CHAPTER 259: CHAPTER 246: HAVE YOU GIVEN UP? 1

This silly girl, putting in such selfless devotion, what does he deserve to deserve it?

"So clingy..." Xun Chen’s mocking voice rang out again.

"Looks like Miss Jiang hasn’t made things easy for you lately."

Li Yanan spoke in a deep voice, which instantly made Xun Chen, who was waiting at the red light, turn his head and glare at him.

But soon, Xun Chen’s phone rang.

Glancing at the caller ID, his expression turned noticeably serious, and he exchanged a look with Li Yanan.

Intentionally lowering his voice, he answered the phone. After less than a minute, Xun Chen hung up.

Yet, the serious expression showed no signs of easing.

"Lu Dawei was taken away by Susan He’s people..." After pondering for a moment, Xun Chen finally spoke to Li Yanan.

Li Yanan remained silent for a long time, but his hands didn’t stop gently caressing Lin Zhenxin’s cheek.

"Mm, I know." After a long while, that was all he said...

Li Chengze expressionlessly placed the remote control on the coffee table.

Aunt Zhang pushed Li Yingying, her expression serious, but when her gaze fell on Li Chengze, there was an indescribable complexity.

This was the apartment Li Chengze had just rented, a three-bedroom, one living room.

Compared to the villa they used to live in, it was like comparing heaven and earth.

Even so, Li Chengze was quite content.

After being ousted from the Li Family’s company during a regime change, all his liquid assets were frozen. After being scolded awake by Lin Zhenxin at the hospital, he returned home and kept pondering... how exactly to shoulder his responsibilities and support the family.

Soon, Li Chengze used the last bit of cash he had at hand to rent this place.

At the very least, it provided a roof over their heads.

As for Aunt Zhang, he originally intended to arrange a severance package for her, but she refused to take it regardless, insisting on staying to ’take care’ of Li Yingying.

In the end, Li Chengze agreed.

Even with the housing issue resolved, another more severe problem remained.

And that was Li Miya’s sanatorium fees.

Li Yingying had sent her to the best mental sanatorium in J City, and the expenses were steep.

This was something Li Chengze had never considered or worried about before.

But now...

In such a short time, Li Chengze seemed to have transformed into a different person.

He still had a bank card left to him by Tu Haohao, with likely hundreds of thousands on it.

But Li Chengze didn’t want to use it.

Every time he saw that card, he couldn’t help but recall the contents of the USB drive, followed closely by heart-wrenching pain.

Ring ring, ring ring...

The doorbell suddenly rang, snapping Li Chengze back to reality.

He got up to answer the door.

Outside was a man dressed like a bodyguard in black. He handed him a small cardboard box and turned to leave.

The box was light and had an echo when shaken.

It was clearly marked with Li Yingying’s name.

Li Chengze felt something was off, so he turned around and used a letter opener to open the seal of the box.

But soon, when he saw what was inside the box, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes in shock, shudder, and throw the contents to the ground.

Severed fingers rolled out of the box with a rattle.

There were a total of five!

Rolling all the way to Li Yingying’s feet.

"Ah..." Li Yingying suddenly screamed, going mad...

A similar box appeared in front of Tu Wanzi at this moment.

She trembled as she looked at the blood-soaked five fingers, and Heather, who came with the box, was chilled to the bone!

The only difference from the one sent to Li Yingying was that there was an additional letter in Tu Wanzi’s box.

Forcing herself to suppress her nausea, Tu Wanzi opened the letter, which reeked of blood.

When the words inside met her eyes, Tu Wanzi’s pupils contracted violently. She stood up abruptly and clutched her chest.

She knew!

She knew about what happened back then, and so she had returned this time to exact revenge!

Unintentionally knocking over the box, the five fingers, still seemingly warm, rolled onto the floor.

"Ugh..." Already on the brink of a mental collapse due to Tu Haohao’s issues, Tu Wanzi retched immediately...

When they were almost home, Lin Zhenxin was groggily woken up by Li Yanan.

Even though there were reporters trying to block them, the secure community made it impossible for them to gain entry.

It was the height of winter, yet the plum blossoms in the community were in full bloom.

Lin Zhenxin saw them through the car window and excitedly wanted to walk home.

Li Yanan let her do so.

Just before getting out of the car, he looked at Xun Chen.

"Want to spend the New Year with us this year?" He knew Xun Chen’s family circumstances better than anyone.

Xun Chen paused, instinctively glancing at the building where Li Yanan lived but didn’t agree or disagree.

After a moment, he said he’d think about it, then drove off in Li Yanan’s Range Rover.

Li Yanan took off his own coat and draped it over Lin Zhenxin, carefully aware of her movements.

Since he was tall and his clothes were large, they made her look like a child stealing adult clothes.

"Is it pretty?" Next to the red plum blossoms, Lin Zhenxin’s small face looked tender and radiant, more vibrant than the flowers.

Li Yanan didn’t say anything, just walked over and squatted in front of her.

He reached out and tied the shoelace that had somehow come undone.

Lin Zhenxin looked down, and from her angle, she could see the outline of his back highlighted through his thin shirt.

"Pretty." After standing up, he finally answered.

"Do you mean the flowers are pretty or I’m pretty?" Lin Zhenxin purposely teased him, feigning seriousness.

"You are pretty." Li Yanan said, his gaze unwavering with such intensity that even Lin Zhenxin felt shy.

"I can’t walk anymore; carry me back."

Lin Zhenxin subconsciously touched her ear, feeling shy, only to discover an unexpected sensation.

Li Yanan had already stood in front of her, turned, and knelt down with no reluctance in being ordered around.

"Come." He just said the one word.

Once Lin Zhenxin was settled, Li Yanan stood up and headed toward the building they lived in.

When a car passed by, Lin Zhenxin instinctively buried her face into Li Yanan’s neck to hide her embarrassment.

Li Yanan didn’t try to shield it in the slightest.

"What kind of dumpling filling do you like? I’ll make them for you during New Year."

Lin Zhenxin playfully tugged at Li Yanan’s ear, a scene that would shock anyone from T.N.C Group.

Li Yanan indulged her, seemingly seriously contemplating.

"Lemon used to spend the New Year with me every year, but this year she has Gu Daxiong..."

Before Li Yanan could answer her previous question, Lin Zhenxin had already started chatting away.

Gradually, it became her talking and him listening.

When Lin Zhenxin realized Li Yanan had been silent for too long, she tilted her head to look at him.

Lin Zhenxin could just see his attractive Adam’s apple.

Her small hand naturally moved from his ear to his Adam’s apple, feeling the tension rise in his entire body.

"Stop fooling around."

Rarely, he showed a somewhat flustered expression.

Lin Zhenxin grew more mischievous, refusing to stop and instead slipped her hand inside Li Yanan’s collar.

"I’m going to keep teasing."

Because Lin Zhenxin was pregnant, they hadn’t been intimate for two months.

Li Yanan’s needs were clear to Lin Zhenxin; she often heard him taking cold showers at night. When he returned, his body was cold, and anyone could understand he took a cold shower to calm down.

"Keep it up, and tonight I’ll deal with you!" Li Yanan’s voice suddenly turned hoarse.

"Go on, do it! I’m just afraid you can’t!" Lin Zhenxin teased him with a laugh.

"Who are you calling ’can’t’?" Men at this age hate being told they can’t.

"You, Li...Uncle..."

Just that simple sentence was enough to make Li Yanan’s muscles tense instantly.

This girl, have I spoiled her too much, causing her to become unruly?

Just as he was about to teach her a lesson, their eyes simultaneously fell on a figure in the distance, and their expressions instantly turned cold...

The person was Tu Shaohong!

The smile on Lin Zhenxin’s face slowly froze, and she quickly slid down from Li Yanan’s back.

Tu Shaohong looked just as he did in her memory, leaning on a dragon-head walking stick, his brows filled with arrogance and hostility. He looked at Lin Zhenxin with a gaze full of disdain.

"Lin Zhenxin, I need to talk to you."

Tu Shaohong spoke with that arrogant tone.

Lin Zhenxin remained silent for a moment, just looking at him with narrowed eyes, thinking about something.

"She has nothing to discuss with you!" Li Yanan wrapped an arm around Lin Zhenxin’s shoulders, ready to head upstairs.

"It’s about your mother."

A glimmer of dark light flashed through Lin Zhenxin’s eyes, and soon a mocking smile appeared on her lips.

"About my mother? Are you worthy to discuss with me?" Although by seniority, she should call Tu Shaohong grandpa, Lin Zhenxin could never forget how he disregarded her dignity, throwing her out of the Li Mansion that stormy night!

Tu Shaohong’s expression briefly twisted, but it quickly returned to normal.

"I watched today’s press conference; discussing family matters on television, how inappropriate!"

He snorted coldly, not bothering to hide his disdain for Lin Zhenxin in his voice. That disdain was deeply ingrained in him.

"Inappropriate? Elder Tu, can you tell me what is considered appropriate?"

"Is it paying...a man to seduce your eldest daughter? Or allowing your youngest daughter to seduce her brother-in-law?"

Lin Zhenxin’s voice was cold, and almost immediately, Tu Shaohong’s face turned livid as her words landed!

"Look at me, always saying the wrong thing."

No matter the entanglements between Susan He and herself, Tu Shaohong’s behavior...

Lin Zhenxin sneered internally. Truly shameless!

"Did Shao Chen tell you?" Tu Shaohong’s smile was forced, leaning on his dragon-head cane.