Seeing Sang Zhi appear at the Li family home, Li Ting was very troubled. This girl actually chased after him all the way to Shanghai. She's too brave!
"Second Brother, what are you standing there for? Come inside!" Li Ying pulled Li Ting inside and sat him down.
Sang Zhi smiled generously at Li Ting: "Yingying said before that she wanted me to open a clinic with her. I thought about it and decided that since I had learned medicine, I couldn't let it go to waste, so I came to Shanghai."
Is this explanation because they're worried about Li Ting feeling guilty?
“Xiao Sang is also studying medicine, and she and your sister share the same interests. I think it would be great for them to open a clinic together. What do you think?” Yang Mei looked at her son, her eyes full of warning.
The second son is a blockhead, he doesn't get it right. If he says something unpleasant, it will really hurt Sang Zhi's feelings.
"If she wants to open a clinic with Yingying, then let her. Why are you telling me?"
Li Ting picked up his rice bowl and buried his head in his food. He wasn't familiar with Sang Zhi, so there was no need to ask her.
Yang Mei smiled helplessly.
Li Ying was also speechless, but she couldn't be too blunt. If she wanted her second brother to understand feelings, she had to take it slowly.
After Li Dongguo returned, he briefly explained Li Ting's work arrangements, telling him to first work as an assistant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since Li Ting's foreign language skills were quite good.
Is this true?
Li Ting was overjoyed. His childhood dream was to become a diplomat, and he never expected that he would actually end up in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Li Ying knew that her second brother was able to get into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through special arrangements because he had fought for it himself.
"Second Brother, congratulations!"
Congratulations!
Li Ting smiled sheepishly, but still picked up the teacup and drank a cup instead of wine.
Li Pei returned home very late and, not daring to disturb his family, went straight to his room. No one was there; Ya Ru was nowhere to be seen.
"Where did that woman go in the middle of the night?" Li Pei muttered.
"Why are you only just getting back?" Yang Mei came out of the room, wearing a coat, and immediately scolded her son, "I don't know how busy you are as the factory manager! You can't even take care of your wife and kids. Ya Ru is in a bad mood today, so I sent her back to her parents' house for a few days. Go to sleep by yourself!"
Li Pei was very frustrated: "Mom, when are Ya Ru going to stop making a fuss? It's just that she's pregnant. What woman doesn't get pregnant? Does she have to be so dramatic?"
"Shut up!" Yang Mei slapped her son hard. "Your father and I supported your education so that you would have knowledge and culture, and understand some principles that others cannot. But you, instead, are clinging to those feudal dregs and spouting pretentious nonsense to me?"
Yang Mei didn't have these troubles after marrying her husband Li Dongguo. Li Dongguo was very open-minded and not old-fashioned. He was tolerant and doting on his wife from the bottom of his heart, and he treated his children the same way.
Li Ying brought her child back, and others might feel ashamed or something, but Li Dongguo didn't. He even thought about saving more money for his daughter and grandson.
The eldest son, Li Pei, has a somewhat unsatisfactory mindset; he is always very chauvinistic when it comes to gender equality.
"Mom, all you ever do is blame me. Haven't I done enough?"
He doesn't smoke or drink, and he comes home on time every night. What more could he want?
"Have you done enough? Slap your conscience and tell me, have you ever truly cared about Ya Ru? Back when I was pregnant with you, I was in a bad mood and I would take it out on your father, but he never argued with me and always tried to cheer me up. I was pregnant with all three of you, and I never suffered a single grievance. Why didn't you inherit your father's temper?"
"Alright, I'm sleepy. If she wants to go back to her place, let her go back. I'll pick her up again in a few days when she's in a better mood."
Li Pei went back to his room to sleep.
In the morning, Li Pei went to the factory without having breakfast. Li Ying asked her mother to watch the child while she followed him. Sure enough, at the factory gate, she saw Shuo Shuo making a thermos for Li Pei, which was undoubtedly breakfast.
The older brother actually accepted it.
Men really are all big jerks!
"Should we go up and wake up our older brother?" Li Ting asked, munching on a steamed bun.
Li Ying rolled her eyes at her second brother: "Have you forgotten our plan? It's good to let the eldest brother confirm his own thoughts. If he can't see the true colors of this Shuo Shuo, then the eldest sister-in-law will still face a family crisis if she stays with him."
"You want your sister-in-law and brother to divorce?"
“If you’re really going to continue like this, then don’t hold your wife back. Once a man has other ideas, he can’t control himself. Today it’s this Shuo Shuo, but what about tomorrow? Young girls keep growing up, and there will always be a few who fit your ideal type. Instead of fighting wits in the marriage, it’s better to get a clean divorce and live your own life.” Li Ying took a steamed bun from her second brother, took a bite, and said, “But the premise is that you have to learn to be independent.”
My sister-in-law's personality is too docile and her upbringing is too good, which makes her suffer.
In the office, Li Pei finished reviewing the reports, got up, opened the door, and Shuo Shuo placed the food box on the table.
"Master, this is the food I made. I don't know if it suits your taste. Please try it."
"Shuoshuo, I have an appointment with Technician Liu to discuss some things today. You can keep this food for yourself." Li Pei said, organizing documents in a businesslike manner.
Shuo Shuo looked a little disappointed and said "Oh".
Li Pei looked up and saw that she was about to cry, and his heart ached instantly: "You silly girl, I really can't eat the food you cooked today, and you're still upset?"
"No, it's just that my hand hurts a little."
What happened to your hand?
Shuo Shuo deliberately put his hands behind his back.
Li Pei commanded, "Take it out! Let the master take a look!"
Shuo Shuo reluctantly reached out her hand, her fingers scalded red.
"You burned yourself?" Li Pei put down the documents, opened a drawer, found a tube of ointment and handed it to Shuo Shuo: "Yingying gave this to me, it's really good, you can apply it, remember not to get it wet."
Shuo Shuo took the ointment, her eyes full of allure, nodded, said "okay," and turned to run away.
"Shuoshuo, your lunchbox!"
Li Pei glanced at the lunchbox, feeling quite troubled, and had no choice but to take it with him.
When Li Pei got home that evening, he secretly washed the lunchbox in the kitchen.
"Big brother, what are you doing?"
Li Pei turned around and glanced at Li Ying: "Didn't you see? Washing the lunchbox."
"Lunchbox? I remember you always eat in the factory canteen. This lunchbox looks very delicate. It's for girls, right?" Li Ying really wanted to hit her older brother with a stick to wake him up.
"It's my little apprentice's. She worked so hard to cook this meal for me today, so I have to wash the lunchbox for her," Li Pei said matter-of-factly.
Li Ying crossed her arms: "Big brother, your feelings for this little apprentice are quite special! I've never seen you wash your sister-in-law's lunchbox before!"
"She's never cooked for me," Li Pei blurted out, then realized he'd said the wrong thing and glared at Li Ying. "Instead of going to sleep, you're here staring at me. Are you looking for trouble?"
"Brother, your wife may not have cooked for you, but she gave birth to your child. Can your apprentice do that? You men are really something. You don't think much of your wife being pregnant at home, but you think it's amazing when someone else cooks a meal for you. If you like girls who cook, you shouldn't have pursued your wife in the first place!" Li Ying's blunt criticism made Li Pei blush.
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