Chapter 249 So You Already Knew
Li Chengyan said calmly, "Knowing that you don't like her, she just doesn't like you. It's just that she hasn't been to the old house for a long time, so she came over to take a look. You don't have to care about her. I'll take her around."
Mrs. Li: ..."
She was stunned and looked at Li Chengyan in disbelief.
After a long time, she muttered, "This is my home, this is Li Family's Residence. She can come and see if she wants to. What does she think she is?"
The louder Mrs. Li spoke, the more excited he became. It seemed that he was really angry.
Li Chengyan frowned. He knew what his mother was angry about. Mrs. Li's identity had taken her most of her life to earn it. Living in this old house and dying in this old house was her greatest wish in this life.
But Qiao Ning said he was coming to visit. How could she not be in a hurry? Their mother-son relationship had always been like this. She was worried that she would indulge Qiao Ning and send her, Mrs. Li, out of the old house.
"Mother, you don't have to worry. She's just here to see if you feel uncomfortable. I'll let her walk by herself. I'll talk to you here." Li Chengyan said softly.
After all, he was the mother who raised him, and he couldn't be completely cruel.
Sure enough, his words made Mrs. Li look much better.
As long as her son was still by her side, as long as her son's heart was still on her side, that woman Qiao Ning could not figure out anything.
"Okay, talk to me! We haven't talked together for a long time." Mrs. Li said happily.
Because she was happy, she softened her attitude towards Qiao Ning and called the housekeeper to show her around.
"Don't lose it again. If you lock it somewhere else, no one will save you." Mrs. Li taunted with a pun.
Qiao Ning sneered, knowing that she was talking about being locked up in the attic last time. He left with the housekeeper without bothering her.
As soon as she left, Mrs. Li immediately ordered the servants to bring Li Chengyan's favorite tea and a few snacks. He smiled and flattered her, "How about this snack? I liked it the most when I was a child."
Li Chengyan picked it up, took a sip, put it down, and said, "It was all childhood. Mother, everyone will grow up."
Mrs. Li was stunned, not knowing what he meant by that. He frowned and sighed, "You're right. People grow up. You were so obedient when you were a child."
"I remember you said something to me before." Li Chengyan said, "At that time, you said that a person's life is actually very strange. When a child is young, the child has to listen to his parents. When the child grows up, the parents will come to rely on the child, and in turn, they have to listen to the child."
"Yes, I did say that." Mrs. Li's expression was a little stiff, and his smile was unnatural.
Li Chengyan sighed again, "So does mother have to rely on me now?"
Mrs. Li was stunned and nodded quickly, "Of course, my mother has been relying on you for a long time. Not only me, but the entire Li Family has to rely on you."
"Since that's the case, why should mother make things difficult for me and take out the past that she can't tell me?" Li Chengyan said coldly.
Mrs. Li shuddered, closed his eyes and sighed. Sure enough, he warned her.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have told Zhong Qing about this. But I heard that you've been actively preparing for the wedding. The wedding that was originally postponed is also planned to be held as planned. Are you really going to marry Ye Ziqing?" Mrs. Li couldn't help but ask curiously.
Li Chengyan said, "Of course, the invitations have been sent out. How could it be a joke?"
"But I see you haven't seen that Ye Ziqing for three days now. Instead, you hang out with this Qiao Ning every day. Now you're looking for a son for Qiao Ning in a big way. Who doesn't know in Feng City? Ye Ziqing still wants to marry you like this?"
Li Chengyan smiled faintly, "There's no need for mother to worry about this. I know it well."
Mrs. Li sighed again. This son of hers was too sensible to make her feel uneasy.
Although she knew that it was useless to say it, she couldn't help but say, "You've grown up. You can do whatever you want! But I heard that you're looking for Qiao Ning's son everywhere. You have to listen to me about this. Don't make it so public, or people will laugh at you if they find out. It's okay to keep such a woman around. Does our Li Family still have to raise children for others?"
"Mother, the missing child is mine." Li Chengyan said gloomily.
"What?" Mrs. Li was surprised and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
She had long known that Li Chengyan was looking for the child all over the world, but she had never thought about it or investigated it.
Because she felt that according to Li Chengyan's concern for Qiao Ning, he must have investigated Qiao Ning's family thoroughly as soon as Qiao Ning came back. If there was a problem with that child, he would have investigated it and brought the child to his side.
But after so long without any movement, she naturally thought that the child had nothing to do with the Li Family, and she never thought that the child would be Li Chengyan's.
"She... How is that possible? Didn't she say she had symptoms of infertility? How could she give birth to your child?" Mrs. Li said with a sullen face.
If that child was really a Li Family child, it meant that Qiao Ning was pregnant when he left Feng City. Mrs. Li could not help but shiver. She could not imagine how angry Li Chengyan was with her and why he had not sent her away for so many days.
"Don't you know if she has an infertile mother or not? That old chinese doctor... Do you really think I don't know?" Li Chengyan said gloomily.
Mrs. Li shuddered and his face became even paler.
"What? You knew? Impossible, impossible. If you had known, how would you have..." How could she have stayed until now?
"I know far more than you think, including you bribed an old chinese doctor to deceive Qiao Ning. Including you deliberately framed Qiao Ning and forced her to leave Feng City. Also including you taking advantage of my coma to change my mind. Even... I was never your biological son."
Mrs. Li: ..."
Her face could no longer be described as pale, but pale and miserable.
"The reason why I didn't come to question you was just to give you a chance. After all, you have nurtured me. No matter what, at the most critical moment, you still abandoned your own son and chose me. But this is the only time. Next time, I won't forgive you."
"Li Chengyan, so... So you knew." Qiao Ning suddenly kicked over a flowerpot and barged in, looking at Li Chengyan with a livid face.