Leng Ning glanced at Li Si, seeing her listening intently, paused for a mont, and continued: "Then, Long Wu, acting on impulse, found soone to confront my brother. But the result? He got beaten black and blue.
Because of this, their relationship, which wasn’t very close to begin with, more like acquaintances nodding at each other, suddenly turned into a tight brotherhood.
Maybe that straightforward camaraderie between n is just that weird.
Later, the two of them cleared things up, and Long Wu realized he had been duped by Yin Peiwen. So, they both distanced themselves from her and her brother.
At this point, Yin Peiwen clung on like chewing gum, annoying my brother to no end..."
"Oh! So that’s what happened!" Li Si nodded with a smile in her eyes. She had thought that Leng Mochen definitely wasn’t the kind of person who would stoop to desperate asures—how did soone like Yin Peiwen even catch his attention?
Leng Ning, fearing Li Si might overthink, quickly added: "Later, that Yin Peiwen t a man and went abroad with him not long after.
Back then, it was the trend to go abroad. After that, there was vague news about her getting married. But because we had no connection, no one paid attention to how she was actually doing.
I really didn’t expect her to get divorced."
The two continued to chat and laugh for a while longer. Li Si then suddenly thought of Jin Jiachao and casually asked, "By the way, has your father-in-law returned from Shandong yet?"
Leng Ning put down her phone, slightly furrowing her brows, "Sis, so you already know about Yichen’s uncle’s ss, huh?"
"Of course! His dad stopped by our house the day he left for Shandong. But I don’t know what happened afterward."
Leng Ning gave a wry smile, "His uncle Su Ting is really hard to tolerate. I heard he was drunk driving and hit soone, leaving them critically injured, and he himself wasn’t lightly injured either.
In the end, the victim passed away!"
"Dead?" Li Si’s eyes widened in shock. "What happened next?"
Back then, Jin Jiachao only ntioned it was critical injuries, so she thought the person might survive.
It’s impossible not to feel again the fragile fleetingness of human life.
"What else? Compensation. That Su Ting is extrely shaless; it was my father-in-law who handled everything and forked out the money. And he still wasn’t satisfied—he wanted my father-in-law to bring him to Beijing for treatnt.
His wife was unreliable too. As soon as the incident happened, she didn’t know what to do and relied entirely on my father-in-law.
Seriously, Sis, guess how Yichen and I found out about this?"
Li Si exclaid, "She told you guys, didn’t she?"
If it wasn’t her, Leng Ning probably wouldn’t have asked the question this way.
Leng Ning said angrily, "Who else but her? My father-in-law didn’t tell us a thing, fearing it would affect our mood! But she? She went ahead and secretly dialed the phone and told us..."
Talking about Lan Xue made Leng Ning prickly; never mind that previous fiasco.
Let’s focus on the things she did after Su Ting’s accident.
Even though Yichen and I were abroad at the ti, Lan Xue still had the nerve to make an international call to him.
Whining and crying, claiming she was scared and didn’t know what to do in the future.
This infuriated Leng Ning, because if her father-in-law wasn’t handling things, then maybe Lan Xue contacting Yichen out of desperation would make sense.
But in this case, there was nothing Lan Xue needed to worry about; my father-in-law was taking care of everything, yet she still wanted to make a fuss?
Thankfully, Yichen handled it to her satisfaction.
Hearing up to this point, Li Si was truly left speechless.
An incident happens, and Jin Jiachao rushes over to sort it out.
Anyone with half a brain would know that Yichen and Leng Ning weren’t there on a vacation.
But Lan Xue, as the younger aunt, after the incident, calls her nephew about it—what was she thinking?
Doesn’t she realize it doesn’t make a difference calling him? A distant solution won’t help a pressing need; besides, there were already people managing the situation.
"So how’s it being handled now?" Li Si asked, clearly concerned. If Jin Jiachao really brought Su Ting’s family to Beijing, money would be the least of their worries—there would undoubtedly be even more trouble to deal with later.
That family, Leng Ning would likely end up being affected too.
Leng Ning sneered, "How could my father-in-law let them co to Beijing? Last ti they ca, it didn’t take long for all sorts of drama to break out. No matter how much they begged, he flat-out refused. He specifically hired soone to look after him there, sending money monthly but absolutely not letting them leave Shandong. See, we got back last night, and my father-in-law returned the afternoon before."
Hearing this, Li Si let out a relieved sigh. Su Ting clearly wasn’t the type to repay kindness, and no amount of effort from Jin Jiachao seed to earn his gratitude.
Quite the opposite—their departure the last ti had less to do with Leng Ning and more to do with Su Ting and his wife’s issues.
A small favor turns into a grudge when it becos large; Su Ting epitomized that sentint.
"That’s for the best! It’ll save you from future trouble."
"Exactly! Yichen and I both think the sa way! Honestly, Sis, I never felt too strongly before, but now I deeply realize that no matter which family it is, there’s always that one troubleso relative. Sure, Yichen’s family is small and straightforward; his dad and he don’t tend to be calculating.
But look at his uncle’s family—utterly repulsive.
And then there’s our family’s Aunt Zeng, simply beyond verbal description; she’s just sothing else. Mom probably didn’t get a chance to explain to you yet."
"Huh? What happened now?" Li Si raised her glass of juice, about to take a sip, but paused at the ntion of Zeng Qiuping. For so reason, it instinctively brought Leng Mo to mind.
The blind date—what ca of it?
Leng Ning took a sip of juice, refreshing her throat, the resentnt visible that ca from what she’d heard.
"Isn’t it all about what Grandpa said—the part where only if Leng Mo and I get married will we inherit the shares? Ever since then, Aunt Zeng has been going wild finding eligible suitors for Leng Mo.
Yesterday, as soon as I got ho, Mom ntioned Aunt Zeng found so connection—sohow linking up with the Yin Family!"
Li Si nearly choked on her juice, barely managing to swallow it in ti without making a ss.
"What? The Yin Family? Not *that* Yin Family, right?" Li Si was completely stunned by this news, her voice trembling with disbelief.
Leng Ning sighed deeply, nodding with a grim, contemplative look: "I wish it weren’t true! If Aunt Zeng hadn’t brought it up to Grandpa, even Mom might not have known."
Li Si’s gaze wandered, her thoughts racing—what other Yin Family in Beijing could it be but Yin Xian’s?
Put it together, there’s only one explanation: Aunt Zeng was trying to match up Leng Mo with Yin Xian.
Oh God, is this really happening?
The thought of possibly becoming in-laws with Yin Xian made Li Si feel inexplicably uneasy. Yin Xian could end up as her brother-in-law?
And besides, could Leng Mo truly integrate into the Yin Family?
With soone like Yin Qi and Yin Xuan as sisters-in-law, neither of them would be easy to handle.
Leng Ning anxiously ran her fingers through her hair, "Sis, what kind of madness is this? When Yin Xian was engaged, I personally saw *that* video with Wang i and her ex-boyfriend, which I even brought back to show you all. Then what happened? Wang i ended up marrying Lei Ming.
Fine, whatever. Wang i’s related to Aunt Zeng through the maternal side; we rarely see each other anyway.
But now, Yin Xian could potentially beco my brother-in-law? I can’t even process this.
Leaving aside that Yin Xian is divorced—how could he possibly be good enough for an unmarried Leng Mo? And that incident with Yin Xuan and Yichen—that ss was resolved, and Yichen cut ties with her completely, but it still bothers .
If we really do end up relatives, how are we supposed to face each other?"
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