"Dad? I won't go, I won't go!" Li Ci was terrified. How did it come to this? What had she done?
"That won't be allowed. I'll have someone watching you. I'll give you a day to prepare, otherwise you know what the consequences are for those migrant workers."
Marshal Li gave Xiao Liu a wink, indicating that everything that needed to be said had been said and that the person should not be kept any longer.
"Dad, I was wrong, I was really wrong, please, please don't send me away!"
"Qi Feng, you should persuade your father. Even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. How will I survive if I go to the countryside?"
Li Ci never expected her father to be even more ruthless. She didn't know what to do. Ignoring her splitting headache, she collapsed in front of Qi Feng.
"I'm from the countryside too. I lived there for eighteen years, and Baichuan lived there for over twenty years. We're both doing just fine, aren't we?"
"What makes you so noble? Our marriage was severed the moment you refused to acknowledge my son."
Looking at the person in front of him, whom he had made do with for half his life, Qi Feng felt relieved. He couldn't have been more relaxed during this time.
He no longer needs to coax people when he gets home after a long day of work. I don't know why, or what I touched on, but he can only speak softly and gently.
He couldn't complain about being tired; he had to care for her constantly, accommodate her, and dedicate his entire life to her with a guilty conscience.
He used to think, "Oh well, let it be," but now he realizes that everything is so wonderful without her.
He doesn't owe her anything. She doesn't even hate the family that made her unable to have children, so why should he feel guilty?
Now that his son is back, and he has an excellent... well, a very capable daughter-in-law, and she's pregnant with his grandson, he's feeling great right now.
"Hahaha, you've been wanting to get rid of me all along, haven't you? Qi Feng, you've had someone else outside, haven't you? And Dad, all these years you've been pretending to care about me for outsiders, haven't you?"
"Everyone says you spoil your daughter. The Li family is full of loyal and righteous people, and they deserve respect. Are you afraid that you won't be good to your only daughter and that people will gossip?"
"I guess in your heart you've always disliked me because I'm a girl and can't carry on the family line like a son. Now that you've found me and changed my surname, you don't need me anymore."
"You say we're hypocritical, but what about you? You just think we're incompetent and can't beat you, right?"
"I'd like to see what this country bumpkin who can barely read can offer you."
"When the Li family is handed over to him, it will be completely ruined. I'd like to see how you'll face my grandfather and the others then."
"Oh, and there's another outsider. He even married into the family of the Shanghai Commander. Maybe this family won't even be surnamed Li anymore."
"You'll regret this. I'll be waiting for the day you regret it." Li Ci glared fiercely at the people in front of him.
They show no mercy, and she will no longer give them face. She will tear off their disguise and show everyone the true nature of the Li family.
"You look so ugly when you're tearing your heart out!" Suti thought to himself, looking at the person in front of him, "Luckily, Baichuan looks like my father."
Contrary to Li Ci's expectation that everyone's expression would change, they all looked at her with indifference.
The only person who spoke up said something that almost made her collapse.
"Have you finished speaking? Then please leave. I also hope you won't regret it."
No sooner had the old marshal finished speaking than Xiao Liu and Xiao Li took action. This time, they didn't just hold the person up; they dragged him out.
"It's getting late, everyone go back to your rooms and rest." Marshal Li smiled gently as always, but Su Ti knew that the glimmer of light in his eyes was gone forever.
Marshal Li walked very steadily with each step, but Su Ti and the others knew that he was putting on a brave face.
His heart had long been shattered by his own daughter.
No matter how harsh his words were, he still cared about his only daughter. He knew she was stubborn and wanted to teach her a lesson.
Whether it's severing ties, removing her surname, or even sending her to the countryside, it's all to make her suffer.
Once she came to her senses and realized her mistake, the Li family would always keep her place.
Even Suti, who has only been here for a few days, can see through it. Isn't that why outsiders dare not take action?
But Li Ci was different. She couldn't see any good intentions and just wanted others to give way to her. She felt that if others didn't go along with her, they deserved to die.
If she makes a mistake, others are expected to flatter and fawn over her; but if things don't go her way, she'll hurl insults at them.
She cursed her own father and her husband with whom she had lived for so many years; such a person has no heart at all.
Does she really care about Qi Bowen? Not really, it's just that Qi Bowen is the one who needs her the most in this family, so she doesn't dare to contradict him at all.
She liked being high and mighty, and she knew very well that Baichuan wouldn't be on her side after he came back.
He wouldn't always go along with her; when she makes a fuss, she just wants to prove that she's the most important person.
Perhaps we'll wait until the very last moment of her life for someone like her to come to her senses.
"Let's go back inside first and let Grandpa and Dad have some peace and quiet." Su Ti pulled Wei Baichuan upstairs.
As for the terrified old lady Kang, who didn't know what to do, no one paid any attention to her.
The Li family home was unusually quiet tonight; even the nannies packed up and went inside, too afraid to come out.
"Honey, I have to give you a serious talking-to. You can't do this again. I don't care about those people, I only care about you."
“You’re not alone anymore, you’re carrying a baby, we can’t be angry.”
"If you don't like someone, just tell me, and I'll do it for you. Don't do it yourself, or you might hurt yourself."
As soon as he entered the house, Li Baichuan (hereafter referred to as Li Baichuan) hugged his wife in his arms. He knew that his wife cared about him, but he cared about his wife even more.
"I'm just angry. You can't reason with someone who's brainless. If you can fight, don't waste your breath talking to her."
Suti didn't feel uncomfortable anywhere; she felt extremely relieved after venting her anger, and she knew exactly what she was doing.
It's not like I really wanted to kill someone. It's not worth risking my life for someone like that.
"Do you think they'll obediently leave?" Li Baichuan ruffled his wife's hair, quite surprised by his grandfather's decision.
"Whether they leave or not is no longer up to them. Grandpa won't give them another chance." Suti knew in his heart that once disappointment accumulated, they would never turn back.
She didn't know what would happen in the future, but Li Ci and Qi Bowen were definitely going to go back to their hometown now.
“That makes sense.” Li Baichuan and Su Ti felt they had solved a problem.
Little did they know, a surprise awaited them: Wei Changgen, who had been sent to work in the countryside in Jiangxi Province, came looking for them with the jade.
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