Aunt Liu was just about to leave when she heard Liu Yumei's voice behind her: "Call Xiao Yuan, I want to have a few words with him."
"Okay."
They could have shouted from the dam, but Aunt Liu still went upstairs, came to Li Zhiyuan's side, and whispered: "Xiao Yuan, the old lady wants you to come for a meeting."
Li Zhiyuan put down the book in his hand, went downstairs, and sat opposite the old lady's coffee table.
Liu Yumei still had her eyes closed and said: "Xiao Yuan, how was the fish last night? Tasty?"
Li Zhiyuan: "By the time Ah You caught it and brought it back, it'd been dead too long and had gone bad."
Liu Yumei: "Hmm."
Li Zhiyuan: "However, I saw Ah You and Run Sheng eating happily. Maybe when everyone's grabbing with chopsticks, everything tastes good."
Liu Yumei: "I don't like eating with others, it's dirty, I'm afraid of catching diseases."
Li Zhiyuan nodded.
Liu Yumei: "Besides, even though the fish was dead, the meat was soft and cooked to a mush, the bones were still there and could choke someone."
Li Zhiyuan nodded again.
Liu Yumei: "Ah You caught it from that river next to us; you could say it's an old neighbor. Even if it's served as a dish on the table, it should be given some respect on the surface.
In critical moments, instead of rushing to take a bite, why not lift a hand?"
Li Zhiyuan: "Old lady, I understand."
Liu Yumei: "I also love fish, and having eaten it all my life, I've got some experience."
Li Zhiyuan: "Don't worry, I get it."
The old lady was alluding to the Yu Family, hinting that I should not rush to kick someone when they're down but rather lend a hand.
This isn't out of the goodness of her heart.
Even if the old lady didn't intend to get Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu involved, she wouldn't go so far as to consider the Yu Family.
Were it not for the fact that the family was small and not worth fighting for, she'd still do exactly as she needed.
The old lady approached it from a purely pragmatic perspective, reminding Li Zhiyuan from her stance and viewpoint as a supporter of the fallen Dragon King's Court.
No matter how broken, degraded, or corrupted, the Yu Family was once a proper Dragon King family. Rushing to eat it could easily get you choked by a bone.
In the long run, Li Zhiyuan didn't need to covet the Yu Family's legacy. Even after walking the Jiang, the foundation of both the Qin and Liu Families would be his, so he had no material demands, nor did the family have any plans in that regard. He could just watch from the sidelines.
Unlike Zhao Yi, who bore the responsibility of taking the Jiujiang Zhao further.
Li Zhiyuan understood that the plan Zhao Yi previously showed him would need major changes.
Well, let's wait for Zhao Yi to come back before discussing it.
Li Zhiyuan felt that Zhao Yi would likely agree to revise the plan.
Because, lately, he's been very good.
...
"Binbin, have you noticed that Linlin has changed a lot?"
"Has she become more gentle and obedient?"
"Hmm... she's become completely unlike her old self."
"That's normal. You're not like the old you either; you never used to call me 'Binbin'."
"Then how did I used to call you..."
Zhou Yunyun recalled, in the scene, she stood from her seat, hands on her hips, loudly reprimanding Tan Wenbin, who was making trouble near the podium: "Tan Wenbin, even if you won't learn from others, you still have to follow, continue disrupting the class, and see if I don't report you to the teacher!"
Tan Wenbin: "That's how you called me, Tan Wenbin!......"
Zhou Yunyun quickly covered Tan Wenbin's mouth: "Alright, that's enough."
Tan Wenbin opened his mouth and nibbled lightly on the green scallion fingers in front of him.
"What are you doing, we're at the school gate."
"Afraid of what? Among the couples at the school gate, we're the conservative type."
"No, can't do this, there are so many people."
"Alright then, let's have a kiss, my dear."
"You..."
Tan Wenbin leaned in for a kiss, and Zhou Yunyun's face immediately turned red, her hands tried to push Tan Wenbin's chest, but as the kiss went on, she wrapped her arms around Tan Wenbin's neck.
After a long while, they parted lips, still connected by a few glistening threads.
Tan Wenbin reached out to break them, and Zhou Yunyun bit her lower lip, lowered her head shyly, wanting to bury herself in Tan Wenbin's arms but soon lifted her head again, very solemnly said:
"Promise me, be careful."
"Going back to school to handle procedures and follow processes, how could it not be safe."
"I have dreams."
She didn't know what Tan Wenbin was up to, but she could sense danger and death surrounding the man in front of her in her dreams.
Tan Wenbin nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I will."
From Nantong to the Lu Family's Old Mansion, Jinling is at the midpoint, so they first headed to Jinling to send the two girls back to school.
Sitting in the car waiting, Zhao Yi turned around and said to Lin Shuyou: "Hey, why were you so quick, we're not short of time."
Lin Shuyou: "Shut up."
Zhao Yi reached out and flicked Lin Shuyou on the forehead.
Lin Shuyou glared at him: "Three-eyed, looking for a fight?"
Zhao Yi: "Huh, I meant to say, if you want to learn about dating, don't listen to that white crane inside you. If that white crane really knew how to date, it wouldn't still be a child, right?"
Child: "Divination Child, beat him up, give it to him hard!"
"If you want to learn, come to me for advice. Look at this, this is your brother's achievement."
Zhao Yi reached out, pointing to the pair of twin sisters sitting in the small pickup truck ahead.
Lin Shuyou: "I'm not marrying into the family."
Zhao Yi's mouth hung open, silently.
Lin Shuyou laughed.
Zhao Yi: "Being looked down upon for marrying into a family, is it? But there's something that seems even less scrupulous than marrying into a family, you know."
Lin Shuyou: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Zhao Yi: "Hey, I didn't say anything, why are you suddenly so worked up?"
"You!"
"I'm not talking nonsense, but you must have some wild thoughts in the past, haha!"
Lin Shuyou reached out to pinch Zhao Yi's neck while Zhao Yi blocked his arm.
