After the divorce, the crazy CEO knocked on his ex-wife's door every night.

She wouldn't have wanted to follow him around if he hadn't offered to take her parents on a trip.

Shen Xuan, of course, understood the actual situation.

This kind of man is not the type she hopes to see or the type that Cheng Lu is suited to be with.

What's puzzling is why both sets of parents are so determined to make this marriage happen.

"Xiaolu, I want to go abroad."

Shen Xuan touched his forehead and looked at Cheng Lu with a very serious expression.

"..." Upon hearing this, Cheng Lu was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Why are you suddenly saying this? Did something unpleasant happen to you again, or did you suffer some setback?

Cheng Lu asked.

“I’m serious, Xiaolu.”

Shen Xuan spoke to her in an extremely firm and formal tone.

"When have you ever spoken without being this serious?"

Although Cheng Lu was used to this, she was still very curious about why her friend chose to leave at this time.

Is this still because of the influence of those two boys?

Li Siyuan sat in his office in the Li Group building, head down, carefully reviewing the documents in his hands.

He frowned, so focused that it seemed the whole world was irrelevant to him.

His assistant, Jiang Yu, stood respectfully to the side, holding several important schedules and reports, ready to report on recent matters at any time.

Suddenly, the cell phone on the table rang with a crisp sound, breaking the silence in the office.

Li Siyuan looked up at the caller ID and saw that it was Li Shulian calling. His brows furrowed even more.

He knew that Li Shulian's purpose in calling was simply to ask him to come home and be with his daughter, but the thought of facing that little rascal gave him a terrible headache.

Every time he went home, she would inevitably cause him a huge disturbance, and he really didn't want to add to his troubles.

What frustrated him even more was that Han Xin completely disappeared after leaving the child with him. How could Li Siyuan feel at ease?

The issue of childcare had been troubling him.

"Answer the phone for me, just say I'm busy."

After saying this irritably, he twirled his phone a few times and handed it to Jiang Yu next to him.

Jiang Yu felt a little embarrassed when he took the phone; he knew it would be awkward to answer the president's wife's call at this time.

But he quickly composed himself, took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and pressed the answer button.

However, before he could even speak, Li Shulian's impatient voice came from the other end of the phone: "When are you coming home? This child is so unruly, I just can't handle her. As a father, why don't you do anything about your daughter? If you don't come back to help take care of her, I'm about to be exhausted! If you really can't get away, you might as well find a temporary mother for our daughter. I really don't want to deal with this anymore."

Hearing this, Jiang Yu was stunned. He realized that he had forgotten to turn off the hands-free function of his phone, and Li Siyuan had heard every word he said.

At this moment, the president's expression turned very unpleasant.

Jiang Yu quickly composed himself and looked at the president in front of him, saying slowly, "Madam, I am Jiang Yu, President Li's assistant. President Li is currently attending a very important meeting. Please wait a moment. He will call you back immediately after the meeting."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw the warning in Li Siyuan's eyes. That gaze, which seemed to see right through people, sent a chill down his spine. He paused, swallowed, and continued, "After his meeting, I will persuade him to go back."

After hanging up the phone, his palms were sweaty. He carefully handed the phone to Li Siyuan, thinking to himself, Weiwei is so cute. Her innocent smile always makes people want to get close to her. Why doesn't his boss want to go home and see that little darling?

This is such a pity.

Li Siyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and frowned, as if he was seriously considering what Li Shulian had just said.

A thought suddenly popped into his head: should he try to find Weiwei a temporary mother, so that she could receive care and attention for the time being...?

He quickly picked up his phone from the table, opened his contacts, and found that he had very few female friends on it, only a few familiar names, but none of them were suitable.

He sighed and suddenly turned off his phone screen.

Jiang Yu, watching this series of actions, was somewhat surprised and asked in a low voice, "Sir, you're not really planning to find Weiwei a new mother, are you?"

"I don't even know where Xin Xin is, how can I have the mind to think about these issues?"

He felt an indescribable weariness wash over him, and he rubbed his temples hard to relieve his discomfort. Then he slowly got up and walked to the sofa, where he sat down, looking very heavy.

Recalling Shen Xuan's attitude towards Weiwei, and her serious warning to him not to interfere with any decisions regarding Han Xin, Li Siyuan deeply felt the pressure from that invisible yet exceptionally firm bottom line. As a result, he no longer dared to cross that line, and even his kind attempt to test Weiwei was forced to be shelved.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu silently felt indignant for his boss, while also finding it amusing.

It turns out that even the seemingly strong and cold CEO Li has such conflicted moments, and the reason is his deep-seated and lingering feelings for Shen Xuan.

He knew that at such a moment, Shen Xuan's gentle smile must have appeared in Li Siyuan's mind, along with every warm scene from the time they spent together.

Looking at Shen Xuan's contact number on the screen again and again, he wanted to press the call button countless times to contact her to ask about her recent situation or just have a casual chat, but in the end he couldn't take any real action.

At this moment, Li Siyuan was simply gripping his phone tightly, a complex emotion flickering in his eyes—a mixture of nostalgia, longing, and even a touch of melancholy. But then he suddenly made a decision, abruptly sitting up from the sofa, forcefully smoothing his shirt cuffs, and declaring in a deep voice, "Cancel all of today's schedules! I will not be coming to the company this afternoon to handle any work!"

The tone was firm and left no room for argument.

"But there's another very important international video conference that requires your attendance, especially since the group's overseas stock market performance is quite poor right now. Shouldn't you finish dealing with this matter first before making other plans?"

Jiang Yu offered a slightly hesitant and cautious reminder.

Jiang Yu followed beside him, asking in a surprised tone, and the two left the office together.