Chapter 68

Li Yuechan nodded, “I heard from my dad that there’s been a split in your family. Are you planning to go back?”

Li Xiangdong lowered his head. “I… I don’t know.”

“But I think you should wait before going back. See if the split really happens first. Otherwise, you’ll always be bullied.”

Li Xiangdong nodded. “Got it, then I’ll go first, cousin!”

Li Yuechan frowned, “Go? No, follow me!”

Li Xiangdong quickly shook his head. “No, I’m not going to your house. If my third uncle finds out, grandma will know too.”

“Alright, alright, you won’t go to my house, but I’ll take you somewhere.”

“Where?”

“Why ask so many questions? Come on, let’s go!”

Li Yuechan rode her bicycle, signaling for him to sit behind her.

Li Xiangdong looked at his small cousin and hesitated. “There’s no need, cousin, let me take you.”

“Do you know the way? Hurry up, stop talking!”

Li Xiangdong sat on the back, covering his face, feeling like he would never be able to show his face again after this.

Gu Zhixing heard the security guard say that someone was downstairs looking for him, claiming to be his partner. He quickly rushed downstairs.

But when he saw a man and a woman standing downstairs, his face suddenly darkened.

After a moment, he forced a smile and walked over, holding Li Yuechan’s hand, saying, “Xiao Chan, who is this?”

“Oh, this is my cousin.”

Gu Zhixing looked at the man in front of him and immediately felt more favorable toward him. “Your cousin? Hello, I’m Gu Zhixing, Xiao Chan’s boyfriend.”

Li Xiangdong frowned and looked at Li Yuechan. “Xiao Chan, when did you find a boyfriend?”

“Ah, big cousin, it’s not important.”

Li Yuechan smiled at Gu Zhixing and said, “I have something to discuss with you.”

“Let’s go to my office to talk.”

After Li Yuechan explained the situation, Gu Zhixing gave Li Xiangdong a sideways glance and thought to himself: He’s only 21 but looks like 28. Scruffy and so messy!

His build isn’t bad, but he’s as thin as a bamboo pole. How can someone like this be good enough for Xiao Chan? It seems like grandma’s taste isn’t great either!

Also, it was grandma who drugged Xiao Chan. If it were any other guy, grandma would never let him get away with it.

While Gu Zhixing was sizing up Li Xiangdong, Li Xiangdong was also eyeing him.

Gu Zhixing’s ability to read minds requires at least two seconds of eye contact. It’s useful when interrogating criminals but not so useful in everyday situations, especially since people tend to avoid eye contact.

Li Xiangdong was thinking, This guy’s not much to look at, probably a flower pillow type, definitely charming Xiao Chan with his looks.

After hearing that, Gu Zhixing sneered inwardly. You’ll soon see whether I’m a flower pillow or not.

“Don’t worry, Xiao Chan. Xiangdong can stay in my dorm for now. I’m alone in my room.”

If he wants to find a job, I can get him a temporary position at the police station.

We’ve been short on manpower lately, and it’s hard to catch spies. A strong laborer would be useful.

Gu Zhixing thought for a moment and then said to Li Xiangdong, “But don’t worry, once your political review is cleared, I’ll help you get transferred.”

Since Xiao Chan brought him here, he’s someone Xiao Chan approves of, so Gu Zhixing would try to accept him too.

Li Xiangdong’s eyes widened like copper bells. “Really? I can come to the police station?”

As for the political review, Gu Zhixing didn’t even hear it.

He quickly coughed twice. “Of course.”

Li Yuechan frowned. Was finding a job really that easy?

But she knew Gu Zhixing wouldn’t harm them.

With Li Xiangdong’s issue settled, Li Yuechan hummed a little tune as she headed home.

Meanwhile, in Da Huaishu Village, with a loud “smack,” Liu Xinghua covered her face, glaring at Huang Hehua.

“You… why did you hit me?”

“What’s wrong with hitting you? Liu Xinghua, what exactly do you want to do? You don’t work, you don’t do anything at home, just wandering around every day for no reason!”

Liu Xinghua shouted, “The child’s been missing for five or six days! What do you think I want to do?”

“Oh my, are you trying to rebel? The kid’s grown up, and they’ll come back eventually!” Huang Hehua sneered.

Liu Xinghua bit her lip, covered her face, tears streaming down her face, and looked at Li Jianjun, saying, “Li Jianjun, I want you to decide. Either divorce or separate, choose! I can’t live like this anymore!”

Li Jianjun had always been honest, but with the recent family situation, he didn’t know what to do. He looked at his mother with reproach, muttering, Why can’t you speak properly? Why do you have to hit my wife?

“Wife, don’t say that. We’ve been getting along well, why talk about divorce?” he said, then turned to his mother. “Mom, you say something.”

“Don’t call me mom! I regret giving birth to you! Why don’t you just die? With a troublemaker like her, just divorce her already!”

Liu Xinghua sat down on the floor, crying and shouting, “I can’t live like this anymore! My mother-in-law’s forcing her son to divorce me, and the grandmother’s trying to kill my grandchild…”

Li Meili, watching this drama unfold, shook her head and turned to leave the house.

Actually, if the family really did split up, she would be quite happy. In the past, her family had been oppressed by her grandmother, working tirelessly for her until her death, like old cattle. If they could split up, that would be wonderful.

But she also knew how temperamental her grandmother was, so splitting up wouldn’t be so easy.

As she walked, she unknowingly wandered out of the village.

She looked up at the sky, ready to head back, when suddenly a man dashed in front of her.

She was so startled she almost lost her breath, her hairs standing on end. When she saw who it was, a chill ran down her spine. “Li Goudan, what do you want?”

“Li Meili, I heard your brother left home. Now, there’s no one to back you up, huh?” His expression twisted into a sinister sneer. “Heh, all the humiliation I’ve suffered from your family… today, I’ll get it back from you!”

Upon hearing this, Li Meili turned and fled.

Li Goudan grabbed her long braid. “I told you not to run, I told you not to run!”

Li Meili desperately shook her head. “Li Goudan, I’m telling you, I’m already engaged!”

“So what if you’re engaged?”

Li Meili recalled the humiliations from the past, and the more she thought about it, the harder she struggled.

“Let go!”