Chapter 193: Such a good morning
When Lanni got home, it was just as expected. Li Yuming was upset or worried. Whatever it was, she was not happy. She paced the living room in distress, looking like she would detonate at the slightest provocation. Lanni proceeded with caution. "Good morning mom."
"What’s so good about Xiehan being all over the news over a scandal with another woman? If that is happy news, then this morning is very good."
Lanni let out a small sigh and pulled her mother to sit on the couch, sitting beside her. "Mom, you know Xiehan better than anyone. He would never betray me."
Li Yuming took a deep breath so she wouldn’t scare her daughter. "I know, Lanni. I know him both from his childhood and in his adulthood. Xiehan has never been one to play around with women. He would never do anything to hurt you." She paused, knowing that what she was saying might not make sense. "Even if... even if there are photos of him with another woman, I still want to believe that there is more to it."
Lanni held her mother’s hand. "You know, one thing I like about our relationship is that you like and trust Xiehan so much. It’s not easy for a misunderstanding to creep in between our two families."
After saying this, she went ahead to explain what had happened in Berlin.
"I knew Xiehan wouldn’t do anything to betray your relationship. Just as I expected, that girl was the one playing tricks." Li Yuming rubbed Lanni’s hand. "But that is just as bad. Does it always have to end like this?"
’End like how?’ Lanni thought but swallowed the question before she asked it because Li Yuming continued with a tone filled with pain. "What I’m worried about is not Xiehan betraying you. That would never happen. I’m just worried that your relationship will be destroyed by a third party just like..."
"Just like what?" Lanni probed when Li Yuming didn’t say anything.
As a response, Li Yuming stood up, mumbled something about not meaning to have spoken too much, and left for her room. Lanni watched her leave with confusion written all over her face. Why did it feel like, in the last statement, Li Yuming was no longer talking about her relationship with Ji Xiehan but about something else instead?
She checked the gossip news once again. As expected, the news was exploding. There were even more versions erupting. There was even one that claimed that Feng Ci was Ji Xiehan’s true love and that they had been separated by Lanni who seduced Ji Xiehan and sowed discord between him and his true love.