Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

Li Xiaoyun’s eyes widened; she was stunned by how shameless Zheng Xuelin’s words were.

She had never liked Zheng Xuelin; before, she’d only had a gut feeling that he wasn’t a good person.

She always felt very uncomfortable around him.

Today, after finding out about what he had going on with Vice President Lu, she was immediately certain that there was something wrong with Zheng Xuelin’s character.

She hadn’t expected that he could be this shameless on top of that.

He kept refreshing her lower limit.

Zhou Yunyun and Lin Lingli were stunned at first, then turned around.

They got along well with Li Xiaoyun and also knew she was single.

They did know that Zheng Xuelin liked Li Xiaoyun, yet they had no idea what he was so proud about—he refused to admit it and always acted like he looked down on Li Xiaoyun.

So they didn’t believe for a second that Zheng Xuelin and Li Xiaoyun were in a romantic relationship.

As for the others, they were still too shocked to react, stuck in a daze.

Especially Brother Chen and Sister Li—on a daily basis, they weren’t very close with either Li Xiaoyun or Zheng Xuelin.

There was a generation gap between them and the younger colleagues; they rarely had common topics to chat about.

They were older now and not very keen on social gatherings either.

So it was really hard for them to judge whether what Zheng Xuelin said was true or not.

Li Xiaoyun was the first to snap out of it. She was just about to deny it when a deep, heavy male voice cut in, "Oh yeah? How come I didn’t know about that?"

Everyone turned around in surprise, and when they saw who it was, it turned out to be Zhao Dingli!

At this moment, Zhao Dingli was still impeccably neat, his breathing completely steady.

You’d never imagine that he’d just sprinted all the way here from the company entrance.

Li Xiaoyun stared, dumbfounded.

This time, she was completely unable to come back to her senses.

Why would Zhao Dingli be here!

Ignoring everyone else, Zhao Dingli first pulled Li Xiaoyun over to him. "Are you okay?"

He looked at her nervously. "What did Zheng Xuelin do to you just now?"

"Just now?" Li Xiaoyun blinked. "That call just now was from you?"

Zhao Dingli nodded. He had only wanted to ask for her personal contact information just now.

Who knew he’d happen to overhear Zheng Xuelin hurting her.

Li Xiaoyun shook her head and said, "Thankfully my colleagues came in time. He didn’t do anything."

Then she realized what was going on and hurriedly said, "Just now... what he said was a lie. I’m not with him!"

"I have absolutely nothing to do with him! We’re just colleagues." Li Xiaoyun explained anxiously.

She hadn’t been this agitated earlier, even though she’d been in a hurry then.

She didn’t know what was wrong with her now—she was terrified of being misunderstood.

Zhao Dingli nodded, smiled slightly, and said, "I know."

Ye Fei was her best friend, and Ye Fei had said Li Xiaoyun was single.

How could Li Xiaoyun possibly have a boyfriend?

Besides, even if she really did find a boyfriend, she wouldn’t be blind enough to choose someone like Zheng Xuelin.

Zhao Dingli still trusted Li Xiaoyun’s eye for people.

Hearing him say this, Li Xiaoyun finally let out a breath of relief.

Her reaction was so obvious that Zhao Dingli couldn’t help it—there was even a smile in his eyes.

Everyone else, meanwhile, was in a state of petrification.

Li Xiaoyun... Zhao Dingli...

Why would Zhao Dingli be here!

And acting so familiar with Li Xiaoyun!

"You really didn’t get hurt?" Zhao Dingli asked again, still uneasy.

Li Xiaoyun shook her head. "I’m really fine."

Zhao Dingli had sharp eyes. When he lowered his gaze, he noticed something off about the color of her wrist.

He immediately took her hand and pushed her sleeve up.

Half of Li Xiaoyun’s arm was exposed.

They saw that her wrist and the front of her forearm were covered in finger marks.

All of them left by Zheng Xuelin grabbing her just now.

Li Xiaoyun’s skin was very fair to begin with, so these finger marks and bruises stood out even more.

"And you say you’re not hurt!" Zhao Dingli looked down at the bruises on her arm, displeasure written all over his face.

Li Xiaoyun hadn’t expected that her wrist and arm had actually bruised.

Just now she’d only felt that his grip was too strong and that her arm hurt, but she hadn’t realized it had already turned blue.

Everyone stared in shock at the way her hand was still being held in Zhao Dingli’s.

Were Li Xiaoyun and Zhao Dingli really this close?

This was beyond anything they’d imagined!

Li Xiaoyun was way too low‑key!

If she’d used her connections before, there would’ve been no need for Zheng Xuelin to "sacrifice his body" to negotiate that cooperation with Changlin!

"Zheng Xuelin, you’ve gone too far!" Lin Lingli said angrily.

Thick-skinned, Zheng Xuelin tried to argue, "Xiao Yun, I know you’re only denying our relationship because you’re mad at me."

"I only lost my head for a moment because I suddenly lost the business deal, so I lost control of my strength. I never meant to hurt you," he said.

"I was just holding your hand and talking to you. I didn’t control my strength for a moment, but besides that, I didn’t do anything else, did I?" he added shamelessly.

"Xiao Yun, don’t make a scene. I know you’re angry with me. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have blamed you. This was a decision made by the higher-ups; you don’t have the final say, I know that," Zheng Xuelin said.

"Let’s be good again, okay?" He spoke gently, as if he were really coaxing an angry girlfriend.

"I know I was wrong. You can blame me—how about I let you hit me back?" Zheng Xuelin even showed a gentle smile.

But that smile only made Li Xiaoyun want to throw up.

"Xiao Yun, no matter what, we can’t break up," Zheng Xuelin said. "After all, we’re already at the stage of talking marriage."

Li Xiaoyun stared at him in disbelief. "Zheng Xuelin, are you out of your mind!"

Ignoring her, he turned to the others and said, "We never made our relationship public in the company because we were worried that, since we work together, going public would cause a lot of inconvenience."

"But now, we can’t hide it anymore," he said.

"I have nothing to do with you!" Li Xiaoyun was furious.

How could someone be this shameless!

"Xiao Yun, you..." Zheng Xuelin looked extremely wronged and even sighed deeply. "How can you not admit it?"

"I really have nothing to do with him!" Li Xiaoyun was anxious now; she turned and grabbed Zhao Dingli’s sleeve.

"I know." Zhao Dingli nodded. "Don’t worry, I believe you."

For some reason, hearing him say that calmed Li Xiaoyun down.

"Xiao Yun." Zheng Xuelin looked at her with pitiful eyes.

He really looked like some poor man whose heart had been broken by her.

Zhao Dingli ignored him completely and focused on Li Xiaoyun’s arm.

This was just what he could see; who knew what other marks there were in places he couldn’t see.

He immediately wrapped an arm around her shoulders and said, "Come on, I’m putting in a leave request for you this afternoon."

With that, he put his arm around her and led her out.

Li Xiaoyun opened her mouth and said, "I was actually planning to contact Mr. Rui this afternoon about the cooperation."