"Let Keke go!"
Just as Ye Yun was about to pick up Keke, a voice filled with extreme grief and indignation rang out.
Then, maternal love erupted, and Li Mengyao displayed unimaginable speed.
She swiftly pulled Ye Keke away from Ye Yun, treating him as if he were a ferocious beast.
Looking into Li Mengyao's eyes, one could see a mixture of disappointment, fear, panic, and despair.
Yes, Li Mengyao had mistaken their home for Ye Yun's base for kidnapping the superstar Wu Qian.
This also explained why Ye Yun had gone to Wang Wenwen's place.
And even why Ye Yun could so easily make Ning Dafu capitulate and release Li Menghan!
Everyone knew Wu Qian was desperately pursuing Wang Wenwen, but she was completely uninterested!
It turned out all this was to help Wang Wenwen kidnap Wu Qian!
This scumbag's talk of changing and giving him another chance was all fake!
A dog can't change its habits, and he'd only become worse!
If only Wang Wenwen knew, she'd be furious enough to spit blood.
She didn't like Wu Qian, but the Wang family was a military lineage; she wouldn't need to kidnap Wu Qian and tarnish her own family's reputation!
"Wuwuwu, Dad, Mom, please don't fight anymore. Keke is scared."
Li Mengyao's frenzy terrified Ye Keke, and she began to cry.
"What?" Ye Yun was bewildered.
"Ye Yun, Grandpa Ye! I beg you, leave our mother and daughter alone. Keke is your flesh and blood, how can you bear to harm her? It's your business if you want to get rich, but kidnapping Wu Qian has nothing to do with us!"
"Ye Yun, I never imagined you would be so depraved, resorting to illegal and criminal activities!"
As she spoke, Li Mengyao's body trembled, her voice becoming shrill. She seemed like a frightened bird, extremely fragile and sensitive.
Ye Yun was stunned by her words.
Kidnapping?
Wu Qian?
This...
Seeing Ye Yun's silence, Li Mengyao naturally interpreted it as speechless guilt after being exposed.
"Ye Yun, are you planning to silence us? Come on, Keke and I have no will to live anyway! It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck to be involved with a scumbag like you!"
"I'm telling you, Ye Yun, I'm calling the police to arrest you right now!"
Li Mengyao acted frantically, pulling out her phone to dial 110.
"Mengyao, you've watched too many movies," Ye Yun quickly stopped her. If the police arrived, he'd be unable to clear his name no matter what.
"How could there be any kidnapping? I admit I was a scumbag who deserved to die, but I wouldn't stoop to kidnapping for money, let alone murder."
He then pointed to Wu Qian's photo on the small blackboard and said.
"I went to Wang Wenwen's place because I helped her with a small favor in the antique street, and I happened to be there. Also, look closely at these materials. Is there anything about kidnapping?"
"Besides, Wu Qian is such a big star. I'm just an ordinary citizen, with no guns or weapons. Would I go kidnap him with just a kitchen knife?"
Li Mengyao paused.
Although she still thought Ye Yun was a hopeless piece of trash who couldn't be reformed, and that a dog couldn't change its habits, she didn't believe that a wimp like Ye Yun could kidnap Wu Qian, who was surrounded by bodyguards!
Therefore, her gaze shifted to the small blackboard.
Upon looking, Li Mengyao noticed that most of the information was about Wu Qian's network of connections. There was absolutely no mention of his daily schedule.
Instantly, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Li Mengyao's face.
Even if she were foolish, she knew that kidnapping required knowledge of the target's movements; that's how it was in movies, at least.
"Instead of looking for a job, why are you researching this here? What does a big star have to do with you? You're always slacking off!"
Even though she knew she had misunderstood Ye Yun, Li Mengyao's tone remained unfriendly.
"I saw online that someone said Wu Qian is a womanizer. I feel like the brands he endorses might be in trouble. I have some money now and want to see if I can enter the stock market and short those brands."
Ye Yun tried to explain in a roundabout way.
"Researching stocks? Shorting?" Li Mengyao sneered.
"Yes," Ye Yun knew Li Mengyao was unlikely to believe his excuse, but he continued.
"As expected, you haven't changed at all, always dreaming of getting rich quick! Can someone like you dabble in stocks? Yes, you have that hundred thousand yuan you scammed, so what?"
Ye Yun remained silent, knowing that anything he said now would be useless, as a certain fool in the past had completely ruined his reputation.
"Heh, it doesn't matter anyway. I came today to pack my things and move out with Keke! Ye Yun, you have twenty more days. I hope you'll keep your promise then and sign the divorce papers! That way, at least I'll still think of you as a man!"
With that, Li Mengyao pulled Ye Keke towards the bedroom.
However, Keke's eyes were already brimming with tears, and her feet seemed rooted to the spot, unwilling to move.
"Keke, come with Mom!"
Li Mengyao glared.
"Wah!! Mom... Can we not go? Keke wants to be with Daddy, Keke wants Daddy to tell her stories, and Keke wants to play with Winnie the Pooh." Ye Keke finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
"You child, are you listening or not?" Li Mengyao raised her hand as if to hit her.
"Wuwuwu! Keke doesn't want to go, Keke wants to be with Daddy, Keke wants to sleep with Daddy!!!" Ye Keke, frightened, cried even harder.
"Be good, Keke. Daddy needs to be busy moving to a bigger house these few days. You stay with Mom for a couple of days first. When Daddy is done, I'll come pick you and Mom up, okay? Then, we'll all live in the big house together, okay!"
Ye Yun, suppressing his reluctance, patted Ye Keke's head.
After not seeing his wife and daughter for forty years, who knew how much he wanted to be with them every moment?
But in the current situation, he didn't want to defy Li Mengyao, nor did he want Keke to be hit.
All he could do now was tell this well-intentioned lie.
"Really, Daddy?"
Children are very trusting. Immediately, Keke wiped her teary eyes and looked at Ye Yun excitedly.
"Of course, it's true. How could Daddy lie to Keke! Come on, let's pinky swear!"
"Okay, pinky swear, a hundred years no changes. Whoever breaks it is a dog, woof woof woof!"
Li Mengyao watched all this coldly from the side.
She basically dismissed Ye Yun's words as nonsense.
Let alone whether there was any possibility of reconciliation between her and Ye Yun.
Even the matter of the big house.
Heh!
Did Ye Yun know how expensive housing was in Jinling?
A 80-square-meter apartment in Jinling would cost three to four million!
Pfft!
What was she thinking? Li Mengyao shook her head.
This was probably one of the last two times she would see Ye Yun in her life, and he was talking about a big house.
What a joke!
"Daddy, please remember to pick Keke up to see the big house!"
As Li Mengyao packed her things and took Keke away, Ye Keke waved sweetly at Ye Yun.
"We've known each other for eight years. Today, you're barely acting like a man!"
As Li Mengyao left, she uttered these words.
Then, she turned and left with Keke.
"Mengyao, wait!"