MPLB-47.1

Zhan did not expect that when he started to doubt Liying, Liying would actually take the initiative to come to meet him.

“Second Young Master wants to see me?” Liying came for him, which was a little beyond Zhan’s expectation.

“I know that this request may be a bit unreasonable for you, but I really have no other choice now.”

Liying poured her a cup of tea, waited for the waiter to order the meal, and then she looked at Zhan.

“Ever since he knew that Yibo was going to take over the position of president of the group, he had been drinking wine.”

“At first, I thought he drank because he was jealous and angry, but after I found that he was in so much pain because of you.”

Zhan didn’t say anything. In fact, Haoxuan really liked his other self.

But in his opinion, this kind of love was just out of a rich man’s desire to have a relationship with a woman or ger.

The so-called true love was simply impossible.

“You’re his angel. He really likes you. I’ve never seen him was so obsessed with anyone.”

Liying wanted to hold Zhan’s hand, but Zhan dodged.

She was a little embarrassed and hurriedly said, “Sorry, I won’t touch you. Don’t mind, I’m just… just a little anxious. For the sake of a mother who is worried for her son, I…”

“You went to see the Old Madam in the morning of the accident, didn’t you?” Zhan suddenly asked.

Liying was stunned, with her expression changed.

She was obviously hesitant, but in the end, she still nodded.

“I thought no one would mention this. Did Sushi tell you? Did you go find her?”

“Why did you fire Sushi? Just because you don’t want her to mention that you met the Old Madam?”

There was no unnecessary expression on his fair face.

People couldn’t know if he was asking suspiciously or reproachfully. Or, what were his intentions?

Liying looked at him quietly for a few seconds before saying, “Part of the reason is that I really don’t like the fact that I’ve seen her being brought up.”

Zhan did not say anything. Liying added, “The life in a wealthy family is not so easy. Occasionally, a few matters of right and wrong may be enough to knock you down.”

“Unintentional people will suspect each other and those who have an intention will create trouble. In short, living in such a wealthy family, you should know that less is better than more.”

“So First Madam Wang, you think that I’m someone with an intention or not?” Zhan asked expressionlessly.

Liying smiled and looked at him, “It seems that you are still brooding over this question.”

She poured herself some tea.

She came to see Zhan today to have a good talk with him.

“I didn’t harm the Old Madam, and I didn’t have any reason to harm her.”

Liying’s words were interrupted by Zhan.

“Then, you have no reason to harm me, don’t you?”

“You?” Liying was stunned and met his gaze.

Two seconds later, she suddenly laughed loudly. “So you think that I met the Old Madam in order to frame you?”

Zhan did not say anything. His fingers held fast the cup gradually.

Liying stopped smiling, but her expression was not serious.

“Actually, I really don’t have much affection for old Madam. However, killing people is a crime. There isn’t such a big hatred between you and me that I have to take such a big risk in order to frame you.”

Zhan did not comment on this. He did not feel that there was such a big hatred between himself and Liying.

However, what Enjie said in the mental hospital lingered in his mind.

The crazy Enjie once said that the person who gave her the news of Zhan’s entanglement with Haikuan in the Wang family was Liying.

At that time, his first feeling was that Enjie was deliberately slandering a good person and hiding the truth.

But now, he didn’t know if his thought was right or not.

“Zhan, I don’t know what made you so prejudiced against me? Is it because of Lusi matter?”

Liying held the cup and looked at the tea water with a slightly dim expression.

“Lusi is my brother’s most precious daughter. I have loved her very much since she was young.”

Her eyebrows showed frustration and helplessness, which looked authentic.

“If you were me, after knowing that the hands of your family member have been destroyed, you would be like me. You can’t help but be angry and vent your anger.”

“However, I also calmed down afterwards. I knew that it must be Lusi’s fault, because Yibo is a person who knows how to reward and punish. If she hadn’t provoked him, he wouldn’t have treated her like that.”

Liying sighed. She picked up the cup and took a sip.

“Everyone has impulses. I’m just a mortal too. Zhan”

“You haven’t told me why you met the Old Madam that day.”

Zhan stared at her face all the time, keeping observing any expression on Liying’s face.

“It’s about Yangzi.” Liying frankly accepted his gaze and even met his gaze.

“Actually, I know that it must be the Old Madam’s intention for Yangzi to live in the Jingshi Pavilion.”

Yibo had always disliked being close to women. If it weren’t for someone telling him to, he wouldn’t have agreed to let Yangzi live in his own place.

However, did the Old Madam know what kind of person Yangzi was?

“I don’t know if you know anything about your sister’s previous relationship with Haoxuan, but as a mother, I do know a bit.”

“I’ve always told Haoxuan that this woman’s target is not him. She just used him to get close to Yibo, but he wouldn’t listen.”

The waiter brought two pastries. Zhan held a small fork and suddenly felt that he had an appetite.

“Yangzi and Haoxuan was a couple before, and now she stayed with Yibo. As the first Madam of the Wang family, I don’t think this is a good thing.”

Liying was not interested in the desserts that only little girls and boys liked. She pushed the pastries away.

“So, I went to the Old Madam and told her the matter of Yangzi and Haoxuan.”

“Did she say anything to you?”

“You want to know?” Liying smiled and leaned against the back of the chair, looking at him

“Zhan, I’ve already told you too many things, but you still haven’t agreed to me.”

“Since you don’t like Yangzi, who had a relationship with Haoxuan but tried to please Young Master Wang, then why do you want me to look for Haoxuan now?”

As the first Madam of the Wang family, it was not what she should do. Asking the same ger to hook up with the two brothers? Is there something wrong with her mind?

“That’s different. Yangzi is the one who takes the initiative, but you are not.” Liying smiled.

She put down the cup and looked at Zhan. “Most importantly, I really have no means to persuade my son.”

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This was the first time Zhan had entered the Wang family since the Old Madam’s accident.

Because Old Master Wang had once said that it was just an accident.

Therefore, even though the servant was a little surprised to see Zhan, his appearance did not cause much noise.

Liying first took him to the backyard and took a sightseeing bus to the place where they could have a view of the flowers and rockeries.

The lake was completely filled up, with flowers, plants, and trees growing on it. They were all newly planted.

It would still take years for them to be lush. The scenery was quite different from what it had been.

Everything was changed.

“Well, I brought you here. Shouldn’t you come with me to see Haoxuan?”

Worried about her son, Liying wished that Zhan would go immediately.

Zhan’s gaze was retracted from the site of the pond, and his tightly clenched fingers loosened.

“Alright,” he said indifferently.

The sightseeing bus turned around and headed towards the Pavilion where Haoxuan lived.

Haoxuan had indeed been drinking heavily these days, and Liying let him go because old Master Wang was not at home these days.

“Where’s Haoxuan?” Liying asked as she walked in.

The maid immediately replied, “In the room.”

Liying glanced at Zhan and took the lead upstairs.

Zhan ignored the surprised gaze of the maid and followed behind her.

Liying went upstairs and pushed open Haoxuan’s door.

The moment she opened the door, the smell of alcohol rushed into his nose, causing everyone to feel slightly drunk.

To say that Haoxuan was drunk for him, Zhan did not believe it.

For someone like Haoxuan, women and ger were no different from clothes.

He only missed it when he couldn’t get it.

Liying walked in and saw him lying on the bed.

In these days, even the maid did not dare to approach him.

He was either drinking or sleeping, and when he woke up, he continued drinking.

He was completely decadent!

Everyone thought that Haoxuan was so dispirited that he didn’t go to the company because Yibo had became the president.

Liying felt a little helpless and walked over, wanting to take the wine bottle from Haoxuan’s hand.

Unexpectedly, he was woken up by the shock. He snatched the bottle back and lifted it up to drink.

However, the bottle was completely empty. He drank for a while, but didn’t get a single drop of wine. He was immediately enraged.

“What are you still waiting for? Bring me wine!”

Liying forcefully pushed the empty wine bottle in his hand over and casually threw it aside.

“Son, look who’s here.”

“No! Bring me back some wine!” Haoxuan’s voice was hoarse, his hair messy, and his chin stubbly.

This was the first time Zhan had seen such a dispirited side of this noble young master since he met him.

It seemed that Yibo’s appointment as president had dealt him quite a blow.

However, Zhan did not have a good impression of Haoxuan, so he did not feel any heartache when he saw Haoxuan in such a sorry state.

However, Liying heart was extremely painful. Seeing Zhan’s expression, her heart also felt uncomfortable.

It could not be helped, her son was in pain.

She pushed Haoxuan and said softly, “Haoxuan, don’t you want to see Zhan? Mom brought him here for you, look.”

“Zhan?” Haoxuan slightly opened his eyes and looked in the direction where Liying pointed.

The boy at the door wore a plain white clothes and his long hair was casually draped behind his head. His face was fair, refreshing, and exquisite.

“Angel…” After sleeping for a few hours, although Haoxuan drank a lot before, he was still recovering a little.

In addition, when he saw the boy he had always dreamed of, the smell of alcohol instantly dissipated by more than half.

He immediately got up and walked towards Zhan.

Liying breathed a sigh of relief. This brat really liked Zhan so much.

As a mother, she was completely forgotten. Wasn’t that pitiful?

It’s true that when son grows up, he will forget his family!

Haoxuan walked to Zhan and wanted to reach out to touch him.

However, Zhan took a step back and stared at him with disgust. “Don’t touch me. You’re dirty.”

Haoxuan suddenly stopped and lowered his head to look at himself. There was actually a stain of red wine on his body.

He immediately became uncomfortable and stood in front of Zhan, looking helpless.

He really wanted to touch him, but boy thought he was dirty…

“Haoxuan, your body is indeed… a little dirty.”

When Liying saw that her son was awake, she hurriedly walked over and smiled. “Let’s go take a shower first. Don’t be disliked by boy.”

“Take a bath?” Haoxuan was clearly not fully awake.

He looked at Liying and then at Zhan.

He wanted to get close to Zhan but he continued to take half a step back. Haoxuan immediately disliked himself.

“Okay, I… I’m going to take a bath, but…”

He looked at Zhan hesitantly, as if he was very uneasy.

Mother always knows her son very much.

Liying immediately said, “Mom will watch him for you. He won’t leave, but if you don’t wash yourself clean, he might really be fumigated by your smell.”

“I… I’ll wash it immediately. Very quickly! Wait for me!”

Haoxuan had never been so nervous before. After smelling the scent of his body, he felt he actually smelled so bad!

He hasn’t taken a bath for two days. How could he meet anyone?

Let alone he wanted to see his angel! How could he meet him without taking a bath!

He immediately went to the bathroom. When the door was about to close, he didn’t forget to warn Liying, “Mom, you … you accompany him.”

“I know. I will definitely accompany him well. You should go take a bath quickly.”

After Haoxuan entered, Liying immediately let the maids in and tidied up his room as quickly as possible.

The sheets and blankets were completely changed.

Although Zhan still didn’t know Liying much, there was at least one thing he could see clearly.

That was, Liying loved her son very much, very very much.

“You saw him. Other than you, he doesn’t listen to anyone else.”

After instructing the maid to tidy up the room, she came to Zhan and helplessly said, “Zhan, can you please give him a few good words later?”

“It’s impossible for me to agree to go out with him.” Although he was touched by her mother’s love, Zhan could not back down on a matter of principle.

“I know!” Liying nodded and immediately explained, “I just hope you can think of a way to cheer him up. He’s like this now…”

She turned around and looked in the direction of the bathroom door, her gaze somewhat dim.

“Old Master and Shenhai haven’t been here for the past two days. They haven’t seen his decadent appearance yet. If his grandpa sees him, he will be unhappy.”

“What are the conditions?” Zhan was still a little cold.

Liying did not blame him for being so indifferent to her. After experiencing such a terrible thing, it was only natural for a boy to be on guard against anyone.

If Zhan was still an idiot now, then not only was he stupid, he was probably also an idiot.

She let out a sigh of relief and met his gaze.

“As long as my son can pull himself together, you can go in and out of the Old Madam’s back room whenever you want.”

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When Haoxuan came out of the bathroom, Zhan was not in the room.

He was so anxious that he almost forgot to wear his clothes and wanted to chase him out of the room.

But Liying tried to assure him that Zhan was downstairs in the lobby, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went downstairs.

In the side hall downstairs, Zhan was sitting at the dining table, drinking soup.

Seeing that he was still here, Haoxuan heaved a sigh of relief.

He wanted to go over, but he hesitated again.

He was a little panicked, afraid that he would frighten the boy, which made him immediately leave.

He had never bothered so much about someone. He was born as the second young master of the Wang family. In his life, countless women and ger had taken the initiative to approach him.

However, he had never been so nervous that his palms were sweating when he looked at him like this.

“Let’s go. The meal is ready.” Liying gently pushed him.

It was as if Haoxuan had regained his senses. After hesitating for a moment, he finally walked over.

After taking a shower, his mind finally came to its senses.

He walked across from Zhan and sat down, feeling a little stiff.

This man really annoyed him in the past. If it was a different occasion, Zhan doubted that he would laugh out loud.

Did anyone see Haoxuan so embarrassed? This was the first time he had seen it.

Zhan put down the bowl and looked up at him.

Haoxuan was shocked and almost wanted to look away, afraid that his gaze would frighten boy.

“Am I that scary?” Zhan said indifferently.

“No, I’m scary!” Haoxuan hurriedly explained.

Every time, boy had to run away from him, again and again. He had a bad impression of him.

In addition, when Zhan met him before, Haoxuan always sneered at him and even hurt him…

The more Haoxuan thought about it, the more he felt that he was a bastard in the past.

Now, in front of Zhan, he didn’t even have the courage to look at him.

“You… How are you doing recently? I heard that you’re sick. How are you?”

Haoxuan actually went to the hospital to see him, but Zhan had been unconscious, so he had no chance to see him.

Most importantly, at that time, YangYang’s men guarded the ward tightly, making it difficult to get close to it.

“Sure. I’m fine, right?”

Zhan did not really want to talk to this man, but Liying had always been at the side, looking at him with a pleading gaze.

He exhaled and said, “I heard you haven’t eaten for two days. Aren’t you hungry?”

Haoxuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer this question.

Zhan picked up his bowl and said, “Let’s have a meal.”

“… Alright, alright, let’s eat.”

Haoxuan picked up his chopsticks and looked up at him. “Is the food appetizing? If you don’t like it, I can let the chef…”

“I like it.” Zhan’s gaze fell on his chin.

Haoxuan always paid most attention to his appearance, but there were two bloody marks on his chin.

His beard was shaven. It was likely that in order to shave beard, he cut his chin carelessly.

Zhan didn’t know how to evaluate this man. When he was bad, he was really bad. But now, he was so stupid that people couldn’t hate him.

In the end, Zhan just turned to look at Liying and said, “Madam, please eat something.”

“Alright, let’s eat.” When Liying saw her son obediently picking up his chopsticks to eat, she felt a little sour.

She was a little jealous, but more gratified. Finally, her son started to eat something.

At the dining table, they didn’t say anything else.

A meal passed quietly.

Until Zhan put down the bowl and chopsticks, Haoxuan hurriedly put down the chopsticks, feeling a little nervous.

“Go…. go get something to drink?”

Now the meal was done. Was boy leaving?

Haoxuan didn’t know how Liying invited him back, but he knew that Zhan must hate this place.

Here, Yibo had abandoned him, and everyone had wrongly accused him of harming his grandmother.

This place had done him a lot of harm. Zhan must hate this place, didn’t he?

Liying glanced at Zhan and then stared at her son, “Zhan is fine tonight. Go back later. Let’s go sit in the hall.”

“Alright, let’s go sit in the lobby.” Haoxuan heaved a sigh of relief and immediately stood up to go to the hall.

Unexpectedly, there was something wrong with his footsteps. With a slap, he kicked something and fell to the ground with a thud.

“Haoxuan!” Liying was shocked and hurriedly went to help him.

“It’s fine. Don’t come over. I’m fine!” Haoxuan suddenly felt very embarrassed. He could not even walk!

Liying watched her son crawl up in a hurry, her mood extremely complicated.

This son… Alas, he really lost face. How could he be so nervous?

Haoxuan was really nervous. But what made him nervous was that he was afraid that Zhan would hate him even more.

His elegant demeanor of the past somehow completely disappeared tonight.

What if boy hated him even more and wanted to leave now?

Thinking about it, felt ashamed and hated the chair that tripped him!

“I… I didn’t mean to…”

“Pfft.”Zhan laughed. After enduring for a long time, he finally couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “Haha…”

Liying showed sympathy for her son. This time, he was going to be so embarrassed that he felt helpless, right?

“Well, Zhan…”

“It’s my fault.” Haoxuan lowered his head. He really hated himself to death. Why did he always do such a shameful thing in front of him?

His face flushed, but it gradually turned pale again.

Zhan restrained his laughter and looked at him, “Haoxuan, your alcohol tolerance is not good. Drink less next time. If you drink like this, you won’t be sober.”

“I…” Was it because he was drunk that he tripped over the chair?

This explanation could more or less save him some face.

Haoxuan heaved a sigh of relief and said depressingly, “In the future, I won’t drink so much…”

“Didn’t you go to the lobby for tea?” Liying waved her hand and the servants immediately went to prepare tea.

Liying supported Haoxuan and said softly, “Do as Zhan said. Drink less next time.”

“Alright.”

“Let’s go have some tea.”

After spending more than an hour together, Haoxuan gradually became relaxed from nervous at the beginning.

After drinking tea, he only looked at Zhan. He didn’t like to talk nor dare to speak nonsense.

It was only when Zhan was about to leave that he suddenly stood up and said, “I’ll send you off!”

“No need.” Zhan shook his head. “You drank wine. I don’t like drunk drivers.”

“I won’t! I… I’m just accompanying you. I’m not driving.”

Although Zhan kept refusing, Haoxuan still followed him into the car.

However, when they left, passing by the Jingshi Pavilion, they happened to see Yibo’s car coming back from the outside.

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