Chapter 173: The One Who Should Apologize Is You

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment.

He subconsciously wanted to say no, but the words reached his lips, and for some reason, he suddenly choked up.

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall everything that had happened recently.

The two of them taking the three little ones out to play together, having a barbecue together, flying kites together...

And even going to the cinema together...

And just now.

In Li Beijue's mind, the image of Mobai glaring at him flashed violently, and a trace of gloom instantly surged in the depths of his eyes.

"There is no possibility for us."

Li Beijue answered in a deep voice, paused for two seconds, and then continued: "Even if it wasn't Jiang Baobao who instigated it today, I will still reduce the children's contact with her as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ruohan raised his eyebrows noncommittally and said: "There is certainly no problem with doing that, but the premise is that you can appease those two little ones and establish a good relationship with them first. Children's thoughts are very stubborn; don't ever think that just because they are young, they don't understand anything."

"Mm, I know." Li Beijue responded indifferently.

The two spoke a few more words, and then he hung up the phone, though his mood was much calmer than before.

Gu Ruohan was right; if he wanted to reduce Jiang Baobao's contact with them, he had to slowly cultivate closeness between them and himself!

On the other side—

Jiang Baobao was holding a cotton swab, carefully treating the wound on her lower leg that had been scratched by a broken piece of porcelain.

The three little ones were all nervously surrounding her, their expressions of heartache identical.

"Mommy must be in a lot of pain, Tiantian will help you blow on it!"

The little girl frowned tightly as she watched, and while speaking, she pursed her little lips and blew two puffs of cool air onto Jiang Baobao's wound.

Mobai was also on the side, asking angrily: "Mommy! Was it Daddy who came to argue with you just now that caused you to get hurt? We aren't living here anymore! We're leaving in a little while!"

Jiang Baobao's gaze flickered for a moment, and she did not speak.

Of course, she wanted to just take the three little treasures and leave like this.

But this was Li Mansion.

Not to mention whether the three of them could escape without a sound.

Even if they really left, were they supposed to live a life of hiding with her forever?

If she only took Mobai and Tiantian away and left Yanbao here, he would definitely suffer great harm!

Jiang Baobao pondered for two seconds, then smiled and explained nonchalantly: "Daddy and Mommy weren't arguing; Mommy accidentally bumped into the cabinet while walking and broke a vase, which is why I got hurt."

"Really?" Mobai and Yanbao looked full of suspicion, their faces clearly showing they didn't believe it.

Jiang Baobao didn't want them to worry, so she hurriedly nodded and said: "Of course it's true, Mommy really was just careless and got hurt."

Upon hearing this, Mobai and Yanbao subconsciously looked at each other, and seeing her insist on saying so, they had no choice but to say nothing more.

Jiang Baobao quickly finished treating the wound and gave herself a simple bandage.

The three little ones, however, were still surrounding her, unwilling to leave.

Jiang Baobao had no choice but to appease them: "Mommy is completely fine now, you all go back to sleep quickly, you still have to go to kindergarten tomorrow!"

"Is Mommy really not in pain anymore?" Tiantian still felt a bit worried.

Jiang Baobao hurriedly patted her chest to guarantee: "It really doesn't hurt anymore! If you don't go back to sleep, Mommy won't be able to sleep either, and that might make the wound hurt."

Upon hearing this, the three little ones hurriedly jumped off the bed, said goodbye to Jiang Baobao one after another, and turned to run out of her room.

Jiang Baobao listened as the three little ones ran away, and once the hallway was completely quiet, she smiled and carefully turned to get out of bed.

She didn't make a sound and opened the door to take a look.

Seeing that the hallway was indeed empty, she lightened her steps and walked toward the stairs, her face full of a calm expression.

She needed to have a good talk with Li Beijue about today's events.

This matter was his fault!

He must apologize to the children!

Jiang Baobao took a deep breath, trying hard to endure the throbbing pain in her lower leg, and arrived at the door of Li Beijue's study.

But after knocking on the door, there was no response, and not a sliver of light shone through the door crack; there was clearly no one inside.

Jiang Baobao was stunned for a moment.

Only then did she suddenly remember that Li Beijue's computer was still being controlled by Mobai, and he couldn't do anything at the moment.

She couldn't help but laugh, and then she limped toward the bedroom.

This time, just as she stood at the door, she already saw the light shining through the door crack.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

Jiang Baobao knocked gently on the room's door.

A few seconds later, a sound of footsteps came from inside, and the door was pulled open with a swish.

Li Beijue looked at Jiang Baobao standing outside the door, stunned for a moment, then suddenly his face darkened violently.

Jiang Baobao sneered in her heart and said in a low voice: "I also have something to say to you about today's events; I didn't come here to argue with you."

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and thinking that the three little ones should already be asleep, he turned around and walked into the room without a word.

Jiang Baobao raised her eyebrows, immediately lifted her feet to follow, and closed the door behind her.

She looked around the familiar bedroom and sat down on the sofa to the side with casual movements.

Then she spoke unhurriedly: "Li Beijue, for today's events, the one who should apologize is you."

"What did you say?"

Li Beijue's expression suddenly became sharp, looking like a storm was about to break.

Jiang Baobao hurriedly raised her hand to stop him and continued: "Don't be in such a hurry to get angry; I'm not asking you to apologize to me, the person you should apologize to is Mobai and Yanbao."

Li Beijue's brow twitched, and his heart stirred slightly.

Immediately after, he heard Jiang Baobao continue, "You think everything is my doing, and that the two of them have issues with you because I instigated it; have you ever thought about whether they would believe you if you went to them and spoke ill of me?"

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and he did not speak.

Jiang Baobao then continued, "I know what you want to say; you are probably thinking, what right do I have to lecture you on how to raise children? But the reality is, in their hearts, I am much more reliable and much more trustworthy than you! The reason they are angry with you today is because they saw with their own eyes that you were eating with another woman! And you used a lie to decline their invitation!"

As Jiang Baobao spoke, she could not help but recall the image of Lu Qing'er leaning against Li Beijue, and a spark of anger suddenly flared deep within her heart.

She hurriedly adjusted her emotions before continuing, "Although I said that whichever woman you choose to be with is your own business, the one thing you should never have done is lie to them!"

"I didn't lie to them!" Li Beijue was silent for a long while before suddenly speaking up, wanting to explain something, yet feeling it was unnecessary; his chest felt incredibly stifled.

What was even more frustrating was that he actually felt that what Jiang Baobao had just said...

Seemed to make a lot of sense?