Chapter 9

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Baozhu’s adoring look pleased Li Huatao greatly. Old Master Li had recently begun to value Li Xiyun more and more, causing his position in the Li family to become lower and lower.

That old bastard actually had the intention of passing the Li family to this girl directly through him. Thinking of this, Li Huatao looked at Li Xiyun with even more disgust.

“You, apologize to your mother and sister.”

“Dad, your grandson is lost. Are you really not worried?” Li Xiyun looked at Li Huatao with a sorrowful face. She did not understand why her father would treat her like this. She was also his daughter, was she not?

“This… They should have gone out to play.”

Li Huatao heard that the children were lost and said with some hesitation. No matter how unhappy he was in his heart, they were still his grandchildren.

“Let me tell you, your grandson was sent away by these two women. Li Baozhu admitted it herself just now.”

“I, I didn’t.” Li Baozhu shook her head and denied it as Li Xiyun pointed at her. In front of Li Huatao, she would never admit it even if she was beaten to death.

Li Huatao looked at Li Xiyun and then looked at Li Baozhu. For a moment, he was a little hesitant.

This was the last chance Li Xiyun gave Li Huatao. If he continued to side with Ruan Miaomiao and Li Baozhu without any reason like before, she would pretend that she did not have a father.

Seeing Li Huatao’s hesitation, Ruan Miaomiao gritted her teeth and reached out to tug at his sleeve, making Li Huatao’s heart flutter. She immediately stopped hesitating and said with certainty.

“Miaomiao and Baozhu would never do such a thing.”

A hint of pride flashed across Li Baozhu’s face when she heard this. She had always liked to slander Li Xiyun in front of Li Huatao since she was young. So what if Li Xiyun was valued by her grandfather? Her father still liked her the most.

“So, you’re saying that I’m lying!”

Li Xiyun’s heart ached when she saw the speechless Li Huatao.

She laughed at herself. For so many years, no matter how bad Li Huatao treated her, she still remembered the father who would lift her up above his head and spin her in circles. But today, she would never let them touch her children.

No one was allowed to touch them.

Ding–

The sound of a message came from the phone and Li Xiyun came back to her senses. She took a look at the phone.

[Mommy, don’t worry, Xiaobao and I are safe. We are playing at grandpa Huang’s house now. Mommy, come pick us up in an hour. Mommy, you don’t have to worry about us.]

Dabao also attached an address to his mother.

The moment Li Xiyun received the message, she was completely relieved. Fortunately, her babies were fine.

Seeing Xiaobao’s message, the grief in Li Xiyun’s heart lessened. No matter what, she still had two children.

Only when she was relieved did Li Xiyun realize that she was so exhausted that she could barely stand.

Li Xiyun’s body swayed, and after she finally stabilized herself, she heard Li Huatao continue to speak.

“Xiyun, why are you making such a fuss? They have always been mischievous, and it’s possible that they went out to play. Besides, you were the one who didn’t watch them well, so you can’t blame it on Miaomiao. You can apologize to them later, and that will be the end of it.”

Li Huatao felt uncomfortable under Li Xiyun’s gaze. She drove him speechless. Li Huatao, who always cared about his face, felt a little unhappy. His tone was not as tough as before.

He felt that he still had to comfort his eldest daughter. After all, although he was unwilling, the luxurious life of the mother and daughter, including Ruan Miaomiao, depended entirely on Li Xiyun.

However, Li Xiyun did not care about Li Huatao’s so-called comfort.

What did he mean by ‘always mischievous’? Li Huatao had never interacted with Dabao or Xiaobao. How could he think that they were mischievous? It seemed that the mother and daughter had used the same trick against her to deal with her children.