Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Have you been under too much stress lately?

He Ye had Wen Yi by his side, and Cheng Zhiwei was happy for him.

She walked to the roadside intending to hail a cab home, when a black car silently slid up and stopped right in front of her.

Cheng Zhiwei immediately recognized it as Zhou Lin’s car.

Before she could speak, Zhou Lin had already yanked her over, staring at her with eyes cold as ice.

Cheng Zhiwei opened her mouth to explain, "I came to find He Mingzhu."

She quickly relayed the matter about He Mingzhu instigating Zhou Ruoki, even emphasizing the phone watch issue, hoping that Zhou Lin would talk to Zhou Ruoki and take away the phone watch.

This was something she couldn’t confront herself.

After explaining, Zhou Lin still looked at her unchangingly, as if he hadn’t taken in a word Cheng Zhiwei had said.

"Zhou Lin?" Cheng Zhiwei frowned.

His grip was too strong, causing her shoulder to hurt.

Zhou Lin’s dark gaze was on her cheek, and though his expression was calm, Cheng Zhiwei could read the suppressed fury in him.

She took a deep breath and said to Zhou Lin, "Everything I’ve said is true, if you don’t believe me, you can check."

Zhou Ruoki’s phone watch had He Mingzhu’s contact information; it could certainly be found.

As soon as her words fell, Zhou Lin’s grip suddenly tightened, and Cheng Zhiwei staggered as she was dragged into the car.

On the way back, Zhou Lin didn’t say a word.

Upon getting out of the car, he immediately pulled her into the master bedroom.

The sound of the room door was extremely loud as it closed.

"Zhou Lin." Cheng Zhiwei felt he was being unreasonable; she had said everything she needed to, yet he was still incredibly angry.

But Zhou Lin remained silent, just forcefully pinned her against the door and, while lowering his head, sealed her lips.

The familiar sensation and taste instantly assaulted all his senses, rushing into his bloodstream.

The seething factor wildly surged through his body.

He somewhat lost control, his strength ever increasing, almost as if he wanted to meld her into his body.

Cheng Zhiwei’s face flushed red as she struggled against him, but the disparity in strength made her efforts futile.

Moreover, Zhou Lin freed a hand to control her wrists, pinning them above her head.

Such a posture was overly humiliating.

Tears suddenly fell from her eyes.

Tasting the saltiness, Zhou Lin eased the force of his grip but didn’t intend to let her go.

Only when he sensed that continuing might truly lead him out of control did he begin holding her to slowly calm his internal turmoil.

Cheng Zhiwei raised her hand and slapped upwards, but Zhou Lin intercepted it in mid-air.

His pitch-black eyes, coupled with an expressionless face, appeared utterly still.

Only the thunderous heartbeat revealed Zhou Lin’s turbulent emotions.

He stared at her swollen lips, his lips curled into a cold, mocking smile, "Cheng Zhiwei, we are already married."

Cheng Zhiwei understood that Zhou Lin was upset because she had gone to find He Ye.

She looked up at him calmly, her lips pursed, "So what?"

"So?" Zhou Lin felt provoked by these words.

Laughing in anger, the strength he had slightly relaxed suddenly intensified, pushing Cheng Zhiwei’s back against the door, causing a slight pain.

"I have already explained to you. What you should do now is to find Qiqi to fetch the watch, and also, to investigate He Mingzhu thoroughly."

Keeping her confined here was a complete waste of time.

"Huh." Zhou Lin scoffed coldly and pulled her away.

Cheng Zhiwei nearly hit the wall; stabilizing herself, she only heard a loud "bang."

The enormous sound extended Zhou Lin’s anger, resonating in her eardrums.

Cheng Zhiwei stood still for a long while before she realized he was truly angry, and profoundly so.

But, she had no intention of coaxing him either.

The two of them immediately began giving each other the cold shoulder.

During dinner, the five of them sat separated on opposite sides of the table, Cheng Zhiwei ate her meal, taking care of Cheng Yang and Cheng Xing, while Zhou Lin took care of Zhou Ruoki.

It was as if a line had been drawn on the table, each minding their own business.

Wang Mei looked from side to side, puzzled.

She could understand Cheng Zhiwei being angry, as she hadn’t shown Zhou Lin a good face for many days.

But Zhou Lin being angry? He scarcely had enough time to coax Cheng Zhiwei; why would he be angry?

Even his expression was that ugly.

Back in the kitchen, Zhang Xiaoman quietly asked, "What’s going on with them?"

Wang Mei shook her head, "I don’t know."

"Is it because of Qiqi?" Zhang Xiaoman sighed, "I always feel that Sister Zhiwei doesn’t really like Qiqi."

"That’s impossible."

"How is it impossible, I even saw President Zhou taking away Qiqi’s phone watch. You know how important that thing is; if Sister Zhiwei hadn’t mentioned it, why would President Zhou take it away?"

"It might be broken," Wang Mei, knowing Cheng Zhiwei well, explained.

"I saw Qiqi crying." Zhang Xiaoman was very sympathetic, "Qiqi is really pitiful, having met a mother like Seo Zhenzhen before, and now Sister Zhiwei is treating him like this..."

"Shut up, don’t say such things again," Wang Mei sternly scolded.

Zhang Xiaoman pouted but didn’t dare to speak further.

After dinner, Cheng Zhiwei played the game of eagle catching chicks with the three children, and Zhou Ruoki initially didn’t want to join, but was forcibly dragged over by Cheng Zhiwei.

He had to participate as well.

After playing for a while, Zhou Lin came down from upstairs.

He just stood on the side for a while, and Cheng Zhiwei knew he came looking for her, so she walked over.

Zhou Lin said, "I checked Qiqi’s phone watch, there’s no He Mingzhu’s contact."

"That’s impossible." Cheng Zhiwei instinctively contradicted, lowering her voice, "Did Qiqi delete it?"

As soon as her words landed, Zhou Lin’s brows were already furrowed, strange emotions swirling in his eyes, "I have checked the recent call logs in the watch, no He Mingzhu."

"Maybe He Mingzhu used a different number." Cheng Zhiwei had heard it clearly that day, and Cheng Yang also said that Zhou Ruoki had contact with a woman.

Zhou Lin rubbed his forehead and said, "Do you have some misunderstanding about Qiqi? Although he was raised by Seo Zhenzhen for three years, he was too young to know better, he wouldn’t learn bad things."

"And he was only three years old, he couldn’t even operate the phone watch properly, how could he delete contacts?"

Cheng Zhiwei’s face changed, disbelievingly asking, "You also think I don’t like Qiqi, that I’m targeting him?"

She was getting a bit angry.

Zhang Xiaoman saying those.words.shedidn’t.mind, but Zhou Lin was Zhou Ruoki’s father, how could he say such things.

"I will have someone continue to investigate," Zhou Lin said soothingly, "and another thing... for the time being, just stay at home, don’t go anywhere."

"Reason."

Zhou Lin looked at her gravely, "He Mingzhu’s father is on his way here because of you hitting He Mingzhu."

Cheng Zhiwei looked at his indifferent expression, and suddenly understood, "So you think I shouldn’t have gone to find He Mingzhu?"

Zhou Lin said, "That’s not what I mean."

"You’ve been giving me a cold face since you came back, because I hit her?" Cheng Zhiwei scoffed continuously, "Did you know what she said to Qiqi..."

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