Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 49 How to Use a Voice Recorder?

Chapter 49: Chapter 49 How to Use a Voice Recorder?

After a night passed, Li Garden returned to its normal state.

Before descending the stairs, Li Zihan knocked on Tang Xiaowan’s door to remind her to get up, and then went to the dining room.

"Today is Friday, and tomorrow is Saturday."

Tang Xiaowan shouted three times before finally getting up to wash and dress.

Perhaps due to her good mood, she even applied some moisturizing lotion and changed into a floral long dress. She smelled fragrant and became much more ladylike.

Returning to Mei Garden was what she most wanted to do after her recovery, but it kept getting delayed and had nearly reached a month.

The reason was simple: first, she was truly afraid of dying; second, she was carefully watched by Li Zishen, who was lax outside but strict inside, making escape very difficult.

A few days earlier, she received the fourth card and began to feel an urgent need to return, even feeling that it was imperative.

"Floral prints are the prettiest!"

In front of the mirror, Tang Xiaowan made a victory sign, then leisurely walked out the door, still humming a little tune and carrying her small backpack.

"La la la, la la la..."

As she was singing delightfully, she suddenly heard a series of familiar scoldings—it was Li Wanshan.

Upon hearing his loud voice, Tang Xiaowan immediately got annoyed, quickly returned to her bedroom to grab some things, and when she came back down to the dining room, everyone had already begun eating porridge.

"Brother Li, how do you use this thing?"

Tang Xiaowan’s voice was coquettish, almost causing Li Zihan to burst out laughing.

Li Zishen, however, sat up straight: "What?"

"This thing! I found it and it seems quite pretty, look, isn’t it nice?"

"Yeah, it’s nice."

Before his words even finished, Tang Xiaowan had already extended the voice recorder in front of Li Wanshan, shook it intentionally a few times, and then swiftly took it to Li Zishen’s side.

Li Wanshan: "..."

What is this damn girl trying to do?

Did she record everything I just scolded Zishen about?

Damn it, I’ll settle this with you later!

At that moment, Li Wanshan was sitting right next to Tang Xiaowan’s usual spot, which meant he was very close to Li Zishen.

"Brother Li, do you know how to use this thing?"

Li Zishen, guessing Tang Xiaowan had more to follow, simply replied with two words: "No idea."

Just as he expected.

Tang Xiaowan frowned and started to randomly press buttons on the voice recorder: "Oops! Is it this one, oh no, probably this one, right?"

Instantly, a recording played.

"Boss Lai, I’ve already received the two cell phones, thank you for your generous help."

"That’s nothing, as long as you can gather evidence of Li Zishen’s misconduct, in addition to this twenty thousand deposit, I’ll give you another one hundred thousand after the job is done."

"What about my daughter’s school admission?"

"That’s a simple matter."

"You’re the boss, your word is your bond, right?"

"Of course."

Li Zihan looked intently at Li Zishen.

Fortunately, the servant responsible for serving dishes had already left, so now only a few of them were in the dining room.

Otherwise, rumors of discord in the Leng Family would have spread once more.

Li Wanshan stood up abruptly, looking as if he was about to devour someone, his eyes bloodshot and his mouth twitching slightly.

"Uncle."

Li Zishen quickly stood up and called out coldly, his eyes dark, and then he pulled Tang Xiaowan to his side, holding her hand tightly.

The message was very clear.

You’re an elder, and I can give you face, but this woman is mine—dare to touch her and see what happens!

In fact, the real reason Li Wanshan came to Li Garden this time was not just to exert his seniority and play the family card. He aimed to reclaim the shares he had lost.

Just last night, his phone was blown up with calls.

Originally in the afternoon, he had managed to stabilize those minor shareholders, promising to give them some small projects as compensation within a month.

Who would have known, they somehow got the news that Li Wanshan was at the end of his rope, having sold even the three roast duck restaurants.

The small project was probably just a pretext to appease them.

So, for the entire latter half of the night, Li Wanshan could find no peace, with one phone call following another, and he didn’t dare to turn off his phone.

In the past, to crush Li Zishen, he had colluded with those people, covertly carrying out many selfish schemes, truly making enemies he couldn’t afford to offend.

If they betrayed him, things would look ugly.

Unexpectedly, today at Li Garden, not only did he fail to get things done, but he also lost face in public.

The eviction wasn’t explicitly stated, but that was the gist.

Li Wanshan took a deep breath, suppressing his rage: "Zishen, your uncle has other matters to attend to, I must be going."

"Alright, we’ll discuss the shares some other time."

"No need."

As soon as Li Wanshan left the restaurant, Nanny Chen approached Li Yishen in a quiet voice: "Zishen, should I go out and check on him? We don’t want to upset the old man any further, it’s early morning, which looks bad."

"Yes, go ahead."

Nanny Chen nodded and left.

When Li Zishen was little, he once had a brush with danger from Li Wanshan due to talking back with just one sentence, mysteriously finding a snake in his backpack.

Thanks to Li Zishen’s courage, he hadn’t been frightened.

At this moment, Nanny Chen was worried about Tang Xiaowan.

Only after she saw Li Wanshan get into the car and leave the gates of Li Garden did she return to the restaurant.

"Sister-in-law, where did you get that from?"

Tang Xiaowan glanced at Li Zihan, stayed silent, and sat down in her regular spot.

Nanny Chen hurriedly cleared away Li Wanshan’s tableware to avoid discomfort: "Xiao Wan, do you want to continue with the lean meat porridge?"

"Mhm, thank you, Nanny Chen."

Li Zihan: "..."

Damn, is it just because I called her sister-in-law?

If I called her master, wouldn’t that expose the issue with the pocket money?

Ah, girls really are troublesome!

Despite all the commotion, Li Zishen didn’t say a word, just kept eating his millet porridge as if Li Wanshan had never been there.

Half an hour later, Bai Long drove Tang Xiaowan and Li Zihan to school, and tranquility returned to Li Garden.

...

In the study on the fourth floor.

Li Zishen was stamping newly renewed contracts.

Chen Xin stood by with the recording pen, a smile not quite a smile on his face, waiting.

He didn’t understand how Tang Xiaowan could have gotten hold of it.

Such a secretive matter must have involved Bai Long himself.

But no, that’s not right!

At that time, Bai Long was in Qingcheng looking into Mei Garden matters and couldn’t have been concerned with Wuyou Pavilion. Even if someone had been planted there, they couldn’t have gone into Li Wanshan’s office to record on site!

"Brother Shen, Lady Tang, she..."

"Before school started, she got it while shopping at the mall—caught a woman in the restroom."

As he said this, Li Zishen’s eyes shone with admiration.

He had always known that Tang Xiaowan was somewhat skilled in martial arts. Although it was just the basics, it was more than enough to handle ordinary people.

Regarding the recording pen, he realized that when Tang Xiaowan had entered, she hadn’t been holding anything, but when she came out, there was a black, cylindrical object in her hand.

Li Zishen had mistaken it for lipstick or mascara or something of the sort, but now, it turned out to be a recording pen.

The design was very unique, imported and hard to identify. Li Wanshan had indeed gone to great lengths to go against Li Zishen.

"Lady Tang is quite impressive!"

Li Zishen’s eyes lowered as he replied softly, "Impressive how? She’s just a kid stirring up trouble, giving people more to worry about."

He seemed to be criticizing, yet there was a hint of indulgence!

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