LPLFDA Chapter 42

Li Wei’s condition, not even the best doctors could solve.

Li Heng believed that in this lifetime, when it came to his daughter, he was completely helpless.

But now, right before his eyes, the daughter whom no one could manage was soothed into calm and peace by a tiny cub, only three years old.

He even began to doubt his own eyes.

“Li An.”

His lips trembled as he called out once.

Li An, who was following behind Li Heng, knew Li Heng better than anyone else.

With just a single glance, he already knew what Li Heng was thinking.

“Sir, you didn’t see wrong.”

“Miss’s condition… has stabilized.”

Li Wei had truly recovered, though this recovery might only be temporary.

But at this moment, clarity was slowly returning to her eyes.

“Auntie, Yuan Yuan will sleep with you, okay?”

Feng Yuan had already noticed the dark circles under Li Wei’s eyes.

For so many days, aside from taking a short rest in the afternoons when Feng Yuan was around, the rest of the time, she had been almost entirely sleepless.

Her exhaustion was so obvious, even a child could see it.

Feng Yuan wanted her to sleep a little longer.

The sky wasn’t fully bright yet. Feng Yuan turned his head and looked at Grandpa.

“Grandpa, Yuan Yuan is going to sleep with Auntie, okay?”

The little cub who could no longer sleep with Grandpa still didn’t forget to inform him.

After saying that, Feng Yuan then tugged at Auntie, wanting to pull her up.

Although Li Wei wasn’t heavy, with her height of 174 centimeters, she still had some weight to her. Feng Yuan couldn’t quite pull her up.

Seeing the little one panting from the effort, Li Wei held onto his small, chubby hand and stood up herself.

Ever since being awakened by Feng Yuan, Li Wei’s gaze had never once left him.

She carried Feng Yuan. She didn’t even care about her own father standing behind her and, barefoot, walked straight back to the bedroom.

The bedroom door was slammed shut with a “bang”.

Li Heng stared at the closed door, standing there for a long, long time.

“Sir, let’s go back.”

At this moment, Li An’s feelings were perfectly in sync with Li Heng’s, but he forcibly restrained his emotions and advised Li Heng:
“Miss and Young Master Yuan Yuan have gone to rest. They won’t be coming out for a while.”

“Waiting here like this is useless.”

While speaking, Li An ushered his son out.

There were no outsiders around.

Li An cleared his throat, his cautious demeanor carrying a faint trace of hope.

He couldn’t hold it back and spoke in a low voice: “Sir, about what just happened, do you think it was by chance, or was it…”

The rest went without saying.

Li An didn’t continue. He simply waited quietly for Li Heng, giving him time to think it over.

Li Heng did think for a moment.

No one knew what conclusion he reached. Anyway, in the end, he left in silence.

Meanwhile, inside the bedroom.

Feng Yuan, still not fully rested, was holding his aunt and coaxing her.

“Auntie, you have to be good. Close your eyes.”

Feng Yuan was often coaxed by others, so when it came to coaxing someone else, he felt he was fairly experienced.

Watching Li Wei close her eyes, he leaned by her ear and began to sing.

His little mouth pressed against Li Wei’s ear.

Warm breath brushed across her skin. His soft, tender baby voice drilled into her ear.

This was by no means a good sleeping environment.

Yet with her eyes closed, Li Wei truly fell asleep.

After coaxing her to sleep, Feng Yuan grew drowsy himself.

However, Feng Yuan didn’t follow her into sleep. He forced himself to stay awake and sat up.

The black mist that had earlier lingered around Li Wei had now retreated, hiding close by, waiting for a chance to return.

Feng Yuan didn’t know what the black mist was.

But he knew it wasn’t anything good.

He lifted his chubby little hand and rubbed his cheeks. The next moment, he spat out a burst of fire.

This flame was thicker than any he had ever produced before, and its color was visibly deeper!

Feng Yuan looked at his little flame with satisfaction.

With a wave of his hand, he sent the floating flame into the air.

The moment the little flame touched the black mist, the mist burned up like willow catkins catching fire.

All the hidden black mist was ignited and spread in flames.

Feng Yuan focused all his attention, terrified that, just like last time, he might accidentally burn the whole room down.

He was still too little. Right now, he only knew how to breathe fire, not how to take it back.

If it had been his Dad, he would’ve been able to do that.

Nervously, Feng Yuan finished burning the mist, but he still wasn’t sure if he had managed to clear it all away.

Afterward, he couldn’t quite fall asleep, so he simply decided to make a video call to his Dad.

He was going to report that his aunt had been entangled by the black mist.

Accounting for the time difference, it was around eight o’clock back home.

At that hour, it was definitely not early anymore.

But when Feng Yuan made a video call, his Dad didn’t answer. He called his big dad, but big dad didn’t answer either.

On his second call to Big Dad, Big Dad finally picked up.

Seeing his big dad still lying in bed on the screen, Feng Yuan’s eyes widened.

“Big dad, you’re lazing in bed!”

“Mm, big dad wants to sleep a little longer.”

Though Li Sheng said he wanted to sleep more, his eyes showed no trace of drowsiness. They were a bit bloodshot. His complexion didn’t look like someone who had just woken up.

Father and son stared at each other, big round eyes meeting small round eyes.

After only a few seconds, Li Sheng took the initiative to speak. He asked again: “Yuan Yuan, what do you need your dad for?”

Feng Yuan lowered his head to glance at his aunt.

Then he explained her situation: “Yuan Yuan breathed fire and burned away the bad things, so Auntie can sleep well now.”

A child’s words didn’t sound all that smooth, but his meaning still came through.

Under Li Sheng’s careful questioning, Feng Yuan explained things clearly enough.

He even wanted to show Li Sheng his upgraded little flame.

But Li Sheng didn’t look at it just yet.

“Big dad, can Yuan Yuan’s being a little phoenix be told to grandpa, grandma, and auntie?”

Li Sheng thought for a moment.

“There’s no need to deliberately hide it from them, but no need to deliberately tell them either. Just let it happen naturally.”

After listening to Feng Yuan finish reporting the serious matter, Li Sheng began asking about his daily life.

“Are you getting used to things over there? Do you want Big Dad to bring you back?”

“No.”

Feng Yuan had only been there for a little more than a day, and the novelty hadn’t worn off yet. In his heart, he had no desire to go home.

He didn’t tell Big Dad about what happened at the ball game. He only told him how great it was here.

No school, no homework. This was simply the happy life he had always dreamed of!

Seeing that he didn’t want to return, Li Sheng didn’t press the matter.

“Big Dad, Yuan Yuan misses Dad.”

Although Feng Yuan was comfortable staying with grandpa, he still missed his two dads.

When he finished saying he missed Dad, Li Sheng’s expression wavered for a moment. Still, he shifted the phone’s camera.

As the view changed, Feng Qi’s face also appeared before Feng Yuan’s eyes.

“Dad!”

The moment he saw his Dad, Feng Yuan’s little mouth spread into a wide grin.

He raised his chubby little hand and sent his dad a flying kiss right away.

That flying kiss was something his dad had taught him.

On the screen, when Feng Qi saw his son, he was happy as well. His eyes overflowed with warmth. Though it had only been a day since they last met, he already missed his son.

Without making a fuss, he nudged Li Sheng’s body, wanting the latter to move a little farther away from him.

“Yuan Yuan, it’s still early where you are. Don’t you want to sleep yet?”

“Yuan Yuan misses dad. After seeing dad, I’ll go to sleep.”

Feng Qi also wanted to chat with his son a bit more.

But he had heard everything Feng Yuan had just said to Li Sheng.

Beside Feng Yuan, there was still a little auntie sleeping soundly.

His eyes shifted slightly. He didn’t want to disturb the little auntie’s rest.

“Yuan Yuan, be good and go to sleep. Dad will video call you again later, okay?”

“Okay.”

Feng Yuan answered obediently. After answering, he puckered his lips and gave the smartwatch a kiss before hanging up.

Receiving his son’s long-distance kiss, Feng Qi felt as though his heart was melting.

“Li Sheng, did you see? My Yuan Yuan is so good.”

“Mm, he really is.”

Li Sheng didn’t deny that his son could be very well-behaved at times.

He tossed his phone aside and, with his strong, firm arm, once again pulled Feng Qi into his embrace.

“Since Yuan Yuan is so good, shouldn’t Yuan Yuan’s dad also be a little good?”

Feng Qi: “…”

Feng Qi raised an eyebrow and slapped him across the face. “That’s enough.”

The moment Yuan Yuan was gone, Li Sheng started pushing his limits at night.

With no little light bulb like Yuan Yuan on the big bed, Li Sheng was utterly unrestrained.

Last night, he coaxed Feng Qi into drinking a bit of red wine.

Feng Qi’s alcohol tolerance was poor. Even a little wine made him slightly tipsy.

And while he was tipsy, Li Sheng half-seduced, half-pressed, and dragged him onto the bed.

The two had shared a bed for many days. But they hadn’t actually gone all the way.

For one, they hardly ever had the chance to be alone. For another, Feng Qi still had a bit of rationality left.

He knew he was going to die.

So he didn’t want Li Sheng to get too entangled with him.

If they really crossed that final line, Li Sheng would become completely attached. And when he died, he feared Li Sheng would fall into despair.

But Li Sheng couldn’t afford to fall into despair.

His precious Yuan Yuan was still little, still counting on his big dad to raise him well.

His self-control, maintained for so many days, was finally ruined by that glass of wine.

No, not just by the wine.

Also, by Li Sheng in a white shirt, spilling red wine on himself, and asking if he wanted a taste.

Who knew where this guy had learned such tricks. He was far too good at bewitching people!

After the two of them had fooled around all night, he had barely slept when, early in the morning, Li Sheng once again pulled him into his arms.

“I need to get some proper rest. Stay away from me.”

Feng Qi said this, pushing him aside, then buried himself back into the pillow, wanting to sleep.

But Li Sheng’s breath pressed down on him relentlessly, warm air brushing against his skin.

“Just one last time… then I’ll let you sleep.”

“Get lost. I don’t believe you.”

Feng Qi’s face was still buried in the pillow, his muffled voice coming out.

He didn’t believe for a second that Li Sheng’s so-called “last time” was true.

Li Sheng’s patience was excellent, his temper just as good.

Even when Feng Qi cursed at him, kicked him, or slapped him across the face, he never got angry, only continued to coax him gently.

It could be said that, to achieve his goal, Li Sheng’s thick skin was evolving to be just like his son’s.

Feng Yuan was the same way. Sometimes, even knowing he’d be punished, he still just had to make a little trouble.

Time passed little by little.

The two dads probably weren’t going to sleep anymore. But on the other side, Feng Yuan had fallen fast asleep right after hanging up the call.

Even in his sleep, the little one didn’t forget to hug his aunt.

His chubby arms and legs were sprawled over her, making his aunt dream of being entangled by something.

Children need a lot of sleep.

Feng Yuan slept another two to three hours straight.

When he woke up, he didn’t leave. Instead, he stayed on the bed, right next to his aunt, playing with his smartwatch.

He was chatting with Qin Xun on it.

Qin Xun sent him lots of photos—pretty little flowers he saw on the road, as well as stray cats and dogs he had come across.

All the things he sent were just what Feng Yuan loved to see.

Though separated by thousands of miles, the two kids could still stay closely connected through their smartwatches.

A servant came to deliver breakfast.

Feng Yuan asked them to leave it in the bedroom. Sitting cross-legged not far from the bed, he ate his own portion of breakfast.

After finishing, he patted his tummy. It was now round and full.

There was also a portion for Li Wei, kept warm in a thermal food tray, untouched by Feng Yuan.

He stared at his aunt’s tray, hesitating whether he should wake her up to eat. Just then, behind him, his aunt’s voice rang out.

“Yuan Yuan.”

Feng Yuan: “!”

Delighted, Feng Yuan turned his head. Sure enough, he saw his aunt awake.

He quickly carried the food over to the bedside, thinking it was perfect timing that Auntie woke up!

“Auntie, eat!”

“Yuan Yuan will feed you!”

Having already fed his aunt once before, Feng Yuan once again began feeding her.

After two full meals and some rare rest for her body.

Li Wei’s condition finally looked much better than before.

Feng Yuan handed the tray to the servant to take away, then stayed right at Li Wei’s side, trailing her step by step like a little tagalong.

Li Wei took a shower and changed her clothes. She gathered up her long, curly hair. Her delicate, deep-set features radiated an intimidating beauty.

When Ruskin first saw that face of hers, he had been so captivated that he poured out sweet words nonstop.

Later, when Ruskin sought to form a marriage alliance, he actually hadn’t wanted to break things off with Li Wei either.

He brought it up to her, asking her to stay with him.

Only, their relationship would have to shift from public to secret.

In other words, he wanted to marry a wife of equal status, but he also loved Li Wei and wanted her to be his mistress.

When Li Wei heard him make that request, she slapped him on the spot.

That very slap made Ruskin lose face.

So later, when Ruskin’s fiancée humiliated Li Wei, he deliberately turned a blind eye.

That soon-to-be-married pair utterly disgusted Li Wei.

“Auntie, you’re so pretty!”

Watching his aunt tidy herself up from head to toe, Feng Yuan cupped his chubby cheeks, his eyes sparkling as he showered her with rainbow praise.

To him, his aunt now looked like she was glowing with beauty.

Li Wei picked up the little one with cupped cheeks. She felt that her condition at the moment was rather good.

“Yuan Yuan, come keep Auntie company and take a little walk around the house.”

The Li family’s estate was large, so the aunt and nephew could stroll around indoors and easily pass the time.

Li Wei stayed quietly at home for two days.

During those two days, Feng Yuan stuck to her side without leaving her.

And her stable, improved state during that time did not go unnoticed by Li Heng.

Li Heng lifted her confinement order.

She was allowed to go out again.

As for Feng Yuan, after keeping Auntie company at home for two days, he didn’t feel bored at all.

But when he heard his aunt say she would take him out to play tomorrow, Feng Yuan was still very happy inside.

Li Wei was permitted to go out normally the next day. At the same time, Feng Yuan’s training schedule was also set by Li Heng.

The Li family’s survival training wasn’t meant to torment children.

Li Heng had no hobby of grinding children down either.

In their family, for children to grow up safe and healthy wasn’t easy.

So Li Heng would not be careless about this matter.

He arranged Feng Yuan’s training time with the butler and also privately instructed Li Wei.

“Take him out to have fun for two days. After two days, his training begins.”

Li Wei couldn’t interfere with Feng Yuan’s training.

She didn’t respond to Li Heng’s words, only turned and took Feng Yuan out in her arms.

Li Wei had never raised children. She hadn’t spent much intimate time with Li Wang or Li Si either.

How to take a child out to play?

That question was a bit unfamiliar to her.

But after checking on Li Si’s whereabouts, she heard that Li Si had invited people to play at the huge sports field at her grandfather’s house.

So Li Wei directly brought Feng Yuan over there.

When the tall and the small arrived, Li Wei straightened Feng Yuan’s little clothes and let him run around freely.

This was Li Si’s turf.

Although Li Wei wasn’t close to Li Si, she knew that with Feng Yuan here, he wouldn’t be taken advantage of.

At first, the little one felt a bit shy without his aunt right by his side.

But there was so much to play with here that, as he walked, his courage swelled.

He followed the direction his aunt had pointed, and before long, he saw a group of kids playing soccer.

He recognized all of them.

Those same kids who had been arrogant when they kicked at him earlier were now being utterly outplayed by a pretty mixed-heritage girl, who was single-handedly dominating the ball.

They looked miserable. A whole group of them couldn’t handle one girl.

The girl wore a pink-blue vest set and knee pads. She kept the ball under one foot, her sharp features dripping with mockery and contempt.

“A bunch of losers.”

She said this, then kicked the ball hard away from her foot. “If any of you block my view again, I’ll show you what real bullying is.”

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