Chapter 550 Sharp Tongue
“It happened years ago. Back when I was handling some matters in Lostaria, I just happened to save a beggar!” At that time, Li Heng didn’t think much about the beggar, who turned out to be Huo Ling. If she had not brought it up, Li Heng would have forgotten about it already.
Pei Huan nodded and laughed. “I see. Huo Ling still seems to idolize you!”
His stern gaze met Pei Huan’s eyes, and amusement filled his eyes. Especially when he heard her saying those words, he reached out to pat Pei Huan’s head. “What’s the matter? Are you jealous?”
“Jealous? What are you talking about?” Pei Huan scoffed. “You couldn’t possibly have thought that I’m jealous of a young girl!” She couldn’t help but slap Li Heng’s hand away and glare at him fiercely. “That girl is only fifteen or sixteen years old, okay? She’s still underage!”
Li Heng glanced at the hand that she had slapped away. A glint of playfulness flashed in his eyes as he sighed helplessly. “Ah… So it seems I’ve lost my charm! When my wife sees me with another woman, she isn’t jealous!”
“At least find a better-looking woman who poses a greater threat! Do you expect me to be jealous of an underage girl?” Pei Huan couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “Well, since you’ve brought her here, where is she supposed to stay?”
“Doesn’t the Li clan have a villa?”
“Oh, she’ll stay at the Li residence? All right, then!” Pei Huan was stunned. She didn’t have anything against the arrangement, but she questioned, “Huo Ling wouldn’t mind, right?”
“Why would she?” Li Heng didn’t seem to care for Huo Ling’s feelings. “Everything was okay in that period that I was gone. Am I right?”
“Yeah, everything was fine. It’s just that my sister-in-law is in a bad mood these days, and my brother is worried about her condition. Moreover, Shaoqing hasn’t gotten it checked out, and my brother doesn’t dare to let her take any tests. After all, she’s pregnant with two children!”
After she said those words, she started feeling uncomfortable and continued, “When did you say Huo Shenxing will come?” She wasn’t in a rush, but she was afraid that she couldn’t keep Shi Nuan and the rest waiting.
“There’s no need to hurry.” Li Heng knew what she was worried about. “We can get Huo Ling to settle down first. Then, we can go to the hospital to visit Chengyan!”
The car stopped outside the Li residence’s gate. Aunt Zhang had seen Li Heng’s car approaching from afar and quickly opened the door to welcome them. “Heng and Huan, welcome back! Oh, you’ve brought Bao too!”
“Aunt Zhang!” Pei Huan greeted Aunt Zhang with a smile on her face. “Thank you for your hard work!”
“It’s not hard work at all!” Aunt Zhang smiled and looked toward Li Heng. “Heng, you’re finally back.”
“Grandma!” Bao greeted sweetly. He broke away from Li Heng’s arms, stomped his little legs, and flung his arms open. “Grandma, carry me!”
“Ah… Okay, I’ll carry you!”
When Aunt Zhang saw Bao, her face lit up brightly, and she hurriedly reached out to bring him into her arms.
“Be careful!” Li Heng was worried that Bao would be too heavy for Aunt Zhang to hold. As such, he held onto Bao with one hand. “Aunt Zhang, let me carry him!”
“Heng, are you saying that I have no strength? Remember, when you were young, I was the one who carried you around! Don’t worry. I’ll be careful. I won’t drop him!” Aunt Zhang grew fonder of the little boy the longer she looked at him. “Bao looks just like you when you were younger, Heng! He’s like your carbon copy!”
Li Heng grinned from ear to ear. “Aunt Zhang, I’m just worried that he’s too heavy. You might hurt yourself.”
Although he said that, Aunt Zhang insisted on carrying Bao. Therefore, Li Heng could only give in.
As Aunt Zhang carried Bao inside, Bao could tell that she was getting tired. “Grandma, I can walk by myself!”
“You’re such a good child!” she said as she put him down. “Heng and Huan, would you two like to rest for a while first? I’m in the middle of cooking. The food will be ready in a little while.”
“Wow. It’s huge!” Just then, a clear voice sounded throughout the Li residence. The voice seemed to carry a hint of childishness in it. “Mr. Song, please bring my luggage in!”
The luggage in question was actually a small bag that Huo Ling decided to buy impromptu before boarding the plane.
Huo Ling walked in as if she owned the place. Wandering around, she looked at the space with a scrutinizing gaze before nodding. “Hmm. Not bad. This is not bad at all. It’s much better than my house!”
“Heng, this is?” Aunt Zhang was curious about the girl who had just entered. When she saw how comfortably she behaved, she couldn’t help but look toward Pei Huan.
Pei Huan smiled. “Aunt Zhang, please prepare a room for Ms. Huo later!”
Since Pei Huan instructed so, Aunt Zhang would naturally do it. “All right. I’ll prepare the room later. About Ms. Huo’s luggage…”
“Hey, hey! Heng, your house is huge, and it looks amazing!” Huo Ling exclaimed, rubbing her hands together. Her gaze then fell on Bao, and her eyes lit up. “Oh, what a cute little munchkin!”
Bao was rendered speechless.
Huo Ling approached to squeeze Bao’s cheeks, but he managed to slap her hands away. “Weirdo!”
Huo Ling was stunned.
She was starry-eyed. Although it hurt to be hit by Bao, on the account that he was cute and Li Heng’s child, she could tolerate it. “Heng, your baby is so cute! What do you say? Can I become his godmother?”
The corner of Pei Huan’s lips twitched. “That… Ms. Huo, you yourself are still a child!” Pei Huan thought that the girl’s imagination was quite absurd, but she could tell that she had no malicious intentions. Therefore, Pei Huan wasn’t worried about her.
“Goddess!” Huo Ling instantly rushed forward and grabbed Pei Huan’s hand. “Goddess, you must have had a myriad of achievements in your past life to have been able to meet such an excellent man like Heng!”
Pei Huan grew uncomfortable by Huo Ling’s sudden closeness and threw Li Heng a glance. He cleared his throat and signaled to Song Zhe. “Song Zhe, please bring Ms. Huo upstairs.” He paused for a while and continued, “Aunt Zhang, prepare the room on the north side for her!”
“Oh, okay!”
Although Li Heng didn’t say anything, Aunt Zhang could tell that Huo Ling must be quite impressive. If not, Li Heng wouldn’t have brought her to this house. “Ms. Huo, why don’t you go upstairs with Aunt Zhang?”
“Okay, okay!” Huo Ling nodded as she followed Aunt Zhang and Song Zhe. Suddenly, she stopped in front of the staircase. “Heng, you’re not allowed to leave, okay?”
Li Heng felt helpless. After Huo Ling left, he looked toward Pei Huan.
Pei Huan had been holding back her laughter. The situation was simply too hilarious. “People from the Huo family aren’t as difficult to interact with as the way people say so!”
The only thing Li Heng could do was sneer. Although Huo Ling was a bit stubborn, it didn’t mean that Huo Shenxing was as well. As a significant member of the Huo family and their most accomplished heir in the medical field, Huo Shenxing was truly more than what the rumors described.
During the time when Huo Ling followed Aunt Zhang upstairs, Li Heng went into the kitchen to cook. Aunt Zhang was almost done preparing the food, so he only cleaned up a little and made two more dishes. Meanwhile, Pei Huan was with Bao in the living room playing chess.
Bao might have been young, but he had high intelligence, a trait that he inherited from Li Heng. From a young age, he had shown to be much smarter than his peers. However, he didn’t like showing off, so at school, he mostly hid his skills.
By the time Pei Huan finished playing a few rounds with Bao, Li Heng came out of the kitchen. Untying his apron, he smiled faintly as he walked over to the two of them. He was surprised that they were evenly matched. “Bao’s chess skills have improved quite a bit.” At that, his gaze fell onto Bao’s chess pieces. He was stunned. “Who taught you this?”
“Mr. Pei!” Pei Huan lifted her gaze. She smiled a little helplessly. “Two days ago, we went to my brother’s office, and Mr. Pei was there recently. He played chess with Bao over the two days. Initially, Bao was not as skillful as I was, but now…” Even Pei Huan couldn’t help but sigh. “How high did you say Mr. Pei’s IQ was?”
“It’s not as high as you think!” Li Heng reached out to pat Bao’s head. “You’re pretty good at chess, but you can’t crush your opponent by using these extreme moves, okay?”
Bao raised his head and looked at Li Heng with a serious expression. “Daddy, Mr. Pei told me that playing chess was like doing business. You cannot give way to your opponent. Otherwise, you’ll bring about a disaster to yourself!”
Li Heng’s eyes darkened for a moment. He snorted and patted Bao’s head. “It’s not good to be playing so intensely when you’re still so young. Moreover, you’re playing against your mom. Shouldn’t you go easy on her?”
“Oh!” Bao pouted. “Okay.”
“Well, Bao is still a child!” When Pei Huan saw Bao drooping his head, her heart softened. She reached out and gently stroked his head. “It’s all right. It’s a game of chess. You can do your best! Don’t pay attention to me, okay?”
“But Daddy said I should go easy on you!” Bao thought seriously for a moment. “I’ll always go easy on you, Mommy. But if I’m playing with anyone else, I won’t hold back! Daddy, is that okay?” The little boy looked up. His soft, cute appearance was simply adorable.
“Yep!” Li Heng gently touched Bao’s forehead. “Remember, in the Li clan, no matter what, Mommy is the most important, okay?”
“Okay!”
“Li Heng, what are you teaching him?” Pei Huan couldn’t do anything when she saw her husband telling their child those words. Li Heng shot a bitter glance at her. “What’s wrong with teaching him to give way to my wife and his mother?”
“Great Mr. Li, the room is so comfortable!” Just then, Huo Ling skipped down the stairs. “Wow! It smells amazing, Great Mr. Li!”
Li Heng looked toward Huo Ling as she descended the stairs. Before, she had called him “Heng.” Now, she was calling him “Great Mr. Li.” “Call me Li Heng!” Li Heng chided.
“But Heng, you’re my savior!” Huo Ling seemed vexed. “How can these names reflect your valor and heroism?”
“What an idiot!” Bao had a sharp tongue. He must have inherited it from Li Heng.
