CHAPTER 350: CHAPTER 342: BOTH A GOOD FRIEND AND A BAD INFLUENCE

Ah! Brother Shen has gone to Yelanxiang again, I hope this time... there won’t be any mishaps.

Memories swiftly flashed through Bai Long’s mind.

Last year, during the national holiday, Tang Xiaowan had sneaked off to Jin City for a visit, staying at Yelanxiang at the time.

After learning the news, Li Zishen, wanting to win Tang Xiaowan’s favor, had planned to spend a fortune to purchase Yelanxiang—Jin City’s most luxurious private club.

Who knew that the owner was a tough nut to crack, and no matter how much was offered, he wouldn’t sell.

Having no other option, Li Zishen could only book the entire club to prevent rich young masters with ill intentions from harassing Tang Xiaowan, which could affect her mood.

Yet, to this day, he has no idea that the true owner behind the scenes of Yelanxiang is actually Leng Lingxiao.

Tang Xiaowan was very safe staying here.

Anyone daring to harass her would find mercenaries hidden nearby ready to deal with the aftermath.

It was also during that time that, in order to accompany Tang Xiaowan playing mahjong, Li Zishen not only postponed his trip to Country D, forfeiting projects worth several hundred million, but also punched and taught a lesson to a second-generation official.

Bai Long was clearer about these two incidents than anyone else.

He always felt that ever since meeting Tang Xiaowan, his boss, Li Zishen, seemed to have fallen into an abyss, unable to climb back out no matter how hard he tried.

And now, Li Zishen was sullen and melancholic because of Tang Xiaowan’s registered marriage.

This couldn’t help but worry Bai Long.

He suspected that the mastermind behind it all might take the opportunity to infiltrate Li Garden or Boxin Hospital, causing even greater harm to Madam Lai and Uncle Yuan Feng.

"Is Chen Xin around?" Bai Long frowned and asked, then pulled out his cell phone.

Nanny Chen shook her head: "Not here."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Long immediately made a call, elevating the security level of Li Garden and Boxin Hospital and also sent a few people over to Yelanxiang.

The bodyguards, who were originally off-duty, promptly took their positions.

Nanny Chen didn’t ask why Bai Long made these arrangements, but she guessed that it mostly concerned the safety of Madam Lai and Uncle.

Having been in Li Garden for so long, managing everything efficiently, she naturally had meticulous thoughts.

...

Meanwhile, at Lingxiao Manor in Chicheng, Leng Lingxiao was worried about the results of the paternity test, which showed that Tang Xiaowan was not blood-related to Ye Wanhua.

Not mother and daughter! What’s going on?

Could it be that Grandma Tang was indeed hiding something, or perhaps... Wang Junchen was simply seeking to use Tangtang to take revenge on the Lai Family.

Wang Junchen and Ye Wanhua, Li Zhenshan and Yi Xiaodan, Song Dapeng and Su Luoyi.

Is Ye Wanhua really Yi Xiaodan?

Leng Lingxiao weighed the several individuals back and forth, and while doing so, suddenly felt that there was no need to keep things from Tang Xiaowan any longer.

So, he glanced at his wristwatch.

"Little slugabed, little slugabed!"

"Wake up quick, Tangtang, Tangtang, if you don’t wake up... I’m going to have to take action!"

No sooner had his voice dropped than Tang Xiaowan opened her eyes, pouting and staring steadily at Leng Lingxiao.

"What’s up? Not enough sleep?"

"No trouble, I’m very full."

For some reason, Leng Lingxiao always felt as though Tang Xiaowan seemed to have sensed something or was doubting something, her big eyes flickering as if waiting for him to come clean.

This feeling was uncomfortable, even somewhat passive. If time could be turned back to five days ago, he definitely wouldn’t have chosen to keep secrets.

Even though it was out of protection for her.

Tang Xiaowan raised an eyebrow and said, "You... why are you staring at me like that, do I have something on my face?"

"That... Tangtang, I have something... I want to talk about with you," Leng Lingxiao said with a grin, then kissed the finger where Tang Xiaowan had been pricked with a needle, "but... you can’t get angry, you have to forgive me, and you can’t kick me out."

"What, trying to threaten me?"

"Not at all, not at all! How could I!"

"Hmph, if you have something to say, spit it out, don’t beat around the bush." Tang Xiaowan pulled her hand back.

So, Leng Lingxiao cleared his throat and quickly informed Tang Xiaowan about Li Zishen’s mother, Yuan Min, being kidnapped, humiliated, as well as Wang Junchen sending men to launch a sneak attack on Bai Long in Jiangbei.

Seeing that although she was somewhat shocked, but could still barely accept it, Leng Lingxiao immediately felt a lot more relaxed.

In the end, he mustered up the courage to also tell her about secretly carrying out a paternity test, including the one using hair and that time with Wang Jinhui’s blood relation test.

"What? You suspect I’m Wang Jinhui’s granddaughter, Ye Wanhua’s daughter?"

"Last month when we were picking up some gadgets... weren’t there a few people saying you looked alike? Actually, I thought you looked quite similar too, including the way you handle things."

"Please, there are lots of people in the world who look alike. It’s plausible with Wang Jinhui, but Ye Wanhua... how is that possible? I look nothing like her, but... anyway, just not alike."

"Cross generational genetic traits exist! I’m an example, I look more like my grandma according to my mom."

Tang Xiaowan nodded, "Oh, that makes sense."

She suddenly thought of her own grandma, although not related by blood, they did look quite alike.

Hmm... maybe this is fate!

Seeing that Tang Xiaowan seemed not to be angry, Leng Lingxiao quickly grabbed her hand again with a grin, sighing a breath of relief.

If he had known she was this easygoing, he would have spoken earlier.

He had been on tenterhooks for several days, afraid that Tang Xiaowan would lose her temper, which wouldn’t be easy to soothe.

It turned out he had worried for nothing!

"No, wait, Huahua, you said that Wang Junchen, since he’s the head of Shen Shiyi, then... he has so many subordinates, it should’ve been easy to deal with the Leng Family. Why did he go through such a big detour?"

"When you hate someone to the extreme, killing them is actually too kind; you choose to torment them slowly, starting from what they care most about."

As she spoke, Tang Xiaowan nodded thoughtfully, then got out of bed.

But their hands were still holding each other’s.

So, every step Tang Xiaowan took, Leng Lingxiao kept up with her step by step, until they reached the bedroom door where he suddenly stopped.

"Tangtang, are you hungry? Shall we go eat?"

"Sure, let’s go."

Then she saw Tang Xiaowan cheerfully open the bedroom door, and with equal cheerfulness, pushed Leng Lingxiao out. The whole process was as smooth as flowing water and natural, leaving no room for detection.

It was only when the door closed with a snap that Leng Lingxiao realized he had been pushed out.

"Tangtang, Tangtang!"

After calling several times, there was still no answer.

He had always been unaware that Tang Xiaowan, since childhood, had an extraordinary sense of smell; naturally, she knew there was something off about the nourishing soup, but she just wanted to see what Leng Lingxiao’s purpose was.

To harm her? Impossible!

He loved her enough to risk his life for her.

Before Tang Xiaowan lost consciousness, she had thought of many possibilities, but she never imagined it would involve a fingertip blood test, meant to help her find her mother.

She was deeply moved, her eyes glistening with tears.

Her small figure slid slowly down the door. When would she be able to find her mother and get married like everyone else, arm in arm with her father?

"Whoa, look at this, who’s that? Just on duty for one day and already locked outside!" Shen Yiming popped up from nowhere, his voice loud and filled with a mischievous grin, directed at the bedroom door.

On duty? Leng Lingxiao felt a surge of annoyance, as he was technically still waiting for his assignment. So, he pushed Shen Yiming aside and continued to knock on the door.

"Tangtang, Tangtang?"

"Hungry? Let’s go downstairs to eat?"

His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just right for Tang Xiaowan to hear inside, but there was no response.

"Lingxiao, stop calling, she must be mad. Better think about how to apologize. Maybe... fetch a few of those, you know, whips to ask for forgiveness? If not, I can get you a washboard?" Shen Yiming said, while hurriedly winking and making faces.