Chapter 51: My Mother is Si Rong

Li Xuan and the others waited outside, blowing in the cold wind.

Ever since she resigned, her whole being had begun to feel aimless.

Now, she desperately wanted to grasp onto something to feel secure.

Shen Lan and the two children.

As for that plan, it was no longer that important to her now.

The northwest wind was bone-chillingly cold, and Li Xuan waited for a full half-hour before being allowed to enter the place where Shen Lan worked.

Meanwhile, Shen Lan was walking leisurely toward the reception hall, constantly fantasizing along the way about how he would agree if Si Rong proposed a reconciliation later, while also reminding her not to be so willful in the future.

If she was willing to come today, she must have realized her mistake at the dance competition earlier.

Come to think of it, if she hadn't made such a scene, their lives would certainly be better now.

After pushing the door open, the smile on Shen Lan's face vanished the moment he saw Li Xuan.

"Why have you come again? Didn't we agree that you would give me more time?"

Li Xuan threw herself into his arms, "A-Lan, I can't take it anymore. Si Rong has already had the school fire me, and I don't know how she will retaliate against me in the future. Let's pause the plan! We agreed before that I have the right to terminate the plan at any time!"

Si Rong was more terrifying than she had imagined.

She even suspected that her near-miss with a car on the road today was Si Rong's doing.

Perhaps one day, Si Rong would kill her.

Shen Lan pushed her away, "You're overthinking it; Si Rong wouldn't do that."

She was disdainful, and she wouldn't be that vicious.

Li Xuan was immediately dissatisfied, "Fine, Shen Lan, do you still remember who your legitimate wife is? I don't care, the plan is void, you must marry me! We are going to hold a grand banquet!"

She wanted to be the upright Mrs. Shen.

"I think you've gone mad."

Shen Lan couldn't clearly explain what the resistance deep in his heart was about; his mind was particularly chaotic at this moment.

Intuition told him that marrying Li Xuan was against his true intentions.

There was one more thing he didn't even want to admit: if he married Li Xuan, he would truly have no connection to Si Rong ever again.

"I'll give you three days to consider."

Li Xuan slowly backed out of his embrace, smiling palely and stubbornly, "Otherwise, Si Rong will know how I stepped by step sent you to her side back then. If she finds out she was treated as prey by you from the very beginning, I'm afraid she will never forgive you in this lifetime."

"You dare!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Shen Lan's eyes as he gripped Li Xuan's chin with one hand.

Now that Si Rong only knew he had betrayed her, she had already divorced him.

If she knew the details from back then, there would be no affection left between them at all.

No! Absolutely not!

"Hahaha, today is the first day," Li Xuan let him grip her neck, "There are two days left; Deputy County Magistrate Shen must consider it carefully."

After Shen Lan let her go, Li Xuan added, "By the way, even if you don't marry me, Si Rong will definitely not remarry you, because she is already seeing Division Commander Jiang Cheng. Their families are well-matched in social status; if that love letter from back then hadn't been destroyed by me, perhaps you wouldn't even have the slightest chance!"

Shen Lan slapped her across the face with a *snap*.

"Bitch! Who did you hear that from?"

How could Si Rong be seeing Jiang Cheng?

How many days had it been since they divorced?

"Everyone knows about it," Li Xuan wasn't angry; she straightened her hair that had been messed up by the slap, "I heard that Division Commander Jiang introduces himself to everyone he meets as Si Rong's partner now. Si Rong hasn't denied it, and not denying it is a tacit admission. Perhaps their happy event is near; Deputy County Magistrate Shen, you might even get to drink their wedding wine."

After she left, Shen Lan's emotions could not be calmed for a long time.

His mind was full of the image of Si Rong smiling sweetly at another man.

But the man she loved was clearly him.

Shen Lan still had that much confidence in himself, so there was only one possibility: Si Rong agreed to see Jiang Cheng just to anger him.

Otherwise, there was no other reasonable explanation.

But this time, she really got her wish; he was truly angered by her.

Shen Lan was in a terrible mood. He was a man; why couldn't Si Rong take the initiative to soften her stance in front of him!

After leaving Shen Lan's office, Li Xuan went to find Shen Chi.

Although she hadn't taken care of the two children for so many years, they were indeed her own flesh and blood.

They shared a blood connection, the most difficult thing in this world to sever.

Shen Chi was sleeping on his desk; when he looked up and saw Li Xuan, his eyes were full of resistance.

"What are you looking for me for?"

Shen Chi was only a junior clerk here and did not have a private office.

Worried that Li Xuan might say something that would embarrass him, Shen Chi took her to the rooftop.

Because he hadn't rested well after drowning his sorrows in alcohol for the past few nights, Shen Chi's steps were somewhat unsteady as he climbed the stairs.

This fell into Li Xuan's eyes, and she felt heartbroken again.

She felt it was all because Si Rong hadn't taken care of these two children as if they were her own; otherwise, why did the child's legs look like they had a problem?

"Shen Chi, I am your mother!"

Once they reached the rooftop, Li Xuan's first sentence was to state her identity.

The scene of mother and son embracing and crying that she had imagined did not happen; Shen Chi didn't seem surprised, and the look in his eyes as he watched her was filled with unfamiliarity and disgust.

His thin lips, exactly like Shen Lan's, parted slightly, "My mother is Si Rong of the Si Family."

This sentence almost angered Li Xuan to death on the spot.