Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Capricious President Li~

“I really should have smacked her a couple of times just now, she obviously did that to ruin the child’s face!”

“Does it hurt? Auntie will blow on it for you.” Ning Yichu was extremely careful, afraid of hurting Doudou.

But Doudou was still so endearingly shaking her head, with Auntie blowing, it didn’t hurt at all!

“Auntie will try to be as gentle as possible, okay? If it hurts, just tell Auntie.”

Doudou nodded affectionately.

Being so close to Auntie, she could smell the faint fragrance of gardenia on her body, it smelled so nice…

It smelled even better than Mommy’s scent!

But why couldn’t she be her mommy?

If only she could switch mommies…

Chengcheng watched this scene with cold eyes, his jealousy ballooning within him.

Pesky brat, needs a lesson!

However, when he noticed that Li Lingyang was also observing him, he quickly hid the malice in his eyes and put on a worried expression.

Finally, the ointment was applied, and the young girl’s pink cheeks were now streaked with white cream.

Ning Yichu gently advised, “Try not to get it wet, and if it itches, try to bear with it until the wound forms a scab, and it won’t hurt anymore.”

Doudou nodded obediently, whatever Auntie said, she would do, she wouldn’t touch!

“So good~” Ning Yichu liked Doudou more and more with each passing moment and couldn’t help but stroke the little girl’s fluffy head.

Ningning got jealous when she saw this, “Mommy, I want cuddles too.”

“Okay, cuddles~”

Ning Yichu also stroked Ningning’s head, and then subconsciously reached out to touch Chen Bao.

However, as her hand was halfway there, she realized Li Lingyang was present; she shouldn’t be showing so much affection, so she abruptly turned her hand in midair and pretended to smooth her own hair behind her ear instead, asking rather stiffly, “President Li, how come you’re so free today?”

Li Lingyang’s thin lips lifted slightly, “Why, aren’t you welcoming me?”

“…You’re picking up your own child, what does my welcome have to do with anything?” Ning Yichu was mindful to keep a clear boundary with Chen Bao.

Li Lingyang raised an eyebrow and signaled the servants to take the children to the car first.

In the blink of an eye, only Ning Yichu and Li Lingyang were left on the roadside.

Ning Yichu’s heart skipped a beat, this guy couldn’t be thinking of making her resign again, could he?

But the next second, she saw him open his phone gallery, pass her a photo, and say indifferently, “Take a look, does this look familiar?”

Although it was only a photo, Ning Yichu recognized it at a glance, it was a picture of the Jade Pendant that Chen Bao “carried with him.”

Chen Bao’s adoption records had actually replaced those of another child from the orphanage.

That child was abandoned at the orphanage’s door four and a half years ago but had later died unexpectedly from an illness. With the orphanage facing demolition and files being mismanaged, the police system hadn’t managed to report it in time, so when Chen Bao was temporarily staying at the orphanage, Mommy Zhuo naturally transferred the identity of that child to Chen Bao.

Later on, Chen Bao altered some of his information himself, making Li Lingyang’s investigation seamless.

And this Jade Pendant was what the original child had brought in their swaddles.

When the child died, Mommy Zhuo thought that if the parents ever came looking, they should have something to remember by, so she preserved the Jade Pendant.

Ning Yichu’s heart skipped a beat, and with an air of nonchalance, she asked, “This seems familiar, where have I seen it before?”

“This is the only clue to find Chen Bao’s biological mother,” Li Lingyang said with furrowed brows, only to realize that he must have had a mental lapse to ask her.

After all, she used to love him so deeply, yet inexplicably, he fathered a son during his marriage…

“Forget it, pretend I didn’t say anything!” Li Lingyang snatched back the phone, his face darkening as he intended to leave. It was madness not to ask the Jade Sculptor.

“Wait a second, I haven’t finished looking yet,” Ning Yichu urged, grabbing his arm in her urgency, not understanding why he suddenly turned hostile.

Li Lingyang had no choice but to halt, glancing at her slender hand on his arm. Seeing her face full of curiosity, without a trace of anger, a wave of indescribable frustration surged in his heart as he uttered coldly, “What’s there to look at? It’s none of your business anyway.”

“How is it none of my business?”

A flicker of joy crossed Li Lingyang’s heart, and he raised an eyebrow subtly, “You want to find that woman, too?”

Could she still be concerned about the woman he had an affair with during his marriage?

Ning Yichu certainly wouldn’t admit that she wanted to misdirect him from finding Chen Bao’s real mother, so she asserted righteously, “She’s my daughter’s future mother-in-law, Chen Bao’s real mom. Of course, I want to find her.”

Li Lingyang’s handsome face darkened even further as he grated through his teeth, “Just that?”

Ning Yichu blinked in confusion, “What else would there be?”

“Then take a good look and see if there are any clues!” Li Lingyang felt like he was about to explode with irritation, angrily handing the phone back to her.

This woman may not have many talents, but infuriating him to the point of raising his blood pressure was definitely something she excelled at.

Ning Yichu truly felt confused by his capricious nature, and couldn’t help but wonder how Shen Jiangqing managed to tolerate him for so many years?

It dawned on her that perhaps his fickleness was only directed towards herself.

After all, that was Shen Jiangqing, the same Shen Jiangqing who bore him twins…

Ning Yichu laughed at herself, turning her attention back to the Jade Pendant.

It wasn’t one of those common, fake pendants, but rather an extremely precious piece of Hetian jade, heart-and-peach-shaped, with a smooth arc in the middle dividing the heart into two halves. The left side was carved with a dragon, the right with a phoenix, both auspicious symbols of prosperity. Even from just a photo, she could discern the exquisite workmanship.

“The three-dimensional quality of this pendant is strong, the craftsmanship is firm yet free, elegant and graceful,” she mused aloud. Judging by the technique, it should be from the Su style of jade carving, but it didn’t seem like a piece from recent years, rather one from a decade or more ago…”

Li Lingyang was secretly astounded. She could glean so much information just from one photo.

Special Assistant Xu had consulted many from the Jade Carving Industry, and they only had this much to go on.

“Can you discern who might be the creator of this item then?” Li Lingyang ventured a bold question.

Ning Yichu, also keen to find the poor child’s mother, couldn’t let him find her so easily.

Her eyes shifted as she spoke earnestly, “There were many more jade sculptors a decade ago than there are now. Among the Su style alone, there were thousands. Let me give you the contact details for a Su style expert, maybe you can get some clues from him…”

“Okay,” Li Lingyang replied, his deep gaze flickering slightly. Finding a person based on a jade pendant was akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.

He wasn’t in a hurry and handed over the contact details to Special Assistant Xu to investigate.

As long as the child’s mother was alive, he would find her one day!

Shen Jiangqing learned from the parents’ group chat about the incident at the kindergarten today. Countless parents @-mentioned her; some praised her fiancé’s demonstration of masculine energy to the max, while others kicked her when she was down, scoffing at her fiancé for protecting the woman she didn’t like…

These words seemed to stick in her throat!

The photos from last time, although she didn’t know who sent them, had explained Li Lingyang’s injury. And today, he had openly defended Ning Yichu once again.

“Aling, I knew about today’s event. Even though it’s just a trivial squabble between children, in the end, it’s related to Chen Bao’s recent arrival at the kindergarten and his struggle to fit in. How about we go to a nearby resort to relax and help Chen Bao unwind?” Shen Jiangqing suddenly suggested with a smile, skillfully masking the calculations in her eyes.

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