After everything that happened today, Li Shi had no heart for work and finished early. He gave his employees the day off and took Xu Keke and Yun Sheng out for a big meal.

Lisa's is the best Western restaurant around here.

“You were reborn, he wasn’t.”

Xu Keke, who was teaching Yun Sheng how to cut steak, was startled by Li Shi's unexpected remark.

"It's obvious you've eaten Western food before, but he hasn't."

Xu Keke rolled her eyes at him, "As long as you can get food into your mouth, what's there to know or not know?"

“Call him your maternal uncle,” Li Shi emphasized again.

Xu Keke looked at him with a forced smile, "Uncle, is the money you gave enough? Do you think the police station will treat Manager Chen's injury? I wonder if his foot still hurts."

Remembering Xu Keke's skills back then, Li Shi finally behaved himself. He buried his head in his food and dared not say another word.

Xu Keke spotted a figure from a distance and tapped Li Shi's arm, "Do you know that person over there?"

Li Shi peeked out and said, "It's Guo, the owner of the textile factory. Even the cloth used in the south comes from their company."

As if remembering something, he said, "The factory you work at is one of his operations."

"One of them?" Xu Keke muttered to herself.

"Yes, they used to have many factories. After the last battle between the two sides, he sold most of his factories, keeping only twelve on this side of the river. He has good relations with foreigners, so his goods are always in demand."

"You also buy his products?"

"Of course!" Li Shibai glared at her. "It's us, not you. His goods are hard to get, but luckily, the managers under him are all quite greedy. I've had dinner with Manager Chen and them. They ask for exorbitant prices, demanding half the price of the goods as a bribe. And they want the bribe first, then they give you the goods. So we usually don't get much of his goods because the markup is too high."

"He's dying, who will inherit his fortune?"

Hearing Xu Keke ask that question, Li Shi shuddered.

"This man's ancestors probably didn't choose a good burial site. He married several concubines and still doesn't have a son. He only has one daughter. People say that on the day he dies, several illegitimate children will probably appear."

Li Shi smacked his lips, then, remembering that Xu Keke was a reincarnated person, he no longer held back. He reached out and covered Yun Sheng's ears, gossiping to Xu Keke, "This guy goes a bit too far in bed. He likes to go after married women. I heard it's a messy place."

Yun Sheng pushed his hand away and glared at him angrily.

"You're too young, there are some things you shouldn't listen to." Li Shi awkwardly withdrew his hand and coaxed Yun Sheng with a smile.

She then pouted at Xu Keke and whispered, "Such a small child, yet she has quite a temper."

"If we wanted to buy his factory, would he sell it?"

“He definitely won’t sell. Besides, where would you get the money?” As if he had just thought of something, Li Shi clutched his pocket. “I don’t have any money. My little bit of money can’t buy his factory.”

Seeing his cowardly appearance, Xu Keke teased him, "Why don't you marry his daughter, and I'll take care of him for you?"

Xu Keke spoke casually, but Li Shi was startled. He hurriedly waved his hands, "No, I won't marry his daughter. His daughter is like a man."

When Li Shi learned that Xu Keke really wanted to buy those textile factories, he shook his head and said it was impossible.

That evening, Li Shi took the two of them to his place. It was a two-room house, and Li Shi shared the room with a returned student named Chen Ming.

Although his surname was Chen, he had no connection with Manager Chen or the others. He sat lazily on the sofa, holding a newspaper in his hand, and made a few sarcastic remarks when he saw Li Shi return with two children.

Once he learned that Xu Keke was the daughter of Li Shidong, he became very attentive. However, his attentiveness wasn't annoying. His conversations and gestures of goodwill were always perfectly timed, demonstrating his excellent upbringing and exceptionally high emotional intelligence.

This man had handsome features and spoke with great sincerity, making it easy for people to like him. Even Yun Sheng looked up at him several times while he was speaking.

Xu Keke noticed his badly worn cuffs and the glasses on his face. A closer look revealed that the area behind his left ear was wrapped with black tape.

And his shirt, he deliberately left two buttons undone, actually there was one button missing.

He also noticed that Xu Keke had seen through his embarrassment, and said with a smile to Li Shi, who was setting up a makeshift bed in the living room, "Your nephew is observing me; she's a little curious about me."

Li Shi put down the bed he was holding, walked to the sofa opposite where the three of them were sitting, and solemnly said to Xu Keke, "I didn't tell you in detail, but this man is a swindler, a swindler who specializes in swindling money from women. He escaped from across the river. The daughter of the president of Zhongda Bank offered money to kill her, but the president's concubine found out and secretly told him. It was just too late."

Li Shi leaned over, grabbed Chen Ming's arm, and slid it up, revealing a patch of abrasions near his elbow. "See? He jumped off the balcony, that's where the scrapes came from."

Chen Ming didn't mind, his previous serious demeanor vanished, replaced by a somewhat wicked smile.

"Is it necessary to be so explicit? This little girl doesn't look like she has much money. Even if she did, she's too young. Let's wait a few years. I'll make a good impression first. I'll lie to her when she's older."

Xu Keke was amused by him. She didn't know if this was a perk of the game or if she was just lucky.

"How much do you charge per day? I want to buy you." Xu Keke glanced at Li Shi again. "When do you think you'll get a reply to the telegram you sent?"

"About a month. What's wrong?" Li Shi didn't understand what she meant.

Xu Keke nodded and said to Chen Ming, "I'll buy you for a month. Name your price."

Li Shi and Chen Ming stared at her in disbelief. Chen Ming suddenly burst into laughter, while Li Shi looked at him with some concern.

The next day, Xu Keke met Boss Guo's daughter, who looked like a man.

Short hair, slightly chubby, not very tall, always wearing a gray suit and carrying a walking stick. After observing her for a day, Xu Keke discovered that her favorite thing to do was to tuck the walking stick under her armpit, freeing her hands to do other things.

She seemed to think it was cool, and several times she looked at herself from left to right in front of shop windows and car windows. If she weren't striking a cool pose, it could be seen as a girl being vain, but her behavior was just too masculine.

She was also very clean. A newspaper boy was walking backwards and calling out his wares when he bumped into her, seemingly stepping on her foot. She lifted her leg and kicked him away.

She took a handkerchief out of her pocket and tossed it to the driver who was following her.

He put his shoes on the car and gestured to the driver to clean them.

After wiping it clean, she walked confidently to Xu Keke and the others' car window and tapped on it with her walking stick.

The car window opened, revealing Chen Ming's sincere smiling face.

It was obvious that Miss Guo had no interest in this face. "You've been following me all day. What, do you want to go to the police station?"