Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

96. The Third Party Usually Wins

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Li Qinghao was eating breakfast gracefully. No matter how elegant and calm he was, he felt a bit self-conscious under the whole Nancheng family’s intense gaze.

At first, he remained unmoved. Gradually, a dull red flush suffused his face. Why did they keep their eyes fixed on him?

“Who’s he, Uncle?” Nancheng Yunyu’s seven-year-old daughter, Nancheng Beibei asked. She looked at Li Qinghao with watery, pure eyes.

Everyone in the dining room pricked up their ears.

Nancheng Lie’s gaze swept across everyone’s face. Then he curved his lips into an evil smile and replied, “He’s the one who slept with me last night.”

Nancheng Lie’s parents and brothers were a little disappointed. They didn’t expect Nancheng Lie to offer such an answer. To be honest, when Nancheng Lie and Li Qinghao had appeared together in the dining room, Mr. Nancheng had been very happy. He thought his son stopped trying to hold on to his love for Han Mingxu, but it now seemed… Mr. Nancheng’s natural shrewdness told him that something was wrong. He noticed that when Nancheng Lie looked at that young man, his eyes were shining with tenderness.

‘My son must have an ambiguous relationship with that guy,’ Mr. Nancheng Lie’s father thought.

Mrs. Nancheng didn’t think too much about the relationship between her son and Li Qinghao. She liked watching the children eat the food she cooked. The young man in front of her was fair-skinned and handsome. It was a pleasure to watch him eat.

Her instincts told her that Li Qinghao was a good child.

Nancheng Lie had an elder sister, but she was away on a business trip.

Nancheng Yunyu’s wife was a gentle and virtuous woman. She smiled at Li Qinghao and said nothing. Everyone in the Nancheng family, including Nancheng Yunyu’s wife, knew that anything about Nancheng Lie shouldn’t be discussed. In the eyes of Nancheng Yunyu, Nancheng Lie was like his son.

His wife also treated Nancheng Lie as her son. After all, they established a romantic relationship when Nancheng Lie was just a pupil. They witnessed the growth of Nancheng Lie.

They had another daughter, Nancheng Baobao, who was 10 years old. Compared with their vivacious second daughter, their eldest daughter was obedient and well-behaved. She even had an aura of composure that most of her peers lacked.

Nancheng Lie’s second brother Nancheng Yunseng remained silent too. He was curious about Nancheng Lie’s relationship with Li Qinghao, but he knew it was not the right time to ask. He was 37 years old, but still remained single. Nancheng Lie had openly admitted he was gay. Their father was open-minded. So, no one forced Nancheng Yunseng into a marriage.

“Who is he?” The dining room echoed with Nancheng Beibei’s ringing voice. There was a childlike innocence in her big eyes. “Last night, Dad and Mom slept together; Grandpa and Grandma slept together; my sister and I also slept together. I still don’t know who this uncle is.”

Pfff… Li Qinghao was amused by Nancheng Beibei. This little girl was so cute. “Hi, little lady, I’m Li Qinghao.”

Nancheng Lie was enchanted with Li Qinghao’s beautiful smile. He gawked at him.

His father and second brother were surprised by his obsession with Li Qinghao. They felt more puzzled.

Nancheng Beibei jumped off her chair and walked over to Li Qinghao. Then she took his hand and kissed it. “My name is Nancheng Beibei. Do you have a girlfriend?”

Pfff…

Nancheng Yunseng almost choked on the porridge. “Why do you ask this question?” He looked at Nancheng Beibei in surprise and doubted whether she was the biological daughter of his brother and sister-in-law. Neither of them was as mischievous as her.

“If you don’t yet have a girlfriend, can you take me into consideration?” Nancheng Beibei let go of Li Qinghao’s hand and struck a beautiful pose. “Compared with my peers, I have a nice figure. I’m a top student. Besides, I have another advantage. If you marry me, you can immediately become a rich man.”

Hearing what his granddaughter said, Mr. Nancheng was stunned. His spoon dropped to the ground.

“What if he has a girlfriend?” Nancheng Lie had an impulse to strangle his niece. How dared she ask Li Qinghao to be her boyfriend? Did she want to die?

“If he has a girlfriend, I will take him from her. According to TV series, the third party usually wins.” Nancheng Beibei shook her head and looked at Nancheng Lie with disdain as if to say, “How can you be so stupid?”

All people at the table were stunned. Even Li Qinghao was surprised. Two years ago Nancheng Beibei was a lovely five-year-old girl. At that time, she hadn’t grown up to be such an articulate girl.

“What’s the name of that TV play? Who did you watch it with?” Nancheng Lie clenched his fists and resisted an impulse to teach her a lesson.

“Grandma,” Nancheng Beibei answered aloud. “The TV play is called Home Temptations. The wife is very pathetic. She was bullied by the mistress and attempted suicide by jumping into the river.”

Everyone fixed their eyes on Mrs. Nancheng. She blushed and said, “This TV play is very popular recently.” She was more than 50 years old. Couldn’t she watch this kind of TV play?

“Well, it’s right to follow the fashion.” Mr. Nancheng always took Mrs. Nancheng’s side.

Nancheng Yunyu’s wife just smiled and didn’t say anything. Nancheng Beibei was Mrs. Nancheng’s granddaughter. No one would blame Mrs. Nancheng even if she miseducated Beibei.

Li Qinghao knew long ago that eating with the Nancheng family was a happy thing. But to his surprise, the warm atmosphere in the Nancheng Mansion hadn’t been affected by the passage of time at all.

Nancheng Lie stole a glance at Li Qinghao from time to time. Noticing that Li Qinghao looked affectionately at Nancheng Beibei with a smile on his face, Nancheng Lie was more convinced that Li was Xu. If he didn’t know the Nancheng family, he wouldn’t be so relaxed in front of them. What was more, a stranger wouldn’t look at Beibei in this way.

Xu…

Nancheng Yunyu suddenly said to Beibei, “I remember you said you wanted to marry Mingxu.”

Li Qinghao was stunned for a second. He subconsciously looked up at Nancheng Yunyu. ‘Am I being too sensitive? Nancheng Yunyu changed the subject so suddenly. Is he testing me? But he didn’t look at me when he said that,’ Li Qinghao thought to himself.

Nancheng Beibei replied in a serious tone, “Women change their minds easily. Mingxu hasn’t come to our house for a long time, so I don’t like him anymore.”

Nancheng Yunyu’s wife couldn’t remain seated anymore. She picked up her daughter and said, “Please take your time. I have to go to work early today, so I’m going to drive Baobao and Beibei to their school first.

“No, mom, let me go! I want to give Qinghao a goodbye kiss.” Nancheng Beibei struggled to get free, but failed because her mother was much stronger than her. She could only look at her sweetheart Li Qinghao with watery eyes.

“This girl is as amorous as her youngest uncle. I think she will grow up to be a playgirl,” Nancheng Yunseng concluded. Maybe she would excel her uncle Nancheng Lie.

Nancheng Yunyu glanced at Nancheng Yunseng and asked, “What about you?” In fact, Nancheng Yunseng also lived a dissolute life. Nancheng Lie was famous because he dallied with men. As for Nancheng Yunseng, he dallied with women.

“Me? Although there are many temptations around me, I always remain unmoved.”

“I think you will sooner or later die on top of women.” Nancheng Lie gave his second brother a dirty look, and then turned to study Li Qinghao’s face. ‘Damn it! How could he mention my past?’ Nancheng Lie thought, with his heart full of anger. Seeing that Li Qinghao didn’t care, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“Is it bad to die in this way? At least, I can hold a fragrant woman.” Nancheng Yunseng gave his younger brother a meaningful look.

Nancheng Lie wanted to argue with Nancheng Yunseng, but Li Qinghao stopped him, “Where is that researcher?”

Nancheng Lie looked around and found that the researcher was not here Maybe he was still in bed. Maybe he was unwilling to go downstairs. Yesterday afternoon when Nancheng Yunyu came back with that researcher, Nancheng Lie found that the researcher didn’t like to communicate with others. According to Nancheng Yunyu, those researchers that had been captured by T organization were outstanding medical experts. At first they tried to resist. But later they found that their resistance was in vain. Gradually, they became obedient. They were locked in the laboratory all day long and felt as if time stopped flowing. So, it was understandable that he didn’t like to communicate with others.

“I’ll take you to him.” Nancheng Lie put down his bowl and chopsticks. The first and most important thing was to develop an antidote for Li Qinghao.

“Okay.” Li Qinghao stood up and said to the rest of the Nancheng family, ” I’m full. Take your time with your breakfast.” He smiled politely at them and then followed Nancheng Lie upstairs.

Four pairs of eyes were staring at Li Qinghao’s retreating figure. Nancheng Yunyu turned to Nancheng Yunseng and asked, “What do you think?”