"That quality is just too flimsy!"
Li Zishen huffed coldly and casually picked up the clothes on the ground, slowly putting them on.
Despite the lingering sweat and slightly damp hair, the casualness of his attire instantly eradicated the restlessness seen when he was throwing heavy punches, and he appeared particularly handsome and composed.
As he slid open the solid wooden door and walked out with an indifferent expression, everyone was shocked.
"It’s alright, no need to persuade anymore?"
"Good, good, no injuries on the face, it’s just this hand... forget it, pretend not to see it, so as not to upset the young master. Hopefully, it’s just a superficial wound."
"I’m sorry, Brother Shen, I was held up just now."
"Restore the stuff in the phone..." Li Zishen glanced at Chen Xin and spoke indifferently, "Also, tell Bai Long to turn back immediately, to Chicheng."
Chen Xin nodded, "Yes."
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Thank God, fortunately, he cooled off in time.
"Brother, I have something I’d like to talk to you about."
"Okay, after a shower."
Having said that, Li Zishen left with a smile, and Nanny Wu followed closely with the medical kit in hand.
A shower? Don’t let the wound get wet.
Li Zihan, who was left standing there, looked confused and sighed inwardly: That was quick, it’s over? Is this just the calm before the storm?
Chen Xin, not daring to think further, entered the gym and found the smashed phone.
At five in the afternoon, at Nanjiang Villa.
Madam Lai was also troubled by the news that Tang Xiaowan’s wedding date had been set.
Two hundred million, Lingxiao Manor!
She couldn’t help feeling some resentment, convinced that her son was the best and most outstanding; Tang Xiaowan’s rejection was like failing to recognize a precious pearl.
As she put down her phone, all the previous fondness was overtaken by disgust.
How many prestigious families in Jin City wanted to be related by marriage to the Leng Family, and she turned them all away. Wasn’t it because she thought of her own unhappy marriage and wanted her son, Li Zishen, to find a girl who would make him happy, even one of average family background, as long as he liked her?
But in the end, it was all for naught, a wasted effort in making a wedding dress for someone else.
You were taken in when hurt, provided with the best care, and the mere donations to the school cost a whole twenty million. How could you be so ungrateful?
What Madam Lai didn’t know was that the kind-hearted help her son Li Zishen offered was not what Tang Xiaowan wanted. He confined her in Li Garden like a canary, with 24-hour surveillance.
He trapped her under the guise of protection and lied to her by claiming to be her boyfriend when she had amnesia.
It was sincere, yes, but it was imposed.
As for the twenty million donation and all the expenses during that period, Leng Lingxiao had long since paid them off on behalf of Tang Xiaowan, to the last cent.
"The Leng Family gave Xiao Wan two hundred million?" There was a hint of hostility in Madam Lai’s voice.
Nanny Wu nodded with difficulty, "Yes."
"Spare change! Quite the generous handout, I thought it was a dowry, but it turns out to be pocket money." Madam Lai picked up her teacup and then set it down, feeling agitated.
The same amount of two hundred million, yet the money from the Lai Family was just ransom, simply taken by villains.
She endured such a great humiliation that day!
With this thought, Madam Lai jerked off her wig and violently threw it onto the table.
Ah, the lady has remembered that incident again.
"Even so, Miss Tang wouldn’t really go squandering it; it’s still going to end up back with Leng Family anyway."
"They have their own mansion; whether she takes it there or not, what difference does it make? I really underestimated Yang Aihua before; she’s quite willing to pay a heavy price."
She had never met her but had heard of her.
Madam Leng Yang Aihua came from a renowned family with substantial wealth, something Madam Lai, Yuan Min, could never match, not to mention that Yang Aihua also had a husband who doted on her. She couldn’t compare.
"Those two hundred million from Madam Leng might just be given secretly by Leng Lingxiao, it could be nothing more than..."
Nanny Wu intended to comfort her further, but suddenly changed her tone and said with a smile, "Madam, look quickly, the elder young master is back, the elder young master is back."
Following Nanny Wu’s direction, a black business car slowly entered the villa’s gate.
Ever since Li Zishen had discovered the secret of the IVF baby, it had been a week without a phone call or visiting his mother, Madam Lai.
Is Zishen no longer mad, has he forgiven me?
"Madam, this is good news, so good!"
"It wouldn’t just be him coming over to deliver supplements, or something else, would it, Zishen..."
"At this hour he’s definitely staying for dinner. I’ll go get ready and ask the kitchen to make a few more dishes. The young master loves beef, and also..."
"Go quickly, use the pressure cooker."
She really feared there wasn’t enough time; she had to hurry or her son would leave in a rush again for something else, unable to even have a peaceful meal.
As Madam Lai hurriedly straightened her clothes and put her wig back on, Li Zishen had already entered the study with a relaxed gait.
His brother, Li Zihan, had come back with him but had gone to the kitchen by now.
Li Zishen looked at his mother’s frail figure and a wave of guilt and self-reproach surged in his heart, knowing that it was his cold treatment that had worried her.
He bore a striking resemblance to his father, Li Zhenshan, with the same bridge of the nose and resolute eyes, but his face carried an added air of restraint and stability, traits he inherited from his grandfather.
"Mom, I bought baked sweet potatoes, eat them while they’re hot," Li Zishen said gently, moving towards the sofa.
The coffee table was filled with various pastries.
But at this moment, the baked sweet potatoes were the most heartwarming.
Madam Lai was startled at first but then gripped Li Zishen’s hand excitedly, her voice trembling slightly as she answered, "Zishen, you... you’ve come back."
Not angry anymore? You’ve forgiven mom?
However, the words hung on the tip of her tongue, Madam Lai ultimately couldn’t speak them out; she believed she wasn’t wrong.
Who wouldn’t want to have beautiful things for themselves!
"Mom, I’ve been too busy recently, but today I can... have a meal with you. You’ve lost weight."
His voice was filled with apology and concern.
Madam Lai gently shook her head, her eyes slightly reddened with distress as she replied, "Zishen, you are my son, no matter what decisions you make, mom will always support you, just don’t let yourself suffer."
What she implied was that Tang Xiaowan was already married, and it was time for him to consider his own life and pull himself together.
"Yeah, okay, I know."
Li Zishen responded softly, then began peeling the sweet potato for Madam Lai.
He did it carefully, bit by bit.
They hadn’t been this close in a long time.
But as she watched, Madam Lai couldn’t help but feel her nose sting as she touched the dark, well-shaped temples of Li Zishen’s hair.
She seemed to see Li Zhenshan when he was younger, perhaps caring for Yi Xiaodan in the same way.
You’re becoming more like your father!
The same passion, the same stubbornness.
Why insist on clinging to one person?
"Why don’t you find some time to meet... Miss Shen?" Madam Lai ventured cautiously.
She was afraid her son would get angry and leave.
Li Zishen handed his mother the peeled sweet potato, a faint smile on his lips, but his eyes were unyielding, "No need."
"Miss Shen has always admired you."
"Your son is outstanding, and many admire him; don’t bother with them, they’re just boring people."
Madam Lai took a bite of the sweet potato, it was sweet, and soft. She didn’t need to ask; she knew it was from the place his brother, Li Zihan, often bought from.
How could her eldest son know?
It seems they had come back together.
After all, he hasn’t let go, he’s still unable to forgive me, only considering his brother’s feelings.
"She went abroad when she was very young, following her mother, and she grew up really gorgeous and has a good personality. You’ve met her before; she’s even more beautiful now."
Does he need a beauty? No, what he needs is a soulmate, someone worth his devotion for a lifetime.
For Li Zishen, to love someone is only for this lifetime and not the next. If it’s destined that he can’t marry Tang Xiaowan and grow old with her in this life, why not find another way to continue this love?
"Zishen, just meet her when you have some time?" Madam Lai looked at the sweet potato and continued to persuade.
"Mom, it’s really not necessary."
"Maybe you could just spend some time with her to see, Miss Shen has studied business management, which could be good since the company is recently... isn’t it moving towards medical equipment..."
Just then, the ringtone of a phone sounded.
Beep beep beep, beep beep beep, beep beep beep...
Li Zishen pulled out his phone and saw it was Du Feng. His deep eyes flashed with an intelligent light, but he didn’t answer. Instead, he gripped the phone tightly, his thin lips slightly upturned.
"Mom, I’ll step out for a moment."
Madam Lai, thinking her son was about to leave, quickly got up, "Zishen, dinner will be ready soon."
She regretted bringing it up just now.
"I’m not going; I’m just returning a call."