Reborn: Instead of Chasing the School Beauty, I Chased Her Mother

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Following the system's prompt, Li Zhiyan arrived at the other side of the garden.

It didn't take long for him to find Su Yu, who looked scholarly with his glasses on.

At that moment, Su Yu was holding hands with a dark-skinned woman, looking very affectionate.

Li Zhiyan found this scene incomprehensible; it seemed a little too preposterous.

The mother-in-law was so stunningly beautiful that no man in this world could resist her charm.

Yet Su Yu had chosen a mistress who was quite ordinary-looking.

This mistress's appearance was clearly just average.

Suddenly, Li Zhiyan remembered that many wealthy people's mistresses often paled in comparison to their wives.

Could it be because the mistresses were more eloquent?

As these thoughts came to him, Li Zhiyan also felt curious.

He took out his Samsung phone, pretending to be a passerby taking photos of the scenery.

Because many tourists were doing the same, Su Yu did not become suspicious.

After all, he had never met Li Zhiyan.

As Li Zhiyan passed by Su Yu, he captured the image of Su Yu and his mistress holding hands.

At that moment, the mistress unexpectedly leaned in and kissed Su Yu's face.

Su Yu reciprocated with a kiss on her face.

This took Li Zhiyan by surprise.

But at the same time, he also felt delighted...

He hadn't expected such a fortuitous turn of events; this made the evidence even more solid.

After capturing the footage and passing by Su Yu,

he clicked save, and his account balance reached 860,000.

He was only 140,000 away from a million in cash.

"This mission really is fortunate, it's been so easy to complete..."

"Next, I just have to wait for the mother-in-law's high heel to break, and then glue it back together."

After wandering for a while, Li Zhiyan returned to Shen Rongfei's side.

At that time, a Frenchman was trying to chat with Shen Rongfei in Mandarin.

Although Shen Rongfei was declining, he showed no signs of leaving.

This annoyed Shen Rongfei.

Li Zhiyan approached and scared off the foreigner with a few words in French; the foreigner took one look at the subtle outline of abs under Li Zhiyan's T-shirt and tactfully walked away.

Shen Rongfei looked at Li Zhiyan in utter surprise.

She couldn't quite believe what she was seeing.

"Xiao Yan, you speak French?"

Shen Rongfei was quite proficient in English because her business often led her to interact with foreign clients.

But she had no clue about French.

So, when she heard Li Zhiyan speak French, she was somewhat astonished.

"Yeah, I studied French for a while."

"I even worked part-time as a French translator during the summer holidays."

Surprise filled Su Mengchen's eyes as well.

She hadn't expected Li Zhiyan to have been a French translator.

"Mom, let's go check out the right side."

Li Zhiyan also wanted to tell his mother-in-law about Su Yu's affair directly.

But clearly, now was not a good time, they were out to have fun, and Chenchen was also there.

He decided to wait until they were back in Wancheng to find an opportunity to tell her.

For now, it was better to keep Shen Rongfei and Su Yu apart; if they bumped into each other at this moment, the trip would likely turn unpleasant...

"Okay."

Shen Rongfei respected Li Zhiyan's opinion.

The group headed to another area until Li Zhiyan saw Su Yu leaving the garden with the unkempt mistress; then he finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about how Su Yu looked quite haggard—it seemed he and the mistress hadn't spared themselves the night before.

After that, Li Zhiyan visited two ancient buildings and one General's Mansion with Shen Rongfei and Su Mengchen.

Sucity's ancient gardens were just too numerous.

Li Zhiyan felt a bit dazzled by it all.

As they left the General's Mansion in the evening, Shen Rongfei's high heel broke unexpectedly.

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A wave of pain shot through her, and she sat down on the ground.

The sudden display of suffering from her mother left Su Mengchen feeling a bit panicked.

She instinctively looked at Li Zhiyan for help.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Li Zhiyan checked and saw that Shen Rongfei's sprain wasn't serious, but her high heels were completely ruined.

Normal shoe glue wouldn't be able to fix these high heels as their heels were particularly slim.

"I'm fine."

"Let me press it for you."

Li Zhiyan gently grasped Shen Rongfei's foot and started massaging it.

He found this skill to be incredibly practical, as it had proved to be very important numerous times.

As Li Zhiyan continued massaging, the painful feeling slowly dissipated.

Shen Rongfei closed her eyes, her mind recalling that her mother had given her these high heels as a birthday gift when she was 18, which made her feel very heartbroken.

With both her parents deceased from illness, the only keepsake of her mother was these high heels.

And now they were broken.

After a while, as the pain faded, Shen Rongfei picked up her high heels and the broken heel.

A sense of sadness spread in her heart, and she felt stifled and wanted to cry, but in front of her children, she felt she couldn't let herself cry.

"Mom, I'll carry you back. Let's return to the hotel."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Shen Rongfei didn't want to appear so vulnerable in front of her children, but given the circumstances, she had no choice but to let Li Zhiyan carry her.