Hidden Marriage

Chapters 16 to 30

Chapter 16: You Really Are My Son

The next morning, Ning Xi was awakened by a low male voice coming from the living room.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Lu Tingxiao lowered his phone, and asked in a gentle tone, "Did I wake you?"

Ning Xi stared at the man in front of her, her eyes wide like copper bells.

Lu Tingxiao wasn't wearing a shirt, so when she opened the door, the first thing she saw was his bare skin. The impact was too much.

She rubbed her nose. Thankfully, she hadn't embarrassed herself.

Lu Tingxiao didn't seem to have noticed her strange behavior, and calmly picked his shirt up from the sofa. As he buttoned it on, he said, "There's an emergency at work, I have to go. I'll have to trouble you to go wake Little Treasure up."

"Oh, okay!" Ning Xi nodded and quickly went to do so.

But she didn't have to; when she turned around, she saw a soft and cute little Pikachu standing in the doorway. His eyes were staring intently at his father, Lu Tingxiao, and he appeared displeased.

"Little Treasure, go change your clothes," Lu Tingxiao ordered this son as he put on his coat.

The reply he received was the loud bang of the bedroom door being slammed shut.

Ever so merciless.

Lu Tingxiao: "..."

Ning Xi: "..."

Lu Tingxiao went to turn the doorknob, but it was locked. He looked at Ning Xi. "Do you have the key?"

Ning Xi awkwardly shook her head. "I do have one, but the key is also inside the room!"

Lu Tingxiao pinched the skin between his eyebrows, and said in a cold, unfathomable tone, "I'll give you three minutes. If you don't come out, don't think you'll ever get to come here again."

Three minutes later, there was still no sound or motion behind the door.

"Get out here! If you're waiting for me to force you out, I won't be as nice as I am right now!"

There was still no movement.

That Little Treasure was really not giving his father any face.

Watching from the sidelines, Ning Xi wanted to laugh, but didn't dare to. "I have work later, but it's no big deal if Little Treasure stays to play for a while."

Lu Tingxiao's expression was irritated and displeased as he took out his phone to make a call.

Ning Xi took a sneaky peek, and saw that he was calling a psychiatrist. She was at a loss for words. Wasn't it too extreme to call a psychiatrist for such a small matter like this?

Ning Xi coughed as she urged, "How about letting me try?"

Lu Tingxiao hesitated slightly before nodding.

Ning Xi pressed against the door and used a gentle, soothing voice. "Little Treasure, Auntie has to go to work so I can't take care of you. Follow your father home first, okay?"

There was still no sound from inside.

"How about this, we can exchange phone numbers so we can instantly contact each other? We can even video chat!"

Sounds of footsteps approached the other side of the door.

"If Auntie is late, the director will yell at me, our director is really mean. Auntie is so pitiful... wu..."

The door unlocked with a kachi sound and then opened.

Lu Tingxiao, who was already prepared to fight a long war, felt that he was dreaming. He stared at the woman standing beside him with bewilderment.