After hanging up the phone, ShenJi returned to his seat. LiShuang and LiWanwan were still sitting there. The ordered dishes had been served, but the two didn't seem to be communicating much.
When LiShuang saw him come back, she glanced at him with still indifferent eyes, then took the chopsticks and started eating.
Nothing was said, nothing was asked.
During the meal, except for some small interactions between the two people opposite, the whole process was depressing.
LiShuang was in no mood to negotiate. After the dinner, she went out and got into the Li family's car that was waiting outside.
"go home."
The driver looked through the car window and saw LiWanwan and ShenJi still in the back.
LiShuang knew what he was thinking and took the initiative to speak.
"Your eldest daughter has someone to take her home. I'm going back. I'll drive."
The driver nodded, started the car and drove away.
LiWanwan saw the car driving away and smiled with her eyes lowered.
"Second Master, let's have a good chat on the way."
ShenJi didn't refuse and drove on the road at a slow speed.
"What do you want to talk about?"
LiWanwan: "Do you care about LiShuang?"
ShenJi's fingertips on the steering wheel tightened slightly, and he turned his head to look at her.
"How I treat her is not something you should care about."
LiWanwan still smiled: "Indeed, but Second Master wants to use me to make her jealous, so shouldn't he ask for my opinion?"
When ShenJi thought of the time he touched her waist, his eyes dimmed.
She probably doesn't like being touched, especially by men.
"I was inconsiderate this time. There won't be a next time."
LiWanwan smiled softly: "I was just saying it casually, it turns out you really wanted to piss her off."
Silence.
LiWanwan continued.
"Girls don't like a man to test her feelings by contacting other members of the opposite sex. This will only push her further away."
Her words made ShenJi frown slightly.
Is that so?
He asked again: "What do you want to say?"
"I just don't want to tie someone who doesn't like me around. I said, as long as you are okay, no matter before or now, I just want you to be okay."
LiWanwan's voice is gentle and soft, yet it has a power that can penetrate people's hearts.
ShenJi suspected more than once that she had other plans, but she kept giving in...
But he still hadn't forgotten LiShuang's suspicion that night, so he went straight to the point.
"Do you know this place called Honey Drop?"
Without waiting for an answer, he changed his words.
"What do you have to do with this?"
LiWanwan pinched the fabric of the skirt on her legs with her fingertips and took a long time before speaking.
"Those are scars from my past, no less scary than those little hooligans. Now that they are in the past, I don't want to reveal them. Do you want to hear them?"
ShenJi's eyes dimmed, and it was hard to imagine what she had been through.
There was silence in the car for a moment, and LiWanwan forced a smile.
"If you don't say anything, I'll assume you don't want to, but I need Second Master to keep it a secret for me."
"Hmm." ShenJi hummed softly, his thoughts wavering a little.
LiWanwan has been through a lot, and her mind is certainly not that pure, but she isn't that bad either, right?
A long time passed.
ShenJi warned in a very low voice: "You'd better stay away from her."
"You like her." LiWanwan: "I'm just a bystander, you can't fool me."
"I don't like it." Ji tapped the steering wheel with his fingertips and stopped the car on the side of the road in annoyance.
I don't understand, what is there to like about that woman?
He got out of the car and lit a cigarette. The door was not closed. He leaned against the car body, and his lazy voice was blown into the car by the wind.
"What did you see clearly? What do you want to talk to me about?"
The topic came back again.
His silent and deep eyes narrowed their gaze, and even the strength of holding the cigarette increased a little. What could be that he himself could not see?
LiWanwan was sitting in the car, and her voice drifted into his ears.
"I can see you like her."
"I know it's hard for me to have a good relationship, but I want to at least consolidate my position in the Li family. If I have to say, I want to make your relationship a success and not make enemies for myself. This is just my selfish motive."
ShenJi's eyes were dim, judging the credibility of her words.
"I never need others to accomplish my work, and you don't need to rely on the empty shell of the Li family."
LiWanwan: "But my mother, who I depend on for everything, is married to the Li family."
ShenJi's pupils shrank as he finished the second half of his cigarette in silence.
He got in the car and restarted the engine: "I'll take you home."
LiWanwan nodded: "Yes."
LiShuang habitually took a shower as the first thing she did when she got home. She put on comfortable pajamas, curled up on the lazy sofa on the balcony, holding a glass of red wine in her hand.
BaJie accompanied her to appreciate the stars and the moon.
[My dear, the stars are so beautiful! ]
LiShuang half-lying down: "Yeah."
When I made money from my acting career, the first thing I did was to move into a large apartment. Unfortunately, due to the light pollution in the city, I couldn't see the beautiful starry night sky at all.
[Ah, it's better to be rich and live in a big villa. ]
BaJie felt that she was too quiet today. She didn't complain, wasn't angry, and didn't think about making a mess. It was normal yet a little abnormal, so he said with concern.
[Master, what are you thinking about? ]
LiShuang took a sip of red wine: "ShenJi is going to Fengcheng tomorrow."
BaJie: [You care about him? ]
LiShuang was silent for a few seconds and shook her head: "I don't know."
BaJie: [What are you worried about? Your brows are all knotted.]
LiShuang sighed, not wanting to talk anymore, and responded with her heart.
[I only know that everything has its limits, and the one who can limit the Shen family must be considered ShenJing.]
[If ShenYuci really becomes the only one in Jiangcheng, I'm afraid my life will be even more miserable than it is now.]
BaJie thought it made sense. After all, the danger facing ShenYuci was only the tip of the iceberg at the moment. He also had a strong possessiveness over his master. It was dangerous!
ShenJi sent LiWanwan home and sat alone in the car for a while. At this distance, he could just hear all her thoughts.
He seemed quite peaceful at first, but suddenly the situation started to get worse again.
"Oh."
ShenJi laughed at himself in a very low voice.
"Who's holding me back then?"
He leaned back in the seat, rolled his Adam's apple, tilted his head back and closed his eyes.
I feel angry.
That bitch is only worried that if he dies, will her life be better?
ShenJi opened his sharp black eyes, too lazy to think, because thinking too much would only make him angry.
"despair--"
The continuous shrill sound of whistles permeated the air.
LiShuang heard everything in the room, almost choked on her wine, and frowned.
"He really showed it off. He was afraid that others wouldn't know that he had sent LiWanwan back."
After ShenJi honked the horn angrily, he had already stepped on the accelerator and sped away from the villa.
He pressed the tip of his tongue against his cheek and cursed unwillingly.
"Hold."
"I don't know what I slept with. My conscience has been eaten by a dog."
The lights were on in the silent house, and the car was parked casually at the door. He got out of the car with a violent look on his face. He didn't have the leisure to listen to other people's greetings, and asked very quickly.
"Where's the kid from the Tang family?"
HeiFeng: "He's locked up in Heidi's room."
The door was opened, and Tang Shi no longer had the image of a spoiled young man from a rich family.
His hands and feet were tied tightly, his suit had been pulled up to his shoulders by the black butterfly, and there were several scratches on his face from the black butterfly's claws.
Tang Shi pressed close to the wall, trying his best to prevent the tied black wolfhound from getting close to him.
The first thing ShenJi saw when he entered the room was to kick him in the abdomen.
"Depend on..."
Tang Shi gritted his teeth and cursed, his forehead resting on the ground in so much pain, his back arched, and his whole body curled up like a cooked shrimp.
ShenJi didn't even change his shoes when he came in. He kicked him on the thigh again and stretched his neck.
"You're playing tricks on me. Do you want to die or do you want to die?"
Tang Shi clenched his teeth in pain, with a breath held between his chest and throat, unable to utter a single word.
Finally, the pain subsided, and he let out a breath with a trembling voice.
"Kill me if you can..."
ShenJi walked towards Heidi leisurely, untied his leash and held it in his hand.
"You're lucky, it's carnivorous, but it's full today."
Tang Shi's waist was stepped on several times by Hei Die without any severity, and it was still in pain. He couldn't help but shrink back a little.
"Either you kill me directly, or else..."
"What else?" ShenJi glanced at him with cold eyes and loosened the dog leash.
The black butterfly was like an arrow shot from a bow, its shiny black fur swaying in the light, and it pounced on Tang Shi, making a low humming sound in its chest, and its claws dug at his clothes like digging soil.
Tang Shi originally liked to wear light-colored suits, and soon his body was covered with red streaks.
ShenJi leaned against the windowsill, chuckling casually.
"Tang Yu is on the way, please don't cry too ugly."