Chapter 104 is not surprising.
The Jing family was in complete chaos.
With the Wen family being liquidated and the company losing its orders, Jing's father not only had to worry about being implicated, but also had to tirelessly seek out new clients in an attempt to fill the void left by the Wen family.
Otherwise, the company will have to downsize.
The Jing family's former prosperity was just around the corner, so how could Jing's father be willing to fall in the darkness before dawn?
The only thing that comforted him was that he didn't get the Wen family's order, and neither did Li Zhan.
But what was a lifeline for him was nothing more than a plaything for Li Zhan, a rich kid.
The pressure goes without saying.
For several days in a row, Jing's father did not close his eyes, searching for a new way out every minute.
Just then, Zhuo Yueyue appeared.
Jing's father and Cai Zhi had seen her at Huibinlou Restaurant and couldn't understand why she would come to their home.
Zhuo Yueyue said calmly, "My mother's name is Mingyi."
Cai Zhi was puzzled.
Jing's father, however, suddenly changed color.
Zhuo Yueyue's second sentence: "I slept with Li Zhan."
"......"
Without even needing detailed communication, a bright path suddenly opened up before Jing's father. His naturally suspicious nature meant he didn't even need a paternity test and immediately acknowledged Zhuo Yueyue's identity.
Cai Zhi had a major falling out with him.
Jing's father slapped her twice, forcing her to accept Zhuo Yueyue's appearance.
The old lady of the Jing family didn't care; she was willing to sacrifice everything for the Jing family.
Jing's father went to the Li family, but Li Kaiji and Sheng Man were not there, and their return date was unknown.
Jing's father went to the retirement home again to look for Grandpa Li and Grandma Li.
The elderly couple claimed they were unwell and unable to receive guests at the moment, and asked the housekeeper to convey their message: "Let the younger generation decide on their matters; we are too old to manage them."
The only one who could make the decision on this matter was Li Mushi.
Li Mushi did meet with him, and was very polite: "That's what I should take responsibility for. As long as Li Zhan agrees, that's fine."
Mr. Jing's face lit up with joy: "Then shall we arrange a marriage for the children?"
“Ask Li Zhan,” Li Mushi said. “He’s an adult now.”
“Even if someone is an adult, they’re still a child in our eyes,” said Jing’s father. “Marriage arrangements always need to be discussed by the parents.”
Li Mushi: "Apart from his surname Li, he has no connection with the Li family anymore."
"......"
“The decline of a family often begins from within,” Li Mushi stated bluntly. “Since I am now in charge of the Li family, in order to prevent the festering from getting worse, I will remove any lesions that may infect the healthy operation of the Li family. Li Zhan is his parents’ son, but he is no longer a member of the Li family.”
Jing's father was taken aback: "W-What do you mean?"
“Public matters are public matters, and private matters are private matters,” Li Mushi said. “He is a child of the Li family, but he will no longer receive any of the Li family’s resources.”
"......"
Jing's father felt like the sky had fallen.
This is a bolt from the blue.
If Li Zhan cannot obtain the resources of the Li family, what is the point of Zhuo Yueyue marrying him?
But Li Mushi calmly said, "As your uncle, I wish my nephew and niece a happy marriage and a long and lasting love."
"......"
Is it just empty words of blessing?
After being rebuffed by the Li family, Jing's father lost face and prepared to use the engagement token to force the Li family to honor it, but the token disappeared.
He searched the entire house.
Cannot find it.
Mr. Jing suspected that Cai Zhizang was behind it. She had always opposed Zhuo Yueyue entering the Jing family and had been making a huge fuss.
Cai Zhi insisted that she did not take it.
The couple got into a physical fight.
Women are naturally no match for men, and Cai Zhi, covered in injuries, came to find Jing Ge.
"He's a beast! He's a beast!" Cai Zhi cursed. "That Zhuo guy is about your age, and he cheated on me back then. He even hit me! I want a divorce!"
Jing Ge sat calmly.
Cai Zhi wiped away her tears: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
“What are you saying?” Jingge chuckled. “He hit you, and you know it hurts now. Haven’t I been hit just as badly?”
"...How can you hold a grudge like this?" Cai Zhi said in disbelief. "Whenever he hit you, I always stopped him. It was so easy for me. If it weren't for you and your brother, I would have left long ago..."
Jing Ge: "Let's go."
Cai Zhi was stunned.
Jing Ge said seriously, "You can go now, go wherever you want."
Cai Zhi trembled: "What do you mean?"
“When you found out that Zhuo Yueyue was my half-sister, you didn’t even think for a second, ‘Oh, so the bullying my daughter was caused by her father,’” Jing Ge said. “You only thought about your husband cheating on you and hitting you. You only cared about arguing with your husband. Why didn’t you kick Zhuo Yueyue out?”
Jing Ge's eyes were dark as he asked, word by word, "She bullied your daughter, causing her to suffer from severe depression and anxiety. Now that she's living in the Jing family home, and you're still cooking for her, why don't you poison her food!"
“…You,” Cai Zhi trembled, “you want me to kill someone for you?”
Jingge slowly leaned back in his chair, his eyes calm and undisturbed, showing not even a hint of disappointment.
Cai Zhi didn't understand what she meant at all.
“I didn’t ask you to kill anyone,” Jingge said. “I don’t have the position to ask you to kill for me. Similarly, don’t come here to drain my energy and then turn around to serve my husband who beats me and my daughter who bullies me. That would make me feel like I’m the one bullying myself.”
“…” Cai Zhi cried for a while, “Why are you wearing a ring? The ring finger is for weddings.”
Jing Ge: "I'm married."
Cai Zhi was speechless.
After a pause, she suddenly sat up straight: "Did you steal the keepsake?"
Jingge said sarcastically, "I thought you would ask me who I married."
"So you took the token?" Cai Zhi seemed certain. "Your father is still accusing me. I'm going to confront him right now!"
It would take Jingge at least a month to recover from seeing her once, so she planned not to see her again.
No matter what Cai Zhi said when she got back, Jing Ge didn't have the energy to think about it.
She sent Li Mushi a meme of a little rabbit shaking its ears.
Li Mushi was in a meeting at the time.
It wasn't a very formal meeting; the executives were reporting on their work, and he was holding a fruit knife, peeling a pomelo in front of him as if he were sculpting a work of art.
The aroma of fruit is delightful.
The executives dared not speak, and proceeded with their work in a rigid and formulaic manner.
Although his boss seemed very busy and not paying attention in the meeting, if they said a single wrong figure, the man peeling the pomelo would lift his eyelids and ask them in a low voice if they had been drinking too much to give him such a figure.
The atmosphere was actually more oppressive than a formal meeting.
Everyone felt he was a bit crazy.
I don't know why.
Until his phone rang.
He took off his disposable gloves, opened the message, and his features suddenly softened. Then, in full view of everyone, he picked up his phone and took a picture of the grapefruit he had peeled.
Send it to the other party.
"President Li," someone asked, mustering their courage, "who is that?"
Li Mushi said gently, "My wife, she finally contacted me."
"......"
no.
Who is your wife?
When did you get a wife?
The group exchanged glances, none of them daring to ask aloud, but all of them unanimously thought of a girl.
It seems, without any surprise.
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