Chapter 379 - The Lis
The disapproval was clear on the Li couple’s faces. They almost seemed like they were about to give him a few smacks on the cheek.
Chu Lui stood in front of them. His taller-than-average height definitely stood over everything.
“I think the two of you are mistaken.” He walked past them towards his parents. His words made the Li couple glance at each other. They didn’t know what he meant.
Chu Lui stuffed his hands into his pocket and stared at them calmly, including Li Manni.
“I’m a Chu, and you are Lis.” He spoke coldly. If not for his care for them, he would humiliate them to pieces—even if they were Li Manni’s parents. That was the kind of person he was. It wasn’t being rude; they had just crossed the line.
“The Chu Enterprise is under the Chu family, too. When the baby is born, he will be part of the Chu family, too. The Chu Enterprise will never become the Li Enterprise.
“Do you understand?”
His lips curled sarcastically. Did they think he wouldn’t know what they were thinking? In these four years, the Li family had used his name to secretly intercept in numerous contracts, but he had always turned a blind eye to that.
He could still afford those contracts, and after all, they were Li Manni’s parents and his parents-in-law. However, his tolerance was finite and couldn’t last forever.
Mr. Li’s face turned red, and his eyes bulged. Chu Jiang turned away and said, “I’m tired. Excuse me, in-laws.” Chu Jiang stood up and pulled Song Wan along, leaving everything to Chu Lui. He could make the decision himself.
Yes, Chu Lui was right. The company was the Chus’, not the Lis’.
Song Wan glanced awkwardly at the Li couple before she was pulled away by Chu Jiang. Being there would just make their ears suffer.
Li Manni placed a hand on her stomach and wrinkled her brow. “Lui, my stomach hurts.”
Mrs. Li scrambled in panic. “What’s wrong, Manni. Is it the baby? Ah Lui, what are you just standing there for? Can’t you see that Manni is in pain?”
Chu Lui took his hands out of his pockets, approached Li Manni, and carried her easily. “She’s tired. I’ll let her get some rest.”
He walked past the Li couple and towards his own room under the Li couple’s wide eyes.
“Lui, are you really going to do this? My stomach is really in pain.” Li Manni clutched Chu Lui’s shirt, her complexion terrible.
“Stop trying.” Chu Lui stopped in his tracks and stared down at the woman in his arms. “Manni, this isn’t your first time. You wouldn’t treat this child lightly. You should know when to stop. Don’t make me disappointed in you, and don’t make the last of your kindness disappear.”
Li Manni stiffened despite herself. She hadn’t said or done anything, and he already knew what she was trying to do. Yes, she was thinking of a plan to threaten him again, and yes, she wouldn’t treat this child lightly and do any harm like he had guessed.
He wanted her to know where to stop, but what about him? He had given the shares that should have belonged to her and the baby to someone else without the blink of an eye, and it was to someone she hated at that.
Just 1% or 0.1% of the shares were enough for that woman to support herself for a lifetime, much less say 50%.
Chu Lui put Li Manni down on the bed and covered her with a blanket. “Rest well. I still have some things to settle.” He stood up and closed the door. His expression darkened as he stepped out.
What was the Li couple still discussing outside? Upon seeing Chu Lui, they turned mute. Their son-in-law was very capable but very scary. He could burn bridges coldheartedly, and it applied even to them.
“Father, Mother…” Chu Lui stopped and stood in front of them, staring at their strange expressions with narrowed eyes. He had already guessed how they were trying to scheme and plot without them even talking.
“Don’t you dare find trouble for her. I don’t like people doing underhanded tricks behind my back. Moreover, Father, your appetite is too huge. Yuan Enterprise’s project is not something you can stomach.”
His tone was threatening. He had fought hard for the contract, and yet the Li Enterprise had swept in and stolen it in the end. However, they overestimated their capabilities.
He could give the contract up because he was lacking, but if the Li family were to take over it, they needed to have the capital and the competency, too.
They would regret it sooner or later.
“I…” Mr. Li’s face blanched. Chu Lui had hit the mark. They had indeed secured the project, but they bought it with a budget double that of what Chu Lui anticipated. It hadn’t started yet, but they were already straining.
In recent years, the Li family was heading downhill. If not for the few contracts he had stolen from Chu Lui, he wasn’t sure what would have become of them. Hence, he tried to stop Chu Lui not just for his daughter’s sake, but more of his own.
“Don’t turn a deaf ear to my words. You should know me very well. Manni, too.” Chu Lui’s eyes flitted to the door. He knew that she could hear every single word they exchanged if she wanted to.
He didn’t mind her eavesdropping. Once a man started being wary of a woman, it seemed that everything about her would lose the innocence she once had.
He strode out, leaving the Li couple with terrible expressions.
After Chu Lui left, Li Manni opened the door to her room without any signs of discomfort.
She leaned against the door, pressing her lips together tightly. Her hands clenched on the door frame. She wasn’t willing to lose… but what could she do?
Mrs. Li dashed to Li Manni’s side and asked her anxiously, “Manni, what’s wrong with Ah Lui? Why is he treating that woman so well all of a sudden and is even giving her half of his assets? Then, what are we to do? What would happen to us Lis? You must persuade him. Otherwise, if that woman manages to stand above us, we would have to be at her beck and call.”
Li Manni’s lips curved without a hint of delight. “There’s nothing else I can do.”