The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat

Chapter 566: Chapter 569: Unconditional Obedience

Li Ji left Prince Anshun Mansion with the portrait and the contract. He then rode to Prince Zheng Mansion.

There, he met with Li Qi.

The two of them spoke privately for a long time.

By the time he came out of the Prince Zheng Mansion, the sun was already beginning to set.

Chen Wangbei asked respectfully, "Are we returning to the Regent Prince Mansion?"

Li Ji gazed at a distant corner of the palace walls, remaining silent for a long while before finally responding.

"Yes."

When he returned home, Li Xun was also back from school.

Hua Manman was asking him how his day at school went.

"Did you get along with your classmates?"

Li Xun recalled the day’s events at the Imperial College.

’Those classmates were scared to death of me. All it took was a single look, and someone would volunteer to copy my homework for me.’

So, he answered obediently, "My classmates are all very easy to get along with."

Hua Manman asked again, "Did you make your teachers angry?"

Li Xun thought about his classes that day. The teachers hadn’t even dared to look at him for too long. Even when he slept in class, no teacher dared to say a word of criticism.

So, he once again answered obediently, "No, the teachers were all very nice to me."

Hua Manman: "Did you pay attention in class?"

This time, Li Xun hesitated.

"I tried to listen carefully, but I didn’t really understand."

’That’s why I couldn’t help but fall asleep.’

Hua Manman comforted him, "It’s okay. It’s only your first day. Of course there will be a lot of things you don’t understand. It will get better over time."

Li Xun nodded obediently. "Okay!"

Looking at such a sensible and adorable child, Hua Manman’s heart filled with relief.

Li Xun caught sight of his father walking over. He still remembered the grudge of being dug out of bed by his father before dawn this morning.

He put on a curious expression and asked his mother.

"Father told me before that he’s the head of the household, that he has the final say on everything, big or small. He even said that Mother has to obey his every command. Is that true?"

Hua Manman’s brow slowly furrowed. "I have to obey his every command?"

Li Ji, who had just stepped one foot through the door: "..."

He silently retracted his foot.

Seeing his father about to slip away, Li Xun immediately shouted.

"Father, you’re back!"

Hua Manman turned and saw the Regent King just as he was about to flee.

Li Ji’s body stiffened.

He was forced to turn around, his gaze turning sinister as he looked at his bratty son.

’You little brat, just you wait!’

Li Xun, not the least bit afraid, made a face at his dad.

Li Ji: "..."

The old father’s fists clenched.

Hua Manman stared at the Regent King, her face expressionless.

"Not only did you belittle me as being completely useless, but you also said I have to obey your every command?"

Li Ji tried to explain, "I didn’t belittle you as being completely useless."

Hua Manman: "You said I’m not good at anything except eating. Isn’t that the same as being useless?"

Li Ji was speechless.

’I was just running my mouth back then. How could I have known this day of reckoning would come?’

To make matters worse, that little rascal Li Xun, who loved to watch a good show and stir up trouble, deliberately winked and made faces at his dad.

"Father is the head of the household! You have to show us your authority as the head of the household!"

Li Ji wished he could just smack his bratty son into the ground.

’I must have owed this kid money in a past life to have ended up with such a little bastard of a son in this one!’

Hua Manman: "Why is the head of the household so quiet?"

Li Ji, backed into a corner, became flustered and angry.

He retorted, almost like someone who had given up and decided to go all in.

"So what if I’m the head of the household? Is there anything wrong with that statement?"

Seeing him dare to talk back, Hua Manman was so exasperated she laughed. "You’re acting so self-righteous. Don’t you forget, I still haven’t acknowledged you as my husband yet."

Li Ji raised an eyebrow. "What? Are you thinking of divorce?"

Hua Manman hadn’t expected him to say the word "divorce" so easily. She froze for a moment.

Even Li Xun was startled.

’I just wanted to make Father angry, I didn’t want him and Mother to get a divorce!’

Just as he was wringing his hands in panic, he heard his father continue calmly.

"You want a divorce? Fine. The family fortune is all yours, our son is yours, and even I am yours!"

Hua Manman: "..."

Li Xun was completely stunned.

’Dad’s amazing!’

Hua Manman tightened her expression, trying not to laugh.

She said with feigned indifference, "I’ll take the fortune and our son. As for you, forget it. Go find a cool corner to stay in."

Li Ji stared at her and asked, unwilling to give up, "You really don’t want me?"

At this moment, Hua Manman was especially cold and heartless.

"Nope!"

Li Ji instantly transformed into a domineering prince, saying fiercely.

"Don’t blame me for not warning you. If you miss me in this village, I’ll be waiting for you in the next one!"

Hua Manman finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, the corners of her mouth curling up forcefully.

’Damn it! Why is this damn man so cute when he’s trying to act tough?!’

Li Ji said irritably, "What are you laughing at? Laugh again and I’ll kiss you!"

Hua Manman’s face flushed red.

She tried hard to suppress her smile and asked in a serious tone.

"Is the head of the household hungry? Would you like to have dinner?"

Li Ji condescended to give a slight nod. "A little hungry. Let’s eat."

When the food was served, Hua Manman deliberately asked.

"Does the head of the household need me to ladle some soup for you?"

Li Ji sneered, "Did I give you permission to ladle soup for me? Put it down, I’ll do it!"

He ladled a full bowl of chicken soup and placed it in front of Hua Manman.

Hua Manman couldn’t stop laughing.

Li Xun was dumbfounded.

’So that’s how it works.’

’My education is ruined! Ruined!’

After dinner, Hua Manman went back to her room to rest.

She remembered that the bedroom she was currently using originally belonged to Li Ji, so she deliberately asked.

"Where will the head of the household be sleeping tonight?"

Li Ji said coldly, "I’m sleeping in the study! Don’t even think about fighting me for it."

With that, he walked towards the study without a backward glance.

Watching his departing figure, Hua Manman sighed with heartfelt emotion.

’I never thought a domineering prince could be this cute.’

Entering the study, Li Ji let out a long sigh of relief. He had finally put that old matter to rest.

「The next day」

Li Ji woke up early as usual.

He stormed menacingly toward his bratty son’s room.

He still remembered last night’s score.

’Let’s see how I’ll deal with that little rascal today!’

But when he burst into Li Xun’s room, he found it completely empty. The boy was nowhere to be seen.

Upon asking, he learned that Li Xun had, to his surprise, already gotten up.

’Now that’s a rare sight!’

Li Xun had deliberately hurried out of the Prince Mansion before his dad could find him and run off to the Imperial College for class.

Li Ji couldn’t possibly chase his son to the Imperial College to discipline him, so he could only postpone the lesson for now.

He had other, more important matters to attend to.

He took the portrait and the contract he had gotten from the Prince Anshun Mansion the day before and went to find Hua Manman.

Hua Manman carefully examined the man in the portrait.

But no matter how she looked, the man was extremely ordinary—the type you wouldn’t be able to pick out of a crowd.

Then, she looked at the signature on the contract.

"Wu Zimu. I’ve never heard of anyone by that name."

Li Ji: "It’s a fake name. Of course you don’t recognize it."

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