On the way to find Qian Li, Old Huang poured out his grievances to Li Xuanzu. He was keeping a close eye on Qian Gang's movements, after all, the other party's strength was undeniable, and a single misstep could easily cause panic among the people.
Fortunately, Li Xuanzu had done quite a few things with this body, so no one dared to cause him any trouble.
But he did nothing all day, as did his birth mother and stepfather, who spent money extravagantly and would ask Old Huang for money whenever they ran out. This was really unacceptable.
“Xuanzu, it’s not that I can’t afford to support his whole family, but it’s still annoying. I have to take care of him while I’m working. He’s like a child. He throws a tantrum when we don’t have money, or he sends Qian Li to live with me. I really… sigh.” Old Huang sighed from time to time.
He was really on the verge of a nervous breakdown because of Qian Gang and the others. However, he would always adjust his emotions when talking to Li Xuanzu, and they rarely talked on the phone. Even if Li Xuanzu could tell, he didn't know why.
Soon, Elder Huang led Li Xuanzu to a building in the training base, which looked like a girls' dormitory.
He notified the dormitory manager to summon Qian Li, saying that Li Xuanzu had arrived.
Less than a minute later, a petite figure ran in through the door; it was Qian Li.
"Brother Li, you, you're here?" Qian Li was a little down, but when she saw Li Xuanzu, her mood visibly brightened.
"Wow, you've grown quite a bit taller. Let's go find a place to eat something first." Li Xuanzu wasn't in a hurry to talk about business. Instead, he habitually placed his hand on Qian Li's head and noticed that the little girl had grown a lot taller.
"Hmm!" Qian Li smiled more than before, probably because she had experienced too many unhappy things. With Li Xuanzu as her pillar of support, she had put down her burdens.
Old Huang knew that things couldn't be rushed, so he led the two to eat in the training base's canteen.
The cafeteria has five floors, each with different dishes, while the top floor, the fifth floor, is specifically used for discussing business.
Old Huang sat down in a room on the fifth floor, and Li Xuanzu and Qian Li also took their seats one after the other.
No need to order, food will be served automatically.
"Qian Li, you should know why I came back specifically for this. Tell me." Li Xuanzu sat down next to Qian Li.
He could sense that Qian Li's body stiffened and tensed up as soon as the question was asked.
"I..." Qian Li wanted to say, but didn't know where to begin, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Don't rush, think it over slowly, I'm right here." For a moment, Li Xuanzu panicked and didn't know where to put his hands, so he could only pat Qian Li's back gently to help her catch her breath.
"Waaaaah, why did my brother turn out like this..." Li Xuanzu's words only made things worse. The more he tried to comfort her, the more Qian Li's tears flowed like a burst dam, unstoppable. She covered her eyes and cried loudly.
“Before, he would go out to work whenever he had free time while he was in school. We didn’t have parents and depended on each other for survival. Our expenses weren’t high. If that person hadn’t been heavily in debt and my mother hadn’t been so indifferent, how could the debt collectors have come looking for us?”
"Now, he wants to call that woman who abandoned us 'Mom,' and he wants me to join them in building a new family, to live a good life, and to let go of past grievances. What kind of bullshit is that!" Qian Li cried and cursed. This was the first time Li Xuanzu had ever seen a little girl use such foul language.
“Now that we have the strength and our lives are better, that woman shamelessly comes back to us, crying and recounting how reluctant she was to let go back then. How could my brother believe her? How could he call such a woman who doesn’t deserve to be a mother ‘Mom’?” Qian Li was already sobbing uncontrollably.
After her falling out with Qian Gang, she had no one left to confide in. She originally thought that Li Xuanzu had only used her, but who would have thought that her brother, whom she thought was very good to her, was the only person she could rely on, and who was always wary of her because of their differing beliefs?
"Alright, stop crying. How do you want to resolve this?" Li Xuanzu tried his best to make his tone gentle.
"I don't know, I don't want my brother..." Qian Li didn't finish her sentence, but she clearly didn't want Li Xuanzu to kill her few remaining relatives. Who knew what Li Xuanzu would do?
“How about this? Let’s not take his life. Let him live like an ordinary person. You stay with Elder Huang and don’t contact them for the time being. Elder Huang will also cut off their resources. If he wants to stay, he can go to work. What do you think?” Li Xuanzu quickly came up with a solution that would satisfy both sides.
Qian Li weighed the pros and cons, but couldn't come up with a better solution.
"Thank you... Brother..." Qian Li murmured softly as she watched Li Xuanzu's departing figure.
In fact, Li Xuanzu could hear it.
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