Chapter 50 Forced relationships are never sweet.
Li Mu remained calm and composed.
I wasn't surprised by her words.
He wasn't surprised at all that she was asking him for help.
Jing Ge has met many people in positions of power, but only Li Mushi has been able to live up to the famous saying that "even if Mount Tai collapses on top of you, you will not change your expression."
He was silent for a moment, then asked her, "Have you thought it through?"
Jing Ge nodded.
Li Mushi: "This is a big deal."
Jing Ge pursed her lips.
I'm afraid I'll talk nonsense.
What she really wanted to say was, "What's so big about it? I still have you."
She was afraid he would glare at her, so she didn't dare to say anything.
“Uncle, if you don’t break off the engagement, I’ll keep getting sick,” Jing Ge stammered. “Do you want me to rely on you for the rest of my life?”
"......"
Jing Ge picked at his fingers: "I don't mind..." He was just afraid that Jing Ge might mind.
Li Mushi's head throbbed slightly: "Unless you move to another city, your family will be a problem."
Going to her company to cause trouble time and time again, avoiding her is just a temporary solution.
Even moving to a different city wouldn't be enough to guarantee safety, unless she could remain undiscovered for the rest of her life.
Jing Ge looked up: "Would you like to move to another city with me?"
Li Mushi was speechless.
Jingge asserted, "Then I won't change it."
Li Mushi pinched the bridge of his nose and scolded in a low voice, "Speak properly, we are talking about serious business."
Jing Ge: "Oh."
"..." Unable to believe her, Li Mushi became cautious. "Now, between the Li and Jing families, the Jing family is weaker and the Li family is stronger. The annulment of the engagement cannot be decided by the Li family, otherwise it will damage the relationship between the Li and Jing families that has lasted since their ancestors."
Jing Ge's eyes widened slightly: "The relationship started from our ancestors?"
Li Mushi: "."
Li Mushi turned and left: "Play by yourself."
“...Ah, I was wrong, I was wrong,” Jingge caught up with him, “I won’t interrupt.”
Li Mushi wouldn't really hold a grudge against a child, and sternly warned her, "Raise your hand before you speak."
Jing Ge remained silent.
“You’ve seen your father’s determination,” Li Mushi said calmly. “With the interests of both families intertwined, the probability of your family speaking up is practically zero.”
"Entangled interests" is a more respectable way of saying it.
Isn't it just that the Jing family has to rely on the Li family?
Jingge covered his mouth and nodded.
Li Mushi's headache worsened, but he continued, "So now it's a stalemate: the Jing family is unwilling, and the Li family can't..."
Jingge couldn't hold back any longer and kept raising his hand.
Li Mushi pretended not to see it: "It's not something that can be dissolved just by saying you want to."
Jingge held his hand up to his eyes.
She seemed determined to poke his eye with her finger if he wouldn't let her speak.
Li Mushi closed his eyes briefly: "Speak."
"Uncle," Jing Ge whispered, "the marriage agreement only states that the Jing family and the Li family are united, but it doesn't specify which member of the Jing family is marrying whom of the Li family, right?"
"......"
Jing Ge lowered his voice even further: "So, unmarried people can be paired up?"
Li Mushi choked.
Jing Ge was a bit bolder: "Then you..." haven't gotten married either.
Li Mushi's cold gaze swept over them.
It's like saying, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I'll throw you out."
Jing Ge suffered a brief heart attack, followed by a dramatic turn of events: "How about I ask Prince Jing to marry into your family? There's a surgery now that can turn a son into a daughter..."
Li Mushi: "Does your brother know you plan to turn him into your sister?"
"Didn't you ask me what I wanted for my birthday, Uncle?" Jing Ge was joking, of course. How could the Jing family send away their only son? "Of course I know this is difficult. If it weren't difficult, would I have asked you? I could have solved it myself. I can't ask for this or that. Actually, you didn't really want to give me a birthday present, did you? I was just being impolite."
Older men are so shrewd, huh?
He absolutely refused to fall for her tricks.
"......"
She's still being unreasonable.
Li Mushi: "It is difficult, but not impossible."
Jing Ge: "Really?"
Aside from changing her fiancé, she really didn't know what other options she could have.
Li Mushi didn't give her the answer directly, but instead guided her to think for herself: "Some unpleasant things, if viewed from a different perspective, can become your turning point."
"......"
“Your dad’s eyes are fixed on you, you should understand what he’s looking at,” Li Mushi said. “He’s been dissatisfied with Li Zhan for a long time, but he’s been holding back. What if he can’t hold back anymore?”
Jing Ge seemed to understand but not quite: "He cares about his reputation, but compared to benefits, reputation has to take a back seat. He's afraid that if the engagement falls through, he'll have to give back what the Li family gave him."
Li Mushi: "When you're in the wrong, that's how you'd think."
Occupying a commanding position might not necessarily change that.
"......"
Jingge met his gaze.
The man's long eyes were as still as a deep well, and with a few words, he dissected the underlying logic of this marriage agreement.
"Uncle," Jing Ge said in a barely audible voice.
Li Mushi: "Hmm."
Jingge bit her lip nervously: "I'm scared."
Li Mushi: "Hmm."
Jingge's heart tightened at the thought: "What if it failed?"
Li Mushi looked at her: "What can you do?"
What can we do?
Will it get worse than it is now?
“If you are willing,” Li Mushi said, but he still gave her another option, “if you fail, I will secretly send you abroad, far away from this place.”
Jingge didn't want to go abroad; she was attached to the city: "Are there any other options?"
Li Mushi: "No."
"..." Jing Ge said dejectedly, "Actually, I do have..."
For example, change the fiancée to him.
A forced melon won't be sweet.
Li Mushi ignored her and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Jing Ge: "Old melon."
Li Mushi: "
Jing Ge: "Old pumpkin, old watermelon, old cucumber, old winter melon, old winter melon, any will do."
"......"
"Uncle," after a while, Jingge suddenly realized something was wrong, "You said you would give me a birthday present, but you didn't."
Li Mushi: "Do you know how many people want a word of advice from me?"
Jing Ge remained silent, keeping his head down.
Li Mushi searched for ingredients in the refrigerator, and after she finished, she stood there silently.
Li Mushi paused, holding the chestnut pumpkin in his hand.
A hint of helplessness: "What else do you want?"
Jing Ge opened his mouth and said, "You."
Li Mushi's breath hitched.
Obvious displeasure.
Jing Ge timidly replied, "...Teach me how to cook."
Li Mushi turned around: "Come and take a look."
Jingge stood beside him.
Clear water flowed through his fingers, and the chestnut pumpkin looked like a miniature toy in his long, strong palm.
Jingge stared blankly, thinking it was a real shame that this hand wasn't used to put on a wedding ring or hold the bedsheets.
"Meat and vegetables, raw and cooked food must be kept separate," Li Mushi was genuinely teaching her. "Knives and plates must also be kept separate..."
Jing Ge didn't hear a word he said: "Uncle."
Li Mushi glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
In the rushing water.
Jingge mustered her courage and asked, "Why don't you find a boyfriend?"
Li Mushi turned off the tap: "Don't meddle in the affairs of your elders."
"..." Jing Ge pursed his lips. "Li Zhan is your own nephew, why are you helping me?"
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