Chapter 522 Giving in
"I assure you I didn't mean to spy on you. I just don't want anything to happen to you again." Seeing her expression, Li Tingxi quickly explained, "There are too many dangers in a foreign country. This time, we were caught off guard. Protecting ourselves is for the sake of the child, isn't it?"
Su Youling was stunned for a moment, even doubting that Li Tingxi would say such a thing. He actually backed down, and his motivation was for her sake.
For a moment, she even felt a lump in her throat.
A week ago, she wouldn't have dared to even think about it.
Since Li Tingxi went abroad, he has become a completely different person. He has been practicing being a good father and his attitude towards her has become better and better.
It all feels like a dream.
Su Youling held back her tears, gently patted Li Tingxi's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "Li Tingxi, are you trying to strangle me by hugging me so tightly?"
Li Tingxi suddenly realized what was happening and quickly let go of her hand.
Su Youling inexplicably became attached to his embrace and didn't pull away for a moment. Instead, she leaned against his arm, looked up at him, and said, "Li Tingxi, you sound so pitiful. If I die, do you really want to commit suicide with me?"
When Li Tingxi heard her say the word "death," his eyebrows shot up instantly. The next second, upon hearing her half-serious, half-joking question, he immediately replied decisively, "What if I said yes?"
Su Youling had only asked the question casually, but she didn't expect him to actually take it to heart. Although he didn't give a direct answer, that was undoubtedly what he meant.
She found it somewhat ridiculous. Five years ago, after she "died by falling into the sea," Li Tingxi lived alone for five years. Why was he pretending to be a deeply affectionate person now?
However, she deliberately ignored the mental torment Li Tingxi had endured over the past five years, as well as her own wildly beating heart at this moment.
Her face flushed uncontrollably from Li Tingxi's sincere and ardent gaze.
She was somewhat afraid to look Li Tingxi in the eye, so she pretended to clear her throat and completely pulled away from Li Tingxi's embrace.
She set a trap for Li Tingxi: "Li Tingxi, do you know what type of man is the most annoying?"
Li Tingxi raised an eyebrow.
Su Youling immediately said, "It's someone like you who's glib and never tells the truth."
What was originally just a casual joke seemed to be taken seriously by Li Tingxi, who frowned and earnestly assured her, "Su Su, I won't lie to you again."
Su Youling looked into his deep eyes, and her heart was stirred.
Just as the temperature inside the car was gradually rising, and Li Tingxi had already cupped her cheeks in his hands, a series of footsteps suddenly came from outside, followed by someone knocking on the car window from the outside.
Yueyue called anxiously from outside, "Mom, Uncle Li, you're all home, why are you still in the car?"
Su Youling woke up instantly and quickly pushed Li Tingxi away.
Caught completely off guard, Li Tingxi slammed his back against the chair back with a loud thud.
Yueyue became even more anxious after hearing this: "Uncle Li, what are you and Mom doing?"
Su Youling blushed as if she were on fire, glared at Li Tingxi guiltily, and put her hand on the lock to open the car door.
Li Tingxi raised an eyebrow, leaned over and pressed her hand down, chuckling softly in her ear with an ambiguous tone: "We didn't do anything, why are you feeling guilty? Or... do you think I was about to do something to you?"
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Ling blushed, and her ears and neck seemed to burn.
She really thought Li Tingxi was going to kiss her, and the most embarrassing thing was that she didn't dodge!
"Li Tingxi, I really suspect you've been possessed by some male vixen." After saying this, she immediately opened the car door and got out.
Li Tingxi was stunned for a moment, and as he watched her flee in panic, a smile crept into his eyes.
It seems that Li Mufeng's fiancée is right. Sometimes, pushing people too hard can backfire. He can't just smooth out his rough edges in front of the children; Su Youling needs his gentleness even more.
But the changes he made were far from enough.
As soon as Su Youling got out of the car, Yueyue pounced on her.
Her mind was filled with the subtle changes Li Tingxi had undergone during this time.
She couldn't tell whether Li Tingxi's appeasement policy was intended to lower her guard for the sake of the children, or if it had another meaning.
Yueyue was so relieved to see Su Youling return safely that she was afraid she would disappear at any moment. She wrapped her little arms tightly around Su Youling's neck and clung to her like a koala. "Mommy, Yueyue was so worried."
Su Youling was a little breathless from being squeezed so tightly. When she came to her senses, she lifted the little girl's bottom up and saw that the corners of the little girl's eyes were still red, obviously after a good cry. She kissed the little girl's face tenderly and said, "I'm sorry, baby, Mommy made you worry."
Realizing that Li Tingxi hadn't followed, she hesitated and turned her head away.
Li Tingxi waved to her: "I need to investigate the kidnapping as soon as possible, lest things get complicated. I'll leave after you go inside."
Yueyue was preoccupied with Su Youling and completely forgot about Li Tingxi when she saw him. Now that she heard he was going to investigate the person who kidnapped Su Youling, she couldn't help but cheer him on: "Uncle Li, you must catch the bad guy who hurt Mommy!"
Li Tingxi smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle Li will definitely do it."
After Su Youling carried Yueyue into the house, Xingxing and Yangyang immediately came to greet her.
Both of them were boys, and they were much more reserved than Yueyue. They didn't hug her on their own initiative, but each of them held onto one of her trouser legs.
"Mom, are you hurt anywhere?" Yangyang looked at her anxiously. He hadn't cried when he learned about Su Youling's accident, but now, seeing her, he couldn't help but tear up.
Xingxing looked at Su Youling with teary eyes, her little hands gripping Su Youling's trouser leg so tightly they turned white.
Seeing her three children so frightened, Su Youling felt as if her heart was being soaked in acid, and she felt extremely distressed.
“Mom is really alright. Luckily, Uncle Li arrived in time to save her.” She used one hand to touch Yangyang and Xingxing’s little faces one by one, and wiped away the tears from the corners of their eyes. “You two are older brothers, little men. If you cry like your little sister, she will laugh at you.”
As she spoke, she patted Yueyue's bottom in her arms, "Yueyue, don't you think so?"
Yueyue couldn't cry anymore at this moment. She cooperated with Su Youling by making a shy face gesture to Yangyang and Xingxing, saying, "Don't cry, don't cry, Yueyue won't cry anymore. Yangyang and Xingxing are silly little devils."
If it weren't for her eyes, which are as red as a little rabbit's, she would be quite convincing.
Yangyang stood on tiptoe and tugged at her little hand, reminding her, "Yueyue, Mommy can hardly carry you anymore, aren't you going to get down?"
Su Youling's medication hadn't completely worn off yet.
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