Sweet Wife in a Warm Pet Contract

Li Meili's eyes reddened, and she choked back tears, "Cousin, why do you hate me so much? What did I do wrong?"

“To me, you’re just an eyesore.” Li Zhicheng’s words left no room for negotiation.

This broke Li Meili's heart. She had been with him for many years, and he was so heartless and ungrateful. She felt that she had made a mistake in loving him and should not have made him the center of her life.

Lu Fen turned around and hugged her, glaring at her son, her anger burning but quickly suppressed, and she turned to her son, ready to fight him.

"Zhicheng, Meili is your cousin. How can you be so heartless? You grew up together. Can you please stop hurting her like this?"

"If you think I hurt her, then don't let me see you. This is my home, not hers."

Li Zhicheng sat back down at the dining table and turned to face Shen Menghan, immediately adopting a gentle expression. This made her stare at him intently; his acting skills were truly superb, and it was a real pity he wasn't an actor and winning awards.

"I won't argue with you, Meili, let's eat together." Lu Fen calmed her tense nerves, feeling like she was in a war. The person in front of her was clearly the son she had raised, yet he was constantly at odds with her.

She sat next to Shen Menghan, but Shen Menghan didn't even call out to her, making her feel that Shen Menghan was even more impolite.

Shen Menghan felt that it was better to mind one's own business and not interfere in other people's affairs. She just ate her fill and went upstairs.

Li Zhicheng sat facing Shen Menghan, completely ignoring Lu Fen and Li Meili, who were solely there to sabotage his efforts to cultivate their relationship.

“Zhicheng, I think when your dad comes back, the three of us should go on a trip abroad,” Lu Fen said, trying to persuade her son.

"What do you mean by a family of three? What did you just promise me?" Li Zhicheng's face immediately darkened; someone was not taking his words seriously.

"Well, it's the five of us: me, your dad, you, Shen Menghan, and Meili. Let's go out and have some fun together, and put all this commotion aside." Lu Fen always had to involve Li Meili in everything she did, which showed how devoted she was to Li Meili.

"Go if you want, it's none of my business. By the way, I'm planning to separate my household registration, so it'll just be me and Xiaohan. You two can do whatever you want, it's none of my concern," Li Zhicheng announced abruptly.

“That won’t do. You can’t do that. You’re our son. We must be registered in the same household.”

"Heh, you and my dad weren't even on the same household registration, were you?"

Li Zhicheng's words deeply pierced Lu Fen's heart. Yes, she had been married into the Li family for so many years, but she still had an independent household registration. Her wife didn't want her to follow her, and her husband wouldn't allow her to be registered in the same household. She was all alone.

She wanted to register her son's household registration under her name, but her wife objected. Her husband didn't say a word in her defense, and she suffered all kinds of grievances with nowhere to turn.

She had tried to find the reason why Li Zhicheng was so cold to Lu Fen, but she couldn't find the reason. She also believed that she had not done anything wrong and could only assume that he was in a bad mood for a while. However, his icy attitude over such a long period of time had reached the limit of her patience.

Li Meili had learned her lesson and didn't participate in their conversation. She was worried that if she spoke, it would attract her cousin's attention and he would ignite the fuse on her side again. She glanced at Shen Menghan, who sat there calmly, focusing on eating her meal.

From the side, Shen Menghan appears very serene, like a very gentle girl. Her movements are also very graceful, and every gesture exudes elegance.

She didn't know that her cousin liked this type of girl. She was usually quite domineering and had an outgoing personality. She thought that her cousin liked her just the way she was, since he had never cursed or said anything mean to her before.

She secretly imitated Shen Menghan's movements. If she wanted her cousin to like her again, she had to get closer to Shen Menghan. If her cousin accepted her again, what chance would Shen Menghan have?

The old woman wasn't on her side, and her uncle was indifferent to her. She thought that as long as her cousin liked it, her uncle probably wouldn't object.

"Zhicheng, what did Mom do to offend you? Tell Mom, otherwise, if you keep treating Mom like this, Mom will feel really bad, you know?" Lu Fen's cheeks trembled as she spoke. She had done her best to restrain herself and not argue with him, otherwise, the mother and son would argue every time they met, and no problem would be solved.

Feeling so insignificant, less than dust, Lufen felt she was on the verge of collapse.

"You know what you've done, don't always need others to remind you." Li Zhicheng repeated the same old words. She didn't even know what she had done wrong, and if he were to tell her, she certainly wouldn't admit it.

“I don’t know what I did wrong. Everything I did was for you, for our family. Zhicheng, I don’t accept this way of accusing your mother.” Lu Fen never imagined that her son would know about their separation. She could never have guessed that her son was already suspicious of what she did back then and was currently investigating her.

She thought she had gotten away with it, but she forgot that her son was as cunning as a devil.

Shen Menghan also wanted to know why Li Zhicheng hated his biological mother so much.

"Just look at your own conscience and you'll know."

Li Zhi still refused to reveal the truth; how could he possibly bring himself to talk about such an unspeakable past?

"I have no regrets towards anyone in the Li family," Lu Fen said firmly. She had never done anything to betray the men or her son in her dealings with the Li family.

"Do you dare say you haven't wronged anyone outside the Li family?" Li Zhicheng was furious. She had never shown any remorse and even dared to play the victim here. He felt ashamed to have a mother like her.

"I......"

Lu Fen fell silent. Back then, she had indeed done some shameful things in order to marry into the Li family. However, so many years had passed that her son could not possibly know, and no one would dare to expose her secrets.

Shen Menghan asked with more curiosity, "Who did she wrong?"

Lu Fen glared fiercely at Shen Menghan. Did she think the conflict between them wasn't deep enough? How dare she ask so directly?

"Humph."

Li Zhicheng said he didn't want to talk about it anymore. He himself was too ashamed to continue, and if it were confirmed, he would be even more ashamed to face his father and grandmother.

Li Meili also noticed something amiss. According to her cousin, her aunt had indeed done something shameful. But she didn't understand why her cousin, who was her mother and son, had to cover up her wrongdoing instead of reopening old wounds.

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk about it further, Shen Menghan didn't ask any more questions. She hurriedly ate her rice, drank some soup, and went upstairs.

"Sister-in-law, may I have a chat with you?" Li Meili asked timidly, as if she were afraid of her.

Shen Menghan turned around and gave her a cold laugh: "I don't have time."