Chapter 131 It turns out that I am in the control group
"This is my daughter, Li Yue." My mother answered first.
My father glared at her with a stern face, as if blaming her for meddling in other people's business.
After hearing my identity, Li Letong greeted me politely, "Hello, Sister Li!"
I responded sheepishly, “Hello.”
When I first met Li Letong, I felt that she was a good match for Xu Zhengnan. Her temperament and conversation were both graceful and elegant, and she had the demeanor of a lady from a noble family.
No wonder my dad introduced her to Xu Zhengnan. My dad must think that such a girl is very good.
"Dad, Mom, I have something to do, so I'll leave first." If I stayed here any longer, I would be like a huge light bulb, so I tactfully offered to leave first.
My mother's eyes were full of reluctance. It was my first time going home after so many years, and she must have hoped that I could stay and have a meal and chat with her.
Just as I was about to leave, my dad suddenly snorted, "Since you came back specially and it's time for dinner, let's have dinner together."
I thought I had heard wrongly and was somewhat flattered. My mother showed a look of delight on her face and quickly came over to hold my hand, "Yes, it just so happens that Zhengnan and Letong are here, so let's have a meal together, it will be lively. I cooked a lot of dishes, and we can't finish them if there are fewer people!"
Li Qingming came down from Xu Zhengnan's arms and held my hand. "Sister, please stay and have dinner with us."
I nodded without any hesitation. As long as my dad agreed, I could come back for dinner every day, but I had to keep it a secret from Shen Yixiao.
Afterwards, we sat down to eat. My dad specially arranged Xu Zhengnan and Li Letong to sit together, and I sat opposite them, with Li Qingming.
The dishes on the table all have familiar flavors that whet my appetite just by smelling them.
My father talked about Li Letong's situation. Her family situation is actually similar to mine. She is an only child and her parents have a good income. She has always been an outstanding student. After graduating from university, she returned to her alma mater as a learning counselor and was very popular among students.
I ate my meal in silence, listening to these introductions, and felt from the bottom of my heart that such girls were awesome.
My mother kept picking food for me, fearing that I wouldn't be full.
"Zhengnan, there are not many girls like Letong. You should get to know her. Her social circle is very clean. I know her very well. There are definitely no bad people in her circle. Coincidentally, her parents and I had dinner together several times many years ago, so we know each other. Letong is an obedient, well-behaved and smart girl. She never goes astray. That's why she is doing so well now. Some girls don't listen to their parents and easily go astray." My father said to Xu Zhengnan.
Li Letong glanced at Xu Zhengnan with curiosity and anticipation in her eyes.
All she heard was praise from my dad, and she had no idea that those words were deliberately directed at me.
I seemed to understand the purpose of my father inviting me to dinner, which was to make a comparison between me and Li Letong.
The delicious food in my mouth suddenly became like chewing wax. I lowered my head and didn’t look at other people’s reactions.
"Zhengnan, after dinner, take Letong for a walk. The nearby Autumn Leaf Valley should have nice scenery. Girls all like places with beautiful scenery." My dad made another suggestion.
Xu Zhengnan glanced at me. His expression was calm. He seemed uninterested in Li Letong, but he wasn't disgusted by her either.
My dad had already said so, and he didn't refuse, "Okay."
Li Letong looked curious, "Autumn Leaf Valley? What is that place? I don't think I've heard of it."
Xu Zhengnan explained to her, "It's a small park with several hills full of maple trees. In autumn, the maple leaves turn yellow and fall all over the hills. It's very beautiful."
"So that's how it is. You said it was beautiful, so it must be very beautiful. Can you please take me to see it later? I want to check in and take some photos." Li Letong's eyes were shining.
Xu Zhengnan smiled slightly, "Okay."
Li Qingming shouted, "Brother Zhengnan, I want to go too!"
"You are not allowed to go!" My father stopped Li Qingming seriously, "You stay at home."
Li Qingming was still young and didn't understand why he couldn't go to such an occasion. Qiuye Valley sounded like a beautiful place and he just wanted to go and take a look.
He pouted and looked very unhappy.
Li Letong is very good at dealing with people. She immediately spoke up for Li Qingming when she saw this. "Professor Li, it's okay. Let's take him with us. Don't worry, I will take good care of Mingming!"
“Yeah, yeah, yeah!” Li Qingming turned his face like turning the pages of a book, and a big smile bloomed on his chubby little face, “Sister Letong, you are so nice. If you were my sister-in-law, I would love it very much!”
He is very good at talking nicely with his little mouth, and he knows a lot despite his young age.
Li Letong's face turned red and she looked at Xu Zhengnan shyly. I saw her reaction and felt bitter in my heart, as if I saw myself many years ago, looking at Xu Zhengnan with the same eyes.
But we were too young at that time, just teenage boys and girls. It was not like now, if two people are interested in each other, they can get to know each other with the intention of getting married.
"Sister, will you go with us?" Li Qingming asked me again, his face full of joy, "You can go with us, I'm sure you will like it there too."
Of course I like that place. Every autumn, I would try my best to ask Xu Zhengnan to go there to enjoy the autumn scenery. There are not only maple trees there, but also some ginkgo trees. I picked up a lot of ginkgo leaves, made them into yellow roses, and found excuses to give them to Xu Zhengnan.
My father looked at me coldly, as if he would immediately kick me out if I agreed to go with them.
"I'm not going. I have something to do when I get back later." I replied.
"Sister Li, are you married?" Li Letong asked in surprise.
I nodded, "Yeah."
After staring at me for a few seconds, she suddenly looked a little surprised, "Is your husband called Shen Yixiao? Did you two participate in the variety show that was recently broadcast?"
Unexpectedly, the first time I met a "fan" in my life, the other party was Xu Zhengnan's blind date.
My dad's already unhappy expression became even uglier after hearing the name "Chen Yixiao". If there was anyone in this world whom he hated the most, then Shen Yixiao would be the first one.
I remember that he had a colleague in school with whom he got along very badly. At that time, he couldn't stand the other person's way of dealing with people, and the two of them would even argue over professional titles.
Since knowing about Shen Yixiao's existence, my dad could even sit down with that colleague and have a cup of tea to discuss how to break up Shen Yixiao and me.
He would accept anyone who could give him effective advice.
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