"Isn't she using this money to buy your patent? Why don't you just give her the patent directly?"
Shen Yanxi looked at Cao's father with a cold gaze: "If the Cao family is all so untrustworthy, then I really need to reconsider our future cooperation."
Cao's father raised his head, his eyes equally cold: "That's exactly what I was planning."
Shen Yanxi completely ignored He Lingchuan, and after reaching an agreement with Cao's father, she turned and left.
She reached the door and realized He Lingchuan hadn't followed. She glared at him, annoyed, and said, "What are you still standing there for? Don't you see how much they appreciate your kindness?"
He Lingchuan glanced at Cao's father with some helplessness and could only leave with Shen Yanxi first.
After the two got into the car, Shen Yanxi coldly instructed him, "Starting today, I will send someone to pick you up and drop you off at get off work. You are not allowed to meet with Cao Xue alone."
He Lingchuan turned around abruptly, his eyes full of confusion: "Are you planning to spy on me?"
Cao Xue's offer of 100 million yuan to buy his unfinished project patent was essentially a bargain for her. He couldn't accept Cao Xue's help knowing that it was wrong.
He couldn't forgive himself for being so greedy for small gains.
He Lingchuan looked at Shen Yanxi with a sharp and serious tone and said, "I can handle the matter between Cao Xue and me myself, so you don't need to worry about it."
"Do you think I want to get involved in your messy affairs?"
Shen Yanxi looked at He Lingchuan with impatience, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and squinted her eyes: "Have you forgotten that you are supposed to come with me to the school for the children's parent-child event tomorrow?"
Upon hearing the last three words, He Lingchuan belatedly realized that there was such a thing.
"What does this have to do with Cao Xue?"
Shen Yanxi turned her head to look at him, her eyes arrogant, as if she were looking at a strange homeless man.
He Lingchuan could clearly see the disdain in Shen Yanxi's eyes: "Are you really ignorant or just pretending? By asking you to come with me to the children's parent-child event at the school, I am essentially acknowledging our relationship. Even though we are divorced, you must maintain the image of a good husband in public."
He Lingchuan looked puzzled and asked her coldly, "If I remember correctly, Zhou Mingyan confessed to you in front of many people last time. In the eyes of the media and everyone else, you two are a perfect couple. It's not appropriate for you to ask me to play the role of a good husband now."
“The children and Zhou Mingyan are two different things. I don’t want others to think that I’m preventing my children from seeing their biological father because of Zhou Mingyan.”
Shen Yanxi paused, then continued, "I've been trying to figure out how to deal with Zhou Mingyan and my past, including our divorce. I'll make him disappear from the internet completely, so..."
Shen Yanxi turned her head away, lifted He Lingchuan's chin, and looked at him domineeringly: "You'd better play the role of a good husband and father, at least don't let others think that my family is not harmonious, it's not good for the company either."
He Lingchuan squinted. He noticed that Shen Yanxi was now very flexible and adaptable. She hadn't even wanted to stand with him before, but now she was actually going to reveal his identity. Strange, really strange.
He Lingchuan raised an eyebrow, considering the worst-case scenario: "What do you want me to do? Help you get a loan?"
Shen Yanxi looked at He Lingchuan with some confusion: "What loan?"
"You're suddenly revealing my identity, isn't it because you need something from me?"
He Lingchuan simply couldn't believe that Shen Yanxi publicly revealed his identity to give him a proper status; there was definitely something fishy going on.
He Lingchuan leaned closer and stared intently into Shen Yanxi's eyes: "Tell me, what exactly are you after?"
Shen Yanxi frowned and pushed He Lingchuan away with some dissatisfaction: "Just think of it as doing this for the sake of the child."
As if to convince him, Shen Yanxi slowly said, "You know that children are easily bullied by other students at school. If they find out that we are divorced, they will definitely become even more aggressive."
He Lingchuan was initially puzzled, but upon hearing the word "child," he suddenly fell silent.
He stroked his chin, looked at Shen Yanxi, and nodded gently: "If it's for the sake of the child, I can accept it."
Upon hearing He Lingchuan's words, Shen Yanxi gave a soft "hmm" and didn't say anything more.
After the two returned to the villa, Shen Yanxi instructed He Lingchuan to prepare the clothes he would wear the next day.
She stood at the door of He Lingchuan's room: "Under normal circumstances, their parent-child activities should require a lot of exercise, so remember to bring an extra change of clothes."
After all, it's a prestigious private school, and there are even changing rooms specifically for parents.
He Lingchuan responded excitedly, then continued trying on clothes in the closet without turning his head.
This was his first time participating in a parent-child activity with children, and he was quite excited. Even though it was very late, he had no intention of going to sleep.
Shen Yanxi watched him take the clothes out and put them back, repeating this several times. She grew impatient and slowly said, "Are you ever going to stop? It's just a piece of clothing."
“You often attend children’s parent-child activities, so of course you can’t understand how I feel right now.”
He Lingchuan's heart pounded with excitement. He turned to look at Shen Yanxi and asked, "Is this outfit okay?"
Shen Yanxi gave a perfunctory reply, intending to go back to rest.
"If you really don't have any clothes, I'll have the housekeeper prepare a set for you."
He Lingchuan originally intended to refuse, since he was no longer Shen Yanxi's husband and it was not appropriate for him to have the housekeeper do things for him.
Shen Yanxi could tell his plan from the expression on his face, and decisively said, "You don't need to worry about the clothes, I will take care of it. What you need to do now is to get some rest."
He Lingchuan turned around in surprise; he had actually sensed concern in the last sentence.
He raised an eyebrow, looking at Shen Yanxi with some confusion: "Are you... concerned about me?"
Shen Yanxi stammered in response, unable to utter a complete sentence, and finally just looked at him with some annoyance: "Who cares about you? Stop being so conceited."
The moment he finished speaking, Shen Yanxi heard a knock on the door beside him. He looked in the direction of the sound and met Zhou Mingyan's wet eyes.
He looked like he had just been crying, like an innocent little deer.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Yanxi's tone was not as gentle as before. Zhou Mingyan forced himself to ignore her change and boldly said, "I have something I want to tell you."
Shen Yanxi was a little puzzled. Before leaving, she glanced at He Lingchuan and instructed, "Go to sleep early. I'm going back too."
He Lingchuan had just heard Zhou Mingyan's voice and responded without looking up, completely unaware of the displeasure on Shen Yanxi's face.
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