Chapter 18 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
After seeing Si Yuan deny that he had defrauded those dignitaries, Li Chengyuan felt a little relieved and asked, "Then how did you get to know them?"
Si Yuan began to deceive him seriously: "I don't have much friendship with them. After all, every family has one or two playboys who like to eat, drink, play and gamble like me. We have similar temperaments, so we hang out together. We are just ordinary drinking buddies, just drinking together."
Li Chengyuan is not that stupid: "No, it's not just the playboys who toast you." There are not only young talents like Zhao Lin, but also a few people who have inherited the title. Even he, the current Earl of Jingyuan, may not be able to get close to them. They actually took the initiative to toast Si Yuan. There must be something wrong.
Si Yuan intensified his deception: "They are coming for you, big brother, right? After all, big brother has inherited the title and is the current Earl of Jingyuan. And big brother is a man of outstanding ability. Although you are not appreciated for your talent at the moment, who can fail to see your talent? They must want to make friends with you while you are still a hidden talent. In the future, when you soar to the sky, it will show that they have a unique vision and a keen eye for talent, right?"
Li Chengyuan was flattered by Si Yuan and was intoxicated.
That’s right, he is talented but has not been recognized for his talent yet. However, he is a dormant dragon waiting for the right opportunity in the future to ascend to the sky and soar into the sky.
Hehe, that’s what he said, how could those guests of extraordinary status come for his dissolute and incompetent third brother? It must be because of his status as the Earl of Jingyuan that he was honored to attend his mother's birthday party.
Si Yuan looked at Li Chengyuan, who was self-intoxicated because of his deception, and did not give him a chance to wake up. He continued to flatter and deceive him, until he became overly inflated and dizzy.
At this time, the housekeeper came over and interrupted Si Yuan's continued deception of Li Chengyuan, and reported to him that Li Jingyuan had come with his wife and children.
Si Yuan raised his eyebrows in surprise, he thought Li Jingyuan would delay coming, after all, he had offended Li Jingyuan badly before. He didn't expect that not only did he come, but he also came quite quickly and even had the audacity to come directly to the door without sending a visiting card.
When Li Chengyuan heard the housekeeper's words, his mind came to its senses a little, but not much. He frowned and asked, "Why is Fourth Brother here?"
Just as he brought his son to see Si Yuan, Li Jingyuan came with his wife and children. He couldn't help but wonder if Li Jingyuan had been staring at him and following him.
Li Chengyuan had just been flattered by Si Yuan, and naturally felt that he was no ordinary person. It was natural for him to be feared and guarded against by Li Jingyuan, and it was natural for him to suspect that Li Jingyuan had ill intentions towards him.
Si Yuan ordered the housekeeper to welcome Li Jingyuan and his family in.
Li Chengyuan showed a look of satisfaction on his face. When he came before, it was Si Yuan's family of three who came to greet him and his son in person. Now that Li Jingyuan has come, Si Yuan only sent the butler to greet him. It turns out that he, the Earl of Jingyuan, is more respected by his third brother, and this kid Li Jingyuan is not worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with him.
Li Chengyuan, who had always been resentful because the old Marquis Jingyuan did not support him, the eldest son, but instead spent all the family's connections and resources on Li Jingyuan, the illegitimate son, felt extremely relieved by Si Yuan's different treatment.
At this time, he had already forgotten the original intention of old Earl Jingyuan to ask him to find Si Yuan.
Li Jingyuan came over with his wife and children under the guidance of the housekeeper. When he saw Li Chengyuan was also here, he did not show any surprise on his face. He calmly saluted Li Chengyuan and said, "Hello, big brother."
Seeing that Li Jingyuan was not surprised that he was here, Li Chengyuan was more certain that Li Jingyuan must have followed him. He became more and more disgusted with Li Jingyuan and started to dig a trap for Li Jingyuan: "Fourth brother, are you here today to apologize to third brother for what happened before?"
Li Jingyuan's face changed. Wasn't the incident on the birthday party still over? Big brother actually wanted him to apologize to Li Siyuan?
Li Jingyuan was about to say that he was invited by Si Yuan, but Si Yuan interrupted him and said, "Fourth brother, Chang Qing and Chang Ji are out playing together, why don't you let Chang Wen go too? Let your fourth brother's wife take care of him, and you can rest assured."
After being interrupted by Si Yuan, Li Jingyuan shifted his attention and thought that if his elder brother really forced him to apologize to Li Si Yuan, he would have to compromise for the sake of future harmony between the brothers. So it would be better to send his wife and children away first so that they would not see him having to bow his head.
So even if he didn't want to listen to Si Yuan, Li Jingyuan had to nod to Tan and Li Changwen and said, "Go."
Mrs. Tan was a typical good wife and mother. Seeing that her husband had spoken, she took her son and followed the housekeeper who led the way.
The only ones left were the three brothers of the Li family, who were neither in harmony with each other nor in good terms with each other.
Because of Si Yuan's previous flattery, Li Chengyuan now likes Si Yuan very much. On the contrary, he dislikes Li Jingyuan even more. He was just mocking Li Jingyuan at first, but now he really wants Li Jingyuan to apologize to Si Yuan: "Fourth brother, you tried to step on third brother to improve your reputation at the birthday party. It was really ugly. You should apologize to third brother. This time, I, the eldest brother, will be the witness."
Li·really lost face on the birthday party·Jing·is not here to apologize·Yuan: "..."
It turned out that the eldest brother did not treat him as his younger brother. There was a difference between legitimate and illegitimate brothers, and it turned out that the two legitimate brothers were ganging up to bully him, the illegitimate brother.
Li Jingyuan thought he was bearing the humiliation and said to Si Yuan: "Third brother, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have misunderstood you and Mr. Zhao San. I was prejudiced against you because of your previous behavior. I hope you can forgive me."
Si Yuan: “…” While apologizing, he implied that he used to be this kind of eccentric person. Does this count as an apology?
However, Si Yuan looked at the progress bar in front of him that had grown a big step, and decided not to argue with Li Jingyuan about this little problem. After all, the protagonist's father had bowed to him, a cannon fodder father, and he had helped his cannon fodder son win the competition once again.
So Si Yuan just smiled and mocked back: "Fourth brother likes to be prejudiced against people, third brother, I can understand, but I still hope that fourth brother will change this bad habit in the future. After all, fourth brother can't always offend people with such reckless words in the future."
He had an expression that said, 'I'm only giving you the truth for your own good', which made Li Jingyuan feel as sick as if he had swallowed a fly alive.
While Si Yuan was fighting two opponents at once, making Li Jingyuan feel very aggrieved, Xiao Changqing was having to make a choice between two options.
Although Li Changji is two years older than Xiao Changqing, as Li Chengyuan's eldest son, Li Chengyuan has high hopes for him since he was a child. He could only touch toys when he was young. After he started his enlightenment studies, all he could touch were books and pens.
So when Xiao Changqing brought him to the small amusement park that Si Yuan had built for his son, looking at the various novel and unprecedented amusement facilities he had never seen before, Li Changji didn't know how to start playing.
Little Changqing looked at his eldest cousin who was at a loss, and learned that his eldest cousin had never played with or even seen these amusement facilities. An indescribable sense of pride arose in his heart - even if his eldest cousin was his eldest uncle's son, hadn't he never played with the toys that his father made for him? It turns out that my dad is the best dad!
With great pride, Xiao Changqing explained to Li Changji how to play these amusement facilities. As the two brothers were having a great time, Li Changwen came.
On the day of Li's mother's birthday party, Xiao Changqing had a good time with Li Changwen, so this time, Xiao Changqing was very happy to see his old friend again, and quickly waved to Li Changwen who had just arrived: "Brother Changwen! Come and play with us!"
Xiao Changqing was only happy to see Li Changwen, but Li Changwen had more complicated feelings when he saw Xiao Changqing. To be honest, he liked and envied this little cousin whom he had just met. But because of playing with Xiao Changqing, he was scolded and whipped by his father, and his mother told him to stay away from Xiao Changqing in the future. He was both resisting and wanting to go over. He stood hesitantly outside the low fence gate of the small amusement park, looked at Xiao Changqing hesitantly, and then turned back to look at his mother, Tan.
With Yu Yan still standing nearby and Li Changji also playing with little Changqing, Tan couldn't stop her son from playing with his two cousins, so she had to say, "Changwen, go play with your two brothers. Be careful and don't fall."
Li Changwen was still a child less than five years old. How could he tell whether what adults said was true or false? He could only understand the surface meaning. His mother allowed him to play with his two brothers.
With his mother's permission, Li Changwen immediately threw away all his worries, opened the small gate and rushed in. He excitedly rushed to the side of little Changqing and took his hand: "Brother Changqing..." He timidly glanced at Li Changji, who was half a head taller than him, "Who is this brother? Brother Changqing wants to play with him, not me?"
Li Changwen had actually met Li Changji on the day of Li's mother's birthday party, but he only knew that Li Changji was his cousin from his eldest uncle's family. The two had never played together and were not familiar with each other. In his heart, Li Changji was naturally not as good as Xiao Changqing, with whom he had played before.
So Li Changwen felt a sense of crisis. Li Changji was brother Changqing's cousin, and he was brother Changqing's cousin. They were all cousins. What if brother Changqing wanted to play with an older brother?
He subconsciously showed a weak, pitiful, helpless and timid expression to Xiao Changqing, and asked Xiao Changqing a question requiring him to choose between two options.
Little Changqing scratched his head with a confused expression. Brother Changji is a good person, and brother Changwen is also a good person. So why can't they play together? Why does he have to choose between brother Changji and brother Changwen?
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