Chapter 62 Then let's back out.
During the two minutes that Jingge didn't reply to the message, he had already asked the delivery guy to change his route.
Jingge gave him the property certificate because he was afraid that his father would cause something even more outrageous at the Li family tomorrow.
This is a small form of emotional compensation for her.
There's no problem returning what she got in exchange for the marriage to the head of the Li family.
During a break in the meeting, Secretary Lin placed the items delivered by the errand boy on the boss's desk.
The man's pen drew sharp lines as he signed, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged and twisted.
Only after signing the documents and capping his pen did Li Mushi look at the package.
However, the flatness of the package surprised him.
He thought it was a birthday present.
Even if he was good at divination, he never expected it to be the property certificate of the Jing family.
Li Mushi remained silent for a long time, then absurdly sent a slur: 【? 】
Jing Ge had just finished showering and came out, her wet hair wrapped in a towel, trying to change the plug on the malfunctioning hair dryer.
The next second, Li Mushi's call came in.
Jing Ge patted the hairdryer, dejectedly unplugged it, and answered the phone: "Uncle?"
"You stole your family's house certificate and gave it to me?" Li Mushi asked her. "Do your family know?"
“...Who stole it?” Jingge protested. “It was given to me by Prince Jing.”
Li Mushi: "Do you remember when Li Ying was five years old, she secretly took her mother's gold necklace to kindergarten to give it away?"
Jing Ge: "".
How can this be compared to that?!
Is she five years old?
"Put it with you first," Jing Ge explained gently. "My dad has no bottom line. He can't let you help him and then suffer a loss."
Li Mushi: "What loss would I suffer?"
Jing Ge: "Is this some kind of bargain?"
Li Mushi seemed speechless.
"Oh dear, that's it," Jingge said anxiously as she dried her hair. "My hairdryer is broken; it just spins around without blowing any air!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone in a hurry.
The property certificate stands out prominently on the ebony desk.
All I could hear was the busy tone of the phone call.
Li Mushi lowered his eyes, and through the reflected light on the table, he clearly saw his brow twitch.
At three in the morning, the lights shining through the glass curtain wall of the Li Building created a fast-paced night scene in Shanghai.
The gleaming marble floor tiles reflected the man's tall and composed figure, and the employees who had worked through the night quickly greeted him: "Hello, Mr. Li."
Li Mushi nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work at all."
Li's company offers generous benefits, including triple pay or time off in lieu of overtime, and its generous year-end bonuses are the envy of many in the industry.
A pyramid shape was arranged on a long table in the hall covered with red velvet. Various gift boxes were arranged in this way.
Li Mushi glanced at it casually and asked, "What is this?"
“Ah, these are New Year’s gifts from different competitors,” the administrative manager said. “They are all the latest models, not yet on the market. They said they wanted us to try them out and give them feedback. It’s not easy to distribute them equally, so I’m planning to have a lottery to distribute them among everyone.”
Li Mu paused.
Lin Mi observed his expression: "You... want it?"
Not knowing where he was looking, Li Mushi quickly looked away: "Hair dryer."
“Okay,” the administrative manager helped him pick out a gunmetal gray one. “The older model costs over six thousand. I wonder how much the newest model is priced.”
Li Mushi: "Cherry blossom pink."
"......"
Lin Mi coughed lightly: "Change the color, cherry blossom pink."
The administrative supervisor was baffled, but still sent over a cherry blossom pink one.
My boss has quite the girlish heart, haha... It definitely wasn't for his own use!
The administrative supervisor harbored resentment.
Li Mushi took the hairdryer and the documents from Lin Mi's arms and got into the car.
Uncle Zhang yawned.
Li Mushi sat in the back seat, tidied the documents on his lap, and said calmly, "I'll be off tomorrow. I'll drive myself."
"It's alright," Uncle Zhang smiled. "You've been more tired lately."
At this point, Uncle Zhang looked at him in the rearview mirror, hesitated for a moment, and then couldn't help but say, "Your birthday is coming soon, and Yingying said she'd kowtow to you as a gift."
Li Mushi: "."
“Then I asked Gege what she wanted to give,” Uncle Zhang said, becoming increasingly cautious, “and she said… she wouldn’t give anything.”
The rear roof light was off, and the man's tie was slightly loosened. He was no longer as ascetic and strict as he was during the day; his weariness brought him closer to a normal person.
Upon hearing this, Li Mushi let out a low hum.
You can't read their expression.
Uncle Zhang then said, "I asked her why, and she said...you have to pay her back for the expensive ones, and the cheap ones...are not good enough for you."
The man's agile figure swayed slightly with the car, and the black vest fit his narrow waist perfectly.
Uncle Zhang kept looking in the rearview mirror.
At one point, the man shrouded in shadow tossed something onto the passenger seat, his voice deep and resonant: "Give it back to her tomorrow."
"...What?"
“Property certificate,” Li Mushi said, his expression unclear, “If this comes to light, her elders will think I tricked them out of the house.”
Uncle Zhang: "......"
Li Mushi: "Together."
It's that cherry blossom pink hair dryer.
Uncle Zhang paused for a moment: "Why is there a hair dryer?"
“The free gift, hers is broken,” Li Mushi said, closing his eyes. “It just spins around, there’s no wind.”
"......"
I don't know why.
When he said that, Uncle Zhang almost couldn't help but laugh.
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As the year draws to a close, Jingge is extremely busy at Womei.
After finishing his work with his colleagues, Jing Ge was restless all day, worried that his father's visit to the Li family to discuss the marriage might cause unforeseen complications.
Her unease was not unfounded.
Li Zhan has been found.
The people arranged by Li Mushi found him and forcibly brought him back to the Li family.
Jing's father sighed inwardly, regretting that he had chosen a bad day and should have come a day earlier.
Sheng Man and Li Kaiji pressed Li Zhan down to apologize to him and Cai Zhi, but a 20-year-old young man is not someone they can just hold down.
Worried that what he had already obtained would be lost, Jing's father didn't mention the conditions he originally wanted to add today, and simply placed the token on the table.
Let's leave it at that.
Li Zhan slumped on the sofa like he had no bones, remaining unmoved no matter how angry Li Kaiji glared at him.
"How about we call Gege over?" Sheng Man suggested, "and let the two children talk it out themselves."
Mr. Jing shook his head: "Forget it, my daughter has suffered a lot over the years..."
Jingge was determined to marry into the family and tried her best to get close to them, but after all the talk, she embarrassed him again.
He dared not let Jing Ge come over.
Upon hearing this, Li Zhan lazily lifted his eyelids and gave him a meaningful look.
Suppressing his anger, Mr. Jing reached out his hand: "That keepsake belonging to the Jing family..."
Sheng Man slashed Li Zhan on the head.
"Say something!"
"What are you saying?" Li Zhan said lazily, not even glancing at her. "Their daughter has suffered in our house, so let's just return it."
Jing's father flew into a rage.
What's the point of saying anything now that things have come to this?
If we keep talking, this beast will tear both of our faces to shreds.
This back-and-forth has been truly exhausting.
Li Kaiji sighed deeply and instructed Sheng Man to hand the token to Cai Zhi.
Without even saying goodbye, Jing's father snorted and left.
The living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The Li couple remained silent for a long time.
Li Zhan, however, said casually, "What's the rush? Just wait and see, I'll have him personally bring my daughter back."
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