Chapter 859 Are you ever going to stop?
The rumors outside were getting more and more outrageous. Seventeen or eighteen versions had reached Chu Xinran's ears. The most outrageous version was that Xia Ningxi and Xia Wanwan were pregnant at the same time, and Xia Ningxi forced Xia Wanwan to have an abortion. In a fit of anger, Xia Wanwan drove her car to run over Xia Ningxi.
Chu Xinran recounted everything she had heard, and in the end, Xia Ningxi only wanted to call the police.
"Are they alright? How could you believe such an absurd thing?" Xia Ningxi asked.
Chu Xinran said, "It seems everyone really believes it. But why didn't you tell me you were coming back to China? I always thought you were abroad. Xia Wanwan and Huo Nanxiao have been in Lingcheng for so long without coming back, could it be because of you?"
Xia Ningxi had a headache: "I didn't tell you because I was afraid Huo Nanxiao would find out."
"I heard you were in a car accident a few days ago. Are you alright?" Chu Xinran asked worriedly.
Xia Ningxi said, "I'm fine."
"That Xia Luoluo is really something, she has to expose everything. You finally get a few days of peace and quiet, and now you have to get dragged into the vortex of public opinion because of her." Chu Xinran was angry for Xia Ningxi just thinking about it.
Xia Ningxi knew very well that this might be a way for the Xia family to get away with things.
They wanted to protect Xia Luoluo, so they deliberately spread rumors. The general public, unaware of the truth, would only treat the matter as a joke, and no one would bother to investigate the truth carefully.
Huo Nanxiao will do everything he can to suppress the news in order to protect Xia Wanwan's reputation, turning a big issue into a small one and a small one into nothing, so that Xia Luoluo will not be punished in the end.
After chatting with Chu Xinran for half an hour, Xia Ningxi hung up the phone.
Her phone was a mess, with a bunch of people sending her messages, but she didn't read them. She leaned back on the sofa and took a nap.
When Xia Ningxi woke up and found that there was someone else in the house, she thought she was still half asleep and rubbed her eyes. When she saw that the person sitting opposite her was Li Yancheng, she sat up abruptly.
"Why are you here?" Xia Ningxi asked in surprise.
Li Yancheng scoffed, "I had no idea you had secretly returned to the country and moved into the villa that Huo Nanxiao had prepared for you."
"You came here for this?" Xia Ningxi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Yancheng had come to cause her trouble.
She rubbed her eyes and stretched while leaning back on the sofa.
Li Yancheng was very dissatisfied with her nonchalant attitude: "Don't you have anything to explain to me?"
"No," Xia Ningxi said, looking bewildered.
Li Yancheng gritted his teeth: "I've been with you abroad for so long, I've done my part, and you've done your part. You come back without a word and rekindle your old flame with Huo Nanxiao. You're really something. If you can't let him go, why did you have to get a divorce?"
Xia Ningxi blinked: "Why are you sulking? You helped me divorce Huo Nanxiao, weren't you happy before? Why are you throwing a tantrum now? Do you like Xia Wanwan too? Then go and argue with her, why are you taking it out on me?"
She was puzzled and couldn't understand why Li Yancheng was angry.
Li Yancheng himself was also puzzled, and he felt that what Xia Ningxi said seemed to make a lot of sense.
"That's true, why would I be angry? But you really have the ability to make Xia Wanwan so angry that she ended up in the hospital. I heard that Huo Nanxiao has been incredibly busy lately, and he hasn't even had time to deal with his company's affairs."
Thinking that Huo Nanxiao was having a hard time, Li Yancheng was also very happy.
Xia Ningxi sometimes really couldn't figure out what Li Yancheng was thinking. "If you can't stand Huo Nanxiao so much, you can go and cause trouble for him yourself. There's no need to waste your time on me."
"How can this be the same? Never mind him, I'm hungry. What do you have at home that I can eat?" Li Yancheng asked.
Xia Ningxi: "Go find the kitchen yourself."
"Don't you have a cook at home?" Li Yancheng asked in shock. "Do I really need to cook for myself?"
Xia Ningxi rolled her eyes at him: "I've already eaten."
Li Yancheng could only order his men to go out and buy dinner.
Hearing the sound of a car outside, Li Yancheng thought it was Huo Nanxiao returning, and even looked outside. He was surprised to find it was Ling Xiao.
"President Ling?" Li Yancheng was shocked. He turned around and glanced at Xia Ningxi, his eyes filled with a strange emotion.
Ling Xiao was equally shocked to see Li Yancheng, but still greeted him politely: "Young Master Li, it's been a long time."
Li Yancheng: "How did you end up here?"
"I brought some toys and dinner for the children." As Ling Xiao spoke, he gestured behind him, and several assistants walked in carrying several exquisite boxes.
"Young Master Li hasn't eaten yet, has he? If you don't mind, would you like to stay and have dinner with us?" Ling Xiao asked.
Li Yancheng felt that what he said was strange. Why did it feel like Ling Xiao was treating him like the male head of the household?
“Okay, you can stay and have dinner with us,” Li Yancheng replied.
Ling Xiao simply smiled and remained silent.
Huo Nanxiao bought the villa, but the two of them were so overly familiar with each other that people who didn't know them would think they were the owners.
Xia Ningxi was also puzzled, but she knew that Ling Xiao and Li Yancheng knew each other and that the two had recently been discussing cooperation. Seeing that they were chatting so happily, she simply let them chat at home while she took the children to the living room to work on their handicrafts.
Only after Xia Ningxi had walked away did Li Yancheng ask, "Does President Ling come here often?"
“No, this is my first visit today,” Ling Xiao replied.
Li Yancheng's furrowed brows relaxed, and he said, "That's good. I thought you were staying here."
"Hehe." Ling Xiao chuckled lightly, without saying a word.
Ling Xiao came over with the intention of sharing dinner with Xia Ningxi and the child. But now, Xia Ningxi and the child have already eaten, leaving only the starving Li Yancheng waiting to be fed. So, dinner naturally ended up going to Li Yancheng.
However, the two of them sitting together gave off a strange feeling, which Xia Ningxi could sense even from a great distance.
Huo Yuan: "Mommy, do Uncle Li and Uncle Ling not like each other?"
Xia Ningxi asked in surprise, "Why would you ask that?"
Huo Yuan said, "They were talking strangely, as if neither of them wanted the other to be in the house."
Huo Yuan was more sensitive than his younger siblings and could clearly sense that Li Yancheng and Ling Xiao were unhappy and wanted each other to leave the family. As for why the two adults were like this, Huo Yuan didn't know.
Xingxing was also puzzled. She stared at the two adults for a long time, and finally nodded heavily: "Yes, I also feel that something is wrong with them. Do they have a grudge against each other?"
"No," Xia Ningxi replied decisively.
Xingxing: "How strange. The way Uncle Li looks at Uncle Ling is exactly the same as when he looks at Daddy. His words are also sarcastic. I thought they had a grudge against each other."
Xia Ningxi was startled and suddenly remembered that Li Yancheng had announced to Ling Xiao that she was his girlfriend. Xia Ningxi felt embarrassed just thinking about it.
At that moment, all she wanted was for the two of them to get away from here as soon as possible.
She took a deep breath and mustered her courage to walk towards the two of them: "When are you leaving?"
Ling Xiao: "Is this inconvenient?"
"Well, I'm taking the kids out in a bit, it's not appropriate for you to stay home all the time." She began to usher them out.
Li Yancheng readily agreed: "Don't worry, I'll take care of the guests for you."
"?" Xia Ningxi's lips twitched.
Ling Xiao then looked at Xia Ningxi and asked with a smile, "It seems that you two have a very good relationship."
Li Yancheng: "That's for sure."
Ling Xiao: "We've known each other for six years?"
Li Yancheng: "President Ling is quite the gossip. Don't tell me you came all this way just to talk about this?"
“Of course not.” Ling Xiao smiled slightly, stood up, and walked to Xia Ningxi. “I’ll take the child out for a walk. You can stay home and entertain the guests.”
"Okay then." Xia Ningxi forced a smile.
Ling Xiao told the three children to put on their shoes, and soon led them to the amusement park.
Li Yancheng watched their departing figures, his gaze finally settling on Xia Ningxi, and said, "Ling Xiao's attitude towards you is strange; he seems to know you quite well."
"You should go back now." Xia Ningxi didn't want to continue entertaining Li Yancheng, nor did she want to answer his questions.
Li Yancheng was very unhappy: "Why go back? It's only a few hours. Why are you in such a hurry to get rid of me? Is there something you're up to?"
"What could I possibly have to hide?" Xia Ningxi retorted.
Li Yancheng: "For example, the affair between the two of you."
"Heh." Xia Ningxi chuckled, raising her beautiful eyebrows as she asked, "Young Master Li, we don't seem to know each other very well, do we? My affairs have nothing to do with you, so why are you so interested in my private matters?"
Li Yancheng snorted coldly: "I had never heard of you knowing Ling Xiao before."
“I don’t need to tell you,” Xia Ningxi replied.
Li Yancheng: "I know you work for the Ling family, but there's no need to curry favor with him for the sake of work. If you need money, I can give it to you. Ling Xiao is a strange person, so you'd better stay away from him. Besides, he has a wife abroad."
Xia Ningxi felt that Li Yancheng was a bit off. Had he not been watching the news at all these past few days? He was so well-informed before, so why did he suddenly become completely indifferent to Ling Xiao?
Huo Nanxiao knew that Ling Xiao was her second husband abroad, but Li Yancheng was completely unaware? He even acted like the master in front of Ling Xiao. To be honest, Xia Ningxi herself felt ashamed.
She said, "I think you should mind your own business. Lingxiao and I are doing very well now. As for you, stop trying to get attention and stop spreading rumors that I am your girlfriend. You're just causing me a lot of trouble."
"Why?" Li Yancheng asked, clearly dissatisfied.
Xia Ningxi gritted her teeth: "I was never your girlfriend to begin with."
“You can be.” Li Yancheng was extremely narcissistic, as if he were bestowing a great honor upon Xia Ningxi.
Xia Ningxi had no desire for this blessing and decisively refused: "Sorry, I have no feelings for you, and you don't need to waste your time on me. It's good enough if we simply don't become enemies."
Li Yancheng sneered: "Huo Nanxiao is also in the capital city, and he's been looking for you frequently lately. Do you intend to remarry him?"
"This has nothing to do with you." Xia Ningxi didn't want to answer.
Li Yancheng: "If you don't answer directly, it means you still have feelings for him and hope to rekindle your old flame. Well, you're going to be disappointed. He's busy coaxing Xia Wanwan right now and doesn't have the time or inclination to rekindle your old flame."
Xia Ningxi: "Are you ever going to stop?"
"It's not over yet," Li Yancheng sneered.
Xia Ningxi was truly exasperated with him: "If you're just bored and have nothing better to do, I suggest you go out and pick up trash."
Li Yancheng rolled his eyes, completely ignoring Xia Ningxi's suggestion. He sat casually on the sofa, naturally picked up the remote to turn on the TV, and started watching the show with his legs crossed, acting as if he were no outsider.
Ling Xiao would definitely feel uncomfortable if he saw him like this.
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