The Useless Stepmom Brings Her Kids to Reality TV Shows to Photograph Them - Chapter 73

73 Threatening Me with Your Family Assets?

Humans were greedy by nature. When they had agreed to participate in this show, the three brothers had only wanted Li Yanchen to show his face just once and wished for nothing more. They had never expected Li Yanchen to stick with them till the end of the entire episode. Even though this was more than what he had wished for, Li Zexuan felt unsatisfied. He felt good to be here as a family. He really hoped the episode would extend for a few more days.

“Yes, there’s a lot of work at the company and I have to go to country H in two days. I probably won’t have many days at home before the next semester.” Li Yanchen told his son about his schedule.

Li Zexuan’s face darkened. “Will Ms. Lin be accompanying you?”

“No. I am going by myself.” Li Yanchen glanced at Lin Wan.

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Lin Wan was watching the live broadcast and did not hear the conversation between father and son.

“Why did you marry her if you were just going to shut her in the house and display her as a treasure?”

“You’ll know in the future.”

“The future again? Boring.”

Li Zexuan wanted to get some information out of his father, but it was too difficult. “If you think you are so capable, then you need to keep her company. Otherwise, we might bully her again. Summer break is coming. We will all be at home.”

Li Zexuan wanted to ask his father to spend more time with them, but he couldn’t. So, he made it sound like a threat.

“If you don’t want to regret it, treat her better.” Li Yanchen pinched the bridge of his nose.

Initially, he had wanted to tell Li Zexuan the truth about elder Lin, Lin Wan’s situation and the death of their biological parents when the kid turned eighteen. Li Yanchen thought that by then the child would be able to process the fact that his parents had been killed. However, it seemed like he couldn’t drag this any longer. He would tell his eldest son the truth when they got back home.

Li Zexuan laughed bitterly. “Are you threatening to cut ties, Uncle? Threatening me with your family assets? You finally have a way out, right? Ms. Lin can give birth to a plump baby boy to inherit your assets anyway.”

Li Yanchen jumped up from his stool. “What nonsense are you spouting? The livestream is still going on!”

[Director, I will blacklist your entire radio! Li Zexuan, please speak louder. I think I hear the word ‘salted fish’. Are they talking about Lin Wan?]

[He has his private life. They can’t just expose everything.]

[That’s right. I am fine with getting to see Xuanxuan every day. My heart turns cold when I think about not seeing him from the day after tomorrow.]

[I’ve gone overboard. Sorry, I take back what I just said.]

[If you’re a loyal fan of Xuanxuan, just hope he remains happy.]

Li Zexuan stood up from his own stool and walked to the kitchen, leaving his father behind. He didn’t care about a little bit of family property. He still had an eight-figure amount in his bank account that he had earned himself. He could make do.

For the first time ever, Li Yanchen followed behind his son.

Li Zexuan was surprised. His father had never cared and never followed him to comfort him. Li Zexuan was touched but he pretended to be angry. He sat on the kitchen stool and crossed his hand across his chest. He held up his chin and glared at his father. In his heart, he was waiting for his father to find him and comfort him.

Li Yanchen merely patted his son’s shoulder a few times and did not say anything. He turned around and sat in front of the stove, preparing to start a fire.

‘So, he didn’t intend to comfort me? He just happened to come to the kitchen?’ Li Zexuan walked out of the kitchen with his head lowered. He was disappointed.

In the sandpit in the backyard, Li Zexuan and Tutu were building a castle. Li Zexuan stepped into the sandpit and picked some sand in his hands in a daze.

“Brother, why are you here?” Li Zexuan made room for Li Zexuan.

Li Zexuan looked at his younger brother and felt very sad. They were both children without parents. Li Yanchen had obtained their biological father’s company, so why couldn’t he love them a little more? ‘If he and Lin Wan had a child of their own, would he still be as cold to that as he was to them?’

He touched his brother’s face. “Jiejie, do you like daddy?”

Li Zekai answered without hesitation. “Of course, I do! I will always like daddy. Brother, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” said Li Zexuan. “You guys have fun.” He glanced at his innocent younger brother. He couldn’t bear to talk bad about Li Yanchen in front of him.

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At Tutu’s house, Xu Xiaoxiao faced away from the camera and cried so sadly that Su Wei couldn’t wait to quit from the show and leave with Xu Xiaoxiao.

Although they couldn’t see the woman’s face, they could guess that Xu Xiaoxiao was having an emotional breakdown from the faint weeping sound they heard.

Su Wei’s mother couldn’t take it anymore. She used the family cook’s number to call her son.

Seeing the unfamiliar number on the phone, Su Wei answered it, only to be berated by his mother’s voice from the other side of the line.

“Now that your wings have grown, you can even dare to block my number! It’s that woman, isn’t it? She made you do it! Until I die, don’t you dare bring her into the Su family. Don’t even think about it! And if you can’t take care of my grandchild, send him here to me. Why is it that he is always crying in this d*mn show? Su Wei’s mother shouted into the phone. If he wasn’t her son, she would have cut all her ties with him.

Su Wei held the phone a little far from his ears until she was done shouting. “Mom, I was annoyed that you kept calling me just to shout at me. Do you have to do this now? Can’t you wait until I am back? The livestream is still going on.”

Su Wei was stuck in between his mother, his son, and Xu Xiaoxiao. His head ached.

“Where’s Tutu? I want to talk to him.” Huo Meijun had not seen Tutu for a few days now. She had called her grandson two days ago to talk to him, but Su Wei had blacklisted her.

“He went to play. I’ll get him to call you when he comes back. I’m hanging up now.” Su Wei looked at Xu Xiaoxiao, who was still crying, and ended the call.

“Little Wu, go get me a bowl of green bean soup. Ah, I’m going crazy because of this brat. Does he really think that Su family assets will be his after doing all this? I’d rather donate all of it.” Su Wei clutched at her chest and sat on the sofa. Her blood pressure was over the roof. She felt like she would explode.

The family cook, Auntie Wu, served the green bean soup quickly. “Madam, young master is always on your side except when it comes to Xu Xiaoxiao. I watched the show a little. From what I have seen, Ms. Xu is actually very patient with Tutu. Maybe it’s not that bad after all. Tutu can always come here anyway.”

“She is patient? Then why is my grandson always crying and throwing a tantrum? Why does he always act out? He is very obedient at home, but he is completely different when he meets Xu Xiaoxiao. That woman might be acting decent in the livestream, but who knows how she actually is behind the camera? I have experience with two-faced people like that. Children, on the other hand, don’t lie about things.” Huo Meijun had faced her own share of rivalries with mistresses when she was young. Although she was Mrs. Su, she still got angry when she remembered the countless mistresses her husband, Su Mingsheng, used to have. Huo Meijun had wanted to crush those women because they acted so innocent until she knew they were his mistresses.

She knew how they had damaged her family, so she didn’t want to accept Xu Xiaoxiao into the Su family.