Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 218: Naughty from a Young Age

Chapter 218: Chapter 218: Naughty from a Young Age

Acquiring a few small companies wasn’t the goal for Li Zishen, just like Li Wanshan said, selling to others would be bad for the Li Family’s reputation.

Their own people taking over was merely a transfer.

He glanced at his wristwatch, thinking that Tang Xiaowan should have arrived at Jinyuan by now. So, he picked up his phone to make a call, only then realizing the white phone he had given Tang Xiaowan had been tossed into Lotus Pond at Jinda University by Leng Lingxiao.

If it were in the past, with his decisive nature, he would have rushed over immediately and brought Tang Xiaowan back to Li Garden.

But now, he dared not act rashly.

Tang Xiaowan was no longer the vulnerable little thing who had just woken from an injury and would hide in the closet, feeling panicked in an unfamiliar environment, where he could arrange everything for her.

"Xiao Wan, will you reach out to me on your own? Will you? If I go to Jinyuan Academy to find you, would you invite me to sit down? Will you?"

"You won’t fall in love with Leng Lingxiao, definitely not, it’s just a small acquaintance, that isn’t love."

"It’s ’Me and You’ who are meant to be, only you’ve forgotten!"

Li Zishen stared at his phone, talking to himself, steadfastly believing that Tang Xiaowan loved him.

Suddenly, a message popped into view.

[Phone fell in water, call this number for important matters, don’t bother me otherwise, Xiao Wan.]

"I knew it, you couldn’t be that heartless, it must have been Leng Lingxiao who insisted on throwing it."

"Right, Xiao Wan? It must be."

Li Zishen read the message several times over, then saved the number in his phone, and left his office with a smile in his eyes.

Along the way, he even responded to greetings from employees, something unheard of before.

Happiness begets lightness of spirit, such is usually the case.

A casual word from Tang Xiaowan made Li Zishen happier than the acquisition of several companies.

...

Jinyuan Academy, Building 29.

"Why didn’t you ask Mr. Leng to join us for dinner, miss? It’s just a matter of an extra pair of chopsticks since he lives so close. You obviously like him!"

Wang Meijuan whispered a slew of complaints to Granny Yu.

"The miss didn’t say she liked Mr. Leng." Cheng Shi quickly finished his rice and left without another word or a backward glance.

"What does he mean by that?" Wang Meijuan looked puzzledly at Granny Yu.

"It means you should mind your own business!"

"Me, mind my own business? I’m just worried about the miss, Mr. Leng is such an outstanding man, we must act quickly before someone else snatches him up..."

"Eat your radish, have more."

With that, Granny Yu slowly pushed the shredded radish salad, a daily must-have for Tang Xiaowan, towards Wang Meijuan.

Refreshing and great with rice.

But Wang Meijuan disliked it, the type who would rather eat plain rice than try a bite.

"Granny Yu, fine, I’ll let it be, let’s eat, really."

"These things can’t be rushed, haha."

At this moment, on the second floor, Tang Xiaowan took a phone call.

She had brought lunch into her bedroom and was eating while chatting and admiring her little gadget.

"Long life, long life!"

Leng Lingxiao asked with a smile, "Don’t you like it?"

"No, no, it’s just a bit, hahaha, actually it’s quite nice, thank you. It’s just a bit tacky, hahaha."

Tang Xiaowan laughed heartily, the gadget spinning idly between her fingers, opening and closing with ease, every mechanism working smoothly.

"Do you plan to carry it with you all the time?" Leng Lingxiao leaned against the couch, playing with a brass lighter, asking with a smile.

"Yeah, whenever I see someone I don’t like... swish, swish, swish, show it off, wow, just thinking about it feels powerful. I’ll be a female hero!"

"You, always the same, mischievous since childhood, always on the verge of getting a spanking... wildly testing boundaries. If it weren’t for your cute and adorable appearance, big eyes twinkling, grandma might have tossed you out long ago."

"Nonsense, Cheng Shi said grandma adored me, whatever I want, I get, she would never..."

Tang Xiaowan stopped mid-sentence when she heard Leng Lingxiao laughing and unconsciously touched her nose, putting down the gadget: "Really? Grandma really thought about... tossing me out?"

"No, no, all jokes, who could bear it? You’re so adorable!"

"Isn’t that the same thing?"

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue. Actually, I meant to compliment you. But, as a child, you were indeed interesting. Every time we went to Mei Garden, if you weren’t co-conspirators with me to sneak into the kitchen for a snack, then you were climbing over walls to play outside."

"Psh, boring, I’m hanging up."

Annoyed, Tang Xiaowan abruptly hung up the phone and started nibbling on her roasted pork trotter.

She knew she wasn’t a ladylike figure, and what Leng Lingxiao said was true, but she just wouldn’t admit it – a girl’s innate pride had to be upheld.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came, followed by a loud shout.

"Miss, miss, you must come down and see, someone sent a huge basket of flowers, it’s full of red roses, so many!"

"Red roses?"

"Yes, a huge basket!"

Tang Xiaowan sprung to her feet at once, gazing steadily at Wang Meijuan, still holding the unfinished roasted pork trotter in her hand.

Could it be that guy?

Deliberate, heartfelt, looking to cause trouble?

"Miss, won’t you go down and look?" Wang Meijuan asked with a giggle.

"Go, of course I’ll go."

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