Chapter 25: Withdraw Half the People?

The next morning.

Tang Xiaowan ran to the restaurant as soon as she woke up.

During the meal, her spoon continuously stirred in the lean meat porridge, and her eyes occasionally stole glances at Li Zishen, seemingly lost in thought.

Li Zishen cleared his throat and straightened up, "Are you nervous?"

Tang Xiaowan felt a bit guilty when asked.

She touched her nose and sneaked another glance.

"Why should I be nervous?"

"School is starting soon."

"Oh, that! Piece of cake!"

She appeared proud, even somewhat disdainful.

Li Zishen realized that he was indeed overthinking; given Tang Xiaowan's usual behavior, it would more likely be her classmates or teachers who should be nervous.

She must be excited about some adventure.

Tang Xiaowan had stayed up late the night before, not lying down until she saw Li Zishen's car enter the yard.

It wasn't that she had developed any romantic feelings, but rather, she felt guilty about the donation for her transfer.

She had been freeloading these past days.

She also gradually realized that the person who had plotted against her that day might not be Li Zishen, but he might still be intricately linked.

The scent of the medicine was exactly the same after all.

Her sense of smell was sharp towards drugs, and her memory was surprisingly strong.

As Li Zishen passed by her, she smelled a faint medicinal aroma and mistook it for her own teenage hormones acting up, as if she had a crush.

When reading, her photographic memory made her think she was unusually smart and perceptive.

These unique traits hadn't disappeared with her memory loss. Maybe she had forgotten, but her body and senses still retained memories.

They might just erupt at any moment.

"Why haven't we seen Li Weilian these past two days?"

"He went to attend a conference."

"Oh, I see. I heard he brought a female secretary named Su Luoyi. Why haven't we seen her around?"

"William said that Su Luoyi doesn't like socializing."

Tang Xiaowan seemed a bit disappointed and gulped down the fried eggs in two bites.

Nanny Chen knew she loved them and had specially prepared two extra today, but the lean meat porridge was only half-finished when the three fried eggs were already gone.

Being able to eat well is a blessing, thought Nanny Chen, her lips curling into a smile.

At that moment, Li Zishen silently placed his portion on Tang Xiaowan's small plate.

She was lost in thought and didn't notice, quickly eating them before gulping down the porridge, "I'm full now, thank you Nanny Chen. And... Brother Li, I have things to do, I need to go, bye."

Li Zishen: "…"

In her rush, she didn't know what to call him?

Mr. Li? It sounded too harsh and would distance them, especially since she would rely on his financial support for school.

Zishen? It felt awkward to say.

For now, Brother Li seemed more appropriate.

Worried that Li Zishen might feel awkward, Nanny Chen quickly explained, "Zishen, you know, Xiaowan is sometimes…"

"It's all right, I know."

Though he said so, Li Zishen still got up and left the dining table.

He had only drunk a small portion of the millet porridge.

So yesterday's gift was just an apology!

She still hasn't remembered who I am.

Xiaowan, what exactly is the cause of your illness?

…

Upstairs.

Li Zihan was still sound asleep.

He had exhausted himself shopping with Tang Xiaowan yesterday afternoon.

They had hopped from one shop to another, trying almost every snack in sight, yet not fancying any clothes, buying only a small piggy bank.

Even in his sleep, he was disturbed by the knocking on the door.

Irritated from being woken up, Li Zihan opened the door, "This young master is not eating breakfast today, stop bothering me!"

"Will you come with me to buy school supplies?"

"Oh, it's you!"

Li Zihan really wanted to ask her why she hadn't bought them yesterday.

This was just needlessly tiring!

However, seeing the double pocket money as a generous offer, he had no choice but to bear with it.

"Okay then, wait for me a moment."

Li Zihan was just about to take off his pajamas, his hands already in motion, when he awkwardly glanced towards Tang Xiaowan.

"I am going to change clothes."

"Go ahead, I'm not looking." After speaking, she felt it wasn't right and quickly corrected herself, "Oh, I'll wait for you downstairs and go call Bai Long."

"Yeah, go ahead, I'll be down soon."

There are a total of eight guest rooms on the first floor, varying in size and specification.

Two of them are occupied by Chen Xin and Bai Long, two are for Nanny Chen and Uncle Cai, and the remaining four are for accommodating guests, like Li Weilian and Su Luoyi.

Li Weilian's home is not far from Li Garden, about an hour's drive.

His temporary stay at Li Garden was merely for the convenience of treating Tang Xiaowan and catching up with Li Zishen.

The servants of Li Garden didn't live in the main villa.

There's a small three-story building in the back garden, where the second and third floors are dormitories for the servants, security personnel, and bodyguards, and the first floor is an indoor activity center.

Most people work in shifts and can go home to rest, but the bodyguards are an exception.

Twenty minutes later, Li Zihan came downstairs.

He was dressed casually today, in a white T-shirt and jeans, his hair not styled, very casual.

It looked like he wanted to return to being a student.

But when did he get these clothes, wasn't he not supposed to move them?

He had been up to quite a few things behind the scenes!

At that moment, Li Zihan suddenly asked, "Where's Bai Long?"

"He's gone to drive."

"I can drive too, there's really no need to have him follow me every time, it's troublesome, it feels like being undercover."

As Li Zihan grumbled, he walked outside.

Tang Xiaowan could naturally hear what he said, but she didn't respond.

What a fuss!

Someone helps you drive and you still complain?

What if we encounter robbers, can you protect me?

Thinking this, she reached the doorstep and saw Bai Long also dressed casually, somewhat restrained when he opened the door for Tang Xiaowan.

"Little Black Dragon, are you trying to change roles? Acting so real, you're more and more like a driver."

Li Zihan climbed into the car with a somewhat mocking tone, everything he said was annoying.

"Brother Shen said it's to better protect Lady Tang."

Upon hearing this, Li Zihan immediately turned to Tang Xiaowan, "I knew it, it's all for protecting his own wife, fair enough!"

Tang Xiaowan: "..."

With one kick, Li Zihan immediately let out a scream.

"Damn, violent woman!"

Tang Xiaowan gave him a cold look and took the passenger seat.

"Hey, you're not sitting in the back anymore?"

"Sitting next to Bai Long is safer."

"What do you mean? How am I not safe? Forget it, a good man doesn't fight with a woman, I'll endure."

Alright, I've become a human shield!

Bai Long silently sighed and started the car.

...

On the fourth floor in the study, Li Zishen turned away.

Holding his phone in one hand, he stopped suddenly after pressing a few buttons.

Forget it, better get some exercise.

After all, following into the classroom isn't exactly feasible.

Xiao Wan, you got to press on!

"Brother Shen, reducing our numbers by half, could it be..."

"With Bai Long there, it's fine." As soon as Li Zishen finished speaking, he seemed a bit worried and quickly added, "Let Bai Long know."

"Alright, Brother Shen."

Receiving this response, Chen Xin's originally tense heart slightly relaxed.

Ten minutes later, the people from Wuyou Pavilion also set off.

They were following the orders of Li Wanshan.