My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

Li Xiao Chen stared at Violet after the words she said. Although he was crowned to be the man with women flocking him left and right, in truth, Li Xiao Chen was different than the rumors. He dated women in respectable sequence without crossing the line if he wasn’t serious or love his partner because he wouldn’t want to make the girls with him felt wasted on.

In the past, he was taught by his grandmother of how girls live hard and as a man with stronger body, he should protect women. Li Jun Wei had shown him how to respect women and he took his brother’s example well.

The rumors about him deprive from others who want to use him to ladder to fame. Li Xiao Chen didn’t mind it although Wei Mo Ran did because tabloids wouldn’t keep the news lightly, making it famous throughout China, almost destroying his image.

Li Xiao Chen didn’t know what Violet was thinking of from her words. He does have many question, how did she knew it? and by asking, he added a new question in his mind. He wasn’t anyone who like to think and thinking only make him fall into abyss of confusion.

Li Xiao Chen moved his lips to speak. "How do you know of my questions?" The height difference was far to where Li Xiao Chen had to bend his neck for their eyes to meet side by side.

"Your expression is a good book to read on," remarked Violet, "you are readable just by staring at your expression. I know what you are thinking."

Li Xiao Chen couldn’t say that was the first time he heard someone telling him an open book. He also know how easy his expression tell everything he was thinking. But he could tell the challenging tone in Violet’s words, "Do you want to take a guess what I’m thinking then?"

Violet hummed, her grin were pulled where only one corner was high. "What is this girl thinking, is that right?"

Li Xiao Chen smiled, his lips were pulled seeing her eyes, "I guess that isn’t a question. Then what about," Li Xiao Chen began to be interrupted by the little boy who had been awake.

"Can I speak?" asked Sian carefully. He didn’t understand well what the uncle and older sister were speaking of but it didn’t seem like a conversation he should ask about.

Both Li Xiao Chen and Violet blinked, their eyes looking down to the little boy. "You are awake?" On Li Xiao Chen’s question, Sian nodded then he questioned. "What is it that you want to ask?"

"I want to go to the washroom."

"Then I should go," Violet said, she took one step back to bow before leaving from the place. As Li Xiao Chen watched Violet went, little Sian tilted his head.

"Uncle, are you going to read book with that older sister?" Sian’s eyes met Li Xiao Chen and his innocent eyebrows questioning. "You spoke about books."

"No, we were speaking about different book," Li Xiao Chen can’t tell how to explain Sian of the book they were talking of and shook his head to bring Sian back to his house.

Before they left, Sian who was sleeping on his chest then added, "Uncle your heartbeat is loud."

"It isn’t loud," Li Xiao Chen quickly deny.

In meantime, Li Jun Wei finished the late meeting her with the Korean investors and stepped back to his office. Pulling his necktie on the way to his office, his secretary who was waiting for him bowed to greet and followed his fast steps to enter his office.

As Li Jun Wei took seat on his chair, the secretary closed the door to come and place two plastic bottle placed in a separate plastic wrap. "Mr. He came to drop these two bottle, he said to pass the two bottle to you without any message."

The secretary watched Li Jun Wei looking at the plastic bottle with a blank look. On late afternoon, the secretary exited the company to take a small lunch break he didn’t get due to the busy schedule by chance met with He Chang Min who was standing in front of the company. Knowing that he was Li Jun Wei’s secretary, He Chang Min went to him and told him to give Li Jun Wei the plastic bottles.

While holding to the plastic bottle, the secretary wondered if the plastic bottles were a threat or to mock Li Jun Wei by giving him trash? Unsure, the secretary was afraid to ask in case if Li Jun Wei snap at him which he never did before but with Li Jun Wei’s expression, he couldn’t help but imagine that there will be a day come when he receive the short end of the stick.

"He only gave two?" asked Li Jun Wei taking to turn his body for his back to face the secretary.

"Yes." The secretary thought even without seeing Li Jun Wei’s face, his voice was able to deter any adult man.

Unlike the secretary’s thought where Li Jun Wei would snap he instead chuckled to then order, "Call the test laboratory of Imperial Hospital and request for the same doctor you did before, tell them to test this the salivas in the two bottles with the hair piece of Xie Hue Lin."

The secretary, who had learned not to ask, obliged to Li Jin Wei’s instruction and closed the door behind him once he left. Li Jun Wei look at the starless sky, where the color of the glass turn pitch black where he could see his own reflection and his smile widened when thinking that everything went to fit the pieces.

Li Jun Wei leaned his chin on his arm, his eyes then went to wonder if the seed he planted was growing well. He Chang Min seemed to have a good brain on his shoulders even if he wasn’t a man with guts. The two water bottle must have came from Mr. and Mrs. Xie, meaning he now has also doubt Xie Hue Lin’s origin.

If things fall right, Li Jun Wei had faith he could soon expect He Chang Min would forget his feeling for Li Lian due to his guilt for the mistakes he did in the past and the man would turn to his pawn. In fact, without He Chang Min knew by giving the saliva samples of Mr. and Mrs. Xie, he had turn to the obedient pawn Li Jun Wei needed.

The next pawn would be her aunt, the Jin Family. The rumors he made must be running wildfire in the company. Bringing the divorce lawyer to the company works better than he thought.

To Li Jun Wei’s calculation, Jin Nu Yuan would be at his home, questioning Li Lian and there would be two choice Li Lian could make, whether to tell or not to tell. He had faith Li Lian would use the latter choice to turn things to their favor.

Next would be Zhuang Xuan, thought Li Jun Wei when he saw his phone ringing, the name in the caller was the man who he had just thought of.

Li Jun Wei picked the call, "About what you said is it true?" asked Zhuang Xuan, skipping the greetings to ask.

"Of course. Is it about your safety you are worried of or are you worried that I would plunge you down to death. Because by now, I am sure you have learned about my past didn’t you?" Li Jun Wei questioned him which had Zhuang Xuan to be tongue tied.

Indeed right now, in front of Zhuang Xuan’s very eyes were the documents about Li Jun Wei and it took seven days to find out about the man without sleeping. They said money could buy anything but how much money needed to hide everything about himself to the point where he almost imperceptible? What was the reason?

"I will not ask much about your past, who you killed and why. My only worry is Li Lian, half of her misfortune perhaps I have somewhat let it to happen," Zhuang Xuan confessed the guilt he had when he received the news of Li Lian’s death.

Zhuang Xuan continued, "You are married to her but everything about your marriage seemed like a sham. I can’t tell if you are serious now. I believed someone in the past but I learn how wrong I was to believe him." and by him, it was He Chang Min.

Zhuang Xuan still took He Chang Min as his friend for the reason he know the truthpf He Chang Min’s betrayal. But in the end, He Chang Min betrayed Li Lian and the scar was inerasable.

"You have trusted the wrong person and maybe that is your fault in judgement. I’m not to judge or to put blame," Zhuang Xuan pulled his brows to hear Li Jun Wei continues, "Keep in mind that I’m not He Chang Min, the stupid fool who had nothing to protect himself but his empty promises. I am Li Jun Wei," he reminded. Li Jun Wei didn’t know why Zhuang Xuan was emotional but then, he observe from the reports that Zhuang Xuan was even closer to Li Lian than He Chang Min in the past.

He recalled the man as they met before long ago. Zhuang Xuan turn to be very different than he thought. "You said my marriage feels like a sham?" Li Jun Wei chuckled, "You must be blind that you can’t see how happy Li Lian is now. Her protection is mine to do and your job I offer is to help me. Wouldn’t you like to fix the mistake you did in the past? Or perhaps repeat it?"