It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

no way.

They need to pay rent, they need to support themselves in old age, so it doesn't seem like they're being forced.

"Sir, are you satisfied with this room?"

Frank kindly inquired, "If needed, I can leave for a while and take a walk in the yard."

Li Cheng agreed without even looking at it, but after Frank left, he took a closer look and realized something was wrong.

This appears to be a temporary guest room, with a neat single bed in the center and nothing else.

...Damn it, asking for a quiet room isn't what I meant! Father-in-law, what kind of person do you think I am?! What kind of pervert in the world would consult a lawyer, get all lustful while doing so, and insist on finding a room to have sex with them?!

Li Cheng suddenly had a slight doubt: could his father-in-law actually be a goofball?

Louise also noticed the layout of the room, and her face turned red, almost as if it were the umpteenth time she had blushed that day.

no way.

There was only a bed in the whole room, nothing else, making it hard not to have impure thoughts.

"elder brother."

Louise put her hands behind her back, her toes drawing circles on the ground shyly: "Um, isn't it a bit too casual here...? Although Louise doesn't disagree... I'd still prefer a more comfortable place..."

I have no intention of refusing.

After all, she's going to marry her brother, so she'll be his wife, and sooner or later she'll have to face the issue of having a baby. It doesn't matter if it's sooner or later.

As the little girl shyly drew circles with her toes, Li Cheng walked up to her, expressionlessly stretched out his two hands, and cupped her face in his hands.

For a moment, the tall figure obscured her youthful and petite body.

Louise closed her eyes shyly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly with nervousness.

Although she wasn't quite sure what to do in this regard, her brother would surely know. She could simply entrust everything to him and become a good wife without worrying about anything...

Louise, keep it up, you can do it!

???

Looking at Louise, who was actually posing as if she were at his mercy, Li Cheng's lips twitched, and he began to doubt his memories, his life, and the world.

How did my pure and innocent Louise suddenly become like this?

Although it's quite common for little girls to say things like "I want to marry my brother or father when I grow up," people who hear it will just smile and not really take it to heart. Moreover, the little girls will gradually forget their joking remarks as time goes by.

But this looks really weird, doesn't it?

The way she looks makes me feel like even if we were to kiss or do something inappropriate, she wouldn't even offer any resistance, let alone any normal defensive actions.

This must be corrected!

Give me back my innocent Louise!

Li Cheng pinched the elastic cheek in his hand and began to squeeze it from both sides.

I'm exaggerating—

"Well......"

Louise winced in pain, opened her eyes pitifully to look at him, not understanding why her brother suddenly wanted to hit her.

Is this also part of what couples do?

Something's not right. The kind lady told me it would hurt a lot down there, but right now Louise's upper cheeks hurt a lot, and she doesn't feel any of the pain mixed with comfort that the kind lady described.

The little girl was puzzled.

What's wrong with you?

Li Cheng said irritably, "I agreed to let you come along because I wanted your help, not to cause trouble!"

Seeing his angry expression, Louise shrank back in fear and immediately began to recall every detail from when she was buried in her lawyer uncle's house, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure out what she had done wrong.

Louise then glanced at Li Cheng again and found that he was still angry.

There's no other way but to apologize.

Although she didn't understand what she had done wrong, she still apologized obediently to calm her brother down and cheer him up before talking about anything else.

"sorry."

Louise stretched out her two fair and delicate hands, grabbed Li Cheng's clothes and shook them from side to side, while saying in a soft and sweet voice, "Louise will change, brother, don't be angry with Louise."

The little girl is being cute.

Seeing her attitude, Li Cheng didn't know whether he should continue criticizing her.

If you criticize someone for doing something wrong and they argue back, you'll get angrier the more you listen, regardless of whether they're right or wrong. Conversely, if they apologize to you politely and accept your criticism, you might not even be able to stay angry.

Li Cheng is in this situation now. A lot of things he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, and even his original burning fighting spirit of "Give me back Louise" has disappeared without a trace.

So cute.

I really can't get angry.

"...It's good that you know you made a mistake. Just don't repeat it next time."

Li Cheng skipped the part about reprimanding the little girl and fast-forwarded to the closing remarks: "Well, I won't punish you for anything. I'll take you to see the lawyer outside later and explain to him that it was a misunderstanding, that you were just being naughty and playing around, it wasn't real."

?

Louise blinked, puzzled. "What do you mean by 'not real'?"

"It's about me marrying you."

Li Cheng complained, "This is ridiculous! How did we suddenly get onto this topic? I just wanted to start a casual conversation with him, and he actually thought I was planning to marry you. Honestly, it's pretty silly. Would a normal person even think of this? I'm starting to doubt it myself..."

He was rambling on and on about his father-in-law.

But Louise didn't listen at all; her pupils gradually became unfocused, and a single thought kept swirling in her mind.

They're getting a divorce.

She had only been planning to get married for less than half an hour when she was about to divorce her brother.

Chapter 322 The Forced Marriage Scene

According to professional anthropologists, the sadness humans experience when losing something far outweighs the joy they feel when gaining it.

To put it more poetically, those who have never had something are happier than those who have had it and then lost it.

Less than half an hour after the planned wedding, Louise was told she would have to divorce her brother. Her pupils gradually became vacant, then her lips pursed, and tears began to stream down her cheeks.

"Waaah—"

Li Cheng: ?

The person in question was completely bewildered as they stared at the little girl who had suddenly started wailing.

No, why are you crying?

Didn't you just sincerely apologize? And I didn't even punish you, I just asked you to apologize and explain, there was no need for you to suddenly cry!

But Li Cheng hadn't even had time to recover from his shock.

The crying came and went quickly, like a sudden downpour on a summer afternoon, so fast that there wasn't even time to bring in the laundry.

The sobbing gradually subsided, and then Louise lowered her head and carefully wiped her stained face with her sleeve, drying her tears and stopping crying.

She's a strong little girl; she doesn't cry easily.

I just couldn't help it.

Li Cheng frowned, looking left and right. After confirming that Louise had truly stopped crying, he tentatively asked, "Are you... alright?"

"Yes. Louise is fine."

Louise forced a somewhat pitiful smile, her eyes still red-rimmed.

After all, it's just that my brother is getting a divorce from Louise.

Although divorce means that the brother no longer likes Louise and wants to abandon her.

I will never see Louise again.

I will never make milk tea for Louise again.

He wouldn't play with Louise or tell her stories.

Louise is going to become an unwanted child.

Well, that's all, that's all...

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. Under Li Cheng's horrified gaze, the little girl pouted again, and it looked like she was about to cry out again.

Li Cheng: !

Good heavens, my father-in-law lives downstairs. What if this crying accidentally gets heard downstairs and he gets a bad first impression?

A deranged and sadistic man who took a 14-year-old girl to a one-room bedroom and made her cry uncontrollably?! No way! I came here wanting to make a good first impression!!!

"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry."

Li Cheng disregarded everything else and quickly pleaded, "Please don't cry, I'll grant you any request!"

Louise closed her half-open mouth and sniffed: "Really?"

"really."

Li Cheng was inwardly in tears, but he dared not say it was fake.

"Then, brother, can you please not abandon Louise?"

The little girl asked pitifully.

"Of course, besides, I have no intention of abandoning Louise."

Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and answered decisively, "Louise is so cute, how could I possibly abandon her?"

Although she didn't know why Louise mistakenly thought she was going to abandon her, if such a simple request could stop the crying, then it was no problem at all, and could even be said to be very easy.

"Hey hey hey."

Having received an affirmative answer, the little girl smiled happily.

Then, under Li Cheng's relaxed gaze, the little girl tugged at his sleeve and asked expectantly, "Then, when will you marry Louise, brother?"