Mr. Liu had a complicated expression on his face, but perhaps due to his honest nature, he couldn’t bring himself to say anything too harsh and simply sat there fuming.
"You, child, don’t know how to control your words! Such a good situation, and yet you talk about death and other nonsense. Anyway, I’ve delivered the ssage; whether you go or not is up to you!" The woman stord off angrily.
"Old Liu, did you see that? This is your so-called family. They bully and my daughter to the extre, and you still want to put up with this?" Nanny Liu was tearing up from anger, and after saying these few words, she turned and ran out.
"Sigh! Xiao Le, keep an eye on the house, I’m going to chase after your mom!" Mr. Liu said with a bitter smile, nodded apologetically to Li Si and the others, gave Xiao Le a quick instruction, and followed after her.
The atmosphere suddenly beca very awkward, and the couple hurriedly settled the bill and left.
Li Si and Leng Mochen were caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to leave or stay, considering this was ultimately Xiao Le’s family matter.
Liu Xiaole sniffled, helplessly smiled at Li Si, and said, "Sisi, sorry you had to witness this. These are the relatives I told you about who used to co-manage the business with my family.
Back then, our business was doing really well, and her family insisted on partnering with us. My parents, being kind-hearted and honest, thought it would be good to help our relatives, so they agreed.
Who could’ve imagined how cruel they’d be? Taking advantage of my mom’s hospitalization after a car accident and my dad looking after her, they secretly took over the business. They even had the audacity to claim they were helping us out.
Once my mom fully recovered and wanted the business back, they only gave us 20,000 yuan, claiming it was the investnt capital, but refused to return the restaurant. And now this! They really think my family is easy to push around?"
Li Si patted her back comfortingly, "That’s just too much!"
"Sigh, why am I even telling you all this? Look, it’s so late already. You and your boyfriend should head ho. I’ll lock up the shop in a bit, it’s fine!" Liu Xiaole recalled the past, gritting her teeth in hate. Though she was young at the ti, so many things still remained crystal clear in her mory.
"Xiao Le, how about this? We’ll send you ho first! I doubt your mom would have gone far while she’s still angry; she might even head back ho herself," Li Si suggested, rembering that Xiao Le’s ho was close to the restaurant.
Liu Xiaole nodded, "Alright then! Thanks, Sisi. Soday I’ll treat you to sothing delicious!"
"Deal! I’ll be waiting! Let’s turn off the lights, lock up, and head out," Li Si offered, helping her switch off the lights, lock up, and lower the rolling shutters.
After sending Liu Xiaole ho, Li Si exchanged so sighs with Leng Mochen, overwheld by the thought that every family seed to have its own challenges and a troubleso relative. When Xiao Le had ntioned this before, she hadn’t paid much attention. But witnessing today’s situation firsthand was an eye-opener, truly exhausting for her family.
The next day, Leng Mochen brought Li Si back to the Leng Family ho.
Mrs. Leng greeted her son and future daughter-in-law warmly, her smile never leaving her face. She pulled Li Si to sit beside her and, after a flurry of caring questions, brought up, "Mohao and his girlfriend have set their wedding date for May 1st!"
Mrs. Leng seed quite amused talking about this!
Even the old man had finally agreed, and Zeng Qiuping couldn’t wait to let everyone know her son had found a girlfriend with great family background. Lately, her tone had beco increasingly arrogant, peppered with sarcastic comnts about how Li Si couldn’t compare to Liu Jiaqi in every way.
However, Mrs. Leng felt differently. Family background was just one factor; what truly mattered was character and personality. In her eyes, Li Si excelled in every aspect except for family background.
And as for Liu Jiaqi? What did she really have? At most, she was just lucky to be born into a wealthy family. But when it ca to qualities like personality, being spoiled and willful since childhood was undoubtedly inevitable.
"Mom, what should we prepare as a gift?" Li Si asked as she played with her cup and smiled. A thought crossed her mind: even one of Liu Xiaole’s relatives was getting married—May 1st really was a popular date for weddings.
She chuckled at the possibility that Liu Xiaole and Liu Jiaqi might be related, but shook her head at the thought—probably not!
When they got engaged, Leng Mohao had only sent money as a gift. Navigating the complicated dynamics of high-society events and etiquette was beyond her understanding, so she figured it couldn’t hurt to ask humbly and avoid embarrassing herself.
"Just send so monetary gifts! Sisi, are you adjusting well in school?"
"Very well. My classmates are all great! Oh, Mom, by the way, here are two premium cards for my beauty salon. I brought them over for you and Xiao Ning. Whenever you have ti, you can go for so skincare treatnts!" Li Si took out two golden cards from her bag and handed them to Mrs. Leng.
Mrs. Leng accepted them joyfully and said with a smile, "I’ll make sure to take so good friends over to show support!" She didn’t mind at all that her daughter-in-law was ambitious—whether talking about it within the family or to outsiders, it was nothing but comndable.
"Thank you, Mom!" Li Si happily linked arms with Mrs. Leng, inhaling her scent and feeling a sense of peace and comfort.
Leng Mochen stood to the side, his lips curling into a smile and his eyes filled with warmth. Seeing her bond so well with Mrs. Leng was gratifying to him in its own way.
Leng Ning ca in from outside and imdiately spotted the three sitting in the living room. She exclaid, "Big Brother, Sister-in-law, when did you guys co back? If I’d known earlier, I wouldn’t have gone out with my classmates!"
"Keep your voice down! Can you act a little more ladylike?" Mrs. Leng chided her and shook her head helplessly. She couldn’t understand where her daughter’s bold and fiery temperant ca from.
Leng Ning ignored her mother’s expression and snuggled close to Li Si, complaining, "Sister-in-law, why didn’t you call when you ca?"
"How would I know you wouldn’t be at ho?" Li Si teased, noticing a blush on her cheeks. She joked, "Why did you head out so early? What have you been up to? Your face is all red!"
"I—I just had sothing to do with my classmates! You see, you rarely co by, and instead of chatting with properly, you’re focusing on my face of all things?" Leng Ning grabbed her hand and leaned in close, whispering, "Let’s talk properly once Mom’s not around, okay?"
"I’m all ears!" Li Si replied in a hushed tone as well.
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