Chapter 39: He Jins Falling for a Badger Game 1 (1/2)

Chapter 39: He Jin's Falling for a Badger Game (1)

Translator: Dragon Rider

In He family.

He Changchun and his children were waiting at the front gate when Li Zong and He Zheng arrived. He Changchun believed that this was an indispensable courtesy for having Li Zong feel respected and valued and thus stay on good terms with He family.

With a smiling face, He Changchun watched as Li Zong got out of the vehicle. His phantom-face sores seemed to have already healed, and he looked much better. There was even cordiality in his voice. ”Supt. Li, I thought you would be delayed by congestion and arrive later, given that it's rush hour.”

Li Zong smiled out of courtesy.

He Zheng got out of the vehicle from the other side. Seeing the servile manner of this old man, he snorted contemptuously. His eyes swept across those behind He Changchun. Among Qiao Peiyu's three children, He Qin was the only one who went to the bother of keeping up a pretence of closeness, while He Jin and He Yu had a murderous look in their eyes when they saw He Zheng, as if they were anxious to eat him alive.

He Zheng's gaze rested on He Jin who clearly had put some efforts into dressing up. Unnoticeably, the corners of his mouth lifted briefly.

He Zheng's gaze moved away and with that he walked forward. ”I'm hungry.”

Upon saying this, he went through the gate first, ignoring all those behind him, which was very impertinent in the eyes of his father. He Changchun was very keen on face-saving. If it weren't for Li Zong's presence, he would definitely have flown into a temper and hurled a torrent of scolding at his son. Considering the particularity of this occasion, he had no choice but to let out a couple of apologetic laughs and said to Li Zong, ”Let's go inside. You must be hungry, too.”

He Yu was wearing a white suspender skirt and light make-up. Her looks were actually pretty good, otherwise there wouldn't have been that many admirers of her in the Tigers and Dragons Mountain. Seeing that Li Zong lagged behind talking with He Changchun, she deliberately slowed down.

”Elder Brother Li, it's been quite a while since the last time we met.” He Yu, like a fairly timid little girl, greeted Li Zong with a sweet smile.

Li Zong made no response, his face bland, which made He Yu feel somewhat under pressure.

He Yu secretly pumped herself up and stepped closer to Li Zong. She was wondering what she should say to resume the conversation when Li Zong, as if not having noticed her unusual expression, turned his face aside and said to the one walking in front, ”He Zheng, slow down a little bit.”

Upon saying that, he strode forward to catch up with He Zheng.

He Yu fell speechless.

With a wooden face, He Yu watched as Li Zong walked away. She had so much to say but Li Zong didn't give her the chance.

Qiao Peiyu had been covertly watching all this. She gave her embarrassed daughter a gentle push and reminded her in a low voice, ”Follow him.”

He Yu clenched her teeth and was just about to follow up when she saw Li Zong hold He Zheng's hand in an extremely natural manner. The couple rings they were wearing were giving off a faint light in the sun. He Yu was transfixed with shock, standing on the spot, her eyes glinting with anger.

He Yu felt that she had been humiliated. She had never tried to impress a man in such a humble way, but apparently Li Zong was intentionally doing all this to send her a message. As a result, she refused to follow them no matter how hard her mother tried to convince her.

Exasperated at her daughter's refusal to make good, Qiao Peiyu scolded her and then quickly walked forward to catch up with the others.

On a round dinner table in the dining room, a circle of exquisite dinnerware had been neatly placed.

Originally, He Zheng preferred not to dine with Qiao Peiyu and her children, because every time he dined with them, Qiao Peiyu would ”accidentally” anger He Zheng, and then Childe He would lose his temper and directly overturn the dinner table, and after that, He Zheng would end up eating in his room alone.

On this occasion, since He Zheng had come back with Li Zong, there was no way that he could get out of dining with them. And He Zheng didn't want his old man to be enraged by this matter, because he was looking forward to seeing what was going to happen next.