Chapter 97 Rejection of Request

She immediately got out of bed and skipped over there.

Li Yanzhou was satisfied with her obedience.

He took a seat on his own initiative.

Luo Tingwei then picked up a hairdryer and dried his hair.

"You carried me back?"

Although she already knew, she still couldn't help but ask.

While enjoying her services, Li Yanzhou didn't forget to give her a warning, "Just letting you sleep here doesn't mean I forgive you for the stupid things you did before."

"Luo Tingwei, you still owe me a child."

He peered into her eyes through the mirror and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Luo Tingwei stiffened, lowered her head, and refused to look at him. "I...I know."

Now that the truth has come out, he and she are not related by blood, and she is able to accept having a child with him without hesitation.

But this is not the most urgent matter.

The most urgent task is to get him to agree to let her attend the Huo family's memorial service next month.

She promised that as long as he let her go, she would come back obediently.

The significance of this centennial family memorial ceremony is beyond what she can explain in a single sentence.

Back then, Huo Shuran disregarded the Huo family's objections and insisted on marrying Luo Shengtian, who was then penniless. This almost led to a complete break with the Huo family, and from then on, the Huo family disliked her.

There were even signs that they wanted to remove her from the family tree.

It wasn't until Luo Shengtian gradually gained some prominence and established himself in Black City that the Huo family stopped saying anything.

But now, Luo Shengtian, who has always been looked down upon by the Huo family, has lost power again, and Huo Shuran has been pushed forward again, becoming the center of attention.

Several elders in the clan have already begun to subtly suggest removing her from the Huo family genealogy once again.

If Luo Tingwei, as her daughter, doesn't go back, then this matter is probably set in stone.

The thought that her mother would still not find peace in the afterlife made Luo Tingwei determined to go back.

Although they didn't like Luo Shengtian, several elders still liked her, but they had less contact with her in recent years.

She believed that meeting in person would foster some goodwill, and that her uncles would consider the possibility of a compromise out of consideration for her.

As she dried Li Yanzhou's hair, she felt uneasy, hesitating whether she should speak up at this moment. But then she thought that he had just let her out last night, and if she made any other requests today, it would seem like she was pushing her luck.

Luo Tingwei held back.

I decided to wait until I finished making the gift and gave it to him, and then ask him for it when he was in a good mood.

After all, his birthday is the day after tomorrow.

My own pair of gloves will be almost finished by then.

"Baby, you're going to burn my hair."

Seeing that she looked distracted in the mirror, Li Yanzhou couldn't help but remind her.

"oh……"

Luo Tingwei snapped out of her daze and quickly turned off the hair dryer.

What are you thinking about?

He gently pinched her cheek.

"It's nothing, it's just... the thought that I could actually come back is unbelievable."

Luo Tingwei made up a lie.

Li Yanzhou knew perfectly well that she was pretending to cover it up.

I suppose he has other requests of him.

But he didn't want to listen to her requests right now; all he wanted was to eat her.

The next second, he picked her up and carried her to the bed.

Luo Tingwei was laid down on the bed, and the next second, the man's tall body pressed down on her, his thin lips breathing against her ear.

"Baby, you did a great job yesterday. How about I serve you today?"

...

When Qingqiao entered, she was so startled by the ambiguous atmosphere in the air that she was speechless, and a hint of unease crossed her face.

She had heard early on that Luo Tingwei had been released and assigned here to continue taking care of her.

"Qingqiao, you've arrived."

Luo Tingwei sat up in bed and was very happy to see her. "I came back suddenly. Could you please bring me the gloves that I'm knitting upstairs?"

"Okay, I'll go check it out later."

Qingqiao readily agreed.

However, when Qingqiao came back in the afternoon, she said that the item was missing.

Luo Tingwei found it a little strange, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "I just put it in the drawer."

Qingqiao told her that there was nothing in the drawer.

I've looked elsewhere, but I can't find it.

That's strange.

Luo Tingwei was getting anxious. His birthday was the day after tomorrow, and it would definitely be too late to make a new one now.

This was something she had prepared for several days. Apart from eating, sleeping, and entertaining him, she spent almost all her remaining time crocheting this stitch by stitch.

The light in the attic was already dim, and it made her eyes hurt.

Li Yanzhou was already bothered by her lack of appreciation for the gift she gave him, and now she had no chance to explain at all.

Qingqiao thought for a moment, "Maybe one of the maids accidentally cleaned it up."

It seems that this is the only explanation.

Luo Tingwei could only accept her bad luck.

Then I hurriedly prepared another gift and stayed up all night folding a small bottle of origami cranes.

The day before Li Yanzhou's birthday, she took out the bottle of origami cranes.

Li Yanzhou was sitting on the sofa replying to work messages when he saw Luo Tingwei walking towards him carrying a bottle of colorful things, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"What's this?"

He had never seen anything like it before.

"These are the origami cranes I folded. Each origami crane has a birthday blessing on it."

Li Yanzhou accepted it.

Open the bottle and randomly take one out.

He held it in his hand and looked at it, only then realizing that there were indeed words written on the wings.

"Wishing Xiao Li gets more and more handsome."

Li Yanzhou's expression changed slightly, a hint of amusement on his face.

Then they took out another one.

"Wishing you ever-increasing wealth, Zhouzhou Zhouzhouye."

It all seems like nonsense.

Li Yanzhou was both amused and exasperated.

Luo Tingwei stood nervously to the side, secretly observing his expression to judge whether he liked the gift or not.

Actually, Li Yanzhou liked whatever she gave him; it was just a matter of whether she cared or not.

However, this gift seems to have been made rather hastily.

Li Yanzhou had seen these colorful confetti in her room these past two days, and he knew that she had been secretly folding things all the time.

Tomorrow is his birthday.

She really had to cram at the last minute, only now hastily preparing a decent gift for him.

Why didn't you do this earlier?

He guessed that she would make some small request next.

Sure enough, just as Li Yanzhou said he would accept the gift, Luo Tingwei looked at him hesitantly, her two little fingers twirling incessantly.

Standing in front of him, I felt like a nervous elementary school student.

Li Yanzhou sat leisurely on the sofa, quietly observing her restless appearance, waiting for her to speak first.

After mentally preparing herself, Luo Tingwei finally mustered the courage to speak.

"Brother Ayan, can I...can I go back to the Huo family next month to participate in the festival?"

After Luo Tingwei finished speaking, she became extremely nervous, glancing timidly at him.

Li Yanzhou wasn't particularly surprised that she knew about this.

After all, when Huo Zhizhou came that day, many servants were present, and he did not order the news to be kept secret.

It's normal for someone to hear something and tell her.

"I...I promise I'll come back as soon as it's over."

"no."

The next second, he rejected her directly and decisively.