After much deliberation, they chose the Qin family for him because they valued the Qin family's influence in both military and political affairs.
Not to mention that the Qin family is a large and powerful clan with connections everywhere. Even after they are gone, the Qin family can still protect Bowen.
Even if he loses his current status in the future, it will still be better than him fighting alone. But this kid is too ambitious.
He always dreamed of marrying someone who was perfect in every way, but such a thing is impossible. After they're gone, he'll be the one who suffers.
"I said I won't get married. I'll make my own decisions about my marriage. What kind of society is this now? Love is a matter of freedom."
Qi Bowen thought to himself that if his biological parents were still alive, they would definitely consider his needs in everything and would not force him to do things he didn't like.
Unlike them, who cherish their reputation and dare not do this or that, for fear of being gossiped about.
They are selfish, even when it comes to such a major event as getting married.
In the past, the Li family would have been considered first-class ministers under the emperor, and no one would have said anything if he had married a princess.
But they just sent him away with anyone they could find.
“You child…you…” Li Ci looked at her son’s willful behavior, clutching her chest and panting.
She explained everything to him clearly, but he still ignored her. She spoiled him.
"Bowen, what have you done again?" Qi Feng heard arguing as soon as he got home from get off work at noon.
"It's nothing, I was just talking to Bowen about other people's business." Li Ci saw her husband return and quickly went out to greet him.
She knew her husband's temperament; he was always a man of his word. But for some reason, he couldn't stand anything about her only son.
When Bowen was a child, he was frail. She took him everywhere to seek medical treatment, and he gradually recovered. In the process, he also became spoiled.
She was neither a scholar nor a warrior, and her husband was someone she couldn't stand in any way. In the end, her father couldn't stand it anymore and took the child away.
It's all her fault; she spoiled the child too much. Her husband always felt that the child didn't act like a boy.
Over the years, the relationship between the father and son has been strained, and she doesn't know how to mediate between them.
"Hmph, it would have been better if you hadn't come back. The moment you do, all you do is upset your mother." Qi Feng knew perfectly well that his wife was just saying this on purpose to avoid making him angry.
He also knew that he would have to take responsibility for his son's actions.
If he hadn't thought of that last bit of affection and taken his wife back to see his grandmother one last time, his wife wouldn't have gone into premature labor.
This child wouldn't have had such a difficult life. He might have been physically weak from a young age. He was tall, but his father-in-law was even taller, so the child only grew to 1.7 meters.
He can't endure any hardship and likes to be fawned over; there's not a single redeeming quality about him.
After graduating from high school, he got a job in the government department through his family's connections, but he didn't achieve anything.
Sometimes he felt that the child was nothing like him, let alone his father-in-law's family of loyal martyrs.
There are no cowards in the Li family; he felt that he hadn't been ruthless enough in educating his children.
But every time he tried to discipline his son, he felt impatient looking into his son's eyes, and he realized that he was not a good father.
"If I didn't miss my mom, I wouldn't want to come back." Qi Bowen glanced at Qi Feng.
If you were to ask who he disliked the most in this family, it would definitely be Qi Feng; the others would be out of the question.
Even if Qi Feng isn't his biological father, he's still his uncle by blood, right? Yet he's not as good to him as the Li family.
He secretly vowed that once he gained power, the first person he would deal with would be Qi Feng.
What is he so arrogant about? Didn't he also climb to his current position through nepotism? Now you're asking him to rely on himself? How can he have the nerve to do that?
"How dare you speak like that?" Qi Feng was furious when he saw his attitude.
"Alright, it's rare for you two to see each other, don't start arguing as soon as you meet. Bowen, have dinner at home before you leave."
Seeing their behavior, Li Ci hurriedly spoke up to stop them. She didn't know how to ease the tension between the two, but she figured it must be because they hadn't seen each other often.
Bowen has always lived with her father, so it must be that her stepmother has been saying bad things about them.
Bowen wasn't close to them, but she got along very well with that fake grandmother. She didn't seem to care about her status at all.
She was said to be her father's second wife, but her father wasn't stupid. They never got a marriage certificate all these years, and she was just a nanny in the Li family.
None of her children have gotten anything good out of them. All her scheming is a joke.
"I'll listen to Mom." Qi Bowen knew it wasn't the time to fall out yet; he still needed to rely on these people.
Pretending to be a good son is for the future. When he takes over his grandfather's position, what will these people be then?
And things aren't peaceful in Jiang Province either. It's time for the people he buried there to make their move. If all else fails, they can create an accident.
He wouldn't let that person appear in front of the Li family, and thinking about it, he started to resent the Wei family again.
If you've already done it, why not do it properly? Why bother raising that person with such kindness? If you had just strangled them when they were little, wouldn't all this trouble have been avoided?
Qi Feng knew his wife wanted to ease the tension between him and his son, and he didn't want his wife to be angry either, so the meal was rather unappetizing.
When Qi Bowen finished his meal and returned to the old military compound, his maternal grandfather had not yet returned.
He didn't take it seriously; his grandfather had always been like that, coming home late at night when he was busy.
He used to care, but he found that nothing he said could touch his heart, so he gradually learned to remain silent.
He wasn't the kind of capable descendant they wanted; they had no choice but to rely on him, and were actually quite dissatisfied with him.
He thought, who knows what would happen if they knew the truth!
"Bowen, you're back? Why didn't you come home for lunch? Aunt Wu even cooked your favorite fish."
Qi Bowen had just sat down to rest when he heard footsteps coming from upstairs, and soon after, cheerful voices reached his ears.
"Qiqi, what brings you here?" Qi Bowen looked at the pretty girl in front of him with excitement on his face.
"I've come to see Grandma." Kang Qiqi's smile deepened when she saw Qi Bowen's appearance, and she subtly moved closer to him.
"Isn't Grandma here?" Qi Bowen was very pleased with the happy look in the eyes of the person in front of him.
The maternal grandmother he mentioned was someone his maternal grandfather later married. By "married," I mean he found someone to take care of his maternal grandfather.
His maternal grandfather was very shrewd; apart from his mother, he didn't care about his maternal grandmother's children at all.
His maternal grandmother had taken good care of him all these years, which is why his maternal grandfather allowed her children to come and visit her.
Kang Qiqi is the daughter of her maternal grandmother's eldest son, and she now works as a saleswoman in a department store.
He was very handsome, and he knew that his grandmother wanted to bring them together.
But how could he possibly marry a wife who would be of no help to him in the future?
However, it's still possible to keep a mistress outside, as his status means he'll inevitably have no shortage of women in the future.
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