Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 1001: Are You Even Human?!

——What the hell did she see!

Lai Wenyan restrained his emotions with all his might, just to keep from exposing himself in front of Tang Li.

If Ouyang Qian really saw Tang Li, this matter might just get covered up by her, leaving him no chance to know that she had secretly met Zeng Fan!

Seeing Lai Wenyan not taking the apple, Tang Li sliced a thin piece for herself: "A top lawyer like Lawyer Zeng is more than capable of dealing with online trolls, Dad you don’t have to worry too much."

Worry?

Is this what he’s worried about?!

Lai Wenyan watched Tang Li eating the apple slowly, feeling even more stifled inside, like a breath stuck in his throat, not going up or down.

——Eat, eat, all you know is how to eat!

Tang Li seemed oblivious to Lai Wenyan’s frustration, and continued talking: "We probably don’t even need to file a lawsuit. Once those netizens receive a lawyer’s letter and look up Lawyer Zeng’s name online, they’ll give up immediately."

After speaking, she looked up and gave Lai Wenyan a sweet smile.

Lai Wenyan: "..."

If people believed Ouyang Qian was running around dealing with the online public opinion issue for him, it might be because they didn’t understand their marital relationship, but there’s no way Lai Wenyan himself would believe it.

Ouyang Qian today was not the empathetic woman she once was.

Ever since he found the box of Tripterygium wilfordii Polysaccharide Tablets at home, he dared not underestimate this wife anymore, and Ouyang Qian’s recent behavior constantly reminded him that they could no longer be of one mind.

Since they’re no longer in sync, how could Ouyang Qian be wholeheartedly for him?

If she were truly for him, the billion-dollar issue shouldn’t even exist now.

Lai Wenyan had guesses why Ouyang Qian met with Zeng Fan, especially since she brought Yuanyuan along.

Zeng Fan is the Chief Legal Advisor of the Tianyi Group, and also a partner at Extraordinary Law Firm.

In the past, whenever Tianyi had debt disputes with other companies involving over ten million, all cases were handed over to the legal advisory team led by Zeng Fan.

For minor cases like internet trolling, Zeng Fan could easily assign a ’minor figure’ from the firm to handle it, why would he get personally involved?

Unless Ouyang Qian assigned him for another important matter.

As for what important matter...

However, suspicion is just suspicion, there’s no substantial evidence placed before him.

After sharing the same bed for decades, Lai Wenyan didn’t want to use the most malicious intentions to ponder over this marital relationship.

It’s just——

He forgot.

Once the seed of doubt is planted, it will undoubtedly take root and grow!

"Dad, have you come up with a solution for the antique matter?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Tang Li’s sudden concern caught Lai Wenyan by surprise, causing his mouth corner to twitch slightly.

Without waiting for his answer, Tang Li’s worried voice emerged again: "Although that person didn’t give us a deadline, I wanted to submit them as soon as possible. Now that the antiques are gone, we can’t just let this matter be unresolved."

Lai Wenyan understood this reasoning very well.

That’s why he was thinking of coming up with a billion to cope with those antiques.

"How about I tell that person the box of antiques at National Square belongs to our family?"

"..." Lai Wenyan.

If he really did that, he would be trending online by tomorrow!

Nothing in this world is without leaks.

Being a councilman for over a decade, there are many who wish him ill.

Seeing Tang Li really pull out her cellphone, Lai Wenyan, afraid she’d ruin his plans, dropped the indirectness: "I already have a solution for this matter. Those antiques are very difficult to retrieve, but the person there needs an explanation, so we can only come up with a billion from our family’s side as a remedy."

In the end, he sighed, "But Aunt Qian’s company funds are currently in short supply, the amount that can be taken out is limited, and this matter is urgent, we can’t keep dragging it on."

"It can’t be delayed." Tang Li nodded, "If that person thinks we’re intentionally defaulting, it won’t be good for my marriage either."

Lai Wenyan’s mouth corner twitched hard.

Tang Li lifted her eyes, meeting Lai Wenyan’s gaze: "Dad, you wouldn’t really want to default, would you?"

"..." With a knife to his neck, would he even dare?

"If I had known it would come to this, I wouldn’t have donated."

Tang Li’s words were full of regret.

Lai Wenyan remembered the ’Children’s Aid Foundation’ Tang Li mentioned at the dinner table last night. Before he could ask how much she donated, Tang Li explained herself: "Though not much, it’s over two million. At least it’s something."

"...Don’t you have any other savings now?" Lai Wenyan still asked.

"Just over two hundred thousand." Tang Li opened her phone’s Alipay, showing it to Lai Wenyan: "Dad, why don’t you print out the donation receipt, and then ask if we can offset two million, a mosquito’s leg is still meat."

Looking at that electronic receipt made Lai Wenyan’s eyelid twitch. Using past charity donation receipts to offset ’debts’...unless he didn’t want to keep his dignity!

"I’ll mortgage the house at Zichen Garden to the bank as soon as possible." Tang Li continued: "We should come up with as much as we can now."

This method made Lai Wenyan’s expression improve quite a bit.

His gaze on Tang Li softened: "Are you okay with mortgaging the house to the bank?"

"Dad, what are you saying."

Tang Li shook her head before speaking again: "If something happens to Dad, what good would that do me? Besides, I don’t have much wealth or savings, unlike Yuanyuan who can sell her sports car or her designer handbags." She lightly pursed her lips: "If only that person didn’t dislike me acting, I could’ve signed a few more projects to advance some pay."

Lai Wenyan: "......"

His original plan was to rely on Tang Li’s acting pay to fill the gaps.

But now, Tang Li’s ’that person dislikes’ has completely blocked this money-making path.

Seeing his daughter again, for some reason, he felt inexplicably annoyed.

"Dad, don’t put too much pressure on yourself." Tang Li comforted him considerately, "There are so many people in the family, there will always be a way. It’s a pity I still have to film. If I could half-retire like Yuanyuan, I could take up more gigs."

Lai Wenyan looked over: "Gigs?"

"It’s where artists take on private jobs like commercial performances themselves, like singing at people’s weddings or being guests for company annual meetings. The pay is generally not low."

After Tang Li explained what gigs were, Lai Wenyan then found an excuse to send her off.

Once Tang Li left, Lai Wenyan called his younger daughter.

At that moment, Lai Yuaner was accompanying Ouyang Qian to meet a Tianyi board director. When she received her father’s call, she looked at her mother, "Dad asked me to go to the hospital."

Being a father asking his daughter to visit, Ouyang Qian couldn’t refuse.

After saying goodbye to the director, the mother and daughter headed directly to the hospital.

However, upon entering the ward and learning that Lai Wenyan not only wanted to liquidate his daughter’s assets but also planned to have her beloved daughter perform gigs to earn a few thousand a day, Ouyang Qian couldn’t believe it and rebuked on the spot: "Lai Wenyan, treating your own daughter like a money-making tool, are you even human?!"