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

Li Ze's finger hovered over the top of the screen as he looked at those three words.

He hesitated, unsure whether to answer the call.

He knew very well that if he answered the phone at this moment, Zhang Ruoran and Li Mengli would be sitting opposite and next to him.

If he speaks, Zhang Ruoran will definitely hear him.

However, Li Ze thought about it again.

He never had any feelings for Bai Qianyue; Zhang Ruoran was the only one in his heart.

Since I haven't done anything wrong, I might as well answer the phone.

After all, if he took the phone outside to answer it, or hung up the phone and hid it, Zhang Ruoran would think he had something to hide, and that would make things worse.

After thinking it through, Li Ze pressed the answer button.

As soon as the call connected, Bai Qianyue's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Her voice was very gentle and sweet. She greeted them from the other end:

"Good evening, Li Ze. Have you eaten?"

Li Ze sat in the chair, his expression calm.

He spoke directly into the phone:

"Why are you calling me at this time?"

When Bai Qianyue heard Li Ze ask this question, her tone became somewhat resentful.

She said over there:

"Brother Li Ze, what you said really hurts. Can't I even call you?"

Li Ze glanced at Zhang Ruoran across from him, then spoke into his phone:

"Calling is fine, but we're not familiar with each other right now. It's inappropriate for you to call suddenly like this."

She retorted from the other end:

"We're not close now, but we were before, weren't we? We knew each other in college. Besides, it doesn't matter if we're not close now. We can call each other more often and chat more, and we'll gradually become familiar with each other, right?"

Li Ze felt a great headache when he heard these words.

He didn't want to waste time with Bai Qianyue, so he said directly:

"That makes sense, but I'm afraid Ruor might misunderstand. I don't want her to be upset if she hears this."

The moment those words were spoken, the air in the restaurant fell silent.

Zhang Ruoran and Li Mengli put down their chopsticks at the same time.

The mother and daughter looked up together, their eyes fixed on Li Ze.

Zhang Ruoran looked at the phone in Li Ze's hand and asked directly:

Who made the call?

Li Ze looked into Zhang Ruoran's eyes, and without any concealment, answered very frankly:

"It's Bai Qianyue."

Upon hearing the name Bai Qianyue, Zhang Ruoran's face immediately darkened.

She had initially thought dinner would be delicious, but now she suddenly had no appetite at all.

She kept her mouth tightly shut and glared angrily at Li Ze.

Li Mengli, sitting next to her, also frowned.

She looked at Li Ze and asked, with great confusion:

"Dad, why did Aunt Bai suddenly call you?"

Li Ze looked at his daughter, shook his head helplessly, and indicated that he didn't know the reason either.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Qianyue spoke again from the other end of the phone.

She seemed completely unconcerned about what Li Ze had just said.

Bai Qianyue said on the phone:

"Brother Li Ze, I'm calling you today to tell you something. I've opened a coffee shop in Han City Tiandi, right next to your flower shop. It will officially open tomorrow morning."

Li Ze was very surprised to hear this.

He knew that opening a store required finding a location, decorating, and hiring staff, which would take a lot of time.

He couldn't believe Bai Qianyue was so fast.

Li Ze asked into his phone:

"Are you kidding me?"

Bai Qianyue answered calmly from the other end:

"Do I sound like I'm joking? I'm serious."

Upon hearing this answer, Li Ze held his phone and fell completely silent.

He didn't know what to say.

At the same time, Bai Qianyue did not say anything more.

She only left one last sentence on the phone:

"I hope you can come to my shop for a cup of coffee tomorrow morning."

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

The phone emitted a "beep beep beep" sound.

Li Ze placed his phone on the table.

After hanging up the phone, the atmosphere at the dinner table became somewhat awkward.

No one spoke; only the pot of soup simmering in the kitchen made a faint sound.

Zhang Ruoran sat opposite him, her brows furrowed, her face dark, her eyes fixed on Li Ze.

Li Ze felt he couldn't sit still any longer.

He quickly explained to Zhang Ruoran what had just happened on the phone:

"Ruoran, let me explain. I really didn't know she would call at this time. And I only just heard about her opening a coffee shop next to mine over the phone. I really have no connection with her whatsoever."

However, after hearing his explanation, Zhang Ruoran only coldly replied with a single word:

"oh."

Upon hearing the word "oh," Li Ze panicked a little.

As a forty-year-old middle-aged man, he knew all too well what it meant when a woman said "oh".

This shows that Zhang Ruoran didn't listen to his explanation at all and was very angry.

Li Ze thought to himself, "Good heavens, he really has nothing to do with Bai Qianyue."

But Bai Qianyue insisted on making the call at this time and saying things that could be misunderstood, which only caused him a huge problem.

At this moment, Li Mengli, who was standing to the side looking at Li Ze, asked:

"Dad, since you have no relationship with that Aunt Bai, why don't you just block her phone number? That way she won't be able to call."

Li Ze looked at his daughter and sighed helplessly.

He said:

"If blocking people worked, I wouldn't need to change my phone number."

He then explained to his daughter:

"I'm using an encrypted satellite phone number. But she still managed to find me. This shows that the person behind her is very powerful. If I block her today, she can just use a new number and keep calling tomorrow. Blocking her doesn't solve the problem at all."

After listening to her father's explanation, Li Mengli understood the reasoning.

She nodded, said "Oh," and then said:

"You're right. That does make things quite troublesome."

Li Ze turned his head and looked at Zhang Ruoran again.

He felt he had to make Zhang Ruoran believe in him.

Li Ze explained to Zhang Ruoran very seriously:

"Ruoran, you have to believe me. Bai Qianyue and I are really fine. I'll go to the flower shop tomorrow and I absolutely won't go near her."

Zhang Ruoran watched Li Ze's earnest explanation, but her expression remained unchanged.

After a long while, she only replied with one word:

"oh."

Li Ze was completely out of options now.

He could only sit quietly in the chair and look at Zhang Ruoran.

Seeing her father's helpless expression, Li Mengli couldn't help but chuckle mischievously.

She said to Li Ze:

"Dad, you're in big trouble this time. You've run into a woman you just can't get rid of. I think you'll have to be careful every time you go to work at the flower shop from now on."

Li Ze could only shake his head helplessly as he listened to his daughter's sarcastic remarks.

He felt that nothing he said would make a difference.

However, just when Li Ze felt he couldn't eat dinner tonight...

Zhang Ruoran suddenly picked up her chopsticks and placed a piece of green vegetable in her bowl.

She looked at Li Ze, and her tone became more normal.

She said to Li Ze:

"I trust you."

Upon hearing these four words, Li Ze immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt his heartbeat finally return to normal.

As long as Zhang Ruoran is willing to believe him, he has nothing to worry about.

Li Ze quickly smiled and said to Zhang Ruoran, "Thank you, Ruoran. Let's eat quickly, the food is getting cold."

The family then picked up their bowls and chopsticks again and continued eating dinner.

However, Li Ze was thinking about something while eating.

He knew that Bai Qianyue's phone call tonight was clearly just a prelude.

The real trouble is yet to come.

Tomorrow morning, that newly opened coffee shop will be the real opening act.

The fact that Bai Qianyue was able to open a coffee shop overnight shows that she invested a lot of money.

She certainly wasn't just doing this to sell a few cups of coffee.

Li Ze sighed inwardly.

I wonder what Bai Qianyue will do then.