Chapter 193 The Mystery of Life

"So that uncle is...!"

Back at Su Lejia's apartment, the three of them prepared the ingredients together. Zhou Junxuan started cooking the hot pot base, and the two sisters came out of the kitchen to chat in the living room.

After the conversation, Su Lejia was confused and covered his head halfway through his words.

"No, no, no, wait, this, this sounds so weird, then, then baby, wouldn't you be..."

The mistress’s sister? !

No, how could her best friend have such a mistress with corrupt thoughts and morals? !

Although they are half-sisters, Su Lejia said that that is absolutely not possible!

You can accept fortune in wealth and career, but you must not accept this!

After all, what's the difference between this and adding a giant stain to your life? !

Moreover, for the uncle named Li Zhiyuan, this is also a huge black history!

Thinking of what her best friend had said just now, Su Lejia's hands tightened around her head, and she felt as if she had read an old romance novel. In addition to the sweetness, there was more melodrama and absurdity -

It turned out that the biological mother of her baby was Li Zhiyuan's deceased wife, Mrs. Li, who was married to Li Zhiyuan in a formal ceremony!

Mrs. Li’s surname was Su and her given name was Lizhu. She was a girl whose ancestral home was in the southwest, but she taught art in a middle school in the Jiangnan area. She was not only a teacher, but also a well-known Chinese painting artist in the country at that time.

When Su Lizhu and Li Zhiyuan came to Beijing to hold an art exhibition, they met, became friends because of painting, and fell in love freely.

Later, Li Zhiyuan, who had always respected filial piety, openly refused the wealthy lady that his parents wanted to find to form an alliance with him. He contradicted his parents for the first time and then resolutely married Su Lizhu. This was how the grudge between the parents-in-law and the new daughter-in-law began.

However, because Li Zhiyuan strongly protected his wife, although Li's father and mother were unhappy at the time, they were never able to hurt Su Lizhu in the slightest. Later, Su Lizhu became pregnant and the atmosphere between the two sides eased.

But unexpected things happened one after another——

Su Lizhu and Li Zhiyuan went out for a trip and met the rich lady whom Li Zhiyuan had rejected before. The rich lady's servant pushed Su Lizhu, causing her to give birth prematurely.

I had no choice but to give birth to the child in a town hospital in a strange city. I only saw the child twice after he was born, and when I woke up again, the child was missing.

Human traffickers were rampant in that era, especially in small places. Unfortunately, that city happened to be a small place.

Li Zhiyuan sent people to search the hospital thoroughly, but could not find any trace of his daughter.

At this time, Li's parents learned that Su Lizhu gave birth to a daughter. They were not very happy at first, but they thought that she would be the eldest grandson after all, so they drove over immediately after receiving the news.

However, when he arrived, he found out that his granddaughter had unexpectedly disappeared. He hadn't even seen his eldest grandson for a while. He was immediately angry and felt that Su Lizhu was an unlucky star. His son's marriage to her brought bad luck to the Li family.

While Li Zhiyuan was busy looking for his daughter, Li's parents took turns accusing Su Lizhu of going out, implying that it was Su Lizhu who harmed their daughter. All the old grudges were now directed at the mother who had just given birth.

Su Lizhu, who had already lost her child, soon suffered from postpartum depression.

But in front of Li Zhiyuan, both parents treated Su Lizhu in a completely different manner.

As a result, Li Zhiyuan failed to discover Su Lizhu's abnormality in time, until Su Lizhu committed suicide. Li Zhiyuan tried several times to find out the cause of the suicide and asked the nurse on rounds.

After repeated assurances that the nurse's family would never be threatened and after paying a lot of money, I finally got the truth out of the nurse.

It turned out that it was his parents who caused the death of his beloved wife.

Therefore, after Su Lizhu passed away, Li Zhiyuan's relationship with his parents instantly fell to the bottom.

He even swore in front of the two elders that he would never remarry, and said that he would train his nephew Li Shen, who belonged to the branch of the Li family, as the future heir of the Li family, which was equivalent to a direct transfer of power.

How could Li's parents, especially Li's father, agree to this?

Upon hearing this, Li's father, who firmly believed that bloodline must be preserved, became angry.

So later, Li's father secretly had someone drug Li Zhiyuan, and at this time, Li Xueqin's mother appeared.

And that's how Li Xueqin was conceived.

Knowing that he was being plotted against, Li Zhiyuan naturally could not tolerate it.

But Li Zhiyuan had experienced the disappearance of his daughter, the death of his beloved wife, and his parents adding insult to injury, and his heart was already broken.

Therefore, even though there was a traitor among his men, he did not notice it in time.

This meant that although the decision he made at the time was correct, the actual actions of his subordinates were not truly implemented, so the result was naturally bad.

Of course, at that time, Li Zhiyuan didn't know that it was his father who was plotting against him, because most people knew his situation and thought that it was a rival in the business world who wanted to ruin his reputation.

It was not until a year later that Li's father, now Mr. Li, appeared, holding Li Xueqin, with a young woman following behind him. He said that she was Li Zhiyuan's daughter and that she was Li Zhiyuan's future wife.

Only then did Li Zhiyuan realize that he had been schemed against by his own father, again.

Of course, Li Zhiyuan naturally couldn't marry that woman. He decided to be with Su Lizhu and kept his oath.

As for Li Xueqin, he actually never recognized her. It was all the idea of ​​Mr. Li and the deceased Mrs. Li.

Therefore, Li Xueqin's situation in the Li family has always been extremely embarrassing.

Jiang Qin was amused when she saw Su Lejia holding her head in her hands, but she also understood. After all, when she first heard Li Zhiyuan say that, she was somewhat incredulous.

But since she had no expectations of the role of father since she was very young, she quickly accepted this reality. However, her best friend had a textbook-level happy family since she was a child, so she naturally took longer to accept it.

"It's okay, Lele, take it easy."

Jiang Qin opened the bag and took out a bag of snacks she had just bought from the supermarket. It was a pair of shrimp snacks that both of them had eaten when they were children.

After tearing a big hole in the bag, the salty and fresh aroma made her mouth water. Jiang Qin pinched some for herself and handed the bag to Su Lejia.

Su Lejia was successfully attracted. She reached out and took it in her mouth. Well, let’s put aside the bloody thing that happened just now!

After eating, Su Lejia couldn't help licking her fingertips, and her emotion came from the bottom of her heart——

"It's delicious, and it has to be an old brand. The taste hasn't changed for decades! It's much more reliable than some people!"

After saying that, she realized that she seemed to have said too much, so she quickly closed her mouth and looked at her best friend awkwardly.

"My..."

Jiang Qin, who didn't care, said: "Hmm?"

Handing the bag over again, Su Lejia lowered her head, thinking that Jiang Qin couldn't eat too many of these snacks now, so she picked up a handful and stuffed her mouth with them.

At the same time, in Yunhai Mansion, Aunt Wang glanced at the clock on the wall, and then at the dining table where the dishes had been set for a while.

I felt a little depressed and after much hesitation, I called He Xu.

The call was connected quite quickly, but He Xu was exceptionally quiet on the other end and it was impossible to tell where he was, which made Aunt Wang even more worried.

But after the conversation, Wang Ma realized that she was depressed for nothing, because it turned out that she was exercising in the boxing gym.

Wang Ma said, "Okay, I'll clean up the dishes first and see if the master will come back to eat in the evening. But Xiao He, if the master doesn't eat too late...

"You should also remind Mr. to eat dinner. No matter whether he comes home or not, he should eat something. He has had stomach problems before. Don't hurt his stomach again. Stomach pain is very tormenting."

"Okay, Sister Wang, I will remind Mr. Huo."

He Xu was actually quite silent when he heard this, but he responded quite quickly as usual.

Aunt Wang had no doubts and felt relieved after hearing this answer. She said goodbye and hung up.

Glancing at the closed door of the boxing practice room next to him, He Xu became even more silent after the call was hung up.

Judging from the noise inside, Mr. Huo should not be hungry yet and still have quite some energy.

Therefore, for the sake of Mr. Huo's own life, the matter of asking him to have a meal had to be postponed.

However, just as I was thinking this, suddenly, the door beside me was opened.

He Xu's body, which was already standing straight, stood even straighter in an instant.

He turned his head towards the door and said respectfully, "Boss Huo, are you done practicing? Then let's go now..."

I failed to successfully ask the question "Have you had dinner?"

"Go back to Huo's and work overtime."

He Xu heard Horsley's cold but unquestionable voice, which instantly made him lose all smiles.

The man's voice was so faint that it seemed as if it could turn into water and flow into the Dead Sea, causing people to lose their buoyancy.

If He Xu had not been in front of Huo Sili at this moment, he might have suspected that his ears were broken and he was hallucinating.

But now, right in front of Horsley, he knew clearly that Horsley was not joking.

only……

"Mr. Huo, aren't you done with today's work..."?

The conversation was interrupted again, and Horsley, who was walking in front, did not even turn his head.

"I want to start a new project."

He easily stopped He Xu from speaking, preventing him from uttering a single word.

Then my heart was also confused——

So what is Mr. Huo doing? How about your wife? Just ignore it?

No love, just career? No way? ?

He Xu always felt that something was wrong. After all, Mr. Huo looked like he was about to break down that day. How could he just let it go?

Uh, no, that's not right. I should say that if Mr. Huo is really determined to pursue his career, he will definitely go to eat first and then work overtime.

Since his stomach problems healed, Mr. Huo has been practicing a saying: Health is the capital of revolution.

In the years since he recovered from his illness, no matter how busy he was, Mr. Huo would always eat, and he would eat well and not be perfunctory.

So this project is fake, and the real thing is to calm down and think about what to do next, right?

As it turned out, as Huo Sili's confidant, He Xu knew Huo Sili very well.