Chapter 117 - Xiao Luan

The sound of the heavy can hitting against the shoot woke up Mian Bingbing into a fright. She then realized that she was indeed trying to fetch herself a can of cold coffee. She then bent down to claim the can and stared at the vending machine longer.

Her eyes flickered before she held onto the can, her vision landing on that ring of her left hand. It was her wedding ring, one that cost millions in the current market. It was the ring that Li Heilong pushed into her finger during their wedding.

Her hand curled as she stared at it longer. "Maybe... if I had spoken sooner, I wouldn't have to be so scared of being unforgiven."

Mian Bingbing then walked back into the room and saw Li Feng and Li Yunru walk into the room. They wore smiles after the successful cleansing of the school.

Li Heilong needed to survive tonight to be considered safe from danger; that was what Li Feng and Li Yunru heard from the nurses two days again. Now, they wanted to watch him let Mian Bingbing rest. She had been watching him for more than forty hours now, not even daring to catch a shut-eye.

"Feng'er." Mian Bingbing walked in and saw them smile at her. However, her somber face made the smile of the young a.d.u.l.ts' lips fall. She sat down next to them on the couch. "He just went through three resuscitations last night alone, one more just an hour earlier."

"What? No..." Li Feng immediately froze, but he didn't want to get pessimistic all of a sudden. He just saw off Jiang Hou for real; he didn't want to see his father leave on the same day. Not to mention that he was supposed to be the one stabbed and not his father.

"His auntie actually came here to present a DNR attached to his will, but I tore it apart." Mian Bingbing used her remaining strength to pull open the coffee's cap. She then took a sip before bringing it down to her knees. "They were so fast in trying to claim his riches.

"They didn't even know that everything will be mine if he dies." Mian Bingbing's eyes were filled with anger that Li Feng had never seen before. "They all had the audacity to attack him in his sleep? They'd never hear the end of it when he wakes up."

Li Feng took out the black horse he was planning to stitch while watching his father. However, as soon as he held onto it, he felt its power surging. It was absorbing the negative aura building up in the corners of the room and feeding on it before turning it into pure uplifting energy.

He then handed it to his mother. "Mommy, here. Can you hold it for me?"

Mian Bingbing's eyes glittered as she saw the toy. "Oh, my... what happened to him? So pitiful..."

"Erm, Mommy?"

"I can feel a guardian inside. Did you bring any thread and needle? We need to sew him at least."

Li Feng smiled as he handed the things to Mian Bingbing. Even if the mother had no actual experience in sewing up toys, she learned how to sew from her mother. She was rather careful in pricking her finger, but she was quite efficient in such a task.

What made Li Feng and Li Yunru like what they see was that... Mian Bingbing was showing a rather hopeful smile on her lips. It was as if she thought of bargaining with the guardian spirit to help Li Heilong recover. These spirits actually guard the pure against corruption; they were bound to make miracles.

That was what Mian Bingbing thought.

...

The night had come again, and Mian Bingbing placed the stitched black horse next to Li Heilong's head. She also hesitantly reached out to c.a.r.e.s.s the hardened face of her husband. Her lips quivered before she suddenly teared up in her seat.

"Master Guardian Spirit, will you be able to help me?" She then leaned on the bed and on Li Heilong's arm. "I'm scared that he will leave me like this... but if he survives, I'm scared to think that it was the universe's way of saying... I need to tell him already...

"He did what he could to change everything that I hated about him. Just when things had gone really well... I... Xiao Luan..."

The black horse didn't react, but Mian Bingbing continued to let out her frustrations on it. She continued to cry and sob in her hands, speaking of something she could never tell Li Heilong… or Li Feng… or anyone in this lifetime. A sin carried to the grave… involving someone she called Luan.

Click.

A smile tore her lips. "Ohoho, that's a very sad life to have, Mian Bingbing. Too bad there's not much happiness for you in the future."

"Li Xin," Mian Bingbing only whispered her name. "Are you here to fight for that DNR again?"

"Honey, no, I came for more than that." She then sat on the bed and looked down at the man in his respirator and had multiple drips stuck to his arms. "I didn't think my very beloved cousin brother would have to deal with such an infidel wife. Oh, wait, you never loved him anyway."

"What are you talking about?" Mian Bingbing frowned. This woman had been listening to her cries? She wasn't even talking about another man; what infidel wife was this bitch talking about? "One, I'm not an infidel wife. Two, I love Heilong."

"Oh?" Li Xin didn't actually believe her. She only went to hold Li Heilong's hand. "Big Brother, did you hear that? She's saying that she loved you when all she liked was your money and her freedom. She even had the audacity to have a dirty little secret she'd be willing to the grave."

Mian Bingbing dabbed her eyes dry and stood from the seat. She then glared down at the woman sitting on the bed. "You're delusional. You really think Heilong would believe you?"

Li Xin then waved her recorder. "Why would I need the dead to agree? Mian Bingbing, you're just an infidel housewife while I'm a god-tier beautiful, cunning woman. If I want the Li family's riches to be mine, I can freely do so. You're just very lucky I really like my cousin brother."

The wife snorted and tried to snatch the woman's recorder, but Li Xin evaded quickly. The latter then took out a gun and pointed it at Mian Bingbing. She then smiled. "Listen here, bitch. Big Brother will never be awake anymore.

"I will have our family riches, and there's nothing for you or your stupid criminal son. If you value the remainder of your shit life, then heed my advice." Li Xin laughed out. "Don't resist and just cry like a sad bitch wife. Oh, if you do something against me, guess which son is going to be back in a ditch.

"Love lots, Bingbing." Li Xin blew a kiss towards her and laughed as she walked out.

Mian Bingbing only sat down again and found nothing to lean on. She used a hand to press on her face and laughed like a deranged woman. "Heilong, why won't your Li family stop being so torturous? What's so hard in working that they always want to snatch whatever is ours.

"Not only Feng'er… but even our poor Xiao Luan is being targeted. Vultures… scavengers..."

…

Li Feng headed back to the hospital to accompany his mother. Li Yunru was called to go home that night so he was walking alone after fetching dinner for him and his mother. It's just that when he turned to a corner, he saw a group of shady people.

However, in the middle was a voluptuous woman in a yellow dress. Li Feng didn't take a step forward, but he kept his chin high, glaring eyes landing on the woman. A smile was the response he got from her nonetheless.

"Li Feng, I'm only here to talk. You had been dying a lot so let me ease your nights for a while." Li Xin laughed out as she gave the man a once-over, her pretty eyes giving off a look of disgust at him. "Do you know the current state of your father's health? He's dying, too. You'd know how that feels, yes?"

"Auntie, don't bother my parents. It's not a good time." Li Feng grew wary of the men around her.

"Not a good time? Isn't this perfect?" Li Xin laughed out again and checked her nails. "Big Brother is going to die, and the bitch will probably kill herself, too. Then, the other big families would be after you." She then feigned her shock. "Whoa! Someone else's doing my work for me! Happy!"

Li Feng clenched his teeth and decided to walk past her, not standing her voice anymore. However, Li Xin spoke when he was just behind her. "Do you know that your mother has a lover she won't tell people about? And that she had a child with the man?"

The shaman then smirked as he continued to walk away. He blatantly ignored Li Xin's deathly blow and only glanced at her when he was meters away. Their eyes had met, the level of rage and fury mutual in each other's gaze.

"I'm not interested."

He then got to the hospital and pressed the elevator button. "Who does she think she is? Mommy having a lover and a child with him? She's probably underestimating my mother's fidelity. Whatever happened that actually tore them apart couldn't be a man… or a child..."

Li Feng then arrived at the ward and saw the miserable state of his mother. He didn't immediately react; he was still thinking of what Li Xin said. He had no idea what their conversation was like… how many twisted facts came out of the bitch's mouth.

"Mommy, I met Auntie Xin outside." Li Feng caught the slight movement of his mother. "She was talking about a lover you had. What made her think of you so poorly?"

"You actually don't think she was telling the truth?" Mian Bingbing straightened her back and only held onto Li Heilong's arm. "You don't doubt me, Feng'er?"

"...no, Mommy." Li Feng flicked his gaze in a direction, controlled his gasp, and pursed his lips before continuing his speech. "You love Daddy too much for you to do something like that. Besides..."

Mian Bingbing only chuckled. "Not even an inch?"

Li Feng placed the food on the couch and sat down. "Mommy, she mentioned a child. Did you get pregnant after you had me?"

The mother only kept her gaze at the arm before her. "...are you going to look for your sister, Feng'er?"

His eyes only widened. However, it wasn't him that responded to Mian Bingbing.

The hand that she held moved to grip onto her small soft hand. A gasp escaped from Mian Bingbing, and then she looked at the man on the bed, whose sad eyes were meeting her gaze.

"...what… happened to Xiao Luan, Bingbing?"