"Ms. Gu won't bother you anymore. Get in the car. Uncle Lu will take you home, okay?" Lu Chuanbai held back the sourness in his heart and reached out his hand to the two children.
The two children both hid behind Tang Li. In particular, Xu Yiyi had regarded Tang Li as his protector ever since Tang Li protected him that night.
"No need, Uncle Lu. Uncle Tang will protect us."
The two children were avoiding him.
Uncle Tang would protect them.
His two children valued Tang Li more than him in their hearts.
It was as if a knife had been stabbed into his heart. The pain made Lu Chuanbai out of breath, and his once - proud self - confidence began to waver.
Tang Li naturally took the two children's hands and said to Xu Qingqing, "Let's go. Auntie is still waiting for us at home."
Xu Qingqing concealed the chill in her eyes and resisted the urge to look up. She followed Tang Li and left.
Lu Chuanbai got out of the car and grabbed Xu Qingqing's hand. His eyes were full of sorrow. "I'm the one..."
"Shut up!"
Xu Qingqing knew what Lu Chuanbai was about to say, that the two children were his own. She turned to Tang Li and said, "You take the two children to the car first."
She didn't want the two children to see her arguing with Lu Chuanbai.
"We'll wait for you over there." Tang Li hesitated for a moment. Somewhat worried, he took the children a bit further away.
Watching Tang Li carry the two children away, one in each arm, Lu Chuanbai felt as if his heart was bleeding. He couldn't help but question, "What's your relationship with Tang Li?"
Xu Qingqing pretended to be cold. "Tang Li and I are husband and wife. Thanks to his care for the two children over the years. Don't bother our lives anymore in the future."
Xu Qingqing's words were heartless and cruel. She just wanted to break Lu Chuanbai's fantasy once and for all.
There was no possibility between them anymore!
It was fake!
It must be fake!
Lu Chuanbai had investigated. Tang Li and Xu Qingqing had just been ordinary friends abroad and had never been together.
Xu Qingqing was lying to him!
But even though he knew it was fake, Lu Chuanbai still felt so heart - broken that he staggered. "I don't believe it. Yiyi and An'an are also my children. I'm their father."
"Your children?" Xu Qingqing looked at the sad expression on that almost perfect face and sneered sarcastically. Her loveless peach - blossom eyes were filled with anger.
"Over the years, it's been Tang Li who's been by the children's side and protected them. You're their biological father, but what have you done for them?"
"Even now, you're still protecting Gu Anrou, the criminal who kidnapped Yiyi. Do you deserve to be a father?"
"I had my reasons..."
Lu Chuanbai was eager to explain.
"I don't want to hear your explanation. Lu Chuanbai, let go of me!" Xu Qingqing struggled to shake off Lu Chuanbai's hand.
It didn't matter if Xu Qingqing didn't love him. He would surely find a way to make her fall in love with him again. It didn't matter if the two children disliked him now. He would use all means to snatch back his Xu Qingqing and children!
He would spend the rest of his life making up for them.
After making up his mind, Lu Chuanbai let go of Xu Qingqing's hand.
Being a nuisance was the most unseemly thing. Since he knew Xu Qingqing was still here, there would be plenty of time in the future.
"Qingqing, I helped Gu Anrou because she once helped me. My mother taught me to repay kindness when I was a child. So I only helped her this last time. I won't do it again."
Lu Chuanbai knew that what made Xu Qingqing most angry was his help to the Gu family. So he had to solve this problem before leaving.
He didn't want Xu Qingqing to over - think and magnify this problem infinitely.
Xu Qingqing hung her head without looking up.
Lu Chuanbai took one last look at the two children in Tang Li's arms, said nothing more, got in the car and left.
As the car started and drove away, just at the corner, Lu Chuanbai asked the driver to stop. Then he got out of the car and hid in the crowd, watching the four of them from afar.
When they got home, Xu Qingqing looked at Tang Li somewhat awkwardly.
She was sure Tang Li had heard what she said. She knew how sharp Tang Li's ears were.
"Sorry... I said those things in front of Lu Chuanbai just now..."
Xu Qingqing swore she had no other intentions. She was just harassed by Lu Chuanbai and had to use Tang Li as a shield randomly.
But Tang Li didn't mind at all. He was even a bit happy. He smiled gently to comfort Xu Qingqing. "It's okay. It's my honor to be your shield."
Hearing this, Xu Qingqing felt even more embarrassed and thought she was sorry for Tang Li. She let out a long breath to calm herself down and looked at Tang Li apologetically.
"Tang Li, you've helped me enough. I know you're very busy with your work. You'd better go back quickly. I can handle things here by myself."
Since she had rejected Tang Li, she didn't want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.
Hearing this, the smile on Tang Li's face disappeared, but soon he resumed his gentle and elegant look.
Some things couldn't be rushed.
"Okay then. I was just about to go back for a meeting and wanted to say goodbye to you. Can you and the two children see me off at the airport tomorrow?"
Hearing Tang Li's words, Xu Qingqing let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Sure. I'll take the two children to see you off at the airport tomorrow."
The next day, Xu Qingqing asked for leave for the two children and saw Tang Li off.
Before Tang Li went through the security check, the two children hugged him reluctantly.
Xu An'an pouted. Her chubby face was so cute that it could melt anyone's heart. "Uncle Tang, you must come to see me and brother again."
Xu Yiyi even drew a beautiful picture for Tang Li. "Uncle Tang, I'll miss you."
"Thank you." Tang Li took the picture and kissed each of the cute kids on the face. "Uncle will miss you too."
Tang Li stood up straight and opened his arms to Xu Qingqing. Xu Qingqing walked up and gave him a gentle hug.
"Thank you for what you've done for me these days."
"You're welcome."
The soft beauty in his arms disappeared the next second. Tang Li felt a bit disappointed and regretful. He picked up his luggage and went through the security check.
"Then I'm leaving."
"Okay, bye!"
"Goodbye, Uncle Tang!"
Xu Qingqing and her two children waved to Tang Li until they watched him board the plane.
Since Xu Qingqing lied to Lu Chuanbai that Tang Li was her husband, Lu Chuanbai had never appeared in front of her again.
Although Xu Qingqing knew he wouldn't give up so easily, she didn't have time to think about other things. She had been busy repairing the necklace.
Thanks to her perfect and superb skills, the necklace was restored to its original state. The broken gemstones were repaired together. Even if one looked very carefully, they couldn't see the previous cracks.
"Wow! It's repaired so well. Thanks to your recommendation. Otherwise, this necklace would surely never be repaired well." The old lady's best friend couldn't put the repaired necklace down and praised it constantly.
The old lady also praised Xu Qingqing highly. "This girl is really beautiful and skillful. Fortunately, I listened to myself and didn't go to that shop on the east street. Otherwise, it would surely be repaired as ugly as last time."