That night, the entire Li family urged Gao Yan to stay overnight.
But Gao Yan refused, because Xiao Zhuo had to go back to Yujingyuan tonight, and he still needed to go back to Nandu through the Anywhere Door.
"Master, let's add each other on WeChat first!"
As Gao Yan was about to leave, Li Yingnan called him back.
"Go ahead and sweep me!"
Gao Yan brought up the WeChat QR code, and with a "ding," the account was successfully added.
After watching Gao Yan drive away, Li Jianfei called Li Chaonan and Li Yingnan, the brother and sister, to the study on the second floor.
"You brat, I really don't know what kind of luck you had to become good brothers with a master of internal energy!" Li Jianfei said with a laugh.
Li Chaonan smiled smugly: "It's not that I got lucky, it's that I'm good at making friends. Back at the auto show, I could tell at a glance that Xiao Gao was no ordinary person...!"
"Alright, stop bragging!"
Li Jianfei interrupted Li Chaonan's self-praise and said in a deep voice, "You brat, listen to me carefully. In the future, you'd better treat Xiao Gao with sincerity and don't try any tricks. As long as we get along well with Xiao Gao, our Li family will be as stable as Mount Tai!"
The Li family is not a long-established wealthy family. Although their wealth is comparable to that of top wealthy families, their foundation is still somewhat weak. In particular, in recent years, with the Li family's continued growth, it has aroused the vigilance and dissatisfaction of several top families.
He could even sense that they were secretly targeting him.
"Does anyone else dare to plot against us?"
Li Chaonan sensed the underlying meaning in the old man's words and asked curiously.
The Li family is now thriving, with both money and connections.
"What, do you think our Li family is so powerful that no one dares to touch us?" Li Jianfei was born into a military family and didn't like to beat around the bush.
"Isn't that right!"
Li Chaonan answered confidently.
"You're still too young!"
Li Jianfei sneered: "You should know about the five great families of Shanghai, right?"
"I know, aren't they Jiang, Cao, Lu, Wei, and Han?"
Li Jianfei nodded: "These five great families have been established in Shanghai for over a hundred years. Don't be fooled by the fact that our Li family is as wealthy as them. In the eyes of these five families, we are just country bumpkins and nouveau riche!"
"So what? We're not begging from them for food!"
Li Chaonan said dismissively, "They look down on us, so we won't play with them!"
"If only things were as simple as you think!"
Li Jianfei shook his head with a wry smile: "Shanghai is like a cake. The more we eat, the less others have to eat. When the Li family was weak, they didn't bother with us. But now that we can compete with them for the cake, do you think they'll still sit idly by?"
Upon hearing this, Li Chaonan realized what was happening and his expression changed slightly: "Old man, do you mean that those five families will target us in the future?"
"future?"
Li Jianfei's eyes turned cold: "The targeting has already begun. Do you remember the Wu family that suddenly fell into ruin eight years ago? Back then, the Wu family was no less powerful than us. However, in just one year, the Wu family encountered various problems one after another, and their huge foundation collapsed rapidly within a year!"
"Doesn't that mean our Li family is in great danger right now?" Li Chaonan's face turned extremely ugly.
"That's not necessarily true!"
Li Jianfei said, "Your old man isn't someone to be trifled with either. The Wu family incident back then already served as a warning to me. Even if the five great families wanted to target me, it wouldn't be so easy. Besides, although the five great families are powerful, they are not martial arts families after all. If it really comes down to tricks, your old man might not be able to outmaneuver them!"
"That's good!" Hearing his old man say that, Li Chaonan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't be careless either!"
Li Jianfei cautioned, "Since the five great families have already shown signs of making a move, it certainly won't be a small-scale operation. Most likely, their attack will be decisive and effective. Fortunately, your father was born into the military. Although I've become a businessman, I still won't do anything against my conscience. It won't be so easy for the five great families to find fault with me. But you brat had better behave yourself, lest you cause trouble and implicate our entire Li family!"
"Do you really think I'm that unreliable, old man?"
Li Chaonan felt somewhat wronged: "Over the years, I've had my fun, but I've never forced anyone to do anything against their will; it's all consensual!"
"Heh, a scumbag is a scumbag, why do you have to make it sound so elegant and refined!"
Li Yingnan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but mock.
"You crazy girl, what do you know!" Li Chaonan said irritably.
"Li Chaonan, do you want a beating? Call me crazy girl again, and don't blame me for beating you so badly that even your own mother wouldn't recognize you!" Li Yingnan said, waving her fist.
“Old man, look at her, that’s how she talks to my brother!” Li Chaonan quickly complained.
"I despise you. You're almost thirty years old, yet you're still acting like a little kid, tattling!" Li Yingnan said with a look of disdain.
"Alright, I'm getting down to business. What are you all arguing about?"
Li Jianfei shouted in a deep voice, then looked at Li Yingnan: "Yingnan, I didn't approve of you practicing martial arts before, but now that you've become Xiao Gao's disciple, you'd better practice properly. If you don't make a name for yourself, you won't get a single penny of dowry when you get married!"
"Who cares? At worst, I'll never get married and stay at home sponging off my parents!"
Li Yingnan said in a low voice.
But Li Jianfei's hearing wasn't bad; after all, he used to be a Ming Jin martial artist. He glared at Li Jianfei and asked, "What did you say?"
"Dad, please don't be so fierce, you're scaring them!"
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