The three of them looked at each other, and the air suddenly became still. No one knew what to say in this situation.
"Miss, Mr. Li, dinner is ready. Do you want to go downstairs now... to eat?"
When Cheng Shi said this, he had already moved half a step to the right, pretending not to see anything. He didn't want to embarrass his little master, otherwise he would have to be caught in the middle to reconcile conflicts, which would be too frustrating.
The response was quick enough and the reason was reasonable.
Li Zishen glanced over and landed firmly on Cheng Shi's clenched fist: "You go down first, your lady and I... have something to talk about."
Cheng Shi, who was not afraid of death, said loudly: "How long?"
"15 minutes."
Li Zi suppressed his anger and his voice was very low.
"Okay, 15 minutes, I'll wait outside."
After finishing speaking, Cheng Shi glanced at Tang Xiaowan, and seeing her calm expression, he quickly left, leaving a small gap in the door of the room, about the width of a fist.
He knew very well what kind of person Li Zishen was.
But at this moment, his intuition told him that even a man with the best self-discipline would sometimes lose control and inevitably hurt Tang Xiaowan.
He must stay and be available.
…
On the other side, inside the house.
Li Zishen paced back and forth, stopping and coming, not knowing how to persuade.
He didn't want Tang Xiaowan to leave Li Yuan.
Partly for safety, partly out of selfishness.
"Let me go!"
In the end, Tang Xiaowan spoke first, breaking the two-minute deadlock.
"How much do you know about Leng Lingxiao? Do you know what he has done abroad? I started paying attention to him a long time ago. Do you know how many people hate him? I wish I could kill him..."
Li Zishen's eyes were as bright as fire and he stopped talking.
He didn't want to involve Tang Xiaowan in all the business matters, which would only cause her troubles. After all, he and Leng Lingxiao had apparently been on good terms with each other all these years.
The two major groups have cooperated several times in their father's generation, and both parties have made a lot of profits.
Since then, they have been coexisting peacefully with clear latitude and longitude.
But now, Leng Lingxiao actually approached Tang Xiaowan secretly and purchased real estate in the same community. This undoubtedly touched Li Zishen's bottom line.
He has a deep understanding of the sinister nature of people's hearts.
15 years? Others say 15 years is 15 years?
Just believe what others say. I always half-believe what I say. Sooner or later you will be pissed to death.
"Why don't you speak? Are you afraid?"
"Zishen, my affairs have nothing to do with him. From the first day you put me under house arrest, I wanted to leave. It really, really has nothing to do with him."
Li Zishen's mouth curled up slightly, but he didn't answer, just watched quietly.
The word house arrest made him feel so heavy!
"Let me go, please. I want to live freely and don't want to be stared at every day."
Li Zishen still didn't answer.
"Zishen, I know you have good intentions and are worried that the mastermind behind the scenes will come back, but you can't keep doing this. In order to avoid danger, I..."
"Do you love me?"
Li Zishen suddenly spoke, his eyes full of anxiety.
Tang Xiaowan didn't know how to reply. She said she didn't love her because she was afraid of angering Li Zishen. If she said she loved her, something seemed wrong and it was against her will.
"Don't you know? Okay, let me ask another question, do you love...Leng Lingxiao?"
Tang Xiaowan still lowered his head and said nothing.
She really didn't know what kind of person she was in the lost part of her memory, and whether she had a romantic relationship with Leng Lingxiao.
15 years, a full 15 years!
He is so handsome and funny. It stands to reason that as time goes by, there should be some sparks in love, right?
Forget it, never mind, I don’t feel it now anyway.
Li Zi saw that Tang Xiaowan was hesitant to speak, so he continued to ask: "How about another one? When you wake up early in the morning, is he or me the person you want to see most?"
The man's eyes were full of expectation, which made Tang Xiaowan feel inexplicably flustered, as if she had made a big mistake.
"Zishen, actually right now... I just want to find out who is harming me. I have no time to think about emotional matters. I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize. Since you don't love anyone...that's fine. Let's start over."
Tang Xiaowan frowned: "What do you mean?"
"You don't have to move here. I'll make up for whatever is missing in the new house. But you have to come back and stay for two days every weekend. That's the only requirement."
"But I..."
"Okay, stop arguing. Let's go downstairs. There are pig's trotters today, specially braised for you."
(End of chapter)
