Chapter 262 Not on the same path

Lele cried even louder, her desperate cries making Li Tingxi feel a little annoyed.

Upon seeing this, Karina immediately came over and hugged Lele, coaxing her repeatedly: "Lele, be good, don't cry. Your godfather is also your father, and he will love and spoil you just the same."

After finally calming Lele down, Karina carried her into the car and noticed that Li Tingxi hadn't gone in yet. Judging from his expression, she knew he wanted to talk to her alone.

So she got out of the car and said to Lele inside, "Mom forgot to take something. Lele, you wait for Mom in the car."

Li Tingxi entered first, and after she came in, he blocked her way in the entryway, turned around and looked at her coldly, "Karina, you've crossed the line."

His blunt tone revealed his dissatisfaction.

Karina felt a little breathless under his pressure, and her expression became somewhat unnatural. She explained urgently, "I can't control Lele's thoughts. She's still young, and it's perfectly normal for her to crave her father, especially since you're the only one by her side..."

Li Tingxi narrowed his eyes dangerously and interrupted her in a deep voice: "It is precisely because she is young that the information instilled in her by those around her will have a more profound impact on her. You are her mother, and how you choose to discipline her is not within my jurisdiction."

He abruptly changed the subject, his tone suddenly becoming sharp: "But you need to be clear about your place. The reason I kept you by my side five years ago was not so that you could use a child to interfere in my life."

Karina bit her lower lip, a hint of hurt flashing in her eyes: "I thought..."

"You think you can do whatever you want just because Li Fengmin is backing you up?" Li Tingxi interrupted her again rudely, scoffing, "I can let Lele's matter be considered as her being ignorant, but you shouldn't have interfered with Yitao Culture!"

That was a testament to his love with Susu, and also a keepsake he used to comfort himself.

After Su Youling fell into the sea, he kept telling himself that she was not dead, but the truth was that for five long years, he could not find any evidence of Su Youling's existence in this world.

Yi Tao was the culmination of Su Youling's efforts. Over the years, he devoted most of his energy to Yi Tao. Whether he was deceiving himself or seeking psychological comfort, he would have the illusion that Su Youling was still by his side.

And Karina, how could she be worthy of being involved in pottery? It's a disgrace to Susu!

Karina was momentarily stunned by the ruthlessness in Li Tingxi's eyes. Her face turned pale as she explained to him, "Tingxi, you've misunderstood me. This wasn't my intention, and I had no choice. Chairman Li is your father; how could I dare disobey his orders?"

As she finished speaking, her eyes welled up with tears of grievance.

Li Tingxi remained unmoved, his glare at her growing even fiercer in his fury. "If I hadn't accidentally hit you with my car five years ago, causing you to go into premature labor, none of this would have happened. I shouldn't have brought you into the Li family to make amends. I originally valued your abilities and thought you would become my right-hand man, but in the end, you became something Li Fengmin used to annoy me."

The more he thought about it, the more he regretted his actions.

Five years ago, he had just lost Su Youling and lived a life like a walking corpse for a while. It was during that time that he was distracted while driving and accidentally hit Karina, who was pregnant at the time.

Karina was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Outside the emergency room, all he could think about was the scene of Su Youling's accident. Overwhelmed with grief and hatred, he burst into tears.

So after Karina gave birth prematurely...

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He also unconsciously transferred the guilt he felt towards Su Youling and the child to her, so after learning that Karina was a PhD in finance, he recruited her into the Li family.

Karina certainly didn't disappoint him, and she rose to the position of vice president through her own abilities and methods.

However, Li Fengmin took advantage of his high regard for Karina's abilities and constantly created opportunities for Karina to get close to him.

This transfer of Karina to become the vice president of Yitao was also Li Fengmin's own decision.

Li Tingxi knew all too well what he was planning.

It is obvious that Su Youling's death five years ago dealt a blow to Li Tingxi.

Over the years, he has completely changed, no longer indecisive and hesitant, and has spared no effort in suppressing those around him who have ulterior motives.

After being released by Li Fengmin, Li Qidong, at Li Fengmin's behest, entered the Li family and engaged in a fierce competition with Li Tingxi.

Unfortunately, his tricks were no match for Li Qidong's. Li Tingxi countered Li Qidong's moves one by one, forcing Li Qidong into a state of panic and even leading him to do something as foolish as stealing accounts and falsifying documents.

Li Fengmin was powerless to protect him any longer, and in order to prevent Li Tingxi from going any further, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and send the man to prison himself.

After that, Li Fengmin fell seriously ill and his energy was greatly reduced. Li Tingxi took the opportunity to strip him of his real power in the Li family.

Although Li Fengmin's ambition remained undiminished, he realized that he could no longer control Li Tingxi, so he could only retreat behind the scenes and become a nominal chairman.

Over the past five years, Li Tingxi has propelled the Li family back to the pinnacle of business. The Li family has now become a leading enterprise in various industries, and Li Tingxi himself is a top figure on the Forbes list.

Although Li Fengmin still disliked this son, he was indeed pleased with the current status of the Li family.

Everything he couldn't do, his son, whom he had never liked, had done. In order to enjoy his old age in peace, he dared not cause any more trouble at the company.

Four years ago, when Karina appeared at the Li family business, the media had already started fabricating rumors about her and Li Tingxi.

At the time, Li Tingxi was numb to everything around him because of Su Youling's death, and he didn't even think about dealing with these messy trivial matters, which led to the rumors becoming more and more exaggerated.

When he realized it, he discovered that Karina had unknowingly become very close to Li Fengmin.

He only found out after Qin He investigated that Karina had spent a lot of time trying to please Li Fengmin over the past four years.

Li Qidong was sent to prison, and Li's mother was sent to a remote island by Li Tingxi. Li Fengmin, a lonely man with no real power, was now considering Karina as his future daughter-in-law because of her initiative to please him and the sweet talk of Lele.

Regardless, he remains the chairman of the Li Group.

Even without real power, they still have a voice.

Li Fengmin mentioned marriage to Li Tingxi more than once, and his words clearly showed his high regard for Karina and his intention to bring them together.

Looking at the innocent and pitiful Karina in front of him, Li Tingxi couldn't help but sneer: "Karina, if you were really smart, you would know not to get too close to Li Fengmin, and you should not listen to his orders. The old man and I have never been on the same side."

Ignoring Karina's embarrassed expression, he gave a curt order: "What you need to do now is to withdraw from this bidding project and take Lele back to City A immediately."