Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!

Chapter 18: Chapter 18: A Swing of Six Years

Liu Xixi dialed was Ji Muye’s work phone.

At that moment, the phone was connected to the computer, and everyone was intently focused on the report being presented.

When Liu Xixi’s call came in, the person speaking at the time felt a thud in the heart, the hand trembled, and the call was answered just like that.

The moment Xining’s voice came through the speaker, it was exactly at that part about the first kiss, first night, first marriage, first time becoming a father…

The words that followed were heard loud and clear.

Yan Dong and the other employees bowed their heads, not daring to look at Ji Muye’s face, which was darkening to the extreme.

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Snap.

The pen in the man’s hand was crushed into two pieces.

Yan Dong immediately hung up the phone!

The speakers in the Shi’an Group’s conference room were too good; even the pauses and breaths in Xining’s speech could be heard clearly.

Ji Muye’s face was as dark as ink, and his cold gaze swept around, his voice seemed to climb up from the icy depths of hell, sinister.

“Continue the meeting!”

Lile Garden Resort.

After driving away the gritted-teeth Liu Xixi, Lu Xining returned to the restaurant to finish dinner with the three children before heading back to the room together.

In the room, the three children were a tangled mess with their pillows.

Ming Yuan waited for her to finish showering before returning to her room.

Lu Xining played with them for a while before beginning to coax them to sleep.

After a day of play.

The little ones’ energy was almost completely spent.

They all fell asleep before a fairy tale story finished.

Lu Xining quietly closed the bedroom door and moved to the living room to start replying to messages.

Monkey was very efficient; in an afternoon, he had sent over the information for several lawyers.

She carefully reviewed each profile, selected the most experienced lawyer, and asked Monkey to arrange for someone to contact him.

Gradually, sleepiness crept up.

Just as Lu Xining was about to return to the bedroom, there was a knock at the door.

She glanced at the time, eleven o’clock at night.

It could not possibly be Ming Yuan.

For some reason, an image of a person appeared in her mind.

Yet it seemed unlikely.

She peered through the peephole and saw the tall and upright figure of a man, with a high nose, thin lips, and defined, perfect features that appeared especially enchanting under the dim hallway lighting.

…It was indeed Ji Muye.

The moment Lu Xining opened the door, the smell of alcohol hit her.

She frowned instinctively.

She didn’t like the smell of alcohol, her disapproval evident as ever.

The man’s dark eyes stared at her like a predatory hawk, the cold and abstemious corners of his eyes slightly downturned, his gaze placid, watching her silently.

His silence in the middle of the night left her somewhat puzzled.

Lu Xining spoke lightly, “Mr. Ji…”

Ji Muye let out a derisive snort, the coldness reaching the depths of his eyes.

His dark face showed clear emotional turbulence at the sound of this title.

He walked straight into the room.

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His black suit exuded a chill aloofness, broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs—he was the most handsome man in a suit Lu Xining had ever seen.

Ji Muye carried two children out of the bedroom and into the suite across the hallway in an instant.

Lu Xining, not wanting to wake the children, didn’t speak to stop him.

She blinked her bewildered eyes, looking at the closed door opposite her, not understanding the sudden onset of Ji Muye’s emotions.

Was Liu Xixi gossiping again?

This time the whispers beside the pillow blew fast and fierce.

Lu Xining thought of the days of their hidden marriage, shook her head, distancing herself from men was more beautiful.

She turned to head back to her room.

But…

The kids were with their father; she shouldn’t worry, yet Lu Xining couldn’t forget the strong scent of alcohol on the man.

Ji Muye placed the children on the bed and gently tucked them in with the blanket.

They groggily opened their eyes, “Daddy…”

Ji Muye responded, “Daddy’s here.”

The children saw it was him and then peacefully fell back to sleep.

When he came out of the bathroom after taking a cold shower.

The doorbell just happened to ring.

The hotel’s intelligent robot delivered a hangover cure soup, and a heavy and repressed mood stirred up silent ripples in his heart.

He closed the door to the room expressionlessly.

Seeing this from across the way, Lu Xining breathed a small sigh of relief.

Although Ji Muye hadn’t taken the hangover cure soup, seeing his sober expression assured her that he could take good care of the children, which put her at ease.

Holding her fragrant and soft daughter, she slept until dawn.

The next morning.

Lu Xining, with Lu Nuonuo in tow, went to look for Ji Chao and Ji Ze, and knocked on the door, but there was no response for a long time.

After inquiring at the front desk, she found out that Ji Muye had taken them and left early in the morning in a hurry, as if there was an urgent matter.

But soon, she learned what the urgent matter was.

The top trending search was a photo.

In the hospital room, a pale-faced Liu Xixi lay on the bed, her eyes brimming with tears, the corners of her mouth lifted, gazing affectionately at the man and child at the bedside.

Business tycoon and the entertainment industry’s tender little flower…

Netizens were moved by the atmosphere of this photo, and they took to writing, spinning tales of a romantic love that rekindles after being shattered.

Lu Xining sat on the sofa with her daughter, while Ming Yuan hesitated to speak.

She turned and smiled, “I’m fine.”

She had gone through this two years ago, and now it was just a repeat.

Time heals all wounds, and today’s Ji Muye was nothing more to her than the father of her child.

Nuonuo cradled her face and kissed her cheek, her clear eyes filled with love for her.

“Mommy, Nuonuo will always love you.”

Ming Yuan’s eyes welled up with tears, “This child… is so heartwarming.”

Lu Xining strongly agreed with her friend’s comment, she kissed her daughter’s forehead; her daughter was another gift sent to her by the heavens.

From the moment she became pregnant, her daughter had never caused her distress, and after she was born, she was not only tear-free and quiet but also clever and intelligent.

“Good baby, Mommy loves you too.”

“Will always love you.”

Liu Xixi left the hospital in a Ji Family car.

Although she was a newcomer in the entertainment industry, with the strong backing of the Ji Family, good opportunities naturally weren’t scarce.

Ming Yuan returned from the Lile Garden Resort the second day to start shooting, and Lu Xining also went back home with her daughter.

She hired a nanny specifically for the children, and placed bodyguards inside and outside the villa, no one was allowed in without her permission.

These past few days, Lu Xining’s thoughts were consumed by the child custody issue. She had already contacted a lawyer, and was making preparations for the required documents as mentioned by the lawyer.

She knew this was going to be a tough battle.

If she lost, it was very possible she’d never see Ji Chao again, and as for Ji Ze… she was hesitating.

Compared to her, he clearly preferred Ji Muye and Liu Xixi, and Lu Xining wasn’t confident about this fight.

“President Ji, there’s a lawyer here to see you.”

When learned that Lu Xining was actually going to fight for custody with a lawyer, Ji Muye’s expression turned very unpleasant.

A cold aura lurked in the depths of his handsome eyes, the dark pupils narrow with a scrutinizing arc.

His long fingers with distinct joints clenched into a fist and knocked on the desk, breaking the silence of the office.

He looked at Yan Dong, “Do I need to teach you what to do? Also, take down those trending searches, what a mess, ensure these things don’t happen again!”

Yan Dong felt a pang in his heart, “I’ll go handle it right away!”

Ji Muye leaned back in his chair, his gaze fell on the family photo on the desk, which was taken the year Ji Chao and Ji Ze were born.

It had been there for six years.

His gaze was dark and inscrutable, concealing his true emotions.

Lu Xining had just met with the lawyer and come back, dressed in a simple and refreshing white silk dress, paired with silver high heels, her long hair lightly curled, every smile and frown exuding charm that made it hard to look away.

As she stepped out of the car, she saw a familiar black Maybach parked in front of her house, with no sign of a driver in the driver’s seat.

The partition in the back seat was raised.

It was unclear whether there was anyone in the back seat of the car.