Chapter 284: Ordinary Family, Private Doctor

"You guys chat, I'll go out and take a look."

Li Xuewu said politely to the old man and got up to walk out.

This old man was quite interesting. Seeing Li Xuewu was willing to listen, he waved his hand and said: "Come back quickly, wait until you come back and I'll tell you about the time I dug up a prince's tomb."

Hearing his uncle's words, Wen Sane only felt his brain ache.

Oh, ancestors! Please save me some worry.

I'm trying to save you while talking, but you're stubbornly jumping into the pit.

When Li Xuewu came out with a smile, Wen Sane hurriedly said: "My uncle is just a deserter, he hasn't done this kind of thing. This is all hearsay, don't take it seriously."

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu laughed: "Third Uncle, what are you nervous about? I was just thinking, why do you love antiques? So it's a family tradition."

"Family tradition my foot."

Wen Sane smiled bitterly: "It was because I listened to his bragging that I didn't go to school. I followed him to Liulichang for half a year, just moving things for him, and didn't see a hair."

Li Xuewu patted Wen Sane on the shoulder and said: "Alright, how could I take it seriously? Just listening for fun. You go get busy."

In fact, it was time to start the banquet, and the second master who was hosting shouted for the men to go to the east room to eat first.

The people in the inner room began to walk to the east room.

Because the bride's relatives also came, two tables were set in the west room for the bride's family.

Wen Sane also specially invited the old lady, the second master, and Li Xuewu to accompany them.

Not many people came; there were only three male guests, which was just right for sitting at a table with Li Xuewu and the others.

The female guests sat at a table with Wen Sane's aunts and uncles.

The west room had two tables because men and women were seated separately, one table on each side.

The second master was the host, so he didn't take his seat first, but arranged for the guests to sit inside.

Because the east room was not small, after tidying up, it could just fit six tables.

The west room was where they lived, so two tables were placed on the kang, totaling eight tables for the banquet.

Wen Sane said yesterday that not many people would come, but looking at it now, counting men and women, old and young, there must be dozens of people.

Li Xuewu looked and saw that only one of Wen Sane's two sisters came, which was Old Biaozi's mother.

She looked like a housewife, bringing the child of Old Biaozi's eldest brother.

Dazhuang's mother also came, and seeing there weren't enough hands, she reached out to help.

Basically, everyone in the courtyard who could come came, and those who didn't want to come hid and didn't show up.

Because Wen Sane had lived here for two months, he got along quite well with everyone.

Even the Ye Ye Erye's radio was broken and Wen Sane fixed it, so those who weren't stingy at home all came to join the fun.

Don't think about how much money the gift money can be at this time; most are five cents, one dime, and those with good relationships might be five dimes or one yuan.

The east room was livelier than the west room where Li Xuewu sat, because there were children, making it noisy.

Plus, the people eating the banquet sat at the tables, and while waiting for the dishes, those who hadn't seen each other for a long time or knew each other gathered to chat, making it very lively.

The people serving and bringing dishes were sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys from the courtyard and neighborhood; this is called "luomang," which is also a tradition.

If you have a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy at home, when neighbors have events, you don't need to be asked—you have to let the boy at home go help.

They do decent work like wiping tables and serving dishes; washing bowls, brushing pots, and serving dishes are done by women from the neighborhood who come to help.

Some hosts will give some candy, some will give cigarettes, and few give money, because these boys don't come to help for money.

It's so that when they get married, the boys in your family will also come to help.

Actually, this tradition is very good; sixteen or seventeen years old is the time to exercise children. Going out to help and contacting neighbors, they slowly learn what to call whom, so they won't know how to address people when they meet on the street.

This also makes it easier for boys to open up the situation after entering society, because most of them already know each other.

Later generations no longer have this tradition; even in rural areas, those who contract banquets bring people to serve dishes.

This may be related to the fact that sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys in rural areas are basically in school.

Another reason is that children in later generations gradually became precious, and people were reluctant to send them out to be ordered around.

Because Li Xuewu was young, he sat on the edge of the kang next to his grandfather.

The people at this table looked at each other; Li Xuewu and his grandfather didn't know these people, and these people didn't know Li Xuewu.

But the title of social bandit isn't called for nothing.

"Have a cigarette. I don't know your relationship with the bride...?"

The middle-aged man sitting on the other side of Li Xuewu took Li Xuewu's cigarette and said somewhat reservedly: "I am Shan Ying's uncle."

As he spoke, he introduced to Li Xuewu: "This is Shan Ying's grandfather, this is her second uncle."

Li Xuewu toasted each of them with a cigarette, lit them, and smiled: "Then that's truly a real family member, haha."

Seeing Li Xuewu's young age, yet he was arranged to sit at this table by the host, the bride's uncle was very surprised, but didn't ask.

There are only two situations for such people: either the seniority is high, or the status is high.

But looking at him, it doesn't quite look like it; he just dresses well and uses good things.

How can you tell?

Because he saw that the lighter Li Xuewu used to light the fire for several people was a lighter, which is not common.

Another thing is the cigarettes; Li Xuewu toasted "Daqian Sect."

You can't say you can't afford to smoke this cigarette, but there are really few people who spend money to smoke it.

It's really painful.

"Are you from the Northeast?"

"Hehehe."

Hearing the bride's uncle ask, Li Xuewu smiled and said: "No, I live in this courtyard. Because my grandmother is from the Northeast, maybe I have a Northeast accent, hehe."

Just as they were talking, the second master walked in and said to Li Xuewu: "Director Shen and Director Duan are here, they are at the door, and Third Uncle is greeting them."

"Oh, oh, you guys sit first."

Li Xuewu said politely to the people at the table and got up to walk out.

The bride and Wen Sane's relatives were quite strange. What is the identity of this young man? Even the host came in to report the guests.

Furthermore, didn't they say the groom was...

This question has been hovering over the bride's family's heads.

"Come, come, come, please come in, hahahaha."

Li Xuewu let Shen Fang and Duan Youting into the room.

Seeing two people in uniforms enter the room, the west room stopped talking and looked at the two cautiously.

"Hahaha, I am a friend of the groom, here to have a cup of wedding wine, don't mind."

"Hehe... he... hehe... hehe."

What can the bride's family say? Can they say they mind?

Hurry up and give up the seats.

Because this table was the table where the back room usually ate, it was large, enough for a few more people, so Shen Fang and Duan Youting also got on the kang.

"Full turn~"

"Hey! ~ Oily~"

Li Xuewu politely introduced the identities of the bride's family to Shen Fang and the three, and the boys helping out came in, shouting to be careful not to touch their trays, and skillfully placed a cold dish on each table.

The second master smiled and started introducing the guests' identities from the main table, which is also a measure to open up social interaction.

It's very awkward to let people who don't know each other sit at a table; with the introduction of the host, everyone can have a familiar way.

The second master first introduced the bride's grandfather, uncle, and second uncle, then introduced Wen Sane's uncle and grandfather, and finally introduced the identities of Li Xuewu and the three.

This stunned Wen Sane and Fei Shanying's relatives.

It turns out that sitting opposite them were three station directors.

Especially Wen Sane's uncle, who had just told Li Xuewu a complete tomb-robbing process.

"Hehehe, I am a childhood friend of Third Uncle, we get along well, everyone eat."

Li Xuewu picked up the wine pot on the table and started pouring wine for the guests.

These bride's family members and Wen Sane's relatives didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and sat cautiously.

This made Shen Fang and Duan Youting feel embarrassed; if they had known, they wouldn't have worn these uniforms.

As the hot dishes were served bowl by bowl, the atmosphere in the west room slowly eased, thanks to Shen Fang and Duan Youting taking the lead to say a few jokes.

While drinking, the second master brought Wen Sane, wearing a brand-new Zhongshan suit, and Fei Shanying, wearing a red coat, in.

"Come, come, come, elders, relatives, and distinguished guests, let the groom and bride toast everyone."

The second master said, then took Wen Sane and Fei Shanying to the main table first.

First, he introduced the bride's family to Wen Sane, and Wen Sane toasted; then he introduced Wen Sane's family to the bride, and Fei Shanying poured the wine.

Finally, he introduced Li Xuewu and the three.

First, he introduced Shen Fang and Duan Youting; because they were distinguished guests, the bride poured the wine, and Wen Sane toasted.

Fei Shanying didn't know what relationship Wen Sane had with these two directors—a scrap collector... could also be related to the police station?

But she hadn't heard Wen Sane say he had such an impressive relative...

It wasn't until the second master introduced Li Xuewu that Fei Shanying knew why these two in uniforms came.

Looking at her husband's childhood friend, she felt Wen Sane was hiding something from her.

Ever since she was picked up, Fei Shanying felt something was wrong. She had agreed to borrow a tricycle from the recycling station to pick her up, but a jeep arrived at the door.

She had agreed to borrow a duty room in the recycling station to live for two days, but when she was picked up to the back courtyard, it was such a neat house, even with a sofa and a TV.

Which unit's duty room is so generous?

Then there was the banquet; Fei Shanying had agreed with Wen Sane that only six or seven guests would come, so there was no need to spend money.

But looking at it now, both rooms were full.

Did this brat lie to her?

Wen Sane poked the stunned Fei Shanying, reminding her to pour wine for Li Xuewu.

Fei Shanying came back to her senses, looked at Wen Sane, and smiled as she poured wine for Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu smiled and thanked her: "Thank you, Third Aunt."

"Hahaha."

Li Xuewu's address enlivened the atmosphere in the room.

Fei Shanying looked at the "big nephew" and felt a bit embarrassed, smiled, and didn't speak again.

As Wen Sane toasted from the main table to the end, the banquet came to an end.

The guests in the west room had already left, sent off by the second master, and the people in the courtyard were helping to tidy up the tables and chairs.

Wen Sane looked at the children playing happily at the door, his face red, and he thanked the second master and the others with joy.

Especially toward Seeing Sha Zhu, Wen Sane tried to give him ten yuan, but he wouldn't take it, and after some struggling, he threw it back.

Wen Sane didn't see Li Xuewu; he learned from the second master that Li Xuewu had left with Director Shen and the others in a jeep.

This era was still based on frugality, so the banquet was only for noon, and there was no meal in the evening.

In the evening, Wen Sane and his wife would treat their family members.

With Fei Shanying helping Wen Sane to the back courtyard and helping him onto the kang, Fei Shanying went to the bathroom to fetch hot water to wipe Wen Sane's face.

Looking at the tiled bathtub and bathroom, then looking at the neat kitchen and dining room, then looking at the exquisite sofa and furniture.

Fei Shanying walked into the inner room and looked at the desk lamp, notebook, fountain pen, and books on the desk, and felt dizzy.

This must be the home of some cadre; this brat lied to her.

"Get up, let me wipe your face."

Wen Sane sat up somewhat dizzily, let Fei Shanying wipe his face, and only then did he clear up a bit.

"Whose house is this?"

"Hmm?"

Wen Sane raised his eyes to look at his wife and said: "It's in the courtyard."

"Nonsense, I don't know it's in the courtyard? I'm asking whose house it is?"

Wen Sane saw he was about to be exposed, closed his eyes, and said "headache" while pretending to be dead.

"Oh my, oh my, headache, I'm dizzy."

Fei Shanying looked at Wen Sane lying on the kang and said: "If you're dizzy, don't touch me tonight."

"No."

Wen Sane opened his eyes to look at his wife and said: "It's just borrowed for two days, why ask about this?"

"Is it your childhood friend's? That deputy director?"

Fei Shanying held the towel and looked at Wen Sane: "Is it?"

Seeing he couldn't hide it, Wen Sane nodded and said: "It's his."

Fei Shanying put the towel back in the bathroom, walked back, and asked: "Are you hiding something from me?"

"How could I?"

Wen Sane shook his head and denied: "What could I hide from you?"

Fei Shanying looked at Wen Sane and asked: "Just childhood friends, and he gave so many things?"

As she spoke, Fei Shanying pointed to the things piled on the kang and said: "This cloth, this blanket, this... why is there a radio?"

"That radio was given by Biaozi."

Wen Sane hurriedly explained, and pulled Fei Shanying over to ask: "Where did you put the child? Why didn't I see him?"

"An old lady in the front courtyard hugged him away, saying she knew you."

Seeing Wen Sane say this, Fei Shanying was also full of joy and didn't pursue Wen Sane anymore, but followed Wen Sane to Li Xuewu's house to pick up the child.

Not mentioning how Wen Sane and his wife tossed and turned after picking up the child, Yan Jiecheng sent Li Xuewu to the station to have a meeting with Shen Fang and the others.

Yan Jiecheng didn't know what meeting they were having, because his mind wasn't on this, but on his wife.

Today he drove Li Xuewu back to the courtyard, which was the first time Yan Jiecheng had returned home since they had a falling out that day.

Although Yu Li didn't get close to Yan Jiecheng, she didn't give him a cold face when she gave him money to record the gifts.

Yan Jiecheng knew his wife had stopped being angry, so he cheekily said a few nice words.

The effect was quite good; when Yu Li met his mother-in-law at the banquet, she didn't say anything, and the two acted as if they didn't see each other.

This was the best situation Yan Jiecheng could think of.

Yan Jiecheng showed his face in front of the neighbors; no matter what, he was driving a small car, which could be said to be a top-notch profession in this era.

Thinking of his wife telling him to go home for the Little New Year, Yan Jiecheng felt happy in his heart, and his thoughts showed on his face.

"In heat? Laughing so lewdly."

Li Xuewu waved to Shen Fang and Duan Youting and came toward the car. He saw Yan Jiecheng lying on the steering wheel grinning from the front windshield.

"Li Kezhang."

Seeing Li Xuewu get in the car, Yan Jiecheng hurriedly stopped laughing and said embarrassedly: "Where are we going?"

"Back to the factory."

Li Xuewu flipped through the documents in his hand and didn't say much on the way.

Until they reached the steel mill, he said to Yan Jiecheng: "You're on duty these two days too, come pick me up at home tomorrow morning."

"Li Kezhang..."

Yan Jiecheng's full joy was beaten honest by Li Xuewu.

Tomorrow is the Little New Year, and Yu Li said she wanted to go back to her mother's house together.

This duty...

Their couple had just made up.

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at Yan Jiecheng with a frown: "Stuttering, speak up, what's wrong? Do you have something to do these two days?"

"Yes."

Yan Jiecheng parked the car at the entrance of the security building, turned to Li Xuewu, and said hesitantly: "Yu Li said she wanted to go back to her mother's house for the Little New Year, and I..."

Li Xuewu waved his hand to interrupt Yan Jiecheng: "Come pick me up as usual tomorrow morning."

After speaking, he jumped out of the car.

Yan Jiecheng looked at the overbearing Li Xuewu and felt it was difficult.

He didn't dare to refute Li Xuewu; the longer he got along with Li Xuewu, the less he dared to refute him.

Others saw Li Xuewu as happy and polite to everyone.

But Yan Jiecheng knew that Li Xuewu's face was the easiest to change; to put it bluntly, it was like a dog's face.

He would turn sour if he said so, and would turn his face if a sentence was wrong.

Yan Jiecheng had seen Li Xuewu lecture people with his own eyes, not to mention seeing Li Xuewu take action on the training ground.

A few days ago, there was a martial arts practitioner among those who came to train from Huaqing.

Good heavens, he was full of muscles and could fight three people during sparring.

He looked at the guard team training for the 400-meter obstacle course as if it were a child's game, so he stiffened his neck and didn't want to train anymore.

Li Xuewu was also very "reasonable" at the time; he first explained the purpose of the 400-meter obstacle course, and then without waiting for the person to say whether he was convinced or not, he kicked him directly.

The "martial arts practitioner" didn't even have time to set up his stance before he was beaten rolling on the ground by Li Xuewu carrying "reason."

Finally, Yan Jiecheng saw with his own eyes that the "martial arts practitioner" was convinced, and only then did Li Xuewu throw away the "reason" and let the people from Huaqing increase their training.

Li Xuewu's face hadn't been right since he entered the station today, and he lectured Yan Jiecheng even more harshly when he came out of the meeting.

Now asking Yan Jiecheng to stand up to Li Xuewu and say: "No, I have something to do tomorrow, I must rest,"—even if Yan Jiecheng had ten more guts, he wouldn't dare.

He could only look at Li Xuewu's back with a crying face, thinking about how to explain to Yu Li.

Yan Jiecheng was just about to reverse the car, preparing to drive back to the guard team garage, when he saw Li Xuewu return from the security building.

He saw Li Xuewu open the passenger door and throw a box of Daqian Sect into Yan Jiecheng's arms.

"I'll drive the car to work tomorrow morning. You drive that Willys of ours to your mother-in-law's house. Take this cigarette, and have your wife go to the warehouse to pick up two fish, and hit a jar of wine from the wine barrel. I bought the jar before, and your wife knows where it is."

There were quite a few fish caught at Qianhai before, and they were all frozen in jars by Biaozi and the others.

Because they were afraid the fish meat wouldn't taste good if left for too long, Old Biaozi put ice on top, and now they could take it out to eat at any time, and the meat didn't change flavor.

As he spoke, Li Xuewu was about to slam the car door.

Yan Jiecheng shouted gratefully: "Thank you, Li Kezhang, I..."

Li Xuewu looked back at Yan Jiecheng, who was about to be moved to tears, and scolded with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense, don't be stingy at your mother-in-law's house, drink less, wait for me at home in the afternoon, there's something to do in the evening."

"Got it, Li Kezhang, I..."

"Bang."

Li Xuewu didn't wait for Yan Jiecheng to finish his words of thanks and slammed the car door, closing his second half of the sentence in the car, and turned to go to the building.

Yan Jiecheng didn't mind Li Xuewu's "impoliteness" at all; there were many people Li Xuewu was "impolite" to, so who was he?

Touching the Daqian Sect in his arms, he grinned and drove the car back to the garage.

As soon as Li Xuewu returned to the office, he saw Han Yating standing in his office.

"Li Kezhang, I saw you came back just now?"

"Hmm, hmm."

Li Xuewu agreed, then said as he walked inside: "Talked to the driver about something, what's wrong?"

Han Yating placed a document in front of Li Xuewu and said: "The action plan is ready, take a look, should I send it to Director Shen and Director Duan now?"

Li Xuewu opened the action plan and looked at it; it was done according to his requirements, so he nodded and said: "The plan is fine, but wait until tomorrow afternoon to send it over."

"You're really careful."

Because the case was about to be acted upon, Han Yating's mood was also a bit nervous, so she teased Li Xuewu to relieve her emotions.

Han Yating thought in her heart that Li Xuewu was really like what Xu Ning said—he couldn't trust anyone.

Li Xuewu raised his head and looked at Han Yating: "Caution is the mother of safety."

Seeing Han Yating holding the document and not leaving, he asked: "Anything else?"

Han Yating looked behind her, then turned to Li Xuewu and whispered: "I heard Li Kezhang Fu was angry in his office and broke the phone."

"How do you know?"

Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and looked at it, seeing it was hot, so he knew it was Han Yating who had brewed it for him while waiting for him.

Han Yating smiled proudly: "I have a secret channel, hehe."

Looking at Han Yating, who was like a little fox, Li Xuewu also smiled and said: "Not bad, you've even infiltrated the office." 【284-215

Han Yating placed a document in front of Li Xuewu and said, "The action plan is ready. Please take a look; should I send it to Li Kezhang Shen and Li Kezhang Duan now?"

Li Xuewu opened the action plan and looked at it; it was done according to his requirements, so he nodded and said, "The plan is fine, but wait until tomorrow afternoon to send it over."

"You really are cautious."

Because the case was about to be acted upon, Han Yating's mood was also a bit tense, and to relieve her emotions, she teased Li Xuewu.

Han Yating thought to herself that Li Xuewu was indeed as Xu Ning said—he didn't trust anyone.

Li Xuewu looked up at Han Yating and said, "Better safe than sorry."

Seeing that Han Yating hadn't left with the document, he asked, "Anything else?"

Han Yating looked behind her, then turned her head and whispered to Li Xuewu, "I heard Li Kezhang Fu lost his temper in the office and broke the telephone."

"How do you know?"

Li Xuewu picked up his teacup and looked at it; seeing it was hot, he knew it was brewed by Han Yating while she was waiting for him.

Han Yating smiled smugly and said, "I have secret channels, hehe."

Looking at Han Yating, who was like a little fox, Li Xuewu also smiled and said, "Not bad, you've even infiltrated the office."

"This is called 'provisions before the troops move'!"

"Hahahaha."

Seeing Li Xuewu laugh, Han Yating also laughed and said, "It happened on Friday. People in the office said the Li Kezhang called someone to replace the phone, saying it fell on the floor and broke, but people in the office could tell it was smashed with the receiver."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu also chuckled for a while; telephones nowadays weren't something an ordinary person could smash easily.

Thinking of the 'big brother' phones of the future that could be used as bricks, one knows how reliable and durable the quality of the era was.

Han Yating laughed for a while, looked at Li Xuewu's expression, and asked, "Do you know some inside story? Why aren't you surprised?"

"Hmm? What inside story?"

Li Xuewu pretended to be ignorant and asked, then laughed, "How would I know what happened when he was on the phone? I wasn't wiretapping the phone line."

"You're just fooling me."

Han Yating wrinkled her nose, then hugged the document and said, "You deep people are all too scary."

After teasing Li Xuewu, Han Yating said again, "I heard Fu Haibo hasn't left yet; I saw him come to the steel mill today."

"Ignore him. He won't leave when he should, and when he wants to leave, he won't be able to."

Li Xuewu said with narrowed eyes, then went back to his own business.

Han Yating didn't understand, so she didn't ask anymore, greeted Li Xuewu, and left.

Listening to Yu Haitang's "emotionless" voice on the radio reading the "daily waste" bulletin of the Security Section, Li Xuewu took a sip of tea, pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, put the document away, and took out his textbook to review.

Yes, what Li Xuewu was reading now wasn't the section's documents, but a textbook.

Han Laoshi called and said that Li Xuewu must also participate in the final exam, asking him to go to the Steel School on the 16th for the final exam.

Although Han Laoshi didn't say what would happen if he didn't pass, Li Xuewu really didn't want to finish his "hard-won" university diploma with the reputation of being a connection-hire.

After reading until the end of the workday, Li Xuewu put away the textbook, put on his clothes, and rode his bike home.

Entering the west courtyard and seeing Lao Biaozi and the others loading stools in the north warehouse, Li Xuewu teased Wen Saner, who had sobered up, and then prepared to return to the courtyard.

"Xuewu!"

Wen Saner called out to Li Xuewu and said, "Thank you."

Li Xuewu knew Wen Saner was talking about him helping with the wedding.

"We don't need to talk about that."

Wen Saner smiled and reminded him, "Your mother is looking for you; hurry back. When I went to your house to pick up the child today, your mother asked about you."

Because he drank with Ding Wanqiu last night and was a bit dizzy when he was in the side room, Li Xuewu didn't go home and slept in the backyard instead.

At noon, Li Xuewu was accompanying guests again, and after eating, he had to have a meeting with Shen Fang and the others, so Liu Yin didn't catch a glimpse of Li Xuewu.

Now, hearing Wen Saner say his mother was looking for him, he knew what was going on.

It seemed he couldn't sleep in the courtyard today.

Lou Jie, I miss you.

When Li Xuewu entered the house, he saw Liu Yin cooking. He didn't go into the room and smiled, saying, "Mom, I have to be on duty today; I won't be back tonight."

After finishing his sentence, Li Xuewu closed the door and was about to leave, but Liu Yin frowned and shouted, "You come back here!"

Li Xuewu laughed dryly, turned around, and asked, "What's wrong, Mom? I have things to do."

"Even if the sky is falling today, you have to come in and explain things clearly to me."

Liu Yin grabbed Li Xuewu's arm, pulled her son into the room, stared at him, and asked, "I heard you recognized a mother outside? You're quite capable!"

"Hey! You're talking about that?"

Li Xuewu had an 'oh, so that's it' expression and said casually, "You mean my godmother? You said Director Wang, she..."

"What godmother? Am I asking about her? Don't try to change the subject!"

Liu Yin picked up the fire poker as she spoke and asked Li Xuewu, "Are you going to say it or not? If you don't, I'm going to her house tomorrow."

"Oh, Mom."

Li Xuewu hugged his mother, took the fire poker away, and said, "Is it necessary? She's just an aunt who is very nice to me; she took care of me in the hospital last time."

"A very nice aunt, is she?"

Liu Yin pinched her son and said fiercely, "Nice enough to marry her daughter to you, is she?"

"Who did you hear that from? What's this all about?"

Li Xuewu grimaced and circled around Liu Yin, while glaring at Li Xue in the inner room.

Li Xue returned Li Xuewu with a helpless expression, palms pressed together, telling Li Xuewu she had no choice.

Li Xuewu ignored the little traitor in the room and smiled bitterly, dodging his mother's slaps.

"You never have a straight answer; your sister already told me, and you're still lying to me."

Liu Yin was so angry she slapped Li Xuewu twice and said, "I was worried you couldn't find a partner and was even organizing blind dates for you, but you're good—you've already started calling her 'mother-in-law'."

As she spoke, she slapped Li Xuewu twice more, still not feeling relieved.

"Tell me, were you going to wait until the child was born before telling us?"

"Mom~"

"Don't call me Mom! Go find your mother-in-law!"

Li Xuewu looked at his mother and smiled bitterly, "Nothing is even set in stone yet; what is there to say?"

Liu Yin stared at Li Xuewu and asked, "I ask you, did you break up with the last one because of this? Did you see the power of this family?"

"Come on, Mom, you know your son; could I do something like that?"

Li Xuewu couldn't laugh or cry as he helped Liu Yin sit on a stool.

"I met her in the south; she was the doctor who treated me. We just happened to meet again after I came back."

Liu Yin pursued, "And then?"

"Then we were set up on a blind date. I didn't agree at first, but later I got injured because of a case—I didn't dare tell you—and it just so happened she also got injured because of a case, so we were both hospitalized. Her mother saw me and cooked chicken soup for me every day."

"You have no ambition."

Liu Yin pointed at Li Xuewu's head and said, "They bought you off with chicken soup, did they?"

Now Liu Yin felt like the pig in her own family that often rooted in other people's cabbage had been lured away by someone else using cabbage.

Yes, that feeling of losing a pig.

"Hehe, Mom, it's not like I've never had chicken soup; Aunt Ding is indeed a very good person."

Liu Yin looked into the eyes of Li Xuewu, who was squatting in front of her, and asked, "What about the girl? Is she good too?"

This question was a bit hard for Li Xuewu to answer. He thought for a moment and said, "We haven't spent much time together; I don't know what she's like yet."

"How much longer do you need to spend together?"

Liu Yin tapped Li Xuewu's forehead and said, "In the past, didn't you always bring them out as soon as you saw they were good? How come..."

"Hehehe, Mom, do you think I'm still a sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid? Now I have to be responsible for myself and for my family. Can I really go out on the street and pick someone up like you said?"

As he spoke, Li Xuewu patted his mother's knee and stood up, "Besides, with the way I am now, where can I go to pick up a girl?"

"What about this one?"

Liu Yin didn't believe it and pursued, "What exactly is going on with this one? If you're not going to date her, I'm going to find someone to introduce you to a partner."

Li Xuewu was also afraid of his mother, so he smiled and said, "I'll date her, I'll date her and see. If it's suitable, I'll date her; if not, you can help me introduce someone else. Is that okay?"

Liu Yin got her son's confirmation and finally softened her expression.

But thinking of the girl Li Xue mentioned, Liu Yin asked again, "What exactly is the girl's family background and condition?"

Li Xuewu looked at Li Xue in the room; this sister was truly her mother's little cotton-padded jacket, spilling all his business.

"Nothing much, her father is a cadre, her mother is an editor, and she is a doctor."

"You, you never tell the truth. Is her father a high-ranking cadre?"

Liu Yin had already gotten a "confession" from Li Xue; there was no way Li Xuewu could fool her.

"Hehe, Mom, our section is short of an interrogation expert; I think you're quite suitable."

Li Xuewu teased Liu Yin with a cheeky face.

But Liu Yin didn't buy it, poked Li Xuewu, and said, "What kind of cadre has waiters and bodyguards at home? Do you think your mother can't count? Hmm?"

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu smiled and replied, "Maybe, it's not high, just an ordinary family."

"This child."

Liu Yin poked Li Xuewu, who was bragging, and then said, "What about dinner? If you're not eating at home, is there somewhere to eat on duty?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Then I'm leaving now, Mom."

As he spoke, Li Xuewu had already opened the door, lifted the curtain, and went out.

The old lady asked with a smile, "You let him go without asking carefully? You won't be able to catch him if you want to ask again, hehe."

Liu Yin looked at Li Xuewu's back from the small kitchen window and said, "He's the Monkey King, but he still can't escape the palm of the Buddha."

Li Xuecai sat at the table waiting for dinner. Seeing his mother talk about his second brother, he laughed, "If it weren't for the snitch, would you have been able to catch Second Brother?"

"I've finished dealing with your second brother; shouldn't we talk about your business now?"

Liu Yin turned to look at Li Xuecai and asked, "How are things going with you and Ji Yuxiu?"

"..."

Li Xuewu came out of the house, didn't even enter the side room, went straight to the west courtyard to get two fish, took his bike, greeted everyone busy in the west courtyard, and was about to go out.

But just as he pushed his bike and was about to leave, he was grabbed by the back seat by Lao Biaozi.

"Brother Wu, did you set a trap?"

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu turned around and looked at Lao Biaozi, asking, "What did you hear?"

"Brother Wu."

Lao Biaozi leaned close to Li Xuewu and said, "It's spread on the street that a tough character has come to Jiaodaokou, saying: 'Buddhas don't pass Xinjiekou, tough guys don't enter Gulou Lane; those who live here must report, and those who don't will be beaten to a pulp...'"

He looked into Li Xuewu's eyes and asked, "The one they say said this is a Li Kezhang surnamed Li; that's you, right?"

Li Xuewu asked with a smile, "How's the effect?"

"Uh..."

Lao Biaozi looked at Li Xuewu and said hesitantly, "You might be poking a hornet's nest. These bad kids are the least obedient; the more you say that, the more they want to come in, otherwise they won't be able to hang out."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu chuckled, "Isn't that just right?"

He didn't explain to Lao Biaozi, patted Lao Biaozi on the shoulder, and went out.

It was pitch black now, and Li Xuewu turned on his electric bike light.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu was afraid of meeting those people; Li Xuewu just wanted to see what they looked like.

But you wouldn't meet them at this time; turning on the light was to prevent others from being blinded and crashing into him.

Arriving at the Haizi villa, Li Xuewu knocked on the door, and after waiting for about three minutes, Lou Jie opened the door.

"So you know how to come."

"Hehe."

Li Xuewu used the same routine on Lou Jie as he did on his mother—a quick smile.

You don't hit a smiling face, right?

"Quick, take this, I can't carry it anymore."

Li Xuewu handed the two fish to Watching Lou Xiaoe, and he pushed his bike into the courtyard.

"What's tied to the bike?"

Watching Lou Xiaoe poked the bag on the back seat with her hand and asked.

Li Xuewu pushed the bike into the west room; he wasn't familiar with this place and didn't know if these rabbits ate the grass by their nest.

If his bike was stolen here today, he'd be in big trouble.

After Watching Lou Xiaoe closed the door, Li Xuewu untied the bag from the bike seat.

"New Year's goods."

As Li Xuewu took out couplets, lanterns, firecrackers, and New Year pictures... Watching Lou Xiaoe's eyes slowly turned red.

"Why did you buy these? Can you spend New Year's with me? Aren't you just teasing me to cry?"

"Don't cry, don't cry, why cry? Who said we can't spend New Year's together?"

Li Xuewu smiled, put the things in the west room, took the two fish from Lou Jie's hand, and soaked them in a water basin in the kitchen.

"Have you eaten?"

Lou Jie wiped her tears and looked at Li Xuewu, who was busy in the kitchen, and asked.

Li Xuewu looked up and smiled, "No, I was preparing to eat with you."

"Humph."

Lou Jie had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and she had no choice with this rascal.

She walked into the kitchen and said to Li Xuewu, "I stewed tofu myself; I didn't bring any for you."

Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Then I'll just watch you eat."

"You rascal~"

Lou Jie scolded with a smile, took two potatoes from the shelf, and while scraping the skin with a spoon, said, "It's a good thing I have the habit of bringing breakfast out early, otherwise you'd just be waiting to go hungry today."