Under the strong guidance of Mr. Luo, Li Xi followed him into the living room. Even after sitting down on the sofa, Li Xi still couldn't adapt to the decoration of this house.
Each of these individual ornaments is valuable and attractive, but when all these valuables are piled up in a room without any order, it just feels awkward. I don't know if this is just a show-off or a complete lack of understanding.
On the first day of the time travel, Li Xi, who had just made up her mind to live a life of idleness and wait for death, began to worry about whether she could just lie down and do nothing in the future.
"Granddaughter-in-law, feel free to take any of the ornaments in this room you like." Grandpa Luo looked at Li Xi's wandering eyes and thought that she had taken a fancy to his treasure, so he pretended to be generous and wanted to give her a gift.
Before crossing over, Li Xi had never been in a relationship, let alone visited her partner's family to see their elders. Hearing what Old Man Luo said, she was stunned for a moment. She thought this was a common practice for a new bride to visit her husband, and was just about to choose one just to show her respect.
In the blink of an eye, she met the old man's painful expression. After choking for a long time, she decided to refuse, "No need. These are all the old man's treasures. How can I take away his love?"
"What do you mean by stealing someone else's love? This is a gift for my grandson's wife. Just take it." Grandpa Luo, who was reluctant to give it away, became unhappy immediately when he heard Li Xi's refusal.
"Giving a meeting gift is a token of your appreciation. It's enough if you show your appreciation. You don't need to give a precious gift."
"Isn't treasure a token of my love? I collected these with great difficulty, and each one is filled with love."
"The problem is that this baby is your precious treasure, and it's extremely expensive. It's not appropriate."
"What's a suitable gift?"
"Or, just give me the money."
“…”
Li Xi hadn't expected to spend so much time arguing with Old Man Luo over a gift. The thing was, even as he was talking about giving it, his face was etched with pain. Unless someone was as thick-skinned as a city wall, no one would actually take it. It would be better to just give money.
What she didn't expect was that after she hesitated for a long time and finally said she'd just give the money, the old man and Luo Jingxuan both looked at her in disbelief. Li Xi was puzzled. What was so surprising about this? Isn't that how it's written in novels? When dating a rich man and meeting his parents for the first time, don't they all just pull out their black card and say nonchalantly, "Just pay it."
Why is it that when I come to her, it becomes like choosing home decorations, asking for money and being treated like a monster? Is this reasonable? It's not reasonable.
"Is there any problem?" Although she had already complained a lot in her heart, on the surface, Li Xi still behaved like a beautiful and ignorant loser. After all, this character setting was quite useful.
"Ahem, no problem, but." Old Master Luo turned to look at Luo Jingxuan, "Grandpa doesn't have any money either. I used all the pocket money Jingxuan gave me to buy treasures. If you need money, go to Jingxuan."
"But aren't you going to give me a meeting gift?" Li Xi was speechless, completely speechless. "If I ask him for it, it's called living expenses or pocket money. How can they be the same?"
“…”
Now not only Li Xi, but the other two were speechless as well.
Mr. Luo was embarrassed. He kept saying that he wanted to give a gift, but it turned out that he had no money.
Luo Jingxuan was a headache. Not to mention the old man, who was always out of tune. What was going on with Li Xi? Assistant Jiang had found information only saying that this person was spoiled by the Li family, not very smart, and had no special abilities. He had never heard of him being so fond of money, nor that he was so blunt.
As for Li Xi, she has begun to doubt her life. How can she live a miserable life if she is not paid? How can she just eat and wait for death?
She'd seen the original owner's belongings: just a phone, which was clean, with zero balances on all the payment apps. She had no memories of the original owner, and couldn't go home. She had no money, not even clothes. If they didn't pay, she wouldn't be able to get through today, not even tomorrow.
It's so hard, even harder than when I was fresh out of school, scrambling around the city looking for a job. At least back then I still had some money in my pocket.
"Well, I'll owe you the gift for now. I'll give it to you next month when I get my allowance." Finally, it was Old Man Luo who broke the silence. "Jingxuan, now that you're married, live a good life. Don't just work all the time. Work can't give birth to children or warm your bed."
“…”
Oh my god, what kind of straight-man statement is this? Is the purpose of marrying a wife to bear children and warm the bed? The slight good impression Li Xi had of Mr. Luo, which she had developed because of the meeting gift, was instantly wiped out by this sentence. Haha, fuck bearing children and warming the bed.
"Grandpa, if you have nothing else to do, we'll leave first." Not to mention Li Xi, even Luo Jingxuan couldn't stand the old man's remarks about warming the bed while giving birth, and asked to leave.
"No, you don't come here often, and the new daughter-in-law just came in, so you should chat with the old man."
"What did you say? You said you used my pocket money to buy a baby, or that you gave birth to a child and warmed the bed?"
"I don't even know my granddaughter-in-law yet. You should at least introduce her to me." After Grandpa Luo said this, he looked at Li Xi expectantly.
Honestly, Li Xi felt very uncomfortable being looked at like that. Her own little laptop was the best. It could be used to watch TV series, code, play games, and earn money. It was a true homebody's tool. When she had some money, she would definitely buy a nice laptop to take home. Even if she didn't use it, she could still keep it as a treasure.
"Li Xi, the Li of dawn, the tide of tide."
"Finished?"
"It's over."
“…”
"Granddaughter-in-law, how old are you this year? Are you in school or working? Who are the people in your family? What are your likes and dislikes? Can you introduce them to me?"
After hearing the old man's question, Li Xi felt like she was doomed. While Li Xi in the original storyline was a key figure in the plot, she was, after all, a mere cannon fodder. There wasn't much information about her. The things that were in the storyline, like her forbidden love with the male lead and the ending after her boss caught her stealing trade secrets, were all there. If you asked, Li Xi could tell you the hotel room number where the original owner and the male lead had their private meeting. But what wasn't in the storyline, even personal details like her age, were unknown to her.
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