The Useless Stepmom Brings Her Kids to Reality TV Shows to Photograph Them

79 You Have to Be Careful Of Xu Xiaoxiao

Luo Xi couldn’t sit still. In a coffee shop in Sea City, Luo Xi was making coffee with one hand and using the other to tap on Lin Wan’s profile picture in his address book. He was pale with nervousness.

After hesitating for a while, he typed, “How have you been all these years?”

Although it was just a short sentence, he deleted it. He wrote it again and deleted it. He thought for a while before finally hitting send.

Lin Wan did not have the habit of looking at her phone when she was chatting with others, so she did not notice the WeChat notification.

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After waiting for half an hour without receiving a reply, Luo Xi suddenly felt suffocated. She still had not forgiven him.

All these years, Luo Xi had never dared to ask anything about Lin Wan. Even when he had found out that she was participating in a variety show, he had never opened the live stream because he did not dare look Lin Wan in the eye.

Ten years had passed, but he still couldn’t let it go. Even though Song Jing had added Lin Wan into the group chat a few days ago, Luo Xi had impulsively added her on WeChat, but he hadn’t dared to send her a message.

At eight in the morning on the top of Mount Lan, the four families and Festival Group discussed returning to the village.

In the village, at Tutu’s house, Xu Xiaoxiao woke up early and made a nice breakfast. Su Wei hugged her from behind. “I’ve told the Festival Group that we’ll be going back tonight.”

Xu Xiaoxiao took a bite of the shrimp congee and nodded.

“It’s eight. Go and wake Tutu up,” she said. She thought that the effects of the sleeping pills would have passed by now. “I made his favorite pumpkin pie.”

Su Wei whispered in Xu Xiaoxiao’s ear, “I thank you on behalf of Tutu. He’s so willful, but you still think of him.”

“Go on.” Xu Xiaoxiao pushed Su Wei away gently.

In the bedroom, Tutu was sleeping so soundly that Su Wei called him a few times before the child opened his eyes.

The boy’s mouth was dry, and his voice seemed hoarse. “Daddy, I’m thirsty.”

Su Wei picked up the water that Xu Xiaoxiao had left beside the bed and gave it to Tutu. Tutu took a few sips and recovered a little.

“We’ll be going back tonight. Does Tutu want to say goodbye to your friends? After breakfast, you can go and play with them.” Su Wei was obviously worried that Tutu would make things difficult for Xu Xiaoxiao, so he sent him away on purpose.

“Really? Will I be able to see grandma tonight? Dad, give grandma a call. I want to eat the beef dumplings she makes.” Tutu clapped its hands happily.

“Alright,” he said. Su Wei dialed his mother’s number and put her on speaker.

Tutu talked with Huo Meijun for a while.

After breakfast, Tutu went to Li Zekai’s house. Li Zekai had just come from Mount Lan and was resting in the courtyard.

“Tutu, why didn’t you come to see the sunrise? It was beautiful. I’ve never seen such a beautiful sun.” Li Zekai couldn’t wait to share what had happened on the mountain.

Tutu was shocked. “What? I didn’t know. Did you all go? Dad didn’t tell me. I went to bed very late last night. I just got up and ate a few bites and came to find you.”

“No one woke you up?” Li Zekai asked.

“No, I was sleeping very soundly.”

“Did you go to sleep after drinking your milk powder yesterday?” Li Zekai asked.

“Yes, I drink milk powder every day. Jiejie, dad will take me home tonight. Will we never see each other again? You have to send me messages.” Tutu held Li Zekai’s hand, reluctant to part ways.

“Tutu, will you be living with your grandma after you go back?”

“Yes, grandma prepared beef dumplings for me, and grandpa bought Ultraman for me. When I go back, dad will be busy with work again, so I will definitely stay at grandma’s house, but I like grandpa and grandma. They are very good to me.” Tutu jumped happily.

“That’s good. You have to be careful of Xu Xiaoxiao. If it’s only the two of you, don’t talk back to her,” warned Li Zekai in a low voice.

“Why?” Tutu didn’t understand.

“Be a good baby. Your stepmother will harm you otherwise, understand?” said Li Zekai. Lin Wan had warned him not to say anything without proper evidence but he wanted his friend to be safe.

“Okay. But grandma will protect me. Jiejie, come with me to find Anan and Wheatley. I’ll tell them that I’m leaving tonight.”

Even though Li Zekai’s legs were very sore, he went with Tutu. He went to the backyard to inform Li Yanchen. Then he took Tutu’s hand, and they went to Wheatley’s house.

[Are they going out to play? Li Zekai is so sensible. He even informed his father before leaving.]

[Jiejie has always been very sensible.]

[Did Li Yanchen fall asleep? He was obviously startled when Jiejie called him.]

[I knew it. The couple’s relationship is so good today. Something must have happened last night.]

[He must be exhausted.]

[And Lin Wan was in such good spirits. She’s actually holding onto her phone and not sleeping.]

Lin Wan was feeling sleepy after she left the mountain, but she saw Luo Xi’s message.

She replied, “Pretty good.”

In Sea City, Luo Xi, who received the reply, felt indescribable. The man’s palms were sweating. He stared at the two words in the dialog box for a long time. He wanted to ask her if she had been in Yun City all these years. Why was there no news of her? He wanted to apologize to her for not standing up for her back then. But he felt that it was too abrupt. After all, Lin Wan was already married.

After a long time, Luo Xi sent another message, “That’s good to know. Let’s meet up when we have the chance.”

“I’m going back to work, talk to you later.” Lin Wan did not understand the original owner’s past and was afraid that she would be exposed, so she found an excuse to end the conversation with Luo Xi.

She remembered Song Jing saying that Luo Xi was the school hunk and class monitor. At that time, many people liked him. ‘Could the original owner be one of them?’

Lin Wan checked Luo Xi’s story and found the latest highlights from three months ago. It was a picture of a coffee maker with the caption: If coffee can write poems, then who should I write it to?

One line further back, the friends section only showed the moments of the past six months.

Lin Wan sighed. “Don’t even think about finding a link in my WeChat moments. It’s strange. I’ve been in the group for a few days, but other than the class monitor, Luo Xi, no one has added me. What’s wrong with the original owner?”

Lin Wan suddenly thought of her QQ space. In her own world, she would always save everything in her space. She opened the encrypted photo album and saw a marriage agreement that pierced her eyes.

The agreement in short was an understanding that both parties will have no emotional involvement. The man was ready to accept the woman into his family because of her father. And the woman would have no obligation towards him or his children. The two parties would not interfere in each other’s private affairs.

Lin Wan zoomed in on the picture. She felt as if she was unable to breathe. There were a few lines of words below the picture.