My Ex-Wife Disappeared for Years and Had My Babies-Chapter 216 - 160 Mom, Don’t You Like Uncle Shen?

Liang Yizhou didn’t want to make things difficult for Su Nian either, so he let go of her hand and said in a low voice, "I’m heading back, get some rest early."

Su Nian nodded blankly, glanced at Shen Hanxiu, and then realized, why should she feel guilty? Even if she really had something with Liang Yizhou, there was no need to be afraid of Shen Hanxiu!

Thinking this way, Su Nian straightened her expression, treated Shen Hanxiu as if he were invisible, didn’t say a word, and turned to walk inside the house.

Shen Hanxiu felt a rush of blood to the head, swiftly stepped forward, grabbed her arm, and slammed her against the wall behind them.

Although his actions were much rougher than usual, he still controlled his strength to make sure he wouldn’t hurt her.

"What kind of madness is this?!" She was somewhat annoyed.

Shen Hanxiu looked down on her, his voice not soft but not heavy either, "Su Nian, do not try to test my bottom line."

"You walk your bright path, and I’ll cross my own log bridge. I really don’t know what I’ve done to offend President Shen now."

Hearing this, Shen Hanxiu increased the strength of his grip, pinning her against the wall, all his gentlemanliness and restraint vanished along with his reason.

"Stop playing the fool!" He paused, then compromised, "Alright, if you don’t know I’ll tell you."

His gaze sharp, his voice not loud yet bearing an irresistible authority, "Either remarry me, or stay single! Nobody else can marry you except me, is that clear?"

Su Nian gave him a cold look, tried to push him away, and said, "You’re being unreasonable!"

Seeing that she didn’t take his words seriously at all, he got even more irritated, held her firmly against his will, and asked, "Did you remember that?"

Su Nian looked up at him with anger, "Let go!"

"I’m asking you if you remembered?! If I see you being all lovey-dovey with those worthless men again, I’ll make those men suffer!"

Su Nian knew well what Shen Hanxiu was like; he did what he said, his tenderness could turn one’s heart into chaos, and he was merciless when he became ruthless.

To have such an outstanding man care for her should have been very fortunate, but her heart was confused, like a little boat floating uncertaintly on the sea, not knowing whether the waves would push her forward or smash her to the ocean floor.

She didn’t want such an unsettled life, choosing between uncertain love and her cute child, she decisively picked the latter. After a moment of silence, she looked up and said, "Shen Hanxiu, let’s settle this once and for all."

He uttered two words softly: "Dream on."

Su Nian looked away, "Do you really want to keep going like this?"

"Wrong, you have two paths: one is to keep going like this, and the other is to remarry me. I’m not stopping you from making a choice, it’s just that you are confused. You clearly see there’s a sunlit path beside you, yet you don’t know to turn."

Su Nian: "..."

Seeing her silence, Shen Hanxiu asked in a low voice, "Tell me your reason for insisting on not remarrying. If you can convince me, I’ll let go."

This wasn’t the first time he had asked, but Su Nian herself couldn’t articulate a specific reason, only knowing that to ensure Su Zhen and Su Bao’s absolute safety, she should not get too close to him. Now that Ye Jiayao has come back, she must be even more cautious, can’t continue this entanglement, and since she had decided to give up, it should be a swift and decisive end.

Suppressing the faint pain in her heart, Su Nian lifted her head to look at him, "My love has faded, I have no feelings for you, so remarrying would only make me feel troubled."

She saw him smile, a smile that contained both desolation and disappointment, the force from his arms gradually vanishing, and her own heart was becoming empty.

He turned away, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, took a draw with his back to her, as if suppressing something, then turned back after a long while, mocking himself with a smile, "It seems I’m the only one who’s still stuck in the past."

Su Nian pursed her lips, chose to be utterly heartless, "So... don’t come back in the future, let’s end things here..."

"Bang—" A loud sound startled Su Nian and cut off her words. She saw a deep dent form in the metal trash can beside the elevator. The elevator door opened, he threw away the half-smoked cigarette from his fingertips, and stepped into the elevator.

"Uncle!" Seeing that Mom hadn’t come back to the room for a long time, Su Zhen ran out and ended up seeing this scene.

Through the closing elevator doors, he saw both mother and daughter looking bewildered, his heart was soft, but still he let the elevator doors close, cutting off the figure in his sight, imprinting the image into his memory...

Seeing Su Zhen, he always remembered Zhang Xiaoni, yet she had ruthlessly cut off all contact.

From Han Zisheng to Shen Hanxiu, in his life, there was only ever one woman that mattered.

The moment the elevator doors closed, Su Nian’s vision blurred. If it weren’t for her daughter being there, tears would likely have spilled freely.

"Mom, did you make Uncle angry again?"

Su Nian sniffled, picked up her daughter, composed herself and said, "No, why did you run out here?"

Su Zhen toyed with a strand of her hair, asked sweetly, "Mom, don’t you like Uncle Shen?"

"Kids shouldn’t worry about adult matters, you need to focus on studying well at school tomorrow, okay?" Walking to the door, Su Nian turned back to look, beside the elevator, there was only that abandoned cigarette, emitting a flickering red glow...

After tucking Su Zhen into her bed, she pouted with a small mouth, turning her back to Su Nian, wearing her dissatisfaction with Su Nian plainly on her face.

Su Nian sighed softly, made sure the kids were well covered with their blankets, and turned off the room light: "Go to sleep now, you have to start school tomorrow."

"Hmph!" Su Zhen forcefully turned her body away, squeezing herself towards Su Bao, then pulled up the blanket, displaying her displeasure all over her face.

On the first day back at school, Su Zhen’s little face was filled with anger simply because her Uncle Shen didn’t come. She blamed her mother for his absence, thinking it was her mother’s ineptitude that drove Uncle Shen away.

Su Nian could see all the children’s little moods but could only pretend not to understand them, because she had no way to produce an Uncle Shen for her daughter.

"At school, you must listen to the teachers and your brother. You’re still healing, so don’t be naughty, okay?"

"Hmph." Su Zhen pouted and, holding Su Bao’s hand, limped away. Su Nian could only instruct the more sensible Su Bao: "Take good care of your sister, and call me if anything happens."

Driving to the company, Shen Hanxiu’s car was right ahead of hers. Even though they hadn’t encountered each other yet, she could already sense his change in demeanor.

In the past, if they met at the company entrance, he either blocked her way with his car to show off his driving skills or deliberately trailed behind her honking the horn. But today, he drove smoothly into his exclusive parking spot ahead of her. From getting out of the car to entering the elevator, he didn’t glance her way even once.

Su Nian parked her car and walked towards the General Elevator, looking sideways at the President’s private elevator. He stood inside, reached out to press the floor button, and their gazes met at that moment. This time, almost simultaneously, both of them looked away. He didn’t forcefully pull her into the private lift this time, immediately pressed the close button, and let the elevator doors separate her from his sight.

Su Nian hung her head, unsure of the odd feeling in her heart, but it was definitely not happiness.

"Nian’nian Sister, is this document supposed to go to Division 2?" Wei Lan was sorting the documents and asked Su Nian. Not getting a response for a long while, she turned her head in confusion to look at Su Nian, only to see her propped on one hand, her gaze falling on the file, yet her eyes fixed on one spot.

Wei Lan put down the documents and tapped her: "Nian’nian Sister!"

Su Nian snapped out of it with a daze and looked up: "What’s up?"

Wei Lan sat down across from her, her eyes filled with gossip: "I should be the one asking you! You’ve been zoning out since this morning, who are you daydreaming about?!"

Su Nian guiltily looked away, as Wei Lan relentlessly inquired: "Hey Nian’nian Sister, did you have a fight with Mr. Shen?"

Su Nian thought, is it that obvious? But she said: "How dare I argue with him! Can’t afford to offend the boss, right?"

"Hmph! And you say there wasn’t a fight! You’re even calling him ’boss’ now! At lunchtime, I saw President Shen come to the cafeteria but he didn’t come looking for you, which I found strange..."

"What’s so strange? Should he be so idle as to watch his subordinate eat?"

Wei Lan rolled her eyes at her: "Mr. Shen is such a gentle person, and this time he’s ignoring you. You must have gone too far!"

Su Nian: "..."

"Cold wars don’t solve problems, ya know. I see that Mr. Shen usually indulges you, so just yield for once. After work, apologize to him and I’m sure everything will be fine."

"Do your job!" If it were just a simple matter of apologizing to Shen Han, she wouldn’t be so troubled.

Wei Lan pursed her lips, stood up, and after a few steps, turned back: "Oh, right, Nian’nian Sister, tonight Qiuqiu is treating us as a farewell to her single life, you won’t be a party pooper, right?"

"Tonight?" She had almost forgotten that Qiuqiu was getting married in a couple of days.

"Bring Little Treasure with you. Let’s go to that Ocean Restaurant like last time."

"Okay, I’ll pick them up after work."

"Great, invite Mr. Shen along too. Drop the cold war, life is short, we have to cherish every moment of happiness!"

Su Nian gave a non-committal smile, and seeing others around her happy, her mood also lifted quite a bit.

After work, of course, she wasn’t going to invite Shen Han to join them. After saying what she did to him yesterday, asking him out for dinner today would be crazy.

When she went to pick up the kids from school, she happened to run into Li Zisheng.

After Xue Qi was imprisoned, Li Zisheng’s image as a father seemed to become more pronounced. Although Haohao was still living alone, his attentiveness towards Haohao had significantly increased.

Su Zhen was still giving her the cold shoulder. Throughout the journey, no matter what Su Nian asked or said to please her, Su Zhen would simply turn away and ignore her, at most replying with a "Hmph."

Su Nian knew how much Su Zhen adored Shen Han, so she didn’t expect Su Zhen to forget Shen Han overnight.

At the Ocean Restaurant, seeing the large prawns brightened the little one’s mood a bit, but compared to eating, the little one still seemed to care more about her Uncle Shen...

Shen Hanxiu was originally working overtime at the company, trying to use the busy work to fill the emptiness of not seeing Su Nian and the children, but then Su Zhen’s call came through, "Uncle Shen... will you come out and eat prawns with me?"

Hearing Su Zhen’s soft and sweet voice eased the frustration he had been holding in all day.

Even though he was having a cold war with Su Nian, he couldn’t neglect his adorable daughter and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, where?"

Su Zhen happily reported the location: "Ocean Restaurant!"