My Sloppy Husband Is Actually a Handsome Bigshot!-Chapter 197 - 189 Harassing Phone Call 1

Lin Zhenxin held onto Li Yanan’s arm, feeling the tension of his muscles beneath her palm.

"I saw you were sleeping so soundly, so I didn’t wake you."

The blood flow returned to the arm Li Yanan was being held on, and the numbness gradually faded.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t say anything, she just seriously helped him massage it.

"Today, I need to go to the office, will you have lunch with Grandma and Aunt Xu?"

Li Yanan touched her small earlobe with the hand he had just used to answer the phone, his gaze was subtle.

"I have plans to go shopping with Lemon."

Now with Aunt Xu’s help in taking care of Grandma, Lin Zhenxin has considerably more freedom compared to before.

"Hmm." He replied with a hum while continuing to massage her earlobe.

"Why do you keep rubbing my ear?" It wasn’t annoying, just ticklish.

"Nothing." Li Yanan got up and dressed, and as Lin Zhenxin watched his back, she pondered, unconsciously touching her own ear...

With one hand steadily on the steering wheel, Li Yanan held a delicate jewelry box in the other.

The red light came on.

With a snap, he opened the box, revealing a pair of exquisite pearl earrings quietly lying inside.

He knew she didn’t have pierced ears, yet he couldn’t resist buying them.

Simply because he felt they suited her.

A doting smile tugged at his thin lips, and he later tossed the box into the drawer...

Just before leaving, Lin Zhenxin received a strange phone call.

When she answered, no matter how she greeted, no one spoke, and the call was inexplicably hung up.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t dwell on it, heading straight to the subway station to catch a train.

About an hour later, she met up with Yao Lemon in the downtown area.

"Why do I feel like there’s something different about you?" Yao Lemon’s first words were this when she saw Lin Zhenxin.

Lin Zhenxin smiled without replying, taking her arm as they headed into the mall.

But before they could take a few steps forward, Lin Zhenxin’s phone rang again.

It was the same number as before.

When she answered, there was still no sound.

Because of a previous incident, Lin Zhenxin had changed her number, and now only a few people knew this number.

"Who is it?" Seeing her strange expression, Yao Lemon couldn’t help but ask.

"It’s nothing." Lin Zhenxin blocked the number.

"Come with me to get an ear piercing."

Returning her phone to her bag, Lin Zhenxin suddenly suggested to Yao Lemon.

"Why all of a sudden... back then, no matter how much I persuaded you, you wouldn’t go, and now you’re all for it?"

Yao Lemon raised her eyebrow, her smile teasing, which quickly froze for just a brief moment.

Shaking her head, Yao Lemon assumed she was mistaken.

Lin Zhenxin didn’t notice Yao Lemon’s brief distraction, continuing to touch her own earlobe.

She hadn’t gotten piercings before because it didn’t seem necessary.

As for now... she had a feeling that Li Yanan’s expression when touching her earlobe this morning carried some regret.

There aren’t many things that can make that man feel regret.

She guessed, perhaps he wanted to give her something, but...

Touching her earlobe, Lin Zhenxin couldn’t help but smile.

"Hey, don’t smile like that... you look so smitten; it’s making me envious."

The two chatted and laughed as they walked towards the mall.

Yet neither noticed a white figure trailing behind...

Tu Haohao opened her eyes, first hearing the sound of the shower in the bathroom.

With a sudden start, the thin quilt slipped to her waist, she looked down stiffly, noting she wasn’t wearing what she had on yesterday.

Her head buzzed as if about to explode, gripping the quilt tightly, her eyes wide open.

Last night...

She remembered drinking until tipsy, telling Li Chengze many things, then...

She’d even kissed him proactively.

And after that? How did she end up in a hotel? What was with her clothes?

Question after question bombarded her.

Tears welled up instantly, Tu Haohao cautiously lifted the quilt, eyeing the sheets.

Upon ensuring there were no unusual marks, she finally breathed a small sigh of relief, but even so, the tears wouldn’t stop.

Suddenly, the shower ceased.

Tu Haohao, her eyes misty with tears, looked over, instinctively wanting to run.

With a swoosh, the door was pulled open from within, and Li Chengze emerged with only a towel wrapped around his waist, drying his hair as he walked out.

Seeing Tu Haohao crying, Li Chengze paused.

Then he approached the bed.

Reaching Tu Haohao, he wiped her tears away with his thumb.

"I’m not crying, so why are you!" he awkwardly said.

Uh? Tu Haohao was stunned, what did he mean by this?

"Didn’t you realize you had a fever?" He continued with mild annoyance, still drying his hair, splattering Tu Haohao with water, snapping her back to reality.

She had been unwell yesterday.

"After kissing me, you threw up all over me..." he added as he finished, with a final line.

"Am I that disgusting?"

Tu Haohao stared in shock, as was her memory coming back in pieces, as if it really happened like that.

"Then why are we... here at a hotel?" she asked weakly.

"You told me not to go home, saying you were filthy. Where else but a hotel?"

Li Chengze quipped sarcastically.

While Tu Haohao was still dazed, Li Chengze handed her...

Half a potato?

"Huh?" She was completely flabbergasted.

"For your hand! How was I supposed to know your skin was so thin, bruising with just a poke."

After he spoke, Tu Haohao noticed the needle marks on the back of her hand.

The trash bin still contained IV bags and needles.

"Th—Thank you..." Tu Haohao mumbled, taking the half potato and placing it over the bruised needle mark.

"And my clothes, did you..." change them?

Li Chengze said nothing, but suddenly propped himself on the edge of the bed, slowly leaning towards Tu Haohao’s face.

"At most, you’re a B-cup."

It took her a second to understand what he meant, after which her eyes widened in alarm, resembling a startled cat.

Amused, Li Chengze couldn’t help but burst into laughter...

Lin Zhenxin had just gotten her ears pierced.

Walking out of the store with Yao Lemon, she felt the slight sting in her earlobes, which was a bit unfamiliar.

It was a rather special feeling.

Lin Zhenxin was somewhat looking forward to seeing Li Yanan’s reaction later that evening.

"And you and your Daxiong..."

"Don’t mention him, he annoys me." Yao Lemon cut off Lin Zhenxin’s words abruptly, annoyed.

Lin Zhenxin raised an eyebrow, surprised at her intense reaction.

"What happened between you two?"

Ever since the incident with Wu Feng, it had been rare to see Yao Lemon with such an expression.

Yao Lemon hadn’t initially wanted to discuss it, but with Lin Zhenxin, it was different.

"Did you know? Behind my back, he’s been sending money to his ex-wife all along."

Yao Lemon revealed this, shocking Lin Zhenxin as well.

Gu Daxiong had been sending money to his ex-wife?

"Did Gu Daxiong tell you why he divorced his ex-wife?"

The two walked forward as they talked.

"Why else? Isn’t it all because of that affair?"

Yao Lemon replied with frustration.

"The last time Gu Yaoyao was at your place, you were upset, was it because of this?"

Lin Zhenxin suddenly recalled.

Yao Lemon didn’t say anything, but the answer was self-evident.

"I just don’t get it, how can Gu Daxiong be so oblivious? She’s practically cuckolded him, yet he still gives her money!"

And it’s not a small sum!

"Are you angry that Gu Daxiong is sending money to his ex-wife, or annoyed at how foolish he is?"

Honestly, not even during the stint with Wu Feng had Lin Zhenxin seen Yao Lemon like this.

Yao Lemon picked up on Lin Zhenxin’s teasing tone and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

As they chatted, Lin Zhenxin’s phone rang again.

Still an unrecognized number, but not the original one.

Lin Zhenxin hesitated for a moment but eventually answered.

Again, there was silence, though she could faintly hear breathing on the other end.

The thought sent a shiver down her spine.

"If you harass me again, I’ll call the police!" she declared before hanging up abruptly.

"What happened?"

Yao Lemon looked at her with wide, surprised eyes.

"Nothing, just ran into a nutcase."

Lin Zhenxin vaguely had some suspicions, but she kept them to herself.

"Come on, accompany me to check out the men’s wear."

Li Yanan always advised her to buy more clothes, yet he never mentioned getting anything for himself.

So every time Lin Zhenxin went out, she would pick out a few pieces for him.

Seeing she didn’t want to elaborate, Yao Lemon didn’t press further...

Lin Zhenxin picked two shirts and a few ties, all in cooler shades.

They were high-end menswear, meaning they were expensive, but she didn’t use the card Li Yanan had given her, instead opting for her own salary card.

"What did you say? He Nuoxin is back?" Yao Lemon exclaimed, eyes wide with surprise.

"Yes." Lin Zhenxin thought for a moment and then recounted what had transpired after leaving the bar that night.

"Are you sure it’s her?" Yao Lemon could hardly believe that such things could happen to her friend in just a few days.

"Not sure, but I suspect it is."

She didn’t have any real evidence.

"Did you tell your Li Yanan about it?" Yao Lemon grew anxious.

Lin Zhenxin shook her head, she had initially wanted to, but the best chance slipped by...

Plus, she didn’t have concrete evidence.

"You seriously, something this big happens, and you keep it quiet!"

This could be a life-or-death situation!

Lin Zhenxin said nothing, and Yao Lemon seemed to suddenly recall something, her expression transitioning to one of sudden realization.

"I think I saw her today."

She had thought that woman seemed familiar, but after Lin Zhenxin mentioned it, it struck her like lightning.

"What did you say?"

"I said, I think I saw her today! This He Nuoxin, I’ve seen her photos before, you..."

Yao Lemon’s words got caught in her throat as she stared behind Lin Zhenxin in shock.

At practically the same moment, Lin Zhenxin turned around.

"Brother Yanan doesn’t like wearing this brand of menswear."

He Nuoxin smiled warmly at Lin Zhenxin, but when her gaze shifted to Yao Lemon, it grew somewhat sinister!

Both Lin Zhenxin and Yao Lemon fell silent!

He Nuoxin reached out, trying to touch the menswear Lin Zhenxin held, and almost simultaneously, Lin Zhenxin stepped back to avoid her.

"He Nuoxin?" Lin Zhenxin’s expression was evidently quite unpleasant.

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