Who would willingly choose to be erased if they could live a good life?
The gloom in her eyes was almost overflowing with ink; Li Su subconsciously concealed the fact that her favorability rating was negative.
Perhaps, this will be her trump card in the end.
Letting out a long breath, Long Tian looked solemnly at Li Su.
"Li Su, do you want to cooperate? Let's work together to win over Li Yiyi. You should know that there are countless hidden opponents in this game. If we join forces, we have a better chance of winning."
"Li Su, the standard for successfully winning her over is a favorability rating of 100. As long as the two of us work together, we can both reach 100."
Okay, of course it's okay.
Li Su wouldn't believe everything Long Tian said, but she would extract useful information from it.
Long Tian was right about one thing: whether it was the hidden adversaries or themselves, they all needed to win over Li Yiyi as soon as possible.
Cooperation is a good outlet for her, and of course, it's the same for Long Tian in front of her!
Then we'll see who comes out on top. Let's cooperate first and then take down the other side.
“Okay, Long Tian, let’s cooperate.”
"Um."
A genuine, or perhaps feigned, collaboration was reached at this moment. What remained was for Long Tian and Li Su to secretly discuss their strategy.
"My best friend, my boyfriend..."
Li Yiyi muttered those two words to herself, then chuckled.
He then turned and left the grove. The grove was truly a nice place; Li Su and Long Tian, still discussing things, were completely unaware that someone had left behind them.
The two were still wholeheartedly devising a more suitable strategy. This was the official narrative, but only Li Su and Long Tian knew the true nature of their plan.
On the way back, Li Yiyi was thinking about the strategist game that Long Tian had mentioned.
Li Yi never expected that Long Tian was from the future.
But thinking about it, it seems to make sense. If she could come from another world, why couldn't Long Tian?
Is the "Strategist Game" real or fake? Besides Long Tian and Li Su, is there anyone else who wants to "conquer" her?
If that's true, Li Yiyi felt she needed to change her plan. She couldn't delay or wait, but it seemed the initiative wasn't hers; it depended on how Li Su and Long Tian chose to pursue them.
Before she knew it, Li Yiyi had arrived at her front door. The door was wide open, and she felt something was off.
After entering the room, Li Yiyi understood where the strange feeling came from.
It's normal to be strange; it would be abnormal if it weren't. I saw Aunt Fang, a neighbor I'd met once before, sitting in her house with an elderly person and a child.
Her parents' expressions were neither pleasant nor unpleasant; they simply and calmly received the unfriendly guest.
"Yi-yi is here. Do you remember me? I'm your Aunt Fang."
As soon as Aunt Fang saw Li Yiyi arrive, she was incredibly enthusiastic, as if Li Yiyi's return was a very happy thing.
"Come, let me introduce you one by one. This is Chen Chu, the son of Aunt Fang's younger brother. This is Aunt Fang's mother, you can call her Grandma Li. You see, what a coincidence! My mother's surname is Li and yours is Li. Who knows, we might have been from the same family eight hundred years ago!"
She was incredibly enthusiastic; Aunt Fang didn't care whether Li Yiyi spoke or not, she just kept smiling and introducing her relatives to Li Yiyi.
Parents, what's going on?
Li Yiyi, who knew nothing about it, looked at Boss Li and Jiang Yuting with questioning eyes.
This sudden enthusiasm would startle her. Wasn't everything normal the last time they met? Why is she so overly enthusiastic this time?
Could it be her father...?
A suspicious look fell on Boss Li, only to be met with a glare from him.
"Yiyi, come over here and say hello to your little brother and grandma."
In the brief few seconds of eye contact with Boss Li, just as she turned around, she heard this sentence, leaving Li Yiyi completely bewildered.
Younger brother, grandma?
Where did it come from? Did it crawl out of a crack in the ground?
"Why are you so shy at such a young age? What's there to be shy about with your brother and your grandma?"
"No, are we that close?"
This time, Li Yiyi retorted, pushing away Aunt Fang's hand and staring at her with a puzzled expression.
“Aunt Fang, we’re just neighbors. What do your brother’s son and your mother have to do with me? Even you and I aren’t that close! Do I need you to tell me who to call and how to call them? What does it matter to you whether I’m ashamed or not?”
After a brief moment of silence, Aunt Fang reached out her hand and spoke to Li Yiyi with a reproachful expression.
"You silly child, how can you not understand anything? Your father and I are colleagues, and our two families are neighbors. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. In short, we are relatives. What's wrong with letting you call him brother and grandma?"
The sharp nails aimed at Li Yiyi's forehead, clearly intending to teach her a lesson. But Li Yiyi wasn't one to take a beating.
Of course not. He reached out and took Aunt Fang's hand, and under her gentle, smiling gaze...
With a sharp twist, it snapped open.
"ah"
A scream of pain rang out; it was Aunt Fang's. Li Yiyi, the culprit, asked worriedly,
"Aunt Fang, what's wrong with you? Why are you yelling like that? Don't blame me. I didn't use much force. I may be small, but I'm not stupid."
"Li Yiyi".
Aunt Fang's face turned green with anger upon hearing what Li Yiyi said. She then caught a glimpse of Li Laoda, who remained seated calmly.
A hint of smugness flashed in his eyes, but he quickly replaced it with accusation.
"You..."
"Shut up."
She opened her mouth, uttered only two words, and swallowed the rest back down. It was Jiang Yuting who stood up.
"Chen Fang, please look carefully. This is my home, not yours. Li Yiyi is my daughter, not yours. My daughter doesn't need to acknowledge any relatives, nor does she need another mother."
Having another mother
Li Yi glanced at Chen Fang, then at her father, and suddenly understood. Her initial intuition was correct; Chen Fang did indeed have designs on her father.
Li Laoda and Jiang Yuting rolled their eyes speechlessly. They had originally planned to stage a dramatic scene of the parents separating.
But when they looked at their silly daughter, Li Laoda and Jiang Yuting couldn't bear to part with her.
Okay, let's go slower. It wouldn't be good to hurt my daughter's feelings.
"Patriotic Brother~"
A sickeningly sweet voice came from Chen Fang's mouth, and even Li Yiyi and Jiang Yuting couldn't sit still, let alone Li Laoda himself.
"Comrade Chen Fang, you and I are just colleagues. We welcome you to visit, but with this attitude, please leave as soon as possible."
The blunt words, though seemingly unceremonious, were full of concern in Chen Fang's ears; she had learned this from Li Su herself.
Li Laoda and Jiang Yuting's relationship was anything but good; their seemingly inseparable bond was all an act for others. In reality, their relationship had long been troubled.
If it weren't for Jiang Yuting having some money, Boss Li would have broken up with her long ago and wouldn't have had to suffer from her and Li Yiyi's harassment.
Boss Li: I didn't even know what you were talking about.
Take what just happened, for example. Boss Li was clearly protecting her. If he were really angry, he would have stood up for her when she was making things difficult for Li Yiyi.
Instead of sitting by and watching her lecture Li Yiyi, her patriotic brother immediately couldn't sit still when Jiang Yuting came out to make things difficult for her.
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