Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!-Chapter 37 - Why Hate Her So Much

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Why Hate Her So Much

“Just at this time…”

Ji Muye’s mind was entirely on Lu Xining.

Lu Xining had always harbored heavy hostility towards him, a direct feeling Ji Muye had once again when they met recently.

The tight warmth around his wrist made Lu Xining uncomfortable, and the man’s words caused a suffocating irritation in her chest that she couldn’t dispel.

She forcefully pushed him against a nearby tree.

The movement was too sudden.

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Ji Muye didn’t react immediately, and by the time he came to, he had already been pressed against the tree trunk by her.

The man’s features were clear and handsome, serenely resembling pure and flawless pear blossoms, yet coated with a frosty indifference.

His eyes were gloomy, yet he forgot to push away her hand pressing against his chest; his usually placid eyes now stirred with dark turbulence.

His tone was very calm, but a tempest surged within him, “Why do you hate Liu Xixi so much, just because of that dinner?”

Lu Xining kept silent, her gaze coldly fixed on him.

Ji Muye frowned, “Lu Xining, we’ve been married for five years, I assure you I haven’t done anything to betray you.”

She laughed bitterly in anger, “Really?”

The sarcasm in Lu Xining’s eyes was too evident, and Ji Muye wanted to clear things up, but then he heard Liu Xixi’s crying and shouting from outside the courtyard.

She stepped back, creating distance between them.

Lu Xining raised a calm smile, “Go protect your Liu Xixi then, this time, I won’t let her off easily.”

Ji Muye’s attention briefly glanced outside; he slowly straightened up, the black shirt sticking to the tree leaving a slight mark.

A persistent fog of darkness hung between him and Lu Xining, particularly after the recent issues with Ji Chao and Ji Ze.

“If this has anything to do with Liu Xixi, I won’t stop you, I’ll even help you.”

“But…”

Lu Xining laughed outright at that.

Ji Muye’s Adam’s apple moved, his gaze puzzled, “What are you laughing at?”

“Checking on Liu Xixi is your business, investigating her is mine, and now that I’ve gotten clear, naturally I must take action.”

“As for what you said, keep it to yourself.”

“Ji Muye, feel free to defend her, but we’ll see whether the you protecting her is any match for the men protecting me.”

Ji Muye coldly threw out the question, “Men?”

The wind lifted the loose strands of hair by Lu Xining’s ear, and her slender fingers casually pushed them behind, revealing her pale, graceful neck.

Lu Xining’s lips curled, “Yes, men.”

During these past two years, she’d spent much effort and cultivated connections in various fields; although none matched Ji Muye alone, she had enough acquaintances.

After all, no matter how strong a chopstick is, it can’t beat a handful.

Right?

Ji Muye’s fair skin flushed with rage, his body tensed, his deep eyes containing suppressed anger, his voice tinged with resentment.

“Lu Xining, you really…”

Lu Xining gave a self-deprecating laugh, “Really what?”

She continued, “Really… so fickle? Can’t stand to be alone?”

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Hearing her so bluntly mock herself, Ji Muye’s expression turned cold, his throat moved, and his handsome eyes darkened.

He looked down coldly, “Don’t degrade yourself like this.”

Such words, paired with a face rarely seen in this world, would have perhaps made any other girl surrender by now.

Lu Xining’s position allowed her to see Liu Xixi who had collapsed outside the door; noticing that Ji Muye hadn’t seen Liu Xixi fall silent, she deliberately stepped aside so he could see the woman lying on the ground.

“Mr. Ji, she’s been silent for a while now, if you don’t take her to the hospital soon, I fear that before I even take action, the heavens will have recycled her as trash.”

Ji Muye followed her gaze.

Only then did he find Liu Xixi on the ground, faintly bloody.

He called the driver over and asked him to take Liu Xixi to the hospital.

Before leaving,

He called out to Lu Xining, “Don’t do anything to Liu Xixi now, we made promises to her before.”

Lu Xining scoffed lightly, “That’s your promise, she helped you, what’s that to me?”

She turned and left without looking back.

Before leaving, she reminded the bodyguard that from now on, when Ji Muye brought the children over, he was not allowed to enter the door.

Ji Muye: “…”

Seeing Lu Xining return to the front yard alone, Ji Chao asked curiously, “Mom, where’s Dad?”

Lu Xining crouched down and gently ruffled his black, soft hair, her voice gentle and tender, “Dad went to take someone to the hospital. He’ll come to pick you guys up later.”

Ji Chao had been clever and sensitive since he was little, immediately associating it with the sounds he’d just heard.

He looked down and pondered for a moment, “Is it Aunt Liu?”

Lu Xining nodded, not hiding it from him.

Ji Chao gripped her hand tightly, pain evident in his eyes.

“Mom…”

“Xiao Chao, this is a matter between adults. Mom just wants the three of you siblings to grow up happy and joyful.”

She patted the child’s shoulder, smiling, “Go play with your brother and sister. Today, you’re the protagonists.”

Just then, Little Dumpling called for him.

Ji Chao left, looking back every three steps, silently swearing in his heart that he would take good care of Mom in the future.

Lu Xining played with the three children for a long time.

Ming Yuan received a last-minute call from her agent; the originally secured role of the second female lead in a movie had been snatched away, so she had to rush back to the company.

Yina, whose health had just recovered, stayed for a while with the family before returning to the hotel, agreeing to dine with Lu Xining when they were both free.

Lu Xining nodded in agreement.

The three kids played all afternoon, soaked in sweat.

Lu Xining took them back to the room to bathe and change into pajamas, then lay down with them for a nap.

In the evening.

Ji Muye came from the hospital to pick up the children and take them back to the Ji Family Mansion, but this time he couldn’t drive his car into the Lu Family’s courtyard.

The man rolled down the window.

He instinctively dialed Lu Xining’s number.

…Busy signal.

He looked up at Lu Xining’s bedroom, where the lights were on. Through the shadows of the white sheer curtains, he could see her dressing the two children.

Ji Chao and Ji Ze changed into the new clothes prepared by Lu Xining.

Bright, lemon yellow.

Unlike the simple black, white, and gray arranged by Ji Muye, which looked cheerful and lively, as bright as the sunny sky.

Lu Nuonuo had already changed into overalls of the same color scheme, with a white Peter Pan collar shirt underneath, sitting obediently on the sofa covering her eyes.

“Mom, are the brothers dressed?”

Lu Xining replied with a smile, “They are dressed, Nuonuo. Do the brothers look handsome?”

Lu Nuonuo released her hands from her eyes and, seeing Ji Chao and Ji Ze neatly dressed, beamed with a smile, not sparing her praise.

“Handsome!”

“The brothers are the most handsome!”

Ji Chao and Ji Ze blushed shyly.

They took Lu Nuonuo to the elevator, with Lu Xining following them, accompanying them all the way to the courtyard gate.

Ji Muye leaned against the car door, his posture lazy, his handsome face tensed but slightly relaxed upon seeing the children, revealing a father’s smile.

Seeing him, Lu Nuonuo let go of her brothers’ hands; her face was missing the joy from just moments before, turning instead to hold her mother’s hand.

Little Dumpling said softly, “Brother, goodbye.”

Ji Chao and Ji Ze also bid her farewell and walked towards Ji Muye, unable to help but look back at Lu Xining and Lu Nuonuo before getting into the car.

The reluctance in their eyes was clear.

Lu Xining waved goodbye to the children with a smile, her gaze accidentally clashed with Ji Muye’s—was there a hint of annoyance in his cool, indifferent eyes?

The man, meeting her gaze, saw that Lu Xining’s eyes were cold and indifferent, devoid of any emotion, as if looking at a stranger.

Ji Ze called out to him, “Dad,” twice, but Ji Muye was so caught up in his emotions that he did not hear.

Until…