Chapter 34
"What ...... are you doing?" Summer's end was busy reaching out to hold down his big messy hand, "You promised me no which what tonight."
"No what?" The man who already knew her weakness, how could he listen to him, not long, the room is like a symphony of female Joe gasping, low mouth today, mixed with the "creaking" sound of the bed and the splash of water, let people smell the confusion... ...
The next morning, the two of them were sleeping tightly together under the blanket when there was a banging on the door, startling them.
"It's not the police checking the room, is it?" Xia Mao's face turned white and she was so scared that she went to get the clothes next to her and put them on haphazardly.
Ling Yichen looked at her with tears and laughter, "What's so scary about you? I'm here, what are you afraid of?"
"You'd better get dressed, what if it's really the police?" Xia Mo took his clothes and started to help him put them on, "Hurry up, don't bang on the door again later."
"What's going on in your head? You think this is a home invasion? And banging on the door?" Ling Yichen took the clothes and put them on himself and said to Xia Mao, "Stay inside, I'll go check."
"Mamoru! Mamo! Are you there?" Tan Wei knocked outside for half a day, and when he saw no sound from inside, he called out loudly, "Xia Mao!"
As soon as Xia Mao heard his voice, she reached out and pulled Ling Yichen back, "It's Tan Wei! You need to hide, I'll get the door."
"I'm your boyfriend, not the old man next door, why should I hide?" Ling Yichen said, "Just tell this Tan Wei that he doesn't have to bother with your business from now on, so he can do what he needs to do!"
Xia Mo pulled Ling Yichen hard, "Are you sick? I've only been in D for two days and I've been missing for a day and a night, then I come back and there's a man in my room, what do people think?"
"What else could they think? As long as everyone knows you're mine, that's all that matters." He said that, but he had to be concerned about the possibility of ruining a woman's reputation, "Can I go to the bathroom to use the toilet? You'd better get rid of him."
The knocking on the door outside was like a drumbeat, one closer to the other.
"Do as you're told and go to the bathroom."
Xia Mao was like coaxing a child, watching Ling Yichen enter the bathroom, she was just about to turn her head to open the door when Ling Yichen poked his head out of the bathroom again.
"Mind your moon hun don't run out." Ling Yichen remembered that she didn't seem to be wearing a moon hong cover just now, and was busy running out to pick up a piece of her sun protection clothing next to her and let her drape it over the outside.
While putting on her clothes, Xia Mo called out at the door, "Tan Wei, I'm here, don't knock yet."
"My God, you're finally in the room, if you're not there, Bowen is going to kill me," Tan Wei shouted from outside, "Open the door and call Bowen back, or he'll go crazy!"
Ling Yichen saw that there was nothing more wrong before he let her open the door, but then heartily reminded him from behind, "If you can't finish your sentence in five minutes, I'll do the talking!"
Xia Mo threw him a big blank stare before going to open the door, but the door only cracked a crack, but did not let Tan Wei in.
"I slept a bit late yesterday and I'm still awake!" She only showed a head in the doorway, "My phone is dead, I'll charge it right away and call him in a minute."
"Are you okay?" Tan Wei asked, a little uneasy.
"Nothing, I just watched the TV show late at night." Xia Mo smiled embarrassedly, "The room is also a mess, so I won't let you in for now."
"I have a case to follow in my unit in the next two days, I'll be busy in another two days, so you can wander around by yourself first, and I'll keep you company in a couple of days." Tan Wei explained with some embarrassment, "You're Bowen's sister, that's just like being my sister, don't pick on my manners, I'm really busy these two days."
"I know, I won't be polite with you, I'll call you when I have something."
Tan Wei's unit was really busy, so Xia Mo didn't use too many words to persuade Tan Wei to leave.
Turning back again, she saw Ling Yichen leaning against the wall behind her.
"Bowen, I'll do the talking!" Xia Mao was as simple as a child, and Ling Yichen could tell right away that Xia Mao was terrified of calling Bowen, so he took the initiative and said.
"You're talking to him? He doesn't even know you, how are you going to tell him?" Xia Mao went up on tiptoe and wrapped her arms around his neck, hanging on to him like a wombat, "Bowen is my benefactor."
A benefactor?
Ling Yichen didn't retort, "I know, I know Bowen, I've had contact with him, I'd better talk to him."
"Really?" Xia Mao was instantly happy, beaming, a little petulantly, "That's great, I'm horrible at his broken thoughts, just like Monk Tang, even though it's kind, it can kill people."
"I'll talk to him, you don't have to worry about this, let's pack our things now and move into my flat today, tonight we'll think about school and our major so we can find a school to do the formalities tomorrow." Ling Yichen arranged it in an orderly manner.
"Then you tell Bowen about me not going back to school, too!" Xia Mo smiled and kissed the corner of his lips, "I don't dare to tell him."
"Good." Ling Yichen patted her butt and let her go to pack her things while he called Xu Yongqiang and told him that he would be late for something today.
He also arranged for someone to go to his flat and clean it all up again.
When he arrived at the flat with Xia Mao, it was already clean and tidy.
A noon woman in a white dress and black trousers was standing at the door, and when she saw them coming, she quickly bowed her head and said, "Hello, sir."
"This is Tian Ma, she has been in charge of cleaning up here, so let her specialise in cleaning and cooking here from now on." Ling Yichen said to Xia Mao.
"No need, I can do these things myself."
Xia Mo's bones were not used to being served by others, and in her heart, she thought that living in Ling Yichen's flat without being married to him was a less than honorable thing to do, making it look like she was living together unmarried, so she didn't like being known by too many people.
"You can do it yourself now, what about after you go to school? You don't get up in the morning, noon and night to cook, do you?" Ling Yichen was thinking a little longer term than she was.
"I can live at school then," Xia Mao blinked her long eyelashes and said seriously, "and then I can eat all three meals a day in the canteen."
"If you dare to live at school, I'll cut off your living expenses!" Ling Yichen gritted his teeth and carried her into the flat.
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The flat is not large, but it is definitely not either, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a bedroom and a study, a living room with a row of floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony outside, which provides excellent light.
The kitchen is also fully equipped with all the utensils and the bathroom has a Jacuzzi.
The overall colour of the décor was black and white grey, which looked upscale and elegant, but was also too cold.
Ling Yichen took her for a walk and finally stopped at the bedroom and told her, "Time is too tight to redecorate, if you want to add anything, go buy it yourself, or bring Tian Ma with you, or wait until tomorrow ...... the day after tomorrow, I shouldn't have anything to do the afternoon after tomorrow, I'll go with you then to buy things."
"I'm not a child, I can find my way back." Xia Mao reached out and put her arm around his waist, "And I'm not asking for much at all, having a place like this to stay, I'm already satisfied."
"Wait a while, I'll pick a new property and decorate it the way you want then." Ling Yichen hugged her and suddenly thought of Ling Yuanqi, the bun at home, he hadn't seen him for a few days, would he miss himself?
Ling Yichen arranged for Xia Mao and watched as she stored her phone number in her phone and gave her the address of her home on a piece of paper before leaving the flat.
He didn't go to the office either, but went straight back to the Ling residence.
Lu Wanru had laid a crawling mat in the courtyard and placed Ling Yuanqi on the mat while she and Wu's mother played with his toys.
Ling Yichen had just walked into the courtyard when he saw his baby son, holding a toy in his hand for Lu Wanru, and saying something.
Those big black and white eyes were exactly the same as Xia Mao's, and even his eyelashes were curly and curved.
He used to think, "If this were a girl, how beautiful would she be in the future? He would have been blown away when he chose his son-in-law.
Suddenly he thought that he had been with Xia Mao for the past two days without a condom, and that Xia Mao's belly was already pregnant with her own baby, right?
"Mister is back!" Wu Ma saw Ling Yichen standing not far away first, and was busy standing up from the mat in surprise and stepping back to the side.
"Yichen, why have you come back at this time?" Lu Wanru looked at the man not far away in surprise, and when she saw the way he was staring intently at the child, the corners of her mouth curled up.
So what if the women outside were powerful and favoured, but now that she had this child in her hands, there was nothing other women could do to stop her.
Fortunately, she did not go to an orphanage to adopt a child without her family's consent.
If he had adopted a child that was not related to Ling Yichen, would Ling Yichen have cared so much?
Then Lu Wanqiu would have already beaten her up with the child!
"I have a few words to say to you." Ling Yichen withdrew his gaze and looked at Lu Wanqiu.
He had a moment of hesitation, if Lu Wanru knew that Xia Mao had returned, would she still be as nice to the child as ever?
But he knew that even if he didn't say anything, Lu Wanru would know sooner or later, and after he talked to Lu Wanru, he still had to talk to that brother of hers.
"Wu Ma you will watch the child." Lu Wanru stroked her son's face, "Good boy Yuanqi, mommy will have a few words with daddy and come back to play with you later."
Ling Yuanqi nodded and grinned, revealing his four white teeth.
Looking at his son's cute face, Ling Yichen stepped forward and took him in his arms, lifting him above his head as he always did, and the child giggled with delight.
The sound of laughter was as sweet as a silver bell, making people feel happy.
Ling Yichen lifted him twice before giving him a kiss on the cheek and putting him back on the crawling mat. The moment he let go, the baby reached out and grabbed his fingers, grinning at him and babbling something no one could understand.
Ling Yichen was dumbfounded for a moment, and it took him half a day to react, looking at Ling Yuanqi excitedly "Son, what did you just say? Say it again!"
"He's calling you daddy." Lu Wanru also squatted down next to him, "Qiqi, call out 'daddy' again."
Ling Yichen played with his toys for a while before taking Lu Wanru to the study.
After closing the door, he turned around and said to Lu Wanru straight away, "I found Xia Mao!"
Lu Wanru froze and pursed her lips without speaking.
"She's been with Bo Wen this year," Ling Yichen looked at her and continued in a deep voice, "She's lost her memory, she doesn't remember anything from before, and now she's back in D City."
"When you said there was a woman in your office before, you were referring to Xia Mao?" Lu Wanru's heart was clear, Ling Yichen was reminding himself that he knew that Xia Mao had been sent away by himself.
"Yes." Ling Yichen had no intention of hiding Xia Mao when he was looking for her in such a high profile this time.
"As long as she doesn't come and steal the child from me, I won't care about your business." Lu Wanru remembered what he had said a year ago, "If she has another child, she can also put it under her name and take the surname Ling."
"Thanks." Ling Yichen was actually waiting for these words, "What about Bowen's end?"
"I'll call him later." Lu Wanru looked at the man who was obviously relieved and was curious in her heart, what position was she in this man's heart?
She didn't see herself as a wife, but more like his sister.
She smiled bitterly and continued, "Xia Mao is not easy either, you have to take more trouble with her ...... Lu Wanqiu's place, aren't you going to take a look?"
"I know." Ling Yichen nodded noncommittally, but he didn't feel like he should go to Lu Wanqiu's place.
Because he had never given Lu Wanqiu any promises, he had even advised her to abort the foetus once, but she cried and refused to agree.
It was probably from then on that Ling Yichen remembered Xia Mao's miserable appearance and disappearance at that time, and his feelings for Lu Wanqiu became even weaker.
But he knew that he had to go to Lu Wanqiu's place. He was now very sure that he could not give Lu Wanqiu a name, nor could he give her feelings, and he had to make it clear to her.
Ling Yichen arrived at Lu Wanqiu's place and sat in the car for a while before he got out.
When Lu Wanqiu heard that Ling Yichen had arrived, she instantly snatched the child from the nanny's arms and darted towards the door, scaring the nanny's face white and following closely behind her.
"Yichen, you've come to see me and the child?" Lu Wanqiu looked at the man pushing in the door with red eyes full of expectation.
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Ling Yichen's face was expressionless, "I have a few words to say to you alone."
The smile on Lu Wanqiu's face froze, and there were tears at the corners of her eyes, "Don't you want to see the child first?"
Ling Yichen looked at the child with a deep gaze and did not go forward, "The child has grown up very well."
Lu Wanqiu's face immediately turned cold, "You are not a guest, you are the child's father, how many times have you come to see him since he was born until now? When you saw it, you said 'the child is growing well'?"
Ling Yichen's brow furrowed imperceptibly, but he knew he was indeed wrong to do so, but was it right for him to show that he cared for this child?
"Wanqiu, I have a few words I want to say to you alone." Ling Yichen repeated again.
Lu Wanqiu's face was iron blue, and she gritted her teeth and gave the child to the nanny behind her, and walked to the study in the first step.
Ling Yichen followed her, and as he walked past the child, he paused slightly to look at the sleeping child.
He looked quite a bit thinner than Ling Yuanqi, and not as white ...... looking as Ling Yuanqi.
He was busy withdrawing his ogling gaze and lifted his feet to follow Lu Wanqiu's steps.
He felt that he was a bit too cold-blooded, but what was strange to him was that when he faced Ling Yuanqi, he genuinely liked her, as if he could not kiss her enough, but with this child, he felt nothing but a bit of guilt.
Both of them were his children, but why was there such a big difference?
When he entered the study, Ling Yichen casually closed the door and stood in the doorway, not going further in.
Lu Wanqiu stood a few steps away from him and looked back at him.
The indignation on her face had been replaced with misery, "Yichen, what do you want to say to me? Are you trying to say you don't want me and my son anymore?"
"Wanqiu, if you can, I can have the child to raise, you are still so young now, you still have a long way to go in your future, don't spend any more time with me." Ling Yichen took a few steps forward and leaned on the window sill, "Your sister is a kind-hearted person, the child will be treated well when she follows her."
"If my sister is kind and kind-hearted, then am I a person with a hateful face and a cruel heart? If the child is with me, will I not treat her well?" Lu Wanqiu couldn't stand it anymore, her disappointment was tinged with the coldness of all her thoughts, "If you're bothered because I called you, then I won't call you again, can I? You just need to show your face once in a while to let the child know that his mother is not a bad person and that he also has a father, just like that, won't that work too?"
Ling Yichen sighed and turned to look out the window, "Continuing like this is not good for you, or the child. Now that the child is still, before he doesn't remember, sending him to the Ling Residence will do him no harm."
"Why should he be sent to the Ling residence? It's not like he doesn't have a mother? If you don't want him, he still has me. If I want him, I can still feed him myself!" Lu Wanqiu really exploded this time, the anger she had held back for days finally exploded at this moment, "Do you think I am that Xia Mao? She threw the child to her because she was incapable and had no money and couldn't afford it! But I'm not, I have ......"
Ling Yichen's face turned increasingly ugly.
It was fine if Lu Wanqiu didn't mention Xia Mao, his heart was still intolerant, but when she mentioned Xia Mao, fire immediately rose up in his heart.
Is she saying this because she knows she has found Xia Mao?
Now Xia Mao is his heart and soul, how can he love to hear others say that about her?
Lu Wanqiu was not a fool, so she naturally knew the reason for Ling Yichen's change of heart, but when she thought that it had been a year and that Xia Mao still had such a status in his heart, her anger became even more uncontrollable. If she spoke any more, it would be even worse!
She should now, as her mother had taught her, play the pitying, crying pearly tears, so that the man would feel sorry for her and not be angry with her, and take the initiative to coax her.
But her lungs were about to explode, so how could she cry?
"Think about what I said again, and give me a call when you're done thinking." Ling Yichen looked at her, straightened his lapel and said coldly, "If you have any other requests or ideas, you can also talk to me."
Lu Wanqiu stood at the window and watched fiercely as Ling Yichen walked out of the courtyard door.
He was so cruel, just because he had not agreed to his proposal and had to leave the country, he could be so heartless to himself!
But who would have thought that he would end up being the head of the Ling family as an illegitimate son?
Lu Wanru is lucky, she is obviously a chicken that cannot lay eggs, yet she is the head mother of the Ling family! But is she worthy?
But does she deserve it? "Does she think that just because she finds a woman to give birth to a child for her, she can claim it as her own? Just because she has a child for her, she can take over the Ling family in an open and fair manner?" Lu Wanqiu coldly snorted in disdain, "Joke!"
While here, the phone on the table rang, Lu Wanqiu took it in her hand, looked at the number on it, and answered it without good grace.
"Hello?"
"Sister, the person has been found out, it is a woman named Xia Mao ......"
When the other party finished her sentence, she shouted excitedly, "What did you say? Xia Mao? Did you find out clearly?"
"The man on the phone was still talking about something, but Lu Wanqiu no longer had the desire to listen to the rest of the story, she hung up the phone with a snap.
"Lu Wanru, you are really powerful, in order to deal with me even got that woman back!" Lu Wanqiu's nails were digging into her hands, but she didn't feel any pain at all, her heart was full of hatred at the moment, and Lu Wanru was at the top of the list.
"Bitch!" This was the collective name Lu Wanqiu and her mother used for Lu Wanru's mother and daughter.
She hadn't used this word for a long time, but now she felt that it was the only word that could describe Lu Wanru better, that she was a slut!
She couldn't keep her husband on a leash, so she found a young and beautiful girl and got into her husband's bed.
When she ran out, she secretly sent the person away, and now she feels that she is going to be unable to fight herself again, so she got that woman back again ...... How cheap does she have to be to do such a thing?
Lu Wanqiu calmed down a bit before calling her mother who was far away, "Mom, just do as you say."
"Good daughter, wouldn't it be better if you woke up like this earlier?" The mother of Lu on the phone looked like she was breathing a long sigh of relief and said bitterly to her daughter, "Feelings are useless, only money is the most important thing, with money, what kind of life can you not live if you want to?"
"Mom I know, it's best the sooner the better." Lu Wanqiu hung up the phone, thinking of the way Ling Yichen was in a hurry when he left, she guessed that he was in a hurry to meet that fox spirit, so well, she should go and meet her too, let's see what new skills she has learned this year!