Li Milui came here under the pretext of a business trip. She will stay for a maximum of two days before leaving. If she stays even one more day, going back will be a hassle.

She was holding her phone, answering a call: "Mr. Xu, the documents are in the drawer. It's been less than ten minutes since I got off the plane, and you've already called five times."

Xu Sichen leaned back in his chair, his long legs casually crossed on the desk, his hand gripping the bottom of the file as he looked at it: "I can't see it. Should I send you a video, and you can help me find it?"

Li Miru took a deep breath, suppressing her temper, and said gently, "If you keep making a fuss, I'll go back when I'm done playing."

Xu Sichen's lips curled down, and he lost all interest in reading the documents. He wobbled on his toes, his gleaming leather shoes sparkling: "Wife, I miss you."

Li Milui saw Xu Mengyu and Zheng Tianming, along with her little grandson. Worried about being exposed, she gave a perfunctory "Mmm" and said, "[I miss you too, bye.]"

Xu Lu was overjoyed to see Li Milui and ran over to hug her waist, saying, "Grandma, I missed you so much."

Li Mirui laughed and bent down, pinching Xu Lu's tender face: "You brat, you even dare to scare me, you're getting bolder and bolder."

Xu Lu blinked, his voice slightly slurred: "Xiao Lu knows he was wrong." As he finished speaking, his eyes began to redden.

Li Mirui picked Xu Lu up: "You're a grown man, don't be like your mother, all you do is whine and cry all day long."

"Mom, just tell him what you want to say, don't drag me into it." Xu Mengyu wore a mask because she was afraid of being recognized, and Zheng Tianming followed behind her the whole time.

Zheng Tianming said, "Auntie was just telling the truth."

When Xu Mengyu was a child, she was very clever and mischievous. There were two other little girls in her family, one delicate and weak and the other her older sister, who was gentle and soft-spoken but whose voice cracked when she spoke loudly. As the eldest, she often came up with bad ideas.

Every day, I could hear her crying as Aunt Li beat her.

"You don't need to pick up where I left off." Li Mirui hugged Xu Lu. She was fine with whatever she said, but she wouldn't like it if others said it.

Xu Mengyu turned her head away; he was no longer that pampered chocolate bean...

"Auntie, I bought some groceries this morning. I'll cook some simple home-style dishes when I get home. How about that?" Zheng Tianming said nonchalantly.

He ruined someone's daughter like this. Given the aunt's temper, she would have slapped him a few times before even meeting him. That would have been too lenient for him.

Li Miru glared at Xu Mengyu, telling her to have some self-respect. Instead, she'd secretly given birth behind her family's back. Just thinking about it gave her a headache. If her husband, Xu, found out, she and his precious daughter would keep it a secret from him...

I can't say, I dare not say.

"Grandma, I read in a book that humans age slowly over time. Why are you still so young and beautiful? Will I be like that when I reach that age?" Xu Lu hugged Li Mirui's neck, her little mouth as sweet as honey.

Otherwise, you'll easily get a spanking when you get home.

Li Mirui was secretly pleased, but she didn't show it on her face: "You won't, you like to bluff. You'll all become ugly when you get old." After saying that, she glanced at Xu Mengyu and Zheng Tianming.

I don't discriminate; I dislike both of them.

Xu Mengyu rubbed her nose: "Okay, okay, I wasn't full just now, I'm starving now."

I'll ask my mother to find a way to bring Zheng Tianming back home, so he won't follow her around anymore; she finds him very distasteful.

Zheng Tianming lowered his eyes to look at Xu Mengyu. He had already guessed what she was up to on the way here.

After getting in the car, Li Mirui received another call from Xu Sichen. She put her finger to Xu Lu's little mouth, and before she could come up with a solution, she couldn't let her little sheep know.

Xu Sichen had left the company and was on his way home. The thought of his wife not being home made him unhappy: "My dear wife, have you arrived at the hotel yet?"

Li Mirui covered her phone as if afraid someone would hear. She already had a grandson, yet she was still being called "Miss Li" all the time, which made her a little embarrassed.

Xu Mengyu thought she could meet a man like that, but she ended up falling for Zheng Tianming. At first, things were fine, but later he and Wenrou were practically inseparable.

Li Mirui lowered her voice: "Not yet, I just got on the bus. If you don't want to be alone at home, you can go upstairs to find Lao Zheng and ask him to take you fishing, or you can go downstairs to play chess with Professor Pei."

Xu Sichen lit a cigarette, his peach-blossom eyes half-closed: [I don't want to do anything, I just want to...]

Li Mirui suddenly interrupted: "Okay, okay, I'll send you a video when I get there." Who knows what he'll say next, especially with a child listening nearby.

Xu Sichen pursed his lips, looking rather unhappy. The driver glanced at him through the rearview mirror and drove even more steadily.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mengyu laughed and said, "Mom, don't you think my dad is too clingy? Aren't you annoyed?"

“If I really didn’t like it, your dad would have changed it long ago.” Li Mirui looked at her phone; the wallpaper was a picture of Xu Sichen working diligently.

Outsiders say that Xu Sichen must be madly in love with her to be able to turn a prodigal son back to his senses, but only those closest to her know that she is the one who is madly in love with him.

But all that is in the past now. She turned her head and looked at Xu Mengyu in the dim light inside the car. She had dreamed when she was young that they would have a lovely daughter named Xiaoyu'er. Now she has grown up so much.

Xu Mengyu turned to look at Li Mirui: "What's wrong?"

"You're making me angry." Li Mirui said, putting her phone away and looking out the window.

Xu Mengyu leaned closer to Xu Lu and said, "Mom must love me so much that she can't sleep if she doesn't see me for a day."

"According to you, I must be suffering from insomnia every day." Li Mirui said, reaching out to pat Xu Mengyu's head. "The public opinion hasn't been clarified yet. You must be exhausted these days."

Xu Mengyu had been joking around, trying to cheer her mother up, but after being patted on the head and hearing her mother's words, tears immediately streamed down her face: "They're all taking advantage of this time to bully me."

When Zheng Tianming heard Xu Mengyu's tearful voice, he felt as if he had been punched in the chest; he had experienced the same treatment before.

When she's bullied, she'll snuggle into his arms and act all cute, letting him comfort her...

"Then leave it to me?" Li Miru looked at Xu Mengyu with heartache. This year, both her love life and career had been unsuccessful. It was no wonder she was exhausted.

Xu Lu held Xu Mengyu in his arms, thinking that when he grew up, he would catch all the bad guys who bullied his mother and make them eat their words.

Xu Mengyu shook her head: "Drawing you and Dad into this will only lead to a business war. I'll handle it myself."

On the way here, she heard Zheng Tianming give her a rough outline of what happened. He said that the hotel manager wanted to use her to get involved with the hotel her father managed, even though her father hadn't helped her.

If I actually help, and people find out, who knows what kind of chaos it will cause.

"Don't worry, Auntie, I'll help Mengyu." Zheng Tianming gripped the steering wheel, feeling utterly useless, having been here for so long without being able to offer any assistance.

Li Mirui said in a calm voice, "When I go back this time, you come with me. Your parents are getting old, and Wanwan's health is not good. You should go back and help them. As for Mengyu, I will find a way."

What you fear most is what happens...