Deliberately Approaching-Chapter 563 - 525: No Need to Wade into Muddy Waters
Before, no one dared to call Leng Lingxiao during his mealtime except for Tang Xiaowan.
Now, there was also his father-in-law Wang Junchen.
Speaking of which, it was quite a deep fate, as Wang Junchen had repeatedly extended an olive branch to Leng Lingxiao before, hoping to cooperate with him to jointly deal with the Jincheng Li Family, but he had faced rejection time and again.
But now, Mr. Wang had become his father-in-law, someone he had to give three points of courtesy to.
"Strange, what does he want from you?"
"He’s looking for you."
Leng Lingxiao pressed the answer key quickly.
But before he could even greet the caller, a deep voice came through the phone, "Where’s Tangtang? Let Tangtang answer the phone."
Tang Xiaowan pursed her lips and took the phone.
"What’s up? You need something?"
"Weren’t you saying your stomach hurt? Is it better now, or did you not cover yourself properly with the blanket last night?"
"I’m drinking the stomach-warming soup; it’s getting cold."
Wang Junchen cleared his throat, trying to restrain his temper, "Remember to call me when you get home."
"Okay, I know, you should drink less."
"I won’t drink, rest assured."
Leng Lingxiao, who had been all ears eavesdropping by the side, almost spit blood in anger; she had never told him, her husband, to drink less.
The difference was huge!
In fact, those warm words Tang Xiaowan just said were only out of protection for her mother.
Her mother was pregnant and couldn’t be around the smell of alcohol.
"I feel like you treat him better than you treat me," Leng Lingxiao glanced at the liquor cabinet.
His words carried a bit of emotion.
"He can’t compare to you. Even though he knew there was a glimmer of hope, he still ruthlessly gave up on me, making me live 20 years without a mother’s love. Now he comes back trying to cajole me, hmph, too late, wishful thinking."
The grudge in her heart still hadn’t subsided!
Leng Lingxiao, who was overwhelmed with jealousy, suddenly had red rims around his eyes, and then his long arms reached out, pulling the angry Tang Xiaowan into his embrace.
The little figure that used to sit on the parasol tree, longing for a mother’s hug, once again appeared before his eyes.
"Tangtang, trust me, no matter what, I will never give up on you," Leng Lingxiao said while gently stroking Tang Xiaowan’s black hair, his gaze firm.
"I’m fine, just venting a little."
"Okay, if you’re fine then that’s good."
He said she’s fine, and that’s good, but he didn’t loosen his grip at all. Instead, he held her tighter and tighter as if he wished to merge her into his own body.
"Huahua, can I eat the fish rolls now?" Tang Xiaowan blinked her doe-like eyes.
"Of course, all yours."
The warm atmosphere had seemingly returned.
...
Two hours later, in the swiftly moving business vehicle, Leng Lingxiao was holding Tang Xiaowan’s hand and had turned into a master of seeking solace and attention.
The road back to Nanfeng Mansion took quite a while.
Tang Xiaowan understood as clear as day; Zhao Renjie was deliberately taking a detour, claiming it was the peak hour now and that particular road was too congested and hard to navigate.
Suddenly, a series of urgent cell phone rings broke the small moment of bliss between the two.
Ring ding ding, ring ding ding, ring ding ding...
"You’re pretty busy tonight!" Tang Xiaowan straightened her dress, smiling merrily.
"If it’s not your dear dad calling during a meal, then it’s him messaging. Even though we’re legally married, we’re husband and wife."
"You don’t have to answer," Tang Xiaowan giggled with her hand covering her mouth, "He can’t do much to you anyway."
"Ah, things will be better after we have the wedding!"
"You sound so pitiful."
"Alright, your husband is ready for battle."
Leng Lingxiao reached into his suit pocket and pulled out the bothersome cell phone.
Unexpectedly, it was Li Wanshan calling.
"Why is it Li Wanshan?" Tang Xiaowan leaned in to look, clearly surprised.
"Oh, it’s an old one, I forgot to delete it."
As soon as the call connected, Li Wanshan’s anxious voice came through: "Mr. Leng, hello, this is Li Wanshan. Are you available to talk right now?"
It seemed there was a lot of commotion on his end, with arguing voices, shouting, and even the sound of someone banging on a table.
"Mr. Li, what’s the matter?"
"I’m sorry to bother you at this time. Here’s the situation: I’m currently in Y-country, not at home, and about an hour ago, I was driving a new car and accidentally crashed it into someone’s yard. Now, they refuse to accept any compensation, claiming I’ve caused a threat to their lives. I don’t want to blow this up. These past few days, you might have also..."
Li Wanshan unabashedly mentioned that he was at the police station, hoping Leng Lingxiao could lend a hand.
They had had two direct encounters before, and Li Wanshan had more than once advised Li Zishen that if he wanted to successfully enter the Y-country market, he had to cooperate with Leng Lingxiao.
However, that was all one-sided enthusiasm, as Li Zishen and Leng Lingxiao held mutual disdain for each other.
"Oh, I see. Let me make a phone call first."
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
"Don’t thank me just yet; nothing’s certain."
Li Wanshan firmly believed that with Leng Lingxiao’s strength and connections in Y-country, he could definitely help, which would be more reliable than arranging for a private lawyer himself.
"Then I’ll have to trouble Mr. Leng, thank you again!"
After hanging up the phone, Leng Lingxiao didn’t want Tang Xiaowan to misunderstand, so he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and gently kissed her smooth forehead.
"Li Wanshan drove into someone’s house and is asking for my help, saying that making the call was just a stalling tactic."
"You had the speaker on!"
She had heard everything, crystal clear.
For some reason, she felt that there was something fishy about the situation, which made her think of her mother. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"I don’t know what Li Wanshan did back then..." Tang Xiaowan bit her lower lip, a touch of sorrow in her voice, "This afternoon, at the tea garden, I wanted to ask Wang Junchen, but it didn’t seem right, so I didn’t."
The voice recorder only mentioned that Li Wanshan had harmed Yi Xiaodan but didn’t specify how.
Tang Xiaowan had always wanted to figure that out.
"It’s probably related to Li Beichuan’s condition suddenly worsening that year, leading to some misunderstanding, and it’s very likely that misunderstanding was due to Li Wanshan."
Leng Lingxiao’s words immediately piqued Tang Xiaowan’s interest, and she almost stood up in excitement.
"Do you know something?"
"I heard that the night Li Beichuan fainted, before the ambulance arrived, Bie Yuan was already in complete chaos. Li Zhenshan lost his temper, grabbed a servant, and people saw Yi Xiaodan crying as she ran out of Bie Yuan. It was raining at the time, but no one arranged a car for her."
"Why didn’t Li Zhenshan send her off? Didn’t he love her? That’s why what happened later, with Song Dapeng, my mother..."
As she spoke, her eyes reddened.
"This is what I heard from an old gardener, the exact details are still unclear," Leng Lingxiao gently patted Tang Xiaowan’s hand, tenderly comforting her.
"Those Lengs, not a single good one among them!"
The curse struck right at Leng Lingxiao’s heart; he wished he could record it and play it on a loop.
"Yeah, you’re right, completely rotten!"
"About that Li Wanshan’s situation, do you plan to help or not?" Tang Xiaowan asked gruffly.
"It’s your call whether to help or to slash."
He knew his place as the obedient husband.
"I think, the Li family’s issues should be left for the Li family to deal with. There are so many eyes watching; there’s no need for us to get involved."
Intuition told Tang Xiaowan that this was definitely not an accident; surely someone had tampered with the car.
Leng Lingxiao’s thin lips curled up slightly: "Alright."
He couldn’t wait for his Little Wife to stay out of it.
