Seventy fell into the water

Li Wei suppressed a laugh and deliberately sighed, "Old Qi, you only know one side of the story. The beauty looks good, but you're a rich man who doesn't know the hardships of working people. Look at you, you're covered in designer brands, but look at our beauty, she doesn't have a single thing of value on her. How can you, a man who cherishes women so much, bear to do this?"

"Uh... what do you mean?" For the first time, the fat man turned his gaze away from Zhang Tong and looked at Li Wei. He didn't quite hear what Li Wei said, but he knew that she seemed to be saying that he was heartless, especially towards a beautiful woman. What was she talking about?

Li Wei said calmly, "What I mean is, the chain around your neck is nice. How can you bear to let our beautiful lady go around with her neck bare? Men are like that, they'll fight for a beauty and spend a fortune, but they can always get it back. You can't just talk the talk, you have to show some sincerity. Look, hurry up and do something, or how will you have the nerve to look at people with those filthy eyes in the future?"

Fatty Qi felt a little wronged. How was my gaze filthy? It was a genuine look of appreciation.

Seeing that he didn't move, Li Wei urged, "Look at you, are you even a grown man? You can't even bear to part with a broken chain. How will you ever have the nerve to come here again?"

Fatty Qi glanced at Li Wei. The chain wasn't a big deal, just a few thousand yuan. But hadn't this beautiful woman always looked down on him and been giving him the sidelong glance? Could it be that he was mistaken, and that this woman wasn't so aloof?

So he asked, "Would they accept it? I'm fine with it." Li Wei replied, "Why don't you try and see?"

The fat man readily took off the chain and handed it to Zhang Tong.

Zhang Tong was completely engrossed in the romance novels about Cinderella and rich young men, and she didn't even hear the two men talking about her.

As she was reading into the alley, she suddenly heard Li Wei call her loudly. She looked up in confusion and asked, "Huh? What's wrong? Is there an exam coming up? I haven't finished reading yet."

Li Wei's expression remained quite serious: "Wait until you've finished looking at it before you take the test. First, take a look at Lao Qi's necklace. Is it real gold?"

Zhang Tong carefully took the necklace, trying to avoid touching Qi Pangzi's chubby hands. The necklace felt unusually heavy. She said to Li Wei, "It should be real. It's quite heavy."

Li Wei: "Oh. I'll leave it there for now. We'll talk about it later. Go back to your book. Hurry up and read it. You need to speed up your reading."

Zhang Tong was a little confused. Seeing Fatty Qi nodding vigorously at her, she figured Li Wei was probably planning something. Anyway, that kid was incredibly clever. So she obediently took the necklace and continued reading.

Li Wei glanced at the fat man. She gave him a "How about it?" look, as if to say, "I think she'll accept it."

Although the fat man had lost money, he was somewhat excited. If a beautiful woman is willing to take what's hers, how could he not win her over?

Li Wei glanced at the fat man and continued, "They've got the thing around their necks. But look at those delicate hands. Such slender fingers. Wouldn't they be even more beautiful if they wore a ring or something? Your big ring could be a perfect thumb ring for her..."

"Your watch is nice, it's a Citizen, right? Her dad really needs a new watch. Parents have a huge influence on their daughters..."

The fat man sat for less than twenty minutes, and had nothing left on him except for his empty wallet.

Li Wei's mouth, eloquent and persuasive, used a mix of flattery and provocation, determined to thoroughly extract every last drop from Fatty Qi. Fatty Qi, too, wanted to impress Zhang Tong, to show the beauty that he was a wealthy and generous man. Little did he know, Zhang Tong was completely captivated by the novel, assuming she had given her consent. He was oblivious to the fact that his flirtatious glances were wasted.

Luo Da, sitting behind Li Wei, broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly realized that Li Wei's constant praise of how good she was to him actually made some sense. Just look at that fat guy. People are afraid of comparisons. He was actually quite lucky.

Seeing Fatty Qi grinning broadly at Zhang Tong across from him, Li Wei rolled her eyes. Here we go again: "Old Qi, that belt of yours is nice, a French brand?"

Fatty Qi said smugly, "That's right. A Dupont belt, it costs several hundred yuan..." He suddenly realized he wasn't stupid. He wasn't afraid of winning a beauty's smile with a fortune, but this belt...

She said, both amused and exasperated, "My dear little aunt, please have mercy on me! You can't be so heartless as to make me go out with my pants up!"

Li Wei smiled and said, "How could that be? I'll have Old Liu from the gatehouse bring you a rope. Just make do with this for now." It was supposed to be a French brand, but later research showed that all those Dupont bags on the streets are now local imitations, just to fool rich, fat fools.

Li Wei then looked the fat man up and down: "Old Qi, your T-shirt, dress pants, and leather shoes are quite nice..."

Fatty: This girl is too greedy. She won't stop until she makes him penniless. Does she think he'll have to wear that old gatekeeper's clothes when he leaves here today?

Fatty Qi was torn between Dupont and rope, between designer brands and old-fashioned clothes, when Cheng Fei and Ding Anping walked in. Seeing so many people in the room, they paused for a moment, then greeted Fatty Qi first: "Old Qi, what brings you here? You didn't even call me beforehand, I could have waited for you at the company."

Fatty Qi stood up somewhat awkwardly: "Um, cough, I was just passing by and thought I'd drop by. It's nothing serious."

Cheng Fei glanced at Fatty Qi a few times: "You're acting a little strange today, like something's missing..."

Li Wei quickly stood up: "Um, Auntie, I went to the park with Luo Da and Li Lin. I won't be back for lunch. You go back and see Grandma tonight, and we can chat some more. I miss you. I'm leaving now, bye-bye!"

With one hand carrying a backpack and the other pulling Luo Da, they hurriedly left, telling Li Lin and Wu Feng to leave quickly, as it was not a place of trouble to linger.

Just as they stepped out of the building, Cheng Fei leaned out of the third-floor window and said, "Li Xiaoming, you wait till I get home tonight and I'll deal with you. I'll teach you a lesson for causing trouble!"

Li Wei turned around, made a face at her aunt, and quickly went out the door.

Li Lin then asked her sister, "Sis, what did you do just now? You offended Auntie!"

Li Wei said sternly, "Kids don't understand, don't ask questions."

The group took a bus to the park. They first bought a lot of snacks at a small shop outside the park, filling the bags of Li Wei, Wu Feng, and one of Li Lin's female classmates. Particularly noteworthy was that Wu Feng had brought cucumbers and tomatoes from home. These things aren't much at home, but they were quite nice to eat while out, much better than snacks.

Li Wei thought Wu Feng was a really good girl—kind, thoughtful, loving, and thrifty. She'd be a great wife when she grew up. Whoever married her would be so lucky.

Because it was the weekend, the park was still crowded. A group of people headed straight for the boat dock, only to find that the covered boats were gone, leaving only the metal boats rowed by hand.

After looking at the colorful animal-shaped boats on the lake, I turned to everyone and asked, "What should we do? Should we wait a bit, or should we just go for one of these?"

Li Lin blurted out, "How long will we have to wait? It's all your fault. You were delayed at Auntie's for so long, otherwise we could have arrived earlier. Now we have to ride this ugly boat."

Li Wei glared at Li Lin: "If you don't like playing, then don't play. Stop grumbling like an old woman."

The group split into two groups to board the boat. Li Lin was glared at by her sister and refused to board the boat with Li Wei. Instead, she joined two of her classmates and two laborers, Li Lianhui and Luo Er, making a group of five people in one boat.

Li Wei, Wu Fenghao, Luo Dalu, and the three of them together.

It wasn't a big deal originally; once on the ship and off the dock, everyone went about their own business. Nobody bothered anyone else.

Unfortunately, none of them were very skilled, so they would bump into each other while paddling, then separate for a while and then bump into each other again, and sometimes they would also encounter other boats.

At first, everyone was worried about capsizing and a little scared, but after a few times they realized nothing was wrong, and they became bolder. Li Lianhui and Luo Er, being competitive, rowed their boat hard, deliberately ramming Luo Da's boat, scaring Li Wei so much that she clung tightly to the gunwale. Her loud threats to scare them were ineffective. Li Lin and the other audacious kids not only didn't try to stop them, but sat there laughing gleefully.

Luo Da remained silent, only rowing vigorously in all directions. Before long, he probably figured out a way to cleverly escape from Luo Er and Li Lianhui's pursuit.

Gradually, they actually left Luo Er and the others behind. Li Wei was quite happy, and she and Wu Feng also started to get excited.

Li Wei then sang loudly to Li Lin and the others behind her: "Let us row our oars, but you can never catch up with Li Lin's dark face reflected on the water."

Luo Da Wu Feng: ...

Luo Xiaosan, being a precocious child, shouted, "Sister Xiaoming, Sister Xiaoming! You sang it wrong! That's not how our teacher taught us! Let me sing it! Let me sing it!"

Li Wei glanced at him, looking quite enthusiastic: "Okay, then you sing."

Luo Xiaosan opened his throat and howled in a mixed southern and northern accent: "Let's row our oars, Luo Lao Er, you can't catch up with me, the water reflects your beautiful black face, la la."

Li Wei gave Luo Xiaosan a quick kiss on his rosy, round face: "Xiaosan, you're so talented! You're practically the cream of the crop in your Luo family, hahaha!"

Luo Da and Wu Feng continued: ...

After that, although Luo Er and Li Lianhui tried to continue looking for trouble on their boat, they were never successful and eventually went their separate ways.

After circling the various bodies of water and taking some photos, Li Wei checked the time and realized they were almost there. Luo Xiaosan saw a large inflatable toy on the lakeshore and clamored to go over, so Luo Da turned the boat back towards the dock.

Just as the ship was about to enter the dock, a ship suddenly rushed towards them from the side at high speed. Before anyone could react, the two ships collided with a loud thud.

Luo Xiaosan was in a hurry to get ashore, and if Li Wei hadn't been holding him tightly, he would have stood up long ago. Even so, he was still half-squatting beside the gunwale. At this moment, the small boat suddenly rocked violently, throwing Luo Xiaosan out of the boat and into the water. Li Wei subconsciously pulled on Xiaosan and didn't let go, and then she also fell in with a splash.

Before falling into the water, Li Wei vaguely saw out of the corner of her eye that Luo Er and his boat were responsible for the accident. Her last thought was, "Karma really does come fast." Before entering the water, Li Wei quickly took a breath. Once in the water, she started paddling for her nephew, Xiao San, since she could swim. But after struggling for a while, she couldn't find it. Unable to hold her breath any longer, she was about to float to the surface when she felt someone grab her back and pull her up with great force.

Li Wei involuntarily surfaced, took a breath, and said urgently to Luo Da, who had pulled her up, "Little San'er... phew, Little San'er hasn't come up yet!"

"I'm here this morning." Luo Xiaosan, soaking wet, smiled at Li Wei with wide eyes as he held onto the small boat.

Li Wei suddenly felt something was wrong.

Why is the mistress standing in the water...? It seems like... she's standing in the water too!

The water only reached my waist!

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