Li Ying's first impression was that this family had a lot of children.
The children who ran out included both boys and girls, and were probably between eight or nine and eleven or twelve years old. The oldest one, who was about fifteen or sixteen, was carrying a stick and chasing after them.
"Big sister, you're the worst! You always help Mom beat us up. You even said you were with us. You're a liar!" One of the shirtless, dark-skinned, and skinny little boys stopped and pointed at the girl chasing them, shouting.
The others, as if they had gained some kind of divine power, also stopped, made faces at the girl chasing them, and said annoying things.
"Yan girl, stop hitting her! You have guests, and they even drove a car!" the villager said excitedly.
Yan Yatou tilted her head and looked at the three people who entered the courtyard. She didn't recognize any of them and shook her head: "I don't know them."
The little ones stood in a row, shook their heads together, and said in unison, "We don't know them either."
Lu Yufei introduced himself first: "I am the owner of your father's factory. My name is Lu Yufei. I have something to discuss with your father. Please call him out quickly."
"Daddy hasn't come back for so long." The youngest one clenched his little hand, and almost cried as he spoke.
Li Ying quickly took out some candy and handed it to the children.
They happily started grabbing it.
"Mom, someone gave me candy!"
At this moment, a pale and thin woman came out of the house, carrying a small baby on her back.
"Who are you looking for? My husband, Lao Yan, isn't home."
The woman was very hostile; she only glanced at the three people before telling them to leave.
“If you want to look for him, go to the casino. There’s no one like him at home.”
It seems Yan Biao is a gambler.
"You have four or five children in your family. Instead of working hard to earn money, he goes out to gamble. Don't you care?" Lu Yufei asked with feeling.
“As long as we women don’t starve, what does it matter whether he cares or not? You’re his boss, and you didn’t say you’d pay him more to make his life easier.”
“No matter how much money you offer someone who likes to gamble, you can’t stop them from gambling. This isn’t about his gambling, but about his involvement in a frame-up case. We need to confront him. If he doesn’t show up in a day, we’ll have to get an arrest warrant,” Jing Chi warned loudly.
The woman turned pale with fright after hearing this.
“I know he’s daring and likes to do petty theft, but it’s impossible for him to frame someone.”
"My father isn't that kind of person!" Yan Yatou clenched her fists and glared at the three people, maintaining her last shred of dignity.
The other little ones didn't care as much; they were eating their candies, knowing they hadn't felt this sweet in a long time.
Li Ying didn't say much, and neither did Lu Yufei. Jing Chi had already said what he wanted to say, so no one was going to be so saintly as to let Yan Biao off the hook.
Moreover, Li Ying always felt that this matter was also related to her older brother's disappearance.
On the way back, Lu Yufei sighed, "Life is already so hard, why have so many children?"
"This is probably the older generation's obsession with having children. There's a saying that goes, 'When one person achieves success, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.' If one of these children becomes successful in the future, the other siblings can enjoy the good fortune. So having more children is a gamble," Li Ying analyzed.
Lu Yufei sneered: "But who cares about the person who rises to prominence so quickly? They have to work much harder than others to get to that position. And when they finally get there after all that hard work, they look down and find so many brothers and sisters clinging to their coattails. How desperate they must feel!"
Li Ying found it quite novel to hear Lu Yufei make such remarks for the first time.
"I never expected that someone as ethereal as Miss Lu could say something so relatable?"
Lu Yufei frowned, her expression displeased: "Am I being too cautious in your eyes?"
"A little."
"If we can't find Yan Biao, this matter will be unclear. You're not going to hold the Lu family responsible for this, are you?" Lu Yufei pressed.
Jing Chilang replied nonchalantly, "If it's not on the Lu family's head, then is it on the Jing family's head?"
Lu Yufei despised Jing Chi's way of thinking, but she was helpless because Yan Biao was indeed an employee of her factory.
After sending Lu Yufei back, Jing Chi took Li Ying back to the clinic. He originally wanted to stay for a meal, but Aunt Jing sent someone to look for him, so Jing Chi had no choice but to go home for dinner.
When he got home, he found that the girl who called him "Third Brother" was also there, and she was going to have dinner with his family.
"Third Brother, it's me, Zhonghong!" Ye Zhonghong tried to make her third brother remember her.
Chunxue tugged at Ye Zhonghong and gave her a look, and Ye Zhonghong chuckled and obediently sat down.
Aunt Jing glanced at the group of people and said to Jing Chi, "This is Chunxue's sister-in-law. She came to our house looking for someone. I thought she was quite cute, so I invited her to stay and have dinner with us."
cute?
Does Jing Chi not know that Ye Zhonghong has absolutely nothing to do with Ke'ai?
Jing Chi sat down and picked up his bowl to eat.
Aunt Jing could tell her son was unhappy, and she was unhappy too. This kid went to see that Li Ying every few days, completely disregarding her own feelings.
"Chi'er, if you want to get married, I'll say it again: Mom will pick the best girl for you."
Jing Chi smiled and said, "Mom, as I said, my career is the most important thing right now. It's not too late to talk about marriage after I've figured things out at headquarters."
"Mom said that Leng Yan will still be in charge of headquarters. You just need to live a happy life."
Jing Chi disagreed: "Mom, Leng Yan is only your adopted son after all. Are you really so comfortable letting him manage the headquarters? I'd rather work harder and go to the headquarters to learn. That way, people won't call me a good-for-nothing young master."
Aunt Jing thought about it and agreed, finding it made sense.
Jing Chi reads in his study at night and goes back to his room to rest after nine o'clock.
He closed the book and walked out of the study. Dangdang ran over and hugged his leg.
"Third Uncle, can you sleep with me?"
Jing Chi pulled Dangdang away and said sternly, "You're seven years old now, you can't sleep with adults anymore. Go and rest, or I'll have someone spank you tomorrow!"
Dangdang was startled, turned around and ran back to her room, her little face full of grievance.
When Chunxue came out of the bath, she saw her son like this, sat down, and reached out to pull Dangdang over.
"What's wrong?"
"Mom, Uncle Jing is clearly my third uncle, so why doesn't he like Dangdang? Is it because Dangdang isn't obedient enough?"
A hint of resentment flashed in Chunxue's eyes, but then she regained her composure and said with a smile, "Dangdang is overthinking it. Uncle Jing will like Dangdang. From now on, Uncle Jing will only like Dangdang as a child."
"Really?" Dang asked expectantly.
Chunxue stroked Dangdang's forehead: "Of course, as long as Dangdang likes it, Mommy will definitely try her best to get it, so that Uncle Jing will only have eyes for you!"
"That's wonderful! Mom is so great!"
Dangdang hugged Chunxue and smiled happily.
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