Chapter 12 The Biggest Mistake of My Life Was Marrying You!

Ji Chao in her arms trembled.

Lu Xining spoke indifferently, with underlying thin anger, "Ji Muye, don't drag the child into adult matters."

The man's gaze sharpened as he looked at her, his cool eyes also tinting with the same shade of annoyance.

"Lu Xining, isn't it enough that I allow you to video call the kids regularly?"

"Who gave you the courage to incite the children to be disloyal to me?"

"Don't forget, it was you who initiated the divorce, you were the first to give up on the children, how can you still have the face to come to me and ask for them?"

Under the scorching sun.

The man was dressed all in black, tall and upright, which made his already distant and cold demeanor even more prominent, his deep and frosty eyes brewing with paternal authority.

He had diligently taken care of his two sons over these years, not to see them become children who could only rely on their mother.

Seeing this, Liu Xixi immediately fanned the flames.

"Xining, your words are so disheartening! Do you know how Aye has struggled as both mother and father these past two years? He works during the day and takes care of Xiao Chao and Xiao Ze at night, and he's been so tired he's ended up in the hospital several times."

Liu Xixi's eyes reddened as she spoke.

"I feel so sorry for him, even if you don't! So, please, could you not show up in front of Aye and the children anymore?"

She was just about to pull Ji Chao from Lu Xining's arms, but the latter did not give her the chance to get near her son.

Ji Chao clung tightly to Lu Xining's neck, his sense of grievance growing.

But Liu Xixi began to aim her attacks at the child.

She deliberately set a trap, "Xiao Chao, before getting out of the car, you happily said you wanted to play with Auntie. As soon as you saw Mommy, you immediately ignored Auntie. Are you afraid that Mommy thinks you're betraying her, right?"

"It's not that! My mommy is not like that!"

Ji Chao hurried to defend his mother, his voice louder than usual.

Liu Xixi put on a hurt look, tears falling while she said, "Xiao Chao, are you being mean to Auntie? You were never such an impolite child before, have you forgotten all the good Auntie has done for you these past two years?"

Ji Chao wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to articulate it.

The more anxious he became, the more panicked he felt.

Finally, he hugged Lu Xining's neck and cried, his eyes red.

"Mommy..."

Feeling the dampness on her neck, Lu Xining's anger erupted like a volcano, "Liu Xixi, will you ever stop?"

"You're fond of Ji Muye, I'll let you have him."

"You want children, can't you have your own? Is it that Ji Muye won't give you any, or that you can't have them?"

Lu Xining continued with a cold laugh, "Or is it that you, Liu Xixi, just like to steal other people's husbands, to take away children they carried for ten months?"

Liu Xixi's face turned pale, her voice shaking with tears, "Xining, how can you say that about me? I've treated Xiao Chao and Xiao Ze as my own these past two years..."

The man heard Lu Xining's words, his heart ached dully, and his mouth curved in self-mockery.

Lu Xining did not notice the change in Ji Muye's expression, but Liu Xixi did, and a profound sense of crisis made her clench her skirt.

She pretended to be heartbroken and collapsed to the side.

Her peripheral vision fell on Lu Nuonuo, she repeated her old trick, attempting to provoke Lu Xining by scratching the child's arm with her manicured nail, hoping to incite an irrational reaction.

However, Ji Chao saw it first and forcefully pushed her away, "Don't you hurt my sister!"

Lu Xining also noticed the slight movement, quickly embracing her daughter in her arms, bending down to check if she was hurt.

The little one was immediately frightened into tears, "Mommy, scared."

Her tender little cheeks turned bright red from crying.

Ji Chao looked at Lu Nuonuo being comforted in Lu Xining's arms, and his own tears began to fall, drip by drip.

Lu Xining, with one hand holding Lu Nuonuo, used the other to wipe Ji Chao's tears, "Nuonuo be good, Mommy is here, Xiao Chao don't cry, sister is okay."

The commotion in the parking lot drew the attention of the people inside.

Ming Yuan couldn't get through to Lu Xining on the phone, so she rushed over with others in tow.

Just after Lu Xining had pacified Ji Chao,

Ji Muye spoke up sternly right after, "Ji Chao, who taught you to push people?"

Lu Xining looked up, unable to believe what Ji Muye was saying. How could he say such a thing?

The man faced her emotionless glare, and she responded with an angry laugh.

Fine! Very fine indeed!

Whether it was two years ago or two years later, whether it was his wife or his son, everyone had to step aside in front of Liu Xixi!

If this issue wasn't resolved today,

the thorn in Ji Chao's heart would never be removed.

She kissed her daughter's cheek, handed her over to Ming Yuan, then turned and squatted down to pick up Ji Chao.

Stung by Ji Muye's words to the point of feeling aggrieved, Ji Chao clung to her neck, burying his little face in her shoulder.

Lu Xining glanced at Ming Yuan, who nodded in understanding.

The two of them tacitly covered the child's ears.

"Ji Muye, did Liu Xixi save your ancestors in her past life or something?"

"In the past, you wanted me to apologize, and now you want your son to apologize. Is our mother-son apology necessary to maintain your relationship with her?"

Ji Muye hadn't seen Liu Xixi's subtle manipulation; he only saw his eldest son inexplicably pushing Liu Xixi.

His dark eyes grew colder, and his tone was ice, "The Ji Family's children must never be unreasonable."

Ji Muye locked eyes with Lu Xining and said deliberately, "Leading the child astray, you think you've done nothing wrong?"

Lu Xining felt a buzzing in her ears and a numbing sensation in her chest.

Looking at the cold and noble face before her, she felt like the five years of living with him were a joke.

"Wrong, I indeed made a mistake."

Lu Xining's eyes firmly fixed on Ji Muye's face, and if it weren't for the child's presence, she would truly want to slap him!

"The biggest mistake of my life, Lu Xining, was marrying you!"

Confronted with the sorrow in her eyes, Ji Muye felt as though his throat was blocked by something.

His pale fingers clenched tightly into fists, and it took all his strength to suppress his uncontrollable emotions.

"To accuse the child without even asking for the reason, is this how you act as a father? How can you expect the child to trust his parents in the future?"

Ji Muye looked into the tear-filled eyes of the child, and his heart softened.

He reached out and said slowly, "Xiao Chao, Dad isn't scolding you, but you shouldn't push people for no reason. Apologize to Aunt Xixi, and Dad will take you out to play."

Lu Xining, holding Ji Chao, avoided his reaching hand, her voice filled with scorn for him.

"Ji Muye, I truly wonder, how did someone with your brains end up as the president of Shi'an Group? Calling you foolish would be a compliment."

She looked at Liu Xixi, with an expression of sudden realization.

"That's right, spending your days with such a two-faced hypocrite, it's no wonder if not only your brains but your ears and eyes become incompetent."

In the past, when dealing with the most difficult partners, Ji Muye always remained cool and collected, indifferent like an emotionless machine.

But at this moment, his anger was so easily ignited by her.

Ji Muye shouted harshly, "Lu Xining!"

Lu Xining stared unblinkingly at him, her eyes full of mockery, "What are you yelling for?"

She had thought that at least towards his son, he would be wholehearted, but before her very eyes, he consistently favored Liu Xixi. What about behind her back?

She closed her eyes for a moment, then reaffirmed the thought in her mind.

"Ji Muye, you're right, children have the right to choose to be with their mother or father. So, why not leave the choice to them?"