Marry a female star at a bargain price

Chapter 190 189. Barely Solving the Case
Return to Linjia Village.

On the way, Han Xixi looked out the window the whole time without saying a word.

Lin Xiao ignored her too.

Anyway, as long as she doesn't ask for a divorce or threaten to jump out of the car, he won't be anxious at all.

Arriving home soon.

Zhou Xiuping had already prepared a sumptuous lunch, including rice dumplings, steamed cakes, and all kinds of Dragon Boat Festival food. Although she knew that her daughter-in-law, who was a big star, could not eat much, she still piled the table full of extremely rich food just for her daughter-in-law to taste.

Han Xixi got out of the car with a very forced smile.

Faced with the various delicacies that my parents-in-law brought to me like they were presenting treasures, even though I was clearly in a bad mood, I could only force a smile and taste a little anyway.

After lunch.

In the afternoon, Xixi said she wanted to go home, under the pretext of visiting her grandparents.

Zhou Xiuping naturally would not stop them and brought some seasonal vegetables and local products for them to taste.

Xixi is now very sensitive to the word "relatives", but it is not easy to say it directly. She can only grit her teeth, force a smile, and reluctantly agree.

Leaving Anyang County, heading on the highway to Ninghai.

The two of them remained silent along the way.

Lin Xiao was in a cheerful mood. He was not at all anxious or panicked about the ultimate secret being exposed. Instead, he felt inexplicably relieved and now felt extremely comfortable.

Xixi was very angry at first.

Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't seem to be apologetic at all and had no intention of talking to her along the way, she became even angrier.

The angrier I got, the more upset I felt. I wanted to have a fight desperately, otherwise I felt like I was going to go crazy.

So he sat in the passenger seat, twisting and turning, sighing, and throwing things around!
Lin Xiao received the signal, and naturally he couldn't let his wife down, so he took the initiative to speak: "What's the matter, have you come to terms with it?"

Xixi frowned and looked at him, her face full of disbelief, without saying a word.

Lin Xiao continued to test: "If you are willing to give in, just tell me. I can pretend that nothing happened and I won't laugh at you!"

This attack really made Han Xixi so angry that she almost went crazy.

"Submit? I submit to you? Lin Xiao, are you sick?"

"I'm sick, do you have medicine?"

"???"

"There's no medicine. Why are you saying these useless things?"

Lin Xiao is now following the principle of "destruction before construction" and is completely determined to go all out.

With a cold snort, he smiled and said, "I did hide the fact that I secretly took your photo from you, and I can apologize to you for that. But I must make it clear that this was a mistake, an accident, and it does not affect all our subsequent progress at all! If you are really angry, I can give you the 50,000 yuan from selling the photo, is that okay?"

Han Xixi was almost stunned by this man's shamelessness and weird train of thought.

He opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time.

After a long while, she sneered and said, "You are really too funny. Do I need your 50,000 yuan?"

"Aren't you bad?" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Of course I'm not poor, I have plenty of money!"

"Oh, where's the money?"

"exist……"

Han Xixi's voice stopped abruptly, and she remembered that she had entrusted all her belongings to the big liar in front of her a few days ago, only in return for this shackle and burden on her ring finger.

She became more and more angry, her face turned red, and she stretched out her hand and said, "Give me back my money!"

Lin Xiao smiled calmly: "What do you mean your money is my money? We are a legal couple. No matter who has it, it is our common property! Read more books, you legal illiterate!"

Han Xixi was really furious this time.

The composure and rationality that had been held back for most of the day were all thrown out of the window at this moment.

"Lin Xiao!! I'm going to kill you!!"

"You will go to jail for murder. You won't get two years less in prison just because you killed your husband!"

"what!!!!!"

"..."

Lin Xiao smiled calmly, enjoying the symphony in his ears.

He is now completely in a state of not feeling itchy even if he has too many lice, and not worrying about having too many debts. Anyway, his wife is already furious, so he doesn't care about making her even angrier!
Xixi went crazy in the car for a while, then slowly calmed down.

Lin Xiao then smiled and asked, "Han Xixi, do you really want to kill me now?"

Xixi had a dark face and didn't say anything.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "That's right! Real couples don't spend every day in love with each other. Loving and hating each other is the norm!"

Xixi still didn't say anything, but she was so angry that she rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, you are right!

It was quiet for a while.

"Have you calmed down now? Can we talk?" Lin Xiao asked again.

Xixi said nothing, but her eyes were obviously much calmer.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Lin Xiao said seriously, "Let me ask you, will you doubt my feelings for you now that you found out that I was the whistleblower?"

Xixi frowned and said nothing.

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "No, right! You also know that I broke the news before I met you, and I fell in love with you after that. There is no causal relationship between the two, and there is no contradiction, right?"

Xixi was speechless, but obviously accepted this logical relationship.

Lin Xiao continued: "So you are angry only because you found out that the man you fell in love with was the one who pushed you into the abyss in the first place. This is hard for you to accept and you feel that the beginning of this relationship was a mistake, right?"

Xixi remained speechless.

Lin Xiao added: "It's totally fine for you to think this way! But you have to understand that our relationship was a contractual marriage at the beginning, which was a mistake! We didn't get together because we were attracted to each other, but because we each had our own agenda."

Having said that, Han Xixi finally looked over with a gloomy face, her eyes full of doubt and caution.

"What do you want?" she asked coldly.

"Of course it's to repent, atone, and have peace of mind!" Lin Xiao said.

"..."

Xixi lowered her head again without saying anything, but she suddenly felt enlightened.

In fact, during the National Day last year, after the two met for the first time on a blind date, she proposed marriage and Lin Xiao agreed. She was confused and scared at the time.

Because no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand why Lin Xiao would agree to such an outrageous request.

Just because her mother was her leader at the time, and he wanted to climb up the social ladder?

Xixi felt that he was not such a person, and even if he was such a person, he would not treat his marriage as a joke or a bargaining chip for the sake of his future.

Therefore, Lin Xiao’s real motive has always been an unsolved mystery to her.

She had always been curious and even felt that this person had bad intentions, so she was always on guard.

Later, as the two of them became more familiar with each other, she became more and more trusting of Lin Xiao's character, and slowly forgot about this matter.

But this doubt has always existed.

It was not until now that Han Xixi suddenly realized that Lin Xiao agreed to her at that time because he was guilty and wanted to make amends.

Then everything makes sense.

Lin Xiao continued: "I am not saying this to whitewash myself or to think that I have done nothing wrong. I only want to say two things. First, although I agreed to marry you with a repentant attitude at the beginning, I later took the initiative to get close to you. Now we are truly married because I love you from the bottom of my heart. It has nothing to do with the starting point of my agreement to marry you.

"Second, I made a mistake and I am willing to accept any punishment. So you can test me, torture me, insult me... Anyway, as long as you don't mention divorce, I can accept anything. I don't ask you to forgive me now, but you can at least give me a chance to atone for my sins, okay?"

This was quite sincere.

If it were three minutes ago, Xixi might not have listened to these words. She might even have thought that he was eloquent and eloquent and would not believe a word he said.

But after that crazy meal just now, she vented out all the emotions that she had been holding back for half the morning.

Now he has calmed down.

After carefully pondering Lin Xiao's words just now, she felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to do for a moment.

In Lin Xiao's eyes, this reaction was unprecedented good news.

"If you don't say anything, it means you agree!"

Lin Xiao smiled.

Xixi was shocked and realized that she had fallen into a trap. She was about to open her mouth to refute.

Lin Xiao directly deprived her of the opportunity to speak: "Okay, from now on, let's calm down. Whoever speaks is a puppy!"

Han Xixi: “…”

I have never seen such a shameless person in my life!
She was stunned and dumbfounded, and finally had to grit her teeth and angrily accept this unequal treaty.

The two arrived at Jili Garden peacefully.

Have dinner at my mother-in-law's house in the evening.

Lin Xiao was like a fish in water throughout the whole process, and he made his father-in-law and mother-in-law very happy. He didn't even notice that his daughter was in a bad mood, and just thought that she was tired from work and didn't want to talk.

After dinner.

Han Xixi was holding the cat in the room, while Lin Xiao helped his mother-in-law clean up the dishes, and drank tea and chatted with his father-in-law. The atmosphere in the living room was relaxed.

Stay at home until nine o'clock.

Lin Xiao stood up and said goodbye, and said that Xixi was tired, so he would not bother any more and just sleep here today, as he still had some work to do when he returned home.

This set of arguments is well-founded and reasonable.

Even though his father-in-law and mother-in-law were a little skeptical, seeing that Lin Xiao looked natural, they finally chose to believe him and let him go.

The old couple came back after taking a walk around the community.

Liu Liyun was still a little worried, so she knocked on the door and went to her daughter's room.

Xixi hadn't slept yet. She was sitting on the lounge chair on the balcony holding Lin Gege, staring out the window in a daze.

Liu Liyun became more and more certain that something was fishy and asked her, "Did you have a fight with Xiaolin?"

Han Xixi's expression flickered.

"No!" She blurted out, then regretted it a little, secretly hating herself for listening to him so much and actually covering it up for him. "Really?"

Liu Liyun didn't quite believe it. "Why did you seem so unhappy and silent all night? Why didn't you follow Xiaolin when he left?"

Xixi said unhappily, "Why? Do you think I'm getting in the way at home?"

Liu Liyun rolled her eyes: "You kid! I'm talking to you about something serious, and you're throwing a tantrum at me!"

Xixi said helplessly: "Mom, you said I have a childish temper, so why can't I just stay at home and be a child? Why do I have to go home with someone else and rush to be someone else's wife?"

When Liu Liyun heard this, she actually thought it made sense and didn't bother to persuade him any further.

Anyway, my wife said it well when we were taking a walk outside just now - the tongue and teeth sometimes fight each other. It is inevitable that couples will have conflicts. You have to learn to solve them yourself!

Liu Liyun saw that the young couple were relatively calm, at least they did not fall out in front of their elders and make both of them lose face.

It means that you still have each other in your heart, so it’s not a big deal.

As elders, there is no need for them to worry too much.

He immediately relaxed and got up to go out. Before closing the door, he specifically reminded her, "I haven't bathed Koko for several days. Don't hold him in your arms while he sleeps in the bed. Let him sleep in his own little nest at night, okay?"

Xixi agreed.

After Liu Liyun left, she hugged Lin Keke and ravaged him for a while, then teased him, "It's so hot and you don't take a shower. You stink. Lin Keke, Lin Keke... Why do you have the last name Lin?"

The more Xixi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. That annoying face automatically appeared in her mind. When she named the cat, she had said shamelessly and brazenly that the cat should have his last name, which is why the cat got its current name.

Xixi was immediately furious.

Holding up the fat tabby cat, he said angrily: "Haha, from now on you will take my last name, Han Haha! Let's ignore that big liar and bad guy from now on!!"

Koko licked his beard: "Meow~"

Xixi took it as a consent, and after being in a gloomy mood for the whole day, she finally smiled a little.

……

This is a long time.

Xixi was happy, but Lin Xiao, who walked out of Jili Garden, looked unusually gloomy.

At present, the situation is under control.

The wife was calmed down, and my parents didn't reveal the truth. Although my father-in-law and mother-in-law had some suspicions, they just thought it was a quarrel between the couple and didn't take it seriously.

Lin Xiao ran around all day and performed several plays, and finally achieved some results.

Now the show is over.

He finally had the leisure to start investigating how the matter was leaked, and how such a secret matter could have been leaked.
Lin Xiao was puzzled.

The first suspect, of course, is Zhang Peng.

After all, in order for the photo to be sold at that time, he was just the material provider, and Zhang Peng was the matchmaker. Moreover, he acted first and reported to Zhang Peng later. He was only told about this after he got the money.

By the time Lin Xiao found out, "Han Xixi is suspected of being kept by someone" had already become a hot topic.

He could only swallow his guilty conscience and take the money, shouting "It smells so good".

Now that the truth has been revealed, of course the first person he suspects is Zhang Peng.

Sitting in the car, he quickly called Zhang Peng.

The call was answered quickly.

"Hey, Mayor Lin, how come you suddenly have time to call me?" Zhang Peng said in a relaxed tone on the other end.

"I have a question for you!"

Lin Xiao spoke in a serious tone, getting straight to the point, "Last National Day, I secretly took a photo of Han Xixi shopping in a luxury store with an old man. Do you remember?"

Zhang Peng was a little surprised on the other end of the phone, obviously not expecting him to mention this suddenly.

"Remember, I sold it to an entertainment reporter and made 10 yuan! What happened?"

"How did you sell it at that time? Did you contact the entertainment reporter directly, or did you find someone to help you sell it?"

"then……"

Zhang Peng was puzzled. "Why are you asking this suddenly? What happened?"

Lin Xiao said sternly: "Don't ask me first, tell me what's going on first."

Zhang Peng was confused by his tone.

He quickly recalled, "I did find an acquaintance to contact the entertainment reporter, but I didn't tell the middleman that I wanted to sell Han Xixi's gossip photos. In addition, when I was in contact with the entertainment reporter, I always said that I took the photos. I never mentioned you from beginning to end!"

Lin Xiao's brows furrowed even more.

"you sure?"

"Of course, this kind of thing has risks. It's possible that the victim will come to your door!"

Zhang Peng said in a very serious tone, "You are a civil servant with a stable job. After you got the job, you rarely even post on your Moments. You are so cautious. How could I do such a risky thing for you? I am different. Anyway, this job is half dead. Even if someone sues me, it doesn't matter. At most, I will quit! So from the beginning to the end, I said that I did it alone and never mentioned you!"

Lin Xiao's brows were twisted like a tiger.

After the truth was revealed during the day, the first breakthrough point he thought of was that the truth about himself as the photographer had been leaked from Zhang Peng.

After all, he is a serious newspaper reporter, and the entertainment reporter who makes a living by selling celebrity gossip may seem to have similar jobs, but in fact they have nothing to do with each other.

Want to establish a relationship and make some transactions.

This information must have gone through several rounds and passed through several people, so it is possible that the information would be leaked.

Now when I asked Zhang Peng, it turned out to be true. This transaction procedure was not completely foolproof.

But Zhang Peng also said that he was not mentioned in the transaction process from beginning to end.

In other words.

No matter how risky and how many loopholes there are in this transaction process, theoretically it has nothing to do with Lin Xiao, so naturally no one can trace it back to him!

Lin Xiao was suddenly in a deadlock.

Having been friends with Zhang Peng for so many years, of course he trusted this guy, and there was no need for him to lie about this matter.

So the question is, if the secret was not leaked from Zhang Peng, then where did it come from?

Lin Xiao became distressed and had no idea what to do for a moment.

At this time, Zhang Peng on the other end of the phone asked: "Why are you bringing up this matter?"

Lin Xiao was in mixed feelings, but couldn't tell it directly.

I could only casually say, "Nothing, just asking!"

"It's really nothing?"

"real!"

"All right……"

Zhang Peng breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

Lin Xiao keenly noticed this strange emotion, and his relaxed nerves tensed up again.

He sat up straight and asked seriously, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Peng said casually: "Oh, nothing, I just saw you suddenly asked me, and I thought it was my wife who called you to confirm this matter..."

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

"your wife?!"

He exclaimed, and then asked, "Does He Xiaoqian know about this?"

Zhang Peng agreed sheepishly: "Got it!"

"When did you know that?"

“I found out during the Chinese New Year last year!”

"Ah?!" Lin Xiao was shocked.

"Oh, I was careless too. She found the 50,000 yuan I had hidden away and started to quarrel with me. She insisted that I was having an affair with another woman behind her back!"

Zhang Peng said helplessly, "Now that I've been accused of this, how can I hide anything? I'll just tell you everything!"

Lin Xiao frowned: "You told me too?"

Zhang Peng didn't care: "How can I not tell you? If I say I took the photos, she will definitely ask me what I was doing in the mall on Friday afternoon. How can I explain? I can only tell the truth!"

Lin Xiao’s eyes flashed!
Although I don't know how the news spread from He Xiaoqian's mouth to Han Xixi's ears, I am now certain that the source of the leak is indeed here.

On the phone, Zhang Peng continued, "But don't worry, I have already appeased my wife and handed over the money. She knows the seriousness of the matter and won't go out and say anything nonsense!"

Lin Xiao snorted coldly, thinking that it would be strange if he wasn't talking nonsense.

"Does your wife know Han Xixi?" he asked directly.

"How can it be!"

Zhang Peng directly denied it, "If she wants to meet a big star, then I can meet one too. How can she feel comfortable taking this money? Don't be ridiculous!"

Lin Xiao also thought it was unlikely.

But I also feel that since we are all locals of Ninghai, it is not impossible for us to get in touch with each other through some kind of connection.

I was too lazy to pursue the matter and just solved the cold case.

But although the case was solved, the problem could not be easily resolved.

Lin Xiao couldn't blame Zhang Peng because he wasn't the one who leaked the information, and he couldn't blame He Xiaoqian because she had no right and no reason to keep it secret.

If you want to blame someone, you can only blame yourself. This is what happened in your destiny.

"It's okay, I'm hanging up!"

Ignoring Zhang Peng's various questions, he hung up the phone.

Driving on the bustling streets of Ninghai, Lin Xiao suddenly felt exhausted.

However, after taking a deep breath, I felt full of fighting spirit again.

"Isn't she just a wife? If I can win her the first time, I can win her the second time too. It's no big deal!!"

He stepped on the accelerator and his confidence increased.

(End of this chapter)