"Forty is not that old." Lu Mengjie's voice was heard in the recording.

"You have 17 years difference! Seventeen! This is wrong! He can be considered a paedophile you know!"

"Maybe if I was underage but I'm not. I'm an adult just like him. Besides, if I marry him, and he dies, won't all his riches be given to me?"

An exasperated sigh was heard. "He's still my uncle, can't you at least consider that?"

"Na-uh, it's too late to consider that. He's a magnificent piece of art."

"Then I want at least 60 percent share from all of the money you'll be receiving."

"Fine, fine, take as much as you want."

"Then marry him as soon as possible and then I'll hire a hitman to kill him the next day after your wedding."

A loud laugh erupted from the phone's speaker. "At least let me enjoy him for a few days, you know."

"No." A dull answer.

Xia Liqin had a wide smirk on his lips as he played another recording.

"You are my beloved brother so I'm going to let this go just this once."

"You drain me of my salary. How can you call me your beloved brother when you make me broke?" He replied quite raptly.

"Ah, I'm so lucky that you love me so much."

"Yes, yes, I love you so much. Since you recruited uncle Yong now, you better let him pay for the damage you caused me. Fill my wallet and pay for my mental health."

"He doesn't want to be my sugar daddy!"

Lu Mengjie who was listening to the recording was flushed in embarrassment. She wanted to dig a hole to hide. How could her brother betray her like this?!

"Ugh… Then I really should just hire a hitman and kill him after you marry him. I think dad will gladly take that job." The recording ended after.

Everyone turned their gaze at her after which only made her face turn dark red. She had no choice but to meet their stares. She huffed and puffed out her chest. "Don't give me that look! I'm just stating the truth!"

"Now that you are married to him, am I allowed to kill him?" Lu Xian Yu asked with a mischievous smile. He was obviously playing along with his children.

"Na-uh! Not happening!" She held Yong Liwei's arm and pulled him towards the car that had been waiting for them.

"It's fine dad. Even if you can't kill him now, he'll soon die of old age," Lu Jinnian stated.

Lu Mengjie stopped just in front of the car's door before she released her husband's arm. She turned to her brother and smiled. "See this?" She raised the middle finger for him. "This is for you dear brothers. Adios!"

With that, Lu Mengjie hopped in the car and was followed by the quiet Yong Liwei.

As they left the place, Lu Mengjie turned to her husband. "I'm sorry about that…"

"Your family is weird," was the first thing that came out of his mouth ever since he was with Lu Xian Yu earlier.

"Yeah, they're weird." She sighed again. "I'm the only normal person there."

He ended up raising a brow as he turned to look at her. He had an 'oh really' look on his face.

Seeing the way he stared at her, Lu Mengjie's lips were stretched into a straight line before she hesitantly said, "fine. Just a little."

"Sure. Just a little." He chuckled.

Noticing that the man was in a good mood, she couldn't help but smile. Yup, that face reminded her more of the gentle Han Yizhou. "Are you not going to ask?"

"Ask what?"

"About the whereabouts of our son?"

"Why should I? I don't remember having a son."

Lu Mengjie regretted bringing up the topic when she realized the sudden change in his mood. She shouldn't have asked but… she couldn't help it. He should have asked her the moment they got back together.

"He's like you."

"Huh." The look in his eyes became unreadable. "From what I knew, this body is infertile."

"But with a low percentage. As long as it's not zero, there's always a possibility." She reached out to hold his hand but it was pulled back by him. She bit her lower lip and clenched her fists. How could he act as if they didn't have an intimate moment earlier? "As far as I knew, you're the only man I slept with."

"Oh?" He snickered. "You looked so sure of it. Do you have all your memories back now?"

She pursed her lips. She lowered her head as she dug her nails in her palm. She didn't want to believe that her son was a product of a nightmare.

"No, right?"

"Still…"

"Should I do a DNA test with that child just to prove you wrong?"

He was so confident that Lu Mengjie couldn't help but waver. What if what he said was true? The more she thought of it, the heavier her body felt. "Tell me, Liwei… why do you hate me?"

"Because you're a hindrance."

"To your plans?" She continued as she arched her neck, leveling her sight to him. "Why? Are you hiding something from Yizhou?"

"That is none of your concern." He turned away and instead, stared at the scenery as the car passed by.

She scoffed. "Of course it is, I am your wife. His wife. This body's wife!"

"I could divorce you right now." He spat coldly.

"As if you can." She crossed her arms and continued to glare at him. "If you don't want to be with me then give me Yizhou."

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"He's asleep. You cannot wake him." Neither could he.

She stretched out her arm and held his arm to which he ended up shrugging it off. It only made her annoyed so she decided to lean and hug him from the side.

He finally turned his narrowed eyes at her. "What are you doing?"

"Hugging you."

"Insolent woman, release me." Despite saying that, he didn't even try pushing her away which caused her to flash him a toothy grin.

"If you want to insult me, try another one cause I'm not going to release you until you give me another kiss." She giggled.

He sighed helplessly. It was a waste of energy to even argue with her. "Some people are such treasures that you just want to bury them alive, don't you think so?"

She rolled her eyes and retorted, "if I was a bird, I know who I'd shit on every day."