The Found Stepmother, Your Dowry Is a Bit Too Much

Chapter 380

Seeing Prince Lanhuai's nervous demeanor, Xu Heming guessed that there must be something unknown to them hidden in Jade Rabbit Mountain."Your Highness, you really think too highly of me. I cannot easily take things belonging to the Cheng family," Xu Heming said. Even though he had already decided to obtain the land deed, he would not let Prince Lanhuai know his decision so quickly.

"With Prince An's abilities, I believe this trivial matter is a piece of cake for you. Besides..." Prince Lanhuai gestured to Zhou Zuo behind him.

Zhou Zuo quickly pinched the chubby boy in his hands, though he wondered why Prince An seemingly didn't recognize his own son.

However, with the prince present, he didn't dare voice his doubts.

He even wondered if his blunder had somehow turned out right—was this really Prince An's son?

Was he just that lucky?

"Ah!" The little chubby boy gasped in pain from the pinch. Even with his mouth gagged, he still let out a cry.

"Let him go. If you have a problem, come at me," Xu Heming frowned, thinking to himself that Prince Lanhuai was truly sinister to take his anger out on such a young child.

However, Prince Lanhuai and Zhou Zuo interpreted Xu Heming's scolding as proof that the boy was indeed his son, and that his heart was aching for the child.

"Prince An, as long as you obediently do things for me, I naturally won't mistreat your son." Prince Lanhuai smugly patted the little chubby boy, thinking that Prince An truly doted on his child. Seeing how plump the boy was, it was obvious he was highly favored at home.

"Let him go. I will figure out a way to get what you want," Xu Heming sighed and said.

After all, the child was innocent.

"Prince An, as long as you obediently work for me, I will absolutely not mistreat your son," Prince Lanhuai said with a smug look on his face.

He felt triumphant, believing he held Prince An's trump card right in the palm of his hand.

"Then you absolutely must not hurt him, or else I will never let you off," Xu Heming kept a cold expression, but as he glanced at the little chubby boy, he figured that since Prince Lanhuai needed him to do something, he probably wouldn't harm the child for the time being.

"Rest assured, Prince An, I only want those two land deeds," Prince Lanhuai looked at Xu Heming and said.

In his heart, however, he planned to get the deeds first and slowly make more demands later.

Since Xu Heming cared so much about his son, how could he not make good use of him?

"How can I trust that Prince Lanhuai won't bully him after I leave?" Xu Heming asked, deliberately making things difficult.

"Prince An, you have no other choice. Or do you want to see your precious son die right in front of you?" Prince Lanhuai smiled smugly at Xu Heming.

"You!" Xu Heming acted angry, but inwardly rejoiced. Fortunately, Xu Qingshi and Li Tianyou had escaped; otherwise, if they fell into this man's hands, Qingshi would have suffered greatly.

Thinking of this, Xu Heming could only let this little chubby boy stay in Prince Lanhuai's hands for a few days and send someone to rescue him later. After all, he had not yet found out how many people Prince Lanhuai was colluding with behind the scenes.

Without full preparation, he could not act rashly. Furthermore, Prince Lanhuai currently needed a favor from him.

He probably wouldn't hurt the little chubby boy for now.

"Do not hurt him. I will go and find a way to get what you want right now." As Xu Heming left, he deliberately cast a reluctant glance at the little chubby boy before walking away without looking back.

"Mmph!" The little chubby boy tried to struggle. He had thought the man was there to save him, but to his surprise, the man just left.

The little chubby boy wanted to scream, but he couldn't make any other sounds.

"Kid, you had better stay here obediently and wait for your old man to come save you." Zhou Zuo smugly patted the little chubby boy's face.

"Zhou Zuo, you did a beautiful job with this. I will reward you handsomely later!" Prince Lanhuai felt he had accomplished something major and was overjoyed.

It was important to note that Xu Heming was a huge stumbling block in his plot to seize that position.

"It is all thanks to Your Highness's excellent leadership!" Receiving Prince Lanhuai's praise, Zhou Zuo felt both anxious and delighted.

This little chubby boy, in particular, was simply a ticking time bomb.

Others didn't know the boy was a fake, but he did. Yet, he couldn't understand why Prince An hadn't exposed the truth just now.

At this moment, he didn't have the guts to tell Prince Lanhuai that the little chubby boy was actually not Prince An's son.

"Alright, take the little chubby boy down and serve him well," Prince Lanhuai said before leaving.

When Xu Heming returned to Prince An's Manor, Qingsong hurried forward.

"Your Highness," Qingsong called out with some concern.

"Mhm, where is Qingshi?" Xu Heming was still a little worried about his own son. After all, given Prince Lanhuai's posture earlier, anyone who didn't know better would think the boy was truly his son.

"Rest assured, Your Highness, the heir has already gone to rest." Qingsong was a bit confused as to why the prince asked about the heir the moment he returned.

At this hour, the heir was definitely already asleep.

"Send a few more men to protect Qingshi." Xu Heming reasoned that since the man had captured a fake Qingshi, there was no guarantee he wouldn't come to capture the real Qingshi again.

"Rest assured, Your Highness, men have already been sent to guard the heir day and night. We absolutely won't give anyone an opportunity to strike," Qingsong hurriedly replied upon hearing this.

Although he didn't understand why the prince was suddenly so nervous about the heir, the heir's place was indeed quite safe.

"Send a few more men to investigate Prince Lanhuai," Xu Heming added.

"Prince Lanhuai? Your Highness, is there something wrong with Prince Lanhuai?" Qingsong frowned, truly not understanding what there was to investigate about an idle prince.

However, since the prince gave the order, Prince Lanhuai must have done something again.

"The person I met tonight was Prince Lanhuai, and he has a child in his hands..." Xu Heming stopped mid-sentence.

Thinking back to when his son had previously gone missing and mentioned being kidnapped, it seemed he still needed to go see Li Tianyou.

With this thought, Xu Heming turned to head out.

"Your Highness, it is so late. Where are you going?" Qingsong was puzzled and quickly chased after him to ask.

After all, hadn't the prince just returned?

Why was he leaving again?

"I am going to the Li residence," Xu Heming said, and with a flash, he disappeared into the night.

"Strange, is His Highness going to see the princess consort this late? Are you sure he won't get beaten out by Lord Li?" Qingsong scratched his head, wondering if his prince was in a rush to marry the princess consort and bring her back.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be doing this sort of midnight wall-climbing, would he?

The Li Residence.

While Li Tianyou was sleeping soundly, he suddenly felt as if something was by his bedside.

Li Tianyou just assumed he must be dreaming.

Half-squinting, Li Tianyou rolled over, wanting to go back to sleep. Suddenly, he was startled to realize that there was actually someone standing in front of his bed.

"Who is it?" Li Tianyou sat up in terror and shouted.

He was terrified, wondering if someone had come in the middle of the night to claim his life.