The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

Chen Dong brought Li Wang into the company, drawing the gazes of a group of colleagues. Perhaps because Chen Dong was from the General Affairs Department and didn't interact with them much, no one came forward to ask him anything, despite their curiosity.

With his salary on the line, Chen Dong felt it was necessary to explain things clearly to Li Huiran, so he went straight to the General Manager's office.

In the secretarial area, Xiaoyu was painting her nails. Seeing Chen Dong, she greeted him, "Well well, Team Leader Chen. What can I do for you?"

Chen Dong casually asked, "Is President Li in?"

Xiaoyu smiled. "She's in, but she seems to be in a bad mood. She even chewed me out this morning."

Chen Dong nodded and was about to go in. Xiaoyu didn't stop him. If it were anyone else, it wouldn't be so easy to enter the inner office. As a secretary, Xiaoyu was quite competent. She probably knew Li Huiran's preferences better than even Li Huiran's own father, Li Jianwen. When it came to special treatment in the entire company, no one was more special than Chen Dong.

A recently arrived team leader whose salary and bonuses were personally managed by the General Manager—it was clear that this Team Leader Chen's relationship with President Li was anything but simple. Therefore, without explicit instructions from Li Huiran, there was no need for her to stop Chen Dong. If Chen Dong were to tattle on her to Li Huiran, she'd be in for a world of hurt.

Besides, she had personally seen Chen Dong leaving work in Li Huiran's car. She had already guessed that Chen Dong was President Li's kept man. However, as a secretary, she could only keep this secret to herself, not daring to gossip about it at all.

Li Huiran was focused on a document when the door opened. Seeing it was Chen Dong, she was about to explode with anger, but she was struck speechless when she saw him holding a little girl's hand.

Her eyes widened, her face a mask of disbelief. Internally, she was screaming, 'No way!'

Chen Dong said with a smile, "President Li, there's a reason for this. My salary won't be docked, right?"

Right now, Li Huiran had no desire to talk about salary. She tried hard to control her emotions and asked with a tremor in her voice, "She is...?"

The corner of Chen Dong's mouth twitched. "It's a little hard to explain!"

Hearing Chen Dong say that, Li Huiran's mind fell into even greater turmoil.

As soon as she entered, Xiaoli Wang had been sizing up the beautiful Li Huiran. Seeing that Chen Dong and Li Huiran were going to be talking for a while, she held out her small hand to Chen Dong. "Daddy, phone!"

Chen Dong thought, 'Holy shit!' and stared at Li Wang in shock.

Li Wang seemed to see Chen Dong's confusion and said in a soft, sweet voice, "I already know! You're supposed to call men 'Daddy'!" Her face wore an expression that said, 'I'm so smart, praise me quickly.'

Faced with a being he didn't dare hit, scold, or even raise his voice at, Chen Dong obediently took out his phone.

Li Wang happily took the phone and ran over to the sofa to play. Ever since she discovered she could play all sorts of games and watch all sorts of videos on a phone, Xiaoli Wang had become obsessed. Whenever there was a free moment, she wanted to get the phone from Chen Dong to play.

As for the business of calling men "Daddy," she had learned that from the phone, too.

A bleak thought formed in Li Huiran's mind: 'Of course.' She looked at Chen Dong as if he were a heartless cheater and said through clenched teeth, "Well, isn't this just great! The child is already this big!"

"Listen to me expl—"

Chen Dong was about to use that famous line when he was cut off by Li Huiran's roar: "I don't want to hear it!"

Her eyes filled with boundless resentment. "You already have a child," she said coldly, "so why are you still coming to my Li Family to fulfill some marriage contract? Do you want to make a fool of the Li Family? Or are you just trying to play with my feelings? It's a good thing we got a fake marriage certificate, otherwise I would have been completely fooled. You can go explain this to Grandpa yourself tonight!"

Before Chen Dong could even speak, Xiaoli Wang leaped off the sofa and stood in front of him. "Don't you be mean to my daddy!"

Li Huiran looked at the incredibly adorable Xiaoli Wang and felt her heart melt a little. If she hadn't been the child of Chen Dong and 'that woman,' she would have absolutely adored her. The way she was defending Chen Dong now made her seem even more well-behaved and sensible. Even though Li Huiran was filled with resentment, she couldn't bring herself to be harsh with Xiaoli Wang.

Chen Dong sighed. "She's not actually my child."

Li Huiran looked at Chen Dong, her eyes filled with confusion and disappointment. "You'd actually disown your own child!" she said in disbelief.

Xiaoli Wang added fuel to the fire, saying tearfully, "Daddy, you don't want me anymore?"

"This isn't the first time you've tried to abandon her? I, Li Huiran, really misjudged you, Chen Dong. I never thought you were this kind of person!" Li Huiran said, heartbroken.

Chen Dong's head started to ache. On one hand was a possible future death; on the other, his innocence.

An ancient poem says: "Fear not a body smashed to smithereens, but leave an untarnished name for the world of men."

Chen Dong decisively chose his innocence.

He picked up Li Wang, put her outside the door, and told her in a slightly sterner tone to wait quietly. Then he locked the door.

Li Huiran's tone was ice-cold. "Why did you lock her out?" Her eyes held a resolute hatred, possessing a kind of beauty that made one's heart pound.

Chen Dong explained, "I only came down from the mountain a short while ago, how could I have a daughter this old? Besides, she's at least ten thousand years old. She's old enough to be my grandmother's grandmother, and then some."

Li Huiran's face was full of disbelief. "Do you take me for an idiot?"

The corner of Chen Dong's mouth lifted slightly. "I knew you wouldn't believe me. Watch this!"

Hearing this, Li Huiran stared at Chen Dong, wondering what kind of ridiculous explanation he could possibly come up with.

Chen Dong shook his head slightly. BOOM! With a tremendous crash, the office door suddenly flew off its hinges and smashed onto the sofa.

Li Huiran was so startled she instantly fell back into her chair.

Xiaoli Wang stood outside the doorway, pouting, still holding the posture of having just kicked the door. She slowly retracted her short little leg and pointed at Chen Dong, saying in a cutesy, childish voice, "I'm telling you, I'm mad now! The kind of mad that can't be coaxed away!"