Chapter 025: Don’t You Find That Contradictory?

Chapter 025: Don’t You Find That Contradictory?

In truth, Li Ruotai’s suspicion toward Wu Chen was not suspicion over whether Wu Chen was sincerely helping him. That much was no longer in question.

Of course he was.

Li Ruotai understood exactly how deep his own trouble ran—the evidence alone would send him straight to prison, and likely see him dead there. If Wu Chen wanted to hurt him, he wouldn’t need to lift a finger. Li Ruotai would already be finished.

So by now, Li Ruotai believed Wu Chen genuinely meant to see him through this crisis.

But he still had his doubts about the man himself.

What he doubted was who Wu Chen actually was. Was there some vast scheme behind him? He’d simply appeared out of nowhere, and everything about him—the intelligence he provided, the abilities he displayed—defied explanation.

Wu Chen had already left him with the unshakable sense that here was someone deeply mysterious, impossible to see through.

Anyone confronted with the unknown felt curiosity and suspicion in equal measure, so Li Ruotai’s doubts about Wu Chen right now only proved one thing: he was a man of sound mind.

Not doubting any of it would have made him a fool.

Smack!

A crisp sound rang out. Li Ruotai clapped a hand to the top of his head, wearing the look of a man who wanted to be angry but didn’t quite dare.

Because it was his own sister, Li Ruobing, who’d just rapped him with a soup spoon.

“What’s with ‘this guy’? Where are your manners? He’s your brother-in-law!” Li Ruobing said, her expression cold, brows sharp.

In truth, she had her own doubts about Wu Chen too. But the loving-couple act still had to go on.

“Yes, yes, brother-in-law. I was just asking about… Brother-in-Law, that’s all. Sis, where exactly did Brother-in-Law come from? Don’t try lying to me—there’s no way he’s just some ordinary university student, and he’s no pretty boy either. I’m your own brother. Don’t shut me out.”

“Why are you even asking?” Li Ruobing said. In truth, she had no answer to give, so avoidance was her only option.

She could hardly admit she didn’t know either. That would blow the whole act wide open.

“I’m worried about you. Don’t you think something’s off about him? I’m afraid he’s playing you. He’s definitely not an ordinary person.”

“Don’t start. What’s between me and your brother-in-law is none of your business. Worry about yourself first. I’ve told you eight hundred times to stay away from Xie Hu. If it weren’t for your brother-in-law this time, you’d have gone down hard. Understand?”

“Yes, yes. I fell for that turtle bastard Xie Hu’s nonsense, that’s on me. But Sis, stop dodging. I’m asking about Brother-in-Law.”

“He’s fine. Good to me, good to you too. What more do you want to know?”

“Something’s wrong with him!” Li Ruotai was genuinely getting worked up now.

Because it felt like his sister simply wasn’t hearing him.

“Do you have any idea what your brother-in-law and I have been through together? If you don’t, then don’t run your mouth. I can’t explain his business to you in detail either. I’m warning you—don’t do anything reckless. Your brother-in-law and I will handle our own relationship.” Li Ruobing had already started improvising.

“What have you two been through? Something big? How come I never heard about it?”

“You’re still asking?” Li Ruobing shot him a look.

In truth, she felt just as stifled inside, because she genuinely didn’t know either.

They’d been through nothing at all. They’d only met that same day. She knew nothing real about Wu Chen, and she was even starting to suspect that the background report she’d already had compiled on him was fabricated.

Cowed by the authority his sister had held over him since childhood, Li Ruotai didn’t dare push further.

“Fine, fine. Call me nosy. But when he plays you and tosses you aside one day, don’t come crying to me.” The moment he said it, Li Ruotai sprang up and put two meters of distance between them.

Li Ruobing regarded her brother coolly, not…