BXBX NOVEL Chapter 5
Li Yanchen did not really have to look hard to figure out that Lin Wan was planning to slip away. She had taken the first step and opened her heart. This might actually be good for her.
“Your name from the hot search has been removed,” he said. He turned to his sons. “You aren’t allowed to make things difficult for her again. Let’s go in. I bought breakfast.” Li Yanchen ‘s tone of voice invited no arguments.
He dragged his luggage with one hand and carried a steaming pack of breakfast in the other. The check-in tag was still on his luggage which meant he had rushed here the moment he had gotten off the plane.
Lin Wan’s gaze was focused on the man. Li Yanchen seemed to have a deadly magnetic field around him which made everyone listen when he spoke. Her feet followed him instinctively into the house.
When Li Zexuan heard his father warn them about not causing further difficulties for Lin Wan, his heart constricted in jealousy. Li Yanchen had made an exception for Lin Wan. He wasn’t here for them.
Li Zexin nodded. He only wanted to spend time with his father. Whether his father came here for his sons or for Lin Wan, he didn’t care as long as he got to follow him.
Li Zekai had a bright smile on his face. But he seethed in his heart that this woman had stolen his father’s love all for herself.
The three boys gobbled up their breakfast. When Assistant Qin used to buy them breakfast, they always had silly complaints: the skin of the meat was hard, the filling was too sticky, it was too oily, etc. But today, they ate with relish.
Lin Wan sat there, staring at them. They looked as though they had never seen a bun in their lives. They ate with gusto as if all this time she had starved them.
Li Yanchen handed Lin Wan the bean curd. “If you don’t want to eat the buns, you can eat this. It’s healthy. Some are sweet and some, salty. The livestream starts at seven. We will prepare after eating.”
Li Zexin had too much food in his mouth which he was trying hard to chew. “Are you going to stay with us till the end? Really?”
“Don’t you understand? He is here for Ms. Lin. As long as she doesn’t leave, he won’t either. He is protecting his wife,” said Li Zexuan. Li Yanchen and Lin Wan were stunned
“Then, Ms. Lin, you’re not allowed to leave.” Li Zexin looked at Lin Wan.
“On what basis?” Lin Wan admitted that Li Yanchen was indeed very handsome. However, she wasn’t a shallow person. Being handsome was not something that could be eaten to fill one’s stomach. Lin Wan didn’t think that he was here for her, anyway. The 10 Million Yuan penalty for being absent was not a huge amount for a rich person like him. The elites and celebrities wanted to protect their pride. He was here to save some face.
‘Is Lin Wan resisting?’ Li Yanchen ‘s eyebrows twitched. This was the first time he saw her reject something. He felt that she was different and finally becoming better.
Lin Wan regretted it the moment she said those three words. Even if the relationship between the original owner of the body and Li Yanchen was not that bad in the novel, she was too indifferent seeing her husband whom she hadn’t met for half a month. If she were to leave now, wouldn’t that be suspicious?
“Why should I listen to you? And who said I was leaving?” Lin Wan took the bean curd and started eating.
Half an hour before the live broadcast, fans from various families had already entered the live broadcast room.
[It’s finally going to start. I didn’t sleep all night, I wonder how Xuanxuan is.]
[Me too. That evil stepmother didn’t abuse our children after the stream ended, right?]
[You’re overthinking. Even if we’re not live-streamed, the festival group’s surveillance is thorough.]
[Is Li Yanchen here yet? Do you have the heart to see your wife treat your child like this?]
[I can’t bear to continue watching. Even if our Xuan wants to maintain his figure, he can’t just eat compressed biscuits every day. He is at the growing stage.]
[What’s the Festival Group thinking? Don’t they think that this kind of person will lower the show’s likability?]
[I’m going to Tutu’s House if this continues.]
Tutu was the nine-year-old son of Su Wei, the sponsor of ‘We Are Also Very Ordinary’. This time, Su Wei was on the show with his current girlfriend, Xu Xiaoxiao. His son was acting out and being very troublesome. Just last night, Xu Xiaoxiao had a hard time making pineapple rice for the family. But Tutu had disregarded her efforts and smashed the bowl on the floor.
Xu Xiaoxiao was neither disappointed nor annoyed. She had cleaned the dishes patiently and even asked Tutu what he wanted to eat. He was a naughty child, but everyone hoped he would get along with Xu Xiaoxiao.
[The women from the other four families, whether they are biological mothers, stepmothers, or future stepmothers, are not as irresponsible as Lin Wan. Who doesn’t place their children at the center of their hearts?]
[That’s right. If you’re an adult, yet you still bicker with a child, then you’re narrow-minded.]
[I was going to say that Lin Wan is still young so she doesn’t know these things, but Xu Xiaoxiao is much younger than her.]
[I can’t even find a reason. To be honest, if it wasn’t for Xuan, I wouldn’t have watched it.]
[Did you guys realize that all the negative news about Lin Wan has disappeared from the hot search?]
[I took a look and it’s true!]
[This woman isn’t as simple as she looks. Don’t bash her so badly. Be careful of your accounts. They might get banned.]
[Maybe she really doesn’t know how to cook. She just ate a sausage. Why is everyone freaking over that and badmouthing her?]
Suddenly, someone who spoke up for Lin Wan appeared on the bullet screen. For a moment, the whole audience was divided into two sides.
When Li Yanchen entered the village, he had already gone through multiple layers of security. Only after his identity was confirmed was he allowed in.
Everyone in the Festival Group received the news and had added a camera to the Li family’s courtyard.
The dispute within the Li family yesterday had pushed the variety show straight up to the third spot in the viewership ratings. With Li Yanchen ‘s presence today, it was possible for it to go all the way up to first. The director was overjoyed.
“Mr. Li, if you don’t want to appear on camera, we can just take a shot of your face for a few seconds and then pan it to your back.” The production team was afraid that too many shots might make Li Yanchen change his mind about participating.
“I don’t really mind.”
“Oh! Okay!” The staff was elated. “We promise to take a beautiful picture of your family.”
“Just turn the filter. That way, he will look younger than he is,” Lin Wan blurted out.
Li Yanchen touched the corner of his lips self-consciously. He hoped he didn’t have more wrinkles. He hadn’t gotten enough sleep because of the flight but when he had checked in the mirror, he had looked okay.
‘What’s there to fuss about? She is just joking.’
Lin Wan was actually joking. The man was 38 but he barely looked his age. As someone who took great care of her health and her skin, she knew when someone took great care of their skin.
However, Lin Wan did not understand. Even though the relationship between the original owner of the body and Li Yanchen was not at the forefront in the novel, the novel was still filled with the mention of ‘stepmother’. Even if there was no love, the family still existed. Why was the most basic relationship of her and her stepsons not given any serious mention?