Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 2466 - 2530: Listen to the Man

After finishing this vivid, entertaining-and-educational "health class," Li Yifei finally let out a breath. Strictly speaking, the pace between the two of them really was a bit fast, but time waited for no one—being able to progress to this point was already hard enough as it was."So interesting. It was so small at first, then became so big, and now it’s turning back into..." After class ended, Li Yifei forced himself to calm down, but the studious little elementary schooler Su Lio once again sneaked her hand out, skillfully dodging the defense of the Underwear Demon and successfully infiltrating a certain place, where she captured that shrunken, cowering little guy.

Ambushed, Li Yifei grunted and said, "That’s how it normally is. It can’t stay that big all the time, or it’d blow up from being too backed up."

"Oh!" Su Lio half understood, half didn’t. She was still nervous and shy now, but compared to before she was countless times better. Well, the truth was, she didn’t understand at all. She secretly stuck out her tongue; after all this tossing about, her body was already a bit tired—doing these things was pretty exhausting too.

The two of them had more or less gotten used to each other’s bodies. Mm, mainly it was that Su Lio had pierced through that layer of shyness; once that window paper was poked through, tomorrow should be much easier.

Originally, all the pressure had been on Li Yifei alone, but now it had become something the two of them bore together. Li Yifei looked at Su Lio apologetically and said, "Ali, tomorrow we’ll face it together."

"Okay, we’ll face it together." Su Lio rubbed her cheek against Li Yifei’s chest. Even though they were already familiar with each other and had finished "practice," when she went to sleep she still endured her shyness and held on to a certain place. That really made things tough for Li Yifei. Only heaven knew how many days he’d been holding back; with this kind of stimulation, the Worm was tormenting him even more.

Li Yifei didn’t move Su Lio’s hand away. He wrapped an arm around her instead, his palm resting on a certain spot. Delivering True Qi this directly seemed even more convenient, and at the same time he sighed inwardly. A week ago when he accidentally touched here, it had still felt soft and full; just a few days of illness had already made her body change so rapidly.

Everyone in the Li family was on edge. Su Mengxin already knew the treatment process for tomorrow, and she also knew the risk was extremely high. As his wife, Su Mengxin had her own selfish thoughts—on this point she was no different from every other woman in the house—but at the same time, because of her relationship with Su Lio, all she could do was choose to support it.

She also knew very well where Li Yifei stood. Since he had already decided, Su Mengxin could only support him. Still, she called all the women in the house together and, before Li Yifei made any announcement, laid out the situation.

After listening to Su Mengxin, the women in the house reacted differently. This was something that might cost Li Yifei his life. No matter how cautious the women were, it was only natural.

Ye Yunzhu was silent for a while before saying, "Is there really no other way? Mengxin, don’t take it the wrong way, I’m not trying to stop hubby from saving Su Lio, it’s just that this method is way too dangerous—one misstep and hubby might just..."

"No. At least, there isn’t for now!" Su Mengxin shook her head. "Ali’s condition is bizarre. Even those old seniors are at their wit’s end. As for this solution, even the effect is unknown—we only know it’s something we can try."

Many people furrowed their brows. Chu Xiaoyao lowered her head and bit her lip, looking a bit sad. She was the one who’d spent the most time with Su Lio: they went to school together, went home together, went shopping together, ate treats together. She understood Su Lio best. Seeing the other girl become like this, Chu Xiaoyao’s heart ached terribly. These past few days she’d gone to see Su Lio many times every day. Now there was finally a way to save her, but it required her own husband to take a massive risk. Chu Xiaoyao didn’t know how to choose.

She wasn’t the only one who didn’t know what to choose. All the women in the house felt the same way. It was only thanks to their efforts in maintaining the household atmosphere that everyone knew where the bottom line was. Even if it was impossible for everyone to be perfectly harmonious like one person, with Su Mengxin, Xu Yingying and the others taking the lead, they had still managed to hold together. But on this matter, there was inevitably some disagreement.

"Mengxin, doing it this way is too risky. This isn’t just a ’what if’—there’s a very real chance hubby will be in danger!" Lin Qiong stepped forward, frowning. "I’m not trying to be pessimistic, but if something happens to hubby, what do we do? What happens to the Li family? It’s not that I don’t agree with saving Su Lio. The moment she came into our family, she became one of us. But if the price is hubby’s life, I might have to say no!"

What Lin Qiong said was actually what many of the women in the Li family were thinking. It was impossible for Su Lio to be close with every woman; although everyone treated her kindly, in the end...

To be honest, even for someone like Xu Yingying, she might not be willing to see Li Yifei make this choice.

Some of the others chose to speak, some chose to stay silent. Su Mengxin sighed and said, "Of course I don’t want hubby to do this either. Maybe he has his reasons. He’ll come talk to us about it tomorrow."

It was like a layer of shadow hanging over everyone in the Li family. On one hand, they hoped Su Lio could be saved; on the other, Li Yifei was facing too much danger. Su Lio was like the back of the hand, but Li Yifei was the palm.

This was a very rare moment where the people of the Li family couldn’t agree, where there was a real, major split of opinion. Even though all the women knew they couldn’t let this drive a wedge between them, that wedge still appeared, inevitably.

In the end, everyone went their separate ways, with a vague sense of having parted on bad terms. Su Mengxin lowered her head and rubbed her temples, looking a bit tired. Her sisters were all afraid of losing their husband—how could she be any different? Their son was growing up healthy day by day, the various businesses of the Li family had all entered a stable phase. If the head of the house had an accident now and the main pillar fell, the Li family might very well collapse overnight.

That wasn’t just possible; it was very likely. Heaven only knew how many eyes were secretly fixed on the Li family, how many people would immediately kick them when they were down, even reach greedy hands out once something happened to Li Yifei.

The rise of the Li family was eighty percent thanks to Li Yifei. He had risen from nothing to become a top expert in the world. With such a powerhouse sitting in town, many great clans didn’t dare covet the Li family; in fact, they were more worried that Li Yifei might make a move against them.

This could be seen very clearly from that time Li Yifei went to the Zhao Family of Southern Sky. After that fight, the Zhao Clan of Southern Sky completely caved. From then on, whenever they ran into the Li family, they immediately backed off and avoided conflict.

Even earlier, in the provincial capital, it was several families there that Li Yifei had charged into first, killing until blood flowed like a river, allowing the Li family to leap from an ordinary provincial-capital clan to the number one family in the whole province.

Of course, the Li family wasn’t all about blood and slaughter. If those families hadn’t taken the initiative to provoke them, even bully the Li family with filthy, despicable methods, Li Yifei wouldn’t have fought back with such thunderous means.

In short, Li Yifei could not be allowed to have an accident. Otherwise the Li family would fall into chaos. Even if the women managed to twist themselves into one rope and hold the Li family together, it would only be a matter of maintaining the status quo. The Li family revolved around Li Yifei as the core. Without that core, without that backbone, how could it still be called the Li family?

That last sentence of Su Mengxin’s was actually far beneath her usual level; she had already lost her composure. If something really happened to Li Yifei, the responsibility on her...

"Mengxin, I understand you. Let hubby make the decision on this one." Xu Yingying hadn’t left. She walked over to Su Mengxin and spoke softly to comfort her.

"Yingying, I really... don’t know what I should choose. I don’t want to see hubby in danger either."

"I understand you. Actually, all the sisters feel the same. We want to save Su Lio, but we don’t want hubby to be in danger. That’s why I think we should leave this to him. However he wants to do it, we all support him."

"Hubby... this whole thing is his decision. I called the sisters over just to tell them about it, not to..."

"Alright, Mengxin, we already said we’d leave the decision to hubby. If he insists on using this method to save Su Lio, then each of us has to support him. If he gives up, then we have to understand him too!"

Su Mengxin took a deep breath and nodded. "You’re right. But dumping all this weight on hubby while we can’t help at all—my heart doesn’t sit right."

"Who told him to be the man we chose? At a time like this, he has to step up. Okay, Mengxin, don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Our hubby’s luck is insanely good—he’ll definitely be fine this time too." Xu Yingying comforted her.

Everyone eventually dispersed. Xu Yingying went back to her own place and checked on the child. The little baby was still sleeping soundly. Xu Yingying rubbed her temples. Which woman in this house wanted Li Yifei to risk himself? But this time, they couldn’t stop him—they had to let Li Yifei go through with it.

"Son, your dad’s just like this—every time he’s got to go courting danger. And this time he’s going again, but us moms can’t stop him; we even have to support him in taking the risk!" Xu Yingying said softly. The baby in the crib stirred, as if he’d heard her. Xu Yingying quickly shut her mouth, not daring to wake him.

Some people were destined to be sleepless this night—like the women of the house. None of them could really feel at ease about this matter, because it demanded too much of a choice. Whether they’d joined the Li family earlier or later, their feelings for Li Yifei were the same. How could they possibly want their own husband to face such danger?

That night, Li Yifei didn’t sleep well either. Su Lio’s physical condition had gotten even worse, just as he had expected. If they wanted to treat her, it had to be today—tomorrow at the latest. Once the cold energy kept erupting nonstop, then even if Li Yifei popped medicine like candy, it wouldn’t help. He wouldn’t be able to supply enough True Qi. Even now, Li Yifei was already struggling.

At dawn, after suppressing the cold energy in Su Lio’s body, Li Yifei got up to move around. If this kept up for a few more days, he’d probably collapse first.

When he came back, Su Lio was already awake. She was lying in the covers, big eyes staring at Li Yifei as he exercised. When she saw him turn around, she suddenly let out an "ah," and hurriedly yanked the blanket over her eyes.

Li Yifei froze for a second, then immediately understood why, and couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile.