"Comrade Qin, we didn't save you back then because we wanted you to repay us. And since you asked, I'm a straightforward person, so I'd like to ask you a question too."
"You say your younger sister doesn't represent the Qin family. Do you think that's reasonable? She went on a blind date with that person from the Wei family and seems to really like him. Now that we're back, she sees us as the ones blocking her way."
"I don't want any involvement with your Qin family, and I don't want to know about their grudges and feuds. We appreciate your gratitude, but there's no need for anything else."
“Now that the conflict has arisen, it doesn’t matter who in your Qin family it is. As you can see, we are doing well now and don’t need your help.”
"Comrade Qin, you've reached this position today because my grandfather and father greatly admire you. They say you're a smart man. You should understand what I'm saying, right?"
Suti was even more straightforward than him; she believed that everything should be laid out in the open and clear, and she didn't want to guess the Qin family's motives.
"So that's how it is." Qin Lie remained silent for a long time, then his lips curled slightly. Finally, he stood up and looked at the person, his eyes filled with both admiration and regret.
"Excuse me, Comrade Su, Comrade Li. Putting aside the Qin family for now, I am speaking only for myself. I am very grateful to you for saving my life."
"If you need my help in the future, please feel free to ask. Of course, it will still be just me, Qin Lie, and has nothing to do with the Qin family."
Qin Lie understood clearly: they didn't want to befriend him because there were members of the Qin family among them.
He also knew that his younger sister was infatuated with the man from the front of the Li family, and he also knew that his mother had never succeeded in arranging blind dates with him.
They could not possibly be on good terms until he married off his sister or severed ties with her.
"Alright, Comrade Qin, take care. We won't keep you for dinner." Su Ti readily stood up to see the guest off.
Qin Lie reluctantly got up and walked out, thinking about how to marry his younger sister off to a place far away when he got back.
Comrade Su's words also reminded him that his younger sister's brain would eventually break down.
When they saw the person off, Su Ti watched as Li Baichuan, while complaining, tidied up the things Qin Lie had brought.
His unmoved, righteously indignant demeanor was quite comical.
"Baichuan, you did very well today, both in front of my colleagues and in front of Qin Lie."
“If you don’t want to deal with them, and you don’t have as many concerns as they do, then you can just look at them with a serious expression, like you are today, and let them not know what you’re thinking.”
Suti thought about his performance today and felt that he deserved praise, but at the same time, she was afraid that he would suffer losses in the future, so she carefully analyzed the pros and cons for him.
"Honey, I know those people are all scheming. I can't outmaneuver them, so I can stay away from them." Li Baichuan knew his wife was worried he would get hurt.
"Don't worry about Qin Lie. He didn't seem like he was going to cause us any trouble today. We have no conflict of interest with him, so we can just stay away from him in the future."
Su Ti thought that if Qin Lie was really as her father said, they would find it tiring to get along with him, since they were afraid he would scheme against them.
Those who can climb to such high positions are all simple people; they are nothing in the face of self-interest.
Being ruthless is the most basic requirement; as for the debt of saving a life, that depends on whether he is willing to acknowledge it.
She only believed half of what he said today.
"Yes, honey, don't worry, I know what to do." Li Baichuan thought of the fawning looks his wife's colleagues gave him today.
He knew it wasn't about him as a person, but about the Li family behind him; he might also be a hindrance to his wife.
He became even more determined to stay far away from those people when he picked up his wife in the future, otherwise he might be tricked without even realizing it.
Li Baichuan was later very glad that his accidental distancing had saved him from a scheme.
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Meng Yixuan was unaware that the person she was thinking about was on guard against her; she didn't even go home and went straight to her aunt's house.
"Yixuan is here?" Meng Yixuan's aunt, Meng Yalan, was sitting on the sofa listening to the news on the radio.
She stood up happily when she saw her niece arrive.
"Auntie, I've come to see you." Meng Yixuan saw that her aunt was wearing a bright red jacket, dark blue trousers, and a pair of delicate little leather shoes.
Her figure was better than many young girls, not to mention that her aunt had given birth to two younger cousins, all because she didn't have to worry about making a living.
They don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun; they can just lie at home.
She admired her aunt very much. She had gained a foothold in her uncle's family by giving birth to two younger cousins, and then she had her uncle completely under her thumb.
She has been pampered by her uncle for so many years, never worked a day, never suffered any hardship, and the whole family cherishes her.
"Tell me, what brings you here today?" Meng Yalan handed her an apple when she saw her niece looking dazed.
This niece looks like her and has the same personality. Every time I see her, it's like seeing myself back then.
In addition, she only has two sons and no daughters, so she is very fond of this niece.
"Auntie, I can't hide anything from you. I... I've fallen for someone." Meng Yixuan felt that her aunt would definitely support her.
"Oh? Where is he from? What does his family do? How old is he? What does he do?" Meng Yalan perked up at these questions.
“Aunt, he… he’s special, he’s a member of the Li family.” Even though Meng Yixuan knew her aunt would support her, she still found it difficult to say.
"The Li family?" Meng Yalan paused, then quickly pulled her niece over to sit down.
She hadn't expected her niece to be so audacious. The Li family? In Beijing's social circles, everyone knew the Li family; it was just that they couldn't reach such a high level.
"Yes." Meng Yixuan nodded, a rare hint of shyness appearing on her face.
"Yixuan, as far as I know, the Li family seems to only have one grandson who is about your age, and he had an accident recently."
"Could he be a distant relative of the Li family? What does his family do?" Meng Yalan thought that as long as he was related to the Li family, it couldn't be anything too serious.
“Auntie, that person should be Marshal Li’s newly recognized grandson.” Meng Yixuan didn’t know this at first.
He went to her classmate's house during the Chinese New Year. Her place was next to a nursing home, and that's when he saw the old marshal.
She had seen the old marshal in the newspaper, and at that time she thought she was seeing things. The person next to her looked very familiar.
Later, she realized that he was the man who had picked up Su Ti from get off work, and she also remembered what her father had said about Su Ti being some kind of relative of the Li family.
Thinking about how she always came to pick me up in military vehicles, everything made sense.
She originally thought that person must be a very important person in the Li family, otherwise the old marshal would not have been so close to him.
Until a friend who works at the Friendship Hotel told her that the old marshal's grandson was getting married.
She then realized that she had oversimplified everything.
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