Mr.President, Let's Get a Divorce
Chapter 322 - 325 Lili, are you really back?

Chapter 322: 325 Lili, are you really back?

Having gained nothing, Tang Xiaohua walked back. Wen Nian leaned against the car door, illuminated by a streetlight that cast a long, slanting shadow across him.

He still wore that hip-hop hat, but he had taken off the mask with the red lips design, attired in a hoodie, jeans, and the latest trendy sneakers.

Tang Xiaohua looked at him and laughed.

He reached out to her, asking her what made her laugh.

Tang Xiaohua shook her head, and one after another, they got into the car. Wen Nian sat right beside Tang Xiaohua, who hurried to switch seats, but Wen Nian firmly grasped her hand.

She didn’t dare make a noise, fearful that the driver would notice.

Throughout the ride, neither of them spoke. Wen Nian just held onto her hand, each lost in their thoughts.

Wen Nian didn’t know how she had changed her mind, her attitude towards him suddenly becoming positive. Was it because of the dress he sent her?

He didn’t ask at the moment. When they returned to President Mansion, Secretary Qu was waiting at the door. Seeing Wen Nian and Tang Xiaohua return together put his mind at ease!

"Mr. President."

"Secretary Qu, you’ve worked hard."

Wen Nian patted him on the shoulder, saying just that, and then dragged Tang Xiaohua upstairs, completely indifferent to the household servants watching them.

Tang Xiaohua felt awkward, but... in that moment, she really couldn’t bring herself to pull away from Wen Nian’s hand.

"Mr. President!"

Secretary Qu blinked, somewhat bewildered, but watching Wen Nian and Tang Xiaohua turn to go upstairs and almost disappearing, he quickly exclaimed,

"Let’s talk tomorrow!"

"Mr. President, such a big incident has occurred, the President Mansion should issue a timely response to the public!"

"You’re good at handling these matters, decide for yourself."

"But... Should we clarify about the President’s matters as well?"

Wen Nian paused, glanced at Tang Xiaohua, and then said to Secretary Qu, "Go ahead!"

"..."

Tang Xiaohua watched Wen Nian, voicing Secretary Qu’s uncertainty, "How will you explain it? Say you went to the cinema to meet with one of the President’s guards?"

"Secretary Qu will have the most reasonable explanation."

After saying this, Wen Nian no longer paid attention to Secretary Qu, dragging Tang Xiaohua to the third floor, pushed open the master bedroom door, pulled her in, closed the door with a backhand, and locked her against the door with his arms.

His movements were swift and clean.

Tang Xiaohua leaned against the door, still in her Armed Police Force uniform, and her casually tied hair had long come loose.

"Did you go and meet with Lu Ziqing?"

Wen Nian asked her in a hoarse voice, his head bowed.

Tang Xiaohua looked directly at him and nodded.

Wen Nian was stunned for a moment, "So you mean... it was I who interrupted your date?"

Tang Xiaohua thought for a moment and continued nodding.

Air trapped in Wen Nian’s chest, "The messages I sent you, you didn’t see them?"

"I saw them."

"And the birthday gift I sent you?"

"...I saw that too."

"So... you still chose to meet Lu Ziqing instead of keeping my appointment?"

Wen Nian’s gaze was intense, yet his pupils scattered with his confusion.

Tang Xiaohua watched him steadfastly, realizing she really hadn’t looked at him so closely in a very long time. It was truly a moment of wanting nothing else but to see him with all her heart.

Seeing the slight furrow between his brows, shaped into a firm "chuan," with a hint of displeasure, seeing his eyes fixed on her with intense focus, seeing his lips slightly pursed as if he wanted to speak yet hesitated, tinged with jealousy, and cautious...

She took off the hat on his head and scrutinized his entire face... Handsome and dashing, a touch of blue stubble was sprouting on his chin.

"It’s already past midnight."

She suddenly said.

Wen Nian took a deep breath, somewhat annoyed. Yes, it was past midnight, their anniversary had just slipped by.

"Xiao Li, what are you really thinking? What’s going through that mind of yours right now? Surely you can’t want both Lu Ziqing and me?"

Wen Nian asked her with furrowed brows, and that expression made Tang Xiaohua laugh so hard she couldn’t straighten her back.

Wen Nian looked at her, not understanding what was so funny about it; he was seriously asking her.

God knows how uneasy he felt inside.

If he didn’t take the opportunity to clarify while her attitude was somewhat gentle, and she changed her demeanor overnight, what could he do about her?

Would it take another three years?

"What if... I want both?"

Tang Xiaohua suddenly became serious too, asking him meticulously, her almond eyes staring straight at him.

Wen Nian was silent for a long while. Tang Xiaohua watched him, and it seemed like he was seriously and earnestly contemplating the question, a hint of turmoil evident in his eyes.

"Lili, you..."

Regarding this hypothesis, Tang Xiaohua was serious for merely a few seconds before she burst into laughter.

Seeing her laugh, Wen Nian realized she was just joking.

He suddenly felt like his intelligence was negative!

Tang Xiaohua had her hands behind her back, slightly tilting her head back, while he slightly bowed his, their breaths intertwining...

"I never intended to keep the appointment. I’ve told you, I had a bad feeling that something bad would happen the moment you left the President Mansion. I cautioned you over and over, I even called Secretary Qu at night to keep a close watch over you."

"..."

"You see, what happened? If you had listened to me, at least you wouldn’t have ended up in that awkward situation."

She was now scolding him like a superior officer,

"Even if the Great Bright Light Cinema still had an incident, and there were still two hundred people taken hostage, at that time, it would have been you controlling the situation, deciding whether the lives of those two hundred were worth 3 billion US dollars, definitely more reliable than Zhuo Ting, who only had eyes for power and the presidential position."

What Tang Xiaohua said, Wen Nian acknowledged!

But...

"Do you really have to say so much irrelevant stuff at this time?"

"Wen Nian, it’s not irrelevant. I want to tell you that from now on, you must unconditionally believe every word I say, unconditionally!"

"..."

"Likewise, for me too."

Tang Xiaohua gently curved her lips upward, "From now on, I will unconditionally believe every word you say as well. So, don’t hide anything from me anymore, don’t deceive me."

Wen Nian quietly looked at her, after a long while, "What’s wrong? Did someone say something to you, or...?"

"No matter if you are trying to protect me, doing it for my sake or for any other reason, I won’t allow you to deceive me, I won’t allow you to make decisions on my behalf without my consent, do you hear?"

Wen Nian didn’t know what was going on with her, but he agreed with what she said. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to sit down on the bed, his amber eyes earnestly looking at her,

"I promise, I won’t make decisions for you without your consent, I won’t deceive you, I won’t keep anything from you anymore. Otherwise, I shall be punished by forever losing you."

Tang Xiaohua glanced at him,

"You’d better remember what you said today."

Wen Nian held her hands, just this action alone felt incredibly precious to him.

"Lili, have you... really come back?"