Zheng Tianming smiled and held Xu Mengyu's waist. He was shirtless, and his chest and collarbone were covered with marks left from last night, which looked particularly rough on his wheat-colored skin.
"I'll just smother you to death." Xu Mengyu held a pillow in her hand, her voice hoarse, as if she had smoked a whole pack of cigarettes.
Yesterday, she hugged him, crying and begging him not to leave. She was incredibly proactive, almost making his waist break from her teasing. He thought it was just a dream!
Zheng Tianming didn't dodge, and Xu Mengyu covered him with a pillow. He muttered, "Wife, wouldn't you say this is murdering your husband?"
"Who's your wife, you shameless bastard?" Seeing that covering her mouth was useless, Xu Mengyu simply pinched her with her hands.
"Wife, don't pinch me..." Zheng Tianming's chest and waist were pinched several times, causing his calves to twitch in pain. She showed no mercy at all.
Xu Mengyu reached out and brushed her hair aside, her chest heaving with anger: "You...you...I..."
She didn't know what to say.
He's still alive, but this is what he did as soon as he came back!
Zheng Tianming held Xu Mengyu's waist: "Wife, I promised you that I would take care of you for the rest of my life. Do you think I'm such an unreliable person?"
"You think you're not!" Xu Mengyu said, slapping Zheng Tianming on the face. Then she lay down to the side, sulking, and refused to talk to him anymore.
Zheng Tianming rolled over and pinned Xu Mengyu down: "I know I was wrong, but this matter is too big. The elders all have their own identities. Once they get involved, it will be no small matter."
He had considered calling home to let them know he was safe, but his elders all owned businesses, and if they were targeted or retaliated against, it would be no joke.
Those people are no different from animals, and what he did undoubtedly offended all the child traffickers.
Looking at the bigger picture, maybe five or ten years from now, they'll find an opportunity for revenge. By then, if something really goes wrong, it will be too late to regret what they did today.
Since he has done this, he cannot drag his elders into it. They are willing to risk their lives for him, but he cannot.
He's not a seventeen or eighteen-year-old kid anymore, crying and seeking protection when he gets into trouble. He needs to be capable of providing protection for his elders.
Xu Mengyu raised her hand and pinched Zheng Tianming's cheek: "Listen carefully, from today onwards, I have nothing to do with you."
Zheng Tianming's cheeks were pinched out of shape. He looked at Xu Mengyu with a smile. After doing something like this, it was no wonder that the young lady would let him off the hook.
How could he be completely oblivious?
He's in for a rough time.
"You tormented me all night yesterday, and today you're telling me it has nothing to do with you?" Zheng Tianming's voice was a little muffled, but he couldn't help it; the young lady was still pinching his cheek.
Xu Mengyu withdrew her hand, turned her face away, and didn't want to pay any attention to the man in front of her.
Zheng Tianming leaned down and whispered in Xu Mengyu's ear, "I said I'd let you see as much as you want when I get back, okay? I washed it clean yesterday."
"you..."
Xu Mengyu was speechless with anger at his shameless attitude. He really had a thick skin. He promised to make the waterproofing work so that it would never leak for a hundred years.
“Honey, they’re waiting for me at home. Are you coming back with me? I’m afraid they’ll beat me up…” Zheng Tianming started to sound aggrieved. He leaned against Xu Mengyu, his face pressed against hers: “I was injured during the explosion.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Mengyu quickly reached out and touched Zheng Tianming's body: "Are you injured? Did you lose your kidney? Let me see! You don't have much left to sell!"
Zheng Tianming bit Xu Mengyu's groin directly, saying heartlessly, "You hurt your kidneys, you hurt them last night."
"!"
Xu Mengyu pinched Zheng Tianming's waist hard.
Zheng Tianming was driving his black G-Class, with Xu Mengyu sitting in the passenger seat. She looked terrible and was holding a rice ball that someone had just made.
The outside is vegetable leaves, the inside contains meat, crushed peanuts, and sauce—a whole bunch of random ingredients, but it's really delicious.
"Finish your food, or I'll give you a hard time tonight." Zheng Tianming was wearing a black t-shirt and casually paired with black sweatpants. He didn't like to dress too formally unless necessary.
Xu Mengyu glared at Zheng Tianming. Could this be considered a threat?
Zheng Tianming took the milk from the side and handed it to Xu Mengyu: "You don't eat properly when I'm not around. How can you be like this? I worked so hard to raise you to be a little plump, and now you've given it all back, not to mention I still owe you some."
Xu Mengyu ignored him and ate her rice ball in small bites. Even though the sun was shining through the car window, she still felt that everything was so unreal.
"Zheng Tianming, I'm not dreaming, am I?" Xu Mengyu turned her head. Regardless of whether they were together or not, he had to live.
While waiting at a traffic light, Zheng Tianming leaned down and kissed Xu Mengyu on the cheek: "How about I take a bite?"
Xu Mengyu blankly stretched out her arm, and Zheng Tianming curled his lips: "I want to bite, the other mouth, the soft one is more painful."
"Shut up!" Xu Mengyu glared at Zheng Tianming.
Zheng Tianming lit a cigarette, and Xu Mengyu extended her hand.
"Snap--"
Xu Mengyu withdrew her hand, glaring angrily at Zheng Tianming. He could hit her, but she couldn't.
After a while, they arrived at the next traffic light. Zheng Tianming took Xu Meng's hand and gently rubbed it. How could he not feel sorry for her?
But smoking is out of the question. If she does something that's good for her health, he'll support her wholeheartedly.
"Stop it, you know? Stop it!" Xu Mengyu pulled her hand back. She didn't feel bad when she hit her earlier, but now she felt bad.
Zheng Tianming, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, said, "That's not what you said last night. Not even a little less is acceptable." Anyway, there was no one else in the car, so he could say whatever he wanted.
Xu Mengyu made a zipper-zipping gesture. Can't she just shut up?
When they arrived home, the house was empty and quiet. Even Xu Lu had gone to school. They didn't dare stay at home and found something to do to keep themselves busy so they could slowly get used to the fact that Zheng Tianming was "not there".
Zheng Tianming bought groceries, and Xu Mengyu took the opportunity to catch up on her sleep.
In the evening, Xu Sichen and Li Mirui were the first to return home, and they smelled the aroma of food as soon as they opened the door.
"Pei Lan is back?" Xu Sichen put down the groceries in his hand.
Li Mirui changed her shoes: "It should be. Kaixin can cook, but he's too lazy to cook." He's famously lazy.
Zheng Tianming, holding a bowl of shredded pork with garlic sauce, asked, "Dad, Mom, you're back?"
Li Milui and Xu Sichen were stunned, especially Li Milui, who was still holding a milk tea bag. She dropped it heavily on the ground, making a mess everywhere.
She walked over quickly, her hands trembling: "Tianming?"
Zheng Tianming nodded: "Mom, I'm back."
Li Miru touched Zheng Tianming's face, tears welling up in her eyes: "You little rascal..." She couldn't say anything more, only cried.
During the time he was gone, they cried their eyes out, to the point that they would wake up in the middle of the night and burst into tears.
Xu Sichen walked over and raised his fist.
The two of them exchanged glances.
He silently went to get the mop, and when he came out, his eyes were red.
If he could set off firecrackers to celebrate, he would go right now and set them off for a whole day and night.
Feng Xi, Zheng Lin, and Zheng Wanwan were still in a meeting at the company, and they didn't get home until late at night, dragging their tired bodies home.
Zheng Wanwan is currently receiving treatment from a psychologist. When they received the text message and photos, they were all stunned.
Xu Sichen wouldn't make such a joke.
Halfway through the meeting, Feng Xi lost her composure for the first time. She got up and left, and even the time waiting for the elevator felt exceptionally long to her.
Zheng Wanwan and Zheng Lin quickly followed. When the three of them arrived home, they saw Zheng Tianming chatting with Xu Sichen, and the food was already on the table.
Zheng Tianming was stunned. His mother and sister seemed like completely different people; they looked haggard, and his mother's hair had turned white...
Feng Xi walked over and hugged Zheng Tianming, her vision blurred with tears, her lips trembling, but she couldn't speak.
Zheng Tianming gently patted Feng Xi's back. He had returned home late last night, and considering their advanced age, he decided to come back the next day after they had finally gotten some rest.
"This time, let's not go anywhere, okay?" Feng Xi was truly scared; this was enough.
Zheng Tianming nodded: "I've done something so big, I can't go back now." Otherwise, wouldn't I be causing trouble for the country?
Although the country is not afraid, there are other ways to serve the country besides this one.
Zheng Wanwan walked over and grabbed Zheng Tianming's ear, demanding, "What were you thinking! Why didn't you tell your family?"
Zheng Tianming winced in pain and could only bend over to cooperate: "Sis, you really are my sister, you just came up and twisted my ear."
"I'm being lenient by not hitting you!" Zheng Wanwan saw that his ears were red from being pinched, but in the end she still couldn't bear to let go: "This time you'd better stay obediently by Mengyu's side. If you run around and make any mistakes, I'll have your brother-in-law beat you into a cripple."
"Fine, fine, fine." Zheng Tianming rubbed his ears. His sister was really ruthless, going all out.
Zheng Lin stood there quietly, watching. He finally understood why Feng Xi had been so angry and desperate more than twenty years ago.
She was pregnant with twins at the time, knew nothing about him, and then he disappeared.
She worried herself sick over Zheng Lin when she was young, and her two children never gave her any peace of mind. Now, she should be going on vacation, right?
Ye Yuncheng and Pei Xiuyan also received the news and rushed back together. However, Pei Kaixin was at the hospital with Bai Miaomiao and couldn't come back. The further along her pregnancy progressed, the more dangerous it became, and someone couldn't leave her side.
Zheng Tianming held Ye Yuncheng, who was on the verge of fainting from crying, and said, "Aunt Ye, I'm back now, aren't I? Don't cry."
Ye Yuncheng started crying, and she only stopped crying when Pei Xiuyan picked her up.
"You're not allowed to go anywhere. I'll order a cage tomorrow and lock you in it." Ye Yuncheng said, looking at Pei Xiuyan, "Is that okay?"
Pei Xiuyan smiled gently: "Okay."
Zheng Lin raised his hand: "That one, it seems to be my son?"
Ye Yuncheng glared at Zheng Lin: "If you can't cook well, you have no say in this family."
“...”
oh.
Feng Xi and the others hadn't quite recovered yet, but when they heard this, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Xu Mengyu was awakened by the laughter. She yawned as she came out and saw that the whole family had arrived. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Where's Lulu?"
"Oh my god, oh my god!" Li Mirui hurriedly walked to the door, "I forgot, I forgot, I'm so sorry."
Just then, the door opened, and Xu Lu pouted, carrying her schoolbag.
"You, why are you back?" Li Mirui said, cupping Xu Lu's face in her hands. "I'm sorry, Grandma forgot."
“I walked back. The driver wasn’t there either. My grandparents and great-grandparents weren’t there either!” Xu Lu said, looking up. He was so scared that he fell to the ground.
Li Milui quickly reached out her hand: "What's wrong?"
Xu Lu thought to himself, "They used to say that children's eyes can see things they shouldn't see, but I thought it was just made up."
Zheng Tianming walked over.
Xu Lu rushed forward, unafraid, for he had finally seen his father: "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Daddy..."
He can call out all he wants now, but who knows when we'll see each other again, or even if he'll be able to hear us then.
Xu Lu was crying her eyes out.
Xu Mengyu: "..."
This kid probably thinks he's seen a ghost.
Others wanted to laugh but couldn't help feeling a lump in their throats; he was just a child who wanted a father.
He held back his tears when so many people were crying, but when Xu Lu called him "Dad," he couldn't hold back anymore and tears streamed down his face. He immediately picked her up from the ground and said, "Call her out twice more."
Xu Lu was stunned. He reached out, touched and pinched his face, and after confirming that he hadn't encountered a ghost, his face turned red instantly. He had never been this red even when he had a fever.
Xu Mengyu walked over: "What are you thinking about? Don't call me!"
Zheng Tianming looked at Xu Mengyu with a pleading expression. "There are so many people here, can't you not mention breaking up?"
It has nothing to do with losing face; isn't it just making your family worry and anxious?
Feng Xi pursed her lips. He should be taught a lesson, otherwise he won't behave.
"I have something to announce to everyone." Xu Mengyu's expression was very serious.
Zheng Tianming quickly put Xu Lu down, then casually pulled Xu Mengyu into his arms and kissed her directly—just as he feared.
He probably already guessed what she wanted to say.
“...”
Zheng Wanwan covered her face: "Oh my god, this is a huge, shameless scene."
Pei Lan looked down at Zheng Wanwan. Ever since she agreed to his request, but then all sorts of things happened, she'd been giving him the cold shoulder...
But he knew that Zheng Wanwan was shy, and if he kissed her in front of so many people, she would probably ignore everyone for days.
Xu Mengyu gently lowered her head to Zheng Tianming, her face flushed from her ears all the way to her neck. He had thick skin, bullets couldn't penetrate it, but she didn't!
Xu Sichen leaned back on the sofa, sighing at the perfectly good cabbage...
But thinking about it, it makes sense. He can even manage to pick cabbages properly. With that thought, he looked up at Li Mirui.
Li Mirui hugged Xu Lu, looking helpless. This unreliable behavior was unlike anything she'd heard of, as she'd never heard of someone taking after their neighbor.
Zheng Tianming possessed some gentlemanly manners, though to a limited extent. But his lack of composure was truly remarkable; he had learned them perfectly.
Xu Mengyu pushed Zheng Tianming away: "What are you doing?"
"Don't mention breaking up, or I'll say you're irresponsible." Zheng Tianming said in a low voice, "I'm begging you, okay?"
Xu Mengyu looked at Zheng Tianming, her chin slightly raised. Letting him go so easily would be irresponsible to herself.
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