Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 881 - 922 Doubts and Conjectures

Chapter 881: Chapter 922 Doubts and Conjectures

Xu Yingying held Little Yixiang for a while before putting her down and said, "Yunzhu, I need to go back to the office to check on things. I’ll come see you again later."

Immediately, Ye Yunzhu said, "Then you go ahead and get busy. There are so many people here, and besides, my mom is also here, so there’s no shortage of people to take care of me."

"Mhm, then I’m off. Don’t worry, Yifei will take care of the matter with the child’s father. He’ll definitely help you sort it out."

Li Yifei and Xu Yingying left, but first, they went home. All the way home, Xu Yingying kept talking about the adorable child and nothing else. Li Yifei tried to change the subject several times, but Xu Yingying interrupted him each time.

After delivering the stuff to their home, Xu Yingying immediately asked Li Yifei to drive her back to the company. In the car, Li Yifei finally seized the opportunity to ask, "Wife, I feel like you’ve changed a bit since you returned. Did something happen?"

Xu Yingying immediately countered, "Have I changed?"

"Definitely. Even though I can’t specifically point out what’s different, I just feel that you’ve changed."

"Is that so? Maybe it’s because I went out, so I don’t have to face you not knowing how all day, which makes me seem happier."

"Am I that scary? I’ve always given you freedom. You can do whatever you want."

"But that also brings pressure. No matter what, you’re still my husband. Yet, I don’t have any awareness of being a wife, which makes me feel uneasy."

"Really?"

Xu Yingying looked at Li Yifei with a skeptical expression and said with a smile, "You don’t think I have something going on with Brother Cao, do you?"

Li Yifei confidently smiled. "Heh, of course not."

"Don’t flatter yourself. There’s indeed nothing between him and me. I just treat him as a business partner, at most like an alumnus. I’m still wary of him."

Li Yifei felt very comfortable hearing this response. "That’s right, although that guy seems decent, he doesn’t have good intentions."

A mischievous smile appeared on Xu Yingying’s face. "But he did tell me some things."

"What did he say?" Li Yifei suddenly felt alarmed. Cao Bin really wasn’t a simple character. If this guy deliberately investigated him, he could certainly discover his relationship with Ye Yunzhu and the others.

Xu Yingying said leisurely, "He said... your relationships with several women are ambiguous, like with Su Yiyi, Chu Xiaoyao, and also, the child Yunzhu bore... is yours."

"Ah?" Li Yifei’s heart skipped a beat.

"What? Are you startled?"

"Do you believe that?"

"That’s really hard to say. You mentioned Yunzhu having a child, such a big deal, and yet her husband never appears. Moreover, after she got pregnant, she moved into that big house and didn’t return to her own home. This suggests she has her closest person there. But Su Yiyi, Chu Xiaoyao, and Ning Xin’er don’t seem to be so close to her, do they? Yet now they take such good care of Ye Yunzhu. It seems really weird."

After pausing for a bit and without waiting for Li Yifei to reply, Xu Yingying continued, "Also, Yunzhu’s child is named Li Yixiang, which is only one character away from Yifei. This seems like a name only sisters would share. Plus, Little Yixiang really does resemble you in some ways. How do you explain that?"

Li Yifei clenched his teeth, feeling that a short pain was better than a long one. Since Xu Yingying had already noticed, he thought he might as well admit it and then have a proper discussion with Xu Yingying. He said, "Well... alright, I admit, they are all related to me. Yunzhu’s child is mine."

Li Yifei braced himself for the storm he thought was coming, but to his surprise, Xu Yingying suddenly burst into loud laughter, laughing so hard that Li Yifei felt uneasy. He hurriedly pulled the car over to the side of the road and looked at Xu Yingying anxiously.

"Ha... I guessed you’d say something like that. You think I’m stupid? Would I actually believe such an absurd story?"

Li Yifei was suddenly stupefied. What did Xu Yingying mean? Did she not believe what he said?

"You, you’re always trying to cheer me up. Yunzhu is a Deputy County Head after all. Knowing that I’m married to you, how could she still have a child with you? Be the other woman willingly? Yiyi is a college student, and although her family is poor, she’s clearly a very self-respecting girl. How could she become another woman’s third wheel? At most, Xiaoyao might idolize you a bit, but with a child’s temperament, she’ll be attracted to other boys in a few days. You even say they are all ’your people’; you really crack me up. Wouldn’t you like to claim Mengxin as your woman too? You’ve even got your hands on Huaxia’s number one beauty."

Not only was Li Yifei stupefied, but he was also petrified. It seemed that Xu Yingying did not believe a word he said, nor did she believe what Cao Bin had said. Initially, he had planned to clear things up directly, but now, wanting to clarify anything had become impossible.

Li Yifei’s thoughts turned quickly, and he smiled: "Then I’m relieved. I was afraid you would believe the nonsense Cao Bin said. But this also indirectly proves that Cao Bin is indeed a petty person."

"Alright, I know he’s up to no good with me. I’m keeping an eye on him. But we still rely on him for some business, don’t we? Let’s not talk about this for now. Hurry up to the company. I’ll take these two days to sort things out in the office."

Li Yifei agreed and then dropped Xu Yingying off at her company. Watching her silhouette disappear into the company’s entrance, no longer hearing the sound of her high heels tapping on the ground, Li Yifei then drove away.

He had planned on running some other errands that afternoon, but at this moment, Li Yifei had lost all mood for it. He quickly drove back to the factory, found Xu Shanshan, and recounted the whole story of Xu Yingying’s return today.

"Brother-in-law, do you think... could my sister have remembered?" Xu Shanshan knitted her brows and after a moment, she made a comment that made Li Yifei second-guess as well.

Li Yifei immediately responded: "I’ve thought about that too. But when I tested the waters, it seemed like your sister had no intention of remembering. If she had remembered, why won’t she speak up now? Why continue the charade?"

Xu Shanshan thought for a moment and said: "Maybe she enjoys the feeling of being alone with you and just wants to be with you by herself. Or maybe in her heart, she’s still thinking of making room for Mengxin like she did before her memory loss."

Li Yifei sighed and said: "Both are indeed possibilities. If she has truly remembered and is just not willing to admit it, I really don’t know how to face her now."

Xu Shanshan suddenly twinkled her eyes and said: "Actually, this is easy to solve. I’ll test her out for you tonight."

"How will you test her?" Li Yifei’s eyes lit up. Although he was clever and sufficiently calm and astute in handling matters, if he were facing an interrogation with a captured spy, even if the spy had a strong mentality, Li Yifei was confident he could extract the information he wanted from them.

But this was his wife, his methods were utterly useless, especially when it came to emotions—he was lacking. Xu Shanshan, however, had many cunning ideas in this area, so Li Yifei still had considerable trust in Xu Shanshan.

Xu Shanshan gave a sly smile and said: "That, for now, is a secret. You’ll find out when the time comes."

"Shanshan, do you really need to be so mysterious? If you tell me now, I can coordinate with you later."

"No need, I can handle it myself. Just watch and see. I guarantee it’ll work on the first try."

Although Xu Shanshan didn’t tell him, Li Yifei was still full of anticipation. If the test revealed that Xu Yingying truly had regained her memory, regardless of why she chose not to mention it for the time being, he could then confront his wife Xu Yingying with a specific strategy. Additionally, he could finally take action on many other matters without being as constrained as he was at the moment.

Before leaving work, Li Yifei called Xu Yingying who told him she’d be home late. This made Li Yifei quite anxious, but seeing Xu Shanshan’s confidence, he had to suppress his nervousness.

The two of them didn’t go back to their own homes first but instead went to see Ye Yunzhu. Li Yifei also mentioned his suspicions about Xu Yingying regaining her memory.

Ye Yunzhu and the others immediately believed Li Yifei had a point; after all, Xu Yingying’s return did seem unusual. If she had indeed regained her memory and was intentionally concealing it, that would explain Xu Yingying’s behavior even more.

But like Li Yifei, they didn’t understand Xu Yingying’s reasons and had no solution at hand. Who would dare to ask Xu Yingying, and if she hadn’t actually recovered her memory, that could blow things out of proportion.

However, Li Yifei didn’t mention the fact that Xu Shanshan had a way to test the waters. After all, the affair between him and Xu Shanshan, except for Su Mengxin, was unknown to anyone else. For the time being, at least, Li Yifei didn’t want them to be aware of their relationship.

After sitting for a while, Li Yifei and Xu Shanshan went back, leaving Little Yifei behind. Back at home, Li Yifei prepared dinner and waited for Xu Yingying’s return.

Around nine o’clock, Xu Yingying finally called Li Yifei to pick her up, and in the car, she talked to him about some factory matters—all business-related. This, at least, was no different from usual; Xu Yingying was always so earnest when it came to work.

Li Yifei didn’t say anything else. Once home, it was Xu Shanshan’s turn to probe, and he didn’t need to make an idle effort.

Finally home, Li Yifei was filled with immense anticipation. The most crucial moment was approaching—whether Xu Yingying had genuinely recovered her memory. It all depended on Xu Shanshan now, and Li Yifei was especially eager to see what method she would use.

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