840 “After Fast Traveling and Sleeping with the Villain” World Sixteen, Two Brothers (02)

Hearing this, Lin Wanwan fell silent.

She knew Zhao Jiancheng was serious.

“So, Anhui, I’ll let you go, but you can’t take away things that don’t belong to you, do you understand?”

Zhao Jiancheng’s tone was still gentle as usual, but it made Lin Wanwan get goosebumps again.

“He Ping and He An… they are human beings, your sons, not things that can be traded.”

“Oh? You are right, but not accurate enough.” Zhao Jiancheng raised his eyebrows with interest on his face.”They are also two children who are about to be abandoned by their mother.”

These words made all the blood drain from Lin Wanwan’s face, like a piece of empty white cloth.

She knew that Zhao Jiancheng wanted her to stay, using the last and best bargaining chip.

However, if he continues to stay with Zhao Jiancheng, Lin Wanwan feels that sooner or later he will lose himself.

Slowly and imperceptibly yet completely.

Just imagining it makes people’s scalp numb.

“Wanwan, can you bear it?” Zhao Jiancheng tilted his head.”Let Heping and He’an become children without a mother?”

“I am their mother, and this fact will not change just because I divorce you.”

Lin Wanwan clenched his fists and used all his strength to control himself not to look away, but to bravely look at Zhao Jiancheng.

“They’ll understand me.”

“Definitely.”

Three years later, Lin Wanwan and her husband had an accident while skiing and disappeared.

The search and rescue team conducted a blanket search to no avail.

Also three years later, Wang Lihua came to Xue’s house with her daughter Xue Qi.

She met Zhao Jiancheng by accident when she was working in a restaurant. She originally thought that spilling red wine on him would be difficult to deal with. Unexpectedly, after Zhao Jiancheng saw her face clearly, his whole attitude changed.

He even took the initiative to help her up and said it was okay.

Later, he came to the restaurant where Wang Lihua worked several times and gave generous tips. As time went by, the two of them became very close.

In Wang Lihua’s heart, she is not worthy of the other party.

The man who was nearly forty years old was in his prime and had a successful career. Soon, Wang Lihua’s heart was fixed on him.

What she never imagined was that Zhao Jiancheng was willing to marry her.

“Is this… a proposal?”

Looking at the dazzling diamond ring on the table, Wang Lihua was in disbelief.

Zhao Jiancheng turned his head.

“Don’t you want to?”

He asked, his voice still gentle, like the cold water gushing from a spring in summer, refreshing his heart.

Wang Lihua came to her senses and shook her head vigorously.

“No, no! I do, of course I do!” She couldn’t wait and was ecstatic, but then she seemed to have thought of something, and her expression became hesitant.”But, my daughter… I have a daughter, you know.”

“Well, it’s okay.” Zhao Jiancheng said indifferently: “Just take him over and live together.”

His disapproval sounded to Wang Lihua’s ears, but he valued and cared about his own performance.

She never thought that one day, a situation like a sparrow turning into a phoenix would happen to her.

It’s like being in a fairy tale.

If this was a sweet dream, then Wang Lihua would rather sleep for a long time without waking up.

The woman immersed in the fantasy of happiness did not pay attention to Zhao Jiancheng’s eyes hidden under the gentle mask. They were neither sad nor happy. His calm eyes did not look like he was sizing up his lover, but more like he was evaluating goods.

It was a fake that he created with his own hands. It only looked similar in appearance, but after changing the core, he was barely satisfied with it.

After Xue Qi moved into the Zhao family, he lived conscientiously.

At first, she was terrified, fearing that her two brothers or her mother and uncle would be dissatisfied.

But later Xue Qi discovered that it didn’t seem so scary.

Wang Lihua worked hard to integrate into the circle of ladies in the upper class. Whenever the busy Zhao Jiancheng came home, she would chirp and chatter about what happened today like a bird flying to its owner.

Of course, before that, she would drive her daughter, the light bulb, upstairs.

Xue Qi had always been obedient until one time, she left the sketchbook required for art class in the courtyard and had to go downstairs to get it.

Xue Qi, who was tiptoeing, took his steps carefully.

But what she saw when she passed the corner of the spiral staircase made her freeze in place.

Wang Lihua coiled around Zhao Jiancheng like a dodder flower.

But compared to the distorted movements of the two adults, Xue Qi, who was still at the stage of ignorance about lust, focused on Zhao Jiancheng’s expression.

Very cold.

Xue Qi shivered.

At this moment, Zhao Jiancheng raised his eyes and saw her.

The moment Xue Qi met the man’s eyes, her legs felt weak and she could only cling to the armrest in embarrassment.

The delicately carved peonies were wrapped around the cold metal, giving Xue Qi the illusion of being pricked by a needle.

The man put his hand on Wang Lihua’s head.

“What are you doing?”

Wang Lihua is coquettish.

“There’s a kitten watching.”

The corners of Zhao Jiancheng’s lips raised, and his voice was not loud, but just enough for Xue Qi to hear.

Wang Lihua turned her head.

Seeing her mother with a flushed face and blurred eyes, Xue Qi suddenly had the urge to run away.

But his feet seemed to be rooted and unable to move.

Seeing her daughter standing there as dumb as a piece of wood without moving, Wang Lihua looked impatient, got up and walked towards her.

“You…”

The next second, she stopped.