Chapter 286 It would be best if Li Tingxi could leave as soon as possible.
Thinking that she was unhappy because of Li Tingxi, Su Youling felt a little heavy-hearted and shook her head, "I'll cook something she likes myself."
"Alright, you've been so busy with work all these years, but thankfully your cooking skills haven't deteriorated. The kids always love it when you cook, it's really enviable." Wen Xi sighed, noticing a moment of silence on the other end, and then asked, "What's wrong? Did the project meeting not go well today?"
"Not good, not bad, but at least Yi Tao didn't steal it." When talking about Yi Tao, Su Youling's voice was a little turbulent, but she quickly covered it up. "It's just that Karina always gives me a very strange feeling."
"Karina? Li Tingxi's new lover?" Wen Xi didn't have a good impression of this woman. "When she appeared by Li Tingxi's side, you were already abroad. What are your feelings for her? Could it be... because of Li Tingxi?"
"What are you thinking?" Thinking of the fickle and ungrateful Li Tingxi, Su Youling rolled her eyes and firmly denied it. "How stupid am I to fall into the same pit again and again, especially a stinky and hard cesspool!"
Thinking of Li Tingxi's face—handsome to the point of being outrageously handsome, yet also cold and domineering enough to make people want to stay away—Wen Xi chuckled, and only after she had finished laughing did she ask, "So what do you mean?"
“I don’t recognize this face, but I feel like Karina knows me.” Su Youling frowned, carefully recalling everything that had happened since she met Karina, and became more and more certain, “She knows the old Su Youling! But I don’t remember ever having any interaction with this person.”
Wen Xi's expression became more serious.
Although she felt that her suspicions were somewhat illogical, Su Youling's intuition was sometimes more acute than that of a wild animal, especially after doing business abroad in recent years, where the business world was like a battlefield.
Although she had the support of Old Master Yin, outsiders could only help so much. Moreover, Su Youling didn't want to owe him anything more, so after using Rebecca's identity, she still had to walk the rest of the road by herself, experiencing countless treacherous people and bloody competitions.
There were times when we faced perilous situations and times when we were driven to desperation.
But Su Youling does have a terrifying instinct for warning. Every time she is about to fall into a desperate situation or trap, she can always rely on her intuition to find a way out and turn danger into safety.
"Understood, I'll go check her background." Wen Xi sighed, "I thought that since you returned to China and took charge of this project yourself, it would be a piece of cake. I didn't expect that you would get entangled with these old enemies as soon as you set foot in C City, and that you would have a hard time."
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Why don't you leave first? This project..."
“Wenxi, this deal isn’t just about myself; it’s about whether Qiyi can open up the huge domestic art market, and it’s also about Rebecca’s trust in me.” Su Youling’s eyes hardened. “I haven’t done anything wrong, so I don’t need to be afraid. The reason I don’t want to see him…them is simply because I don’t want to cause unnecessary trouble, but if it really comes down to a head-on confrontation, I’m not afraid.”
She thought of her three adorable children and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I'm never worried about myself, I'm just afraid that Li Tingxi will find out about the children, especially Yangyang. He looks so much like Li Tingxi. Once they meet, Li Tingxi will definitely become suspicious."
Knowing Li Tingxi as she did, she knew he would stop at nothing to take the children back, but these three children were born after she had risked her life and endured much suffering, and she would never allow anyone else to touch them.
“I understand, I will take good care of the children.” Wen Xi felt sorry for her. “This project was originally Karina’s responsibility. Yitao Culture is just a branch of the Li family. It shouldn’t require the CEO, Li Tingxi, to intervene. If you don’t meet, he might leave C City soon.”
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“We can’t just sit here and wait to die. It would be best to get Li Tingxi out of C City as soon as possible.” Su Youling’s eyes lit up. “Take Yangyang and the others home. I have a plan.”
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It was late at night when Li Tingxi came out of the study and rubbed his tired brow.
The intense overtime work caused adverse reactions in his body, with some stomach cramps that made him frown, but he insisted on not going to the hospital or taking any medicine, as if punishing himself.
In the past, in order to secure a firm foothold in the Li family, he always worked desperately and didn't take his health seriously, which eventually led to a perforated stomach and hospitalization.
At that time, Su Youling had only been married to him for a short time and would not see him for a month or two. However, she somehow found out that he had been hospitalized. She rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night in the rain, looking disheveled. She did not care about his cold face and mockery and worked hard as a caregiver, taking good care of him until he was discharged from the hospital.
From then on, he inexplicably missed her figure wandering around his hospital bedside. He would occasionally run home, and whenever he saw her busy and frail figure, he would feel much more at ease.
At that time, he didn't realize that Su Youling kept stomach medicine at home and cooked stomach-friendly dishes, which he even disliked at one point.
But his stomach gradually improved under her gentle and subtle care.
At that moment, all the troubles and worries outside seemed to be blown away by Su Youling's gentle words.
It's hateful that he was so deluded by himself back then, stubbornly believing that his peace of mind was only because Su Youling looked exactly like Shen Xiyue...
Looking back now, the deadlock between him and Su Su was entirely his own doing, caused by his arrogance and stubbornness. Why couldn't he have realized his own feelings sooner?
Thinking of this, Li Tingxi's head began to throb violently again. He lost his grip on the freshly brewed coffee, and it shattered on the floor with a loud crack.
Scalding water splashed onto his clothes and skin, but Li Tingxi seemed not to feel the pain. He hunched over on the sofa, covering his head to relieve the headache.
Gradually, the veins on his forehead bulged.
It felt as if a thousand armies were fighting in his mind, with swords, spears, and halberds clashing, making his head buzz and leaving him no peace for a moment.
After an unknown amount of time, the shrill ring of the telephone rang out in the silent hall.
Li Tingxi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, as if he had just woken up from a state of unconsciousness. He stared blankly into the void for a long time, until Su Youling's figure gradually became blurry, before he got up as if he had collapsed.
The phone kept ringing, stopping and starting repeatedly.
Li Tingxi sighed and answered the phone with a cold face, "It's so late, you'd better have something to do!"
The caller was a senior executive at Li's headquarters. Hearing that cold voice, he broke out in a cold sweat. "President Li, something terrible has happened! The headquarters network system has been suddenly attacked by hackers. The technical department is about to collapse. If this continues, once our network security firewall is breached, it will cause a large-scale leak of internal information, and the losses will be incalculable..."
"What? What are you all good for?" Li Tingxi stood up with a livid face, almost falling to the ground because he was too weak.
"Book a flight, I'm heading back right away!"
"Okay, Mr. Li. We...we've tried our best to salvage the situation, but the other party is too formidable, and for the time being..." The executive rambled on without getting to the point, simply because he was afraid of taking responsibility. "Mr. Li, as long as you come back, everyone's hearts will be at ease."
Li Tingxi hung up the phone immediately and contacted Qin He to prepare to return to City A.
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