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Chapter 99 - 99: A Surprise Counterattack1
The consequences are unimaginable!
"Li Yanan! How dare you!"
Li Yingying roared in anger, clearly furious!
"Mom... Mom... Save me... He's a madman..."
Li Miya was hanging in mid-air, swaying precariously, with no support beneath her feet, making it increasingly difficult to breathe.
"Before, what did you say to Zhenxin... do you remember?"
Li Yanan's expression was emotionless, his low tone was terrifying.
"What did you say about our child?"
Deformed? She dared to curse his and Zhenxin's child as deformed!
Li Yanan's long, narrow eyes squinted dangerously behind his glasses, and the cold smile on his lips widened.
"Save... cough... cough... save me..."
Li Miya was trembling in fear all over.
"If I throw you down, with a bang, do you think..."
Li Yanan's expression was cold, but his voice had a hint of madness.
"Li Yanan!" Li Yingying knew very well how dangerous it would be to fall from here!
Even if she didn't hit the stairs for secondary damage on the way down, falling directly... it would be crippling if not deadly!
Li Yanan was downright crazy!
A madman playing with life!
"Yanan, don't mess around! She really might die!"
Even though Lin Zhenxin didn't like Li Miya, she didn't want Li Yanan to get into trouble because of such a woman!
"Guh... cough... cough cough..."
Li Miya was clearly unable to hold on much longer, her eyes starting to roll back.
A foul stench came from somewhere, and her pants were noticeably soaked with a pale yellow liquid, dripping down the stairs.
Li Miya was so scared that she lost control!
"Spare... me... spa...are... me..."
Li Miya's desire to survive outweighed her pride, as if she had used all her strength.
A malevolent shadow flashed across Li Yanan's eyes.
In the next second, he exerted force with both hands, pulling Li Miya back from the edge of the staircase and tossed her hard onto the stairs.
As if released!
Lying on the stairs, Li Miya's body first twitched uncontrollably, then she began gasping for fresh air like a fish returned to water...
Her face was pale, not to mention the... unpleasant smell after losing control that made the air worse.
"I'll kill you!"
Li Yingying rushed at Li Yanan, only then realizing the beast inside him!
But before she could approach, Li Yanan gave her a sinister smile, curling just one side of his lips.
"Did you forget? I not only have mental disorders but also severe psychological problems, I can't control myself!"
The kind of chilling feeling, as if covered in snakes, scared everyone!
Li Yanan looked down at everyone from above, infecting everyone with that chill to the bone.
Li Yingying's eyes widened abruptly, her pupils contracting violently!
Was he warning her?
Because she showed those identification papers to Lin Zhenxin? Even... demanded that the two divorce?
But before Li Yingying could react further, Li Yanan was already walking slowly towards Lin Zhenxin.
No one dared stop him, even the well-trained security couldn't.
Li Yanan drew a red rose from the vase placed at the stairway as he walked.
Until he reached Lin Zhenxin.
He slowly handed her the de-thorned red rose...
On the way back, Lin Zhenxin didn't say a word, looking down at the vibrant red rose in her hand.
After a while, Li Yanan looked ahead, reaching over with his right hand, grasping hers.
He never explained his actions earlier.
Lin Zhenxin actually felt a bit regretful; she shouldn't have said those things before.
For half an hour, neither said a word.
Soon, they arrived at the radio station.
Returning after this trip, two hours had passed.
She was supposed to get off, but she didn't.
"Why were you so angry?"
Fiddling with the rose, Lin Zhenxin kept thinking his anger stemmed from inner fears.
In other words, Li Miya's words hit a nerve with Li Yanan.
— I said, what's wrong with him? If you can, hit me! He's a bastard, a lunatic, his child will be deformed...
"Dean Xun once did a comprehensive checkup on me."
Li Yanan suddenly felt like smoking, but refrained because Lin Zhenxin was there.
Hearing this, Lin Zhenxin's heart skipped a beat.
She vaguely understood why Li Yanan couldn't contain his anger when he heard Li Miya's words.
"Over the years, Li Yingying fed me a lot of medicine, and the human body's metabolism is limited, so... Dean Xun advised me not to have children temporarily because... there might be residual drug effects in my body."
Li Yanan spoke slowly, not looking at Lin Zhenxin.
"Actually, when you said you didn't want to get pregnant temporarily, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart..."
"Stop..." Lin Zhenxin tightly gripped the rose, regretting asking about this.
"Now's not the time to have..." Before Li Yanan could finish, Lin Zhenxin leaned over and blocked his words with a kiss.
In fact, Lin Zhenxin never told Li Yanan, she really liked him just the way he was.
Quietly, sometimes with his eyes open, it felt like he was gazing your whole being into his heart.
And sometimes, he liked to close his eyes, giving you the illusion of being kissed by this man, as if embraced tenderly by the world.
Apart from the few years when her mother was around, Lin Zhenxin never again felt what happiness was.
Let alone what it's like to be treated kindly by the world.
In the last few years, her father was a drunk and violent, did everything, even her grandma was beaten, not to mention her.
Her world was filled with fear, helplessness, and confusion.
In that moment, Lin Zhenxin saw emotions similar to her past self in Li Yanan's eyes.
She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but Lin Zhenxin heard a sigh near her ear.
Then she was embraced by Li Yanan.
"I'm still young... but you..." Lin Zhenxin obviously wanted to lighten the heavy atmosphere.
She scrutinized Li Yanan.
"You're ten years older than me, by the time I'm ready, will you even be up for it? Didn't a female celebrity just freeze her eggs? How about you... go freeze your sperm?"
As soon as she spoke, she felt a pinch on her bottom, not too hard.
Startled, she tried to escape, but Li Yanan held her waist firmly.
"Say that again, and tonight I'll..." He whispered a threat into her ear, and her whole face turned red.
"Why are you such a rogue! When I first met you, you barely talked... and now, in no time at all, you've shown your true colors!"
She muttered softly, her eyes falling on the red rose.
Back at the Li Family, when he took that red rose in hand and walked towards her...
In that moment, there was no hostility towards others, as if he gently wanted to give her the entire world.
"Right! Won't Li Chengze cause trouble for you?"
Lin Zhenxin was still a bit worried, considering the commotion Li Yanan caused today, there would certainly be follow-up trouble.
"Don't worry, if I dared to do it, I'm not afraid of trouble! But you... go get a new passport in the next couple of days."
Hearing Li Yanan instruct her to get a passport, Lin Zhenxin looked puzzled.
"I have a passport! The station organized a trip to Jeju Island earlier."
"Then give me the passport when we get home; how many days of vacation do you have left? Take them all, I want to take you to Danang for a while soon."
Lin Zhenxin nodded, not even asking what Li Yanan intended.
Anyway, he wouldn't harm her.
"Also, is there anything you haven't told me..."
Li Yanan suddenly changed the subject, making Lin Zhenxin widen her eyes.
What did she have... to 'confess' to him?
"Yellow roses..." Li Yanan reminded her.
As soon as yellow roses were mentioned, Lin Zhenxin immediately thought of He Bainian, then about that remittance slip.
The words were on the tip of her tongue, she meant to tell him immediately, but a voice prompt suddenly sounded.
"Oh no, I'm out of time, you go home first, I'll tell you about He Bainian tonight!"
In a flurry, Lin Zhenxin fiddled with her seatbelt, the more panicked, the less her hands cooperated.
Li Yanan, on the other hand, calmly reached out to unbuckle her seatbelt and held her hand.
His fingertips were rough, hard, yet warm.
"Alright, we'll talk about He Bainian tonight."
The evening broadcast went on as usual.
In her heart, Lin Zhenxin was thinking, if she wanted to take all her vacation days, she must take some time to prepare more backup tapes.
While pondering, Lin Zhenxin noticed the expressions of colleagues in the control room seemed odd, Sister Wang gestured at her.
During the next song, a couple of ads needed to be inserted, giving her about seven minutes.
Taking off her headset, Lin Zhenxin walked outside the studio.
Until she saw who was standing outside, Lin Zhenxin frowned slightly, her expression turning cold.
It was Shelley!
Even in a no-pay leave status, she didn't seem at all haggard today—if anything, she looked radiant.
"Do you need something?" Lin Zhenxin asked.
That strong perfume lingered, with fiery red lips, even deep into autumn, Shelley wore thin clothing.
Shelley didn't speak for a moment, just scanning Lin Zhenxin with her fox-like eyes.
Suddenly, she laughed.
"Lin Zhenxin, did you know I really hate you?" Shelley said.
Lin Zhenxin glanced at her wristwatch, running tight calculations—still six minutes.
"I know you hate me, but I don't know the reason..." She paused.
"Or maybe, hating someone doesn't actually require a reason."
Lin Zhenxin said.
Shelley laughed, a mocking laugh, lighting a cigarette for herself.
She was also a host, naturally savvy with timing, enough time left to finish her smoke.
"People say liking and hating don't need a reason, that sounds quite amusing to me! Everything needs a cause and effect! How could it not?"
