“If you want excitement, you can find a woman to do it with you on the streets. It would be more exciting.” Ruan Yang snatched her spade back. “Go somewhere else. If you keep going on and on, I’ll hit you with the spade.”
“I don’t want to do it with other women.” Li Shaobin squatted beside her as he watched her planting the trees. He recalled how things went last night and it did seem to have tired her out, so if he wanted to do it again, she really might not be able to take it. He should wait until nighttime at least. Since he’d already bought the car, there was no need to rush it. “Yangyang, don’t be angry anymore. What tree are you planting? Do you want me to help you?”
“Pomelo tree.” Ruan Yang glanced at him with disdain. “No, go away. Don’t step on the flowers I just planted.”
Li Shaobin looked around and only realized that Ruan Yang had planted a lot of things on his patch of grass. He wasn’t unhappy. In fact, he was quite happy. Ruan Yang was giving his villa a makeover. She was giving their future home a makeover. The prettier she made it, the longer she would stay in it. “Yangyang, do you like to eat pomelo?”
“Don’t you think that a pomelo tree looks very interesting when it’s filled with fruits?” Ruan Yang said.
“Mm, doing anything with you is interesting.” Li Shaobin cupped his face in his hands, smiling foolishly.
At that moment, He Mingshan suddenly called him to tell him to bring Ruan Yang home for dinner and while they were at it, they should discuss their wedding.
Li Shaobin naturally agreed readily.
After he hung up, the thought of really being able to marry Ruan Yang immediately made him smile gleefully. He went up to hug and kiss Ruan Yang. “Yangyang, my family just called to say that we should discuss our wedding tonight.”
“Okay, but you don’t have to be so clingy.” Ruan Yang lifted her spade. “If you’re going to disturb me like this, I’m going to hit you.”
“Go on. You definitely couldn’t bear to do it.” Li Shaobin simply refused to let go.
Ruan Yang wanted to cry. Could this dear ancestor let her finish planting her trees?
She really couldn’t understand how a triad boss could be so clingy. Wouldn’t he be laughed at by his subordinates if they saw this?
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At night, Li Shaobin drove his new Land Rover into the Li Family villa ostentatiously.
When Li Congyang saw his car, his face fell. “You rascal—don’t tell me you’ve changed cars again.”
“Yeah, haha. What do you guys think of it? Isn’t it beautiful?” Li Shaobin laughed merrily.
Li Congyang really felt like smacking him with a broom. “You spendthrift. You just got yourself a four to five million sports car last month. How long did you drive it for? Yet you got yourself a new one this month? Even if you have a lot of money, you can’t spend it blindly like this. Tell me—how many times have you changed cars since last year? Don’t even mention the yacht and helicopter your brothers gave you for your birthday the past two years.”
Li Shaobin didn’t take Li Congyang’s anger to heart at all. “Aiya, Dad, my sports car is too small.”
“If you think it’s too small, we have an SUV at home too. No one drives it. Is there a need for you to get a new one?” Li Congyang was brewing with anger. “Our family might be rich, but your grandpa, your brothers, and I aren’t spendthrifts. Why don’t you know how to save some money? I wonder who you take after.”
“Mom is a spendthrift. Don’t you see how she keeps losing money all day long?” Li Shaobin pouted. “I don’t like to drive old cars others have driven.”
He Mingshan quickly tried to mediate. “Aiya, money is earned to be spent. Besides, he’s spending his own money. Compared to those who only know how to ask their parents for money and get their parents to pay their debts after failing in their business ventures, our Binbin is really great.”
“That’s right, that’s right.” Li Shaobin swaggered in and pulled Ruan Yang along to take a seat.
Ruan Yang was speechless. She finally understood which person indulged him in his lawless behavior.
Grandma Li came over with a calendar and said with a smile, “Binbin, Grandma helped you take a look at the dates. The first of May is the best day to get married this entire year.”
“May?” Li Shaobin made some calculations for a while. It was only February now. He was suddenly unhappy. “Grandma, May is too far away.”
“How is that far away?” Grandma Li pushed up her presbyopia glasses. “You need time to prepare for a wedding too.”
Shen Liu said with a smile, “Grandma, right now, Third Brother only wishes he could have the banquet with Ruan Yang done tomorrow.”
“Sister-in-law knows me well.” Li Shaobin hugged Ruan Yang tightly with a grin.
Ruan Yang pinched his thigh. Could he not hug me so tightly while so many people are watching? It’s very awkward.
“Yangyang, why did you pinch me?” Li Shaobin said in bewilderment.
He was very loud and suddenly, everyone cast their eyes at them.
Ruan Yang blushed and Shen Liu said, “Well, hitting is fondness and scolding is love.”
“Sister-in-law, you make sense.” Li Shaobin continued to smile.
Ruan Yang lowered her burning face. This pig.
“The 15th of April is also a good date, but it’s not as good as the 1st of May,” Grandma Li said.
“Isn’t there one in March?” Li Shaobin frowned. He was very unsatisfied with Grandma’s performance in checking out dates.
“But there aren’t any good dates in March. I’ve already asked.” Grandma Li didn’t think that her grandson would be in such a hurry. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a little later. It’s already the end of February. If it’s in March, we definitely wouldn’t be able to cope. We still have to book a hotel and all that. Ruan Yang won’t run away even if it’s a month later.”
“Let’s make it either April or May then,” Ruan Yang said. “We still need time to prepare too. March is really too rushed.”
“Then let’s settle with the 15th of April.” Li Shaobin could only say with a sigh. Wasn’t he precisely afraid that Ruan Yang would run away? Although Ruan Yang had agreed to his marriage proposal, he still felt that happiness came too suddenly. He wanted to tie her down quickly.
…
During dinner, He Mingshan got Li Shaobin to help Ruan Yang with more deer meat soup.
Li Shaobin knew Ruan Yang didn’t like game, so he said, “Mom, just have yours. Ruan Yang will take it if she wants it.”
“You child, this was specifically made for the two of you,” He Mingshan said. “This is very nourishing and it’s the best time to eat this in this weather. It warms your body up.”
Shen Liu smiled and added, “Mom’s main motive is to nourish the two of you so that she can get a big fat grandson by this year.”
Li Xiaoxia pouted unhappily. How annoying.
He Mingshan laughed heartily. Her daughter-in-law had voiced her heartfelt words.
Ruan Yang blushed once again and Li Shaobin bit his chopsticks as he said carefully, “Then… Ruan Yang, shall we just have some? Let’s not waste Mom’s kind intentions.”
It would naturally be inappropriate for Ruan Yang to reject it again, so she nodded.
They each had two bowls of soup. He Mingshan was overly warm and had put a lot of deer meat and ginseng in their bowls.
Li Xiaoxia pouted. “Grandma, I want some too.”
He Mingshan quickly scooped some for her grandson when she heard that.
Li Congyang said, “Just eat on your own. Everyone will take what they want to eat for themselves.”
“Dad, Mom is rarely in such a good mood to serve all of us; cut it out.” Li Zhongchi smiled. “I’m afraid Mom’s elated now that Third Brother’s marriage date has been settled.”
“I’m not happy because of this,” He Mingshan said. “Wang Yuting, that woman, has been arrogant outside and now she’s been hiding at home finally, afraid to come out recently. Guess what happened? I heard that her husband had a mistress on the outside for more than 10 years.”
The corners of Li Shaobin’s mouth curled up. Hu Zhi did well.
He turned to look at Ruan Yang. When he saw Ruan Yang looking dumbfounded, he said, afraid that she wouldn’t understand: “Wang Yuting is Xin Ziao’s mom. Like father like son.”
“Exactly.” He Mingshan nodded. “I heard that the woman is living in Shanghai right now. Xin Zhanheng bought her a villa and a car there. He even helped her develop her company and now it’s doing very well. It’s said that this woman is also married in Shanghai. Her husband doesn’t know about it. She used to be Xin Zhanheng’s girlfriend 30 years ago. After that, they broke up because of a misunderstanding, and somehow, they reunited again. The two of them had been contacting each other secretly. Wang Yuting went all the way to Shanghai to look for her husband in a huff and caused such a big ruckus that the mistress’s husband wants a divorce.”
“Is there something wrong with Wang Yuting’s brain?” Shen Liu said. “If that woman were to get a divorce, wouldn’t that be better for her since she wouldn’t have to go out with Xin Zhanheng secretively anymore? She might even want to marry Xin Zhanheng. That woman in Shanghai is already married, yet Xin Zhanheng is still willing to keep in contact with her secretly for more than 10 years. That means he really likes that woman.”
“Isn’t that so?” He Mingshan gloated. “I heard that she even had a row with Xin Zhanheng at home. I think Xin Zhanheng went to Shanghai recently, probably also to settle matters with that woman.”
“You seem to understand all these rumors pretty clearly, huh?” Li Congyang couldn’t help but comment.
“Our circle is only so big. Everyone will find out naturally after word spreads around. Old men aren’t reliable now. I didn’t even imagine that Xin Zhanheng would’ve kept a mistress on the outside too.” He Mingshan suddenly pointed at Li Congyang and said, “You better know your place. If I find out that you’re fooling around outside, you’re dead meat.”
Li Congyang rolled his eyes. “We’re already so old and our grandson is already so big. Do you have nothing better to do?”
