"Aunt Liu, I heard that your courtyard house is a detached house, and it's quite large." Someone in the crowd suddenly asked Xu Mei.
"Oh, it's just a courtyard house. There are many people in the family, including two children. We just went there to help our daughter take care of the kids."
Liu Daqiang had already discussed it with Xu Mei. People are naturally more concerned about inequality than scarcity, and there are bound to be envious people. Let's try to calm things down!
"Sister Liu Zi is amazing! She even bought you a house. This is the first time in our residential compound that someone has done this." The young man, who knew a lot about Liu Zi's career in the entertainment industry, complimented her greatly.
"Then you should study hard, learn your skills, and try to buy a house for your parents too," Liu Zi added.
At this moment, someone nearby muttered quietly, "So what if he wrote two songs? He didn't even finish college. What's there to be proud of?"
Liu Daqiang and Xu Mei's expressions changed simultaneously, and they were about to speak when Liu Zi stopped them.
Liu Zi glanced at the girl who had just spoken. She lived in the building next to hers and had just been admitted to a university in another city last year.
"I don't study for the sake of that certificate. Whether I have the skills or not doesn't matter. Besides, little sister, did you not do very well on the exam? Why did you go to university outside Beijing? I remember that the chances of being assigned back to Beijing after graduating from a university outside the city are very low."
"Oh dear! It's been so many years since I went to school, I'd completely forgotten. These days, universities don't guarantee job placement anymore, it's such a shame."
Liu Zi's Versailles-like speech infuriated the little girl, who turned and ran away.
"Hey! Why did you leave? I haven't finished speaking yet!" Liu Zi scoffed. With such limited knowledge, she dared to criticize others. She was too green.
The young man who had just asked the question looked at Liu Zi somewhat awkwardly, not expecting her to be so powerful.
The girl who was just making sarcastic remarks is named Wang Yuan. After getting into university last year, she's been swaggering around. She's always showing off her university life to us, implying that we students are bad at studying and no matter how hard we try, we'll never get in.
This time, they ran into Sister Liu Zi, and they really kicked a hornet's nest. They deserved it.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Liu Daqiang immediately made an excuse to pack his things, said goodbye to everyone, and the whole family got into the car and left the residential compound.
Li Mu was already waiting at the courtyard. Liu Zi hadn't told him before, but he had heard the news from somewhere and insisted on coming to help.
When they arrived, Li Mu was flying an airplane with his two children, and the yard was filled with their laughter.
"Mommy, Uncle Li is so amazing! He can lift my sister and me really high!" Qiqi ran over like a little butterfly as soon as she saw Liu Zi enter the room.
"Are you happy?" Liu Zi wiped the sweat from her daughter's forehead.
"Happy!" Qiqi shouted loudly.
"Alright, alright, let your Uncle Li rest for a bit. Why don't you two come and help Grandma move her things?" Xu Mei stepped forward to rescue Li Mu at the right time.
Li Mu smiled and replied that it was alright, and he was happy to be close to the two children.
Because there were many people at noon, we cooked a few dishes at home and ordered a few dishes from a restaurant.
"When I came back with the food, I saw that there was renovation work going on next to our house, and workers were moving things inside."
While eating, Liu Daqiang chatted with everyone, saying that he would have to find out who the homeowner was and whether they were easy to get along with when he got back.
"Do you know whose house it is? Do you recognize them?" Xu Mei asked, looking up.
Liu Daqiang shook his head.
"I haven't heard about it. I'll go over and say hello when I get back, and see if I need any help."
"It's all been contracted out to a renovation company. Uncle Liu, you can go and take a look if you have time," Li Mu suddenly said.
"What do you mean? You bought that yard over there?" Liu Daqiang asked after realizing what had happened.
Everyone at the table looked at Li Mu; even Liu Zi was unaware of this.
"Yes, I really liked it when I came here with Zizi last time. I asked around and found out that a few neighboring houses were for sale, so I bought them all. The renovation permit just came through, and construction is expected to take about half a year. If it bothers you two, just let me know and I'll remind them to be careful." Li Mu hadn't expected the approval process to be so slow, delaying the overall construction period.
"When did you buy them? How many stores did you buy from?" Liu Zi asked, voicing everyone's curiosity.
"We finalized the deal before the New Year. We originally planned to buy one unit, but then the other two companies heard that I offered a reasonable price and wanted to sell it to me. So I bought both units and plan to turn them into a large courtyard house," Li Mu explained to everyone.
"So you bought three houses, all the way to the one at the entrance of the alley?" Liu Daqiang asked in surprise. "How are you going to live in so many houses?"
"right!"
Li Mu nodded. The plan was to build a hidden garage entrance for easier access.
"We hadn't even started dating back then, had we?" Liu Zi frowned, annoyed that this man had been eyeing her for so long.
"It was originally planned as an employee benefit for you, but I didn't expect it to become your wedding room in the end." Li Mu smiled.
"The wedding room?"
Xu Mei exclaimed in surprise, "How come I didn't know the two of them were getting married?"
Upon hearing the news, everyone turned to look at Liu Zi.
"Didn't I say I wanted to ask the two children's opinions?" Liu Zi looked at Li Mu angrily.
"I already asked them, and the two children don't object. You can ask them yourself if you don't believe me." Li Mu pointed to the two children with an innocent look on her face.
Reiko looked at her younger sister, who was eating so hard she couldn't open her mouth, and sighed helplessly.
"Yes, Mom, we agree to let Uncle Li be our new dad."
During this time, Uncle Li often took them out to play, bought them toys and read them picture books. When the little sister got tired from running, he would carry her. The little sister said that her previous father never carried her.
She didn't know what other people's fathers were like, but she thought Uncle Li did a good job, so she discussed it with her sister and agreed.
Where's Qiqi?
Liu Zi looked at Qi Qi again, and she agreed with her sister's opinion.
Qiqi looked up from her favorite fish fillet and looked at her mother with a puzzled expression.
Do you agree to Uncle Li being your father?
Qiqi looked at Li Mu, then down at the fish fillet on her plate, and then nodded vigorously to Liu Zi.
Liu Zi immediately suspected that the girl had been bribed by the fish fillets that Li Mu brought. She had heard that Qiqi loved to eat fish, so Li Mu brought her a bluefin tuna from abroad, cut it into small pieces, sealed it, and froze it in the refrigerator.
This girl would ask Aunt Zhang to fry her some every now and then, and she was so happy about it.
Looking at her two "betrayed" daughters, Liu Zi sighed helplessly.
She's been so busy these past month or two that she didn't even realize her home had been "robbed."
Well, since both children have agreed, what else can she worry about? Let's get married!
Liu Daqiang and Xu Mei had been listening the whole time, and honestly, they had no complaints about the marriage.
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