Chapter 1941: Can You Still Not Forget Her?

The hand with which she held her phone remained raised for a long time, as if she had forgotten to put it down.

Zichen's voice was very weary, as if he were exceptionally tired, and his tone was also distant; something must be wrong!

Li Xueer was a person who took things seriously; if she didn't get things cleared up, she wouldn't be able to sleep at all. Just as she was about to call back, her mother-in-law's call came in.

Her mother-in-law said much the same thing as her husband, telling her not to worry, that Zichen was fine, and to get some rest early.

Li Xueer asked, "Mom, where is Zichen's other office?"

Shi Youxuan told her daughter-in-law, "Chenxin Snack Store No. 1; he is there right now."

Chenxin Snack?

This name made her feel very uncomfortable inside.

She had heard of Chenxin Snack and knew it was an asset under her husband's name, but it was not owned by him alone; it was co-owned with another woman.

She hung up the phone, entrusted the child to the nanny, and drove toward Chenxin Snack Store No. 1.

She knew this place; it was nothing more than a very small storefront, totaling only sixty or seventy square meters.

In such a large place, where could there be an office?

Light shone from within the window, and in the light, two silhouettes were leaning very close together, while Zichen's car was parked outside the window; he must be inside.

She didn't know what the people inside were doing, but Li Xueer no longer had the courage to continue walking forward. She only felt her blood rushing to her head, her legs felt as heavy as if they weighed a thousand pounds, and she simply could not move.

Tears flowed down uncontrollably.

During this time, she had thought she was the happiest woman in the world; it turned out that everything was nothing more than flowers in a mirror and the moon in the water—all of it was fake.

She was at home taking care of their son, while her husband was cheating.

He was having a secret rendezvous with a woman in the middle of the night, while she was foolishly at home worrying about his safety, feeling so anxious she couldn't sit or sleep...

Li Xueer did not have the courage to continue walking forward; she turned and left.

Returning home, she packed her luggage and picked up her son to leave.

The nanny rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked, "Madam, where are you taking the Eldest Young Master at this hour? Children have clean eyes; it is best not to carry them out at this time."

Her mind was now entirely filled with the fact that Zichen had cheated; no matter what the nanny said, she couldn't take it in. She only wanted to leave this house immediately.

To take her son far away from him, and never see him again—that would be best.

"Move aside, you don't need to worry about it."

The nanny could not sway her. Li Xueer packed her son's things, stuffing them all into a backpack. Her own things were already in her suitcase, but her heart was in such chaos that she forgot to take it.

When she left, she took off the bracelet from her wrist and placed it on the nightstand.

She did not drive; the car had been bought for her by Sheng Zichen. As long as it was his property, she didn't want any of it.

She hailed a Didi, and it was already the early hours of the morning when she returned to her parents' home.

Lao Litou was getting on in years, and due to his long-standing habits, he was accustomed to sleeping early and rising early. He had just woken up when he saw his daughter return holding her grandson.

Lao Litou asked curiously, "Why are you back at this hour?"

Li Xueer wanted to lie; she wanted to say, "I missed you, I missed you so much I couldn't wait a single moment, so I brought Baobao back to stay for a few days."

In reality, this was the excuse she had thought of the whole way, but before the fabricated lie could even leave her lips, her tears fell.

"Dad..."

She only said one word before she choked up and could not continue.

"Did Zichen bully you?"

"Don't cry, tell Dad; Dad will stand up for you."

Lao Litou threw on his clothes and got out of bed, and as soon as he did, he went looking for his kitchen knife.

He didn't care if his son-in-law did anything heinous, but there was one rule: he could not bully his daughter.

"Dad, he... he has another woman outside. Can Baobao and I live with you from now on?"

"You can; I will provide for you."

Lao Litou agreed heroically. He comforted his daughter a few times before going to the kitchen to boil seafood porridge and make breakfast for her.

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Zichen dragged his weary body back home, and as soon as he arrived, he realized something was wrong.

There was a suitcase in the living room, and the nanny was sitting on the sofa, looking at a loss.

Seeing him return, the nanny didn't wait to be asked and took the initiative to report, "Sir, it's bad. Madam went out in the middle of the night and came back, then picked up the Eldest Young Master and left. She was crying the whole time she was leaving, and she only took the few things the Eldest Young Master absolutely needed; she didn't even take her own luggage..."

Zichen immediately called Li Xueer, but it showed he did not have permission.

Had she blocked his number?

Zichen's mind raced, connecting the events before and after, and he quickly made a judgment: his wife must have gone to Chenxin Snack to find him and seen something that wasn't a big deal but was easily misunderstood.

No, this misunderstanding had to be cleared up.

He left home and went straight to his father-in-law's house.

By the time Zichen arrived, the seafood porridge had just finished cooking.

But what greeted him was not a hot, fragrant breakfast; instead, there was only a gleaming kitchen knife held to his throat: "Did you cheat? You dare to wrong my daughter, and you still dare to come here."

Zichen hurriedly said, "I didn't cheat; this is a misunderstanding. I came here specifically to explain the misunderstanding."

"Explain then. Let's see if you're actually explaining or just making excuses."

Zichen: "Please put the kitchen knife down; it's too dangerous."

Lao Litou glared: "You dare look down on my skills? If I wanted to hurt you, even if the knife were in the kitchen, I could slice you into Sashimi in an instant. If you are innocent, you shouldn't feel afraid even with a knife at your throat."

Zichen:...

Easy for you to say; it's not like the knife is at your throat.

He shouted loudly, "Xue'er, Xue'er, I'm here."

Li Xueer came out, her eyes swollen like peaches, and she was startled to see her father holding a kitchen knife to her husband's throat.

"Please put down the knife."

She reached out to grab it, but Lao Litou wouldn't let her: "You silly girl, how can you still be taking his side at a time like this? Let go, stay out of this..."

"If you have something to say, say it properly; don't just go around brandishing a knife..."

In the process of the father and daughter struggling over it, by accident, a bloody scratch was cut onto Zichen's face!

The wound was not deep, just breaking the skin a little.

He reached out to wipe it—blood!

He was immediately scared into wailing: "It's bleeding! You didn't keep your word; didn't you say you had a steady hand?"

"I haven't done anything wrong, so why am I the one getting hurt?"

Because Lao Litou was in the wrong, he put down the kitchen knife.

He even personally applied a bandage for him and, as compensation, invited him to eat breakfast together.

Despite only losing a few drops of blood, Zichen drank three large bowls of seafood porridge, while everyone else only got one bowl before it ran out.

"That's how it is; Chenxin Snack is about to go under..."

Zichen revealed the reason why he hadn't returned home last night.

Over these past few years, business at Chenxin Snack hasn't been as good as before, and the industry competition has become increasingly severe; although their snacks are high-quality and inexpensive, labor is also a very large part of the cost.

With business being poor, he wanted to sell off Chenxin Snack in its entirety.

But Chenxin Snack is not a business that belongs to him alone; it also has the contributions of Gu Yuxin, so he couldn't make the decision by himself and had a video call with Gu Yuxin to discuss it.