Chapter 631: You’re Two-timing

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Su Chenghui panicked and got out of the car without thinking. He went around to the other side of the car door and blocked Li Qianxue’s way.

“Qianxue, I know you won’t believe me. I also know that in your heart, I’m a person with no credibility, but you have no idea what’s going on now. You say that Xiang Caiping wants to steal your daughter, but even if you’re unhappy, you should at least investigate it first, right?”

“Do I still need to investigate?” Li Qianxue glared at Su Chenghui. “This is Qingsang and Huo Jinyao’s home. What is she doing here? What do we need to investigate? Isn’t she just trying to get back at me? To get back at me for stealing her man, to get back at Jinyao and Qingsang for sending Su Peizhen to prison? Isn’t that right?”

“If that’s the case, how could Qingsang treat her like that? You have to believe that Qingsang isn’t a brainless person.”

“She isn’t brainless, but she has one biggest flaw. She’s too sentimental.”

Li Qianxue looked at Su Chenghui. In fact, she didn’t understand where Su Qingsang inherited her temperament of never wanting to offend anyone and always being so trustful towards people.

Su Chenghui took a step forward and put his hand on Li Qianxue’s shoulder. “Qianxue, you know how sentimental Qingsang is. What do you want to do now? Chase Xiang Caiping away? Have you ever thought about Qingsang? I’m really not speaking up for Xiang Caiping. I just want to tell you that if you go up like this, you will make things difficult for Qingsang.”

“She’s also making things difficult for me.” Her face full of worry, Li Qianxue waved his hand away. “Su Chenghui, move aside.”

“Qingsang is pregnant.” Su Chenghui pressed her shoulder again. “Can you consider it as me begging you? Calm down first. Even if, even if you want to confront Xiang Caiping, can you wait until Qingsang isn’t around?”

Li Qianxue glared at him. She had fury burning in her chest, and that fury couldn’t be put out. Her chest rose and fell several times before she finally nodded heavily.

“Okay. I’ll wait.”

She turned around, opened the car door, and got into the car again. At this time, Su Chenghui also got into the car.

“Get out.” Li Qianxue didn’t give him any face at all. “I don’t want to see you.”

“Qianxue.” Su Chenghui reached out to hold her hand, but Li Qianxue avoided him. He sighed softly. “Do you think it’s more appropriate for me to ask? Let me help you this time, okay?”

“Help me? Or help your old lover?”

Li Qianxue’s words had always been blunt. Ever since the divorce, she had never been polite to Su Chenghui.

Su Chenghui was helpless, but he didn’t want to refute her anymore. “Qianxue, time will prove everything.”

Su Chenghui’s gaze looked very earnest at this moment. Li Qianxue could even see her own reflection in his eyes.

That gaze made Li Qianxue, who wanted to mock him, stop. She turned her face away and didn’t look at him anymore.

The car stopped at a nearby hotel. It was also a coincidence. Su Chenghui wanted to come here before, so he booked a room here.

He knew how Su Qingsang felt about him, so he didn’t think of staying at his son-in-law’s house. When Li Qianxue was about to go back to the hotel, he took away her ID.

“Su Chenghui, what are you doing?”

“I booked the presidential suite. There are three rooms. It’s enough for us to stay in. Don’t waste it.”

“I don’t know when I started to be able to stay in hotels without paying?”

Li Qianxue sneered and reached out to take the ID in Su Chenghui’s hand.

“Qianxue, I’ll go to Qingsang tomorrow and ask her about the situation. If you stay here, won’t you be the first to know the news?”

Su Chenghui admitted that he had selfish motives. In the past half a year, Li Qianxue avoided him like the plague. He knew that he deserved it, but he still hoped to have more opportunities to get close to Li Qianxue.

“I can also know if I’m staying in the room next to yours.” Li Qianxue stubbornly reached her hand out to him. “Give it back to me.”

“Qianxue.” The receptionist was still looking at them. Su Chenghui put her ID into his pocket and handed his ID to the receptionist.

“h.e.l.lo, I’ll take the key.”

“Su Chenghui.” Li Qianxue was always graceful, and she didn’t want to lose face in front of others. She approached Su Chenghui and lowered her voice with an unconcealed anger. “That’s enough. Don’t think that I’ll do everything you say just because I don’t go to Qingsang now.”

“I know.” Su Chenghui had been a scoundrel too many times today, and he didn’t mind being a scoundrel again. “I know you’re doing this for Qingsang’s sake. Let’s do it again.”

After getting the key, he put his arms around Li Qianxue’s shoulder and led her upstairs.

Li Qianxue’s expression was stiff until they entered the room. She stood at the door and refused to go any further.

Su Chenghui stood in front of her. He raised his hand towards the door behind Li Qianxue, and Li Qianxue instinctively stepped back. His hand was on the handle of the suitcase, and his body was a little stiff.

“Qianxue, I won’t do anything. You don’t have to worry.”

“I have nothing to worry about.” Li Qianxue’s expression didn’t change. Because of Su Chenghui’s words, she relaxed and pushed him gently. She walked past him and walked inside. “After all, you once said that everything about me makes you lose your appet.i.te. You’re not interested in me.”

Su Chenghui felt like he had been shot by an arrow. He stared at Li Qianxue’s graceful back figure with a bitter look on his face.

If he could go back in time, he would definitely wake up the Su Chenghui who had said those stupid words.

Li Qianxue entered the door, changed her clothes, and came out. She found Su Chenghui sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room. He stared out of the window in a daze.

Hearing the sound of Li Qianxue going out, he stood up.

“Qianxue? Where are you going?”

Li Qianxue stood up straight and her eyes were slightly cold. “Does it have anything to do with you?”

“Qianxue –”

“Su Chenghui, let me remind you that we’re divorced.”

Su Chenghui followed behind her. “Are you going to eat? Why don’t we go together?”

“There’s no need.” Li Qianxue didn’t stop. “If I see you, I won’t be able to eat.”

The moment she opened the door, she suddenly turned back to face Su Chenghui. “Also, didn’t you say that you’re going to Qingsang’s house to ask about the situation? Then go. I’ll only give you half a day to investigate the matter clearly. If you don’t have a definite answer for me tonight, then don’t blame me for personally going tomorrow and chasing that woman away from my daughter’s house.”

Su Chenghui stood there. When Li Qianxue was about to follow her, Li Qianxue closed the door with a bang. He was almost hit in the nose. He stopped and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

It was still Li Qianxue’s usual personality and M.O. He really missed her like this.

..

When Su Qingsang saw Su Chenghui, a flash of surprise appeared in her eyes.

“Dad?”

Why was he here?

“I came to see you.” Su Chenghui appeared a little awkward. He handed several bags to Su Qingsang. “These are for your health. I’ve asked the doctor and nutritionist. You can eat them.”

Su Qingsang looked at the bird nests in his hand and the nutritional supplements. She reached out and took them.

“Dad, come in.”

Su Chenghui entered the door and saw Xiang Caiping sitting in the living room. He knew Xiang Caiping was there, but when they really met, he still felt a little awkward.

When Xiang Caiping saw him, her face grew a little cold. She stood up. “I’ll help in the kitchen.”

Su Chenghui didn’t mind. After Su Qingsang’s greeting, he sat down on the sofa.

“Is the child okay? How are you?”

“I’m fine.” Su Qingsang’s stomach was slightly swollen. When she sat like this, one could tell she was pregnant.

Su Chenghui nodded and looked in the direction of the kitchen.

“Why is she here?”

“You mean Auntie Xiang?” Su Qingsang didn’t expect Su Chenghui to come to visit her, nor did she expect him to be opposed to Xiang Caiping.

“Yes. She…” Su Chenghui didn’t finish his sentence, but he believed that Su Qingsang understood what he was going to say.

“Last month, I had severe morning sickness. I threw up everything I ate. Huo Jinyao thought that I might be willing to eat Lin City’s local cuisine, so he asked Auntie to come over and cook for me.”

Su Qingsang explained briefly, and Su Chenghui couldn’t hide his concern. “How is it? Are you okay now? Are you still having morning sickness?”

“No.” Su Qingsang shook her head. “That’s strange. I haven’t thrown up since Auntie came.”

Su Chenghui was a little surprised. He had thought of many possibilities, but he didn’t expect it to be this one.

“You, she, then you guys –” Su Chenghui was thinking of a suitable way to say it. “Then she lives here now?”

“Yes.” Su Qingsang nodded, but Su Chenghui didn’t look too pleased with her affirmative answer. “Does, does your mother know?”

In fact, Li Qianxue already knew, but Su Chenghui didn’t believe that Su Qingsang would completely disregard Li Qianxue’s opinion.

“She doesn’t know.” Su Qingsang shook her head with a slightly ashamed expression. “I didn’t tell my mother. I knew she would be unhappy.”

“You knew she would be unhappy, yet you still –” Su Chenghui raised his voice but quickly lowered it again.

“Qingsang, I think what you’re doing is wrong.”

Su Qingsang lowered her head with a serious expression and didn’t respond. Su Chenghui didn’t believe that she didn’t know. “Haven’t you thought about your mother’s feelings? Qingsang, you’ll hurt her feelings.”

Su Qingsang understood what he said. Of course, she knew that she would be unhappy with Li Qianxue. She also knew that if Li Qianxue knew, she would definitely be angry.

But towards Xiang Caiping, she had a sense of guilt and uneasiness. She always felt that Xiang Caiping’s current situation had something to do with her. Even if she was non’t the one who directly caused her current situation.

In fact, she really wasn’t biased towards Xiang Caiping. However, she could feel that after Xiang Caiping came, she looked much more healthy and cheerful than before.

She was no longer engrossed in the matter of Su Peizhen’s imprisonment every day. She also no longer thought about how tragic her life was.

Su Qingsang was relieved to see that Xiang Caiping had become much more cheerful. Xiang Caiping was still young. She wasn’t even 50. She shouldn’t be depressed and miserable all the time.

She should also have her own life.

Xiang Caiping obviously became much more cheerful during this period of time. She was thinking about various recipes and how to make new desserts every day. She looked much more energetic than she did a month ago.

“I know,” Su Qingsang said in a low voice. “I haven’t thought of a good solution yet.”

Su Chenghui’s expression wasn’t very pleasant. He saw his own shadow in Su Qingsang. “You’re two-timing, aren’t you?”

“Dad, what are you talking about?”

Su Chenghui thought of Li Qianxue’s appearance today. Originally, it was only 30% heartache, but now it was 70% . There was still some part of him that understood Su Qingsang, but it was just a sense of understanding. He stood on Li Qianxue’s side, so he couldn’t let Su Qingsang be like this.

“Hire another chef. I’ll help you find someone who knows how to cook Lin City’s cuisine. Ask your Auntie to go back.”

“Dad?”

It wasn’t that Su Qingsang hadn’t thought of that option before, but she knew clearly that the problem had nothing to do with hiring a chef.

“It’s settled then.” In the end, Su Chenghui didn’t want Li Qianxue and Xiang Caiping to have conflict. Both of them were people he owed.

He wasn’t willing to let Xiang Caiping or Li Qianxue suffer. Now, he was even more unwilling to let Li Qianxue feel sorrow over Su Qingsang.

Su Qingsang was silent. Su Chenghui looked in the direction of the kitchen and stood up.

“Qingsang, sometimes, life is like a multiple choice question, and it’s either B or A. I didn’t understand it before and always thought that I could have it both ways, but now, I know that it’s impossible.”

After saying this, he turned around and left. Su Qingsang’s lips moved. She originally wanted to make him stay to dine together, but considering that he didn’t get along with Xiang Caiping, she didn’t say anything.

..

When Su Chenghui returned to the hotel, Li Qianxue had already returned after dinner. Her luggage had already been brought up by the chauffeur.

Inside were the gifts she had bought for Su Qingsang. She thought that she could give them to Su Qingsang today. She didn’t expect that things would turn out like this.

She casually placed the things in the room and asked room service to send a bottle of wine upstairs. She drank two gla.s.ses, but she couldn’t suppress the irritation.

When Su Chenghui entered the room, he saw Li Qianxue sitting on the sofa on the balcony while drinking.

“Qianxue?”

Su Chenghui walked to her and gently took the gla.s.s from her hand.

“Bring it here.” It was nightfall, but Su Chenghui hadn’t eaten yet. He looked at Li Qianxue, but he wasn’t hungry at all.

Putting the gla.s.s aside, Li Qianxue raised her head and glared at him. Her voice was very cold. “You took so long to come back. Did you ask clearly? Is it a misunderstanding?”

Su Chenghui remained silent. It wasn’t a misunderstanding. He knew.

Li Qianxue sneered and stood up. She looked at Su Chenghui with a cold gaze. She walked past him and was about to head to the room. Su Chenghui blocked in front of her at the right time.

“Qianxue, it’s not what you think.”

“Then what is it? Tell me. I’m listening.”

Su Chenghui didn’t know how to say it. He rubbed the s.p.a.ce between his eyebrows. He looked at Li Qianxue with worry and heartache.

“I asked Qingsang, and she said –”

Su Chenghui hesitantly repeated what Su Qingsang said. His voice a little weak, Su Chenghui said, “Her current situation is special. She didn’t really betray you or anything. Just treat it as if she hired a housekeeper or a chef who knows how to cook Lin City’s cuisine –”

Li Qianxue glared at him, so he couldn’t finish his sentence.

“Hired a housekeeper?” Li Qianxue sneered. “A chef?”

“Huo Jinyao’s family is too poor to hire a chef? Or is my daughter too poor to hire a housekeeper? Does she have to request Xiang Caiping to take care of her?”

Su Chenghui was speechless. Li Qianxue took a step forward and stood in front of Su Chenghui.

“Qianxue.”

Li Qianxue refused to accept this excuse. She sat back down and picked up the wine in front of her.

Su Chenghui followed her and sat down, then stopped her from drinking.

“Qianxue, stop drinking. Although Qingsang didn’t explain it in detail, I think it must have been very difficult for her when she was pregnant. You, try to understand her.”

Li Qianxue waved his hand away and downed the wine in the gla.s.s in one gulp. She sneered.

“I understand. I completely understand.”

She suddenly slammed the cup down with a bang. The coffee table shook from her actions. She stood up abruptly and looked at Su Chenghui.

“I’m not a good mother, am I?”

“Qianxue?”

“I’m not a good mother,” Li Qianxue emphasized. “I know, I know.”

Her face was red from drinking. She looked at the sky outside and thought about the past year and the past 20 years.

“I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I didn’t recognize my daughter immediately. I didn’t accompany her and protect her immediately.”

“I even let others bully her openly and secretly.”

Before that, Su Qingsang wasn’t her daughter. Why should she care about her thoughts and her situation?

“Qianxue?” Su Chenghui rarely saw Li Qianxue lose control like this. Every time he looked at her, his heart would ache.

“Up until now, I haven’t actually done anything for her. She doesn’t need money. Huo Jinyao has already given her enough status and prestige. I’ve given her what she doesn’t need. What she needs, I can’t give, so I’m a failure of a mother.”

“Qianxue, don’t say that.” Su Chenghui stood up as well. He wanted to get closer to Li Qianxue and give her some comfort, but Li Qianxue didn’t need such comfort.

Her eyes a little moist, she took a big step back.

“I really failed. I didn’t know about Qingsang’s pregnancy sickness at the first moment. In fact, she didn’t look well during that time, but every time she told me that she was fine, I believed that she was fine.”

“I also couldn’t be like Xiang Caiping, who knew how to cook delicious food and make her happy. I didn’t even know how to relieve her pregnancy sickness, because no one told me that back then.”

When she was pregnant with Su Qingsang, her morning sickness was severe, but she wanted to have the child. She wanted to have it like crazy, so she worked hard to overcome it. Although the process was difficult, she survived it.

Later, when she was pregnant with Su Yuxin, her morning sickness became worse. But at that time, who cared about her?

She couldn’t show it in front of her father. She couldn’t let her father worry. She couldn’t show it in front of Su Chenghui because Su Chenghui didn’t care.

She even saw the doctor secretly because that child was born without blessing.

Could that be blamed on her? She really didn’t know how to take care of people. Her diet and daily life had been taken care of since she was young. She was the heiress of the Li family. She couldn’t be like Xiang Caiping. That wasn’t her.

Feeling the pain of being slapped in the face, Su Chenghui simply stood there.

“I’m not a good mother, so what? She’s looking for someone else to be her mother now, right?”

“Qianxue, don’t be like this. Qingsang isn’t such a person.”

“She’s not, but I am.”

Li Qianxue looked at Su Chenghui. She had drunk some wine, but it wasn’t enough to make her drunk. However, she was depressed, and she needed to vent.

“It’s because I’m too domineering, because I always give people the feeling that I’m very tough, so she doesn’t need to care about my feelings. She thinks that I don’t care, and she thinks that I can survive everything.”

“Qianxue –” It wasn’t like that. Su Chenghui wanted to say it, but Li Qianxue didn’t give him a chance.

“Shut up.” Li Qianxue glared at Su Chenghui. Her gaze was filled with hatred. “You too. You all thought that I was very tough, and you all thought that I wouldn’t be hurt. You all thought that I wouldn’t feel pained, that I wouldn’t feel anguish. Therefore, you hurt me without any scruples. You two are indeed father and daughter. Even your thinking patterns are the same.”

“I didn’t.” Su Chenghui walked up to Li Qianxue. He really couldn’t stand seeing Li Qianxue like this. “Qianxue, I didn’t. Qingsang didn’t either.”

“She didn’t? If she didn’t, why would she let Xiang Caiping stay in her and Huo Jinyao’s home?” Li Qianxue looked at Su Chenghui. “You didn’t? But all this pain was brought to me by you. Su Chenghui, it was all you. It was all you.”

Wanting to give her some comfort, Su Chenghui reached out to hug her, but Li Qianxue didn’t need it. She struggled. Su Chenghui held her waist tightly and pulled her into his arms.

“Qianxue, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

Li Qianxue couldn’t break free. Her heart was filled with hatred. She opened her mouth and bit Su Chenghui’s shoulder.

Su Chenghui winced in pain. He was only wearing a s.h.i.+rt. The thin cloth made Li Qianxue taste the blood after a short while, but she refused to let go.

Su Chenghui could feel Li Qianxue’s anger. His shoulder was bleeding, but he didn’t push her away.

Li Qianxue bit until her gums were numb and painful. Only then did she finally let go.

Su Chenghui’s s.h.i.+rt was already stained with blood. He didn’t even wipe it. He gently patted Li Qianxue’s back.

“Qianxue, it’s all in the past. It’s all in the past. It’s okay. Don’t think about it anymore.”

“I can’t. Let me tell you, those things aren’t in the past.” Li Qianxue pushed him away, and her gaze was cold. “Su Chenghui, don’t say ‘sorry’ in front of me anymore. You don’t need to say that everything is in the past. To me, there will never be a past.”

She stood up straight and took a step back.

“Su Chenghui, do you know that every time I think about these things, I swear to myself that I will never, ever, ever forgive you in this life.”

After saying this, Li Qianxue went back to her room to rest.

Su Chenghui was left standing there with a defeated look on his face.

..

When Xiang Caiping opened the door, she thought that Su Qingsang had forgotten her keys. When she opened the door, she was stunned to see Li Qianxue standing outside. Her grip on the door handle suddenly tightened.

“…”

Her lips moved, but before she could react, Li Qianxue had already walked past her and entered the house.

Li Qianxue entered the house and looked around.

Huo Jinyao’s house was very big. Two houses collectively added up to a few hundred square meters. But now, this house had a different vibe.

There was a cup of tea on the coffee table and a few moulds on the dining table. Xiang Caiping bought the ingredients yesterday and started making mooncakes today.

Li Qianxue looked at the ingredients and slightly narrowed her eyes. She turned to face Xiang Caiping.