The Cunning CEO's Contract Wife

Chapter 12 Thank you? We need to show it with actions.

"Chuchu, calm down. Xiao Jingchen is watching from the side."

Although Wang Mei was also angry, she was clearly much calmer than Ye Chuchu and whispered something in her ear.

Ye Chuchu's expression changed, and after hesitating for a moment, she held back her words, covering her hands and looking pitifully at Xiao Jingchen.

“Brother Jingchen…”

Lin Ran glanced over lightly when she heard those words, and Ye Chuchu instinctively shrank back, but didn't continue shouting.

Ye Chuchu said pitifully, "Brother-in-law, my hand hurts so much."

Xiao Jingchen didn't even glance at her. Instead, he turned to Lin Ran, took the hand that had hit Ye Chuchu in his hand, examined it carefully for a while, and said quietly, "Next time, you don't need to do it yourself. It's all red."

Looking at Xiao Jingchen's affectionate expression, Lin Ran's heart skipped a beat, even though she knew he was acting.

Not only Lin Ran, but even Ye Chuchu, who was standing to the side, was captivated and stared blankly at Xiao Jingchen.

"Oh dear, it's already this late, Ranran, you're not even going to leave us for dinner, are you?"

Wang Mei stepped forward and made the suggestion, while giving Lin Ran a threatening glance.

A hint of impatience flashed in Xiao Jingchen's eyes, but he did not refuse, instead looking at Lin Ran questioningly.

Just as Lin Ran was about to speak, Wang Mei added, "If word gets out, people will think that the Xiao family's daughter-in-law doesn't even know this basic etiquette!"

Lin Ran pursed her lips.

Yes, she's a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family now, so she has to think about the Xiao family's future. Besides, she promised Xiao Jingchen not to cause trouble for the Xiao family...

"All right……"

Xiao Jingchen, standing to the side, impatiently said, "I'm going upstairs first."

His expression clearly showed displeasure, so Lin Ran quickly followed after him.

In the study room on the second floor.

Lin Ran asked cautiously, "Are you angry?"

Xiao Jingchen remained silent, his expression cold.

Lin Ran added, "I'm sorry, I'll go down and deal with those two troublemakers right away."

Xiao Jingchen sneered, "Since you knew it would be trouble, why did you still leave it at home?"

Both of them fell silent. After a while, Lin Ran spoke first, "It won't happen again next time. I'll go down now."

Watching Lin Ran's aggrieved figure leave, Xiao Jingchen frowned.

Meanwhile, Lin Ran came downstairs, and Ye Chuchu immediately caught up and asked, "Why did you come down alone? Where's your brother-in-law?"

“He doesn’t want to see you,” Lin Ran said calmly. “And don’t come here again.”

"Ranran, what are you saying? Now that you've married into the Xiao family, you're practically a member of the Xiao family. Can't Chuchu, as your sister, even come to see you?"

Lin Ran found this amusing. "Alright, stop pretending. You're disgusting, but I am."

Wang Mei's expression changed, and she coldly threatened, "Lin Ran, don't forget what I'm holding in my hands. If you make me unhappy, you won't have an easy time either!"

Lin Ran retorted, "If you don't want to eat, leave now!"

"you!"

Just then, a maid came to call Lin Ran to dinner. Lin Ran ignored Wang Mei and her daughter, but the two of them shamelessly followed her to the restaurant.

As soon as the three of them sat down, Ye Chuchu couldn't wait to ask, "Lin Ran, why didn't Xiao Jingchen come down for dinner? Did you upset him just now?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Xiao Jingchen came downstairs.

Upon seeing him, Ye Chuchu's eyes lit up instantly, "Brother-in-law!"

Xiao Jingchen ignored her and sat down casually.

Lin Ran stared at Xiao Jingchen in surprise; she hadn't thought he would come down.

She was staring so intently that Wang Mei and Ye Chuchu both turned to look at her.

Taking advantage of the act of picking up food, Xiao Jingchen whispered in Lin Ran's ear, "If you keep staring at me like that, I won't be able to hold back anymore."

His unexpected remark made Lin Ran blush instantly, a hint of shyness appearing in her clear black and white eyes.

Xiao Jingchen seemed to find it amusing, spending the entire meal either serving food to Lin Ran or staring at her, making Wang Mei and Ye Chuchu feel like they were invisible, which was extremely awkward.

Seeing that Lin Ran had almost finished eating, Xiao Jingchen handed her a tissue and then said, "Aren't you two leaving yet?"

The impolite dismissal left Wang Mei and Ye Chuchu exchanging a glance, both feeling somewhat embarrassed.

But for her daughter's happiness, Wang Mei still gritted her teeth and said, "Mr. Xiao, it's so late now, why don't we stay the night? Otherwise people will say Ranran isn't virtuous..."

Xiao Jingchen said coldly, "Who dares?"

One sentence completely left Wang Mei speechless.

Who dares to gossip about the Xiao family?

Ye Chuchu then spoke up, "This house is so big, we can just find anywhere to make do for the night!"

"Just make do for one night?"

Xiao Jingchen sneered, "Sorry, there's no place like this in our house. If you don't mind, you can stay in the garage."

"garage?"

Ye Chuchu's expression froze. She had been pampered since she was a child. When had she ever lived in a garage?

"Don't you like it?" Xiao Jingchen said bluntly. "Zhou Qing, see the guest out."

After saying that, Zhou Qing walked over and said expressionlessly, "This way, please, both of you."

"..."

Wang Mei and Ye Chuchu exchanged a glance; they had no choice but to leave.

"Alright then, Brother Jingchen," Ye Chuchu said reluctantly, "I'll come see you again next time."

"No need, I don't have time."

Xiao Jingchen coldly uttered these words, and Ye Chuchu's face flushed red and then turned pale. Urged by Zhou Qing, she left.

Lin Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "Thank you."

The woman's cheeks flushed slightly, and she instinctively shrank behind Xiao Jingchen, looking as pitiful and adorable as a little rabbit.

Xiao Jingchen cleared his throat and leaned closer, saying, "Thank you is something that should be expressed through actions."

"Operation?" Lin Ran was stunned. "What operation?"

Xiao Jingchen bent down, answering Lin Ran with his actions.

A hot kiss landed on her ear, and Lin Ran's face flushed instantly. "You..."

"Don't talk, concentrate..."

……

On the other side, when they were still a few hundred meters away from the Ye family's house, Wang Mei suddenly asked Zhou Qing to stop the car.

Although Zhou Qing was puzzled, he still did as instructed.

The two got out of the car. Ye Chuchu saw that they were still quite a distance from home and asked in confusion, "Mom? We're not home yet, why are we stopped here?"

She was pampered growing up, and she was too lazy to walk even a dozen steps, let alone hundreds of meters.

"Idiot! If your dad sees that we came back by car, do you really expect him to side with you?"

As soon as Wang Mei said that, Ye Chuchu immediately understood.

"I understand, Mom. I need to look really bad for Dad to help me!"

As she spoke, Ye Chuchu grabbed a handful of her hair.

As soon as she entered, Ye Chuchu went straight to Ye Minghua.

"dad!"

Seeing her disheveled appearance, covered in sweat and grime, Ye Minghua frowned. "What happened to you?"

Before Wang Mei could speak, Ye Chuchu burst into tears, "Dad, you have to stand up for me! Mom and I went to see her out of kindness, and she hit me! Look at the injuries on my body!"

As she spoke, Ye Chuchu tugged at her clothes, revealing the injuries she had sustained from the fall.

"Forget it, Chuchu," Wang Mei said, feigning concern. "Your sister's status is different now; she's not someone we can aspire to be with. Even your father..."

Wang Mei hesitated to speak, but instead fueled Ye Minghua's anger.

"How dare she be so arrogant?!"