Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!-Chapter 40 - : Live Streaming Late at Night in a Bathrobe
Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Live Streaming Late at Night in a Bathrobe
“I’m alone.”
Lu Xining’s voice was very soft, but each word landed on Ji Muye’s heart as if it weighed a thousand pounds, as if something had viciously gripped his heart.
The man’s brows and eyes were sharp as he leaned back in the chair in his study, his long and slender legs stretched out lazily, the top two buttons of his shirt undone.
When she mentioned being alone in the hospital earlier, her voice was more despondent than he had ever heard, a suffocating heat spreading from his chest that made him catch his breath, raising the temperature around him.
Ji Muye held his breath and asked her, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Lu Xining bitter-smiled, “I called you many times, but you didn’t answer.”
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He asked her, “Are you sick? Why are you hospitalized?”
After a pause, she said, “It’s no longer important.”
The man was silent for a long time.
She picked out several incidents from their secret marriage period where he had neglected her, causing her to feel aggrieved, deepening the gloominess in Ji Muye’s heart.
“You see, you still bullied me quite a few times.”
“…I’m sorry.”
From the very first sound Ji Muye made on the phone, Lu Xining could tell something was wrong with his voice, which was only so low when he drank.
Hearing his apology now made her even more certain.
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“So, Ji Muye, why can’t we get along peacefully over the child when we managed to amicably part ways two years ago?”
Ji Muye rubbed his swelling and aching brow.
He had dined with some older clients that day, had quite a bit of white liquor, and now feelings of intoxication were rising, her soft and gentle suggestion ringing in his ear, blurring the line between dreams and reality for him.
Ji Muye said, “The child’s custody remains with me, and you can visit them anytime. What’s the difference between that and custody being with you, and I come to visit?”
Lu Xining told herself to remain calm, that she wouldn’t get the custody if they argued. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out.
“If there’s no difference, why don’t you agree?”
Ji Muye looked at the family portrait on the desk, and his throat, usually unflappable in the boardroom, felt like it was clogged.
Only their breathing could be heard over the phone.
Very soft, very light.
For a moment, the two of them were wordless.
Suddenly, Ji Muye’s study door was knocked on. He frowned. At this hour, neither the butler nor any servants would disturb him.
“Aye, are you there?”
Liu Xixi’s coquettish voice came from outside the door.
In a daze, Ji Muye’s heart skipped a beat, his momentary tightness instinctively focusing on the breathing on the other end of the phone.
Sure enough, Lu Xining’s breath changed.
The atmosphere between them, which had finally eased somewhat, shifted again with the appearance of Liu Xixi.
An almost inaudible sneer came from the other side.
He was about to explain, but Lu Xining had already hung up the phone.
The drunkenness in his eyes receded in an instant.
Ji Muye rubbed his throbbing temples, took some warm water, and waited until the drunkenness had faded and his reasoning was clear before opening the door.
Outside stood Liu Xixi, wearing only a black lace camisole, the thin fabric clinging snugly to her body, barely covering her hips.
A strip of white bandage on her cheek added to her aura of innocence and vulnerability, and the rich scent of rose perfume rushed at him.
Ji Muye stepped back two paces with a frown, his glance landing on her eyes, completely ignoring the deliberate atmosphere of ambiguity she was trying to create.
His expression was somewhat angry, “It’s late, what’s the matter?”
She asked with a timid voice, blushing, “My face needs a bandage change, but I’ve run out of disinfectant and can’t find the medicine box.”
Liu Xixi deliberately bent over, her impressive figure shining under the light, yet Ji Muye’s gaze did not stray for even a second.
“Go back to the guest room in the annex; the butler will take care of it for you.”
Seeing that the man was indifferent to her body, she lifted her tearful eyes, looking at him pleadingly, her eyes full of dependency on him.
“I’m sorry, Aye, did I disturb you?”
She pretended to bite her lip in annoyance, “I’m such a fool, always doing stupid things in front of you.”
Liu Xixi took a step forward and reached out to pull at Ji Muye’s shirt, her voice soft and seductive.
“Xining… even though she schemed and sent my family away, I don’t blame her. I believe the Liu Family is innocent; the truth may be late, but it never fails to show up.”
“Aye, I’m all alone now with only you by my side, you won’t leave me alone to suffer, will you?”
Ji Muye stepped aside to avoid her.
Her fingertips hadn’t even touched the edge of his shirt when he swiftly retreated two steps to increase the distance between them.
The man said distantly, “I know you have feelings for me, but we are just friends, you should go back now.”
Sounds of the butler and the maids walking downstairs reached them, Liu Xixi bit her lip and forcefully pulled down the straps of her lace nightgown.
Ji Muye moved even faster.
He turned around and retreated into his study, closing the door behind him.
Liu Xixi stood frozen in place, feeling a chill in her chest, pale and soft, yet failing to capture Ji Muye’s attention.
With a downcast voice full of fear, she shouted at the door, “Aye, I’m sorry, I… I just missed my parents too much…”
“Only you can save them now, Aye I beg you to help me, the Liu Family has been wrongfully accused, my parents are innocent!”
Ji Muye’s voice, no longer the gentle tone he used with her in the past, was cold as frost, revealing none of his real emotions.
“Xixi, you are not thinking clearly, go back to the guest room and rest well. I will have someone follow up on the promise I made to you. You don’t need to do this.”
Hearing the butler and the maid ascending the stairs,
Liu Xixi quickly pulled her clothes back on.
Seeing Liu Xixi standing forlornly in front of the study in her thin wear, both the butler and the maid exchanged a shocked look.
The maid spoke, “Miss Liu, let me take you back to your room.”
Although Liu Xixi’s attempt to throw herself at him had been rejected tonight, at least she had now moved into the Ji Family home.
Though it was only in the secondary building where the servants stayed, it still belonged to the Ji Family, and for her, this was already a significant victory.
“Aye, I’m sorry, I let the Liu Family situation overwhelm me and did something irrational tonight.”
“I won’t do that again, I truly apologize.”
She held her head high with false pride in front of the maid, her back straight, feigning strength as she left the second-floor study.
After everyone had left, Ji Muye finally came out of the study.
He merely glanced at the butler.
The latter immediately understood and admitted his fault, “Young Master, I have been negligent. I will be more careful in the future.”
The main building’s door had a code lock.
At night, once the butler and the maids returned to the secondary building, the main building’s door would be locked, accessible only to Ji Muye and the two children.
…and the lady of the house.
Ji Muye said indifferently, “There must not be a next time.”
He returned straight to his study, but still felt restless.
He thought of the phone call that Lu Xining had hung up.
He dialed again, only to hear that familiar busy signal.
Lu Xining had blocked his home phone number as well!
Back in her room, Liu Xixi declined the maid’s offer to treat her wounds, heading instead for the bathroom to turn on the hot water for a shower. She didn’t stop until her skin turned red from the heat, deliberately pinching her neck to create ambiguous marks.
She purposely put on a robe of the same style and color as Ji Muye’s.
The very one Lu Xining had bought for him.
That day, Liu Xixi was shopping with friends and happened to see Lu Xining enter a brand-name sleepwear store. Not long after, she saw her emerge with a shopping bag.
After inquiring with the sales assistant, she learned that Lu Xining had purchased a couple’s robe set. She impulsively bought one as well, picking out a men’s version.
Wasn’t this the perfect opportunity to wear it now?
“Aye, you were meant to be mine to begin with. It was that slut Lu Xining who stole you away from me.”
Liu Xixi, looking at the mirror and the ambiguous marks on her neck, revealed a determined smile: Soon, you will completely and utterly belong to me alone.
She grabbed her phone and opened her live streaming account.
“Hey, my babies, I’m your cloud friend Xixi…”
