CHAPTER 211: CHAPTER 203 LET’S TALK ABOUT 2

On the other end of the phone, Little Qilin was crying heartbreakingly. Lin Zhenxin stood up abruptly in her panic.

"Something happened to Chu Xingguang!" Lin Zhenxin exclaimed, looking over at Li Yanan.

She didn’t understand; wasn’t Jiang Dongting supposed to be with Chu Xingguang? How could this...

Li Yanan, with a stern and cold expression, said nothing and picked up his car keys to leave together with Lin Zhenxin.

They raced all the way to where Chu Xingguang lived. On the way, Li Yanan kept calling Jiang Dongting, but it went straight to voicemail.

When Little Qilin heard Lin Zhenxin’s voice and opened the door, the first thing that caught her eye was Chu Xingguang collapsed on the floor.

She was gasping heavily, her complexion pale and greenish, with bright wet stains on the floor beneath her.

Li Yanan said nothing, picking up Chu Xingguang in his arms off the floor, while Lin Zhenxin held Little Qilin’s hand, and the four of them quickly proceeded.

In the car, Lin Zhenxin sat with Chu Xingguang in the back seat.

Chu Xingguang clutched her hand tightly, taking deep breaths, while Little Qilin in the front passenger seat kept crying.

"It’s okay, we’ll be at the hospital soon!"

Lin Zhenxin’s hands were trembling, while Chu Xingguang’s expression remained desolate, tears flowing uncontrollably down her face.

In their haste to leave, neither Lin Zhenxin nor Li Yanan wore coats. Whether it was due to the cold or not, she was shaking non-stop.

Her hand was wet too, probably from Chu Xingguang’s amniotic fluid.

Never before had Lin Zhenxin observed the process of childbirth from such a close range.

Chu Xingguang was in great pain, her fingers seeming like they were going to embed into Lin Zhenxin’s wrist.

Thankfully, they soon reached the hospital. The nurse appeared swiftly, and upon confirming that Chu Xingguang was dilated to three centimeters, they pushed her directly into the delivery room.

"Stay with me..." Chu Xingguang held onto Lin Zhenxin’s hand tightly.

Lin Zhenxin nodded...

Lin Zhenxin was the first to witness the birth of Chu Xingguang’s child with her own eyes.

Even though the process was long and painful.

But the moment she saw the child, she couldn’t help but cry.

Even though the child wasn’t hers, even though... she was wrinkled like a monkey right now.

Lin Zhenxin still cried, even after she had left the delivery room, she couldn’t control her tears.

Still wearing disposable sterile garments, she squatted on the floor, her tears pattering onto the marble tiles.

In the hospital, people are born and die every day, as if it were an inevitable cycle.

Some appear, while others disappear.

Lin Zhenxin was crying when suddenly, she noticed a pair of shoes appearing in her line of sight.

Sniffling, she raised her head slowly to see the man standing in front of her.

Li Yanan looked down at her, his dark pupils filled with warm affection.

At that moment, Lin Zhenxin felt an unbearable twinge of bitterness in her heart.

He wanted to reach out and lift her up, but Lin Zhenxin evaded him without hesitation.

Perhaps moving too abruptly, she landed squarely on the floor, tears streaming down her bewildered face.

In that instant, she clearly saw the pain that flashed across Li Yanan’s eyes.

Like a child who couldn’t find his way home.

He hadn’t forgotten the conversation they had in the bedroom before, when she said that if things continued to deteriorate, their only option would be divorce.

"I’m dirty." Lin Zhenxin didn’t want him to misunderstand.

She avoided him, but only for this reason.

The next second, Lin Zhenxin, who was sitting on the ground, was pulled up by Li Yanan and hugged tightly into his arms.

"Not dirty, not at all." She heard him murmur repeatedly into her ear...

Jiang Dongting arrived during Chu Xingguang’s delivery.

When Lin Zhenxin and Li Yanan left the hospital, there was a minor mishap.

The car Li Yanan had parked casually on the roadside was towed away due to parking violations. They would need to pay the fine to retrieve it the next day.

He called Xun Chen to come and pick them up.

Both of them had amniotic fluid on them to varying degrees. It didn’t smell, but it certainly wasn’t pleasant.

"Climb on, I’ll carry you." They walked a few steps forward, and Li Yanan suddenly squatted down in front of her, suggesting.

Lin Zhenxin paused for a moment of silence.

She didn’t climb on, and Li Yanan waited for her patiently.

No one knew how long they were at an impasse. Eventually, Lin Zhenxin couldn’t overcome her fatigue and leaned over.

Li Yanan’s back was still broad, his large hands holding her securely, not letting her fall in the slightest.

Her chin was resting in the crook of his shoulder, her slender legs dangling on either side of him.

For some reason, Lin Zhenxin felt like crying.

"That child..." Li Yanan’s muffled voice came through.

Lin Zhenxin’s body stiffened involuntarily, and Li Yanan clearly noticed.

"Zhenxin, that child isn’t mine."

He looked straight ahead, while Lin Zhenxin’s arms around his neck gradually tightened.

Lin Zhenxin, with tears in her swollen eyes from crying, could easily see the tense veins in Li Yanan’s neck.

"I’m clean, Zhenxin, believe me, I’m not dirty, not at all."

In his voice, unbeknownst to himself, there was a touch of sorrow and yearning.

"I’m not good enough, I know, but since the day I met you, I’ve been slowly changing."

"You can’t... you can’t give me hope and then abandon me!"

Li Yanan’s voice broke for a moment from the pressure, and Lin Zhenxin buried her face into his neck, inhaling his familiar woody scent.

"Li Yanan..."

Lin Zhenxin’s tears rolled down his neck, soaking into his shirt, unstoppable.

"Have I ever told you that I really love you?"

His humble pleading almost broke Lin Zhenxin’s heart, she once thought that in this love story, she was the vulnerable one.

He had enviable wealth, remarkable looks, and formidable connections, but she...

Had nothing.

She had once been afraid, once worried about losing him, but when Li Yanan laid bare his fears and insecurities in front of her...

All her inferiority and sensitivity collapsed easily.

She didn’t need him to give much of an explanation, just a simple acknowledgment of innocence was enough to muster all her courage.

Li Yanan’s steps suddenly stopped, standing still with no further action.

"You said it." He replied, his firm facial lines softening.

"Yes, then let me say it again. I love you, Li Yanan, I really want to be with you forever."

Lin Zhenxin kissed him tenderly, as if she were soothing his anxiety.

At some point, they had become able to effortlessly see through each other’s feelings and thoughts with just a glance.

This is the man she loves!

Li Yanan closed his eyes, and a subtle smile formed at the corners of his lips...

The ornately carved gate of the Tu Family’s villa opened quietly from the inside.

Dressed lightly with a beige cashmere shawl over her shoulders, Tu Haohao walked out, immediately spotting Li Chengze leaning against the car’s hood.

"Why are you here?" Tu Haohao hurriedly covered the wound on her head and jogged over.

In front of Li Chengze, there were already over a dozen cigarette butts, indicating he had been waiting for quite some time.

"Cold?" Tu Haohao looked up, her pure eyes gazing at Li Chengze.

For some reason, Li Chengze suddenly felt guilty.

But before he could speak, Tu Haohao reached out with her warm little hand and enveloped his icy palm.

——Actually, you hesitated just now... didn’t you?

——Just now... who were you thinking of?

"Don’t worry too much, Grandpa has already agreed to help the Li Family through this difficult time." Tu Haohao assumed Li Chengze was worried about the Li Family and quickly reassured him.

"If..." Li Chengze’s heart stirred, and he spoke up.

"Hmm?" Tu Haohao looked at him, puzzled.

"If the Li Family goes under this time, and I become a pauper with nothing, would you... still marry me?" Li Chengze had a kind of unspeakable frustration in his chest.

"I’ll support you!" Tu Haohao whispered, a shy smile on her face.

She brought his cold hand to her lips and gently kissed it.

"If you become a pauper with nothing, I’ll support you."

With a bang, something exploded in Li Chengze’s head, and he seemed to finally understand what that indescribable frustration in his chest meant...

He even felt that he had wronged Tu Haohao.

Is he... going crazy?

Xun Chen drove the car, periodically glancing at the two in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Lin Zhenxin had fallen asleep, nestled in Li Yanan’s arms, with a look of post-crisis suppression and unease on his face.

"You..." Xun Chen intended to speak, but was stopped by a look from Li Yanan.

Lin Zhenxin nestled trustingly in his embrace, small and delicate, with her recently pierced ear lobe visible.

Perhaps it was inflamed, as the ear lobe, usually cool, was now swollen and hot.

After a couple of intersections, Li Yanan spoke faintly.

"Go ahead."

"According to the entry records, He Bainian’s aunt, Susan He, has arrived in J City."

Almost the moment she entered the country, Xun Chen received the news.

Li Yanan lifted his head, his gaze meeting Xun Chen’s in the rearview mirror, Susan He arrived?

"Moreover..." Xun Chen hesitated, as if contemplating whether to continue.

"What?" Li Yanan rarely saw him so hesitant.

"He Bainian initially booked a ticket for He Nuoxin to return to New York, but... after Susan He arrived, the ticket was canceled."

Li Yanan said nothing, gently stroking Lin Zhenxin’s back.

"Is there any movement over at the Li Family?" When he spoke again, Li Yanan’s tone shifted.

"No, the Li Family’s stock has already plummeted to rock bottom. It’s said some directors intend to sell their shares."

"If anyone is selling, buy up everything without changing a thing."

"I know, regardless of cost, no matter the price."

Xun Chen’s lips curled up in an amused smile...

Li Yanan and Lin Zhenxin returned home close to midnight.

When they arrived, Aunt Xu was still waiting in the living room.

Over the years, Aunt Xu had cared for Li Yanan as if he were her own child.

Besides Xun Chen, she had long regarded Li Yanan as another son.