Chapter 830 What kind of act are the husband and wife putting on?

Ling Xiao is the eldest son of the Ling family and the heir to the family. He is a prominent figure in Lingcheng and has never been involved in any scandals over the years. Xia Ningxi is different.

Besides her academic achievements, Xia Ningxi has a lot of scandalous news. If outsiders knew that Ling Xiao had been married to Xia Ningxi, I wonder how many people would laugh at him.

She didn't know what Ling Xiao was thinking, so she kindly reminded him, "For you, keeping this relationship a secret is the safest thing to do. You can consider my suggestion. After the divorce, you don't need to tell the Ling family about this, so they naturally won't pressure you to get married."

Ling Xiao smiled and declined, "I think our current relationship is safer."

"?" Xia Ningxi looked puzzled. "Where is it safe? Do you know how much trouble it would cause if it were discovered that we were married abroad?"

Ling Xiao: "Aren't you already divorced? You have custody of the children, so I don't think it's a big deal."

“This isn’t your child.” Xia Ningxi’s face darkened.

Ling Xiao: "I think they are very cute. If they are willing, I don't mind."

"Don't mind what?" Xia Ningxi's face darkened.

Ling Xiao: "Be their father."

"..." Xia Ningxi was speechless. She was now quite certain that Ling Xiao was not thinking straight either.

She glanced at the wall clock; it was already quite late. "You should go home," she said.

"Go back where?" Ling Xiao asked in return.

Xia Ningxi: "Of course we're going back to the Ling family. You don't mean you're planning to stay here overnight, do you?"

“That’s true.” Ling Xiao chuckled and got up to leave.

As he stepped outside, Xia Ningxi locked the door behind her as quickly as possible.

The three children ran out when they heard the noise.

"Mommy? Did you and Uncle Ling have a fight?" Xingxing asked curiously.

Xia Ningxi denied it: "No."

Huo Yuan: "But Mommy's face is very dark."

Chu Chu: "It must be because you were in the sun too much during the day. Just put some lotion on Mommy and it will be fine."

"Chu Chu is right." Xia Ningxi nodded in agreement.

Huo Yuan looked completely bewildered.

Xingxing, however, looked shrewd. She glanced at the door and then at Xia Ningxi's embarrassed expression, and asked, "Mommy is hiding something from us."

"No," Xia Ningxi immediately denied.

Xingxing said seriously, "I don't want to investigate."

He had actually noticed something was off a long time ago. Ling Xiao's attitude towards their family was subtle, and Xia Ningxi's attitude towards Ling Xiao was even more subtle. The two seemed to have known each other for a long time, but they also seemed to be strangers. This feeling was strange.

He was unwilling to investigate because he wanted Xia Ningxi to tell him herself.

The little child possessed a keenness beyond his years, and Xia Ningxi knew she couldn't hide it any longer, so she sighed helplessly.

"You remember when Mommy found someone to marry so you and your sister could get registered in the household?" Xia Ningxi asked Xingxing.

Xingxing nodded: "I remember, Mommy mentioned this before."

“That person is Ling Xiao,” Xia Ningxi said.

Xingxing asked in confusion, "But didn't Mommy say he was just an ordinary person?"

“I didn’t investigate carefully. He almost died in an accident, and I happened to save him. We quickly got our marriage certificate and didn’t bother to find out his true identity. I did hear some news about him later, but it wasn’t true. I was busy taking care of you and my sister at the time, so I didn’t pay attention to him.”

Xia Ningxi recounted the whole story truthfully.

In fact, Xia Ningxi had sensed that Ling Xiao's identity was not simple a long time ago. Back then, Huo Nanxiao went to investigate but couldn't find much information about him, which was enough to prove his methods.

She was actually quite scared, after all, there was suspicion of marriage fraud.

He hasn't been able to resolve this matter with Ling Xiao all these years, which has delayed him for so long.

"Ultimately, it was me who lied to him, so I'm now intentionally avoiding any appearance of impropriety," Xia Ningxi explained.

Xingxing: "He can get a divorce."

"The problem is, he doesn't want a divorce." Xia Ningxi was also troubled.

Xingxing: "He's not familiar with Mommy, and he couldn't possibly like her, right? Why doesn't he want a divorce? Everyone in the Ling family knows Mommy and Daddy, and they all know about Mommy. If they find out about the relationship between our family and Uncle Ling, they probably won't be happy, right?"

Chu Chu: "Yeah, we're not related by blood. Does he really want to be a cheap daddy?"

Huo Yuan: "No way? How many dads would we have then?"

Xingxing: "You can never have too many people like Daddy. He's rich, and he even parked a big plane upstairs for us. I think our financial situation is pretty good."

Chu Chu: "So, can he throw stacks of banknotes in my face like Daddy?"

Huo Yuan: "I think it's okay."

"Wow, that's great!" Chu Chu's eyes lit up.

Seeing that their focus was getting more and more off track, Xia Ningxi immediately interrupted, "You three, stop daydreaming! You're not asleep yet!"

Xingxing: "Mommy, I think the Ling family is not bad either."

“It’s not a question of good or bad, I’m not familiar with him at all,” Xia Ningxi replied.

Xingxing: "Then we can date for a while, since we don't have a daddy anymore anyway. Uncle Li is rich, but he looks like a criminal. I think Uncle Ling is pretty good."

"But Uncle Li bought us a lot of candy." Chu Chu blinked her big eyes: "Why does he seem like a criminal? I think he's a very nice person."

“We can buy candy ourselves, little sister. You can’t think someone is a great person just because they gave you a piece of candy.” Xingxing began to lecture her little sister.

Chu Chu nodded: "I understand."

Huo Yuan looked at Xia Ningxi: "Mommy, what do you want to do now?"

"Focus on your work, study hard, and try to keep your distance from Ling Xiao to avoid causing him unnecessary trouble. That's enough," Xia Ningxi said.

Huo Yuan nodded: "Yes, I understand. I will be very well-behaved, Mommy, don't worry."

Star: "I will be a good girl and listen to you."

Chu Chu: "Me too."

The three little ones are all very well-behaved, and Xia Ningxi feels very at ease having them by her side.

Sometimes she felt very fortunate that the three little ones were so sensible, saving her a lot of trouble, but Xia Ningxi also knew that they actually lacked fatherly love. Xia Ningxi could only try her best to spend time with them and make sure they had a good day.

"Go take a shower, Mommy will sleep with you tonight." Xia Ningxi said gently.

"Okay!" the little ones said in unison.

Huo Yuan and Xingxing are boys, so Xia Ningxi helped them take a bath first, while the little girl Chuchu sat obediently outside waiting.

At just over four years old, they already have a sense of gender. Although the triplets still sleep together, Xia Ningxi has long since separated them when it comes to bathing.

When she finished bathing Chu Chu, her two older brothers were already asleep in the room, behaving incredibly well.

She held Chu Chu and coaxed the little girl for two minutes until she fell asleep. Xia Ningxi breathed a sigh of relief, turned on the small desk lamp, and quietly began to work.

She hadn't checked a lot of data in her emails, and there were also many unread messages on her work account. She spent half an hour processing all the messages, and seeing that she still had some time, she logged into her personal account.

This time, her private account was very quiet; only two people had messaged her: Xia Wanwan and Huo Nanxiao.

Huo Nanxiao asked: Where are you?

Xia Wanwan asked: Did you go back to Lingcheng?

Xia Ningxi was annoyed. "What kind of act are these two putting on?"

She instinctively wanted to delete their messages, but then she thought they were probably still persistent, so she replied: Wherever you want me to be, I'll be there.

The two people replied with the same message.

Huo Nanxiao was surprised and even delighted when he saw Xia Ningxi's reply, because this was the first time in more than two months that Xia Ningxi had taken the initiative to reply to his message.

But when Xia Wanwan saw Xia Ningxi's message, she only felt a chill and fear all over her body.