

"Just now, I..." Li Chengze initially wanted to make up an excuse.

"Chengze, punctuality is a virtue a mature man should have. I hope you’ll be on time in the future, no matter whom you’re meeting, okay?"

Tu Hao seemed to know what he wanted to say but just turned her head and spoke softly.

She glanced at him and then looked away again.

Regarding the pregnancy, Tu Hao was not planning to tell him...

"I’m sorry." Li Chengze finally spoke up after some time had passed.

Tu Hao seemed to not have expected to hear the words "I’m sorry" from him, smiled, but said nothing.

Soon, the two got into the car.

Tu Hao quietly fastened her seatbelt, then looked out the window.

Li Chengze originally wanted to find some topic of conversation, but seeing her like this, he didn’t know how to start.

In the past, when the two were alone, it was always Tu Hao racking her brains to find topics, while he responded indifferently. Now that the roles were reversed...

Li Chengze felt an indescribable feeling inside.

Very awkward and very annoyed...

"There’s water in the back." Li Chengze, after racking his brain, finally said this.

Tu Hao turned her head to look at him, seemingly not understanding why he suddenly said that.

"I’m thirsty!" He couldn’t bring himself to tell her to drink and awkwardly changed the subject, yet it sounded strange no matter how he said it.

"Oh." Tu Hao replied good-naturedly, twisting around to reach for the water in the back.

Li Chengze was a bit frustrated with his tone, his expression stiff.

Soon, Tu Hao found the bottled water, but...

Her motions suddenly paused, quietly watching the lipstick that fell under the seat and several long hairs that clearly belonged to a woman.

"Didn’t find it?" Seeing Tu Hao remain motionless for a while, Li Chengze couldn’t help but ask.

"Stop the car!"

"What?" Li Chengze thought he misheard her at first.

"Li Chengze, stop the car!"

Lin Zhenxin walked from the break room to the office with a smile.

But as soon as she entered the office, her face turned cold upon seeing the bags of mother and baby products on the table.

The things she had asked Aunt Xu to return in the morning, now appeared in her office, who was responsible?

"Who brought these?" she asked the others in the office.

Listening to their description, she instantly recalled someone, and almost without hesitation, picked up the things and chased outside.

Her colleague said the person had just left two minutes ago.

Just as the elevator reached the first floor, Lin Zhenxin vaguely saw the person’s back.

"Stop right there!"

The person turned around, exactly as Lin Zhenxin had suspected, it was Susan He’s assistant.

At the entrance, a black BMW was idling.

"Take these things back and don’t send them again in the future."

Lin Zhenxin walked step by step toward the assistant, who first looked stunned, then put on a formal smile.

"Because of Miss He Nuoxin’s matter, Ms. Susan He feels very sorry towards Miss Lin, so she entrusted me to buy these things as a peace offering..."

Lin Zhenxin’s gaze went past the assistant and landed on the black BMW.

Soon, she walked around the assistant, heading straight toward where Susan He was.

Clearly, the assistant hadn’t expected Lin Zhenxin to not play by the rules, and after a brief pause, wanted to stop her.

But Lin Zhenxin was much faster, and in the blink of an eye, she reached the car and knocked on the window.

She knocked about three times.

The rear window finally slowly rolled down a crack, through which Lin Zhenxin could only vaguely see the top of the person’s head inside.

"Is it you?" Lin Zhenxin’s voice was hesitant, her heart mixed with anticipation and fear.

"You’re back?"

The assistant looked at Lin Zhenxin and then at the BMW, unsure whether to speak.

"Miss Lin, Nuoxin was spoiled by me and Bainian, she’s reckless, and if there’s any offense before, we hope you can forgive her."

Time seemed to stand still until Susan He’s voice came from inside the car.

This woman, always heard but never seen, was apologizing for He Nuoxin.

Lin Zhenxin remained silent for a long time.

When she asked those questions earlier, maybe with some hope, or maybe with fear.

Fearful that the person inside the car would answer, yet fearful they wouldn’t.

Through the sun-filmed window, Lin Zhenxin could clearly see her own expression change.

"If He Nuoxin keeps bothering my husband, and if she dares to harm my child, I won’t let her go."

With a bang, Lin Zhenxin dropped the big bag on the ground.

"Besides, we’re all adults. Since we are adults, if we make mistakes, the apology should be direct. Take these things back, there’s no need to send them to my home anymore! We dare not use things from the He family!" With these final words, Lin Zhenxin, without a backward glance, walked back toward the radio station building.

Leaving the assistant standing there and Susan He inside the car, watching her leave...

The car had just stopped when Tu Hao impulsively got out, walking forward without looking back.

"Tu Hao, what are you mad about now?" Li Chengze parked haphazardly by the roadside and went after her.

He just thought she was being inexplicable.

Tu Hao’s chest heaved violently, clearly agitated, tears brimmed her eyes as she walked with her head down.

So much so that she didn’t even check the traffic lights while crossing the pedestrian crossing.

The screeching sound of brakes echoed through, and Tu Hao was stunned when someone pulled her into an embrace from behind.

Cars zipped past the safety island where they stood, hurtling in different directions.

Li Chengze’s entire body was tense, holding Tu Hao tightly, clearly still shaken, his eyes bloodshot.

"Do you want to die? Hmm? Tu Hao, are you seeking death?" Each rebuke from Li Chengze was louder than the last.

Tu Hao kept her head down, making it impossible for Li Chengze to see her expression.

"Are you like this with her too?" Suddenly, Li Chengze heard Tu Hao’s voice.

"Putting He Nuoxin’s matters first, nurturing her gently, standing by her unconditionally no matter what she does wrong, for you, any woman besides He Nuoxin, even if they died, would only be a joke?"

Tu Hao looked up, a rare sardonic smile on her beautiful face.

"Li Chengze, wake up. From the time of your accident until now, has your beloved Nuoxin asked about you? Stayed with you? Now that you’re barely recovering, she’s coming to find you... What do you mean to her? Don’t you know yourself?"

"Tu Hao, shut up!" Li Chengze’s entire face tightened dangerously, anger burning in his pupils.

"She only thinks of you as a backup! Only when no one else pays attention does she remember..."

With a slap, Tu Hao just felt a sharp pain on her cheek...

She slowly turned her head back at a very slow pace and widened her eyes in shock looking at Li Chengze.

Li Chengze clenched his fist, as if hit where it hurts, bristling with defensiveness.

— Angered? You calling me out was just to ask for it, wasn’t it? Why not this? The two of us... how about a bet?

— What kind of bet?

— On your wedding day, let’s bet on whether you’re more important in Li Chengze’s heart or is...

"Li Chengze, I’m not greedy, really." Tu Hao chuckled softly, covering her cheek with her hand.

"Just treat me a little better..."

"Even if..." Her smile was stiff, and tears, like a broken string of pearls, slid down her face!

"Just one-tenth of how you treat her."

"Okay?"

With that, Tu Hao turned slowly, regardless of Li Chengze’s response, and walked toward the end of the pedestrian lane...

When Yao Lemon called, Lin Zhenxin was standing by the window, watching the BMW drive away.

"Zhenxin, I saw Tu Hao." Yao Lemon’s voice on the phone was a bit hesitant.

"Then what?" Lin Zhenxin rarely saw Yao Lemon speak so hesitantly.

"Is something going on with her? She was crying pretty hard, and... it looks like she got hit!"

Yao Lemon was somewhat far from Tu Hao and couldn’t see clearly, but... the aura of sadness around Tu Hao was overpowering.

"What did you say? Where are you? I’m heading there now!"

Without hesitation, Lin Zhenxin turned, packed her things in her office, and asked for leave.

By the time Yao Lemon sent the address, Lin Zhenxin had just gotten into a taxi.

Taking a cab to the city center took about twenty minutes, and when Lin Zhenxin arrived at the mall to meet Yao Lemon, she indeed saw Tu Hao’s figure.

"Our company is collaborating with the mall, I hadn’t been here long before seeing her, standing there silently, crying for more than half an hour..."