Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 48 - 46: The Human Heart is Veiled by the Belly

Li Si’s main task, besides filling the cold storage, was to go over the accounts with Cui Hao since the restaurant opened.

Seeing the final profit, Li Si was shocked. It turned out that the restaurant business was so profitable!

Actually, she didn’t consider one point. Other people in the restaurant business can’t avoid the expense of purchasing raw materials. However, because she had some fruits and vegetables from her special space, she saved a lot on procurement.

Moreover, these weren’t ordinary fruits and vegetables; they could purify impurities in the body! So customers who visited once would return, or introduce friends to come.

Thus, word spread, and business boomed as expected.

North City Airport, just past 7 PM. After Leng Mochen got off the plane, he saw Li Si, who came to pick him up. He noticed she seemed fond of black and white; today, except for her black sweater peeking out from the collar, she was dressed entirely in white.

He looked carefully at Li Si, whom he hadn’t seen for a few days. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail, with slender eyebrows, clear and bright eyes that lit up upon seeing him, flawless fair skin with a faint blush, and thin lips carrying a smile.

"Brother Leng, what brings you to North City?" Li Si asked, while carefully observing Leng Mochen’s complexion. It wasn’t the bluish-white from before; now, it was like a greasy white, as if wearing makeup. It seemed the water was effective, she thought happily.

"I have something to discuss with you, let’s go to your place first! We can’t talk outside!" Leng Mochen said, and then they took a taxi home together.

While going upstairs, Li Si took out her phone and used its light to illuminate the way.

"Brother Leng, careful with your steps, the sensor light in the corridor is broken!" Li Si cautioned as she climbed the stairs carefully.

"It’s fine. Does no one fix it when it breaks?" Leng Mochen was puzzled why Li Si lived in such a place. The house in Beijing was worlds apart from this! When getting out of the taxi, he noticed, by the streetlight, that the old building had many peeling marks on its outer walls.

"Here we are, Brother Leng!" Li Si opened the door, turned on the wall light, and let him sit on the sofa before continuing, "Most of the original neighbors upstairs and downstairs have moved out; most are renters. My next-door has no one living in it, so no one bothers to fix things!"

Leng Mochen nodded.

"Brother Leng, are you feeling better? You look much healthier now."

"Really? Mind if I use your bathroom? Which door is it?"

"Huh? Just the door on your left!" Li Si wondered what Brother Leng was up to, watching his silhouette in puzzlement.

She watched as Leng Mochen took a small bag from his carry-on, entered the bathroom, and the sound of running water followed. When he came out, Li Si’s jaw dropped in astonishment!

"Oh my god, Brother Leng, you’re so handsome!" Li Si exclaimed. Leng Mochen had just washed his face, leaving a strand of his bangs wet, and his fair skin complemented the faintly pink lips, with strikingly handsome features and a perfect face.

Wow, this really was a disguise!

"Wipe the drool from your mouth!" Leng Mochen chuckled at Li Si’s infatuated expression. This girl, she must be a sucker for good looks!

Li Si instinctively wiped the corner of her mouth, "There’s nothing there! Brother Leng, you’re teasing me!" she pouted in embarrassment, stomping her foot.

"Girl, do you know why I disguised myself when coming to North City from Beijing?"

"Isn’t it because you were afraid of being recognized?" Li Si wondered too, why would this guy wear makeup like a woman for no reason?

"Li Si, you sit down first, because this is what I wanted to talk about!"

"Go ahead, Brother Leng!" Li Si sensed his seriousness and sat down attentively, waiting to hear what he had to say.

"Li Si, since you call me Brother, I consider you like a sister. Be honest with me, have you let anyone else use that spring water?"

"I only let an old lady use it once!" Li Si was forthright, trusting Leng Mochen unconditionally, though she didn’t know why.

"Did she notice anything?"

Li Si shook her head confidently, "She shouldn’t know, I gave it to her secretly!"

"Good, this is the issue I need to discuss with you. Girl, you are still too young and too naive! Let me give you a scenario: if someone around you gets seriously ill, yet suddenly recovers fully, wouldn’t you be curious?

"Yes, I would definitely be curious!"

"You see, girl, you understand the logic, but when it comes to your own matters, you become muddled? I don’t care where you got that spring water from, but listen to Brother Leng; no matter what happens in the future, never let anyone other than me know about it! Understood?" Leng Mochen earnestly advised Li Si.

Seeing Li Si nod solemnly, he continued, "Do you know the saying ’a person without sin is guilty by possessing treasures’?"

Li Si found the words familiar, "I’ve heard it, and it seems to mean ordinary people aren’t inherently guilty, but having extraordinary things makes them guilty."

Leng Mochen ruffled her hair exasperatedly, "You, girl, what should I say about you? You understand all the theories, but why are you so reckless in your actions? What if someone else had noticed today? Do you think you’d still have peace afterwards?"

Li Si smiled ruefully, aware of her tendency to act impulsively and rashly. Like when she used it on Mrs. Han—that’s now a source of hidden anxiety. If Mrs. Han found out, given their family’s way of handling things, it wouldn’t end well for her. Just like the incident with Yin Xian, which served as a reminder.

"Brother Leng, actually I already regret it now. But I don’t regret using it for you, because you saved me, you’re my lifesaver!"

"This is my second point, girl. You shouldn’t want to give everything you have to anyone who treats you a bit well! Suppose someone else had saved you, would you do the same?"

"Well, not definitely! It depends on the circumstances!" Li Si reasoned that she might not dare to offer the spring water if it were someone else. But who knows, maybe on impulse, she’d give it anyway!

"Remember, girl, a person’s mind is not as simple as you think. Besides selfishness and ambition, there are greed, envy, rivalry, and resentment. Otherwise, why would there be a saying like ’a man’s heart is a riddle’? So don’t easily trust people, and don’t easily open up to them! Because you never know when you’ll be taken advantage of or framed!"

Li Si looked at Leng Mochen with admiration, captivated by the mature male charm he exuded. "Brother Leng, how did you manage to accurately describe my personality as if we’ve known each other for a long time? Also, your words are pearls of wisdom! I’ll make them my motto from now on!"

Actually, Li Si was aware of her flaws in her past life. Apart from others’ schemes, her shortcomings were partly to blame for the painful experiences she endured in the end!

Even now, though reborn and with many changes, those flaws remained deeply ingrained in her, like shadows that followed her everywhere.