Bloody Romance: I, the big troublemaker, Zhong Yuemin!

Li Yan stood at the courtyard gate and called out to the children who had run away:

"Xiao Ning, slow down! Keep an eye on your sister!"

"It's alright, it's safe in the compound."

Zhou Xiaobai stood by, smiling and comforting him.

"This girl is so mischievous, just like a boy, she's never quiet all day long."

She greeted the group:

"Sister Yan, Qinling, please sit inside first. I'll go cook... Yuemin, come and help me."

"Xiaobai, you don't need to be so polite with us."

Li Yan rolled up her sleeves, smiled, and followed.

“We’re all family, let’s lend you a hand.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhong Yuemin standing to the side, his eyes carrying a hint of mockery.

"What man can cook? He's clumsy and awkward; he's lucky if he doesn't make things worse."

The three women chatted and laughed as they entered the kitchen. Zhong Yuemin touched his nose, thinking that this was for the best, as it saved him some trouble.

Before long, a sumptuous meal was laid out on the table. Zhong Shanyue took the seat of honor, and Aunt Wang from next door also arrived. Her father's good time was also approaching. Then everyone sat down around the round table.

The two children had been playing all morning and were quite hungry.

"Mommy, I want to eat chicken legs!" the little girl shouted impatiently.

"Mommy, I want one too!" Xiao Ning exclaimed.

"Okay, okay, I have them, I have them." Zhou Xiaobai smiled and put a chicken leg in each of the two children's bowls.

The little girl didn't care about rules or regulations; she just grabbed the chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth, eating until her mouth was greasy.

Xiao Ning looked at her younger sister eating with some envy and looked up at Li Yan for advice:

"Mom, I want to eat it in my hand too!"

My family is quite strict with my upbringing.

"Eat up, eat up," Li Yan nodded with a smile.

With permission, Xiao Ning grabbed a chicken leg and started munching on it, just like her younger sister. Her little hands and the corners of her mouth were covered in oil.

Aunt Wang looked at the two children with a kind expression, and suddenly said to Zhong Shanyue:

"Old Zhong, this Xiao Ning's eyebrows... really do resemble Yue Min's, don't you think?"

Zhong Shanyue grunted in response, said nothing more, and picked up some food with his chopsticks.

Zhong Yuemin, who was eating with his head down, trembled almost imperceptibly in the hand holding his chopsticks. He remained expressionless and calmly replied:

"Aunt Wang, aren't all children the same? Their features haven't fully developed yet, so you can't tell anything."

Aunt Wang didn't think much of it and turned to Li Yan, starting to chatter on:

"Xiaoyan, you're such a beautiful girl, with such a good temper and kind heart. You run such a big business in Hong Kong, and your child is so adorable... How could that man be so heartless as to divorce you? He's a real scoundrel!"

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhong Yuemin choked, his face turning red, and he coughed violently. Zhou Xiaobai, who was standing nearby, quickly patted his back.

"Are you alright? Why are you eating so fast!"

"No...it's nothing," Zhong Yuemin waved his hand, his face still flushed, "I choked, I choked."

Across from her, Li Yan had her head down, her shoulders trembling slightly as she desperately tried to suppress her laughter. She then raised her head, her expression calm.

“Aunt Wang, we just don’t get along. I’m living alone now, but I have my child with me, and it’s fine.”

"Oh dear, you can't say that!"

Aunt Wang spoke with the confidence of someone who had been through it all.

"Women, you still need to find a man. Putting aside everything else, when you get old, you'll have someone to talk to. I've been there, listen to me, hurry up and find one, or... I can find you a few suitable ones?"

"Okay, okay,"

Zhong Shanyue put down his chopsticks and interrupted her.

"Don't worry about that. Li is a person of status in Hong Kong. If he wants to find someone, he can find a partner. Let's eat."

The lunch took more than an hour, which was quite nerve-wracking for Zhong Yuemin. Fortunately, nothing major went wrong during the meal.

After resting for a while, he drove Qinling and Li Yan back home; they also had their own houses in Beijing.

The two children were having a great time playing together and refused to be separated. The little girl clung to Xiao Ning's arm and wouldn't let go. They were so inseparable that they couldn't be separated. In the end, they had no choice but to let her go with them.

Before leaving, Zhong Shanyue suddenly pulled him aside, took out a red envelope from his pocket, and stuffed it into his hand.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

“It’s not for you, it’s for the child,” Zhong Shanyue said briefly.

"Need not……"

"Take it!"

Zhong Shanyue shoved it directly into his hand, glanced at him, and seemed to want to say something.

"Be careful!"

In the end, he just waved goodbye.

"Okay, let's go."

He turned and went back into the courtyard.

Zhong Yuemin looked at the red envelope in his hand and pondered what his father had just said. He understood somewhat, but didn't say anything more. He put the red envelope away, got into the car, started the engine, and drove away.

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Qin Ling and Li Yan live in an upscale residential area within the Second Ring Road. They bought the house a few years ago, but the two of them have only returned a handful of times. Knowing that they were coming back this time, they had someone clean the house in advance and opened the windows to let in fresh air.

Upon entering the house, it was bright and clean, refreshing and without the dull atmosphere of a place that has been uninhabited for a long time.

Zhong Yuemin pushed several large suitcases into the lobby and then picked up two smaller ones and walked inside.

"The room has been cleaned, all the places that needed cleaning have been wiped down, and the bedding, pillows, and blankets were all taken out to air in the sun when the weather was nice a couple of days ago. They're all fluffy and comfortable to sleep in..."

As he was rambling on, the little girl came running over, hugged his leg, and looked up at him with her little face, asking:

"Dad, this house is so beautiful! It's so tall! Will we live here in the future?"

Zhong Yuemin bent down, reached out to wipe the fine sweat from his daughter's forehead, and said with a smile:

"This is your Aunt Qin and Aunt Li's house, but if you want to stay, Dad will bring you here to stay for a few days sometime, okay?"

"it is good!"

The little girl jumped up happily, then ran back to the living room to continue playing with the toys that had just been moved in with Xiao Ning.

Qin Ling and Li Yan were packing their clothes in the bedroom. Zhong Yuemin walked over, sat down on the bed, and watched them unpack.

He took the red envelope out of his pocket and gave it to Li Yan.

Li Yan asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"The red envelope is for my dad's eldest grandson, Xiao Ning!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Ling and Li Yan stopped packing their clothes.

Li Yan was surprised, "You...you told your dad about us..."

"How could I have that kind of guts? Don't you even know who my father is? He's a seasoned veteran who's seen it all."

Zhong Yuemin said,

"This matter did not escape his notice."

"Your dad won't be angry, will he?"

"If you were angry, you wouldn't have given me a red envelope. Just take it without worry," he said, shoving it into someone's hand.

"Getting angry won't help. The deed is done, and now that the baby's born, you can't just put it back."

Qinling interjects:

"Yuemin, your dad probably doesn't know about...our relationship, right?"