Chapter 910

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua brought Li Jianjia to the area near the school.

He had already found a rental place here in advance.

Rentals in Beijing are very expensive; even a particularly shabby single-room basement costs over a thousand yuan a month.

The rental Wang Xiaohua found wasn't a basement; it got some sunlight, had one bedroom and one living room, and the environment was slightly better, but it cost over four thousand a month.

However, he and Li Jianjia would only live there for one month.

So although it was a bit more expensive, it was still acceptable.

The main thing was to let Li Jianjia live comfortably.

Her mood was already bad; if she lived uncomfortably, she might end up having conflicts and quarrels with Wang Xiaohua over some trivial matters.

In Wang Xiaohua's values, some negative things should be avoided if possible, and if money can solve them, then solve them with money.

Don't create all kinds of unpleasantness just to save money.

During the first week after Li Jianjia arrived in Beijing, Wang Xiaohua took her out every day to relax, taking her to tour the Forbidden City, to stroll through Liulichang, and to climb the Great Wall.

Once Li Jianjia's mood improved a bit, Wang Xiaohua began encouraging her to study; no matter what happened, she shouldn't change the plans she had already formulated.

Li Jianjia had already decided long ago to take the postgraduate entrance exam for Tsinghua University.

The effort she had put in for this was no less than the effort Wang Xiaohua had put in for the civil service exam.

So if she gave up on the postgraduate exam now, the sunk cost would probably be even greater than if Wang Xiaohua gave up on the civil service exam.

Under Wang Xiaohua's encouragement, Li Jianjia gradually pulled herself together.

She began to throw herself into studying again; every day she went to the university's study room with Wang Xiaohua to study — she studied postgraduate exam material, Wang Xiaohua studied civil service exam material.

A good relationship between a couple should be like Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia.

Mutual supervision, mutual encouragement, mutual progress.

A bad relationship between a couple would be like Wang Erhai and Liu Meiqi before.

Mutual blame, mutual undermining, mutual looking down on each other, quarreling at the slightest disagreement, severely lacking communication.

A fulfilling life often makes time pass very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed since Li Jianjia came to Beijing to live with Wang Xiaohua.

This day, Li Jianjia suddenly received a phone call.

It was from her mother Zhao Xintong's mobile phone.

Ever since Li Zhongxian was taken away by the inspection team, Zhao Xintong had disappeared; even Li Jianjia couldn't contact her.

The inspection team's staff had even specially gone to the university town to look for Li Jianjia once.

In front of the inspection team, Li Jianjia used various methods to contact her mother, but still couldn't get through.

Father went in, mother disappeared — no wonder Li Jianjia had collapsed so badly before.

Now that her mother suddenly called, Li Jianjia was naturally both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly answered.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Li Jianjia hurriedly asked, and also said:

"You know, I couldn't reach you at all, I was worried to death."

Zhao Xintong laughed:

"No need to worry about me, your mom is doing just fine."

Li Jianjia hurriedly asked again:

"Mom, where did you go? The inspection people came looking for you at my place!"

Zhao Xintong said:

"I'm in the United States right now."

Li Jianjia was immediately shocked:

"How did you end up in the US? The inspection people said you transferred my dad's assets out — is that true?"

Zhao Xintong didn't answer this question, but asked instead:

"Did they restrict you from leaving or entering the country?"

Li Jianjia was stunned:

"Why are you asking this?"

Zhao Xintong said:

"There's no way to live in the country anymore; you come out and find me, and from now on we mother and daughter will just live together in the US. If they've restricted your exit and entry, you find a way to sneak into Hong Kong first, then come to the US from Hong Kong."

Li Jianjia was extremely surprised, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After a long silence, she said:

"Mom, how about you bring the money back? We'll return all the stolen funds; maybe that can win a chance for Dad's sentence reduction."

"What stolen funds?" Zhao Xintong's voice suddenly became agitated; she righteously declared:

"That money was all earned through our own abilities over these years by me and your dad; why should we return it? There are plenty of people who embezzled more than us, so why are they only targeting us?!"

Li Jianjia smiled bitterly.

She knew her mother's mindset had already developed problems.

She could only continue to patiently persuade:

"Mom, the United States isn't a place suitable for you to live. You don't even know English well, how would you live there?"

Zhao Xintong said:

"It's precisely because I can't communicate that I asked you to come over. You came, so I at least have someone to talk to, so I won't be bored all day long."

Li Jianjia persuaded again:

"I heard from the inspection team people that you took away over five million. Over five million is not a small amount domestically, but once in the United States, converted to dollars, it's less than one million. The cost of living in the United States is so high, this money won't last long. When the money runs out, what will you do?"

Zhao Xintong said:

"That's why I asked you to come over. Come here to study, then find work. If it really doesn't work out, you can marry an American then, and all problems will be solved."

Li Jianjia was very surprised hearing these words.

At the same time, she felt very chilled at heart.

Her mother clearly knew she was currently dating Xiao Hua, yet still said such words to her!

Most importantly, she could have fought for a reduced sentence for her father, but her mother chose to flee abroad for that five million plus.

"Mom, I won't go to the United States."

Li Jianjia made her position clear.

Hearing this, Zhao Xintong was immediately surprised:

"Why? I'm your mother. After your dad went in, I'm the only relative you have left. If you don't come live with me, what are you staying in the country for? You don't have the ability to earn money yet, can you even afford your own tuition?"

Zhao Xintong's words seemed to show concern for Li Jianjia, but were actually extremely selfish.

Can only say human nature is like this.

Zhao Xintong making such a choice is also normal.

Because from her perspective, the choice she made now is her optimal solution.

If she stayed in the country, she would lose both the person and the money, and might even have to go in and serve a few years herself.

But if she fled abroad, at least she would be free, and the money she painstakingly scraped together could also be kept.

It's just that Zhao Xintong probably never imagined her daughter would actually refuse to go out and reunite with her.

So after her surprise, she became very angry:

"Is it because of that shorty Xiao Hua? For him, you actually don't want me, your mother?"

Zhao Xintong issued a questioning challenge.

Li Jianjia heard these words, and an extremely strong sense of discomfort rushed to her head.

Her mother wasn't like this before.

Before her father got into trouble, although her mother was somewhat calculating and self-interested, at least she wouldn't speak so unpleasantly.

But now, she had a complete personality change, her words carried knives.

As if everyone in the world owed her.

She hated everyone, including this disobedient daughter.

"Mom, Xiao Hua is only one reason. The more important reason is, I can't abandon my dad. Staying in the country, I can at least regularly visit my dad in prison. I can't be as decisive as you, and even more can't be as cold-blooded as you."

Li Jianjia spoke these words in a calm tone.

Zhao Xintong had nothing to say.

After a long silence, she finally said one sentence:

"This is your own choice. Don't regret it in the future!"

After saying this, Zhao Xintong hung up the phone.

Li Jianjia facing the already hung-up phone, also said:

"This is also your own choice. I also hope you won't regret it in the future."

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