Chapter 61 How will you know if you don't try?
A short while later, Zheng Lixuan came out. She had changed her clothes and came out in a hurry.
His complexion was still not very good, and his smile was somewhat stiff.
"Have you been waiting long?" Zheng Lixuan said with a somewhat insincere smile. "I accidentally spilled tea on my clothes and had to change them, which made me late."
Shen Li didn't seem inclined to say anything.
When the security guard saw Zheng Lixuan come out to greet him personally, he quickly came out to apologize as well.
Zheng Lixuan smiled and said to Shen Li, "Lili, don't worry about it. I don't know what they were doing. Maybe they accidentally deleted your facial recognition data..."
Shen Li looked at Zheng Lixuan and listened to her attitude of shifting blame and trying to settle things peacefully.
In the past, or under normal circumstances, Shen Li might have been too lazy to bother with it, but today was different; she had just returned from her mother's grave.
Looking at Zheng Lixuan again, I thought of the scene when she entered the house heavily pregnant and took over the place of the other woman.
What I used to be too lazy to care about has turned into—why not care?
Shen Li raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? Is the property management company so casual about doing things?"
Shen Li turned to look at the security guard, "Then I'm going to file a complaint against you."
Originally, the matter would have been over and done with, and the security guard wouldn't have had anything to say, but when he heard that she wanted to file a complaint...
The security guards can't just swallow their pride and admit it; if they get a complaint, they might have their bonuses docked!
The security guard quickly said, "It couldn't have been deleted by mistake. Our office has CCTV cameras; you can check the records if you don't believe me!"
Zheng Lixuan had just been disciplined by Shen Wenzhong at home, and now Shen Li is relentlessly pursuing her.
Her face darkened further, and she lowered her voice to say to Shen Li, "Li Li, let's not dwell on this anymore. Your father is still waiting for you to go in."
Although Zheng Lixuan's face showed no anger, her voice was already barely concealing the emotion of clenching her teeth; it sounded as if the voice was being squeezed out from between her teeth.
Shen Li did not intend to delve further into the matter, because everyone was already aware of the specific facts.
As long as Zheng Lixuan can break down, that's enough.
Shen Li smiled faintly, her smile devoid of warmth, and walked inside with Zheng Lixuan.
As she passed by Zheng Lixuan, Shen Li said in a low voice, "Aunt Zheng, if you want others to stay out of these things, you'd better do less useless things yourself."
Zheng Lixuan suddenly looked up and glared at her, "You...! Is this how you treat your elders?!"
Shen Li stared at her. "I've been nice enough to you, Aunt Zheng. If I hadn't told you, you wouldn't have really thought this was your home, would you? Well, we'll have a proper talk about it later."
Zheng Lixuan had almost never seen Shen Li with this kind of attitude. Although Shen Li had never said that she was humble or cowardly, she had always been indifferent and indifferent.
Zheng Lixuan had almost never seen such an angular appearance before, and she was momentarily stunned.
"What...do you mean?" Zheng Lixuan pressed.
But Shen Li was too lazy to pay attention to her anymore.
As they approached the Shen family's gate, they saw Shen Wenzhong already standing outside, waiting.
"Lili," Shen Wenzhong called out to her, "why didn't you come with Yanchuan? You didn't invite him, did you?"
Although the content implies blame, the tone doesn't convey any real blame.
Shen Li looked at him and said, "Since you've already called him, it doesn't matter whether I call him or not."
Shen Wenzhong heard the mockery in her words, his face stiffened for a moment, but he wasn't angry. He smiled and patted Shen Li's shoulder.
"Well, I heard that you and him have been having some trouble lately, so I wanted to help you two smooth things over. Besides, it's true that you haven't had a meal together at home in a long time," Shen Wenzhong said.
Shen Li glanced at her father and sometimes couldn't help but admire him. How could he be so flexible and adaptable?
They had already said all the harsh things before, and their relationship was already completely broken.
But when he actually felt the need to be more accommodating, it was as if all those harsh words he had said before weren't his own, but rather those of others, or that he had been possessed by a ghost and said them.
Anyway, he can act as if nothing happened before, like now, putting on a show of fatherly love and filial piety.
Back then, Shen Wenzhong acted the same way. He thought Shen Li didn't agree to marry Lu Yanchuan, so he put her under house arrest and almost broke her legs.
After she agreed to the marriage, Shen Wenzhong seemed to have lost all memory of the time he had tried to treat her violently.
He acted as if nothing had happened, like a loving father, even holding her hand at the wedding, handing her over to Lu Yanchuan with snot and tears streaming down his face.
So much so that Shen Li found the entire wedding quite absurd.
This feeling of absurdity resurfaced at this moment.
The house is no longer what I remember; the food is gradually being prepared in the dining room.
Shen Wenzhong urged Shen Li, "Lili, call Yanchuan and ask where he is and when he'll arrive."
Shen Li looked at him, "Why didn't you call yourself? Didn't you invite him?"
Shen Wenzhong pretended not to notice the sharpness in Shen Li's words, his eyes still carrying a gentle smile.
“Oh, you two are easier to talk to,” Shen Wenzhong said.
Are couples easier to talk to?
Shen Li almost laughed when she heard this, as this wasn't the first time such a situation had occurred.
Shen Wenzhong invited Lu Yanchuan to dinner at the Shen family home, and Lu Yanchuan, out of respect for his elders, did not embarrass Shen Wenzhong on the spot.
But in private, he didn't give Shen Li any face at all.
In addition, Lu Yanchuan's mouth was like it was coated with poison, and his words were as hurtful as could be.
Shen Wenzhong, of course, had no idea about these things. Shen Li was annoyed with him and too lazy to bring these trivial matters to his attention.
But at that moment, Shen Li took out her phone and, in front of Shen Wenzhong, dialed Lu Yanchuan's number and put it on speakerphone.
It's time for Shen Wenzhong to face the brunt of Lu Yanchuan's sharp tongue.
But Lu Yanchuan's voice didn't come from the phone. After the waiting tone rang twice, the call was disconnected.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later..."
A cold, electronic female voice came from the phone.
Shen Wenzhong was stunned.
Shen Li looked at Shen Wenzhong with a half-smile and asked, "What? Do you think it's easier to talk to us, the two of us?"
Shen Li turned off her phone screen. "So, since you called him to invite him, you should call him yourself to ask if he's coming, when he's coming, and if he's already here."
Shen Li lowered her eyes, her gaze calm. "If I really have to invite him over, your wish to have dinner with him will be dashed. He won't agree."
Just then, a deep, slightly hoarse male voice came from the entrance hall, "How do you know I won't agree if you don't try?"
Shen Li's expression suddenly froze.
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