"Yingying, I'm your brother!" Li Pei was furious, but he was still tolerant of his sister and didn't scold her too loudly.
"I'm only saying this to you because you're my brother. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't have the time or inclination to bother with their nonsense!" Li Ying glanced at her older brother.
"My apprentice cooked me a meal, and I washed the lunchbox. What's the big deal? Why are you reacting so strongly? Luckily, your sister-in-law isn't home. If she were, you'd be stirring up trouble!" Li Pei was extremely frustrated.
"Brother, you know you're stirring things up? That means you know your actions will upset your wife, so why do you insist on doing it?"
“It’s normal for people to interact. Just because my apprentice is a girl, does that mean there has to be something between us? What are you thinking?” Li Pei believed himself to be upright and honest.
“Brother, I’m a very open-minded person. I never mind men and women being friends. But don’t you think your little apprentice is being a bit too overprotective? Yes, she’s your little apprentice. It’s understandable that she cooks for you. But to have someone imitate your handwriting, write love letters, and then deliberately show them to your sister-in-law is malicious.”
"Yingying, don't talk nonsense!" Li Pei glared at his younger sister and scolded her.
He believed in Shuo Shuo's character, and even more so in his own. He was not a fickle man.
"I'm talking nonsense? Fine, brother, let's make a bet and see if your little apprentice really has any abnormal thoughts about you."
"I'm not going to argue with you. Your thinking is too dangerous!"
Li Pei went back to his room to sleep.
Li Ying shrugged and went back to her room to sleep.
Even though Ya Ru wasn't coming, Li Pei couldn't just ignore it. He still had to visit his father-in-law's house. But before he even left the factory gate, he was stopped by Ya Ru's younger brother, Tang Long.
"Li Pei, when you were pursuing my sister, you wrote her letter after letter. Now that she's married to you, you don't care anymore, do you? You scumbag!"
Tang Long swung his fist and gave Li Pei a good beating.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Li Pei dared not retaliate and was beaten up.
When the employees saw this, they all rushed over to break up the fight.
Especially Shuo Shuo, upon hearing that Li Pei had been beaten, rushed over to protect Li Pei, glaring angrily at him.
"What are you trying to do? Why are you hitting my master?"
Tang Long pointed at Shuo Shuo's nose: "You're the mistress he found, right?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? He's my master!" Shuo Shuo was on the verge of tears, her face flushed with anger.
"Your master? Everyone heard and saw this. This is your factory manager, Mr. Li. His wife is pregnant at home, and he doesn't care about her at all, but he has someone protecting him at the factory!"
Several employees whispered among themselves.
"That Shuo Shuo follows the factory manager around every day, supposedly asking questions, but I don't know where he gets so many questions all day long?"
"I felt something was off about her before, what about now?"
"Director Li isn't that kind of person; it must be that this girl doesn't respect herself."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Li Pei angrily shouted, "Shut up, all of you! Don't mention anything without evidence!"
Everyone dispersed.
Shuo Shuo's face was flushed, and her eyes were wet, looking extremely aggrieved.
Li Pei grabbed Tang Long by the collar: "You can humiliate me, but you must apologize to Shuo Shuo!"
"Apologize to her? She broke up someone else's family, she's shameless, and you want me to apologize to her? No way!"
"Tang Long!" Li Pei frowned and clenched his fists.
Shuo Shuo raised her hand to stop Li Pei: "Master, please don't fight for me. I don't want to see this scene. I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been hanging around in front of you all the time. I think my sister-in-law feels wronged. It's all my fault!"
After saying that, Shuo Shuo bowed deeply to Tang Long and then ran away.
Tang Long laughed: "You've got some impressive skills!"
Li Pei wanted to hit someone, but Tang Long stubbornly retorted, "Go ahead and hit me! Come on, try hitting me once!"
Li Pei waved his hand: "Incomprehensible!"
After saying that, he got on his bicycle and left.
Li Ting and Li Ying stood not far away, watching the commotion.
"That's my sister-in-law's younger brother, Tang Long. He's a spendthrift who's good at everything from eating and drinking to having fun, but he's very protective of his sister."
"It's obvious. He's here to avenge his sister-in-law, which has been a big help to us and has sped things up a bit."
"Yingying, let's go check out the location for the clinic."
I can't neglect my own important matters while dealing with my elder brother's affairs.
Besides, Li Ying knew she couldn't stay at her parents' house all the time; she needed her own home, her own place to live, which could be close to her parents, but they had to be separate.
Li Ying knew that her parents loved her, but she understood that it wasn't good to take it for granted. She couldn't take their love for granted and ignore them.
Li Ting chose a very good location, on the oldest street in the eastern part of Shanghai. This street will remain unchanged for decades to come, and will not be demolished due to real estate development.
"Second brother, that's impressive! I didn't know you had this kind of skill."
"Actually, I'm not afraid for you to know that Jing Yingyan found this for you."
Jing Yingyan?
"Does he also have connections in Shanghai?"
"I don't know either, but he said as long as you mention his name and look for the Jing family in Shanghai, it'll be fine. And you know what? It actually works! This whole area used to be the Jing family's property; the entire street was owned by them. The Jing family is the only large family that wasn't wiped out during those turbulent years, because it's related to the contributions they made." That's all Li Ting knew.
Li Ying asked, "How much is the rent?"
"A thousand a year."
Li Ying laughed. This was tantamount to giving her the shop. What exactly was Jing Yingyan planning to do?
"Second brother, go and talk to the Jing family. Our rent will be less than 15% of the annual economic situation."
Li Ying had no intention of taking advantage of Jing Yingyan.
"Okay, I'll talk to them about it later, and then we'll finalize it."
Li Ying nodded and said, "Let's make it a deal. It won't be easy to find such a good location again in the future."
When the brother and sister returned home, they saw their older brother, Li Pei, sitting on the sofa in the living room, looking dejected.
"Big brother, what's wrong?" Li Ting asked, suppressing a laugh.
“I went to pick up your sister-in-law, but she doesn’t want to come back and wants a divorce.” Li Pei’s hands were trembling with anger.
"Then just get a divorce. You don't like your sister-in-law anymore anyway, so find someone new. That's fine."
Yang Mei handed Chenchen to Li Ying and slapped Li Ting hard: "What are you saying? Not only do you not give your older brother any advice, but you also add fuel to the fire!"
"Mom, it's not that I don't care, but just look at how hard my brother pursued my sister-in-law before. Who would have thought that in less than half a year, their relationship would turn out like this?"
This is sarcasm, and also mockery.
"I never expected Ya Ru to turn out like this?" Li Pei didn't realize his mistake and thought it was just his wife being difficult.
"Brother, do you still think it's your wife's fault?"
Li Ying rolled her eyes. If her older brother doesn't realize his mistake, his relationship with his sister-in-law can never be repaired!
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