Sweet Wife Arrives: Mr. CEO, Please Pamper Me-Chapter 739: V608: Love is life and death together, 3800 [10]
The sarcasm left Li Mingkai speechless.
He thought of Mr. Liang’s broken ribs and tailbone back then, the pain of being bedridden for over half a year with all muscles wasted away, becoming skin and bones.
A grown man watching the invitation sent by Yu Wei, crying uncontrollably like a child.
Li Mingkai also knew that showing kindness to Mr. Liang was truly forcing him to completely sacrifice his dignity as a man, he might as well just die.
But it seemed those few words still made Liang Yichao feel irritated.
He took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, took two puffs, then left it dangling from his mouth as he continued playing billiards.
Li Mingkai watched his particularly cold expression and said, "Are you planning to continue like this? Don’t you want to know why she is looking for you this time?"
"I don’t want to know." After sinking another ball, Liang Yichao changed direction, "She’s now someone else’s wife, her son is almost four years old. None of it has anything to do with me. Why should I keep entangling with her? Breaking up someone else’s marriage makes one a third party, and I don’t want to be that. Besides, if she doesn’t want to get back together, just meddling, why should I invite humiliation on myself?"
His graceful and clear-headed words made Li Mingkai deeply gaze at Liang Yichao and solemnly say, "You really have changed, Liang Yichao..."
Liang Yichao was taken aback hearing this and looked at Li Mingkai, "How have I changed?"
"More mature and stable, clearer in thought. The old you might have just followed Miss Yu with her slightest nod, disregarding principles entirely. But today, you understand the most basic man’s stance, not being a backup, knowing what’s right and wrong. It’s rare, seems like..."
Li Mingkai didn’t continue.
Liang Yichao just laughed self-deprecatingly, bowed, and continued playing, "You could say every man’s change is because of a woman. The wound was severe but beneficial."
"Pop!" Another ball sank.
Liang Yichao looked at the remaining balls on the table, seemingly losing interest.
When he threw down the cue, he glanced around and said, "Not playing anymore, let’s go have lunch, I have to go to the office this afternoon."
This change and self-control made Li Mingkai admire even more.
After all, the old Mr. Liang could play pool excitedly for ten hours straight, staying out until two or three in the morning without returning home. Such a playful nature couldn’t be changed even by his own father.
Unless Yu Wei called, then he’d scurry away like a mouse.
Nodding, Li Mingkai picked up their coats, put the cue back on the table, fished out a card from his pocket, and told the waiter, "Check please."
With that, they walked to the sofa lounge area.
Wrapping their arms around the waists of the respective female companions they brought, they went to eat together.
The only difference being, Li Mingkai brought his wife.
Liang Yichao was holding the woman he slept with last night.
In recent years, past brothers and friends have gradually gotten married and had children, but he remains single.
Looking at the wedding ring on Li Mingkai’s finger, there was still a light envy in his eyes.
However, thinking of the engagement ring he once lost, he was left with nothing but self-mockery...
When he put on his suit jacket, he finished a cigarette, walked to the trash, and extinguished it.
The broken ash in the silver trash bin’s center, accompanied by a chilly breeze from the opening elevator, exaggerated into a shallow gray circle.
Just as his heart that was wounded to despair back then was dead, blown away by the wind, it disappeared...
...
After lunch, Liang Yichao eventually returned to his company.
As he sat down in his office, it wasn’t long before Liang Bingchao pushed the door open and came in.
Seeing Liang Yichao already at work, Liang Bingchao, holding a folder, sat down across from him with a smile.
"This morning, when you said you couldn’t make it, I thought you had reached the limit of your busyness these days and decided not to work at the company anymore."
"No, I really just ran into Li Mingkai, who’s back from a business trip. We haven’t met in over four years so we caught up. How could I not show up? Brother, have you once been so disappointed in me that now you can display distrust to such an extent?" Liang Yichao quipped while also curving his lips, continuing his morning’s unfinished work.
Liang Bingchao appreciated his younger brother’s current performance and shook his head: "The old you... it wasn’t complete disappointment, but it was truly a torment that’s indescribable."
