Chapter 23: A tonic soup for the second child
Cheng Qian smiled and nodded: "I have sent it."
Jiang Meng's gaze paused on Cheng Qian's forced smile: "Xiao Qian, there's nothing wrong with your relationship with Zhinan, right?"
Cheng Qian was startled for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's okay, Mom, you don't have to worry."
Jiang Meng had been worried about this for a long time. Her eldest son's marriage did not start with love.
It was more like a transaction of mutual exploitation. Now, the Li family merged her father's laboratory into Cheng's Biology and forced Cheng Qian to resign. This was like tearing a hole, making the already unstable relationship even more shaky.
"Xiao Qian, what are your plans for the new year?" Jiang Meng asked with concern.
Cheng Qian nodded and said, "I have decided to join a newly established seed research institute."
Jiang Meng was stunned: "Does this company have a future? Otherwise, I will ask Zhinan to help you get into a national research institute..."
"No need, I've decided to stay at the Seed Research Institute." Cheng Qian said firmly.
Jiang Meng's eyes flashed: "Zhi Nan is your husband. If you need anything, you can ask him for help."
Cheng Qian said calmly, "If there is, I will."
A tall figure appeared behind them. Li Zhinan had changed into a casual outfit. He looked young and married, very charming.
"Son, Dad will take you to play football." Li Zhinan's handsome figure has picked up the little boy, held him high, and let him sit on his broad shoulders.
The little guy laughed happily and shouted: "Mom, I'm flying..."
Cheng Qian felt complicated as she watched the man and the child walk towards the nearby playground.
The decision to divorce has already taken root in her heart.
If she didn't have a child, she wouldn't want to wait even a second.
Jiang Meng looked at his son and grandson with a smile and said, "They get along well with each other. Zhinan loves Xiaoye very much."
Cheng Qian could not deny this, but a man with a chaotic private life must not love his children wholeheartedly, otherwise, how could he have the heart to destroy this small family?
"Mom, I worked late last night and I want to go to sleep for a while." Cheng Qian said in a low voice.
"Go ahead, I'll come and call you before dinner." Jiang Meng said gently.
Li Zhinan looked back at Cheng Qian's figure returning to the living room, his brows furrowed.
She didn't wear the sapphire necklace he gave her last night.
Is this a silent accusation?
Jiang Meng looked in the direction of the court, then looked at the slender figure that disappeared in the living room.
She sighed softly. Could it be that what she had arranged before was wrong?
Cheng Qian fell asleep and had a dream.
In the dream, Li Zhinan hugged Cheng Yan and kissed her in public. After the kiss, he pointed at her face and scolded her: "If you hadn't broken into my room that year... I would never have married you."
"Cousin, you're capable of doing anything shameless to save your parents' lab."
The scene changed, revealing a little boy standing in a corner, his hands hanging by his sides. A cold female voice shouted, "If you don't stand for an hour, you won't be allowed to eat."
"Have you stolen your brother's things again? Take your hands out." A stick was hit hard on a pair of white little hands.
"Mom... Mom, take me away... I'm scared..." In the dream, my son Ono was locked in a dark room, crying heartbreakingly.
"Ah..." Cheng Qian woke up from a nightmare.
Sweat broke out on my forehead, and the sky outside the window had already darkened.
In the dream just now, Cheng Qian seemed to have foreseen the future.
After the divorce, she did not get custody of her son and left the child in the Li family.
Cheng Yan became her stepmother and gave birth to a son, and Xiaoye lived a miserable life.
Cheng Qian covered her face in pain, cold sweat and tears mixed together, making her scared.
No, she would never leave her son alone in the Li family, and would never let her stepmother torture him.
"Mom...Mom, are you awake?" The door was pushed open and a small figure stood at the door.
"It's time to eat..." the little guy said in a milky voice.
Cheng Qian quickly calmed herself down and turned on the light.
Next to Ono, a tall and slender body was leaning lazily.
Li Zhinan folded his arms across his chest and said indifferently, "Didn't you receive the gift I gave you yesterday?"
Cheng Qian threw off the quilt and got out of bed. When she reached out to pick up her coat, something fell out of her coat.
With a clang, the paper ball fell apart, revealing the sapphire inside.
Li Zhinan glanced at it with his gloomy eyes, and the next second, he walked over and bent down to pick it up.
I don’t know if it was because the angle of the fall was a bit tricky, but a piece of the diamond around the sapphire was broken.
Cheng Qian's heart skipped a beat when she looked at the shattered diamond.
"Sorry... I didn't mean to." After knowing the price of the gem, Cheng Qian really felt like she had damaged a treasure, and she felt a little guilty.
Li Zhinan's face was extremely gloomy. He had spent a lot of effort to buy this thing, but she broke it on the first day.
"Is this necklace... insured?" Cheng Qian asked him. Generally, such valuable items would be insured.
Li Zhinan said coldly, "No, since it's broken, just throw it away."
"Don't..." Cheng Qian blurted out: "Give it to me."
Li Zhinan held it in his palm, didn't give it to her, and turned to leave.
"Mom, it's broken..." Ono ran over and picked up the small piece of diamond.
Cheng Qian reached out to take it, held it in her palm, and a feeling of tiredness came over her.
This marriage is like chicken ribs, a pity to throw away but tasteless to eat.
At dinner, Jiang Meng asked her aunt to put a bowl of soup in front of Li Zhinan.
Li Zhinan opened the lid and took a look, then glanced at Cheng Qian subtly with his handsome face.
"Mom, where did you get this rare stuff? If I eat it, can I become immortal?" Li Zhinan said with sarcasm.
Li Zhishi chuckled: "Brother, just eat it, you will understand after you finish eating it."
Jiang Meng realized in the afternoon that something might be wrong with their marriage, so she asked her aunt to take out the precious ingredients and stew this bowl of tonic soup in the evening.
Xia Mengjiao seemed to realize something. She smiled without saying anything and just glanced at Cheng Qian.
If my brother really ate this bowl of soup, I'm afraid the bed frame would be shaken apart tonight.
Cheng Qian pretended not to understand and turned around to feed Xiao Ye some soup.
Li Zhinan pushed the soup away and said, "Mom, I don't need this."
The old lady beside him said calmly, "Xiao Meng, Zhinan is only 28 years old and strong. Did you give him the food too early?"
Jiang Meng had her own ideas. She looked serious: "Zhi Nan, Mom is not joking. You must drink it."
Li Zhinan narrowed his dark eyes and stared at Cheng Qian.
Could it be her idea again?
Under his mother's gaze, Li Zhinan finished eating everything, including the soup and the residue, and instantly felt his blood surge.
After dinner, Jiang Meng immediately took Xiao Ye away: "You two, go back to the villa. Xiao Ye will stay with me tonight and I will take care of him."
"Mom, this is too obvious." Li Zhinan was speechless.
Jiang Meng did not hide it and said, "I hope you can put together a good pair as soon as possible. Xiao Qian is so beautiful. If you have another daughter, she will definitely be very cute."
Li Zhinan glanced at Cheng Qian next to him. She had an indifferent expression, as if the matter they were talking about had nothing to do with her.
"Mom, Xiaoye is making a fuss in bed at night. Let me take him home." Cheng Qian was reluctant to part with her son.
"Xiao Qian, let Xiao Ye come with me. You can come over on the second day of the New Year. Don't worry, I will take good care of him." Jiang Meng also wanted to establish a good relationship with her grandson.
Cheng Qian had no way to take her son away by force, so she gave up and drove back by herself.
She hoped Li Zhinan would not come back tonight, she didn't want to face him.
Cheng Qian drove slowly and when she returned to the villa, the lights were on in the master bedroom on the second floor.
Li Zhinan came back first.
The aunts in the family are on holiday for the New Year, so there are no outsiders at home at the moment.
Cheng Qian sat in the car for a while before entering the living room.
She didn't go upstairs, but turned on the TV in the living room. It was a little after nine o'clock and the evening party was playing.
The festive songs diluted the silence in the living room.
"Cheng Qian, don't do these boring things anymore."
Suddenly, a tall figure stood in the middle of the stairs.
Li Zhinan, who had already taken a shower and was wearing a gray bathrobe, looked like the king of the night.
Cheng Qian looked at him in surprise: "I don't understand what you are talking about."
The man walked down the stairs with his long legs, carrying an oppressive force.
"Didn't you ask my mother to prepare that bowl of soup?" Li Zhinan raised his thin lips in a mocking tone.
"It's not me." Cheng Qian didn't have time to argue with him and stared at the TV screen.
At this moment, several handsome men were dancing and singing on the stage.
Cheng Qian's attention was drawn over.
His tall figure stepped forward, directly blocking the TV screen. The next second, he turned off the power: "It's getting late, go upstairs and get some rest."
Cheng Qian's pretty face froze, and she immediately said, "I've had enough sleep in the afternoon. I don't want to sleep now. Turn on the TV."
Li Zhinan raised his eyebrows and walked towards the sofa step by step: "No one is home tonight, perhaps you want to stay here..."
Cheng Qian was so horrified by him that she instinctively shrank back.
Li Zhinan felt like there was a fire burning in his body and he urgently needed someone to put it out.
The young body is full of vigor and vitality, and it is not easy to be teased. What's more, there was a dose of strong medicine at tonight's New Year's Eve dinner. At this moment, Li Zhinan felt dry mouth and wanted to exercise.
Cheng Qian was wearing a white sweater, with her long hair hanging softly at her side. Her fair oval face showed a hint of panic at the moment.
Li Zhinan leaned over and easily trapped her on the sofa with his strong arms.
"Cheng Qian, it's been a long time since we last met..." Li Zhinan stared at her fair and beautiful face, with some passionate scenes from the past surging in his mind.
Cheng Qian's breathing froze and she wanted to run away.
But the next second, the man reached out frivolously, pinched her small and delicate chin, and looked down into her eyes: "Don't worry, I won't let you down tonight."
Cheng Qian was frightened and instinctively slapped his fingers away: "Li Zhinan, I'm not interested."
After saying that, Cheng Qian reached out and pushed him away, wanting to go back to her room.
The man was immediately angered by her action. As soon as she stood up, he reached out and pushed her.
She fell back onto the sofa, and the next second, the man kissed her lips forcefully with his hot lips.
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