"Can't we just talk this out?"

Gao Kexin looked at Li Muchen with a slight frown, seemingly quite helpless.

"Your mom and my mom have already cleared up the misunderstanding and are still very close sisters. There's no real animosity between us!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and tucked the wind-blown strands of hair behind her ear. Every movement seemed meticulously planned, and she was always so elegant.

Li Muchen, however, didn't bother to even glance at Gao Kexin, and said with great impatience and even a bit of irritability:

"What exactly do you want to say? Can't you just say what you mean? Stop babbling on and on, it's making it impossible for me to concentrate on my game, it's so annoying!"

He hates dawdling the most.

He used to have a soft spot for his cousin Gao Kexin and didn't find her particularly annoying.

"I just want to make peace with you."

Gao Kexin sighed softly, her voice still gentle. She took something out from behind her back and handed it to Li Muchen, saying very sincerely:

"This is a gift I carefully selected for you. I hope you will accept it."

It was a pendant that appeared to be carved from jade, and it was clearly quite old, with very noticeable signs of age on it.

Li Muchen glanced at the thing subconsciously, then frowned and said with obvious disgust:

"What the hell is this? It's hideous!"

"You...you really don't know anything about quality!"

Gao Kexin seemed surprised that her carefully chosen gift would be disliked by Li Muchen. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she explained:

"I specially went to the antique market to find this; it's believed to bring good luck!"

This is a token of her affection!

Li Muchen, however, completely disregarded the sentiment and retorted, "You might as well just give me a set of game skins! Such outdated stuff, you might as well just give it to my grandpa!"

After saying that, Li Muchen waved impatiently at Gao Kexin, not wanting her to disturb his game.

"Huh? Why didn't I think of that before?"

Gao Kexin, however, showed no intention of leaving. As if struck by a sudden realization, her eyes brightened noticeably, and she said quite reasonably:

"If you don't like it, give it to Grandpa Li! Grandpa Li should know more about antiques than I do. If Grandpa Li doesn't like it, please ask him to help you authenticate it."

"My grandfather probably won't accept your gift, but... it should be possible to have him help verify its authenticity."

Li Muchen echoed Gao Kexin's words, then glanced at the object again with disdain, saying with complete contempt:

"You've definitely been fooled. How could such an ugly thing be a real antique?!"

The old man of the Li family often collects antiques. Although Li Muchen does not have any special knowledge of antiques, he has inevitably learned a little bit about them through repeated exposure.

Anyway, the thing that Gao Kexin called an antique was basically no different from a broken stone in Li Muchen's eyes.

It's not even as good as a broken stone!

Gao Kexin wasn't too bothered by Li Muchen's hostile attitude towards her. She said softly, "Let's make a bet. Let Grandpa Li help me verify if it's real or fake. If it's real, I win, and you have to reconcile with me. I'll still be your cousin, and you'll still be my cousin. If it's fake, you win, but if you still refuse to talk to me, then I'll stay far away from you!"

This successfully ignited Li Muchen's competitive spirit, and he responded almost without hesitation:

"Fine! I'll make sure you stay as far away from me as possible!"

...

"Sister, I'm so happy you could come to my engagement ceremony!"

After the engagement ceremony, Liang Jiayue and his fiancée raised their glasses to toast the guests.

Arriving at the table where Liang Xunling and the others were, Liang Jiayue said to Liang Xunling with a look of shame:

“When you were in the hospital after your car accident, I was out of town and couldn’t come back to visit you in time. I’ve felt so guilty and sad ever since! I thought you would blame me and never forgive me!”

As he spoke, his eyes reddened, but not a single tear came out.

Hearing this, Li Muxing and Li Muhao were both internally complaining. Li Muchen muttered under his breath, "Discounted plane tickets are readily available these days. If they really felt guilty, they would have gone to visit him even if it meant walking. Why bother pretending here..."

Although Li Muchen is unruly, he still has a strong will to survive.

He didn't dare to speak too loudly, muttering to himself for a long time.

But Xiao Yanbao, who was sitting right next to him, heard every single word his second brother muttered.

The little boy couldn't help but remind Li Muchen:

"Second brother, if they hear what you're saying, it could easily cause family conflicts!"

The childish voice, crisp and clear, reached Li Muchen's ears. He glanced sideways at the little girl beside him and said:

"Little brat, eat your food!"

The older brother is complaining here, why is the younger sister interrupting?

"oh……"

The little boy obediently responded, too lazy to bother with Li Muchen's business anymore, and continued to shovel food into his mouth.

This is delicious, that is delicious, everything is delicious...

It feels so good to be at a banquet!

"How could I? We're siblings after all, blood is thicker than water, how could I blame you!"

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