Category: Revenge of the Garfield (Page 4 of 10)

       In fact, in Luo Yunguang’s opinion, not only should Li Zhenran not let this secret out, he probably didn’t even want to know it.

       Up to now, it was not only Li Zhenruo who was not Li Jianglin’s biological son, but all the brothers in the Li family were not Li Jianglin’s biological sons. Although it was true that everyone seemed to return to the same starting point, and that no one took advantage and no one suffers losses, but this also meant another thing, that was, once Li Jianglin had hardened his heart, he would not be merciful to anyone, just like Li Zhenruo who was kicked out of the house at the beginning.

       Luo Yunguang’s remark was not a threat, but just a statement of what he thought was a fact.

       Li Zhenran calmed down from the initial shock and frowned silently at this time.

       Li Zhenruo was still holding Li Zhenran’s arm and looked at him worriedly.

       Luo Yunguang said to him, “I only know as much as you want to know, and you really don’t need to ask about other things, just go back. Let’s all pretend not to know about this matter. How about you just return and be the magnificent and well off second young master of the Li family?”

       Li Zhenran patted the back of Li Zhenruo’s hand and nodded, “Uncle Luo, thank you.”

       Luo Yunguang lowered his head and slowly peeled off the soil on his fingers, and said to Li Zhenran, “Your father is old, it is not easy for him to raise you all. You are all children that your parents don’t want. Without him, you would all be orphans, and who knows what kind of hard life you’ll be living now, or where would you be today?”

       These words were not pleasant, but Li Zhenruo felt that he was telling the truth. Without Li Jianglin, it was not certain that Zhao Yuqiong would have given birth to him after being abandoned, and even if she had, Zhao Yuqiong would not have had that long to raise him. As Luo Yunguang said, he might have become a wandering orphan.

       But as a wandering orphan, he might not be killed early, even if he went to work for others, he might marry a wife and live a stable life in the future.

       Right now, Li Zhenruo could no longer easily judge what was better for him, and his feelings for Li Jianglin became more and more complicated. It would be great if Li Jianglin’s purpose in adopting them at the beginning was just to want a few children and be an ordinary father, not to choose a qualified heir from among them.

       Everything they wanted to know from Luo Yunguang was clear. At this time, Luo Yunguang’s wife invited them to have breakfast together, but Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo lost their appetite.

       Luo Yunguang didn’t express any more reservations about their leaving, and he probably didn’t want to stop them from leaving either.

       Li Zhenran came out of Luo’s house and always looked preoccupied.

       Li Zhenruo wanted to say something to comfort him but wondered if it would be better for him to be quieter. Sometimes people just need someone to accompany them.

       It was still early, and none of the stores on the street was open. Only the cleaners were cleaning the ground with brooms. The slate path was very clean, with a little moist moisture from dew.

       Li Zhenran suddenly stopped, turned around and put both hands on Li Zhenruo’s shoulders, and said to him, “Don’t worry too much about those things.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment and asked him, “What?” He didn’t understand why it was more like Li Zhenran comforting him now.

       Li Zhenran said, “I know he’s not being fair to you.”

       Li Zhenruo was in a slight trance before he realized what he meant, “Are you trying to say that you think Li Jianglin is unfair to me?” Obviously, he was not his biological son, but he had become the only victim right now. If he were to think so, it was indeed very unfair for him and he should hate Li Jianglin, even everyone in the Li family.

       But Li Zhenruo found that he was very calm, and he didn’t even think of going to that place at all. Unconsciously, his state of mind seems to have changed slowly. In regards to the matter of the Li family, he felt more and more like an outsider who could simply strip himself from his angry state of mind.

       He might still care about the person who killed him, but he didn’t care so much about status and wealth.

       Of course, what he cared most about now was Li Zhenran.

       However, when he was worried that Li Zhenran would be sad, Li Zhenran was also worried that he would be sad. When he thought of this, Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but slightly smile, and said, “I’m fine, anyway it’s already like this. There’s no need to be trapped in the emotions at that time, why not think about doing something more practical.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words and reached out and hugged him.

       The cleaners in the distance stood up straight and looked in their direction.

       But neither of them cared.

       Li Zhenruo approached Li Zhenran’s ear and asked him, “Are you angry? Or sad?”

       Li Zhenran was silent for a while before telling him, “I didn’t feel much. It’s more likely just a shock than those emotions you said.”

       Li Zhenruo hugged him tightly, patted him on the back, and asked him, “Are you hungry? I’ll go buy you some breakfast.”

       Li Zhenran then asked, “Oh? Is there anything to eat around here?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I saw a family selling egg crepe yesterday, and it seemed to be very good.”

       Li Zhenran laughed, “Did you want to eat it since yesterday?”

       Li Zhenruo smiled and didn’t speak. He let go of Li Zhenran and ran forward.

       The owner of that egg crepe had just set up his shop, and when he saw Li Zhenruo come to buy egg crepe early in the morning, he chatted with him for a while.

       When Li Zhenruo went over with the egg crepe, she saw Li Zhenran standing under the eaves in the street, and turned his head to look at the other side of the street.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him and saw the backs of a middle-aged couple who were slowly walking forward.

       He handed the egg crepe and soy milk to Li Zhenran and asked him, “What are you looking at?”

       Li Zhenran shook his head, the egg crepe was still a little hot in his hand, he said to Li Zhenruo, “Let’s go back.”

       “Okay,” Li Zhenruo nodded as he pulled open the plastic pocket in his hand to reveal the egg crepe inside, and took a careful bite. He was a little afraid of hot foods. Ever since he was a child, Wang Ma said he had a cat’s tongue, but now it’s better, he really did have a cat’s tongue.

       The two walked forward along the street. When they walked more than ten meters, Li Zhenruo suddenly stopped and looked back for some reason. He saw that the couple who were walking forward had stopped and stood in front of the Luo Yunguang couple’s house where they had just left.

       The couple knocked on the door, but Luo Yunguang didn’t open the door.

       Li Zhenran saw Li Zhenruo suddenly stop and asked him, “What?”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, then turned to look at the couple, and said, “Luo Yunguang is at home, why doesn’t he open the door?”

       Li Zhenran also stood still and looked in that direction without saying anything.

       The two of them watched the door that the couple had knocked on for a long time, tried to look inside through the courtyard door, and then left helplessly.

       The egg crepe in Li Zhenruo’s hand was cold before he knew it, and he asked Li Zhenran, “Is Luo Yunguang avoiding everyone who came to him, or just avoiding you and the two of them?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer directly, but instead asked, “What do you think?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I didn’t see it clearly just now, but you saw the couple’s face, right? Why do you keep staring at them?”

       Li Zhenran reached out and wiped off a few food crumbs from the corner of Li Zhenruo’s mouth, and said, “Maybe it’s because I’m too sensitive. When I saw that man just now, I remembered someone.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him and said, “Could they be Li Zhentai’s parents? Luo Yunguang may not have known in advance that we would be coming when he was hiding from anyone. Maybe he was hiding from the couple.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer, just said to him, “Your soy milk is cold.”

       Li Zhenruo asked him, “You obviously saw it, why didn’t you tell me?”

       Li Zhenran said, “What can you do if you know?”

       Li Zhenruo calmed down, an idea came into his head. He didn’t harm anyone, and he just had to return what Li Zhentai had done to him.

       But this also means another thing, not only Li Zhentai but also Li Zhenran and Li Zhenzi’s identities may be exposed. Li Jianglin was not a fool. He endured it for the first time, but he wouldn’t endure it one after another. He really didn’t know what the consequences would be.

       Li Zhenran saw him fall silent and said to him, “Leave it to me.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “If they really are Li Zhentai’s biological parents, I have a way to guide them to find Li Zhentai, and won’t let them know that I had someone tell them; if they are not, it is very simple, as long as Li Zhentai’s parents are still alive In this world, I can find them and tell them that their son is now a rich young master.”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed his hand, “Have you ever thought that you might get entangled?”

       Li Zhenran said, “It doesn’t matter, I’m not afraid. If there were concerns, it was only at the beginning, but now I don’t have them, and I do not owe him anything. Even if I reveal his identity, it is not considered wrong.”

       Li Zhenruo was still a little hesitant.

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand and pinched his chin to make him raise his head, “Don’t think too much and don’t be afraid. If you don’t do something, the initiative will be transferred to him.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that he was timid. If he knew this from the beginning, he would not hesitate, but now he had something to worry about. Before taking revenge, the first thing he thought about was not hurting Li Zhenran because of it.

       Li Zhenran wiped his oily lips with his fingers again, “Finish your breakfast first.”

       They went back from Luo Yunguang’s, when they were waiting for the plane at the airport, Li Zhenran received a call from Su Yao, telling him that something had happened to Li Zhenzi.

       “What happened?” Li Zhenruo looked serious when he saw Li Zhenran answering the phone, and knew that it wouldn’t be a good thing.

       Li Zhenran said, “He was beaten up and blackmailed, and the police have been called.”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t have to think about it at all and knew that it was because he hooked up with other people’s wives. He wanted to say that he deserved it, but knowing that the female star’s husband, You Bo, was not a good person, it was still a bit troublesome to solve this matter.

       The money came second, You Bo himself was a rich man. The main point was that the man’s pride had been hurt and wanted to pay it back no matter what.

       After they returned by plane, Li Zhenran first took Li Zhenruo to the hospital to visit Li Zhenzi.

       After all, Su Yao had called. As a brother, he was not that unkind to not even take a look at him. It was just that Li Zhenran originally called his driver to pick up the car, but Li Zhentai didn’t plan to return the driver he borrowed from him before, and the driver was caught in the middle.

       Li Zhenran simply told him not to come, and that he could take a taxi.

       The driver followed Li Zhenran for a long time. At this time, while apologizing repeatedly, he couldn’t help but complain in a low voice, asking Li Zhenran to tell Li Zhentai to hurry up and take him back.

       Li Zhenran heard the words and persuaded, “Be patient for a while, and it will be fine soon.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little tired, leaned on Li Zhenran’s shoulder, and asked him, “What will be fine soon?”

       Li Zhenran pinched his chin, “The more things Li Zhentai did, the easier it is to make mistakes. The more power he has, the easier it is to indulge. What is Li Jianglin’s most precious thing? It’s not his son, but his Yunlin. You see, how long do you think he will put up with Li Zhentai?”

       Li Zhenruo thought for a while, then suddenly sat up straight, “I thought of one thing, since you are not Li Jianglin’s own son, what if you marry a woman and have children? Anyway, your son has no blood relationship with him. If you follow him to adopt one, why can’t he accept? “

       Li Zhenran smiled, “You’re right, so he’s just putting on a show for us. If my estimation is correct, he took the opportunity to beat me while indulging the eldest to put him in order.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it for a long time and said, “I finally understand a lot of things that I couldn’t figure out in the past. Why did Li Jianglin insist that the eldest marry Wen Chun must be because the eldest is not his own son and he doesn’t like him, and he may not be as good as the daughter of his friend Wen Chun in his heart. As long as Wen Chun is willing to marry, he will decide to let him marry; but now to him, it is not so important whether you can inherit the lineage or not. On the contrary, the eldest who tampered with his brothers secretly was more hateful, because no one knows whether he will go back to deal with Li Jianglin when he finishes cleaning up his brothers? “

       Li Zhenran looked at him with a smile.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Did you just figure it out?”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “You are right.”

       When they arrived at the hospital, as soon as they opened the door of the ward, they saw Su Yao sitting on the sofa reading a magazine, while Li Zhenzi was lying on the hospital bed, one leg fell off, and his face was covered with gauze.

       When Su Yao saw Li Zhenran and the others, she put down the magazine in her hand and stood up.

       Li Zhenran asked her, “Why are you here?”

       Su Yao said, “Why else? He’s all alone, who wants to come here to guard him?”

       When Li Zhenruo heard this, he couldn’t help but pop up and say to the person lying on the hospital bed, “So you were a short-lived illicit couple, and you’ve been cut off before the disaster strikes?”

       Li Zhenzi was sober, rolled his eyes and didn’t bother to pay attention to him, but called Li Zhenran, “Second brother.”

       “How is it?” Li Zhenran sat down on the chair beside the bed.

       Su Yao stood by the bed, leaned forward slightly with her hands on the fence, and said, “It’s nothing, a gash on the forehead and a broken leg, but he can’t die yet.”

       Li Zhenzi said angrily, “You wish I could just die, right?”

       Su Yao didn’t speak and just smiled.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look at Su Yao, and she could see her beautiful figure clearly from this angle.

       Li Zhenran suddenly said to Li Zhenruo, “You go outside and wait for me for a while.”

       Li Zhenruo was taken aback for a moment and thought that Li Zhenran had something to tell Li Zhenzi in private, which was really rare since Li Zhenran would not hide anything from him in general. He looked at Li Zhenran and saw that Li Zhenran’s eyes were a little cold, and he suddenly came back to his senses. It must be because he just looked at Su Yao that glance was noticed by Li Zhenran.

       Going that far? He hadn’t seen anything yet? And even if he saw it, it was to appreciate the beauty, and there was no strange emotion at all, right?

       Li Zhenruo was a little indignant, turned around and opened the door of the ward and went out.

       He stood outside the door and didn’t go far, leaned his back against the wall, calmed down and still thought about the matter with Li Jianglin. He thought that if Li Jianglin really planned to clean up Li Zhentai, then at the risk of exposing Li Zhenran’s identity, was it necessary for Li Zhentai’s biological parents to find him?

       Should they wait a little longer? Wait until Li Jianglin couldn’t help but put Li Zhentai in order first? Then, he would only need to step on Li Zhentai when he was at his worst, asked him what his motive for the killing was, and then decide to not continue to deal with him?

       Li Zhenruo was a little dazed, and when he came back to his senses, he noticed that a tall man in a suit walked in front of him. Not only one, but three or four people followed behind the man, looking aggressive.

       The man stopped at the door of the ward and first asked, “Is this the third young master Li’s ward?”

       A man behind him responded, “Yes, Mr. You.”

       Mr. You? Li Zhenruo couldn’t help looking up at him, You Bo?

       It happened that You Bo also lowered his head and stared at Li Zhenruo with interest, “Who are you? Li Zhenzi stayed here?”

       Before Li Zhenruo could answer him, a person behind him rushed forward and said to him, “A brother saw this person come up with Li Zhenran just now. I heard that it is the little white boy that Li Zhenran took care of.”

       You Bo smiled when he heard the words, “Oh, that little boy is really white.” After speaking, he stretched out his hand and touched Li Zhenruo’s face.

       Li Zhenruo ducked his head and avoid it. He stepped back half a step and opened the door of the ward with his hand.

       You Bo’s eyes were full of contemptuous smiles. He was not in a hurry to enter the ward but looked up and down at Li Zhenruo, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the front of his shirt.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t expect that he would act so suddenly, and he grabbed the front of the shirt and pulled it forward. At the same time, a hand stretched out from the door and grabbed Yubo’s wrist and squeezed it hard. You Bo had to stop moving and let go of Li Zhenruo.

       Standing at the door of the ward, Li Zhenran pulled Li Zhenruo to his side, gently tidied up Li Zhenruo’s loose clothes, and said casually, “Boss You, what a rare guest.”

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       Luo Yunguang didn’t put down the teacup anymore but put the hand holding the teacup on his knees, he said to Li Zhenran, “Zhenran, Zhenruo is gone, why do you want to track down these things? It’s better to let him go in peace.”

       Li Zhenran said in a deep voice, “How can he go in peace? Uncle Luo, do you think he was really killed by a roadside robber who didn’t have eyes on the road? He wanted to know the truth of his identity until the moment he died. Even now, he still doesn’t know why he died. Do you think he can rest in peace? “

       Luo Yunguang looked at Li Zhenran and seemed to think about it for a while. He then asked, “What do you want to know?”

       Li Zhenran said, “We all know that the fourth child is not my father’s son, but I just learned something recently that the fourth child’s mother, Zhao Yuqiong, was pregnant with the fourth child before she left her hometown. She was pregnant before she came, did Dad not know about it?”

       If Luo Yunguang said he didn’t know, Li Zhenruo would definitely not believe it.

       He only saw Luo Yunguang tap his fingers on the teacup, and after a while, he said, “Your father did know.”

       Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo looked at each other.

       Luo Yunguang continued, “Zhenruo’s mother, that Miss Zhao and her boyfriend just came out of their hometown, and her boyfriend abandoned her. She met your father at this time, and your father liked her very much. However, she insisted on giving birth to the child, and your father could not dissuade her. As a result, she became seriously ill soon after the child was born, so she entrusted Zhenruo to your father, who adopted the child out of affection for her.”

       “You lied,” Li Zhenruo said calmly, although he was a little angry, he suppressed his emotions.

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand and patted his back soothingly.

       Luo Yunguang looked at Li Zhenruo, as if puzzled, “Why do you think I lied?”

       “Uncle Luo,” Li Zhenruo knew that what he said might be inappropriate, but he was eager to say something, “We know a lot more about this matter than you think, so there is no need to bring out the joke that Li Jianglin loves Zhao Yuqiong. You know who he loves, or who he only loves in this life. The matter about Li Zhenruo is not Li Jianglin’s son, everyone already knew, but Li Jianglin initially wanted to cover up the truth that he had already known, so he drove Li Zhenruo out of the Li family because he didn’t want the rest of the Li family to know that he knew about it. He pretended to be a victim and left all the damage to Li Zhenruo to bear. Now you say he loves Zhao Yuqiong?”

       Li Zhenran still stroked Li Zhenruo’s back and said softly, “Okay, let me talk to him.”

       Luo Yunguang looked a little stunned. He stared at Li Zhenruo for a while, and said, “You have been investigating this matter for a long time? Why?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Because that’s my brother.”

       Luo Yunguang has been away from the Li family for a long time. He didn’t know what the relationship between Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo was. At this time, he seemed to really believe that Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo were a pair of deeply affectionate brothers.

       The atmosphere seemed to freeze for a while.

       After a while, Luo Yunguang said to Li Zhenran, “Zhenran, listen to my advice. It is better for you not to know these things.”

       As soon as he said these words, the expressions of Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo instantly became a little subtle, because they didn’t understand why Li Zhenruo’s affairs had something to do with Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran pondered for a while, and then said to Luo Yunguang, “What if I had to know? Uncle Luo, there are people in the Li family who are playing tricks right now. The fourth child might just be the first one, I don’t know if I’ll be the next one, no matter what your motive is for refusing to talk, I must know the truth to protect myself.”

       “Playing tricks?” Luo Yunguang frowned when he heard Li Zhenran’s words. He looked a little irritable and said, “I thought of that, I knew something could go wrong!”

       “Uncle Luo?” Li Zhenran called him.

       Luo Yunguang seemed to be in deep entanglement. He frowned and lowered his head, clenched his right fist to his lips, and said nothing for a long time.

       When Li Zhenruo was about to lose his composure, Li Zhenran put his hand on his shoulder and pressed it hard, signalling him to stay calm.

       At this time, Luo Yunguang’s wife came downstairs and reminded them in a low voice that it was very late.

       Only then did Luo Yunguang come back to his senses and stood up and said to Li Zhenran, “It’s so late, and the hotel here is not good, so why don’t you just stay here for the night?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t refuse, and replied, “Thank you, Uncle Luo, I’ll let you arrange it.”

       Although there were rooms, there were not many beddings at home. Luo Yunguang’s wife arranged for them to sleep in one room. Luo Yunguang asked them if they could make do with it. Li Zhenran said it was not a problem and that anything was fine.

       Li Zhenran came out of the bathroom, went back to the room and closed the door. He saw Li Zhenruo sitting on the bed in a daze, and said to him, “I’ll turn off the lights.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded.

       Li Zhenran turned off the light, and instantly it was pitch black. He stood there for a while, and when he got used to the darkness and could see the room clearly from the street lights outside, he slowly walked to the bed and sat down.

       He touched Li Zhenruo’s hand, held it in his hand, and asked him, “What are you thinking about?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “He knew we were coming, and he has been avoiding us today. I really can’t believe a word of what he said now.”

       For so long, he had been trying to find the truth. He had been running around again and again to find those who might know the clues, but Luo Yunguang was different. He was not as honest as Aunt Wu and Zhao Yusheng. He was Li Jianglin’s right-hand man in the past. Every word that sounded sincere was likely to be a fabricated lie.

       Which of the sentences he could believe?

       Li Zhenran pulled him to his side, stretched out his arms to hug him, and said, “Don’t think so much, we can tell which sentence is true and which is false, just like you said, we already seized so many things, even if he hides what he hides, it will be known one day.”

       Li Zhenruo put his face in his arms and said, “If only I were really a cat.”

       Li Zhenran thought for a while, and then said, “That’s not bad.”

       Although it was an unfamiliar environment, the surrounding environment was quiet, plus he was leaning on Li Zhenran’s arms, Li Zhenruo fell asleep not long after.

       This night, he slept quite deeply. When he woke up in the morning, he turned over and found that Li Zhenran had already woken up.

       Li Zhenruo rubbed his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar ceiling and thought about where he was for a while. He then reacted, got up and got ready to continue to spend time with Luo Yunguang.

       He got dressed and walked over to open the curtains. When the sun was shining in, he saw Li Zhenran standing in the garden on the first floor talking to Luo Yunguang.

       Luo Yunguang was rolling up his sleeves while arranging the flowerpots in the garden.

       Li Zhenruo opened the window and heard Li Zhenran say to him, “Uncle Luo, have you ever thought that that person might still be against my father?”

       Luo Yunguang originally lowered his head and said nothing, but now he raised his head to look at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “You can’t bring this secret into the coffin. From the day the fourth child’s incident was discovered, it will be brought before us sooner or later. I don’t want the next person to be involved in it for no apparent reason. “

       Luo Yunguang had been a little agitated since last night, but now it became more serious. He looked at Li Zhenran and suddenly dropped a flower pot in his hand.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback by the crisp sound of the flowerpot falling to the ground.

       Luo Yunguang said, “Have you thought about how serious this matter is? Have you considered your father’s position?”

       Li Zhenran said solemnly, “What about us? We are not complete individuals? The fourth child can’t know his background until he dies?”

       When Li Zhenruo heard this, he couldn’t help raising his hand to cover his face.

       Luo Yunguang looked at Li Zhenran with a fierce glint in his eyes. He finally said fiercely, “Okay, since you must know, then I will tell you, but after knowing this, you should not regret it.”

       Li Zhenran took a deep breath, stood up straight, and said, “I won’t regret it.”

       Luo Yunguang said word by word, “None of you four are Li Jianglin’s sons.”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly widened his eyes, leaned forward, and clasped the windowsill tightly with his fingers. He thought he must have heard it wrong.

       However, Li Zhenran frowned slightly. He concealed his expression well, only hesitating to say what he was going to say.

       After Luo Yunguang finished saying this, he lowered his head and continued to take care of his flowerpot.

       Li Zhenruo already knew that he was not Li Jianglin’s son, although he was very surprised at this time, he thought that the person who was hit harder should be Li Zhenran.

       Somewhat panicked, Li Zhenruo turned around and ran towards the door, then hurried to the small building, and ran into the yard in slippers, slightly gasping for breath to grab Li Zhenran’s arm.

       He raised his head to look at Li Zhenran and asked him with his eyes if he wanted to believe Luo Yunguang’s words.

       At this moment, Li Zhenran patted the back of his hand comfortingly and looked at Luo Yunguang, “Uncle Luo, do you know what you mean by this sentence?”

       Luo Yunguang didn’t even raise his head, “I told you not to ask, but you still ask. Don’t you want to know why? Li Jianglin and Zhu Yun have no children. It’s not that Zhu Yun can’t have children, it’s that Li Jianglin can’t. The four of you are all adopted, and I was the one who went to find and take back a newly born boy for him.”

       Having said this, he paused, rubbed the soil from the scissors used for pruning the branches next to the flower table, and then continued, “The eldest was bought from a young couple, and the third and fourth were from single mothers who were abandoned by men and who don’t want a child until it’s born. As for you, your identity is the simplest. You are an orphan, and your parents seem to be gone. You are all taken back as illegitimate children. Li Jianglin never planned to tell you your true identity. I believe you yourself don’t want to know.” After saying the last sentence, Luo Yunguang also gave Li Zhenran a meaningful look.

       Li Zhenruo was immersed in incomparable shock. He imagined countless possibilities, but he did not expect it to be like this. He tried hard to see Luo Yunguang’s expression, trying to distinguish whether what he said was true or false, but for some reason, he believed that what Luo Yunguang said was true at this time.

       Luo Yunguang put down the scissors. He stood up straight, and said to Li Zhenran, “I said you wouldn’t want to know. You’d better honestly bring this secret into the coffin with me, Second Young Master Li.”

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Yesterday’s chapter was Zhenruo (真弱) at the beginning, but later I felt that something was wrong, so I changed it to Zhenruo(臻弱), but I didn’t expect it to be wrong…¹the author make a typo on Zhenruo’s name

Although many readers have guessed the truth, I still have to bite the bullet and write it down. I am not that unprincipled and even if you have guessed it, I will not change the outline!

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       The narrow streets were very lively with people coming and going. A kitten on the side of the road with a rope tied around its neck raised its head and called Li Zhenruo “meow meow” twice. Li Zhenruo squatted down and touched its head, watching it rubbing on his leg.

       Li Zhenran stood beside Li Zhenruo and said to him, “Let’s go to the neighbourhood first.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, stood up and left slowly with Li Zhenran, in spite of the kitten’s cry to stay. This county was not big, and they didn’t know anyone, so they had nowhere to go. They were just strolling in a small unfamiliar city.

       The thoughts in his head were too chaotic, and Li Zhenruo didn’t even try to sort them out. No matter what the truth was, he could only just accept it by now. He didn’t have a better choice.

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Li Zhenruo’s waist and put his palm on the back waist for a long time. Even through the clothes, Li Zhenruo could still feel the temperature of Li Zhenran’s palm.

       After a while, he turned to Li Zhenran and said, “I may lack love.”

       Li Zhenran was stunned because of his inexplicable words, and smiled, “I’ll make it up to you.”

       He never got tired of listening to sweet words. Li Zhenruo thought to himself, he was quite happy now, he had lost some things and gained some things. It was not easy to compare and measure each other, whether he was losing more or gaining more. He had no idea.

       After they walked around for a while, they looked for a place to eat something. When it was almost dinner time in the afternoon, Li Zhenruo knocked on Luo Yunguang’s door again, and this time still no one answered.

       They weren’t sure if there was anyone in their home. The store next door had closed, and the other one said they didn’t know when he would come back.

       So they waited for a while. The rest of the store was closed when he came back, and the door of Luo Yunguang’s house was still closed. Li Zhenruo went over to knock on the door but got no response.

       “No one’s there?” He felt a little strange, he stepped back and looked towards the two-story building inside the gate. He didn’t see a human figure, but he could vaguely see a faint light. He wasn’t sure if it was the reflection of a nearby street lamp or the light in the room.

       Li Zhenruo made up his mind, and he said to Li Zhenran, “I want to go in and have a look.”

       Li Zhenran glanced around and made sure that there was no anti-theft power grid around the iron gate, so he said to him, “Go ahead. Be careful.”

       Li Zhenruo reached out and took off his jacket and handed it to Li Zhenran.

       As a result, Li Zhenran just reached out to pick it up, when the coat left Li Zhenruo’s body and he disappeared out of thin air, leaving a cat hair fluttering in Li Zhenran’s palm.

       Li Zhenruo smiled a little embarrassedly, although he knew it was meaningless, he still habitually rolled up his long sleeves, then hid in the dark and transformed into a cat form, and climbed up along the brick wall next to the iron gate.

       Li Zhenran stood outside the door and saw Li Zhenruo’s forelegs climbing on the wall with his buttocks falling down and swaying for a while before he climbed up with difficulty and suddenly smiled.

       It became easier for Li Zhenruo to climb over the courtyard wall. He trotted along the courtyard wall until he came to the vicinity of the building, and climbed the second-floor window on the pipe.

       When he got close, Li Zhenruo heard the sound of someone walking inside. He was sure that there was someone in the room and climbed to the outside of the window of the room where he had just seen the lights. Li Zhenruo looked inside and saw the inside of the room. With the TV turned on, a married couple who were in their forties sat beside the bed, and the man among them was Luo Yunguang.

       Luo Yunguang was at home, but he didn’t open the door for them.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t have time to be angry, he turned around and climbed along the pipeline to the yard on the first floor, turned back into a human shape, walked over and unlocked the door of the big iron gate from the inside.

       Li Zhenran was standing outside the door, looking at him in surprise, “Someone’s inside?”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, “Yes.”

       The people upstairs heard the noises, Luo Yunguang rushed to the window and shouted loudly, “Who is it?!”

       Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo stood there and looked up at the same time.

       Luo Yunguang left the window at this time. They listened to the movement as if Luo Yunguang had come downstairs in a hurry.

       Li Zhenruo and Li Zhenran looked at each other and waited quietly for him.

       Luo Yunguang went down to the first floor and opened the security door from the inside while swearing fiercely, “Who are you people? Barging in and trying to steal something? I’m calling the police!”

       He was holding a cell phone in his hand as if he had already pressed 110 and was ready to dial the number.

       However, at this moment, Li Zhenran shouted first, “Uncle Luo, do you remember me? I’m Li Zhenran?”

       Luo Yunguang was stunned for a moment. He stood by the door, frowned and looked in this direction, carefully looking at the slender and handsome young man under the street lamp, “Who do you say you are?”

       Li Zhenran said, “I am Li Jianglin’s second son, Li Zhenran.”

       Luo Yunguang put down his phone and walked towards them slowly until he approached Li Zhenran, looked at his face seriously and said, “Yes, you really are Zhenran.”

       Li Zhenran smiled at him, “Uncle Luo, I haven’t seen you for many years.”

       Luo Yunguang looked a little stunned, “Why are you here?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer him directly, but reached out and pulled Li Zhenruo to his side, and said to Luo Yunguang, “Uncle Luo, do you remember? This is my brother, Zhenruo.”

       Luo Yunguang’s expression suddenly became strange. He first walked to the wall and turned on the lights in the yard, looked at Li Zhenruo’s face through the lights, and then said, “He—isn’t he…”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t know what Li Zhenran meant, but he still cooperated with Li Zhenran and said, “Uncle Luo, look at me carefully, you carried me when you were younger, did you not?”

       When Luo Yunguang left, Li Zhenruo was still young. He could recognize Li Zhenran who had grown up, but he might not be able to recognize what Li Zhenruo would look like now. But if he really wanted to think about it, this Li Zhenruo looked too young now, and it didn’t match the age of Li Zhenruo himself.

       But for Luo Yunguang, it wasn’t this that puzzled him. He just looked up at Li Zhenran, “I saw the news last year. Li Zhenruo is gone.”

       Gone means dead.

       Li Zhenran was exposed by him, and he was not embarrassed at all, but smiled and said, “It turns out that Uncle Luo has been following us all the time.”

       Li Zhenruo’s case has been reported by the media, but he was not a star himself, and the response he could cause in society was limited. The case was not a serious case, so it had not attracted a lot of media attention.

       Luo Yunguang could know that if it wasn’t for the fact that he still had contact with Li Jianglin, then he was very concerned about the movements of the Li family.

       When he heard Li Zhenran say this, Luo Yunguang did not refute, but looked at Li Zhenruo and said, “Who is this little brother?”

       Li Zhenran put his hand on Li Zhenruo’s shoulder and said to Luo Yunguang, “My friend’s younger brother. I’m joking with Uncle Luo, don’t be angry.”

       Luo Yunguang then laughed a little, “How can I be angry. You still haven’t answered yet, why did you suddenly find your way here?”

       As soon as he finished speaking, his wife’s voice came from the second-floor window, “Who is it? Do you want to call the police?”

       Luo Yunguang replied, “Two nephews, don’t worry about it, it’s fine!”

       Li Zhenran said to him, “Won’t Uncle Luo invite us in and sit down? It’s really not easy for me to come all the way here.”

       When he heard this, Luo Yunguang seemed to have just reacted, and quickly said to them, “Look at my head, it’s useless when I’m too old. Come into the living room with me and sit for a while.”

       Having said that, he led the way and asked Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo to follow him inside.

       Li Zhenruo slowed down and said softly to Li Zhenran, “His ears are fine, why hasn’t he opened the door for us?”

       Li Zhenran said nothing and touched Li Zhenruo’s head.

       Luo Yunguang was warm to them by this time, letting them sit down on the sofa and calling his wife down from the second floor to pour them tea.

       The topic inevitably returned to Li Zhenran’s purpose for coming here, this time Li Zhenran no longer avoided it but said, “Uncle Luo, I accidentally learned something about more than 20 years ago, and I want to ask you about some old things.”

       Luo Yunguang sat on the single sofa opposite them, frowning slightly, “What happened more than 20 years ago?”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “You were my father’s closest brother at that time. I believe my father will not hide anything from you.”

       Luo Yunguang picked up the cup, blew the tea leaves and shook his head with a smile, “What are you talking about, if I know, I will tell you.”

       Li Zhenran said, “It’s something about my fourth brother Zhenruo.”

       Luo Yunguang slowly put down the cup and glanced at Li Zhenran, “Zhenruo is gone.”

       Li Zhenran nodded when he heard the words.

       During this process, Li Zhenruo didn’t speak. He knew that he was a stranger to Luo Yunguang at present. If he asked a question rashly, not only would he not get an answer, but it would arouse the other party’s suspiciousness, so he kept listening to Li Zhenran quietly.

       Luo Yunguang mentioned again that Li Zhenruo was dead. They all knew about it. Li Zhenran pretended not to understand what he meant and asked, “So what?”

       Luo Yunguang said, “He’s not here anymore, what’s the point of pursuing the past?”

       He said this, but it made Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo convinced that he knew something.

       Li Zhenran said, “Uncle Luo, the matter about the fourth child is not Dad’s son, did you know that?”

       When he heard this question, Luo Yunguang didn’t answer immediately, but he didn’t show any surprise. He just stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup he had just put down and moved it to his lips to take another sip.

       Li Zhenruo silently observed his expression. He saw Luo Yunguang’s eyes fixed on the teacup, he was obviously thinking about how to answer. Not only did he know this, but he probably didn’t plan to tell them the truth now, so he needed to delay for a while to consider what kind of answer to give them.

       Luo Yunguang had been away from the Li family for so many years. It sounds like he had no information, but he had lived a good life in this place. Li Jianglin still treated him well and so until now, he still wanted to help Li Jianglin hide something, wasn’t that the case?

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       When Li Zhenruo heard that Yu Bingwei actually had chosen to break up with Li Zhenzi, Li Zhenruo would have laughed out loud if he hadn’t been concerned about Li Zhenran’s presence here. However, the smile on his face was not concealed, and he said, “It’s a good breakup.”

       Li Zhenzi frowned and looked at him, “What does my affair with her have to do with you?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t want to say more, mainly because he didn’t want Li Zhenran to think too much. He grabbed Li Zhenran’s finger and put it to his mouth and bit it lightly, stood up from his lap and said, “Forget it, it really has nothing to do with me, do as you like it.”

       Li Zhenzi was a little upset when he saw their two actions being close, and said, “Don’t bring a man to my place to show your affection.”

       Li Zhenruo snorted coldly.

       Li Zhenran also stood up, patted Li Zhenruo’s face, and said to Li Zhenzi, “Then I’ll go first, you should be careful these two days.”

       Hearing Li Zhenran said he was going to leave, Li Zhenzi was somewhat reluctant, but he finally stood up and said, “I know.”

       Li Zhenran said, “There are too many people coming and going in the hotel, and if you are afraid that your place is not safe, I will find a place for you. After you made a contact, someone will pick you up.”

       Li Zhenzi nodded, looked at Li Zhenran, and said in a rare sincere tone, “Thank you, second brother.”

       Li Zhenran patted his shoulder.

       After getting into the car, Li Zhenruo said in a muffled voice, “Why are you being so nice to Li Zhenzi?”

       Li Zhenran drove the car out of the parking lot and asked him, “How nice I am?”

       Li Zhenruo put one hand on the edge of the car window, “I haven’t seen you care so much about my affairs since I was a child.”

       Li Zhenran smiled when he heard the words, “Do you want to say that you are jealous?”

       Li Zhenruo said frankly, “Um.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and pinched his jaw, “The timing is different, the circumstance is different, and there is no comparison.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, “Are you trying to say that now you and Li Zhenzi are going to fight against Li Zhentai?”

       Li Zhenran replied, “I didn’t want to deal with him, but I can’t let him screw me over.”

       Although such a big thing happened from Li Zhenzi’s side, the Li family was calm and no one mentioned it at all. Only occasionally when Li Zhenruo used his cell phone to surf the Internet, he would realize how much of a fuss this matter was.

       But Li Jianglin was not willing to ask, so other people naturally dared not mention it in front of him. Even Wang Ma secretly asked Li Zhenran what happened to Li Zhenzi.

       Li Zhenran said to Wang Ma, “Don’t worry, he is in his twenties, and he will handle his own affairs.”

       The temperature was getting lower and lower day by day, and Li Zhenruo felt like he was starting to shed his fur. As long as he stayed at home, there was cat hair everywhere.

       The aunt who cleaned the house didn’t like cats very much, so she disliked him a little. It was fine when there are other people around. If there is no one else around, the cleaning aunt will always drive him away with a broom when she saw him.

       Once he was lying on the couch quietly, and that aunt was also holding a hand-held vacuum cleaner, which was buzzing and waving at him to scare him away.

       Li Zhenruo was a little depressed.

       Fortunately, Li Zhenran didn’t dislike him no matter what, even if he was nestled in Li Zhenran’s arms and rubbed his fur all over him, Li Zhenran had no objection.

       It was a pity that Li Jianglin still giving Li Zhenran a cold shoulder.

       Regarding Li Zhenran’s unrepentance, Li Jianglin didn’t know if he would rather be tough with him to the end. Until now, half a month has passed, and neither father nor son was willing to give in.

       And so Li Zhenzi went into hiding. All the work was remotely controlled on the internet and telephone, and no one knew where he was.

       One afternoon, Li Zhenran was sitting on the bed reading a book, and Li Zhenruo was lying between his legs. He stared at the middle of his pants for a long time and when he just had the urge to bite down, Li Zhenran’s cell phone rang.

       At the same time that Li Zhenran connected the phone, Li Zhenruo gave a serious bite, causing Li Zhenran’s “hello” to instantly rose a few octaves.

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and looked at Li Zhenran. Li Zhenran carried him by the back of his neck and threw him off the bed, and said to the person over the phone, “I’m fine, you can talk.”

       Suddenly Li Zhenruo thought of trying to scare him. Li Zhenruo lowered his upper body and raised the back half of his height, making an ambush to attack, aiming at the middle of Li Zhenran’s legs.

       As a result, Li Zhenran answered the phone, raised his foot and kicked him in the face as he jumped up, causing Li Zhenruo to roll in midair and fall onto the bed.

       “Well, okay, I see, you send me the address.”

       This was Li Zhenran’s last sentence. He then hung up the phone and said to Li Zhenruo, “Uncle Luo’s address has been found.”

       Li Zhenruo’s hair was originally standing at first, and he wanted to fight with Li Zhenran. When he heard this sentence, he was stunned and raised his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Nowadays, the internet was too developed. Unless Luo Yunguang could find someone to change his identity, he could only live in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests, to ensure that he would not be found.

       Despite this, Li Zhenran still spent some time because he didn’t want to alarm Li Jianglin, otherwise, it should be faster.

       When he saw Li Zhenruo stunned, Li Zhenran scratched Li Zhenruo’s chin with his toes and said, “Want to find him?”

       Of course.

       Li Zhenruo really wanted to know the past between Li Jianglin and his mother, but when he got closer to the truth of the matter, he suddenly felt a little afraid, and he was always afraid of knowing something terrible.

       Just like when he went to Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown at that time, the words he heard from Zhao Yusheng’s mouth made him feel depressed for a long time.

       Li Zhenran saw him lying motionless, shaking his feet in front of him, “What? Got attacked at the vital point?”

       Only then did Li Zhenruo come back to look at him.

       Li Zhenran probably guessed what he was thinking, and continued to gently scratch his chin with his toes, “Don’t worry too much, I’ll go with you.”

       Li Zhenruo hugged Li Zhenran’s feet and pressed his chin to the back of his foot.

       Li Zhenran said to him, “No matter how bad it is, it will not be worse than the time you died. What do you think?”

       When Li Zhenruo heard him say that, he thought to himself, how worse could it be? Anyway, he was kicked out of the house and died once. He clearly knew that he was not Li Jianglin’s son. No matter what happened to Li Jianglin in the past, it had nothing to do with him. He didn’t need to be so frightened, he just needed to understand the past clearly.

       Finally, Li Zhenruo nodded.

       After Luo Yunguang left the Li family back then, he went directly to other provinces and lived in a small county town.

       His life was very simple. For a long time, he really seemed to live in seclusion. If it was then, Li Zhenran might not be able to find out his whereabouts. However, now, he was not too young. He had a daughter who seemed to have just graduated from college, and the family lived a dull and happy life.

       Through his means, Li Zhenran was able to find out some traces of Luo Yunguang’s life, including the identities of his wife and daughter registered under his household registration.

       The distance was a little far, so they didn’t drive, but bought tickets to fly there directly.

       When he arrived at the nearest city, Li Zhenran borrowed a car from a friend and drove Li Zhenruo to that small county.

       The small county town was very old with many old houses with red bricks and blue tiles have wooden façades. For Li Zhenruo, who was not yet 24 years old, it was like a picture that can only be seen on TV.

       Although the memory was a little fuzzy, Li Zhenruo still remembered that Luo Yunguang and Li Jianglin had a very good relationship.

       Li Jianglin was a sentimental person, which could be seen from his attitude towards Wen Chun’s parents. If Wen Chun was not the daughter of his old friend, Li Jianglin would definitely not insist on marrying Li Zhentai and Wen Chun.

       But why did Li Jianglin allow Luo Yunguang who was his right-hand man for many years to live in such a cramped and dilapidated old county town?

       The narrowest old roads in the county were not even accessible by car.

       Li Zhenran parked the car on the side of the road, opened the door and got out of the car with Li Zhenruo and walked in together.

       Li Zhenruo put his hands in his pockets and said to Li Zhenran as he walked forward, “Is there any conflict between Li Jianglin and Uncle Luo?”

       In fact, Li Zhenran was not very old at that time. He recalled it and replied, “I didn’t notice it.”

       “Don’t you think that with Li Jianglin’s attitude towards his subordinates, he wouldn’t treat Uncle Luo like this?”

       Li Zhenran said, “It could be that Uncle Luo wants to retire himself.”

       Li Zhenruo walked in front of him, turned around and faced him, “Uncle Luo was not very old at that time, right? So he retired at a young age and lived in poverty in this small county?”

       Li Zhenran stopped, “Perhaps you misunderstood, this small county is indeed very poor, but it does not mean that Uncle Luo is poor.”

       Li Zhenruo frowned at him.

       Li Zhenran continued, “As long as you have money, you can live a good life anywhere.”

       Li Zhenruo thought for a while, nodded and said, “Okay.”

       In fact, Luo Yunguang’s living environment was really not as depressing as they imagined.

       According to the address obtained by Li Zhenran, they asked all the way and found that Luo Yunguang’s house turned out to be a small two-story building. On one side of the street, there was a big closed iron gate between the two shops.

       The street was narrow, and there were not many pedestrians.

       When they asked for directions, Li Zhenruo curiously asked the old man on the side of the road why this street was so old. The old man told them that this street was originally an old street in the old city and was the earliest commercial street in the county. Later, other streets were demolished, but this old street was not demolished because it was mostly private property. In the end, it was simply preserved as a pedestrian street. Every night after dinner, everyone liked to take a walk on this street.

       What Luo Yunguang owned was not only a small two-story building in the centre of the earliest commercial street but also all the shops around the small building were his.

       Li Zhenran looked at Li Zhenruo with a “See” expression on his face.

       Li Zhenruo ignored him and knocked on the big iron gate with his hand.

       The owner of the shop next to him poked his head out and said, “Not in, come later You see him and his wife are out this afternoon.”

       Li Zhenruo retracted his hand and said, “Oh, thank you.”

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       When you often walk by the river, how can you not wet your shoes?

       Li Zhenzi had an indulgent private life, and it was not the first time that he hooked up with a married woman. After all, one day he would be kick on the iron hotplate. When they first heard the news, not to mention Li Zhenran, even Li Jianglin was not surprised.

       It was just that since Li Zhenzi ran an entertainment company and had a handsome appearance, he had already been targeted by various media. As soon as the incident broke out, it naturally spread all over the world and became the headlines of gossip news.

       At this time, Li Zhenran took out his mobile phone and searched randomly, and saw the secretly photographed photos of Li Zhenzi and the actress kissing. The actress was currently well-known. She and her husband were famously loving couples before, and her husband’s background was not simple.

       Li Jianglin clasped his hands on the table and sighed deeply.

       Now, everyone was still unclear about Li Zhenzi’s situation. Li Zhenran said, “I’ll give him a call later.”

       Li Jianglin was not looking good, and he said, “Let him solve his own affairs.”

       First, he hooked up with his eldest brother’s fiancée, and then it was revealed that he had committed adultery with a married female star. No matter how much patience Li Jianglin had, he was about to run out with this son.

       Li Zhenruo looked up at Li Zhenran, lowered his head and ate his dinner silently.

       He really didn’t know if Li Zhentai was messing with Li Zhenzi, but if he saw Li Zhenzi, he could only send him the words: You deserve it!

       There was also Li Zhentai, the more small moves he made, the easier it was for Li Jianglin to lose patience, let’s see how long he could stay proud!

       Li Jianglin left the dining table without eating much. It seemed that his sons were making him very angry, so he went back to the study and closed the door.

       Li Zhenruo went around the back of the building and jumped onto the windowsill. He looked into the study through the glass and saw Li Jianglin sitting on the reclining chair, doing nothing but staring at the ceiling in a daze.

       There were three or four pictures hanging on the walls of the study, all of which are of Zhu Yun.

       Li Jianglin locked himself in such an environment every day. No one knew what or who he was reminiscing.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly wanted to know the truth about those years. He wondered if Li Jianglin, Zhao Yuqiong or Yuan Dong knew each other originally, so he adopted their child, and he never thought about telling the child the truth.

       Could Yuan Dong also be dead?

       But if that was the case, why was he kicked out of the house at that time? He was not his son, he knew it.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but raise a paw and press it to the window glass. From this angle, his paw seemed to be pressing Li Jianglin’s chest.

       Suddenly, someone reached out and picked him up from the windowsill.

       Li Zhenruo was taken aback and turned to look, only to find that it was Li Zhenran.

       Li Jianglin seemed to have noticed it too and looked out the window from the study.

       Li Zhenran pointed to the cat in his arms and showed it to Li Jianglin. He then carried Li Zhenruo and left while saying, “Follow me to find the third child.”

       They sat in the car, Li Zhenruo changed into a human appearance but still remained silent. He raised one foot and stepped on the seat under him.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and asked, “What?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “What’s the point of looking for Li Zhenzi? He should bear the consequences for his own sins.”

       Li Zhenran smiled when he heard the words, “Even if Dad doesn’t care about him now, I still have to go see him.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but glance at Li Zhenran, he suddenly felt that compared to his past self, Li Zhenran was actually really good to Li Zhenzi.

       However, he couldn’t help but remember that because of the western project, Li Zhenran seemed to have a clear intention to win over Li Zhenzi.

       In fact, this was completely understandable. If Li Zhenran were to compare Li Zhenzi and Li Zhentai, Li Zhenzi was the most deserving of their brothers in this family to be won over. First, he had no ambitions for Yunlin, and the other was that Li Zhenzi was in charge of an entertainment company as big as Yunyi. He had a lot of scoundrels friend outside, and the resources in his hand were very rich.

       The random thoughts that suddenly broke into his head made Li Zhenruo stare at Li Zhenran for a while.

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his head and said, “What are you looking at?”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand, put it on his lips and kissed it. Since that time he ran away from home, Li Zhenran had been much gentler to him than before. Now he thought of what Li Zhenran said to him in the coffee shop from time to time, he thought Li Zhenran was probably frightened by him, afraid that he would run away again.

       This kind of tenderness was probably a constant reminder that he loved him.

       For Li Zhenruo, this was also very useful, so he grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand and kissed it again. He thought to himself that it seemed like a long time since Li Zhenran had thrown him out of bed, but Li Zhenran, who left him out of bed in the past, loved him too.

       After all this time, Li Zhenruo could feel Li Zhenran’s feelings for him.

       He saw that Li Zhenran was driving smoothly, but the direction was not toward Yu Bingwei as he thought. He couldn’t help but feel a little strange and asked Li Zhenran, “Where is Li Zhenzi?”

       Li Zhenran said, “In the hotel.”

       Li Zhenruo said strangely, “Not with Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him, “Do you want to see Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Li Zhenran was inexplicably jealous, and said, “I don’t…”

       “Really?” Li Zhenran said, “I thought you wanted to see her very much.”

       In fact, he still had a little thought. After all, he hadn’t seen her for a long time, but Li Zhenruo didn’t want Li Zhenran to be jealous of Yu Bingwei at all, and only said, “I’m not interested in her.” After a while, he added, “I am not interested in all women.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t say anything, just looked at him.

       He quickly added, “I’m not interested in humans other than you.”

       After this sentence, there was still no response from Li Zhenran.

       After a while, Li Zhenruo suddenly turned around and said to Li Zhenran, “I’m not interested in cats all over the world! Is that enough?”

       Li Zhenran finally responded, “That’s fine.”

       When the car drove near the hotel, Li Zhenran found a reporter squatting beside him. He called Li Zhenzi while taking Li Zhenruo upstairs in the elevator together.

       Finally, when they arrived at the suite Li Zhenzi was staying, the door was opened from the inside.

       Li Zhenzi looked at them and seemed a little dissatisfied that Li Zhenran brought someone, but still said, “Come in.”

       Li Zhenruo walked in behind Li Zhenran. He reached out and closed the door, and felt that the air in the whole room was a little stuffy.

       Li Zhenzi looked more or less dishevelled. Although it had only been half a day since the photos were exposed by the Internet media, the pressure he bore was not to be underestimated.

       He sat by the bed, Li Zhenzi lit a cigarette and asked Li Zhenran, “Do you want it?”

       Li Zhenran shook his head and said, “No need.”

       Li Zhenruo went to the window and opened it, trying to dispel the smell of smoke in the room.

       Li Zhenzi looked at his back and asked Li Zhenran, “You still have this kid with you? Not afraid of Dad’s thunderous wrath?”

       Li Zhenran pulled out the chair in front of the dressing cabinet and sat down, and said to Li Zhenzi, “I can afford it, but it looks like you can’t afford it anymore.”

       “fvck!” Li Zhenzi couldn’t hold back the swear word, “Someone is shadowing me.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t ask him why, but Li Zhenruo turned to look at him from the window.

       Li Zhenzi said, “My house is very secluded, and I am very careful when entering and leaving. Those people rented a high-rise house on the opposite side and secretly photographed the inside of the house with a high-power camera. If they hadn’t been tipped off, I believe no one would have known about it. “

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help saying at this time, “You slept with someone else’s wife.”

       Li Zhenzi looked at him and seemed a little unhappy, but he still explained, “Her husband is not a good thing. Do you think they are really in love? If they are really in love, she will not come out and fool around with another man.”

       Li Zhenran said at this time, “The husband of that Miss Zhang, whose name is You Bo, don’t you know what he does?”

       Li Zhenzi took a puff of cigarette irritably, “Doing import and export business.”

       Li Zhenran leaned forward slightly, “Not only that, his background is not very clean, I asked someone to check it for me, you should be careful these days.”

       Li Zhenzi’s face became even worse.

       Li Zhenran said, “If you are caught by a reporter, you will scratch your skin at most. You should be more careful about whether You Bo will do anything.”

       Li Zhenzi snuffed out the cigarette and threw it heavily on the ground. He swore emotionally, and said, “I must know who is behind me.”

       After he said this, he was suddenly stunned. He seemed to be sorting out in his head who had a deep hatred with him, starting with the people around him, and then he raised his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenruo stood by the window and clearly saw the two brothers staring at each other for a moment. Li Zhenruo always felt that everyone had the name in their mouths and didn’t say it.

       But Li Zhenruo couldn’t help mocking Li Zhenzi, “If you don’t sleep with other people’s wives, who will catch you in the act?”

       Li Zhenzi snorted coldly when he heard the words, “If you don’t seduce my second brother, do you think Dad will hand over all the business to the eldest?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t refute angrily, but just said with a laugh, “Would you like to try to persuade him to leave me?”

       At this time Li Zhenran said, “You two, stop arguing, it’s pointless.” After he said that, he extended his hand to Li Zhenruo, “Come here.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him for a while but went over to hold his hand and was pulled by Li Zhenran and sat on his lap.

       Li Zhenran pinched Li Zhenruo’s chin and said in his ear, “Don’t say the word ‘leave’ to me.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head, facing Li Zhenzi’s direction, and saw Li Zhenzi turn his eyes away in disgust.

       He suddenly couldn’t help but ask, “Where’s Miss Yu?”

       Li Zhenran’s hand pinched his lower jaw even harder, and Li Zhenruo almost cried out in pain.

       Li Zhenzi responded strangely, “You said Yu Bingwei? We broke up.”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t care about the pain, and while reaching out to grab Li Zhenran’s hand, he asked, “Break up? Why?”

       Li Zhenzi looked a little frustrated, “She took the initiative to break up with me.”

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       Uncle Luo’s full name was Luo Yunguang. Before Li Jianglin made a fortune, Luo Yunguang had been following and working for him and was loyal all his life.

       Li Zhenruo still remembered that when he was young, Luo Yunguang went in and out of Li’s house every day, and then suddenly disappeared one day. When he asked, Li Jianglin said that Uncle Luo wanted to retire and went back to his hometown with his wife.

       After that, there was no news about Luo Yunguang.

       They drove back to the city where they left in the morning and stayed at the hotel.

       Li Zhenran sat on the edge of the bed and made several calls in succession, asking someone to help him track Luo Yunguang’s whereabouts.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the bed with his head resting on his arm and looked at him without saying a word.

       When Li Zhenran finished the call and waited for news, he reached out and stroked Li Zhenruo’s hair and asked him, “What’s the matter? Didn’t you already know about some of those things?”

       The fact that Li Zhenruo was not Li Jianglin’s son was no secret for a long time. Even now that Li Jianglin knew this in his heart at the beginning, Li Zhenran seemed to think that it should not have such a big impact on Li Zhenruo’s emotions.

       “I was just thinking…” Li Zhenruo said slowly, “He knew that I was not his son, why did he kick me out of the Li family at that time?”

       Li Zhenran’s thumb gently rubbed his forehead, “Maybe he doesn’t want others to know.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head a little to look at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “Look, he hasn’t told us about this until now, and he may not plan to let others know in the future.”

       Li Zhenruo covered his face with his hands when he heard the words, “But I still feel bad. It’s obviously not my fault, but I ended up being the one who was abandoned.”

       “It wasn’t your fault in the first place,” Li Zhenran said, holding Li Zhenruo’s arm and half dragging him onto his lap, facing him face to face, “No matter what, it’s not your fault, you are not to blame.”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at him.

       Li Zhenran bent down and kissed his lips gently.

       After a while, Li Zhenran’s cell phone rang. He answered the phone, listened quietly to the person on the other side, and hung up after two minutes.

       Li Zhenruo had been waiting for him.

       When the phone hung up, Li Zhenran looked at Li Zhenruo and said, “Uncle Luo didn’t go back to his hometown after he left, and those old brothers in the past didn’t know where he went. They said that if he wanted to check his whereabouts, only Dad might know.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little surprised.

       Li Zhenran said to him, “We can only go back first. There is no way to rush this matter. I will let people check his whereabouts slowly, and there will always be news.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it. There was no better way at present, so he stretched out his arms to hug Li Zhenran’s waist and nodded.

       He was not in a good mood. He always felt that this matter was not that simple, but he had simply become a victim. Not only did he not know who killed him, but now he even became more and more confused about why he died.

       On the way home, he was a little lethargic, and on the highway, he suddenly and silently changed back to the appearance of a cat, slumped on the seat and didn’t want to move.

       At first, Li Zhenran planned to drive directly back to the apartment in the city, so as not to let the rest of the family know that they had returned, but Li Zhenruo said that he wanted to go back to the Li family.

       He was very frustrated, but he had no plans to give up. Only the closer he was to Li Jianglin, the closer he could get to the truth.

       It was still afternoon when they got home, and Li Jianglin was in a rare good mood, so he took dog biscuits and fed Erhuang.

       Li Zhenran parked the car in the garage, and when he got out of the car, he saw that Li Zhenruo was still unmoving on the seat. He reached out and grabbed one of his cat legs to pull him out. Li Zhenruo reacted very quickly and hugged Li Zhenran’s arm with his front paws, and was taken out of the car by him.

       Because Li Jianglin noticed his car coming in just now, Li Zhenran carried Li Zhenruo and didn’t go back to the house, but went around to the front of the kennel and greeted Li Jianglin, “Dad.”

       “Back so soon?” Li Jianglin asked without looking back.

       Li Zhenran just responded, “Um.”

       Erhuang originally concentrated on asking Li Jianglin for dog biscuits, but seeing Li Zhenruo seemed distracted, he first wagged his tail to show affection to Li Zhenran and then wanted to jump up and touch Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenran reached out and stroked Erhuang’s head, and said to Li Jianglin, “I’ll go in first.”

       But unexpectedly Li Jianglin said, “Wait a minute, I have something to tell you.”

       When he heard this, Li Zhenran had to stop, and so he also put Li Zhenruo on the ground.

       As Erhuang saw this, he immediately circled around Li Zhenruo excitedly. Li Zhenruo was listless, hugged Erhuang’s leg with his paws, and rubbed his face between his fluffy dog ​​hair. Erhuang actually fell down, his body formed a circle, and Li Zhenruo was placed in the middle, letting him lie on top of him.

       Li Jianglin said, “You went out alone?”

       Li Zhenran put both hands in his trouser pockets and replied, “Yes.”

       Li Jianglin asked him, “Have you thought it over?”

       Li Zhenran was originally looking at Li Zhenruo lying in Erhuang’s arms, and when he heard the words, he looked at Li Jianglin, “What should I think clearly?”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and looked at the two of them.

       Li Jianglin leaned on crutches with both hands and stood up straight, “A young man, is it worth it?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Jianglin sighed, “You’ve put in a lot of effort to make Yunlin what it is today. Some words may not be appropriate to say now, but among the three brothers, you are the one I valued the most, and I don’t want you to get together with a man, much less to give up your career easily for a man.”

       “Dad,” Li Zhenran said, “I never thought about giving up my career for anyone, and whoever I’m with should not affect my career.”

       Li Jianglin snorted softly, “You will not have a stable family, nor will you have children, your private life will be noticed by the media, and everything in the future may be magnified and exposed to the public’s attention. Even a slight breeze may have an impact on Yunlin’s reputation.”

       Li Zhenran replied, “It’s possible, but none of these will affect me. I believe that even so, Yunlin will develop better in my hands than in the hands of the eldest brother and the third child. The eldest brother married a woman, but he doesn’t have a stable family. I can’t say anything about the third one, but if he doesn’t change his nature, it’s probably difficult to have a stable family. Many things are too much for you to think about, it should not be so complicated.”

       Li Zhenruo had never heard Li Zhenran say these words, and he was a little stunned.

       Li Zhenran continued, “As for children, I don’t really care. I didn’t think that in the future, it would be my children who would inherit Yunlin. It could be the children of the eldest brother, or the children of the third child. I will not live for children in this life, I want to just think about my own life.”

       Li Jianglin was silent for a long time, and said, “Maybe what you said makes sense, but I still won’t agree.”

       Li Zhenran was also quiet for a moment, and he asked Li Jianglin, “Will you disown me as your son because of this?”

       Li Jianglin didn’t seem to expect that he would ask this question, and immediately replied, “No.” He really won’t, even if Li Zhenran did such a dirty thing, he never thought of disowning him.

       Li Zhenran took a deep breath and said, “Then I can not want Yunlin for him.”

       Li Jianglin looked a little surprised, his brows furrowed and he looked at him.

       Li Zhenran said, “I can start a business by myself, or I can go to work for others. Since I already had the education and work experience, I believe it is not difficult to find a job that can support myself.”

       Li Jianglin’s voice was a little angry, “Is this how you treat your hard work on Yunlin?”

       Li Zhenran looked at Li Jianglin and shook his head slowly, “Dad, you shouldn’t treat Yunlin like this. Although the third child’s heart is not in Yunlin, I still want to persuade you that you rather give Yunlin to the third than to the eldest brother. It’s not Yunlin that I worked hard for, it’s you that have worked hard for Yunlin your whole life, you should be more careful.”

       Li Jianglin clenched his crutches and leaned hard on the ground.

       Li Zhenran said, “Dad, it’s windy here. I’ll help you go in and rest.”

       Li Jianglin’s chest heaved and he shook his head, “No need.” After he said that, he turned around and walked towards the house.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help standing up and looking in the direction where Li Jianglin left.

       In the evening, Li Zhentai had entertainment outside and did not come back for dinner, and the atmosphere at home seemed a bit dull.

       Before dinner, Li Zhenruo was lying on the chair and stared blankly at Li Jianglin. Li Jianglin had just come out of the study, stood at the door and unbuttoned a button on his neckline.

       Zhu Kai just came back from the outside and glanced at Li Jianglin, “Dinner is ready?”

       Li Jianglin was upset and didn’t want to pay attention to him. He frowned and didn’t speak. He walked towards the dining room by himself.

       Zhu Kai saw Li Zhenruo and said strangely, “The second child is back?” After he said that, he walked directly to the chair Li Zhenruo was lying on, stretched out his hand and grabbed his leg, “Fat cat?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t intend to be polite to him, and his sharp claws lit up and grabbed at his face.

       Zhu Kai also reacted quickly and took a step back to avoid it, but he was still startled and raised his legs to kick Li Zhenruo down.

       Before that, Li Zhenruo jumped down and ran towards Li Zhenran who had just come downstairs.

       Li Zhenran picked him up and said, “Let’s eat.”

       Li Jianglin walked to the dining table and sat down. His phone suddenly rang. He answered the call, and the person on the other end said something in a hurry.

       Li Zhenruo noticed that Li Jianglin’s face was getting worse and worse. After a while, he hung up the phone, raised his head and said to Li Zhenran, “Your younger brother has an affair with a married actress and was caught on camera by a reporter.”

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Everyone is paying attention to Zhenruo’s date of birth. In the beginning, he said that he was twenty-three years old. It took me a long time to count the number of days to confirm that he was born in 1992 and this year he is exactly twenty-three years old.

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       The car stopped at the gas station on the highway to refuel. Li Zhenruo took a breather and went to the small supermarket to buy two bottles of water.

       Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown was even further away than his visit to Aunt Wu’s place before, it was almost at the junction of the two northern provinces. Li Zhenruo didn’t quite understand why Zhao Yuqiong chose to leave her hometown and come here alone. Eventually, she died alone without any relatives to accompany her.

       Li Zhenran stood beside the car and waited to refuel.

       Li Zhenruo noticed that the young woman working at the gas station was talking to him. When Li Zhenran looked down at her, she smiled coyly.

       He shook the water bottle in his hand, Li Zhenruo walked over and hugged Li Zhenran’s shoulder from behind, stood on tiptoe and asked in his ear, “Is it done?”

       Li Zhenran looked back at him, “It’s almost done.”

       After refuelling, the young woman took out the fuel nozzle. Li Zhenran paid the money and called Li Zhenruo to get in the car.

       It was too much to force themselves to arrive at the destination in one day, and it would be inevitable that they have to travel up to the mountain in the dark. So Li Zhenran directly booked a hotel in the halfway city, and the two planned to stay for one night.

       Li Zhenruo opened a bag of potato chips and fed them into Li Zhenran’s mouth by hand.

       Li Zhenran drove the car and looked ahead, opened his mouth to hold the potato chips, and also held Li Zhenruo’s fingers.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him for a while, then slowly pulled out his fingers, put them in his own mouth and licked them.

       In the afternoon, when they arrived at the city where they stayed at night, as soon as they got off the highway there was a car at the exit to pick them up, the people were arranged by Hua Yi Bang, and they were directly shown the way to the hotel.

       After they parked the car and placed the luggage in the room, Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo came out of the hotel and walked slowly along the road.

       They were in an unfamiliar city. The place was not big, but it was quiet and clean.

       The two walked to the edge of a big river and sat down on a bench by the river, and the cool breeze with the moisture of the river came blowing. In the distance, a few children were chasing and playing, and a young mother was walking slowly with a stroller.

       Li Zhenruo took the initiative to hold Li Zhenran’s hand first and then felt that Li Zhenran grab his own hand together into the pocket of his clothes. Through a thin layer of fabric, he could feel the other party’s body temperature.

       In the evening, Li Zhenran took a shower and came out of the bathroom, and lay directly on the big bed. He had been driving today, and he seemed to be a little tired, so he closed his eyes for a while.

       Li Zhenruo lay beside him and touched him with his leg.

       Li Zhenran ignored him.

       Li Zhenruo touched him again.

       This time, Li Zhenran reached out and grabbed his thigh, pulled his leg away, and said, “What are you doing?”

       Li Zhenruo rolled over and sat on Li Zhenran’s waist with his legs apart, lowered his forehead to touch his forehead, and whispered, “Are you able to do me?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t open his eyes, just smiled and didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo kissed his lips and said vaguely, “fvck me, hurry up.”

       The next morning, they only drove for half a day, and they arrived at their destination before lunch.

       Zhao Yuqiong was born in a small county in the mountains. They were driving on a mountain road all morning, and Li Zhenruo was a little carsick. He wondered if he was a cat, it would be less dizzy. As the result his cat body was almost thrown out. Fortunately, the windows were closed.

       Li Zhenran reached out and grabbed him, and said, “Don’t make trouble.”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly became angry, but he obediently changed back into a human form and remained silent with a pale face.

       When the car drove into the county, it drew some attention. He wondered if the roads in the county were not receptive because the roads were winding turns and complicated. So when cars and people came from other places, it was particularly eye-catching.

       Along the way, most of the local people that Li Zhenruo saw were dark and thin, but they were quite tall. However, Zhao Yuqiong was fair-skinned, so she must have been a beauty here back then. As for the man in the photo, although he looked tall and handsome, he still had the traces of a local.

       The place was too small and there were no good hotels. Li Zhenran didn’t really want to stay overnight here. He hoped to finish things earlier and return to the previous city accommodation.

       The address was checked before departure, and a local person was contacted through a friend, who was a police officer in the county seat. After they entered the city, the officer got into the car and showed them the way.

       They went to the place where Zhao Yuqiong’s parents lived. What Li Zhenran learned was that Zhao Yuqiong’s father had passed away, and only her mother was still alive, living with Zhao Yuqiong’s eldest brother’s family.

       It was much more convenient to have the police officer lead the way. The car was parked near the county public security bureau. The police officer said the place was within ten minutes of walking, and led them through a narrow alley to the back street. They arrived at a store selling cement tiles.

       The police officer asked in the local dialect, “Is Zhao Yusheng here?”

       An old man looked out from the inside, with a rice bowl in his hand, probably eating lunch, and inexplicably looking outside.

       According to what Li Zhenran had explained to him before, the police officer said to the old man, “Are you Zhao Yusheng? There are two lawyers from the city who want to ask you about your sister.”

       Zhao Yusheng suddenly became nervous, “What lawyers? Which sister of mine?”

       Li Zhenran asked, “Is Zhao Yuqiong your sister?”

       Zhao Yusheng looked a little dazed, his brows furrowed tightly, and his tone was still a little worried, “She has been gone for a long time, and I haven’t seen her in more than 20 years.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but ask, “You haven’t been in touch?”

       Zhao Yusheng shook his head, “There is no contact, she never came back here, and I don’t know where she went.”

       Although he knew that the person in front of him was his uncle, to Li Zhenruo, he was still just a stranger, and he couldn’t feel too many emotions. He even had some anger toward Zhao Yusheng’s indifference to the affection between his sisters.

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and patted Li Zhenruo’s back lightly to comfort him, then stepped forward and asked, “May I ask why she left at that time?”

       Zhao Yusheng was slightly more alert this time and looked at Li Zhenran suspiciously without speaking.

       The police officer next to him took out his police card and showed it to Zhao Yusheng, and said, “Zhao Yusheng, don’t worry, they came from a big city and came here specifically for your sister’s business.”

       Zhao Yusheng still seemed a little hesitant. He leaned in to look at the police card carefully, and then asked, “What happened to Zhao Yuqiong?”

       Li Zhenran said, “She has died of illness.”

       Zhao Yusheng couldn’t help but be stunned.

       Li Zhenran continued, “She still left some remnant at that time, but there wasn’t much, about 2,000 yuan worth. If your identity is confirmed, we will return the money to you.”

       Zhao Yusheng heard the words and said quickly, “I’m really her eldest brother, and we still have a photo of us at home, as well as an old household registration book.”

       Li Zhenran said, “If it’s convenient, please show us later, but there are still some things I want to ask about Zhao Yuqiong. Why did she leave her hometown alone at that time?”

       Zhao Yusheng said, “She didn’t leave alone, she left with that man!”

       “That man?” Li Zhenran asked Li Zhenruo to show him the photo, and then handed it to Zhao Yusheng to show him, “Is it this man?”

       Zhao Yusheng squinted his eyes for a while, and said, “It’s this man, I still remember it, his name is Yuan Dong. This man is a useless rogue gangster, at that time Yuqiong must be with him, and later there was a child. Father was so angry that she was thrown out, and she followed this man away.”

       Li Zhenruo’s expression instantly became shocked, he turned to look at Li Zhenran and saw Li Zhenran also slightly frowned.

       Li Zhenran asked Zhao Yusheng, “You said that Zhao Yuqiong was pregnant before leaving home?”

       Zhao Yusheng nodded, still looking at the photo, he sighed slowly, and asked them, “You say Yuqiong is dead, what about Yuan Dong? What about their child?”

       Before Li Zhenran could answer, Li Zhenruo said, “She didn’t end up with Yuan Dong, and that child was gone before it was born.”

       Zhao Yusheng sighed deeply and handed the photo back to Li Zhenran, “At that time my father said that the man is not good and told her not to be with him, but the little girl just didn’t listen no matter how much he tried to persuade her. She didn’t come back after so many years, and Dad called out her name when he died.”

       When he said this, Zhao Yusheng, who had been calm all along, suddenly couldn’t hold back his emotions. He raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and then asked, “Then what happened after her death?”

       Li Zhenran said, “She was buried in the cemetery.”

       Zhao Yusheng shook his head and said, “A place far away from home… oh my!”

       Li Zhenruo asked again, “Are you sure that Zhao Yuqiong was pregnant with Yuan Dong’s child before she left her hometown?”

       Zhao Yusheng nodded, “How can I’m not sure? There was such a big fuss at the time, not only do I know it, but all the neighbours knew about it at the time.”

       Li Zhenran raised her hand and put it on Li Zhenruo’s back, pressed it a little harder, and then said to Zhao Yusheng, “Do you remember when she left?”

       Zhao Yusheng recalled, “It should be 1991. It was summer, June or July.”

       Li Zhenruo’s expression became more and more serious.

       Li Zhenran nodded, reached out and shook hands with him, “Thank you for cooperating with us, we are almost clear about Zhao Yuqiong’s situation, you should take this inheritance.” After that, he took out more than 2,000 yuan from his wallet, There was no detail, and it was handed over to Zhao Yusheng.

       Zhao Yusheng reached out his hand to get it, and asked, “Do I need to show you photos and household registration books?”

       The police officer next to him said, “No need, we believe in your identity. You can collect the money, sir.”

       Zhao Yusheng wrapped the money and put it in his trousers pocket, and asked Li Zhenran, “Where is my little sister buried, can you write me the address?”

       Li Zhenran said to him, “Give me a piece of paper.”

       Zhao Yusheng quickly took out a pen and paper. Li Zhenran took it and buried his head and wrote a series of numbers on the counter. Then he said to Zhao Yusheng, “This is my phone number. If you want to pay homage to Ms. Zhao Yuqiong, you can contact me and I will find someone to take you there.”

       He picked up the note and put it away carefully, Zhao Yusheng said, “Thank you, Mr. Lawyer.”

       In fact, it was very unlikely that Zhao Yusheng will be able to visit Zhao Yuqiong’s grave in his life, not to mention the old mother who was nearly 90 years old, they didn’t even dare to let her know the news.

       Li Zhenran took Li Zhenruo’s shoulders and said, “Let’s go.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded. The two of them left with the police officer and returned to the vicinity of the Public Security Bureau. Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo thanked him again and then opened the car door and got in the car.

       Li Zhenran was not in a hurry to start the car, he turned to look at Li Zhenruo, and saw that Li Zhenruo’s face was a little pale.

       So he reached out and stroked Li Zhenruo’s back, then pulled him into his arms with some force, and hugged him comfortably.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Zhao Yuqiong left her hometown pregnant in the summer of 1991. I was born in April of 1992 and happened to be the child of her and Yuan Dong. In other words, she was pregnant before she met Li Jianglin in the city. Li Jianglin has no reason not to suspect that her child was not his own.”

       Li Zhenran’s face was also a little gloomy, and he stroked Li Zhenruo’s face with his palm and said, “What are you thinking?”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at him, “Zhao Yuqiong is not Li Jianglin’s true love, but a woman who Li Jianglin spent money to find outside to give him a baby. At that time, it was too early, so it is understandable not to do a paternity test when the child was born, but wouldn’t he doubt the identity of the child if he had been born so long? “

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Li Jianglin knew it. He knew from the beginning that I was not his biological son.” When he said this, his tone was full of affirmation.

       Li Zhenran patted his shoulder gently, “Let’s go back first.”

       Li Zhenruo sat up straight. After Li Zhenran started the car, he suddenly grabbed Li Zhenran’s arm and asked, “Can we find out what happened back then? How did Li Jianglin know Zhao Yuqiong?”

       Li Zhenran thought for a while and said, “It’s hard unless you find someone who knows.”

       “The insider…” Li Zhenruo fell into deep thought, and now there are almost no old people around Li Jianglin. Suddenly, he remembered someone and said to Li Zhenran, “Uncle Luo, do you remember?”

       Li Zhenran nodded.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Let’s go to Uncle Luo, I believe he will know.”

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       “How did that come out?” Song Jun asked curiously after Li Zhenruo ripped off the rabbit tail’s underwear and changed back into his own clothes.

       Xia Hongshen answered this question for him, “Too many distracting thoughts are also a sign of insufficient asceticism practice.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I think of a lace thong and associate it with something else……” He couldn’t be blamed either. When he saw some messy things before, he associated them at the same time.

       Xia Hongshen stretched out his hand and pressed it on top of Li Zhenruo’s head, “Get rid of your distracting thoughts, just like you wanted to become a human at that time. If you can’t get rid of distracting thoughts, your future cultivation will also be hindered.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little frustrated with these words, he nodded, “I understand.”

       Song Jun comforted him gently, “It’s okay, take your time.”

       Li Zhenruo answered “um”.

       Song Jun asked him, “You said you wanted to investigate your enemy, how did it go?”

       Li Zhenruo sat down on the sofa, “I think I already know who did it, but I must find out about this matter, otherwise, I won’t feel at ease even if I kill that person to get revenge.”

       Song Jun raised his hand and put it on his shoulder, “Don’t worry, I believe there will be a day when the truth will come out.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help grabbing Song Jun’s hand and said, “Thank you.”

       Xia Hongshen looked at the two of them coldly and flicked his fingers lightly. Li Zhenruo suddenly felt a pain in the back of his hand and withdrew the hand that was holding Song Jun. He looked at Xia Hongshen and said, “Master is petty.”

       In the afternoon, Li Zhenran finished the work at hand and drove to the school to pick up Li Zhenruo.

       When Li Zhenruo got in the car, he asked him, “Are you on a long vacation?”

       Li Zhenran smiled indifferently, “Yeah. I’m treating you to dinner, what would you like to eat?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Anything is fine. Let’s go watch movies after we finish eating.”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him but did not object in the end and started the car.

       After dinner, the two of them really sat in the cinema and watched a movie.

       Whether it was Li Zhenruo or Li Zhenran, both of them felt that this experience was a bit new. Although the movie was not very good, the two still watch it with relish.

       Halfway through, Li Zhenran’s cell phone vibrated, and he got up with his cell phone and went outside to answer the call.

       Li Zhenruo waited for him to come back while eating popcorn. After a while, Li Zhenran came back and sat down beside him, suddenly leaned over to his ear, and said in a low voice, “Gao Qi passed me a photo, are you interested in taking a look?”

       Li Zhenran’s burning breath made Li Zhenruo shrink his neck, but he was surprised by the content of his words.

       Li Zhenran showed him the photo on his mobile phone. Li Zhenruo clearly saw that it was a retaken photo. It was a photo of a man and a woman. It was Li Zhenruo’s mother Zhao Yuqiong and the man who looked similar to Li Zhenruo.

       The background of this photo was also consistent with the background of the two photos that Li Zhenruo found at Zhao Yuqiong’s house.

       The cinema was really not a convenient place to talk, and Li Zhenruo couldn’t sit still, so he got up and pulled Li Zhenran up and walked outside.

       Although he was not sure, he felt that the reason why Li Zhentai suspected that he was not Li Jianglin’s son was probably because of this photo, but how did Li Zhentai get this photo?

       After they came out of the cinema, Li Zhenruo asked Li Zhenran, “Did Gao Qi say how he got this photo?”

       Li Zhenran shook his head, “Gao Qi said that this is his bottom line, and he is reluctant to say anything else. The reason why he was willing to hand over this photo was also because he considered that you were no longer there.”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed Li Zhenran’s phone and looked at it for a long time, and a wave of anger grew in his heart.

       In fact, if he was Li Zhentai, after seeing this photo and becoming suspicious, he might have done the same thing. The problem was that he really was not Li Jianglin’s son, so he couldn’t blame Li Zhentai for finding out. What really concerned him was the one who killed him. Although he almost decided in his heart that Li Zhentai could not get away from it, he still need a thorough understanding of the answer.

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his head, and inserted his fingers into his hair to soothe his emotions.

       If Li Zhenruo was not Li Jianglin’s biological son, then the man in the photo was likely to be his biological father. He had seen the photo of this man before, and now the photo was still in Feng Junyuan’s possession. He had no interest in who his biological father was, but now, he had the idea of ​​wanting to understand the circumstances.

       How on earth did Zhao Yuqiong hook up with this man, but at the same time voluntarily become Li Jianglin’s mistress, lied to him and gave birth to him?

       These things might have nothing to do with Li Zhentai poking his identity out and buying a murderer to kill him, but they were inextricably linked to the situation he has found himself in.

       “I want to,” Li Zhenruo said the words, paused and looked up at Li Zhenran, “Go to Zhao Yuqiong’s hometown.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Okay, I’ll accompany you.”

       In the evening, Li Zhenran took a shower in the bathroom, and Li Zhenruo stood by the window alone to catch some wind.

       At this time, everyone was asleep, and no one noticed his existence, but the weather gradually became colder, and Li Zhenruo had to find pyjamas for himself after turning into a human form.

       Because he had seen the two photos of Zhao Yuqiong before, he was not very surprised to see the photos that Gao Qi sent to Li Zhenran tonight. On the contrary, he was more concerned about what Xia Hongshen said to him today.

       He had distracting thoughts, so his cultivation progressed slowly.

       At this time, he definitely had no way to completely get rid of distracting thoughts and concentrate on cultivation with his heart, but he needed to gain more strength through cultivation.

       Li Zhenruo stretched out his hand to take off his pyjamas. He was lazy just now, and he didn’t wear underwear at this time. He pressed his hands lightly on the windowsill and closed his eyes.

       The night wind swept across his body with a slight coolness. He tried his best not to have any distracting thoughts and concentrate on only one thing. At first, it should not be too complicated, just the black panties with a rabbit tail.

       He mobilized the spiritual power in his body and slowly wrapped his body. Inside his head, he concentrated on what the panties would look like, carefully outlining even every detail, ending with the round white tail.

       When he opened his eyes, he could clearly feel that his body was properly wrapped by the underwear woven by spiritual power. He first reached out to touch the back of his butt, pinched the fluffy ball, and then lowered his head to examine every detail carefully. He wondered what the difference was from the panties he imagined in his mind.

       But at this moment, the door of the bathroom was opened by Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran wrapped a bath towel around his waist and walked out barefoot while wiping his hair with the towel. He saw Li Zhenruo bent over to look at his underwear, and at the same time noticed the pure white furball rabbit tail behind his black underwear.

       Li Zhenran threw the towel on the back of the chair next to him. He stood in front of Li Zhneruo and asked, “Can I take it that you are seducing me?”

       Li Zhenruo was a little excited. He said to Li Zhenran, “Look, this is what I made with my spiritual power.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words, squatted down to look at his underwear, flicked the edge with his fingers, and looked up at him, “It feels good.”

       The distance was too close, Li Zhenruo straightened his back, and bumped into Li Zhenran’s face. He then smiled at him.

       Li Zhenran was not angry, and he was a little curious, “Is this from the cat’s hair?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t say yes or no, he tried hard again to wrap a pair of long red long johns around his underwear.

       Li Zhenran stood up and faced him, leaned into his ear and said, “Can you do something else?”

       Li Zhenruo heard the words and whispered in his ear, “Yes.”

       He then changed into a pair of wool pants, and Li Zhenran pulled a hair from it, “Can you stop focusing on changing around the pants?”

       Li Zhenruo changed into a pair of wool socks and came out.

       Li Zhenran took off his sock, and when it fell into his hand, it turned into cat hair. He said, “Will the hair fall out after this?”

       “It won’t, okay?” Li Zhenruo yelled, “It’ll grow back!”

       After experimenting for a night, although he played a bit with Li Zhenran, Li Zhenruo also found that he did not know whether his spiritual power was too weak or his ability to control was limited. All he could conjure up were some very simple clothes. If he set too many details, such as meticulous embroidery and complex styles, those were likely to fail.

       But the current state was enough for him. He could switch between the two forms at will without running naked on the street.

       In the future, even without relying on Li Zhenran, he could enter and leave the Li family at will.

       After breakfast the next day, Li Zhenran took a tissue and said to Li Jianglin, “Dad, I’m going on vacation.”

       Because Wen Chun left and Li Zhentai was in a high spirit again from his success, he moved back to the house. The previous dispute with Li Jianglin seemed to have never happened.

       When Li Zhenran said this, before Li Jianglin had time to express his position, Li Zhentai asked enthusiastically, “Where are you going to play?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Drive out and take a look around.”

       Li Zhentai smiled and said to him, “I’m so envious that you have this free time to go out for a walk, but unfortunately I’m so busy with work that I can’t find time at all.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words and said, “I’m sorry to bother you with the company.”

       Li Zhentai said, “It’s just a part of my job.”

       Li Jianglin kept looking at Li Zhenran without saying a word and with a disapproving look on his face, but he didn’t say anything in the end.

       At this time, Li Zhentai asked him again, “Second child, if you drive out by yourself, you don’t need a driver, right?”

       Li Zhenran replied, “No.”

       Li Zhentai said, “My driver wants to take a few days off, so let your driver drive for me these few days.”

       Li Zhenruo was originally lying beside Li Zhenran’s legs, but when he heard the words, he was a little angry and stood up all of a sudden.

       Li Zhenran replied with a smile, “It’s definitely no problem, I’ll tell him later.” After Li Zhenran said that, he scratched Li Zhenruo’s stomach with his foot.

       Li Zhenruo was tickled, and hurriedly lay down and pressed his feet, posing to gnaw on his toes.

       At this time, Zhu Kai just got up, opened the door of the room with sleepy eyes, and looked at them.

       Li Zhentai felt that he was blessed by the disaster, and he didn’t even seem to want to care about Zhu Kai’s harassment behind his back. When he saw Zhu Kai, he called him over for breakfast.

       Li Zhenran had already bent down and carried Li Zhenruo, then stood up.

       Li Zhentai asked him, “Are you going to go out with the cat?”

       “Well,” Li Zhenran said, “I’m taking him out to look around.”

       Li Zhentai laughed when he heard this as if he heard some funny joke.

       Li Jianglin finally said to Li Zhenran, “If you have time, think about it and take care of yourself.”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Okay, Dad.”

       When he passed by Zhu Kai, Zhu Kai rubbed his eyes and asked him, “Where are you going?”

       But Li Zhenran didn’t intend to answer him, he just raised his hand and waved it in front of him, with the cat under his other arm, he walked steadily towards the outside.

       When they were having breakfast, Wang Ma went up to pack two pieces of clothes for him and packed them in a small suitcase.

       He threw the cat on the passenger seat and placed the suitcase in the trunk. Li Zhenran drove the off-road vehicle slowly out of the garage. As soon as he left the door of Li’s house, Li Zhenruo couldn’t wait to change into a human form. He was wearing a simple long-sleeved T-shirt and sports trousers, and complained to Li Zhenran, “What the hell is up with Li Zhentai?”

       Li Zhenran smiled indifferently, “First day you knew him?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’d like to see how long he can be proud.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and rubbed the top of his head, then changed the subject and asked, “You might see your biological father on this trip, are you nervous?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t expect that he would ask this, so he froze for a moment and said, “Not nervous.” He was telling the truth. He didn’t have any feelings about the so-called biological father. The reason why he had to go there was not to find his father. But to find out the truth of why his mother tricked Li Jianglin into treating him as a child of the Li family.

       After being quiet for a while, Li Zhenruo said slowly, “My body was given by him, but unfortunately it is no longer there. Now only my soul is the only thing left, and it has nothing to do with him. My soul belongs to me alone.”

       Li Zhenran originally caressed the top of his head gently, but suddenly grabbed his hair and pulled him over to kiss him on the lips.

       The kiss was short-lived, but Li Zhenruo was still startled and pushed Li Zhenran away to let him see the road. Luckily it was a straight road and there were no other cars nearby.

       “You belong to me,” Li Zhenran said with a serious expression.

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I’ve written about underwear several times in this chapter, but it’s just that the protagonist tried to change the clothes out of thin air. I know that the special reviewer didn’t have time to read the text, so I just locked it, but I don’t know how to change it.

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The more I read the more I’m annoyed with Li Zhentai

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       When he got up the next morning, Li Zhenruo was lying on the window sill and looked down early in the morning. He saw Li Jianglin walking in the garden. After a while, Zhu Kai walked to Li Jianglin’s side and Li Zhenruo didn’t know what Zhu Kai said to him.

       Li Jianglin seemed to be very angry and waved his hand to tell him to go.

       As he looked at Li Jianglin’s attitude towards Zhu Kai now, Li Zhenruo found it intriguing.

       Zhu Kai sneaked back last night to steal the dog, but today Li Jianglin chased him away, but he didn’t go. Li Zhenruo felt that Zhu Kai was shameless, and perhaps he was not the only one who thought of that. The whole Li family felt that he was shameless this time.

       However, there was nothing to be done since Zhu Kai was shameless anyway, so naturally, he didn’t care what the Li family thought of him.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran and went down to the first floor to prepare for eating breakfast. From a distance, he saw Zhu Kai sitting at the dining table with a Band-Aid on his neck. He waved at them with a pretty bitchy smile.

       Li Zhenran just sat down when Li Jianglin asked, “Why didn’t xiao Chun come to eat?”

       Wang Ma said with difficulty, “I called, but she said she wouldn’t eat.”

       After a while, they heard footsteps on the stairs, and they saw Wen Chun coming down from the second floor with a suitcase in hand.

       Li Jianglin frowned tightly, “What is this for?”

       Wen Chun lowered his head and forced a smile, and said, “Dad, I want to go out to take a break.”

       “Take a break?” Li Jianglin stood up, “Where?”

       Wen Chun hesitated for a moment, and then said, “To be honest, at first I wanted to go home, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to hide it from my parents if I went home, so I want to go out and travel, not necessarily just to one place, more to walk and see more.”

       Li Jianglin asked her, “What about your workplace?”

       Wen Chun said, “I’ve taken a long vacation, it may not take long. I’ll be back in two or three weeks. Don’t worry.”

       Li Jianglin sighed. He knew that Wen Chun was unhappy at home every day, and it might not be a bad thing if she had the opportunity to go out for a walk, but thinking of her going out alone would inevitably make him uneasy.

       Li Zhenran then voiced out Li Jianglin’s concern at this time, “Sister-in-law, it’s not safe on your own.”

       Wen Chun smiled and said, “It’s okay, I won’t go to any dangerous places, and maybe I’ll invite some friends. You don’t need to worry about me, thank you.”

       Li Jianglin said, “Since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t stop you. Pay attention to safety on the road, and call home if you have anything.”

       Wen Chun replied, “I know.”

       Li Jianglin instructed Wang Ma, “Tell the driver to drive her off.”

       Wang Ma nodded and hurriedly walked outside.

       Li Zhenran got up and walked to Wen Chun’s side, and took the initiative to help her pick up the suitcase.

       Wen Chun repeatedly thanked him.

       Li Zhenran kept walking her outside, helped her put the suitcase in the trunk, and said, “Be careful on the road.”

       Wen Chun nodded, “I will. Go and have breakfast.”

       After he walked Wen Chun away, Li Zhenran came back and sat down at the dining table. At this time, Li Jianglin had put down his chopsticks, and said, “I’ll go out later.”

       Zhu Kai bit his chopsticks and asked, “Where to?”

       But Li Jianglin didn’t pay any attention to him.

       Wang Ma said quickly, “I’ll go call a driver for you.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and glanced at Li Zhenran. When he saw that Li Zhenran didn’t say anything, he lay down silently again.

       Except for Yunlin’s board meeting, Li Jianglin rarely went out so early. He was used to a lazy life when he was resting at the beach. He got up every morning to take a walk and exercise, and sometimes he didn’t eat breakfast with them.

       If he went out so early, Li Jianglin must have something to do today.

       Li Zhenruo thought about it and felt that it was possible that it was for Li Zhentai’s matter. In any case, Li Jianglin somewhat owed him for insisting that he should marry Wen Chun.

       And since Li Jianglin caught an adultery act in Li Zhenran’s office yesterday, he had been a little cold to Li Zhenran. Li Zhenruo began to think, did Li Jianglin have some other plans to appease Li Zhentai and knock Li Zhenran off at the same time?

       When Li Jianglin left, Zhu Kai was still eating breakfast slowly, and at the same time glaring at Li Zhenruo with fierce eyes.

       Drat! Li Zhenruo thought to himself. His paws grabbed Li Zhenran’s trouser legs and climbed onto his lap, sitting down, while sticking to Li Zhenran’s arms, he glared back at Zhu Kai.

       Although it was just a vague thought, Li Zhenruo didn’t expect his thoughts became a reality the next day.

       Yunlin held an emergency board meeting that morning and decided on several matters, one of which was to hand over all the key projects currently in charge of Li Zhenran to Li Zhentai.

       Before the meeting, Li Zhenruo wanted to follow up but was blocked when he was about to enter the door of the conference room. He thought that he could sneak in as a cat if he walked quietly, but he failed.

       He sat outside the heavy wooden door and waited, Li Zhenruo put his ears on the door panel, but the sound inside was dull. There were a few faint sounds, but he couldn’t hear what was said.

       After the meeting, he hadn’t come back to his senses. Someone pushed open the wooden door from the inside and pushed his whole cat behind the door, almost crushing his paws.

       Li Zhenran came out of the conference room first. Li Zhenzi chased after him and shouted, “Second brother!”

       After Li Zhenran stopped to look at him, Li Zhentai suddenly took two steps forward and patted Li Zhenran on the back, “I’ll go to your side to hand over the work later.”

       When Li Zhenzi saw Li Zhentai coming, he swallowed what he wanted to say and walked toward the elevator.

       Li Zhenran turned around and smiled at Li Zhentai, “Okay, I’ll go to your office later.”

       Li Zhentai nodded. When he was about to speak, a director came out of the conference room and tapped him on the shoulder to chat with him, so Li Zhentai didn’t pay attention to Li Zhenran anymore.

       Only then did Li Zhenruo get out from behind the door with a gloomy face.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and walked towards the elevator. Li Zhenruo followed closely at his feet and looked up at him suspiciously. From what they said just now, Li Zhenruo knew that things might be going in a bad direction.

       However, there were still people coming and going outside this large conference room, and it was not easy to communicate with Li Zhenran, so he went straight to the elevator.

       Li Zhenruo kept looking up at Li Zhenran but didn’t notice that he bumped his head into the trash can, knocking down the trash can in the corridor, making a crisp sound.

       Many people looked over from the direction of the conference room.

       Li Zhenruo was a little confused by the collision.

       Li Zhenran squatted down and picked him up. When he reached out to pick up the trash can, the staff of the logistics department hurriedly ran over from the conference room and hurriedly helped him up.

       Li Zhenran then carried Li Zhenruo and walked toward the elevator. After entering the elevator, they found that Li Zhenzi was actually still waiting for them.

       When the elevator door slowly closed, Li Zhenzi said, “Is Dad getting old and confused?”

       Li Zhenran rubbed the top of Li Zhenruo’s hurting head and said calmly, “He has his plans.”

       After that, the elevator also reached the floor of their office. The two brothers did not continue to communicate and walked out one after the other.

       Going back to Li Zhenran’s office, Li Zhenruo couldn’t wait to talk to him. He lay in front of Li Zhenran’s big desk with a naked human body, and asked, “What’s going on?”

       Li Zhenran sat behind the desk and wanted to smoke, but hesitantly put it down after picking up the cigarette case, and said, “I have to hand over all my work to Li Zhentai.”

       Li Zhenruo’s eyes widened, “Is Dad crazy? How could Li Zhentai handle it?”

       Li Zhenran was calm and said, “You can ask him.”

       Li Zhenruo felt a little exasperated, “Is he threatening you? But has he seriously considered whether it is worth it to use Yunlin’s business to intimidate you?”

       Li Zhenran said, “He is not so confused. He is now using the pretext that Li Zhentai is not familiar with his work, and has placed a work team to be directly responsible to him, including Hua Yibang.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “Even Hua Yibang has been drawn in, so what are you going to do?”

       Li Zhenran spread out his hands, “I’ve been given a leave of absence. Do you have any place you want to go? I can accompany you.”

       However, Li Zhenruo was still analyzing Li Jianglin’s thoughts, and said, “Li Jianglin is angry with you because of the matter of you and me. The only thing he can use to threaten you is his inheritance of Yunlin. In addition, this time he feels owed to the eldest for Wen Chun’s business, so he took advantage of the situation for his own benefit and asks you to give him all the work at hand. But has he never thought about who sent those photos to him? Li Zhentai played tricks against his brother again and again, and finally, he could taste the sweet victory. Is Li Jianglin not afraid that Li Zhentai will become more aggressive?”

       After he listened to Li Zhenruo, Li Zhenran nodded and said, “It makes sense, so what do you think Dad thinks?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “I don’t know.”

       Li Zhenran said, “If you don’t know, don’t think about it. You also know what Yunlin means to him. Since he dares to make such a decision, he must bear the consequences.”

       When he heard what Li Zhenran said, Li Zhenruo also calmed down and thought that Yunlin has nothing to do with him anyway. Whatever Li Jianglin wanted to do, what should he be nervous about? Now that he had this time, it was better to think about his own affairs.

       As he thought of this, Li Zhenruo said to Li Zhenran, “Can you go through Gao Qi and find out how Li Zhentai knew that I was not Li Jianglin’s own son?”

       Li Zhenran asked him, “Why Gao Qi?”

       Li Zhenruo was almost lying on his desk, trying to get close to his ear, and whispered, “I heard Gao Qi on the phone that day, I don’t know if his relatives or friends owe him money, and Li Zhentai doesn’t seem to be willing to help him.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and touched his face, “Okay, I’ll find someone to contact him.”

       In the past two days, Li Zhenran has been busy handing over his work to Li Zhentai. The part of the work in his hands was very complicated, and it couldn’t be handed over clearly in just a few words.

       This may be the reason why Li Jianglin also transferred Hua Yibang. In fact, not only Hua Yibang but also several directly managed departments under Li Zhenran.

       All the work was on track, and it was impossible to replace the original staff, so only the top management was changed, and all the things that were originally decided by Li Zhenran were handed over to Li Zhentai. No, it couldn’t be said to Li Zhentai, because Li Zhentai need Li Jianglin’s sign and approval before making a final decision.

       So this was to return all power to Li Jianglin.

       Li Zhenran had too many things to do at the company that Li Zhenruo was bored. So he took a bag of cat food he stole from the house to visit his Master. Later, Wang Ma suddenly found out that a bag of cat food was missing, and made a fuss.

       Xia Hongshen was at work that day, and Li Zhenruo found Xia Hongshen in his office. Before anyone went in, he put the cat food in and shook it.

       He felt a sudden force, and before Li Zhenruo could react, his hand was already empty. When he looked inside, he saw Xia Hongshen sitting at the desk, looking down at the bag of cat food.

       “Master,” Li Zhenruo showed a pleasing smile on his face.

       Xia Hongshen didn’t even look at him, just said “um”, and then gnawed the bag with his sharp teeth.

       Li Zhenruo walked over to sit in front of him, put his arms on the desk, and asked him, “Is it delicious?”

       Xia Hongshen grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth, chewed it for a while with a complicated expression, and told Li Zhenruo, “Not bad.” Then he looked at the bag, “Too little.”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “I’ll bring more to you next time.”

       Xia Hongshen did not respond to him.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, hesitated and said, “Master, I want to ask a question.”

       Xia Hongshen then responded to him, “Say.”

       Li Zhenruo was a little distressed, “The last time I tried to transform, together with clothes, but only a pair of thongs came out.” He was silent for a while, and added, “It’s black with lace.”

       Xia Hongshen, who had been indifferent all along, looked up at him and asked, “Black lace thong?”

       Li Zhenruo also felt embarrassed but nodded honestly.

       Xia Hongshen suddenly became interested, “Let me see.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, “Master, are you serious?”

       Not only was Xia Hongshen serious, he immediately picked up the office landline and made a call, “Come and see my apprentice transform.”

       Li Zhenruo asked in surprise, “Who did you call?”

       Xia Hongshen said to him, “Nothing, I just called Song Jun to come.”

       Even if he said it was nothing, Li Zhenruo didn’t think it was really nothing, “You just call Song Jun to come and see my lace thong?”

       Xia Hongshen was very excited, “Quick, take a look.”

       As soon as he finished speaking, Song Jun hurried in from outside the office without even taking a breath. As he closed the door, Song Jun looked curiously, “What? Show me, little Garfield.”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at the locked office door. He hesitated and said, “Just the two of you, don’t tell anyone else.”

       Afterwards, he first turned into a cat and watched his clothes fall to the ground. He then took a deep breath and imagined the lace thong that day. He then transformed into a human under the gaze of two people, and at the same time trying to make the spiritual power to wrap himself up into clothes with substance.

       However, when he finished his transformation, Song Jun, who stood in front of him and looked at him, opened his mouth into an “O” shape.

       Li Zhenruo looked down and saw that this time it was indeed black panties, but without the lace trim, the style was also ordinary panties. He didn’t understand why Song Jun was surprised.

       Song Jun motioned for him to reach out and touch the back of his butt.

       Li Zhenruo reached out to touch it for no reason, and then cursed “fvck!” He just touched a small fluffy ball behind his butt, which clearly looked like a rabbit’s tail.

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Some readers asked why the eldest brother is so frustrating. It is because he is the villain ah. I can’t deal with him if I make him tall and brave…

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       Li Zhenruo grabbed Zhu Kai tightly, his original intention was to prevent Zhu Kai from taking Erhuang away.

       However, Zhu Kai was also a ruthless man. He stretched out his hand to pull Li Zhenruo’s back, and he even pulled a handful of fur off him.

       Li Zhenruo’s back was in pain and he loosened his grip afterwards. However, after he realised his fur had been pulled off, he went berserk and waved his sharp claws at Zhu Kai.

       Zhu Kai was in pain, and no longer showing mercy. He grabbed Li Zhenruo’s neck and pulled him away, and was about to throw him to the ground. In the end, Li Zhenran grabbed his arm and snatched Li Zhenruo back from his hand.

       Luckily, Zhu Kai’s face was fine, but the claw marks on his neck and behind his ears were clearly visible, and there was even some blood.

       Just now, Li Zhenruo was almost thrown to the ground by Zhu Kai. At this time, he couldn’t help but feel a little scared as he lay in Li Zhenran’s arms and panted slightly.

       Li Zhenran gently stroked his back and said softly, “It’s alright.”

       “Zhu Kai!” Li Zhentai’s voice sounded from behind them, with some fierce hatred.

       No matter what the purpose of Zhu Kai’s releasing the photo at the wedding, none of the family would be grateful to him. Including Li Zhentai, who until now still felt uneasy and afraid that others would see the photo at that time. He was afraid that the matter of his cuckold had been spread out.

       Zhu Kai sat on the ground, clutching his neck in pain. After a while, he stretched out his hand and saw that his hands were covered in blood.

       At first, the workers who thought that a thief had entered the house saw Zhu Kai, so they left quietly, leaving only Wang Ma to cry out in distress to see Zhu Kai caught up in such a state, “Oh, no! How did you get into this state?”

       Zhu Kai made a hissing sound and stared at the cat in Li Zhenran’s arms.

       Li Zhenran ignored him at this time, lowered his head to look at the injury on Li Zhenruo’s back, and then gave Zhu Kai a cold look. Li Zhenruo was lying in Li Zhenran’s arms and pretended to be pitiful, but he really was pitiful. Even though Zhu Kai looked miserable, he was also in pain.

       Wang Ma ran to Zhu Kai’s side, squatted down to look at the injury on his face, and said, “What should I do? Do we have to go to the hospital? Do we need a rabies vaccine?”

       Li Zhenruo looked over with some displeasure thinking that if someone had rabies, it was more likely that Zhu Kai, that madman, the one that had rabies! He was so innocent and cute, how could he look like he had rabies?

       Only Erhuang didn’t know what was going on and circled around Zhu Kai excitedly.

       Li Jianglin frowned and asked drily, “What are you doing here?”

       Zhu Kai lifted his head to look at him and said, somewhat pitifully, “I come back to see my dog.”

       Wang Ma persuaded, “Let’s get his wounds treated first.”

       Li Jianglin squeezed his cane tightly and said, “Come in first.”

       Wang Ma went to find the first aid kit at home. The whole family sat on the sofa and stared at Zhu Kai, who was covering his neck.

       Under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Kai didn’t seem to feel anything wrong. He couldn’t help but reach out to touch the wound on his neck and then stared at Li Zhenruo fiercely.

       This time, he originally planned to come back and take Erhuang with him, but he didn’t expect a cat to ruin his plan.

       When he thought of this, Zhu Kai’s eyes became more and more fierce.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t show weakness and stared back at him.

       Wang Ma brought the first aid kit and sat down to treat the wound on Zhu Kai’s neck. Zhu Kai was unable to endure the pain and kept saying “ouch ouch ouch” with his mouth.

       Li Jianglin looked serious and called out Zhu Kai’s name, “Zhu Kai.”

       Zhu Kai seemed to know what he was going to say, and while baring his mouth to call out in pain, he said, “Don’t say it, I know what you are going to say. But to be honest, you can’t blame me for your son hooking up with your daughter-in-law. Above all, I am just an elder who can’t bear to keep my nephew in the dark, unlike you, the father, who knew about it long ago but kept it to himself, and had to let his son get married.”

       As soon as he finished speaking, both Wen Chun and Li Zhentai looked at Li Jianglin in surprise.

       Li Zhentai stood up even more, “Dad, what did he say?”

       Li Jianglin didn’t change his face, “I am doing it for your own good.”

       Li Zhentai asked, “You already knew that she had an affair with the third child?” When he spoke, he pointed at Wen Chun.

       Zhu Kai lowered his head and snickered.

       Wang Ma, who gave him the medicine, obviously noticed it, and couldn’t help but hit him on the arm and said angrily, “Zhu Kai! How can you do this!”

       Li Zhenran still held Li Zhenruo and sat quietly, only watching Li Zhentai unconsciously straighten his back as he stood up.

       Li Zhenruo felt that although Li Zhenran was gently stroking the top of his head, his attention was on Li Zhentai. He was sure that if Li Zhentai did something extreme to Li Jianglin, Li Zhenran would definitely stand up and stop him.

       Li Jianglin closed his eyes and did not speak.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that although Li Jianglin still looked calm, he must have had a little difficulty coping with the current situation. Tonight, he walked outside alone for so long, and he must have been distressed because of the affairs of his sons.

       Li Zhentai couldn’t hold back his anger. He couldn’t care about his attitude now, and shouted, “What is it for my good? This marriage was arranged by you, I have nothing to say, but knowing that this woman is cheating on me, you still insist on me marrying her! You said it was for my own good?! Dad, am I your own son? Actually, only the second and third are your sons, right?”

       Li Jianglin’s brows furrowed instantly, and he said, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

       Li Zhentai clenched his fists tightly as he glanced at Li Jianglin, then at Wen Chun, before finally slamming his fist hard on the coffee table. He then said, “Maybe I am the most unnecessary one in the Li family. It’s better for me to leave.”

       After he said that, Li Zhentai turned around and walked outside.

       Li Zhenran stood up and called out to Li Jianglin, “Dad?” It meant whether he wanted to chase him back.

       Li Jianglin shook his head slowly and said, “He has resentment in his heart, let him go, I will talk to him later.”

       Li Zhenran nodded when he heard the words. He saw that Li Jianglin’s face did not look very good, so he walked over and squatted beside him and said, “Dad, it’s getting late, you should go to rest first.”

       Li Jianglin was indeed really tired today. He glanced at Li Zhenran and didn’t want to say anything more. He stood up with crutches, and then said to Wen Chun, who was still sitting on the sofa in a daze, “Go and rest too.”

       Wen Chun was in an awkward situation, forced a smile to hide her emotions, nodded and said, “Good night, Dad.” Then she took the lead in walking toward the stairs.

       Li Zhenran saw that Li Jianglin was planning to go back to the room, he held the cat in one hand and his arm with the other.

       Unexpectedly, Li Jianglin gently pushed his hand away, “No need.” He was probably still brooding about what happened in Li Zhenran’s office today.

       At this time, Zhu Kai stood up from the sofa and walked to Li Jianglin’s side to help him, “I’ll help you to rest.”

       Li Jianglin moved more, waved his hand vigorously and said, “Get lost.”

       Zhu Kai quickly retracted his hand and stood there watching Li Jianglin slowly walk towards the room with a somewhat innocent expression.

       But when Li Jianglin disappeared, the innocence on his face was put away, and he said, “I’m not going to sleep here today, do you guys have no problem with that?”

       Of course, the remaining Wang Ma and Li Zhenran had no problem.

       When he saw that Li Zhenran was about to leave, Zhu Kai stopped him and said, “Zhenran, there doesn’t seem to be any conflict between us, right?”

       Li Zhenruo looked at Zhu Kai angrily.

       Li Zhenran scratched Li Zhenruo’s chin and said softly, “There is still a deep hatred between us. Just you wait and I will settle the account with you.”

       This made Zhu Kai stunned for a moment. When Li Zhenran carried the cat up the stairs, he shouted, “What do you mean? Because of that little boy?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer him and went straight upstairs.

       Wang Ma sighed heavily while packing her things, and spoke with some tears, “What’s going on? The family is in such a mess.”

       Zhu Kai heard the words and walked over to sit next to her and put his arms around her back, saying, “It’s alright, don’t cry.”

       Wang Ma hit him, but felt distressed when she saw the wound on his neck, and said, “Show me the wound again.”

       Li Zhenran took Li Zhenruo back to the room, sat on the edge of the bed and let him lie on his lap to see the injury on his back, one of which was indeed ripped off and looked a little bald, although it was not too serious, at that time it must be painful.

       “I can’t see clearly like this, should I shave your back?” Li Zhenran asked.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly lay on his lap and appeared in a human form, and said, “Are you crazy?!”

       Li Zhenran saw that his back was a little red and swollen, raised his hand and patted his round and fair buttocks, and said, “I’ll go get you some medicine.”

       Li Zhenran went to get a tube of cool and swollen ointment, and still let Li Zhenruo lie on his leg. He dipped the ointment with his fingers and rubbed him on the red and swollen back.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on his stomach and complained, “Zhu Kai is really ruthless.”

       Li Zhenran heard the words and said, “You are not softer than him.”

       Li Zhenruo muttered, “I knew he would come back and take Erhuang away.”

       Li Zhenran replied, “If he wants to leave with the dog, you can leave him alone. Dad won’t do anything to him anyway.”

       Li Zhenruo put his head on one hand and thoughtfully, “Why do you think your father is so indulgent towards Zhu Kai?”

       Li Zhenran asked him, “What are you implying to me?”

       Li Zhenruo got up from him, sat cross-legged beside the bed, and said to Li Zhenran, “Have you ever wondered since you were a child?”

       Li Zhenran looked at him with a half-smile.

       Li Zhenruo knew that he just didn’t want to say it, so he took the initiative to say, “When I was young, I thought maybe it was because Zhu Kai was Zhu Yun’s younger brother. Since Li Jianglin loved Zhu Yun all his life, and he didn’t like my biological mother, it was understandable that he was very partial to Zhu Kai. Later, when I got older, I felt that no matter how partial he was, a brother-in-law and even his own son were incomparable to him. So I wondered if Zhu Kai was Li Jianglin’s own son. But it’s not right, if he was Li Jianglin’s son, Li Jianglin had no reason not to accept him or not let him enter Yunlin.”

       “So what about—” Li Zhenran looked at him.

       Li Zhenruo said, “I think, don’t Zhu Kai and Zhu Yun look alike? Do you think to substitute for Zhu Yun, your father was…” After he said this, Li Zhenruo couldn’t go on anymore. To be honest, he was not willing to think in this direction, no matter what, after all, he had always regarded Li Jianglin as his father in his heart.

       Li Zhenran didn’t comment on his words and asked him, “Do you think it’s like that?”

       Li Zhenruo thought silently for a while, and finally said, “It shouldn’t be, it’s just me who was thinking wildly.”

       Li Zhenran turned his head and glanced behind him, “Does it hurt?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “It doesn’t hurt much, just ignore it.”

       Li Zhenran stretched out his arms and hugged him to lie down, “Then let’s go to sleep.”

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Notes:
I finished rechecking Perfection. (˘◡˘)
Tbh I was going to take 1-2 week breaks after the last update because there’s so much going on in my office right now. But I feel might as well finish this month’s update before taking breaks (ಥ◡ಥ)
I will come back again hopefully next week if not 2 weeks again, but don’t worry. I will definitely update more than 1 chapter when I came back (งᓀ‸ᓂ)ง

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