Chapter 59: Scoundrel

Li Zhenguan couldn’t even wait for the elevator, so he took the stairs instead.

Yang Shu glanced at the elevator floor and broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn’t understand how Miss Wang and Mr. Li, who were usually so calm, could have such a frightening argument.

He wanted to stop Li Zhenguan but couldn’t. Now Yang Shu finally experienced Li Zhenguan’s stubborn temper. How could he not feel distressed seeing the child crying non-stop in his arms?

It was impossible for Li Zhenguan to not feel distressed. However, at this moment, his mind was unprecedentedly clear and calm. Thinking of the sudden appearance of Chen Fangli and Wang Zhao regaining her memory, he gritted his white teeth in anger.

He tightened his arms around the child, hearing the cry grow louder. He quickly loosened his grip and gently patted the child’s back to comfort him.

Baby, now I only hope you can still be of some use and not let your mother be deceived and seduced by those scoundrels outside. Thinking of this, his expression couldn’t help but darken. To be honest, the current situation was unexpected for him, or rather, he subconsciously avoided thinking in this direction.

It’s normal for people to have an escapist mentality because the current circumstances are too comfortable. They don’t want changes to occur, so they like to avoid difficulties that can change the current situation or all the ominous signs that could cause sudden changes.

In this short year, Li Zhenguan had also adapted to this mundane life. He couldn’t tolerate anyone disrupting his peaceful life.

His eyes were still a bit red. He wiped them with one hand, feeling his mind clearing more as he kept descending the stairs. Suppressing his emotions, he comforted the baby in his arms and quickened his pace, ignoring Yang Shu’s shouts behind him.

Even at the fastest speed, it took two minutes to get down from the seventh floor. Li Zhenguan went straight to the underground parking lot, panting heavily due to the intense movement.

The baby in his arms had also quieted down, purely because he was exhausted from crying for so long. Now he was just sobbing, his little nose red, his little mouth opening and closing, looking pitiful. A pair of eyes like black pearls looked at his father in confusion.

He knew nothing, but although babies are ignorant at this age, they are very sensitive and can feel the emotions of the adults around them.

He clearly felt that the adult holding him had unstable emotions, which made him feel scared. So he couldn’t help but open his mouth wide, wanting to cry loudly again.

Yang Shu followed behind, wanting to take the child, but Li Zhenguan walked in front, ignoring his words.

When they reached the underground parking lot, Li Zhenguan, wearing home clothes and slippers, looked a bit strange holding a baby.

At this moment, the phone in Yang Shu’s hand vibrated. He looked up at Li Zhenguan, who was hurrying towards where Wang Zhao had parked her car.

He sighed and answered the phone after seeing the caller ID.

“Miss Li, have you arrived?” Yang Shu asked.

Li Zhenwei stood at the door and made an affirmative sound, asking where they were. She had just knocked on the door but no one answered, so it seemed they were not at home.

Yang Shu heard a voice in the distance and hurried to catch up, fearing that Li Zhenguan and Wang Zhao would argue and hurt the child in their lack of reason.

Sure enough, Li Zhenguan had already stopped Wang Zhao. The car’s trunk was open, and Wang Zhao’s suitcase was placed beside her. Yang Shu walked over and found a young man standing next to them. He was quite handsome and refined, standing by Wang Zhao’s side. It seemed that before Li Zhenguan arrived, the two of them were talking.

Yang Shu had never seen this young man before. His instinctive curiosity came up, and he couldn’t help but look at the man several times, subconsciously beginning to speculate whether Li Zhenguan and Wang Zhao’s argument this time was because of this man.

It was no wonder Yang Shu thought this way. The appearance of this man was too much of a coincidence.

He looked at the man again, then said in a low voice to the person on the phone that they were in the underground parking lot before hanging up.

He stood there hesitating for a while. On the other side, Li Zhenguan had already grabbed Wang Zhao’s hand. Seeing Chen Fangli here, his face looked even worse. He subconsciously wanted to question Wang Zhao, and his emotions, which had just calmed down, became agitated again.

“Zhao.”

Li Zhenguan didn’t know what to say. He just wouldn’t let her go. His eyes were red, but this time he didn’t shed tears. However, his eyes looking at Wang Zhao now were no different from crying, because they had just cried and carried an indescribable bitterness.

But Wang Zhao looked at the child in his arms and frowned slightly. Her brows were clear and light. Once she frowned, it gave people a feeling of impatience or as if she thought she was disliked.

She put her luggage in the trunk and said to Li Zhenguan on the side, “Why did you bring the child out?”

At this point, although Li Zhenguan was humble, when he saw Chen Fangli beside them, he couldn’t help but sneer and retort, “If I didn’t bring the child, would you let this scoundrel leave with you and abandon the two of us, father and son?”

He still resented what this man did at their wedding. Chen Fangli was definitely not as noble as he appeared on the surface. Otherwise, an innocent man would not sit at someone’s wedding and seduce the bride.

What made him uneasy was that Wang Zhao had been in a relationship with this man for seven or eight years before. How many seven or eight years are there in a person’s life? How could his one year of getting along with Wang Zhao and more than half a year of married life compare to the seven or eight years of old love between Wang Zhao and this man?

After saying this, he felt regret. His lips trembled a few times and then pursed tightly. He wanted to apologize directly to Wang Zhao, but when his eyes glanced at the man beside them, he couldn’t open his mouth.

Li Zhenguan was very good at observing words and expressions. At a glance, he discovered that Chen Fangli had been staring at Wang Zhao. This feeling of being ignored was not pleasant. Moreover, when he said that just now, Chen Fangli even smiled and glanced at him. It was really an imperceptible mockery.

So he just stood there like this, holding the child and blocking Wang Zhao’s way to the car.

Actually, Wang Zhao was also a bit annoyed at this time. If it weren’t for her previous memories, she would have felt okay arguing in front of Chen Fangli like this. But now that most of her memories had returned, and Li Zhenguan used such words to describe Chen Fangli, it inevitably made her feel an inexplicable awkwardness and discomfort.

The identity of an ex-boyfriend was still different for Wang Zhao. Their breakup could be called a peaceful one. Unlike others who wished their exes to have a bad life after breaking up, as if they were dead, Wang Zhao hoped that Chen Fangli would be well.

At that time, Chen Fangli proposed the breakup. In Wang Zhao’s view, it was more due to practical factors rather than real problems in their relationship, or perhaps there were some problems that she just hadn’t noticed.

So she frowned and said with anger, “You’re making a fuss.” Then she prepared to open the other door and get in the car.

However, Li Zhenguan obviously had no intention of letting her go so easily. But seeing Wang Zhao so insistent, he pinched the baby in his arms.

The child was too young, and he didn’t dare to use force. After all, it was the child he had carried for ten months and given birth to. It was impossible to have no feelings. It was just that he couldn’t accept Wang Zhao’s departure even more. Once Wang Zhao was gone, he didn’t even know the meaning of the child’s existence in his arms.

Suddenly, the child, who had not easily settled down, started crying loudly again. His little mouth opened wide, and tears immediately flowed out of his eyes like black pearls. His little fists kept waving. The timing was too coincidental, making people think that the child cried because Wang Zhao was leaving.

Wang Zhao also liked children. Hearing this cry, her heart immediately softened. The originally hard heart like a city wall was suddenly torn open. She couldn’t help but look at the child crying non-stop in Li Zhenguan’s arms.

Wen Wen cried very loudly, opening his little mouth wide. He hadn’t grown teeth yet. When he cried, he closed his eyes tightly, making people’s hearts shatter.

Several elders in the family liked this child. He was good-looking and the first of the younger generation. They doted on him and couldn’t help but exclaim whenever he cried, coaxing him endlessly. Wang Zhao had also coaxed him, holding the child and walking around the living room, even though she was not good with words.

At this moment, this cry weakened her intention to leave a little. She thought about whether she should use a gentler method to have a good talk with Li Zhenguan.

But then Chen Fangli beside them said indifferently, “It seems that there are still heartless fathers in this world. Pinching such a young child without any hesitation.”

Li Zhenguan suddenly looked at Chen Fangli, his eyes darkening.

If his eyes could shoot out knives, Chen Fangli would have been cut into pieces.

He hated him so much at this moment.

Li Zhenguan’s actions just now were very secret, but Chen Fangli happened to catch a glimpse of it. Or rather, this was the first time he saw this child, so he couldn’t help but look at him a few times, and then he caught Li Zhenguan’s actions.

What a vicious husband who couldn’t be seen in public.

Chen Fangli didn’t mind using the worst words to describe this man. Back then, Wang Zhao had just broken up with him not long ago and got involved with this man. He felt that this man was not a good person. There were so many people who liked Wang Zhao at school. Although there were few more beautiful than Wang Zhao, there were still some. But did Wang Zhao ever look at those people?

At this time, he didn’t care about any moral rhetoric. He just wanted to make these two people have a bad time today. It would be best if they broke up, which would be most suitable. Even if they were married, they could still get a divorce.

He also saw that Li Zhenguan must have done something to make Wang Zhao discover it. With Wang Zhao’s temperament, being so angry, it must not be a small matter.

It was better to make a big deal out of it. If it became a big deal, there would be no way back.

So after saying that just now, he looked at the woman whose face had suddenly become much colder because of his words, with a carefree expression, “Wang Zhao, I didn’t drive today. I’ll have to trouble you to give me a ride later.”

Author’s Note:

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