Chapter 1764: Deciding to Be Rebellious for Once

Li Xingyan glanced quietly in his father's direction, hoping his father would lend a hand.

But one look was all it took!

His father was already eating sweet soup on the side!

Li Xingyan was so angry inside!

Right then, he asked with a forced smile, "Dad, is the sweet soup good?"

"Of course, I've been eating it for decades and never get tired of it."

"Then I'll go have a taste too," Li Xingyan said, reaching out to pick up the bowl.

But Jiang Baobao pressed down on his shoulder.

Then she said with a faint smile, "No rush to eat, tell me what secret the two of you have."

"Ah, a secret?"

"What, are you going to play dumb with me? That's fine, then I'll hack into your computers and check for myself."

After saying this, Jiang Baobao shook her wrists, looking expectant: "I happen to be quite free lately, let's see if there are any vulnerabilities in the company's firewall."

If Jiang Baobao took action, she would absolutely turn everything upside down!

Li Xingyan didn't want that, so he hurriedly stopped her: "It has nothing to do with the company, please don't torment those programmers."

"Oh, then what does it have to do with?"

Realizing his mother was fishing for information, Li Xingyan shut his lips.

But keeping quiet now... was already too late.

Jiang Baobao looked at Li Beijue again, then sighed lightly: "Husband, don't push our son to the front for everything; you are a father, show some responsibility at critical moments."

These words went straight to Li Xingyan's heart!

He couldn't help but nod in agreement.

And this appearance of his made Li Beijue so angry he wanted to kick him!

At the same time, he complained: "You brat, you've exposed yourself like this!"

"But didn't you see, we were already exposed."

"But you could have been the only one exposed!"

So, had his father been planning to make him the scapegoat from the very beginning?

Li Xingyan was speechless.

He hadn't expected that being a son meant having the awareness to be a scapegoat at any time!

If that was the case...

Li Xingyan decided to be rebellious for once!

He looked up to meet Jiang Baobao's gaze and told the truth: "Dad and I weren't talking about any secret, we were just chatting about what enemies we've made in the past."

Enemies?

An unexpected answer that surprised Jiang Baobao.

But before she could press for more, Li Beijue angrily accused Li Xingyan first: "Wasn't it agreed that we wouldn't let your mother know about this! She hasn't been sleeping well lately; if she finds out, it will worsen her insomnia!"

Huh?

Li Xingyan froze.

He wondered when his dad had ever said his mom wasn't sleeping well?

Weren't they keeping it from his mother for the time being because there were no leads yet?

Or could it be...

Li Xingyan looked at his mother again.

There were no traces of insomnia on his mother's face.

Instead, her expression had softened because of his father's words...

In that instant, Li Xingyan understood everything!

It turned out he wasn't being a scapegoat for his father this time.

Instead, he had become his father's stepping stone!

His father was stepping on him to coax his mother into a good mood!

In this way, his father's concealment was a well-intentioned act.

And his own disclosure was just being willful and ignorant!

Heh, this ginger really is spicier when it's old!

Having realized this, Li Xingyan pressed his lips together tightly.

He decided not to speak anymore.

And his silence gave Li Beijue the perfect opportunity.

He showered his wife with all sorts of flattery.

Although the feeling of being complimented was quite nice.

But hearing too much of it...

It was also rather cloying.

Moreover, Li Beijue's performance was highly suspicious of trying to change the subject.

Jiang Baobao's brow twitched.

Afterward, she interrupted Li Beijue and demanded: "Let's talk about the real business."

"Real business? Everything I say is real business. In my heart, anything related to you is real business!"

Li Beijue corrected her with a serious face.

And his correction made Jiang Baobao decide to give up on continuing any pointless communication with him.

She looked at Li Xingyan and lifted her chin slightly: "You say it."

"Forget it, let Dad say it, lest I say something wrong and get labeled again."

This attitude was sarcastic enough!

Li Beijue shouted directly: "You brat, who are you implying?"

"Enough!"

Seeing that the topic was about to go off track again, Jiang Baobao said sternly: "If you want to argue, continue later. Right now, I need to understand the full story!"

As her voice fell, Jiang Baobao ordered Li Xingyan: "You speak!"

Seeing that his mother was about to get angry, Li Xingyan dared not be perfunctory.

He said concisely: "Someone is targeting us in the dark, and it is related to Wuyou Hall. According to the investigation, this person likely has an old grudge against our family."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baobao's eyes became very sharp.

She summarized: "So someone has come to seek revenge!"

"There is that suspicion; now, we need to first confirm the other party's identity."

Jiang Baobao nodded lightly.

The next second, she ordered Li Xingyan: "You should know other clues, right? Tell me everything you know now!"

His mother's attitude gave Li Xingyan a sense of urgency.

He began to describe everything to Jiang Baobao, including the information Xie Wanyi had told him and what he had investigated himself.

Li Beijue had just heard this content.

But neither he nor Li Xingyan had been able to make sense of it.

However, after listening, a name flashed through Jiang Baobao's mind.

That name made Jiang Baobao mutter unconsciously: "Could it be him..."

Upon hearing this, Li Xingyan perked up and asked hurriedly: "Mom, who did you think of?"

"That was an old acquaintance, but he should no longer be in this world."

"Is he really gone? Could it be a smokescreen?"

Li Xingyan's words made Jiang Baobao fall into deep thought.

After a while, she went around to the computer and began a dazzling series of operations.

In terms of searching for information, the father-son duo of Li Beijue and Li Xingyan could not help much, so they waited quietly on the side.

However, the two could tell from Jiang Baobao's increasingly serious expression...

The matter seemed quite tricky.

In fact, it was indeed so.

The people of Wuyou Hall were very good at collecting information.

Naturally, they were also very good at hiding information.

Therefore, the content regarding Li Shu was very scarce.

Jiang Baobao hadn't found anything useful.

But this could not stump Jiang Baobao.

She thought for a moment, then changed her line of thinking and decided to start investigating from that Hospital back then.

The result...

That death record was forged!

This discovery made Jiang Baobao mutter: "Lao Li really didn't die."

"Lao Li... is that the Li Shu that Xie Wanyi mentioned?"

Jiang Baobao nodded with a grave expression.

Li Xingyan couldn't wait to continue asking: "Mom, who exactly is this person?"

"A former competitor, very capable, but later he went down the wrong path, his actions became increasingly extreme, and in the end... for the sake of so-called success, he made mistakes and his reputation plummeted."

"Then what does this have to do with you?"

"Because the person who finally crushed him was me."

Li Xingyan immediately showed an expression of sudden realization.

Then he gave his conclusion: "He must have held a grudge against you because of this, and to take revenge, he has been living under an assumed name for so many years!"