CHAPTER 250: CHAPTER 237: TURBULENCE ONCE AGAIN 2

To be honest, Li Yanan just thought she was very stupid.

Li Yanan was naturally indifferent and could no longer look at any other woman besides Lin Zhenxin.

What’s more, the person Tu Haohao set her eyes on was Li Chengze.

After eating, Lin Zhenxin went to the bedroom to take a nap. These days, she was increasingly sleepy.

When she woke up, two or three hours had already passed.

Xun Chen and Jiang Dongting had been gone for a long time, but Lin Zhenxin didn’t feel it at all.

As soon as she got out of bed, Lin Zhenxin groggily walked toward the study room.

The door was half-closed. Lin Zhenxin pushed the door open and walked in but didn’t see Li Yanan. The tea on the table was still warm, showing clearly that he hadn’t been gone long.

She instinctively walked up to the computer.

These days, Li Yanan wouldn’t let her touch the phone or the computer, and he didn’t even let her watch TV, which made Lin Zhenxin extremely bored.

As soon as she moved the mouse, the computer screen lit up.

Yet when Lin Zhenxin saw the highly clicked post on the webpage, her expression instantly became serious...

Li Yanan indeed went out temporarily.

Because he received a call from He Bainian.

By the time the two of them met, it was already half an hour later.

The two hadn’t sat and talked like this for many years, and for a while, they faced each other in silence.

Perhaps no one could predict from the current state how close Li Yanan and He Bainian once were back then.

If not for that incident.

"You asked me out, is there something you want?" Li Yanan took the lead to speak, his voice low and cold.

"You already know, the rumors of these days are..."

"I don’t know, and I’m not interested." Before He Bainian could finish speaking, Li Yanan had already interrupted him. Clearly, he really didn’t want to hear the latter part.

He Bainian, too, remained silent for a while, looking at Li Yanan like this.

Back when their relationship was good, who would have thought they would face each other with such coldness one day?

"Back then, I was young and impulsive. I hope you can forgive me!"

What He Bainian was referring to was the extreme actions he took against Li Yanan after learning about Nuoxin’s affairs.

Li Yanan picked up the teacup in front of him. It was premium black tea, its aroma pleasing.

"No matter what Nuoxin does, Aunt won’t just stand by and watch others bully her, so... I hope you can..."

He Bainian hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"So what?" Li Yanan didn’t answer but instead asked, a faint, indifferent smile slowly curving his lips.

This blocked He Bainian’s words in his throat, leaving him unable to continue for a long time.

"Since you came looking for me today, it means you’re starting to suspect something. He Bainian... even so, the first person you thought of was still He Nuoxin! You never considered how her actions would disturb Zhenxin and me..."

Li Yanan took a sip of the black tea, his gaze sharp.

"He Nuoxin is a treasure to the He family, while Zhenxin is my everything."

"No matter what He Nuoxin says, it cannot hurt me in any way, but Zhenxin is different. I don’t want..."

Li Yanan couldn’t help but recall the quiet sleeping face he saw in the bedroom before he went out...

He hopes she can always be happy, without any more harm.

"I don’t want He Nuoxin to do anything to her anymore!"

Even if He Nuoxin had Susan He and the entire He family behind her, he didn’t care.

"If I promise you I will resolve this matter..." He Bainian spoke again, his voice noticeably urgent.

"He Bainian, you can’t guarantee that!"

Li Yanan almost immediately saw through him and very straightforwardly spoke.

He Bainian’s face suddenly turned iron-blue.

"If you could do it, He Nuoxin’s madness wouldn’t have worsened over the years. All these..."

Li Yanan stood up, obviously unwilling to continue this topic.

"...are because of your indulgence!"

When Li Yanan returned, he specifically bought some fresh imported fruits.

Just as he entered the villa, Lin Zhenxin was quietly sitting on the sofa. Seeing him come in, she looked up at him.

With just one look, Li Yanan felt something was wrong.

"Come over here." She said.

Li Yanan was silent for a while, then put the things he was holding into the kitchen before coming out and walking towards her.

Just as he sat down, Lin Zhenxin reached out to hug his waist.

"When I woke up just now and didn’t see you, I thought you went somewhere." Her voice was very soft, filled with gentle tenderness.

Li Yanan was initially taken aback, was that why her expression was off when he returned?

Lin Zhenxin only buried her face in his embrace, but her mind was on the post she had seen earlier.

In the tall building, people were saying all kinds of nasty things, and the more she looked, the colder she felt inside, and the more she looked, the angrier she became.

At the same time, she finally understood why Li Yanan suddenly brought her to the suburban villa.

Was it because he was afraid she would be affected by these things?

After her anger, Lin Zhenxin felt somewhat sad.

Why are those people bullying Li Yanan like that?

Time and time again, they threw dirt on him, even though he wasn’t the one who did those things, even though...

The post clearly had an intent to mislead, yet even so, the netizens still enjoyed the drama, making baseless speculations.

"Went to see someone." Li Yanan said this without any emotional fluctuation.

"Hmm?"

"He Bainian." Lin Zhenxin said nothing for a while, then raised her head after a long time.

"I hate the He family." Especially He Nuoxin.

"I don’t like them either." On this point, they were very much in sync as a couple.

"Yanan."

"Hmm?"

Lin Zhenxin lightly bit her lower lip and eventually reached out to caress his face.

"Even if the whole world doesn’t believe you, I still do..." Why care about what others say?

"Hmm, I know."

He had always known that she believed in him...

That was already...

Enough!

Since Li Yanan didn’t want her to know about the outside storm, Lin Zhenxin simply pretended that she really didn’t know.

Although the villa hadn’t been occupied for a long time, people regularly came to clean it. Moreover, now that Lin Zhenxin was living there...

Each morning, someone sent fresh, pollution-free, seasonal vegetables and fruits from a nearby farm, though generally, Lin Zhenxin was still asleep at that time.

By the time she woke up and went downstairs, the cleaning was done, and everything returned to tranquility.

On the rooftop was a semi-enclosed terrace.

The sunlight was abundant, and under the careful care of the servants, various plants thrived even in winter.

The first time Lin Zhenxin went up, she fell in love with the place, and when Li Yanan wasn’t around, she would take a book and stay there all day.

Often she would fall asleep on the sofa while reading.

The melancholy caused by Tu Haohao in the past few days also gradually began to settle.

And then she thought of that post online again.

Lin Zhenxin was one hundred percent sure that the post was He Nuoxin’s handiwork.

But if it weren’t for Susan He’s indulgence and push, how could things have escalated?

The sunlight shone through the European classical carved windows, filling the ground with golden hues.

Susan He...

Lin Zhenxin’s eyes turned slightly cold, forcefully suppressing the sourness in her heart, and refocused on the book in her hand...

When He Bainian knocked and entered, Susan He had just finished a video conference with New York.

Seeing it was He Bainian, Susan He displayed a rare faint smile on her serious face and casually tossed aside the report on Tu Haohao’s condition from the hospital.

"Bainian, have you eaten?" Susan He had been busy since the morning, having eaten nothing yet.

"Aunt, did you ever consider Zhenxin’s feelings when you did this?"

He Bainian remained silent for a while before suddenly speaking. Susan He’s faint smile instantly froze and turned serious.

"What did you find out?" She sensitively perceived He Bainian’s abnormality.

"I heard everything on the day of the wedding." He Bainian confessed.

In his heart, he regarded his aunt almost like his biological mother, and he respected her.

Susan He’s gaze trembled for a moment, but she quickly calmed down.

"Is that so?" After a long time, she only said these two words.

"Aunt, we’ve always only listened to Nuoxin’s side of the story about back then, but now, I think... perhaps things weren’t that simple back then."

He Bainian found it really difficult to say this.

"Continue." Susan He said in a deep voice.

"Zhenxin is your biological daughter. Your bias toward Nuoxin will break her heart."

In his mind, the image of that stubborn little face suddenly surfaced, and he couldn’t help but feel sad.

"Bainian, you like Zhenxin." Susan He’s words were a statement, not a question.

He Bainian suddenly pursed his lips, his handsome features momentarily startled, but he quickly calmed down.

"Yes, I like her." He admitted.

"I have my reasons for doing what I do. As for my relationship with Zhenxin, I hope... you can keep it a secret."

Susan He remained silent for a while and then spoke again, her brow showing rare fatigue.

"Aunt..."

"Bainian, say no more. You mustn’t get involved in this matter again!"

The post continued to escalate, and in less than five days, the elusive poster had stirred up a wave of gossip discussions in J City one after another.

Li Yanan, who was a figure people in J City’s elite circles could mock and step on at will, suddenly turned into a figure unattainable by others. Within a short time, he not only ended years of grudges but also left his opponent with no way to retaliate.

This dramatic change, while people thought they were just watching a show, left insiders even more wary of this person.

Initially, the video itself spoke vaguely, and involved parties like He Nuoxin and Li Yanan remained silent...

So, a few days later, the issue slightly diminished in heat, which was a normal phenomenon.

But it was at this time that Li Yanan’s mental evaluation report was posted online.

The person who released the message was the Li family’s long-serving family doctor, the very one who used to prescribe those psychiatric medications.