“Sis… sister, just now Mom and Dad called and said Leng Xiner didn’t go home all night. Do… do you know where she went?”
Before Leng Xingche could finish, Leng Bingning’s phone rang as well.
Sure enough, it was their parents calling to ask whether Leng Xiner had come to the house she shared with Zhu Tianfan.
In the Leng family, the seven brothers doted on Leng Bingning like obsessed protectors, but toward the adopted daughter Leng Xiner, their attitude was much more distant.
Aside from her being adopted, the main reason was simple—Leng Bingning didn’t like her. As mentioned before, she found Leng Xiner’s affected behavior unbearable, not to mention the matters involving Li Chen.
Only the parents were different. While they supported Leng Bingning, when it came to affection, they favored Leng Xiner more. To them, Leng Xiner was the warm, caring daughter who felt like a little padded jacket.
Meanwhile, Leng Bingning, their biological daughter, was far too domineering. She always had to have the final say in everything.
The ever-cautious Leng Xingche carefully asked about Leng Xiner’s whereabouts, afraid that if Leng Bingning was in a bad mood, a slap might land on him at any moment.
“Sis… brother-in-law, looks like you haven’t seen Leng Xiner either. Where do you think she could have gone?”
To play it safe, Leng Xingche instinctively dragged Zhu Tianfan in front of him as a shield, afraid that his sister might suddenly lash out.
Today, his sister’s mood was clearly terrible. He had already figured it out—anything involving this useless brother-in-law would trigger her temper. And when she got angry, she smashed things… and hit people.
Just like earlier, when he had spoken harshly to Zhu Tianfan twice, she immediately punished him by making him sing and dance, even forcing him to apologize—something she had never done before.
And then there was Li Chen, that scheming rural brat. His luck was truly awful. He had the audacity to call her “Bingning” in front of Zhu Tianfan, and the result was immediate—two solid slaps.
“I didn’t see her… I didn’t see her… I stayed home all day, I don’t know anything!”
Zhu Tianfan’s face twitched as he hurriedly denied any knowledge about Leng Xiner.
Leng Bingning was extremely irritable today. Even Li Chen had been slapped twice. If he dared to say anything about last night, who knew what kind of fate awaited him?
[Dammit, you flashy seventh brother, you’ve got no honor at all, dragging me in front as your shield… I’m finished, am I about to get slapped too?]
[Even that adulterer came in smiling and still got slapped twice by this furious woman… won’t I get beaten even worse?]
Zhu Tianfan watched his wife’s every movement with trembling fear, afraid that at any moment, her hand would come flying.
However, Leng Bingning said nothing. She swayed slightly as she sat down in the boss’s chair, her cold gaze fixed sharply on the two of them.
“Husband, Seventh Brother, why are you both stuttering like that? Am I really that scary?” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Seeing that icy, cutting look from his domineering CEO wife, Zhu Tianfan’s heart skipped violently. This clearly meant her anger was about to erupt like a volcano.
It’s over… it’s really over this time.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
With how smart Leng Bingning was, she would definitely realize that what happened last night—being drugged and losing control—was no accident.
The only people who could have gotten close enough to tamper with her drink were her best friend Lan Ruyue and her dear “sister” Leng Xiner.
And now, with their parents and Leng Xingche bringing up Leng Xiner right in front of her, given Leng Bingning’s domineering nature and her hatred over what happened… wasn’t this basically pulling a tiger’s whiskers and courting death?
All because of their parents and that flashy seventh brother—why bring up Leng Xiner now?
“No, no. My wife is the most beautiful, the most sexy, the most adorable. I’m just a bit tired and want to rest in the lounge. Why don’t Seventh Brother accompany you to look for her?”
Zhu Tianfan quickly pretended to be exhausted from a sleepless night, trying to escape her piercing gaze. There was no way he wanted to go courting death with Leng Xingche.
[Tch! Vicious woman. Sexy and beautiful, sure… but adorable? Not a chance. If it weren’t for the fact that anyone who crosses you now is doomed, I wouldn’t be lying through my teeth like this. Better to lie down in the lounge and pretend to sleep than get slapped.]
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Leng Xingche was instantly dumbfounded. How could this useless brother-in-law be so treacherous?
His sister was in a state of fury right now. Even a passing dog, a flying bird, or a crawling snail would get slapped. Taking her to look for someone she already disliked—wasn’t that pushing someone straight to their death?
“No… no, brother-in-law, I still have matters at the company. I need to go back and handle them. You two can go look for Leng Xiner later. She’s already grown—she won’t just disappear.”
Leng Xingche waved his hand and stepped forward with a forced smile, as if nothing had happened earlier.
However, his plan was too naive. The moment he lifted his leg, a cold, merciless voice rang out beside his ear.
“Seventh Brother, where do you think you’re going?”
His body stiffened. Slowly, he turned his head back.
As expected, Leng Bingning’s cold eyes were fixed on him.
“N-no… nothing. I was just going to notify Secretary Gu to send someone to clean up.”
Leng Bingning snorted coldly.
“Hmph. Secretary Gu is busy. You can clean it up yourself.”
As one of the seven brothers who adored their sister, Leng Xingche treated her words like an imperial decree. With drooping ears, he obediently began cleaning.
Meanwhile, seeing her seventh brother busy, Leng Bingning ignored him and turned her gaze toward her unfortunate husband, Zhu Tianfan.
Earlier, his constant inner muttering had already irritated her. Talking about rushing to call “Brother Chen,” saying he wanted to witness her “battlefield”… yet now that he had seen it, this was his reaction?
Heh… so even this useless husband was afraid when his domineering CEO wife lost her temper?
Since he was afraid, she might as well show him what a real “battlefield” looked like when a woman truly got angry.
“Husband, you said you’re tired and want to rest? Then I’ll accompany you.”
In her own mind, Leng Bingning felt that although she was domineering, she was still a reasonable wife. Normally, she didn’t hit people, nor did she act unreasonably.
After all, during all the years of their marriage, she had never slapped Zhu Tianfan—not even once. She had never even made him kneel.
Well… at most, when he annoyed her, she would just glare at him.
Today was different. She hated Li Chen too much, and combined with Zhu Tianfan’s incessant inner rambling, she couldn’t hold back and slapped Li Chen twice.
Silently, she justified her actions to herself.
At that moment, Zhu Tianfan felt his will to live drain away once again.
“Alright… wife…”
[Vicious woman, I knew you had bad intentions. Accompany me to rest? You’re just going to sit there and stare me down while I sleep. Who even does something like that?]
[And come to think of it, this bed has already been used countless times by that adulterer and Leng Xiner… how has this germaphobic woman never noticed?]
[Huh… could it be that the adulterer is too quick, so she never finds out? Or is she just too brainless and trusts him too much, pretending not to see?]
[Sigh… this woman does things no human should do. Being stared at from behind like this is terrifying. I’d better turn over and pretend to sleep facing away from her.]
[Black stockings, high heels, a tight skirt… she really is a top-tier seductive married woman. Just sitting there with her legs crossed, staring coldly… the more I look, the scarier it gets.]
[No, something’s off. She definitely has ulterior motives. Either she’s trying to seduce me into becoming a fool who takes responsibility… or she’s waiting for me to slip up so she can pocket the 50 million.]
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