Chapter 494 The Palace Maid Wants to Retire (20)

"Hasn't that rebellious son come yet?" Shi Ying had been waiting in the main hall since early morning. Shi Li got married yesterday. In order to express his dissatisfaction with the marriage, he didn't even go to the door. He wanted Shi Li to bow his head and compromise with him. He didn't expect Shi Li to be so cruel and really married the palace maid without any care, even if there were no elders present.

Shi Ying was so angry last night that he smashed a lot of things in the study, but early this morning, he was still hoping for a lucky break, thinking that Shi Li would bring his wife to the Shi family for a tea ceremony and recognition of their relationship. After all, a marriage without this step would be incomplete, meaning that the marriage was not recognized by the family members.

Things have come to this point, but Shi Ying still thinks that Shi Li will be constrained by these red tapes. It must be said that he is quite lacking in self-awareness.

Mrs. Shi has long known that Shi Li wants to get rid of the Shi family as soon as possible. Only Shi Ying would think that he might come back and reconcile with his family. What a wishful thinking.

"Master, the general hasn't arrived yet." The servant who was sent out to check replied hurriedly.

"You haven't come yet so late. Don't you know that you should offer tea to your relatives? You really don't know etiquette!" Shi Ying was so angry that he pulled his beard and said unhappily, "Let's go and have a look again!"

"Master, stop looking. They won't come. Don't you understand? Shi Li didn't even invite you to such a major event in his life as his wedding, so how could you possibly come for such a trivial event as serving tea?" Mrs. Shi said sarcastically.

"I'm his father! Doesn't he come because he wants me to disown this marriage?" Shi Ying felt slapped in the face by his wife's words, and slammed the table in a cowardly manner.

But this did not scare Mrs. Shi. She lowered her eyes and looked at her newly done nails, and said sarcastically, "Do you admit that I love you? Don't flatter yourself. I really wish I didn't have you as my father."

"Shut up!" Shi Ying was furious. "Whose side are you on? Is it a good thing that Shi Li doesn't recognize me as his father? I tried every means to win him back. Isn't it for the sake of our family?"

Madam Shi sneered, "I don't have the nerve to do that. I used to bully him to death, and now that he's successful, you shamelessly want to take advantage of him. Master, you are shameless if you want to, but don't make your words sound so high-sounding. And for the sake of this family? Don't you know that my two sons have been enemies with him for a long time?"

Mrs. Shi's two sons were the ones who bullied Shi Li the most. Later, they had their limbs broken by Shi Li and had to lie in bed for several months before they recovered. However, the sequelae are still there today. Mrs. Shi hated Shi Li so much at that time and regretted not strangling him to death when he was young.

But now she slowly came to her senses, especially after hearing what Wen Shichu said, she knew that she had been wrong to vent her malice on an innocent child. She didn't like the bastard, but the bastard had no choice. He was not born out of thin air. Wasn't Shi Ying the culprit? But she didn't dare to confront Shi Ying, and only dared to attack an innocent child. Isn't this bullying the weak and fearing the strong?

Of course, Mrs. Shi didn't hate Shi Li now. She just considered it from Shi Li's perspective and understood his approach. So at this moment, she was very surprised at Shi Ying's shamelessness. How could he still have such extravagant hopes that Shi Li would forgive bygones and return to the family to contribute to the family?

"After all, he has my blood! As long as he lives, he is a member of the Shi family!" Shi Ying said angrily.

"Oh, he has the blood of a foreign dancer, have you forgotten? You even called him a lowly bastard." Mrs. Shi blew on her nails and mercilessly exposed Shi Ying's false face.

Shi Ying was so angry that his fingers trembled as he pointed at Mrs. Shi, but he could not refute it because he did say so. But when he said it, he had no idea that Shi Li would actually become his most promising son in the future.

The other members of the Shi family looked at each other and watched Shi Ying and his wife quarreling without saying a word. These people were all the younger generation of the Shi family. Among them were Mrs. Shi's two sons. They had long been frightened by Shi Li's previous vicious methods and had psychological trauma. They wished they would never see Shi Li again, but Shi Ying gave them an order, so they had to wait here today.

The same was true for the others, who had all suffered from Shi Li's revenge to varying degrees, so in fact, except for Shi Ying, no one here wanted him to come back. It was only because Shi Ying, the head of the family, spoke the order that they had to show up.

Shi Ying waited until noon. In fact, he already knew that Shi Li would not come. When he was about to ask everyone to leave, the servant who went out to wait came back in a hurry.

When Shi Ying saw him, he immediately felt a little hopeful: "Is Shi Li finally here?"

"No, sir. I went out to ask around and found out that the general and his wife went out shopping together." The servant said hurriedly.

"What did you say? Went out shopping?" Shi Ying asked loudly in disbelief.

"Yes... Many people on the street saw it. They also said that the general and his wife were very affectionate and they held hands when they went out on the street..." The servant was startled, but still finished his words tremblingly.

"Rebellious son! Rebellious son! You would rather go out to play than come home for tea!" Shi Ying was so angry that his face turned blue.

Mrs. Shi ignored his rage and said to the others, "It looks like they won't be coming. You can go back now."

The others breathed a sigh of relief and left impatiently, leaving Shi Ying alone cursing angrily.

Wen Shichu and Shi Li had no idea that someone had been waiting for them for the whole morning. They had a great time the whole afternoon, like two playful kids, wanting to try everything they saw. Shi Li even wanted to try it when he saw someone performing the act of smashing a rock with his chest. The boss of the show was so scared that he hurriedly explained to him that he had a trick and his body was different from that of ordinary people. If an ordinary person followed suit and smashed a rock with his chest, he would definitely be half injured. After much persuasion, Shi Li was finally persuaded to go back.

Wen Shichu couldn't help laughing, and he held Shi Li's hand and said, "If you really want to perform this, then perform it only for me after we return home."

Shi Li's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay! I will definitely not get hurt. That boss underestimated me. I know what the trick is. Isn't it just practicing internal strength and smashing more? Practice makes perfect, right?"

Wen Shichu was happy and did not discourage his interest. He said, "You are right! If you are really injured, as long as you are still alive, I can snatch you back from the hands of the King of Hell, so just go ahead and try."

Shi Li was immediately surprised: "Could it be that Madam also knows medical skills?"

"I learned a little bit. When I was in the palace, I had a good relationship with the people in the Imperial Hospital." Wen Shichu said vaguely.

(End of this chapter)