Shen Yanxi subconsciously pulled her hand away from Zhou Mingyan. With a cold face, she threw the phone she had prepared earlier at He Lingchuan: "This is for you."
She was aloof and had long been used to bossing He Lingchuan around.
He Lingchuan looked at the new phone at his feet and gave a self-deprecating smile: "If you feel guilty and want to compensate me for the phone, you should be more sincere."
He Lingchuan picked up his phone from the ground, showing no intention of taking it back: "I accept your apology."
"Who said I'm apologizing to you again?"
Shen Yanxi caught up with He Lingchuan, grabbed his shoulders and forced him to turn around: "I only bought you the phone because I felt sorry for you. When did I say I wanted to apologize to you?"
Instead of directly answering her question, He Lingchuan asked her, "Didn't you break my phone?"
Shen Yanxi paused, but did not deny it.
"In that case, isn't it normal for you to compensate me with a new phone?"
He Lingchuan shook the box: "I know you care about your reputation, so I won't expose you. Do you have something else to say?"
He was as cold as ice. Shen Yanxi frowned, her eyes full of doubt and confusion, even a little disappointed: "How did you become like this?"
He Lingchuan couldn't help but chuckle: "What did I do wrong? You're making it sound like I abandoned you."
It's clearly Shen Yanxi who cheated, so why does she look so hurt?
He Lingchuan didn't want to think about it too much; all he wanted to do now was to distance himself from Shen Yanxi.
Seeing that Shen Yanxi had nothing else to say, he turned and left.
Just as he reached the door, he heard Shen Yanxi calling out to him from behind: "The children have been waiting to celebrate your birthday. It's not right for you to just leave like this."
He Lingchuan stopped in his tracks. He had come back so that the children could celebrate his birthday.
He suppressed his discomfort and looked at Shen Yanxi: "Tell them to come out."
Shen Yanxi looked the person in front of her up and down. She slowly opened her mouth, about to say something, when He Lingchuan interrupted her: "I just want the children to help me celebrate my birthday. I don't want to say anything else, nor do I want to hear anything else."
Shen Yanxi felt a lump in her throat. As proud as she was, she didn't want He Lingchuan to listen, and she was too lazy to say anything either.
After calling the children out, Shen Yanxi stood aside and watched the father and his two sons chat and laugh.
Zhou Mingyan was left standing aside, feeling jealous. He tried to step forward several times, but Shen Yanxi stopped him each time.
"The children finally have a chance to be alone with their father, so let's not disturb them."
Shen Yanxi reached out to stop Zhou Mingyan, clearly not wanting him to go over.
Zhou Mingyan frowned, looking at her incredulously: "Xixi, are you... trying to distance yourself from me? Didn't you just say he could never compare to me?"
Zhou Mingyan looked heartbroken. He grabbed Shen Yanxi's hand and placed it on his heart in front of He Lingchuan: "Xixi, what you just said wasn't a lie, was it?"
Why would I lie to you?
Shen Yanxi gradually grew impatient; she hadn't experienced the joy of being with her family for a long time.
Before Zhou Mingyan was away, although her relationship with He Lingchuan wasn't very deep, she would pretend for the sake of the child. At that time, she truly felt the warmth of family.
Since Zhou Mingyan returned, she has not participated in any family activities.
Shen Yanxi thought for a moment, then took the initiative to step forward and sit down next to Zhou Mingyan, saying, "Nanchen and Beichen schools are having a parent-child activity, probably the day after tomorrow. Are you free?"
He Lingchuan was somewhat surprised. He looked up at Shen Yanxi in a daze: "You want me to go?"
He remembered that Shen Yanxi used to go to school events by herself, but after Zhou Mingyan came back, she would bring him along.
He never expected that Shen Yanxi would actually call him over this time.
"The children want you to go."
Upon hearing this, Nan Chen and Bei Chen looked at He Lingchuan with expectant expressions.
"Dad, will you go?"
He Lingchuan's heart softened at Bei Chen's childish voice. He had originally planned to refuse, since the company needed to meet deadlines, but after hearing Bei Chen's words, he changed his mind.
"Okay, send me the time."
He Lingchuan kept his eyes on the two children as he spoke, and his gaze never fell on Shen Yanxi.
Shen Yanxi felt a moment of disappointment, but quickly regained her composure.
After observing for a while, she believed that He Lingchuan really had no feelings for Cao Xue, and she was now at peace with herself. She believed that as long as she and He Lingchuan spent more time together, their relationship would return to what it was before.
As for why she did this, Shen Yanxi gave herself the reason that it was for the sake of the child.
She could tell that the children really enjoyed being with He Lingchuan.
Shen Yanxi sat upright to the side, his expression blank. After a few minutes, he heard He Lingchuan's somewhat surprised voice: "You asked me to go, aren't you afraid that some people will get angry?"
He Lingchuan spoke with a pointed remark, deliberately glancing in Zhou Mingyan's direction as he spoke.
Shen Yanxi followed his gaze and met Zhou Mingyan's mournful eyes.
"You don't need to worry about that, I'll take care of it."
He Lingchuan raised an eyebrow, half-believing and half-doubting: "I hope so."
After saying the last word, He Lingchuan focused all his attention on the children and refused to look at Shen Yanxi again.
He even moved a few steps to the side, as if afraid of making eye contact with Shen Yanxi.
He couldn't quite figure out Shen Yanxi. He didn't know what this woman was thinking, but he felt that she was very different from before.
Shen Yanxi sat next to He Lingchuan for a while, but he didn't even glance at her.
Shen Yanxi took a deep breath and turned to find Zhou Mingyan.
Zhou Mingyan had been waiting for Shen Yanxi's explanation. Seeing her come over, he couldn't help but grab her shoulders: "Xixi, what do you mean by this? Are you planning to let this man participate in the children's parent-child activities?"
Zhou Mingyan's sense of crisis grew stronger; Shen Yanxi was clearly determined to make He Lingchuan her official wife.
He looked at Shen Yanxi with some nervousness: "Xixi, I've sacrificed so much for you. If you and He Lingchuan reconcile..."
When he said the last few words, Zhou Mingyan's voice choked with emotion.
He pouted slightly, his eyes were red-rimmed, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Every time he showed that pitiful expression, Shen Yanxi felt extremely distressed.
She gently patted Zhou Mingyan's shoulder: "How could I bear to leave you? I'm doing this for the children, Mingyan. I have no other choice. The children are clearly happier with He Lingchuan."
"That's because he's been brainwashing Nan Chen and Bei Chen."
Zhou Mingyan was a little anxious and spoke without thinking: "They used to be the closest to me, Xixi, give me a few days, and I will definitely get the children to accept me again."
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