Chapter 1344: Ill Intentions

"Your favorite."

Shi Ran ignored him and instead asked the waiter to bring her a cup of black tea.

Drinking black tea instead of coffee at a café was Shi Ran's deliberate way of drawing a line between herself and her past self.

When she was with Qi Heng, Shi Ran drank coffee.

Not just drank it, but loved it.

Now, Shi Ran had changed her taste.

"I like you!" Leng Feng confessed to Shi Ran.

No buildup, no explanation; it was straightforward and clear.

"Why?"

"No reason, love at first sight."

"I don't like you."

"You're lying. I can see the love for me in your eyes. You do like me, you're just afraid to admit your inner feelings because of your married status, right? It doesn't matter, I don't care."

"You're overthinking it. I don't like you at all. Don't flatter yourself; it won't do you any good."

"Whether it does me good or not, I don't care. I only care about you."

Shi Ran sneered: "Stop talking nonsense to me. Why are you approaching us as a couple? What is your goal? It would be to your benefit to tell the truth. Don't forget this is Jiangzhou; it's too easy for me to make someone disappear here."

Leng Feng's expression faltered; he clearly hadn't expected Shi Ran to say that.

But he quickly returned to normal and said to Shi Ran with deep affection: "Ranran, I know you are a sentimental person. You are not in love with him, and you will only feel your heart race when you are with me."

The way he said that.

It was very shameless.

But it was overbearing.

Shi Ran's heart trembled; she felt a momentary trance.

She felt, in a daze, that the person in front of her was Qi Heng.

Only Qi Heng could say such things, so overbearing that it made one unable to resist.

"Who are you? Who exactly are you?" Shi Ran's voice trembled.

"I am the one you love, you and I are a match made in heaven, Ranran..." He reached out to grab her hand.

Shi Ran immediately pulled her hand back, so fast that he didn't expect it, and he didn't manage to grab it.

However, he felt it; her small hand was very soft, very tender, and felt very good.

The corners of Leng Feng's mouth lifted into a handsome arc, and he smiled "tolerantly": "It's okay, I know it's not easy for you to accept me, but it's okay, I can wait."

"I don't understand what you're saying. You're talking nonsense, you're a lunatic."

Shi Ran practically fled in a panic.

Back in her room, she slammed the door shut.

She leaned against the door, her hand tightly clutching the spot over her heart, as if it would jump out of her chest if she didn't.

She was very nervous.

So nervous that she was at a loss.

Her heart had stirred; to say she felt nothing at all would be a lie, it was too unrealistic.

Although it was only the second time she had met Leng Feng.

But she was too familiar with that face, and the tone and the feeling were almost identical!

He said his name was Leng Feng, that he wasn't Qi Heng, and that he didn't know him.

But his words revealed a familiarity with Shi Ran everywhere; it didn't look like a first meeting at all.

Who exactly was he?

A woman as smart as Shi Ran was now also confused.

This man was a mix of truth and lies; she couldn't see his true identity.

Shi Ran immediately packed her things, preparing to return to her parents' home.

The situation was too complicated; she couldn't see through it on her own, and even if her mother was busy, she was prepared to go back and ask for help!

The suitcase was packed quickly, and her WeChat pinged with a message.

Mother: Ranran, our whole family has gone to the Resort to play. Why don't you and Qi Tian come over too? Your parents-in-law are both here.

She barely hesitated and sent back a line: No need, we don't have time. You all have a good time.

Her parents-in-law were there, so forget it.

She would solve her own problems; she calmed her mood and decided not to leave, staying there instead.

Avoiding it was not a solution, and besides, that person could quickly grasp her whereabouts, so he must have done his homework.

Someone was following her, and maybe her husband... Yun Qitian was also being followed.

Should she warn him?

He must be in a state of chaos right now, too; he probably wouldn't notice.

Thinking of her husband, Shi Ran's heart became even more chaotic.

Did her husband have an illegitimate child?

He hadn't denied it.

But if it were true, Shi Ran couldn't accept it; she would definitely get a divorce, she wasn't that magnanimous.

She sent a WeChat to her husband: Be careful,

Someone is watching you.

"Ping."

Her husband replied quickly: You too.

Yun Qitian felt much the same as Shi Ran; he sensed a conspiracy swirling around them.

After Shi Ran left, he immediately tried to contact those ex-girlfriends, only to discover with sorrow—he couldn't reach them!

He did not have the contact information for those women.

After the scene at the wedding, Yun Qitian had taken the initiative to block all his ex-girlfriends' contact information.

He had been worried that his wife, father-in-law, and mother-in-law would be displeased.

But they were all very reasonable and did not make things difficult for him.

Yun Qitian was not naive enough to think his own charm was that great.

The last time they didn't hold it against him was because it was in the past.

But now it was different!

The photos that suddenly appeared had completely stunned him.

Just because he couldn't reach the witnesses didn't mean he had no other methods.

He went through many channels and finally found one of his former girlfriends.

"What's going on with the child?" Yun Qitian asked straight to the point.

"The child is yours."

"When did this happen?"

"Yun Qitian, you aren't trying to welch on the debt, are you? It happened that night; you were drunk and made us all stay, and everything that should have happened, happened..."

The ex-girlfriend spoke with absolute certainty, swearing oaths.

She insisted the child was his!

If he was willing to raise the child together, she was willing to marry him immediately.

If he wouldn't marry her, that was fine too; she was willing to be his mistress.

If he refused to acknowledge it, she would still raise the child to adulthood, and when the child grew up, they would return to the family to claim their heritage...

Yun Qitian felt his head spinning.

Sometimes, being infatuated wasn't a good thing; he couldn't accept this kind of infatuation.

He didn't speak, but the woman went on endlessly: "Hubby, when are you going to marry me?"

"Impossible, give up on that idea." He flatly rejected the woman's request.

In this life, he only wanted to marry one woman—Shi Ran.

Naturally, he also only wanted to have children with Shi Ran.

Yet, fate played tricks on him; his wife couldn't conceive, but other women had quietly given birth to his children, and not just one.

He couldn't even remember what those women looked like.

"Hubby—"

The woman drew out her voice, dissatisfied and coquettish: "Don't treat me like this; I will be good to you, I will be completely obedient to you, a hundred times better than that tigress you have at home..."

"Shut up, you aren't worthy of saying her name."

"Fine, I'm not worthy of saying her name, but I'm worthy of talking to you."

The woman changed the subject: "Since you took the initiative to find me, I assume you've already arranged a future for the child, right?"

"Are you going to pay child support or take the child back to raise? Either way is fine, you choose." She was actually quite easy to talk to.

"I'll pay child support."

Yun Qitian fell for it.

He paid a hefty sum and even had to add her on WeChat.

That woman sent a pile of messages over WeChat, the text sickeningly sweet, calling him "hubby" in every sentence.

Yun Qitian was incredibly annoyed, so he found a random excuse to go offline.

"Knock, knock, knock."