Cao Xue's voice sounded somewhat weak. He Lingchuan had his back to Shen Yanxi, and although he turned around several times, Shen Yanxi showed no sign of leaving.
He frowned and could only let Cao Xue rest first.
Before hanging up the phone, Cao Xue asked expectantly, "Brother Lingchuan, will you come to see me?"
He Lingchuan fell silent, not speaking for a long time. Cao Xue still didn't give up: "Please come and see me, okay?"
Cao Xue's voice sounded pitiful, and He Lingchuan was slightly moved. Just as he was about to speak, Shen Yanxi suddenly stepped forward and snatched his phone: "He won't go."
After saying those four words, Shen Yanxi simply threw her phone on the ground.
What are you doing?
Looking at the shattered phone, He Lingchuan's face instantly turned ashen.
Where would he get the extra money to buy a phone? All his money is going towards covering the school's deficit.
"What are you worried about? It's just a phone. I'll buy you one."
He Lingchuan's expression was somber, and he found Shen Yanxi increasingly unfathomable.
What exactly do you want?
He Lingchuan forced himself to calm down, wanting to have a proper talk with Shen Yanxi.
"I want you to completely sever ties with Cao Xue. Have you forgotten that we signed a contract?"
Speaking of that contract, Shen Yanxi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "But then again, it's just a contract with no legal effect. How could you bear to give up Cao Xue because of it?"
Shen Yanxi stepped forward and sneered at him, "He Lingchuan, you can be with anyone, just not Cao Xue. She's my friend's sister. How am I supposed to face Weiwei if you're with her?"
"So you did know that Cao Wei was your friend."
Not to be outdone, He Lingchuan retorted sarcastically, "I remember you've never visited Cao Xue, have you?"
Shen Yanxi raised an eyebrow, not thinking she had done anything wrong at all: "She and you have an ambiguous relationship, and my going to see her will only exacerbate the conflict between us."
Although she has no interaction with Cao Xue now, in Shen Yanxi's eyes, Cao Xue has become a stumbling block.
If it weren't for Cao Xue, He Lingchuan wouldn't have stayed out all night, nor would he have avoided spending several days with the children.
Shen Yanxi walked towards the door. She glanced around furtively, making sure Zhou Mingyan hadn't come out, and breathed a sigh of relief: "If you continue to have contact with Cao Xue, I guarantee you'll never see your child again in your life."
Shen Yanxi's tone was dismissive, and she didn't sound like she was joking.
He Lingchuan watched Shen Yanxi's departing figure, and after confirming that she had returned to her room, he searched room by room.
He searched every room on the second floor, but couldn't find the two children.
He leaned against the wall, his body slowly sliding down until he squatted on the ground.
"I can take you to see the child."
Zhou Mingyan's voice came from above. He Lingchuan looked up blankly, half-believing and half-doubting: "You want to help me?"
He wished he could separate from Shen Yanxi completely and didn't want the child to have any contact with him.
He Lingchuan didn't believe Zhou Mingyan had a change of heart; his first reaction was that this man was plotting something.
He Lingchuan looked Zhou Mingyan up and down, but didn't see any sharp weapons on him.
He took a few steps back warily: "What's your purpose?"
"I want you to leave Xixi."
"Besides this?"
He Lingchuan didn't believe Zhou Mingyan's words, nor did he believe that this man would secretly take him to see the child behind Shen Yanxi's back.
But he wanted to hear the man's purpose.
He Lingchuan raised his chin, signaling Zhou Mingyan to continue: "There can't be only this one condition, right?"
“You’re very smart, and that’s not the only reason I’m smart.”
Zhou Mingyan suddenly moved closer to He Lingchuan and whispered in his ear, "There's one more condition: I want you to take the two children away."
He curled his lips into a smug smile as he looked at He Lingchuan: "Xixi and I will have our own children, and it would be best if these two children stayed with you."
He Lingchuan's expression changed drastically. He knew that Zhou Mingyan had been pretending to be good to the two children all along, but he never expected that Zhou Mingyan would actually have the idea of driving them away.
"You had this plan in mind all along?"
Zhou Mingyan looked at He Lingchuan's outstretched hands and suddenly felt aggrieved: "You really misunderstood me this time. I just want the two children to be happy."
He sighed, looking somewhat helpless: "I can tell they don't like being with Xixi right now. I want to make their lives more enjoyable, and being with their dad will greatly help their future development."
Zhou Mingyan lowered his head, almost touching He Lingchuan's face: "I'm doing this for the child's own good."
"fart"
Zhou Mingyan said everything, but in the end, he became the villain.
He Lingchuan exposed Zhou Mingyan's lie without hesitation: "Don't think I don't know what you're planning. You just think these two kids are a burden and want to get rid of them."
He Lingchuan tilted his head back, his eyes sharp and cold, as if he could devour a person alive: "Don't worry, I won't leave the child here with you. I will definitely take the child away."
"That would be best. Otherwise, when Xixi and I have children, we'll have to worry about their mental health."
After saying the last word, Zhou Mingyan turned and left as if he had completed his mission.
He had just reached the door when He Lingchuan stopped him: "Is this your own decision, or Shen Yanxi's decision?"
He Lingchuan pointed sharply at Zhou Mingyan's retreating figure, demanding a reasonable explanation.
Zhou Mingyan shrugged and chuckled nonchalantly, "Does it matter? The final result is the same anyway."
Before leaving, Zhou Mingyan reminded him, "You'd better make a decision quickly, the child can't wait much longer."
After saying that, he turned and left.
He Lingchuan had never even seen the child's face.
He paced back and forth in his room, unable to sleep all night.
He Lingchuan got up very early the next day and went straight to the police station to report the crime.
When Shen Yanxi arrived, He Lingchuan had just finished giving his statement.
Shen Yanxi looked at the person sitting next to her with a puzzled expression: "What's going on? Why are you here?"
He Lingchuan spread his hands and shrugged: "Looking for a child? My child is lost, what's wrong with looking for him?"
He very proactively invited Shen Yanxi to sit next to him and wiped the table for her.
After completing these actions, He Lingchuan looked at the police officer opposite him: "This is the person who lost the child."
The police officer smiled kindly and asked her directly, "When did the child go missing? Where did the child go before disappearing?"
He Lingchuan scratched his head. He had been too busy lately to see the children and couldn't answer these questions.
In contrast, Shen Yanxi could recite it backwards without hesitation.
After saying the last word, she looked up at the police officer and slowly said, "The child isn't lost, there's no need to look for him anymore."
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