Chapter 185: Remember, You Are My Woman

Hearing Xu Damao's words, Liu Haizhong felt a swirl of mixed emotions.

Just the day before, he was flaunting his power, wanting to settle scores with anyone, and many people came to flatter him.

In the blink of an eye, he felt he had become meat on Xu Damao's cutting board, at the mercy of Xu Damao's slaughter.

Xu Damao held the note Liu Haizhong had written and said:

"How about this, bring these items to my house tonight, quietly."

"I'll turn them in later."

"Ah, that's fine."

"But, Lao Liu, you need to practice this character, ah."

Liu Haizhong let out a cold snort and walked toward the exit.

Xu Damao frowned and called him back.

"Hey, wait a moment, I haven't finished what I was saying yet."

"Second Elder, what about you? Starting today, will you go back to your workshop as part of the Working Class?"

"A project group can't have two tigers, right?"

"I also can't give you a chance to catch a breath."

"Waiting for you to set a trap behind my back?"

"Then I'm not any dumber than Shazhu, right? Ah? Go back."

"Hey, on the way back to the workshop, tell Shazhu that the second person I need to deal with is him."

"This time I'll make him completely ruined."

Lin Shengli's house.

Lou Xiao'e was sitting on a chair resting when Xu Damao suddenly burst in with two people.

Lou Xiao'e frowned and asked coldly:

"Xu Damao, what do you want to do?"

Xu Damao looked around the room, waved at his two subordinates, who understood and walked out.

Xu Damao sat opposite Lou Xiao'e and asked:

"Where is Lin Shengli?"

Lou Xiao'e, upon hearing that, immediately sensed something was wrong.

Xu Damao usually respected Lin Shengli a lot.

This time, however, he seemed to disregard Lin Shengli and even brought two subordinates.

Xu Damao: "Lou Xiao'e, in theory, we could part on good terms."

"Actually I don't want to divorce you; you're already several months pregnant, right?"

"I know this child is Lin Shengli's."

"When I think of that, I feel very humiliated."

"But rest assured, I won't expose this matter."

"I can't afford to lose that person either."

Lou Xiao'e: "Xu Damao, you made me be with Shengli."

Xu Damao: "Yes, that's right, I was the one who arranged it."

"But if I hadn't let you be with him, you'd have to divorce me."

Lou Xiao'e: "What exactly do you want?"

Xu Damao: "Considering we were once a married couple, I don't want to make things completely final."

"But don't force me either."

"Do you know what position I hold now? Ah?"

"If I say it out loud, it'll scare you to death."

"I not only succeeded Liu Haizhong in the Group Leader position of the Ya gang chang project team, I also have an extra title over him......"

Lou Xiao'e interrupted irritably: "So what of it?"

"Xu Damao, I have no ties with you anymore."

"I'm not afraid of you."

Xu Damao said with a gloomy face: "Yo, still so overbearing, huh."

"Do you think having Lin Shengli as a backing makes you bold?"

"That's right, perhaps I can't do anything to you."

"But, Lou Xiao'e, we've known each other and been married for these many years."

"Am I not more aware of your family's affairs than Liu Haizhong? Ah?"

"All that old dirt of your family is hidden at relatives' and friends' homes, right?"

"Oh, by the way, also, the servant your family had before liberation lived at 317 Xinzhong Street, right?"

Lou Xiao'e's pretty face changed slightly upon hearing that.

Xu Damao boasted: "Hmph, whose house haven't I visited?"

"I can find them even with my eyes closed."

"Hey, tell me, if I send people to search every one of those houses, I don't believe I'd get nothing."

At that moment, Lin Shengli's cold voice suddenly rang out:

"Xu Damao, it seems you never die."

Upon hearing that, Xu Damao shivered all over, quickly turned his head, and saw Lin Shengli entering with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

The two subordinates he brought stood outside the door.

"Xu, Xu Group Leader, we dare not offend Section Chief Lin."

Xu Damao frowned, waved his hand, and had the two subordinates pushed out.

Then.

With a beaming smile, he said to Lin Shengli:

"Shengli, I don't dare, I don't dare."

Lin Shengli asked in a low voice:

"I just heard you say you wanted to bring people to search Xiao'e's relatives' home?"

Xu Damao hastily waved his hand and said:

"No, absolutely not."

"Now Lou Xiao'e is under your protection; I certainly wouldn't dare."

Lin Shengli gave a cold snort and said:

"I hope you follow through on what you say."

"Otherwise, I guarantee you'll regret it."

Xu Damao nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes, Shengli, I wouldn't dare oppose anyone, let alone you."

"As for me, I was just joking with Xiao'e earlier; I came to find you."

"I have now been promoted by Director Li to be the group leader of the special task force, and I want to tell you something."

Lin Shengli: "And then?"

Xu Damao paused: "Nothing else, I just wanted to say a few words to you."

Lin Shengli: "If you've finished speaking, you can go."

Xu Damao: "Alright, Shengli, I'll be on my way then."

Having said that, he walked out without looking back.

Lou Xiao'e walked to the window, and only after she could no longer see Xu Damao's back did she close the door, return to Lin Shengli's side, and ask:

"Shengli, how did it go?"

Lin Shengli: "Don't worry, I've already hidden everything in your home."

Lou Xiao'e happily said: "Thank you, thank you, then I can rest easy."

"But, Shengli, I really don't want to go to Gangdao."

Lin Shengli: "You decide for yourself."

"I also don't want you to go."

Lou Xiao'e: "I know, but I can't not go."

"My parents are getting old; without me by their side to take care of them, how could I be at ease?"

"Gangdao is too far from Sijiucheng."

"If I go to Gangdao this time, we won't know when we'll see each other again."

Lin Shengli: "Don't think too much about it; if we're fated to meet, we will."

"When I have free time, I'll find a moment to come see you."

Lou Xiao'e happily said: "That's what you said."

"I've remembered it."

"Shengli, I've also thought about it; if I go this time, I might give birth in Gangdao."

"But don't worry, I will certainly raise our child well into adulthood."

Lin Shengli thought for a moment and said: "I'll try to be there when the time comes to accompany you in Gangdao for the birth."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said: "Just having that intention from you is enough to satisfy me."

Lin Shengli: "Remember, you are my woman."

Lou Xiao'e bit her lip, nodded slightly, and said:

"Mm, I will always remember it."

Lin Shengli: "As I told you, this domestic trend will take many years to end."

"Whether you're in Gangdao or elsewhere, that place is safe."

"First, steady your footing."

"Who knows, maybe later I'll bring the whole family to rely on you."

Lou Xiao'e: "That probably won't happen, right?"

"You have the Great Leader watching over you."

Lin Shengli: "Hard to say; we'll take it step by step."