Chapter 449 - Whose Child was That? (2/2)

Li Manni went in uninvited. The already-unpleasant atmosphere in the house became worse.

Cough. ”Cousin-in-law, come. Sit.”

Du Jingtang quickly shifted himself to make space for her, but he felt something was wrong. His auntie wasn't very happy at his cousin-in-law. That showed that he was in the dark about many other things.

”Thank you.” Li Manni sat down, but she felt uncomfortable the moment her buttocks touched the sofa. It felt as though the surface of the sofa was made of needles that were pricking her. She could neither sit, stand, nor wait in peace.

At the moment, no one was talking in the living room.

”I'll call my cousin down.” Du Jingtang ran up the stairs to get Chu Lui. His hand went to his other elbow. The atmosphere felt weird, and so were his feelings. Even the people downstairs were behaving strangely.

”Brother.” He knocked. ”Your wife is here.”

The door opened with a creak. Du Jingtang suddenly shuddered as Chu Lui came out.

Had something happened? Perhaps, it was worse than he had imagined.

”Bro, wait for me.” He followed quickly. It wasn't because he wanted to see what was happening, but he could feel that Chu Lui was not in a good mood. He was worried that his cousin might do something out of anger. He wanted to be there to pacify him.

His cousin-in-law was pregnant. She wouldn't be able to take his beating. Moreover, Du Jingtang was a grown man so he would be able to take a few blows.

”What are you doing here?” Chu Lui went downstairs with his hands inside his pockets. No one knew how tightly his hands had clenched into two balls of fists until it was hurting him. If he didn't do that, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't beat someone up.

Li Manni stood up and put a smile on her face. In the end, she looked worse than when she was crying.

”I wish to speak to you.”

”There is nothing for us to talk about.” Chu Lui outright rejected her. He didn't give her a chance.

”Chu Lui!” Li Manni shouted his name. This time, she laughed. It was for herself and the four years she had spent on him.

”Do you feel that it is not enough for one Xia Ruoxin? That's why you wanted to create another one?”

Cold sweat broke out on Du Jingtang's forehead. Gosh, why was she mentioning that woman's name and rubbing her own nose in it? She mustn't. Not in front of Chu Lui. Was she tired of living?

Chu Lui took his hands out of his pockets. He headed straight for Li Manni and looked down condescendingly at her. ”Tell me. Why are you comparing yourself with her? No matter what she did, she didn't make me a cuckold by bearing another man's child.”

Standing so close to him suddenly brought a sense of unexplainable danger to Li Manni. Instinctively, she cowered. Then, she looked at Chu Lui who had blocked the light from her face. She realized there was a deep loathing in his eyes. The chord in her heart snapped in that instant.