The unattainable beauty was driven to depravity and madness by a wicked seed.

Shen Qinghuai got slapped again.

Lu Sui was extremely shy, and he kept asking questions without any sense of propriety. Despite the lingering sensation of the slap, he went to the bedroom to pull the carpet to the bathroom to wash it. The rose pattern on it had become somewhat stained. When he looked up and saw the bathtub, sink, and tiles, his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

After washing and wringing out the clothes, thinking that Lu Sui might have messed them up by hiding them in the closet, he opened the closet. The clothes inside were neat and tidy, without any signs of being crushed.

"So it wasn't hidden here. Then where was it hidden... under the bed?"

"Shen Qinghuai".

"Hmm?" Shen Qinghuai heard Lu Sui call him, closed the wardrobe, and went out. "What's wrong?"

"Have a meal."

"it is good."

After dinner, Shen Qinghuai took the carpet to the balcony to air it out. Lu Sui was sunbathing on a recliner next to him. He seemed to have ADHD. Whenever he saw Lu Sui, he couldn't help but go up and hug him. In other words, he was deliberately bothering him and wanted Lu Sui to pay attention to him.

"Are you full?" Shen Qinghuai picked up Lu Sui, sat on the recliner, and placed him on his lap. Feeling Lu Sui's weight pressing against him, he sighed, lifted Lu Sui's clothes, and rubbed his belly, which felt as smooth as mutton fat jade. His voice became slightly magnetic. "Still so thin."

"I've gained ten pounds."

"I should gain another 20 pounds."

Lu Sui said, "You won't be able to carry it."

Shen Qinghuai chuckled, "I held you and moved you up and down for an hour last night—"

"Shut up." Lu Sui bit Shen Qinghuai's chest, hearing him let out a muffled groan, then bit him again in the symmetrical spot, starting to bully him, "Don't say things like that, or I'll bite you again."

"I'm not going to say anything more, but even if you gain another 20 pounds, I can still carry you. Otherwise, I'm always worried that I'll make you unable to breathe."

Shen Qinghuai couldn't hold on any longer and bent over to rest for a while. Lu Sui said he was too heavy, so usually he would hold Lu Sui on his lap or trap him between his chest and the back of the bed. Last night in the bathroom was the first time he had held him like that.

"Want to play hide-and-seek? You hide, and I'll find you."

"Can't I sunbathe on your lap?"

Lu Sui is now using more and more questions and no longer insists on using declarative sentences.

"Of course we can." Shen Qinghuai carried Lu Sui to the sofa to get a light blanket, then returned to the balcony lounge chair and covered Lu Sui with it. "It's 12:30 now. We'll go to school at 2:00. You can go to sleep."

Lu Sui yawned, her eyes glistening with moisture, and nuzzled Shen Qinghuai's chin, saying, "I want to pat you."

"Okay." Shen Qinghuai obediently patted Lu Sui's outer thigh intermittently. He set his alarm and soon fell asleep himself.

These past few days, Tan Manxiang and Pang Nanxing have been kept in their room by Chen Yunting, and their meals have been delivered to them by their housekeeper.

Having raised someone else's son for over ten years, Chen Yunting felt utterly ashamed. Whenever he saw Tan Manxiang, he felt like the green grass on his head was growing even stronger. But he couldn't just throw them both out and let others see them; he didn't know how to fabricate rumors.

Chen Yunting instructed his assistant to draft a divorce agreement and had all of Tan Manxiang's assets investigated. It was discovered that she had secretly bought two villas and transferred 700 million yuan behind Chen Yunting's back.

Chen Yunting wouldn't give Tan Manxiang a single penny of these things. She cheated on him and still wanted to get benefits from him? There's no such thing as a free lunch! Chen Yunting wasn't the kind of person who would let a light slap go unpunished, especially since this wasn't a light slap at all. He would take it very seriously!

He divorced Tan Manxiang directly, leaving her with nothing. As for Pang Nanxing, naturally, whoever's son he is, should raise him. He wouldn't keep him under his nose and let him itch all over.

Once they left the Chen family, they were strangers from then on. Chen Yunting bought Tan Manxiang a plane ticket to Bal, had the driver take her and Pang Nanxing to the airport, and left her 10 yuan in cash, which was more than enough. He didn't let her take any of the jewelry he had bought for Tan Manxiang before.

After resolving the matter, Chen Yunting called Chen Jingmo and asked him to come back for dinner to strengthen their father-son bond. Chen Jingmo hummed in response and hung up. It wasn't that he didn't want to say something else to appear more filial, but rather that Shi Qianqiu was drunk and kissing him, and he couldn't push him away no matter what.

The Lu family's old residence.

Lu Tonghai was practicing Tai Chi in the courtyard. He was getting old and needed to take care of his health, otherwise he would die quickly. After finishing one round, the butler handed him a towel, which he used to wipe his sweat. He then sat in the courtyard and drank hot tea.

Lu Xingchen arrived shortly after, bringing some tonics and a set of fine teaware he had found online.

The tea set caught Lu Tonghai's eye. He picked it up and examined it. "Did you need something?"

"Grandpa, look at what you're saying, can't it be that I miss you?" Lu Xingchen stood up and tentatively massaged Lu Tonghai's shoulders. "Ahem, I heard that Lu Sui is in a relationship."

"Who told you that?" Lu Tonghai put down his cup. "What does it have to do with you if he's in a relationship?"

Lu Xingchen's smile froze on her face, her voice slightly soft, "It has nothing to do with me, but he found a boyfriend..."

Lu Tonghai's expression didn't change much. "Boyfriend?"

"Yes, yes, that's right." Lu Xingchen showed Lu Tonghai the photos on her phone.

There are two photos in total. One is of Shen Qinghuai kissing Lu Sui on the forehead, and the other is of Shen Qinghuai holding Lu Sui's hand.

The location was a shopping mall parking lot not far from Lu Sui's apartment. Lu Xingchen couldn't enter the complex, so he could only wait outside. He had heard that Lu Sui was dating Shen Qinghuai, and he finally found evidence.

"Did you spend several days taking these photos?"

Lu Xingchen's eyes flickered slightly. To make himself appear hardworking and patient, he said, "About half a month."

"Ha, half a month? You'd be better off learning from your dad how to coordinate with factories."

Lu Tonghai's noticeably cold voice sent shivers down Lu Xingchen's spine. He was already afraid of Lu Tonghai, and now he stammered for a long time, unable to utter a complete sentence, "Actually, it wasn't that long."

"It's none of your business what kind of relationship you have, and who you have it with."

Lu Xingchen panicked, "But what if they get photographed and the photos are posted online? Our Lu family's stock—"

"Lu Xingchen!" Lu Yunshen hurried along. Last night, Lu Xingchen showed him the photos, and he guessed that Lu Xingchen would come to complain to Lu Tonghai today. Damn it, he didn't keep an eye on him for a second and he ran off.

Lu Sui is a gold nugget to Lu Tonghai, a precious gold nugget, while Lu Xingchen is at most a fart, yet he insists on getting close to him.

Before Lu Yun Shen could speak, Lu Tong Hai gave him a cold glare. Seeing Lu Tong Hai return to the living room, he kicked Lu Xing Chen, saying, "What's wrong with you? Why are you always so free? Go to Lu Hai and discuss the cooperation. If you can't close the deal, don't come back!"

Lu Tonghai returned to the bedroom. He turned the protrusion at the head of the bed, and the floor-standing wardrobe moved automatically. In the center of the wardrobe was a large cylindrical transparent glass, which was sealed. Inside was Xu Banmeng, his wife of thirty or forty years, who was preserved in a vat of fu-ma-li. Her appearance was completely preserved.