Chapter 23 Blind Date.
The news of Li Zhan being thrown into the artificial lake spread throughout the Li family that very day.
Li Kaiji was furious and pulled out his belt, giving Li Zhan five lashes.
“To this day,” Li Kaiji said angrily, “not a single member of the Li family has dared to philander or violate ancestral virtues! If you were not engaged, I wouldn’t care if you, as a young person, dated. But if you are engaged, this is betrayal, a moral problem, and a lack of upbringing!”
Li Zhan accepted it without saying a word.
No explanation was given.
Li Kaiji, panting, said, "Luckily, it was your uncle who saw it. If the princess had seen it, or the Jing family had seen it..."
Li Zhan: "So what?"
Li Kaiji asked in disbelief, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't the Li family just give the Jing family a sum of money?" Li Zhan asked arrogantly. "Do they dare say anything?"
Li Kaiji suddenly stepped back.
It was as if she didn't recognize him anymore.
She no longer recognizes her own son.
"Li Zhan," Li Kaiji said weakly, "tell your father what happened between you and Gege. If it can be resolved, try to resolve it; if it can't..."
Li Zhan stood up with a heavy heart: "It's impossible to break off the engagement. Don't interfere in our affairs."
“Don’t bully Gege. Some wounds can’t be repaired,” Li Kaiji said wearily. “Even if you beg me, your mother, your grandparents, Gege has given up, and no one can change her mind…”
Li Zhan sarcastically retorted, "If she could make the decisions, she would have left long ago. The marriage contract isn't up to her to decide. She can give it to whomever she wants, but she has to stay here with me!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Sheng Man was deeply worried.
Looking at his son's somewhat dejected figure.
He had been soaked in cold water and then beaten with a belt; he had a fever and his back was swollen.
"You went too far," she couldn't help but complain.
“There are so many people in the mall, only Lao San saw it,” Li Kaiji said. “If someone we know sees it and it gets back to Lao Jing, that’s our stance.”
Sheng Man sighed, "Let's not end up with a feud instead of a marriage. If it really doesn't work out, we'll decide to call it off."
"No way!" Li Kaiji said sternly. "You saw how uneasy Old Jing always looked when he came to the Li family. If we break off the engagement, we'll be labeled as sycophants and heartless, which is the least of our worries. The Jing family will suspect that we want to withdraw our investment from them. Wouldn't that just make things worse for them?"
Therefore, they cannot be the ones to initiate the annulment of the engagement.
At this point, Li Kaiji's expression turned solemn: "Old Jing has been somewhat obsessed these past few years, single-mindedly wanting to restore the Jing family's prosperity. If we back down, Gege will become a victim of this annulment."
Sheng Man suddenly realized what was happening.
"Li Zhan clearly likes her."
“I can see that,” Li Kaiji said, “we still need to restrain Zhan’er, lest he make a big mistake and then it’s too late to regret it.”
The two fell silent for a moment.
Sheng Man: "Alright, stop focusing only on your son. Your daughter has improved in her final exams."
"Yeah."
"Yes, I got two more points in math, now I'm over ten."
"......"
“She even hid the test paper under the bed in Gege’s room,” Sheng Man said irritably. “Just then, Zhang Ma was helping Gege air out her mattress, so she asked Zhan’er to go up and help. Isn’t that a coincidence? That’s how she found her test paper.”
Sheng Man: "When your son came out of Gege's room, his face was even more sour than it was today. When did he ever care about his sister's grades?"
Li Kaiji had a terrible headache: "Mom found a girlfriend for the third son and wants me to find a way to get him to go."
"......"
Okay.
Suddenly, the issues concerning my son and daughter no longer mattered.
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Jingge saw the aurora borealis on the night the cruise ship returned.
The light constantly shifted under the starry sky, and in the distance stretched an endless expanse of glaciers.
The tourists screamed.
Jingge took many photos.
I suddenly want to share this with someone, but I don't know who to send it to.
Finally, she activated an expensive data plan and sent Li Mushi a video of the aurora borealis.
Only Li Mushi knew that she had come to Antarctica, and only he could share this with her.
Upon receiving her video call, Li Mushi sat expressionlessly next to Li Kaiji, opposite his blind date.
Li Kaiji kicked him under the table: "Speak."
Like a mute, he did all the talking for a long time, while the main person did nothing but breathe, drink water, and wipe his hands.
The woman opposite him was clearly very satisfied with him, and her attitude was extremely proactive.
“It’s alright, Second Brother,” the woman called Qian Jing. “I know Mu Shi doesn’t like to talk, which is perfect for me, so we complement each other.”
Li Kaiji said dryly, "When the old lady gave birth to him, she was quite old, which caused him to have some defects."
Li Mushi glanced at him.
Li Kaiji: "What are you looking at?"
Li Mushi: "I recorded this sentence and sent it to your mom."
"......"
commit a sin!
Why were they scapegoating him and making him take responsibility?
It's better to be like the eldest brother, taking his wife to take up a post in another place, instead of staying behind to deal with this bunch of brats!
Qian Jing covered her mouth and laughed demurely, saying, "I'm going to wash my hands."
"Please do as you please."
Watching her leave, Li Kaiji kicked someone again: "Be a little more enthusiastic..."
Li Mushi said calmly, "They're a good match."
“You think so too,” Li Kaiji said, “whether it’s family background, appearance, or education…”
Li Mushi: "With you."
“.
“I’m going to tell my second sister-in-law,” Li Mushi said without blinking, “that you’ve been cheating on her with other women behind her back.”
Li Kaiji's face turned ashen: "Here you go!"
Li Mushi: "That's not what you said when you tricked me into coming here. You said you brought a friend with you."
Li Kaiji: "Then go and check with the old lady..."
Li Mushi: "Of course I will go. I will not only tell the old lady, but also my second sister-in-law that you are philandering."
“.
"They're gone."
“…You can’t leave,” Li Kaiji said anxiously. “What will I do if you leave?”
Li Mushi said innocently, "You should leave too."
Li Kaiji had a headache: "Where are you going?"
“Such a beautiful day,” Li Mushi glanced at the sunlight. “We young people should be feeding seals in the Arctic and watching the aurora in the Antarctic, not being tricked into coming here for blind dates.”
"......"
Just say what you want to say.
Forget about being young or not.
What triggered this?
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Jingge didn't return to Haishi until after the Lantern Festival.
After landing at the airport, she unexpectedly ran into Li Mushi at the exit.
Jingge was extremely excited. Dragging his suitcase, he darted to him like a rabbit: "Uncle!"
The girl's face regained its plumpness, her eyes sparkled, and the dejection and gloom she felt before setting off were completely gone, replaced by joy from the inside out.
Looks like you're having a good time.
“Uncle, look,” Jing Ge said proudly, “it’s a Chanel bag. It’s much cheaper on the ship than in China. I bought it with the prepaid card you gave me.”
At this point, she took out a blue gemstone pendant from her bag: "We went mining, and this is what I found. I've had it carved. The blue one is for you, the color of a glacier, and the pink one is for Yingying."
Li Mushi didn't even have a chance to speak.
Jingge shoved it into his hand, then looked up and asked, "Uncle, are you going on a business trip?"
Li Mushi still couldn't speak.
Jingge then said, "May your uncle have a safe journey."
Li Mushi: "."
He was just there to see someone off.
As a result, he got himself killed.
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