Chapter 276: Downward compatibility in a relationship is the most unreasonable thing.
The next day, Li Yansheng only went out once in the morning. After he came back, he stayed at home and did not go out again.
Lin Shutang didn't get enough rest last night and took a long nap. When he came down from upstairs, it was already past four in the afternoon. He was a little surprised to see Li Yansheng in the living room, thinking he had finished work so early.
Li Yansheng turned his head when he heard footsteps and saw her coming down from upstairs in her shirt. Her hair was loose, and two buttons on her collar were undone, hanging loosely to one side. Her loose hair covered half of her shoulders, leaving her half exposed.
Li Yansheng raised his hand and motioned her to come over.
Lin Shutang walked over and sat down on the sofa in a somewhat distracted state. As she had just woken up and was not fully awake yet, she felt a little drowsy and had no energy. After sitting for less than two minutes, she supported her waist and leaned sideways to lie on Li Yansheng's legs, looking lazy.
Li Yansheng reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Are you hungry?"
"No."
As she spoke, she lay down and looked at Li Yansheng. The first thing that caught her eye was his half-closed eyes, which were dark and deep, revealing his undisguised concern, which did not make people feel cold.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Li Yansheng stroked the side of her face with his fingertips, then reached out to tidy up her clothes, buttoned a button she had loosened, and then reached out his hand to her waist and kneaded it for a while.
The force was neither too strong nor too weak, just right. The discomfort in Lin Shutang's waist eased a little, and he asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"
Li Yansheng: "I didn't go out this afternoon."
Then, he patted her shoulder and said, "Go upstairs and change your clothes. Someone will be here soon."
Lin Shutang stood up and nodded. Her current state was indeed not suitable for outsiders to see: "Okay."
When Lin Shutang finished showering and came downstairs, the person Li Yansheng had mentioned hadn't arrived yet. Instead, he happened to see his aunt coming upstairs with a bouquet of flowers. The misty pink roses looked like velvet, neither bland nor overly gaudy. Lin Shutang leaned in closer, the refreshing fragrance making him feel better.
Seeing that she seemed to like it very much, the aunt smiled and said, "My master sent it to me and told me to put it in your piano room."
When he came back this time, Li Yansheng had an empty room on the second floor converted into a piano room.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of a car was heard outside the villa. Lin Shutang followed Li Yansheng out to greet them, and then saw Chen Jinyao and his wife getting out of the car.
Zhang Wanxin saw Lin Shutang and came over with a smile: "Shutang."
"Sister Wanxin." As she said that, she glanced at the two men who started talking about business when they met next to her, and walked inside holding Zhang Wanxin's hand.
It wasn't long before dinner time, so Lin Shutang didn't take Zhang Wanxin upstairs. While the two men were talking about business, they were chatting about family matters.
"Sister Wanxin, didn't you bring Xiaoling with you?"
"No, she's too naughty. I'm worried I won't be able to keep an eye on her."
After saying that, Zhang Wanxin glanced at the sofa opposite them. Seeing that they were not looking at her, she asked, "How has Yansheng been treating you recently?" Lin Shutang didn't know why Zhang Wanxin suddenly asked her such a question, but she still smiled shyly and nodded, "He has always been very good to me."
"That's good." After saying that, he added another warning: "But you can't let your guard down. The Li family has been restless recently and they're trying their best to get someone on his side. Although Yansheng isn't that kind of person, you still have to be on guard. He's a grown man, and if those bad things really happen, it basically won't affect him. You'll be the only one who suffers."
Saying that she loves someone in front of someone isn't a very good behavior, but Lin Shutang knows that Zhang Wanxin is really thinking about her, so she nodded with sincere gratitude: "I understand, thank you, Sister Wanxin."
"I treat you as my own sister, so you don't need to tell me these things."
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It was already past ten o'clock when dinner was over and the Chen couple left. As soon as they left, Lin Shutang turned around and went back without waiting for Li Yansheng.
She didn't say anything, but Li Yansheng could still feel that the little girl was upset.
So, after going upstairs and opening the door, he held the person in his arms.
He hugged her from behind, placed his hand on her belly, and spoke in a calm yet caring tone, "Are you unhappy?"
Lin Shutang remained silent. She knew Li Yansheng wasn't to blame for this, but she still felt secretly annoyed. She had heard the servants talk about this before, and when she was emotional, she would think, "If only Li Yansheng wasn't a member of the Li family, how great it would be! Then maybe there wouldn't be so many troubles."
After her mood recovered, she felt stupid again, and she also felt that she shouldn't be so selfish to have such thoughts. Whether Li Yansheng needed to talk about those things of the Li family was another matter. She shouldn't have thought of asking him to give up because of her own selfish desires. It was too unfair to him.
For the past thirty years, family ties aside, materially speaking, he'd always lived well. Born a child of destiny, it made no sense for him to give up all that just to be with her. Downward compatibility in a relationship was the most unreasonable thing.
So, after thinking about this, Lin Shutang covered his abdomen with his big hand: "No."
Li Yansheng could tell that in just a few minutes, her mood had returned to normal, but he still kissed her on the back of the neck and asked, "What were you thinking about just now?"
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