"Beijing has four distinct seasons, so it's definitely more comfortable to live in an apartment building in winter and a hospital room in summer!" Liu Zi didn't notice anything unusual.
"However, I'm planning to buy an apartment soon. There are a lot of people in my family, so a large single-level or duplex would be fine. It would be best to find a reliable community. The kids are still young, and I'd feel more at ease if the gate is well-guarded."
A few days ago, Liu Zi saw a news report in the newspaper about a burglary where the perpetrator didn't even spare the children.
Her family is full of elderly people, women, and children. Now that her business is growing bigger and bigger, it's hard to guarantee that she won't be targeted by someone.
"I'll handle the house arrangements. Let me know if you have any requirements." Li Mu kept his eyes on the road ahead and drove carefully.
"Chenxing is involved in real estate?" Liu Zi was slightly surprised.
"Chenxing doesn't. I personally own shares in a construction company; they have a building project under construction in Beijing, and the environment is quite nice."
"Wow! No wonder he's a big shot, he's amazing." Liu Zi accidentally revealed the name she used to call Li Mu in private.
"Big boss?" Li Mu asked, puzzled. What did that mean?
"He's an exceptionally capable person." Liu Zi froze, realizing she had blurted out her true feelings.
"Flattery!"
Liu Zi snorted defiantly.
Just as Liu Zi got home and was about to put her two children to bed, the phone suddenly rang.
Liu Zi thought it was Li Mu who had something to say, but she didn't expect it to be a call from the family compound.
"Hello, Mom, is Dad feeling unwell?" Liu Zi asked worriedly.
"I'm fine. The alcohol I drank earlier wasn't very strong. I drank some honey water and I feel much better," Liu Daqiang said on the other end of the phone.
"That's good."
"Dad, is there something you need to call back now?" Liu Zi asked knowingly.
"Sigh! I never expected that your new boyfriend would be Li Mu!" Liu Daqiang sighed.
Next, Liu Daqiang told Liu Zi everything he knew about the Li family.
Li's mother died early, and Li's father devoted himself to research, so Li Mu grew up with his grandfather.
He joined the army at 17, went to military school at 18, went to the battlefield at 23, was wounded and discharged, and then went into business.
Li Mu has always been a standout among his peers.
"That shows your daughter has good taste!" Liu Zi said with a little self-praise upon hearing this.
"But..." Liu Daqiang hesitated.
"But what? He has a white moonlight he loves but can't have?" Liu Zi's voice rose.
Liu Daqiang startled his daughter.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"I heard that ever since he graduated from military academy, his family had been arranging blind dates for him, until a couple of years ago when his former superior finally gave up."
"For a while, we all suspected he might like..."
"Who do you like?" Liu Ci didn't hear clearly.
"We suspect he's attracted to men; it seems like he's always accompanied by two people."
Liu Daqiang felt he couldn't bring himself to tell his daughter about this, but he was also afraid that Liu Zi would be used as a pretext to be deceived.
"Pfft!"
Hahaha~
Liu Zi burst out laughing. She thought that if Li Mu heard about this, he would definitely be furious.
Liu Daqiang coughed twice awkwardly.
"Later, after I heard that the two young men got married and had children, the rumors were dispelled."
"You're talking about Xu Da and Xu Er, right? I've met them."
The legendary Heng and Ha generals, the three of them did indeed always act together.
"You've met him before?" Liu Daqiang knew his surname was Xu.
"Yeah, we all get along pretty well. That rumor is definitely not true. I even gave Mr. Xu's little daughter a birthday present before. Mr. Xu is such a henpecked husband," Liu Zi explained to her father about the relationship between the three of them.
"Yes! It's good that you know it in your heart."
"Dad, I've always wondered why Li Mu hasn't gotten married all these years?"
Liu Zi had actually asked Li Mu before, but Li Mu said he was too busy with work to take good care of the family, so why bother marrying a wife to suffer?
"My former boss once told me the same thing, but I think the problem might lie with his parents," Liu Daqiang said regretfully. He had helped out when Li Mu's parents got married.
Liu Daqiang briefly explained Li's father's job.
Li's father and mother were both college girls who fell in love freely. After graduation, Li's father responded to the national call and went to the Northwest, leaving Li's mother alone in Beijing.
Li's mother was already in poor health, and with the added burden of working and taking care of the child alone, she quickly fell ill from overwork and passed away when Li Mu was 7 years old.
Because of confidentiality, Li's father did not even get to see Li's mother one last time.
"Later, after the project was completed, Li's father returned to Beijing and remarried not long after. When Li Mu heard about it, he immediately signed up to join the army." Liu Daqiang fell silent after saying this.
"……"
This is truly a seamless connection.
"I just wanted to tell you that his current stepmother is very difficult to deal with. I've met that woman a few times; she's all smiles and hides a knife—she's not easy to handle."
"What is Li Mu's relationship with his stepmother like?" Liu Zi squinted.
They don't see each other very often.
"Does she have her own children?" Liu Zi asked again.
"I have a son, he should be 21 years old this year."
After listening to Liu Daqiang's account, Liu Zi felt that there was a hint of conspiracy in it.
"Dad, I understand. Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore. I'll handle it."
Liu Zi suddenly remembered a rumor she had heard in her past life: Li Mu made a will when he was sixty years old, saying that he would donate all his property after his death. Everyone had discussed at the time whether this was true or false.
Of course, Liu Zi couldn't tell anyone else about this, so she could only keep it to herself.
What she didn't expect was that the woman would come knocking on her door so quickly.
"Boss, someone's looking for us downstairs," Wang Jian said as he knocked on the door and came in.
"Who is it?" Liu Zi didn't even look up. She would come to the studio a few days a month to work and handle some tasks.
"A lady, who introduced herself as Ms. Liao and her husband's surname as Li, wants to see you about some private matters. She came by once last month, but you were away on a business trip then." Wang Jian noticed that the woman was well-dressed and had a car to pick her up, so she didn't seem like someone who was going to work in the entertainment industry.
Liu Zi thought for a moment and realized that she didn't know anyone with the surname Liao. If it were an acquaintance, they would have called long ago.
Ask her what she wants.
"I asked, and she said she had something private to discuss with you and couldn't disclose it." Wang Jian shrugged; he had already asked her before.
"I don't have time, I don't want to see you, just make up an excuse to get rid of me!" Liu Zi is busy right now and doesn't have time to see these boring people.
"good!"
Wang Jian nodded after hearing this and went out.
Not long after, he walked in again with a suspicious look on his face.
"Boss, she said she's Li Mu's mother and wants to meet you."
"Who?" Liu Zi frowned and raised her head.
"Mr. Li's mother." Wang Jian repeated.
"Li Mu's biological mother passed away a long time ago. I don't know her and I won't see her." Liu Zi was taken aback at first, then sneered.
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