Li Xian's face remained expressionless as always, but his voice trembled slightly with barely suppressed emotion: "They...they might be able to clear their names."
As the soft body leaned closer, Xu Nuo realized how hard he had been holding back. She reached out and hugged his trembling body, looked up into his eyes, and said gently, "Li Xian, they can definitely do it."
Li Xian buried his head in her hair, sighed with a mixture of longing and relief, and remained silent for a long time.
Xu Nuo sensed his anticipation and sorrow, and in the long silence, she began to recall the plot of the book.
After Li Chengyan cleared his name, Li Xian took Xu Yan back to his maternal grandparents' home in Shanghai, where he truly began his entrepreneurial journey.
He worked for his maternal grandfather, Ke Chongshan, but unfortunately, the Ke family was truly despicable. They schemed and plotted for power and wealth, and in the end, they even schemed against Li Xian's marriage, which crossed his bottom line and chilled his heart.
Li Xianben was not someone who could be controlled, so he started his own business, which led to the later globally renowned Zhongxu Group.
Yes, Zhong Xu.
It was named after Xu Yan.
Xu Nuo still remembers this passage in the book, where Li Xian, who is now the chairman, said in an interview: "I am most grateful to my wife for everything I have done along the way, and I will repay her with all my heart and soul."
Thinking of this, Xu Nuo felt a little jealous. She pouted and reached out to tickle his armpit.
Hmph, Li Xian, you heartless bastard.
Li Xian was still in silence when the commotion made him tremble. He then backed away, his usually stone-like face turning red. He clenched his cheeks tightly, but managed to utter a few broken words: "Nuonuo... Nuonuo, stop... stop it."
He lay back on the sofa, trying to hide behind her. Seeing that she had the upper hand, Xu Nuo smiled and leaned in, her hands lightly grabbing his waist.
"Beg me, beg me!"
He gritted his teeth: "Please... Nuonuo."
Li Xian's forehead was covered in sweat, his breathing became heavy, and a soft body pressed against him. Her silvery laughter was right next to his ear, like a bewitching melody.
What's most deadly is her sweet fragrance, which at this moment is nothing short of an aphrodisiac.
In her usual tone, she said coquettishly, "Hmph, you stinky Li Xian, you heartless man."
How could this be tolerated? Li Xian's eyes narrowed, and his aura changed. Like an eagle seizing a chick, he firmly grasped Xu Nuo's hands.
Xu Nuo was smug for less than two minutes when suddenly the world spun around and he was turned around.
He was firmly pinned down beneath him.
With both hands raised high above his head, he struggled, but it was like throwing beans into the sea—it had no effect whatsoever.
The man's breathing was heavy and rapid, and his gaze was somewhat frightening, as if he wanted to devour her completely. The little dumpling pouted, afraid of being eaten whole, and complained aggrievedly, "Waaah, you're bullying me."
Faced with such a blatant attempt to shift the blame, Li Xian gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't."
Xu Nuo struggled again, but her hand was still firmly held. She kicked him and said, "Yes, it was you who bullied me."
She looked extremely aggrieved, and Li Xian helplessly retorted, "It was clearly you who bullied me."
They even called him a heartless man.
"I didn't," Xu Nuo said, her big, innocent eyes wide. "I was just being affectionate towards you."
Li Xian: "..."
Li Xian's face turned red, half from embarrassment and half from anger at her. His eyes grew even darker, and he freed one hand to retaliate in kind.
Xu Nuo sensed his intention, glared at him, and looked at him warningly: "You're not allowed to, you can't laugh at Li Xian, you, you, I won't do it again, waaaah."
Xu Nuo was ticklish, but the slightest touch made her laugh uncontrollably, wriggling around under him like a dehydrated fish, making his heart flutter wildly.
Li Xian's body stiffened, and he stopped.
The two were mismatched in strength, and Xu Nuo was at a disadvantage. Afraid that he would scratch her again, she decided to use a roundabout strategy, obediently rubbing against him and acting like a cat, "Li Xian, let go of my hand, I promise I won't bully you anymore."
His dark, misty eyes stared at her, as if trying to determine whether it was true or false. Xu Nuo smiled sweetly and coaxed him, "Really, I'm a good girl."
She was so obedient, so obedient that he wished he could hold her like that in the palm of his hand forever.
This is really bad.
Li Xian let go and prepared to lift the person up, but the next second a pair of hands reached out and grabbed his ears.
They made him the second senior brother.
"Hmph." Xu Nuo was lifted up by him, her hands not letting go of his ears, sometimes lifting them up, sometimes pulling them down, giving his cold and handsome face two "pig ears". Seeing that he looked helpless, she laughed out loud with great satisfaction.
He really couldn't do anything with her, letting her do whatever she wanted, only lightly saying, "You naughty girl."
Xu Nuo released her ear, pinched the tip of his nose, and whispered in his ear, "Glowing ghost."
A glowing ghost? Li Xian was taken aback, then remembered that Xu Nuo had just woken up from her dream and saw him standing by the bed holding a candle, which startled her so much that she bumped her head.
"..." It's all the candle's fault.
After the commotion, the previous tension dissipated considerably. Xu Nuo nestled in his arms and asked, "Li Xian, what are your plans for the future?"
"I don't know." Li Xian shook his head. The person in the letter claimed to be his maternal grandfather, who was in Shanghai. He had recently heard rumors about his parents, which seemed to be a miscarriage of justice.
The letter, though only a few lines long, stirred up a storm in his heart, but he had not yet considered the possibility of a way out.
"Before my father passed away, he told me that he and my mother owned some properties in Shanghai, and that if I were to leave this place one day, I could go to Shanghai."
These things are all too distant now. Li Xian had talked about them countless times when he was young, but as time went by, he gradually stopped talking about them.
Xu Nuo nestled comfortably in his arms. The book recorded this incident; Li Chengyan's father was a famous landlord who had bought a lot of real estate for his son Li Chengyan, who was studying abroad, at a young age.
When Li Xian's grandfather arrived in Taiwan, Li Chengyan was studying abroad and thus escaped the disaster.
Unfortunately, he was later smeared and sent back to his hometown, and Li Chengyan followed the same path as his father.
Xu Nuo asked him, "Do you want to go to Shanghai?"
Li Xian didn't answer. The world was vast, and he felt he could go anywhere, but it also seemed like nowhere was a good place. He looked down and could only see the top of her head. Without thinking, he said, "When you get into university, I'll go wherever you go."
This was one of the few sweet words this blockhead had uttered. Xu Nuo hugged his neck tightly and nuzzled his cheek: "What if I don't get into a university in Shanghai? What if I disappear? Where will you go?"
Li Xian spoke with the seriousness of someone making a vow, and earnestly said, "I'm looking for you."
Xu Nuo couldn't help but burst out laughing.
What was originally a joke turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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