Li Panmei on this side wasn't as enthusiastic.

He met his mother five years ago, but he doesn't really want to see her now. Why?

The meeting ended in disaster. After Erfa returned, he was plagued by bad luck, which even led to him breaking his leg. I guess only his brother was secretly happy about going back.

"Panmei, isn't your home in Jiangcheng? Why did you move to Beijing?"

Wu Xiao'e asked him with a curious look.

Didn't you check my household registration?

Wu Xiao'e: "???"

"Tsk! It's been decades, and you haven't even glanced at my household registration book?"

Wu Xiao'e was taken aback, then said, "Your household registration book isn't with me, how am I supposed to see it?"

Li Panmei thought about it and agreed. Then she went into the house and used an old lock to open the cabinets one by one until she finally saw a notebook.

Wu Xiao'e's lips twitched. It's just a household registration booklet, isn't it? Is it really that big of a deal? All these years, her children have been registered under her household registration booklet, and she's quite proud of it.

When she saw Li Panmei's household registration book, she was filled with disbelief.

"You...how come you're a resident of Kyoto?"

"Are you stupid! My father is from Beijing. What else am I if not a Beijing resident? When my mother separated us to live separately, my father also took care of the household registration."

He looked at Wu Xiao'e as if she were an idiot.

"Why...why don't you register the children's household registration under your name? Then...then they would be..."

"Hey! You didn't ask me back then, did you? Your parents just went ahead and did it themselves, so don't blame me. That's perfect, I won't get any advantage. If my dad dies, everything will go to my sister, no entanglement."

Thinking of this, he felt relaxed. If there were any trouble, wouldn't his mother give him a good beating?

Forget it! He couldn't even imagine his father's fortune; it all belonged to his sister.

"What...what did you say? Your sister?"

The more she listened to him, the more uncomfortable she felt.

"Hmph! So what? Isn't it normal for my dad to leave his things to my sister? Didn't your dad and mom leave theirs to you too?"

"I'm an only child!"

She said something in a daze.

"Isn't my sister also an only child?"

Wu Xiao'e was speechless. Pan Mei's thoughts seemed to be completely different from hers!

"Don't overthink it, it's just a household registration! Sigh! Let's pack up and head to the capital in January!"

"Okay! I understand."

"Oh right, invite Dafa, Erfa, and Sanfa's family too. My dad said my mom wants to take a family photo, so we can't leave anyone out."

Hearing Li Panmei say this, she was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Dafa is going to his mother-in-law's house this year. He said... he said there is a project that he needs to talk to Xiaodie's brother about."

“Oh! Is that so? Then tell him that once he’s gone… he won’t have a single penny of the family’s property. He’ll be sent out to work on his own, and all the houses under his name will be taken back.”

Li Panmei spoke in an icy tone.

Wu Xiao'e's body trembled.

Hmph! You're kidding, his mother's already calling him to come for the New Year, how could he not go? Even though he doesn't want to go, he'll go even if the world is full of knives.

What the heck? Going to the mother-in-law's house? Discussing a project? Is this like delivering money to someone's doorstep?

"Let me tell you, if I wanted to, your sons could become penniless in no time."

Li Panmei's current appearance terrified Wu Xiao'e, but she also felt a pang of admiration. This was her man—powerful, intelligent, and the very embodiment of her destiny.

"Isn't that your son?"

She muttered something to herself.

That evening, during dinner, Li Panmei stared directly at Li Dafa and asked, "Are you going to your mother-in-law's house for the New Year?"

“Yes, Dad! I wanted to tell you that I have a project in mind, and I'm planning to…”

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Li Dafa didn't finish his sentence, staring at his father with a curious expression.

"In January, all of you will come with me to Kyoto for the Lunar New Year to visit your grandparents and experience the warmth of family."

"Dad, that won't do. Dafa told me, and I told my parents too. If I don't go, wouldn't that be... wouldn't that be embarrassing me?"

Zhou Xiaodie looked aggrieved.

"Dafa, what do you think?"

Li Panmei took a sip of her cup, wiped her mouth, and gave him a deep look.

"Dad...I...I'd better go to Xiaodie's house with her!"

Li Dafa lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Panmei, while Zhou Xiaodie beside him had a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, as if she were a victor.

If they can control Dafa, then all of the Li family's assets will belong to them in the future.

The second brother is in the medical field, and the third brother is a lazy bum. Isn't this huge family fortune going to be a windfall?

"That's wonderful! Xiao Wang, see the guests out."

Li Dafa: "???"

Zhou Xiao'e: "???"

Erfa calmly ate his meal, Sanfa glanced at him, then rolled his eyes and said, "Idiot."

"Great, Dafa! You've grown up, it's time to see the world. Go! Dad won't stop you, but... you have to walk your own path step by step. Never mind, there's no point in saying too much. Good luck in the future!"

“Sanfa, you’ve had enough time to build up your strength over the years. Take over the company and rise to the top! Do a good job. Your older brother was carefully nurtured by your maternal grandfather, and you were personally trained by me. Dad believes in you.”

Sanfa stood up lazily, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Dad, the company that my eldest brother has managed for so many years has only grown so small. I think it needs reform."

"Go for it! Go for it, Dad supports you."

"Yes, Dad."

Li Dafa stared in disbelief, while Wu Xiao'e ate her meal without saying a word.

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