Chapter 4 After resigning, just be Mrs. Li
Although she was very sad, Cheng Qian still patiently took her son into the playroom.
The little guy calmed down when he saw the toy.
Cheng Qian sat down and said to her son gently, "Xiao Ye, can mom help you build a little house?"
The little boy blinked his dark eyes and wiped away his tears: "I want a very tall house."
For a two-year-old child, emotions come and go quickly. As long as there is someone to accompany him, he can forget the sadness in a second.
Cheng Qian has carefully read several educational books for two to three-year-old children in the past few days and found the trick.
The noise from downstairs would still be transmitted upstairs, so Cheng Qian simply closed the door tightly and could not hear any noise at all.
She and her son built a tall tower, and the little guy clapped his hands and jumped happily beside them.
Just at this moment, the door was pushed open.
Li Zhinan, wearing a high-necked black sweater, leaned against the door with his arms folded across his chest and said, "Let's go downstairs for dinner."
Cheng Qian immediately tried to stand up, but a small hand grabbed the corner of her clothes and said, "I want to build a higher tower."
Cheng Qian lowered her eyes and gently touched her son's head: "Okay, Mommy will play with you for a while."
Li Zhinan frowned, a little displeased: "My friend is downstairs. As the hostess of the house, shouldn't you go downstairs to say hello?"
Cheng Qian said without raising her head: "The hostess in your mind is already downstairs greeting them."
Li Zhinan's eyebrows flashed coldly: "Cheng Qian, stop being unreasonable and making trouble. You will lose your identity."
The little guy wanted to play, but he heard them arguing. Xiaoye immediately walked over and stretched out his little hand to Li Zhinan: "Daddy, hug me."
Li Zhinan bent down, picked up the child, turned around and went downstairs.
Cheng Qian put her hand on her forehead and followed him downstairs.
At this moment, in the restaurant downstairs, delicious food has been served on the table, and Cheng Yan is standing up and pouring wine for a few handsome guys personally.
"Hey, Zhinan doesn't eat cilantro, don't add it."
Just as Cheng Qian was about to go downstairs, she heard Cheng Yan's voice. Then, a male voice rang out with a smile: "Cheng Yan, you even know Zhinan's preferences very clearly. Tell me quickly, do you have any hidden identity?"
Cheng Yan immediately pointed her finger at the man who was joking, "Hey, Luo Sheng, stop making trouble. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll make you drink."
"Okay, okay, I'll shut up!" Luo Sheng had a self-punishing expression on his face and drank up the wine in the glass.
When Cheng Qian went downstairs, she saw a group of men at the dining table, one of whom was a stranger.
"Mrs. Li..." When Cheng Qian came down, the group of men sitting there turned their heads to look at her and addressed her politely.
Cheng Qian couldn't lose her manners and said with a smile, "Everyone, please feel free to do as you please."
After saying that, Cheng Qian went into the kitchen. At this moment, several aunts who were busy preparing dinner all gave her distressed looks.
As the legal wife, she has less presence than an outsider, and everyone else feels sorry for her.
Cheng Yan's laughter could be heard outside. A group of people with high taste were studying the origin and flavor of red wine. Cheng Yan was like the moon surrounded by stars, delivering sweet emotional value.
Anyone with self-respect cannot accept the sympathetic gazes of others.
Cheng Qian turned around and went out, and found that her son was being held in Cheng Yan's arms and played with.
Cheng Qian no longer endured it. She walked over, took a piece of freshly baked bread, and led her son over.
The little guy was at the age when his appetite and curiosity were the strongest, and he stretched out his little hand towards Cheng Qian.
Cheng Qian took the opportunity to pick up her son and took him straight upstairs.
Since Li Zhinan didn't give her face, it seemed unnecessary for her to put herself in a difficult position for his face.
That night, Cheng Qian did not go downstairs again. She devoted herself to playing with her child in the room.
The auntie thoughtfully brought the food upstairs.
The bustle downstairs died down around 9:30.
Cheng Qian heard the sound of a car disappear outside the courtyard gate.
She was just about to go downstairs to leave her son with Li Zhinan because she had to do some work.
But he found that Li Zhinan had also left home.
Mrs. Liu seemed to notice that Cheng Qian was looking for her husband, so she whispered, "Miss Cheng is drunk, and her husband said he would take her home."
Cheng Qian nodded and asked Mrs. Liu to help bathe the child while she went back to the study to work.
That night, Li Zhinan did not return home.
Cheng Qian slept until dawn holding her son.
In a drowsy state, Cheng Qian felt something hot scratching her face.
She opened her eyes and saw her son's small hands holding her face, his big black eyes blinking: "Mom, get up! I need to pee."
When Cheng Qian heard her son calling her from the bottom of his heart, she felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.
She quickly picked up her son, masturbated him, and then took him to the bathroom to urinate.
"Are you my mother?" The little guy was held by her in front of the mirror to wash his face, and he winked at her mischievously.
"Yes, I am!" Cheng Qian kissed his little face gently: "Mom loves you, Xiaoye."
"Mom, don't leave me." The little guy also held her face and kissed her back.
"No, mom will always be by your side." At this moment, Cheng Qian had forgotten the existence of her husband. All she had eyes for was the little fur coat.
Xiao Ye is already two and a half years old. He inherited his IQ from his parents and has been smart since he was young. He has gradually learned from conversations with people around him that the gentle woman in front of him is his mother.
Mother and child are connected by heart, and the little one will not make a mistake again.
Li Zhinan has not returned home for three consecutive days, nor has he called Cheng Qian to report.
Cheng Qian found out where her son's daycare class was and decided to send him there.
The little guy was running happily in the corridor with his little schoolbag on his back.
The teacher who came to greet him bent down and hugged him, then looked at Cheng Qian in surprise: "Why didn't mom bring Xiaoye here today?"
When Cheng Qian heard this, she immediately explained the misunderstanding: "Teacher Wang, I am Xiao Ye's biological mother."
Teacher Wang was a little surprised when he heard this: "Then the one before..."
"She is a friend of the child's father." Cheng Qian said calmly.
Teacher Wang was also a woman, and she immediately understood the hidden meaning. She laughed and said, "Okay, Xiaoye's mother, will you pick up the child from now on?"
"I still have work to do, so I'm afraid I won't have time to come on time." Cheng Qian said, and then added: "I will notify you in advance about picking up the children in the future."
Teacher Wang nodded and said, "Okay, let's contact each other by phone. Xiaoye, say goodbye to your mother."
The little guy immediately waved his hand towards Cheng Qian and happily followed the teacher into the classroom.
Cheng Qian stood at the glass window outside the door for a long time. Seeing that Xiao Ye was very familiar with the place, she turned around and left.
Cheng Qian had just arrived at the laboratory when she received a call from headquarters: "Director Cheng, there is an important meeting at headquarters and we would like to invite you to attend."
Cheng Qian asked about the time and arrived at the headquarters conference room at three o'clock in the afternoon.
As soon as she stepped into the meeting room, she saw several familiar faces.
Cheng Yan and her uncle Cheng Zhifei who stole her father's research results.
The father and daughter also saw Cheng Qian, and their expressions were both superior and arrogant.
Cheng Qian frowned, having a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the general manager in charge of XS Biology at the headquarters announced an important news.
The research institute where Cheng Qian worked was incorporated into Cheng's Biopharmaceuticals and became its Research Department 2, under the management of Cheng Zhifei.
Cheng Qian felt like she was hit by a hammer.
Letting her enemy become her boss would undoubtedly push her into the abyss.
"I don't agree with this decision." Cheng Qian refused on the spot.
The general manager looked at her with a smile and said, "Director Cheng, President Li said that if you have any objections, you should communicate directly with President Li."
Cheng Qian's heart was beating fast. Li Zhinan's decision had disregarded their relationship as husband and wife.
She had mentioned to him before that a large part of her father's achievements had been stolen and misappropriated by Cheng Zhifei and turned into his patents. She remembered that at that time, Li Zhinan still stood by her and accused her of this theft.
Only a few years later, Li Zhinan had forgotten about this matter and wanted to merge her laboratory into Cheng's Biology.
Cheng Qian left the meeting room and went directly to the president's office.
"Enter!"
A low and cold male voice, without a trace of warmth.
Cheng Qian pushed the door open and saw five or six company executives standing inside. They seemed to be discussing important matters.
Cheng Qian froze at the door, at a loss as to what to do next.
"You guys go out first." Li Zhinan raised his hand and let the group of people leave.
Those people passing by Cheng Qian all looked at her with strange eyes.
Cheng Qian stared at the man sitting on the big leather chair. He was like a king looking down on her with intimidating eyes.
"Something?" He raised his superior eyebrows, then glanced at his watch: "I only have ten minutes."
Cheng Qian walked in and said in a cold voice, "Li Zhinan, I hope you will take back that decision. I can't possibly join Cheng's Bio."
After hearing this, Li Zhinan simply raised his eyes and looked at her calmly: "If you don't cooperate with the company's arrangements, the company can fire you."
Cheng Qian was stunned. What she wanted to say was stuck in her throat. She said with difficulty: "You know the feud between me and the Cheng family..."
Li Zhinan looked at her expressionlessly, clasped his hands on the table, and said calmly, "That's your problem. The company has already invested a lot of money in research. In order to save costs and improve efficiency, the merger of the two departments is a unanimous decision made by the company's top management, not just me..."
When Cheng Qian heard this, she realized that there was no need for her to continue fighting.
"Then I'll resign." Cheng Qian made the decision immediately.
"You can resign, but the research results belong to the company and you can't take them away without permission." Li Zhinan stared at her intently.
The color on Cheng Qian's pretty face instantly disappeared, and it turned pale.
The research results she achieved over the past four years were the result of her expending so much effort, and in the end, she had to present them to the Cheng family with both hands, which was legal, reasonable and fit for her.
"I..." Cheng Qian wanted to say something, but found that the pain in her heart made her speechless.
Li Zhinan lost his patience and looked at his wrist again: "Okay, time's up, I have to go to the meeting."
Cheng Qian clenched her fingers instantly.
Li Zhinan walked around the desk with his tall and slender figure, as graceful as a wild leopard.
After passing Cheng Qian, he stopped again, straightened the cuff of his wrist and said naturally: "If you quit your job, just stay at home and take care of the children and be a full-time wife."
"Actually, your lab hasn't produced much in the past few years. This also indirectly proves that the children of a dragon and a phoenix may not necessarily become dragons and phoenixes. Stop obsessing over your research."
"As long as you take good care of your home, it's also an achievement."
After saying that, Li Zhinan took a step forward with his long legs and walked out.
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