After seeing Mr. Gao off, Mr. Shen apologized to Tian Jing and thanked:
"As soon as I came back that year, I used the ginseng slices Xiao Li gave me to confirm that you were a person with special powers."
"The superiors have been paying attention to you. You keep your integrity and be a peasant woman, which makes the superiors feel at ease and comfortable."
"I also strongly request the superiors not to put pressure on you. If there are really special circumstances, I will go to Kushan to ask you to come out."
"It wasn't until Sun Liyang provoked you and Xiao Li came to see me with his two children, and at the same time revealed that you were Captain Zeng's biological sister that he had been looking for for many years, that the higher-ups knew that the opportunity to recruit you had come..."
"Incorporating you justifiably will reassure the superiors and allow you to enjoy the dignity you deserve."
"I'm sorry, I took advantage of you so that I, who came back relatively late, immediately established a foothold in Kyoto."
"Thank you too, for your life-saving grace, and for your trust in me through Xiao Li. I am very ashamed."
Tian Jing quietly looked at the old man who sincerely apologized to her. This was an old man who had means, scheming but also principles.
She is her husband's former boss, what can she do?
She stretched out her hand to help the old man: "It's not that serious. I wanted to live a stable life before."
"It's not bad to be the backstage for my family and children now."
"We are already tied together, so we won't say these kind words anymore."
As for Zeng Jingrong, who actively acted as a matchmaker without telling her in advance, she would settle the score herself.
Tian Jing forgave him, and Mr. Shen apologized to Li Zhengguo with a smile on his face:
"I arranged for Jinghai to become your in-laws. Don't have any doubts about him in your heart."
Yu Jinghai put his arms around the shoulders of his old comrades: "The trust between us will always be there. Dad, please don't mind it. It's all forced by circumstances."
"Back then, there was almost no place for us to stay in this circle."
Li Zhengguo looked at his wife.
Tian Jing was amused by his stupidity: "Mayor Li, are you stupid for being a township cadre? There is no conflict between brotherly love and marital love."
"Now, I only think about the children. The children's starting point is not high, but their mother is tall, eight feet tall."
"Pfft." Shen Jianrong laughed: "Tian Jing, your description is both exaggerated and true to the facts. I can't find the words to object."
"I can tell from Xiaobo that your children must be very good."
"It's good to have a low starting point, so you're not arrogant. Didn't you see that there are some kids in the compound who are so crazy that they're almost going to the sky."
"It's okay." Tian Jing quickly expressed her humility: "It's the children who are trying to live up to their expectations. Ziyu is also very good, generous and cheerful..."
The two mothers praised each other's children.
The two old comrades-in-arms then hooked up and talked about the past.
Mr. Shen also got involved between them, after all, they also had him in their past.
…
Mr. Gao returned to his second son's house and sat on the sofa without saying a word.
Gao Wenshi and Lou Caiyun accompanied him with bated breath.
After a long time, Mr. Gao came back to his senses and said, "Wenshi, could you please check how many children Li Zhengguo has in Kushan? Find out their gender and age, as well as whether they are married or not."
"The movements must be concealed. You must not let others notice it, nor let Li Zhengguo notice it."
"Yes." Gao Wenshi immediately agreed: "Dad, do you want to get married?"
"Yes." Mr. Gao nodded: "We are already too far behind the Shen family and cannot catch up."
"Now we can only use marriage to tie the Shen family and Captain Tian together."
Marriage?
Lou Caiyun rolled her eyes, her son could not have such an earthy father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Having a coquettish younger brother and sister is enough for her, but adding a coquettish in-law to her mother-in-law is too much for her:
"Dad, this is a good opportunity to persuade the famous cultivator to come back. Doesn't he yearn for the special team very much?"
Mr. Gao nodded: "If Captain Tian has a daughter, only the appearance of a famous cultivator can match her."
Gao Wenshi glared at his wife, such a good opportunity was not given to his son.
He asked Dad Xiang: "Dad, wasn't the famous cultivator kicked out by you because of that Lili?"
"He will come back." Mr. Gao was very confident:
"When he has suffered enough outside, when he is despised by Lili and has no money, he will know that he is nothing after leaving the Gao family."
"Do you want it?" Gao Wenshi asked tentatively.
"Don't act rashly." Mr. Gao glanced sideways at his second son:
"No one in the Gao family is allowed to cause trouble. If something happens, what will Captain Tian think of our Gao family?"
"The famous cultivator said before leaving that you can force him, but don't touch Lili."
"Wenshi, go make it more difficult for the famous cultivator and let him go home."
After Mr. Gao finished speaking, he went upstairs to rest.
Gawain asked his wife why she didn't fight for her son?
Lou Caiyun pouted: "If Mingfei Mingxue has a country father-in-law and a mother-in-law, can they still hold their heads high in the workplace?"
"Then, no matter how beautiful Captain Tian's daughter is, if she smells as earthy as Captain Tian, can they agree? Isn't it a big deal for dad?"
"Ignorance! Ignorance!" Gao Wenshi growled at his wife:
"What if I give birth to a grandson with special abilities? Why don't you think about future generations, but your two sons?"
"Short-sighted! Both sons have been taught bad lessons by you."
A grandson with special abilities?
Not only does that have a very high status in the Gao family, but it can also reach the ceiling within the circle.
Lou Caiyun was anxious: "What should we do?"
"You are like this..." Gao Wenshi whispered in his wife's ears for a long time.
Lou Caiyun nodded while listening.
…
But Gao Mingxiu said that after sorting two boxes of personal belongings, he stopped sorting them.
Liu Ailing is still taking clothes out of the closet for her son:
"You need to bring this, you need to bring this, and shoes. Bring a few more pairs of shoes."
Gao Mingxiu refused: "I don't want these anymore. I can't fit them in the dormitory, and I can't take them anymore. Mom, I'm leaving first."
"Put it in the car." Liu Ailing stopped her son: "Your grandfather didn't say that your car would be confiscated."
"Mom~" Gao Mingxiu was very irritated: "The car burns oil, not water. I have to feed myself, but I can't feed the car."
"Mom is rich." Liu Ailing rummaged through her bag:
"Your grandpa asked me to help you. He loves you. Don't be stubborn with him."
"Mom!" Gao Mingxiu said calmly, "I said, I won't go back to beg him, and he shouldn't come to beg me either."
"Also, no matter what happens to you and dad, please don't betray me. I am a human being, a person with thoughts, flesh and blood, and emotions!"
"The key is on the coffee table. You can take it back and don't follow me again."
Looking at her son's decisive back, Liu Ailing felt even more resentful towards Lili.
…
Li Weili heard the knock on the door and thought it was Du Hongjuan bringing food to her.
"Du..." She opened the door and called someone, but found someone she didn't want to see outside the door: "Why is it you? How do you know I live here?"
"Lili." Gao Mingxiu, who was pulling two suitcases, looked embarrassed:
"You're right, I can't stand up to the arrangements of my elders."
"But I was not convinced and wanted to give it a try, so grandpa kicked me out."
"I, I can't go back to the dormitory, they will laugh me to death."
"When we were still looking at each other coldly in the library, I saw you entering this alley. I followed you and found you entering this alley."
"I also asked the neighbor aunt next to you out of curiosity, and she said that you rented her yard."
"This whole yard belongs to you, right? Can you lend me a room to live in? Just a side house."
"I'm going to find a job tomorrow and I'll pay the rent."