The 99th Divorce

Her tone was light as if her words weren’t anything important. As she spoke, her face displayed a helpless smile.

“Say no more.” Ou Ming stroked her hair gently. “It’s New Year’s Eve tomorrow. What are your plans?”

“I’ll probably draw at home.” Yu Lili laughed. “I don’t have anywhere to go anyway. Other than the three years that I was with you, I usually worked part-time on New Year’s Eve every year. Now that I don’t have to do that, I would like to sleep in for once before starting work.”

“We’re ringing in the New Year tomorrow. Don’t go to work. I’ll take you out to have fun.”

“When?”

“Now.” Ou Ming propped her up. “I’ll take you to Second Brother’s villa to have fun.”

“Is there anything fun to do at their place?”

“Yes. They have three little kids.”

Yu Lili was speechless.

His idea of fun was playing with little kids?

…

“The Dummy Challenge begins now!”

Upon hearing this, Li Jianqian and Li Mosen immediately froze.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Ding, dong!

It was New Year’s Eve tomorrow, and Nanny Rong had gone on leave.

Su Qianci was reading in his study. When she heard the chime, she yelled, “Dasu! Answer the door!”

But there was no reply.

Ding, dong!

Ding, dong!

The doorbell rang again twice in succession. Su Qianci closed her book and headed out. When she got out, she saw the three kids all frozen in various weird postures.

Li Jianyue was sitting on the couch hugging her doll—the most normal posture out of the three. As for the other two, Li Jianqian’s posture was frozen mid-stride while running, and Li Mosen’s eyes and mouth were wide-open as if mid-speech. Li Mosen didn’t even blink.

One look at them and Su Qianci knew that they were in the midst of one of their crazy games. She ignored them and went to answer the door. Through the intercom camera, she saw that it was Yu Lili and Ou Ming.

Su Qianci was surprised, but she opened the door nonetheless and invited them in.

Yu Lili felt a sense of warmth seeing Su Qianci. The moment she stepped in, she gave Su Qianci a big hug. Su Qianci stood frozen in shock and looked at Ou Ming, but all she saw was Ou Ming biting back a smile and asking, “Is Second Brother around?”

“He’s not back yet. Come on in.” Su Qianci pushed the door wide open and patted Yu Lili on her back. “What happened?”

“Everything’s fine!” Yu Lili’s smile shone brilliantly. “Where are the kids?”

“Dasu, Ersu, Mosen, stop playing! There are guests here!”

Upon hearing Su Qianci’s words, Li Jianqian took in a deep breath while Li Mosen relaxed and planted his butt right on the floor.

“That was so tiring!” Li Mosen exclaimed, but he stood up almost immediately and greeted, “Hello, Uncle. Hello, Auntie.”

As Li Mosen was of mixed-blood, he had blue eyes and fair skin, and stood out from the other two children. But he was extremely good-looking and resembled a doll.

Yu Lili’s heart bubbled with excitement, and she stepped forward to pat Li Mosen’s head in greeting. “Hello.”

Li Jianqian hollered, “Uncle Ou Ming, you’re here! What would you like to drink?”

Li Jianyue came down from the couch, calling out along the way, “Hello, Auntie Lili. Hello, Uncle Ou Ming!”

Her voice was sweet like honey and very endearing.

Hearing the children greet them this way cheered Yu Lili up, and she returned their smiles.

“Hello to all of you.”