Middle-aged tycoon: Twins come knocking on his door when he goes home for Chinese New Year

The next morning, which was the third day of the Lunar New Year.

On this day that should have been joyous, for Li Menghan, the sky had fallen.

He woke up groggily in the hotel, and habitually reached for his phone, wanting to send Dai Yuqian a good morning message.

As a result, I immediately noticed an unread message on WeChat, sent at 2 a.m.

Dai Yuqian: [Menghan, I've thought about it all night, and I think we're still not right for each other. Let's break up. As for the iPhone 17 Pro Max you gave me, I'll send it back to you by courier.]

Li Menghan looked at the words, rubbed her eyes, and thought she was still half asleep and had misread them.

Even when he looked at it again, even if he stared so hard he felt like he was going to break through the screen, those words were still there, cold and indifferent.

He jumped out of bed and typed furiously, his fingers trembling, asking again:

【Sisi, are you kidding me? We were fine during dinner yesterday, why are you suddenly sending this? Did I do something wrong?】

The message was sent out, but it disappeared without a trace.

Li Menghan paced anxiously in her room and even made voice calls, but the calls were all rejected.

After a long while, Dai Yuqian finally replied with a message, her tone very curt:

I'm not joking, I'm serious. I've thought it through, and I know I'm not good enough for you. You're a good person and deserve better.

Li Menghan's heart broke upon seeing this, and she quickly replied:

What do you mean you're not good enough for me? In my heart, you're the best! I want you! This phone is yours now, no need to send it back!

However, no matter how many messages he sent after that, or even dozens of long posts trying to persuade her to stay, there was no further response from the other side.

Finally, when he sent the message again, he saw that red exclamation mark.

She deleted him.

Li Menghan slumped onto the bed, her phone slipping to the floor.

He didn't understand why.

Could it be because I insisted on bringing her to a hotel last night, making her feel that I didn't respect her?

Recalling Dai Yuqian's hurried and flustered departure last night, she even brought up her mother.

The more Li Menghan thought about it, the more she felt it was her own problem.

Her mother must have found out, scolded her, and forced her to break up with him, right?

A guy who's just heartbroken has such a peculiar way of thinking.

He would rather find a thousand faults in himself than think about whether the other person had done something to wrong him.

Even more unexpectedly, his girlfriend broke up with him because she was threatened and terrified.

Li Menghan spent the entire day in a daze.

He checked out of the hotel and went to Pinganli Community like he had lost his soul. He stood downstairs at Dai Yuqian's house for a long time, but didn't dare to go up and knock on the door, and didn't see anyone.

It wasn't until 6 p.m., when it was almost dark, that he returned to the Zhangjiazhai compound like a walking corpse.

He couldn't remember how he got back by car.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he found a small stool in a corner, sat down, lowered his head, and didn't say a word.

It was lunchtime, and everyone was gathered around eating, creating a lively atmosphere.

The conversation centered on the brother-in-law, Zhang Jianguo.

Because the visa application went smoothly, my older brother and sister-in-law will be taking Zixuan to the United States for medical treatment early the day after tomorrow.

Everyone was busy giving instructions and advice, and hardly anyone noticed Li Menghan in the corner.

Except for Li Ze.

Li Ze held his wine glass, his eyes sweeping over his son's distraught appearance, his mind perfectly clear.

But he didn't go over to comfort her.

Men, you know, they all have to go through this kind of thing at least once.

Trying to comfort him now, saying things like "there are plenty of fish in the sea," is just nonsense; this kid definitely won't listen.

He needs to suffer enough pain before he'll learn his lesson.

During the day, Li Ze took Zhang Ruoran to visit all the relatives in the village.

Along the way, he could clearly feel that Ruoran's attitude towards him had softened considerably.

She would even take the initiative to talk to him about the past when no one was around.

Even his daughter, Li Mengli, secretly told him that she thought her dad had a very good chance of winning her mom back this time.

Li Ze was mentally planning his next move.

The day after tomorrow, her brother-in-law's family will fly to the United States, and Zhang Ruoran will also be returning to Wuhan to prepare for work.

As for the two children, although school hasn't started yet, they still have to go back to Seoul University to prepare for the entrance exams.

Li Ze plans to move into the fully furnished house he bought next to Wuhan University with Ruoran and the children tomorrow.

Let the mother and her two children move in first to improve their living conditions.

After settling them in, he had an even more important plan.

He plans to take over a shop near the restaurant where Zhang Ruoran works.

Open a coffee shop or a flower shop or something.

In this way, he could "bump into" Ruoran every day and even pick her up from get off work.

Although he could inspect the work directly as the boss, that would be too high-profile and would put pressure on Ruoran.

This subtle and gradual approach is better.

Of course, opening a shop has to be done secretly; if Ruoran were told, she definitely wouldn't agree.

Dinner was coming to an end.

Everyone put down their chopsticks and started drinking tea and chatting.

At this moment, Zhang Ruoran finally realized that something was wrong with her son.

She watched as Li Menghan kept her head down, barely touching the cold rice in her bowl, clutching the cracked screen of her Mi 6 tightly in her hand.

Zhang Ruoran frowned and asked with concern:

"Menghan? What's wrong? You haven't said a word since you got back. Are you sick?"

Li Menghan stiffened, said nothing, and simply shook her head.

Li Mengli also went over and nudged her younger brother:

"Bro, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go to celebrate your anniversary with Sisi yesterday? Why do you look like a wilted eggplant?"

Upon hearing the name "XiXi," Li Menghan's defenses finally crumbled.

His eyes instantly reddened, and his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton.

Under repeated questioning from her mother and sister.

Li Menghan finally raised her head, her voice hoarse and filled with endless grievance as she said:

"Mom...Sister..."

"Sissi...she broke up with me."

As soon as those words were spoken, the once lively courtyard instantly fell silent.

Zhang Ruoran, Li Mengli, and all the uncles and aunts present looked at Li Menghan in surprise.

Especially Li Mengli, whose mouth was wide open:

"What? You broke up? You were fine yesterday!"