Men and women eating in the courtyard

"Aren't we going to live here?"

"Yes, I'll follow the leader's arrangement."

Peng Xiaoli let Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun get in the car, then closed the door, jumped on the passenger seat, and signaled the driver to drive.

The two Modu brand cars slowly slid out of the gate of the Trade Management Center and drove towards the cross-river bridge.

In the car, Luo Yun looked back curiously at the Trade Management Center building that was still brightly lit behind the car, and then smiled and whispered to Zhou Xiaobai: "Are you going to sell us?"

"It's possible!"

Zhou Xiaobai remembered Li Xuewu's teasing yesterday, and couldn't help but pursed her lips and teased her: "Sell you first, sell you to the landlord's stupid son as a child bride."

"Sell you first!"

Luo Yun raised his hand and hit Zhou Xiaobai. Her reaction was a bit loud, and her voice was a few decibels higher, which caused Peng Xiaoli, who was sitting in front, to look at them in the rearview mirror.

Reminded by Zhou Xiaobai's finger to be careful of the impact, Luo Yun hurriedly restrained her voice, but still said softly: "Sell you first! Sell you to a rich family as a maid!"

"That's better than a child bride!"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and tapped Luo Yun's forehead and said: "From now on, I will call you the landlord's wife."

"Timid~"

Luo Yun pouted and said angrily: "I, the landlord's wife, will watch you serve as the master's maid!"

"Ah!"

Zhou Xiaobai's face turned red with embarrassment, and he gently hit Luo Yun and said in a delicate voice: "Why do you say anything~"

"You messed with me first~"

...

The two girls sat in the back seat of the car, laughing and talking, without any worries or troubles.

Peng Xiaoli listened in his ears and looked in the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but recall the running under the sunset that afternoon, the youth that he and I lost.

He didn't know where the two cars were going, let alone who the two girls in the cars were.

There were many things about Li Xuewu that he couldn't understand with his current status or relationship.

The two cars crossed the Haihe River Bridge one after another, then turned right and drove back to the residential area on the other side of the pier in front of the Trade Management Center.

It was night, and the river was still busy, with stars dotted on it. There were icebreakers working day and night.

There were also cargo ships loading and unloading according to the channel indicator lights, and passing the bridge quickly.

The Haihe River in Tianjin has an ice period, which lasts about three months.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of the river and smooth shipping, the Tianjin Waterway Bureau is responsible for the dredging and icebreaking tasks of the entire river.

Looking across from the car, the lights of the Trade Management Center building were reflected on the river, and the reflected light was so dazzling and charming.

The car in front slowly slowed down, then turned into a street, and the car behind followed it.

The road was not very far or deep, but the streets were narrow and the speed could not be increased.

When they arrived at the entrance of an alley, two cars stopped one after another, and the headlights were shining, splitting the night sky.

Peng Xiaoli jumped out of the car first, and after seeing the gesture made by Li Haiyang, he opened the back door and asked the two girls to get out.

Zhou Xiaobai observed the surrounding environment in a daze, quiet and gorgeous.

Luo Yun grabbed her hand nervously, looked at Peng Xiaoli who took two suitcases out of the trunk and asked: "Where is this?"

"I don't know"

He answered her question concisely, and then handed the box in his hand to the two people, saying: "I can only take you here, please listen to the leader's arrangements afterwards."

After saying that, he got back into the car without waiting for Luo Yun and the others to react.

It was not until the car door slammed and the two cars started again that they came back to their senses.

Watching the car drive away, Li Xuewu's tall figure followed Director Li and walked towards a villa on the side of the alley. The two looked at each other in a panic, and each carried a box and chased after him.

"Let's go to your house and sit down."

The villa that Li Huaide gave Li Xuewu was separated from his own by a small alley.

Now seeing that the lights were on in the villa on the left, Li Huaide insisted on going with him to the one on the right.

Uninvited guests are considered bad guests, but Li Xuewu came back with him, so how could he refuse in person.

Besides, a large part of the reason why Lao Li came to Tianjin this time was to come and see his beautiful confidante.

"I heard that you are pregnant, right?"

Li Huaide looked at Li Xuewu knowingly, nodded to Li Haiyang behind him, and said to him: "I specially prepared some nutritional supplements."

"Look at you! So polite!"

Li Xuewu suddenly smiled, then turned back to look at Li Haiyang, as well as Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun who were a little confused.

"Even if you don't bring anything, I can't stop you from coming to my house~"

"Please!"

"Hahaha~"

Li Huaide looked at Li Xuewu's gesture of invitation and smiled as he stepped onto the steps.

The courtyard of the villa is not small. The path leading to the entrance hall is paved with stone slabs and pebbles, which has a natural beauty.

Perhaps because of the voices at the gate of the courtyard, the lights outside the entrance hall lit up first, and then the door opened, and a woman in her forties or fifties came out.

"Mr. Li"

"Who is this...?"

Li Huaide was stunned, and then he realized that the woman called Li Xuewu, not him, Mr. Li.

And Li Xuewu casually explained at this moment: "Sister Lu, her distant relative, came to take care of her."

After that, he introduced Sister Lu: "This is Director Li, my leader."

"Hello, Director Li"

Sister Lu behaved very decently, bowed slightly and stepped aside, inviting everyone to enter the house.

Li Huaide looked at the other party, nodded slowly, and then stepped into the hallway.

"You should be careful when you are pregnant, especially living so far away, someone should take care of you."

"I have a lot of things to do, how can I think of these"

Li Xuewu smiled self-deprecatingly, and then explained: "She found it herself, and I arranged for Sha Qizhi to deliver it."

"Oh~"

Li Huaide was slightly relieved and understood why the servant called Li Xuewu Mr. Li just now.

Li Haiyang walked at the end, smiled and greeted Sister Lu, and handed the gift in his hand to her.

Zhou Xiaobai and the others followed Li Xuewu with a dazed look, like lost children, looking at the big house in front of them and feeling a little overwhelmed.

After entering the living room, the warm air rushed over, making the few people who had just taken off their coats in the hallway feel the heat from the flames in the fireplace.

"You've just finished eating at this time?"

Suddenly, Zhou Miaomiao stood up from the sofa with her back to the door and greeted them, which startled Zhou Xiaobai and the others.

Li Huaide waved his hand and did not answer her question, but took the initiative to look at a pregnant woman who stood up.

"Shuping, this is Director Li"

Li Xuewu smiled and handed the handbag to Sister Lu, while introducing Wu Shuping, and then introduced Li Huaide: "Director Li, this is my wife Wu Shuping".

"Hello, Director Li"

"Oh~ Oh~ Good! Hello!"

Li Huaide did not care about the surprised expressions of the crowd, and took the initiative to greet Wu Shuping with a smile.

While observing Wu Shuping's performance, he pointed at Li Xuewu and joked, "I've always wondered who this Deputy Director Li's beloved concubine is?"

"Haha!"

Li Huaide looked at Li Xuewu standing behind Wu Shuping and said with a smile, "Today, I see that she is indeed beautiful and intelligent."

"You are too kind. After I got pregnant, I dared to look in the mirror. But this Ms. Zhou is a beautiful woman!"

Wu Shuping replied with a joke, and raised her hand like a hostess to signal everyone, "Don't stand, please sit down."

Her generous and decent hospitality, coupled with the smile on her face, was as warm as the tea brought by Sister Lu.

But no matter how warm the room was, it couldn't relieve the coldness in Zhou Xiaobai's heart.

At this moment, she was frozen in place like a zombie, and was pulled to sit on the sofa by Luo Yun.

His eyes were fixed on Li Xuewu and his sweetness. He seemed to hear the greetings of the people in the room, and the voices seemed to be far away.

"When I came out just now, I was saying, why don't I see you? I'll ask Haiyang to find you."

Li Xuewu walked behind Zhou Miaomiao and patted the sofa back. As he walked to the single sofa next to the fireplace, he said, "Haiyang said you came back first."

"I can't stand those social events, it's strange to be in a hurry."

Zhou Miaomiao smiled and explained to Li Xuewu, "After dinner, I asked Brother Haiyang to send me here first."

Li Haiyang was standing next to the tea cabinet at this time, but he didn't mean to sit on the sofa.

Last time, because of the house, Deputy Director Li looked at him as if he was looking at a dead person, and he was so scared that he never dared to bring up the topic of the house again.

Today, everyone came here again. Although there was laughter in the house, he just felt a chill on his back.

"Have you eaten? You're back so early."

Li Xuewu habitually took out a cigarette from his pocket and was about to put it in his mouth when he saw Wu Shuping looking at him with some resentment.

"Haha, I just came back after eating. I was bored at home alone, so I came here to disturb you first."

Zhou Miaomiao saw Li Xuewu's embarrassed expression, and it was quite funny that she took back the cigarette under the gaze of the hostess.

Li Huaide also noticed the interaction between the two, his eyes moved, and he smiled like an old fox.

He also noticed the two girls sitting on the sofa on the other side at this time, and casually pointed to Li Xuewu and asked: "Your relatives?"

"Little friend"

Li Xuewu glanced at the two of them, and didn't mean to introduce them more. He just said casually: "He said he had never been to Tianjin and wanted to go out for a walk."

"What about Zhou Miaomiao? Have you been to Tianjin?"

He took a sip of hot tea, and his eyes were on Zhou Miaomiao again, asking Zhou Miaomiao how she felt about Tianjin.

Wu Shuping nodded politely to Li Huaide, then stood up with the handrail, and under Li Huaide's gaze, she walked to Zhou Xiaobai and waved.

Li Xuewu looked over here with everyone else, looked at Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun's cautious expressions, smiled, and said, "You two call me sister-in-law."

Luo Yun looked at him with raised eyebrows, said nothing, and stood up holding Zhou Xiaobai's hand.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaobai lowered his head, trying to hide his loss and sadness.

Wu Shuping smiled and pointed to the direction of the stairs to the two of them, saying, "You must be tired after running all day. I'll take you to your room."

After saying that, she went up the stairs without waiting for the two to answer.

Zhou Xiaobai glanced at the sofa, and followed Luo Yun's hand to the second floor.

"I've been here once, but I didn't know your house was here last time."

Zhou Miaomiao glanced at the stairs meaningfully, and then smiled and said to Li Xuewu, "If I had known earlier, I would have come to disturb you earlier."

“Come and play often in the future”

Li Xuewu smiled slightly, looked at Li Huaide and said: "Tianjin is colder than Beijing, so it's suitable to come here in summer."

"It's the same, I don't feel it very much."

Li Huaide took a sip of the teacup and said to Zhou Miaomiao: "You wait here for Teacher Wu, we have something to talk about."

As he spoke, he stood up and pointed to the direction of the study to Li Xuewu.

Those who know this is Li Xuewu's house, and those who don't know it think it's his.

Of course, this property was given to Li Xuewu by him. The relationship between the two is very close now, so there is no need to talk about these courtesies.

There is no need to talk about the relationship at work, but Li Xuewu's behavior in private made him very satisfied.

It's not that he had never heard of Li Xuewu's romantic rumors before, but this time he saw the real person.

Especially the child in the other's belly, it is said that there is a special story.

The situation that Li Haiyang inquired about was not very complete, but the general context was very clear.

This teacher Wu is also a professor of physics at Huaqing, and is a colleague of Li Xuewu's brother.

Somehow, she met Li Xuewu and got pregnant.

Of course, Teacher Wu had a lover, and it was unknown whether that person discovered the clues or not, but he never came back.

Then the big learning activity broke out, and Teacher Wu suffered, and it was Li Xuewu who rescued her single-handedly.

He didn't know what happened in the middle, and Li Haiyang didn't know either. He was lucky to have found out until now.

People related to this matter either left or died, and Huaqing was also in a mess.

No one knew when Li Xuewu met Wu Shuping, and no one knew whether the child was Li Xuewu's.

Of course, these are not important. Now Wu Shuping has hidden in Tianjin and lives under the protection of Li Xuewu.

Looking at the interaction between the two just now, there is an emotional basis. Li Huaide doesn't believe that Li Xuewu would just pull a woman from the street to perform this for him.

Even if he can perform, who would be willing to let his pregnant wife play house with him?

One or two days is fine, but in the past few months, no one has come to visit.

He is no longer shy about the existence of Zhou Miaomiao from Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu is not hiding it from him. The two of them are like talking to each other and have a foundation of mutual trust.

——

In the study, Li Huaide did not sit behind the desk, but sat on the rattan chair in front of the window.

Li Xuewu came in with their tea cups and asked softly: "Do you want to change to a cup of strong tea?"

"It's okay~"

Li Huaide opened his eyes, waved his hand, and said: "I didn't drink too much, I just don't have enough energy."

"After all, I'm not a young man anymore, I'm not as good as you."

"You need to exercise more"

Li Xuewu put down the tea cup and sat on the rattan chair, without closing the door, and said with concern: "Get up in the morning and jog for an hour, it's good for the heart and lungs, and it's also good for the prostate."

"Hehe~"

Li Huaide picked up the tea cup and pointed at Li Xuewu, smiling and said: "You always get to the point."

"Alas~"

After joking, he sighed and shook his head slightly, saying: "Time is not forgiving. I feel that my physical strength is not as good as before."

"Taking medicine is one thing, but you still have to exercise."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea and advised: "Pay attention to your health, this is the capital of the revolution."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

Li Huaide turned his head and looked at Li Xuewu, saying: "If you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood."

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at him, raised his eyebrows and asked: "You don't agree with my approach either?"

"Haha, I think too much, don't I"

Li Huaide looked at Li Xuewu, and then laughed: "Even if they are arrogant, can they still scare me?"

"I was thinking of you~"

He smiled helplessly and nodded, saying: "You are so proud that you never leave room for yourself."

"In the steel mill, you talk about being brave and resourceful, and in the branch and garrison, you talk about being upright."

"But"

Li Huaide turned his head and looked at Li Xuewu, and asked: "They know you so well, will they play superficial tricks with you?"

"Either don't do it, give yourself time to relax, and take a step back to have a broader horizon"

"If you do it, you must do it as ruthlessly as possible, don't care about morality, let alone fairness and rationality."

Li Huaide pointed his finger at the coffee table between the two of them, and said in a sinister tone: "Kill him first, then talk to him about reason, everything is up to you."

"I didn't think it through"

Li Xuewu nodded solemnly, saying: "I mistook false feelings for true feelings, and left a mess."

"Just take it as a lesson"

Li Huaide waved his hand indifferently, saying: "Everyone has been young, you are already good enough."

After saying that, he nodded, looked at the bookshelf in the study, and said: "Our joint trade project has been going on for a long time. Have you seen the other party come out to say a few words?"

"If you don't give him meat today, he will come back to bite you. You have planted this root of trouble a long time ago, and it's on you"

Li Huaide nodded at the armrest of the rattan chair, and said in a gentle but slightly sinister tone: "This kind of person should be starved from the beginning, and he should not be allowed to eat enough. Don't you know how to train a dog?"

"Okay, I support you no matter how you deal with this matter"

Li Huaide turned his head and comforted: "Don't worry about this factory, there won't be any trouble."

"As for the outside..."

He paused, opened the lid of the teacup and nodded. Li Xuewu said: "Don't kill them all. It doesn't matter if you keep a few small ones. Otherwise, the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad, and the higher ups will also hate you."

After saying that, he let go of his hand and let the tea cup lid fall down with a clinking sound.

"Tell me about the shipyard. What are your plans?"

"Mainly considering future product layout and market competitiveness."

Li Xuewu folded his left leg and looked slightly sideways at Li Huaidehui's report: "Any company will face the problem of selecting customer groups when it participates in market competition."

"That is to say, who are we going to sell and use the products we create? Whoever uses them can buy them again."

"The Yingcheng Shipbuilding Plant is the product of solving the overflow of steel rolling production capacity and the progress in the research and development of special steel products in steelmaking plants."

"Building fishing boats and cargo ships, one is small but many, the other is large but few, both lack core competitiveness in the market."

Li Xuewu explained to Li Huaide seriously: "I want to sell the goods in my hand to you. Now we can rely on the planned economy to solve the sales problem, but it cannot solve the problem of profit-R\u0026D recycling."

"So, the shipyard needs to find another way to make a living, right?"

Li Huaide pursed his lips and nodded, saying: "We can't accept domestic orders, we can only find a way out."

"Yes, our factory has no R\u0026D foundation, let alone talent and technology reserves."

Li Xuewu lectured him: "Even if someone orders or buys the fishing boats or cargo ships we build now, what about five years from now? What about ten years from now?"

"After the goal of corporate grouping is achieved, we are faced with a mess that is on the verge of bankruptcy, and life becomes even more difficult."

"This can't happen!"

Li Huaide frowned and sat on the wicker chair, and said to Li Xuewu: "I understand what you are thinking. Is this a precautionary measure?"

"It doesn't count..."

Li Xuewu paused, looked into Li Huaide's eyes and said, "You should know very well that the planned economy alone is untenable and can easily go astray."

"Hmm~"

Li Huaide's frown deepened, and he kept tapping the armrests of the wicker chair with his fingers. While thinking about it, he asked: "You mean, there is a possibility of a change in the weather?"

"Not sure, but beware of market-oriented operations."

Li Xuewu tapped his fingers on the solid wood coffee table and reminded softly: "Being able to engage in agricultural and sideline production, and being able to run some small and medium-sized factories to produce a number of products that you need and products that can be exchanged with the country at equal prices...isn't that just talking? Well".

"oh……"

Li Huaide pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment, then said: "It's too difficult for the superiors and the organization, so we have to do it as a last resort."

"What I want to say more is that times have changed and the world has changed, so follow the trend."

Li Xuewu lowered his voice and said: "Think about it, if the needs below were not too strong, or the current social productivity cannot meet the needs of the people, how could we be here today..."

"I know I know"

Li Huaide nodded slightly and said: "It is to prepare for such sudden changes, just like today's changes."

"I think so, you can take your time."

Li Xuewu explained in a gentle tone: "The above allows foreign businessmen to purchase goods in the mainland, which proves that the attitude is clear and open."

"only……"

Li Huaide said hesitantly: "How to grasp the issue of scale?"

“Of course I have resolutely maintained it and worked hard to create it!”

Li Xuewu looked at Li Huaide seriously and explained: "Our factory must always consider problems from the perspective of all employees in the factory. Based on your management ideas, we must lead efforts to create a model of enterprise management in the new era."

"Uh-huh"

Li Huaide's mind was spinning rapidly, trying to keep up with Li Xuewu's thinking rhythm, and he said with emotion: "In other words, externally and internally, one thing is one thing in front of the other, and another thing is behind the scenes...?"

"Although it sounds hard to say, my understanding is correct."

Li Xuewu commented: "The purpose of take-out products is to earn foreign exchange and create economy, but not the take-out craftsmanship?"

"It is necessary to firmly grasp a red line and two basic points, and resolutely pursue excellence and foreign exchange as our external business goals."

"Internally, we must fully mobilize employees to actively participate in daily management and labor. The factory belongs to everyone, and it is also our home."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

Li Huaide turned his eyes several times, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "In your opinion, where is the future breakthrough point of Yingcheng Shipyard?"

"Based on the fundamentals and looking to the future"

Li Xuewu's eyes lit up and he explained: "The existing cargo ship and fishing boat manufacturing capabilities will cultivate a large number of technical talents for the shipyard, and the yacht manufacturing capabilities will continue to provide the shipyard with advanced technology and design concepts."

"With talent, technology, and advanced design concepts, what do you think Yingcheng Shipyard will develop into?"

“…I don’t dare to think about it.”

Li Huaide shook his head slightly and said: "In light boat manufacturing alone, we can lead the northern shipbuilding industry by a large margin."

"This is competitiveness"

Li Xuewu looked at Li Huaide with burning eyes and said: "The inspection criteria for group construction must also take into account whether an enterprise can drive the progress and development of other enterprises."

"I have studied the groupization process of Beijing Automobile Factory. They are taking the path of continuous mergers and acquisitions, but this has too many disadvantages and the gains outweigh the losses."

"Well, that's true."

Li Huaide thought about what Li Xuewu had reported to him about the collectivization direction of high quality, high technology, and strict management, and he already had a clear idea of ​​the shipyard's layout in his mind.

He nodded slowly, looked at Li Xuewu and asked, "Do you think the future will be an era of small boats?"

"of course not!"

Li Xuewu smiled and carried a thermos bottle to refill the hot water for him, and said: "I hope our shipyard can build a 10,000-ton giant ship in one step."

"But"

At the moment when Li Huaide's eyes froze, Li Xuewu explained with a smile: "Ships always have production capabilities that large ships do not have."

"Take a 10,000-ton ship as an example and let it deliver goods to Beijing. Can he achieve it?"

"Let's take the patrol boat as an example. Is it more suitable to use a fishing boat to modify it, or is it more suitable to be fast like the one we are going to build?"

Li Xuewu put down the thermos bottle and said to Li Huaide: "I dare not say whether the future will be the era of big ships or small boats. I dare say the future will be the era of clippers."

"Well, that makes sense."

Li Huaide patted the armrest of the wicker chair and said, "You want to solve the ship sales problem quickly!"

"You always have to have the same advantage!"

Li Xuewu smiled and said: "Just like our car, if your quality is better than mine, then I will have more functions than you; if you have a larger load capacity than mine, then I will be cheaper than you."

"Yeah, your idea is right."

Li Huaide nodded slowly and said: "Fiberglass boats have disadvantages. Yingcheng Shipyard has just started, so it also has weaknesses."

"If after this initial period, the Clippers suddenly appear, then..."

He looked thoughtful, looking at the decorative paintings on the wall, and asked Nan Nan: "Then what can the clipper do?"

——

"When is the due date?"

Zhou Miaomiao looked at Wu Shuping's belly curiously, and then said in a somewhat special tone: "Is it difficult to be pregnant with a child?"

“There is some hard work”

Wu Shuping smiled and looked at the girl in front of her, and said: "Fortunately, I will give birth next month, and I will be tired by then."

"ah?"

Zhou Miaomiao looked at her in surprise and said, "Then...is it painful to give birth?"

"Maybe~"

Wu Shuping lowered her head and touched her belly and said, "I hope he will leave all his pain to me and live without worries."

"No wonder the book says maternal love is great~"

Zhou Miaomiao said with some emotion: "It is really difficult to be a mother."

As he said this, the look he looked at Wu Shuping even contained a hint of sympathy and sympathy.

Forget the pain of giving birth, if the remaining child has no name or status, it will not be a torture for a woman.

She didn't dare to try, let alone be so bold. She would never have a child with Li Huaide.

Unless he divorces and marries himself.

Pity for Wu Shuping also means pity for herself. Li Xuewu raised Wu Shuping in the golden house here, but Li Huaide raised her in the same house next door.

Looking at Wu Shuping's motherly glory, she thought that Li Xuewu would not come to the capital even once a month. In the future...

"The love between parents is the truest in the world, and the tears and blood melt into the bodies of their children."

"I have worked so hard to finally give birth to a son. I pity the hearts of all parents in the world!"

Zhou Miaomiao looked Wu Shuping over, lamenting the other person's stupidity in her heart, but comforting the other person in her mouth, and seemed to be glad that she was sober now.

Li Huaide and Li Xuewu came out of the study and happened to hear her say such a sentence. He scolded her with some displeasure: "What nonsense!"

After saying that, Zhou Miaomiao and Wu Shuping looked over, and he nodded to his girlfriend and reminded him: "Mr. Wu is a physics professor at Huaqing University. You are making a fool of yourself in this class."

"ah?"

Zhou Miaomiao was stunned when she heard Li Huaide's words, and then looked back at Wu Shuping in disbelief.

Although she has the elegance of a southern woman, she doesn't see much of a scholar's temperament on her face.

Furthermore, during the conversation between the two of them just now, the other party did not mention the topic of academic accomplishment, but she kept talking about the recent book knowledge...

So embarrassing!

Not only was it an embarrassing question, she was even a little unconvinced, or unwilling to face the current facts.

Ever since she heard that Li Xuewu had a confidante here, she had been thinking about coming to see him.

The moment she met Wu Shuping, she was a little arrogant. In terms of appearance and figure, she would definitely crush her.

At first, Li Xuewu turned a blind eye to her proactive advances, but he secretly found such an ordinary-looking woman and gave birth to a child. It was really disrespectful.

Even if Xiaojiabiyu is a generous person, it doesn't matter if she gives him a child. After all, she is raised outside.

It was said earlier that one should marry a virtuous wife and a concubine with good looks. Since Li Xuewu already had a wife, it would be difficult to find another one who would be very beautiful.

did not expect……

I didn’t expect to find a special university professor!

What the hell!

Is it possible that even if you are an outsider now, you are so involved? !

She looked at Wu Shuping blankly, wondering whether her stumbling junior high school education was not qualified to give birth to children.

This Li Xuewu is really... really hard to figure out. Even if he is looking for an outsider, he has to choose someone with a high level of education. No wonder he looked down on himself in the first place.

Li Huaide smiled at Wu Shuping apologetically. He respected intellectuals, especially young and educated people like Wu Shuping.

Li Xuewu saw him off with Zhou Miaomiao, who was still confused. When he turned around and closed the door, his eyes narrowed.

Wu Shuping stood in front of the sofa, holding her waist, looking at Li Xuewu strangely. When he approached, she said, "He investigated me."

"It's inevitable."

Li Xuewu stood behind the sofa, holding the back of the sofa with his hands, and said in a gentle tone, "I knew he would do these little tricks from the beginning."

"Will there be any problems?"

Wu Shuping glanced at the nanny's room on the first floor, and her worries included the woman who suddenly came.

Li Xuewu shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, although she is not one of us, she is not an outsider either."

"I know"

Wu Shuping frowned slightly and nodded, and asked: "Then what's next...?"

"Continue!"

Li Xuewu patted the back of the sofa lightly and stood up straight, saying: "That Zhou Miaomiao came back early because of Li Huaide's instructions, and the following situations are all him testing you."

"But don't worry, just live your life as you should, pretend to be real, pretend to be real."

So saying, Li Xuewu walked around the sofa and came to Wu Shuping, raised his hand to help her and pointed to the direction of the stairs and said: "I'll take you upstairs."

"Okay"

Wu Shuping glanced out the window, and let Li Xuewu help her up to the second floor. When passing by the guest room, she could still hear footsteps.

"They are..."

"The more you try to cover up, the more obvious it is, disturbing the eyes and ears"

Li Xuewu didn't care about the movement in the guest room, and sent Wu Shuping to the master bedroom, and personally stood in front of the window to draw the curtains.

Then he turned off the lights in the room, leaving only the bedside lamp for Wu Shuping.

"Go to bed early. I have to rush to Yingcheng tomorrow morning. You can sleep and don't have to get up to accompany me in the morning."

"Okay"

Wu Shuping nodded while lying on the bed and said softly: "I will treat Zhou Miaomiao to a simple meal at noon."

"Whatever, please."

Li Xuewu unbuttoned his shirt and stood at the door and said: "Don't pay too much attention to her. She is smarter than you think."

After saying that, he smiled slightly, said good night to Wu Shuping and went out.

Of course he had to leave. This was not a game of lurking. He had to sleep in the same bed.

It was impossible for someone to monitor him unless the other party was desperate.

Besides, it was a matter of mutual trust. What Li Huaide wanted was attitude, not facts.

"Hmph~"

Li Xuewu just came out and saw Luo Yun standing by the door in pajamas with her arms folded, humming, "I guess I didn't misjudge you!"

"Is it useful to you?"

Li Xuewu twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at her, and said, "Stand up straight, who taught you to lean against the door frame to talk, what a girl's behavior."

"Hmph! You're still talking about me~"

Luo Yun grabbed Li Xuewu's arm and dragged him into the guest room, saying angrily, "Explain it quickly, you've wiped your tears twice."

"What?"

Li Xuewu was dragged into the guest room by her. As soon as he asked a question, he saw Zhou Xiaobai sitting by the bed, covering his face and hiding from him.

"Crying~"

Luo Yun explained to Li Xuewu who looked over with a look of regret, then nodded Zhou Xiaobai and climbed onto the bed with a pout.

Li Xuewu looked at her with amusement, then walked to the bedside, pulled out a rattan chair and sat down, looking at Zhou Xiaobai who was looking down.

"What's wrong? Are you crying now?"

After saying that, he pulled a tissue from the bedside table and handed it to her, saying: "Are you homesick, or has my tall, upright, and glorious image in your heart collapsed?"

"Need I say more?"

Luo Yun, who was rolling on the bed, pouted and said: "You don't know what kind of status you have in her mind, I get anxious when I say a word."

After saying that, he poked Zhou Xiaobai who was lowering her head, and saw her twisting her body to avoid him, and said with a smile: "Explain quickly, whose lover is that sister-in-law, and is that child yours?"

"Hehe~"

Li Xuewu stretched out his finger to pick Zhou Xiaobai's chin, and asked with a smile at the girl with tears in her eyes: "You cried because you said you loved her?"

Zhou Xiaobai pursed her lips, tears fell down, and she looked at him aggrievedly, not daring to move her chin away.

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu found her expression more interesting, and said with a smile: "Who said that if it was a lover, the child would be mine?"

"Hmm...?"

Zhou Xiaobai looked up at him, and there was a bit of sympathy in her eyes.

"What are you thinking about!"

Li Xuewu raised his hand and flicked her head, then rubbed her head and said, "Silly child, you believed me when I said it was my lover. If I really had a lover outside, would I have shown it to you?"

"Ah?"

Zhou Xiaobai looked at him blankly and opened her mouth. Her brain was not working properly at the moment. She had just cried and her mouth was a little wet.

"Idiot!"

Luo Yun climbed up from the bed, ignoring the looseness of her pajamas, and hugged Zhou Xiaobai from behind and said, "I told you that Brother Li's words were not to be believed, but you insisted on believing them!"

"Hey! Hey! What are you talking about!"

Li Xuewu pretended to flick her head and threatened, "Speak nicely, don't ask for a fight!"

"Hmph~"

Luo Yun was somewhat familiar with him. He pouted his little mouth, then suddenly stood up with a smile, jumped directly from the bed behind him, grabbed his shoulders and neck, and said close to his ear: " I know that the people I admire will not become bad!”

"Oops~"

Li Xuewu returned his hand to support her from behind, and said with disgust, "Am I using you to worship me?!"

"I do not care!"

Luo Yun smiled and hugged his neck tightly, and said coquettishly: "You are my idol, you are not allowed to become bad!"

"That……"

Zhou Xiaobai looked at Luo Yun and Li Xuewu with some envy, and at this time he also knew that she had misunderstood.

I'm afraid Li Xuewu had other arrangements or had to do something to say that.

Ever since Luo Yun said he came out of the master bedroom, she had a hunch that things were not what she thought.

Zhou Xiaobai was just blaming himself for wrongly blaming him for his random thoughts. He was a gentleman and would never take the initiative towards him.

"Then, what's the relationship between that sister-in-law and you?"

"Haha, we are friends."

Li Xuewu looked at her courageous question, turned around with Luo Yun on his back, and threw him directly onto the bed.

Ignoring Luo Yun's screams, he reached out and touched Zhou Xiaobai's head and said, "But for the time being, it is a lover's relationship, can you understand?"

"Um!"

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head and let Li Xuewu stroke his head like a kitten.

But after confirming it just now, she was still a little worried, so she opened her eyes and asked: "Then... where will you sleep tonight?"

"Oh~"

Li Xuewu looked at her with a smile and said, "I was busy arranging a room for you just now, but I didn't remember to arrange it for myself."

"So~~"

He lowered his head and got close to Zhou Xiaobai's face, and asked with a smile: "Can I share a room with you? Let's kick Luo Yun out!"

Zhou Xiaobai's face turned red and he said: "This... this is not good~"