28 He planned this out really well

Li Hua was distracted with what Li Bingbing said that was why the jealousy he was feeling earlier faded when he turned to her. Did he hear it right?

"My graduation is a month away." But of course, Li Bingbing didn't mean her words since she has other plans in mind. "Anyway, we should start eating before the food gets cold."

Mu Xijiu was staring at Li Bingbing with a dumbfounded look on her face. What was Li Bingbing trying to do? After dropping a bomb at her, Li Bingbing offered a flower to Li Hua.

This daughter of hers... she was definitely up to something!

Shi Fen was looking at Li Bingbing with an unreadable expression in his eyes. Li Bingbing was a mischievous girl and it reminded him of Mu Xijiu during her younger days.

One thing was for sure, Li Bingbing wasn't on either of the men's side, she was only in her mother's side. It may look that Li Bingbing was cheering for Shi Fen but she was just actually using him to play around with Li Hua. She was using the two men against each other.

If Shi Fen could get Li Bingbing to his side then... it won't be that hard to court Mu Xijiu.

Shi Fen didn't mind having a stepdaughter like Li Bingbing, a person like her would be a great ally when it will come to facing the Shi family.

...

After eating their food, Li Hua quickly paid for it before he offered Mu Xijiu and Li Bingbing, "I can drop you off to your place."

Li Bingbing snickered, he wanted to drop them? "Ah, you don't have to, Mr. Li, we have brought our car with us."

Mr. Li...

Li Hua smiled a bit, "Bingbing, you don't have to call me in a formal way, you can just address me as your father."

"Well..." Li Bingbing turned away, "I need time to address you that way."

Li Hua nodded, "I understand. I won't force you then, but I hope that one day you would address me like how you do back then."

"Mm... okay." Li Bingbing smiled.

Li Hua was glad to see that his daughter wasn't pushing him away anymore and because of that, his mood became better.

"I should go ahead, I still have to pass by somewhere." Shi Fen said as he stood up.

"It's really nice to see you again, Huang Amma." Mu Xijiu said with a gentle smile on her lip.

"Hn, you too, Tai Huo. See you later."

Li Hua was still irritated with the way the two call each other but he was glad that Shi Fen was leaving them already.

After Shi Fen was gone out of sight, Li Hua turned to the girls. "Can I visit you two next week?"

Mu Xijiu turned to Li Bingbing, "I'm fine with it, how about you?"

Li Bingbing shrugged, "I don't mind."

Li Hua sighed in relief, "That's really great. Anyway, I should get going too. I guess I'll see you two next week."

Mu Xijiu waved goodbye to Li Hua and watch him disappear before she turned to Li Bingbing. "Why did you lie about us having a car?"

"I don't want to go with him." Li Bingbing replied frankly. "I'm still not used to it." Li Bingbing quickly added since she didn't want her mother to doubt her. "Anyway, we should get going too.

Mu Xijiu sighed, she was about to stand up from her seat when she suddenly noticed a phone beside her. It was Shi Fen's phone. "Ah... Shi Fen left his phone."

Li Bingbing raised a brow, "Oh? He did?"

"Yeah." Mu Xijiu showed her the phone.

The moment the two girls went out of the restaurant, a matte black Audi car stopped by the side of the road and they saw Shi Fen, coming out of the driver's seat.

Shi Fen approached them and asked, "Have you seen my phone?"

Mu Xijiu chuckled, "Yeah, here it is." She gave it back to him.

Shi Fen let out a sigh in relief, "Oh, thank goodness."

"Make sure that you didn't leave anything before you go next time. If someone else found it, it'll be gone forever." Mu Xijiu chuckled softly.

"Yes, yes, don't worry, this won't be repeated." Shi Fen said with a smile.

"Anyway, we should get going." Mu Xijiu turned to Li Bingbing, "Bingbing, you should go call a cab now."

"You don't have a car with you?" Shi Fen asked with a surprised look on his face. "Didn't your daughter say that you have one?"

"She lied about it since she didn't want to go with Li Hua." Mu Xijiu sighed.

"I see... Oh well, I can just give you a ride to your place then." Shi Fen offered.

"Really? Aren't you supposed to go somewhere?"

"I'm not really in a hurry to get there so don't worry."

Li Bingbing was staring at Shi Fen with a blank look in her face.

This man... he planned this out really well.