Be in low spirits

"You came to me, didn't you hope to pass the message to Li Li through me?" She didn't understand what Fu Yan was doing. She couldn't ask Li Li, as there seemed to be a lot of estrangement between them.

"There's an internal fight between several wealthy people. I'm just a spectator. I don't have any news to pass on to your husband."

"Since Mr. Fu is unwilling to say anything, I won't ask any more questions. If you have anything you want to say, feel free to contact me." Seeing that she couldn't get any information out of him, she had to get up and leave.

Fu Yan said to Aunt Liu, "Aunt Liu, the two boxes of tea leaves and a banner at the entrance are for Officer Kong. It's a token of gratitude for helping me find the child and the old man."

Kong Zhixi didn't take the tea leaves, but only the silk banner. She said some polite words and went home.

For the past half month, she has been helping Li Li's parents to consider the location, area, and surrounding business types of the shop. She has been running around a lot, and even has to take them to look at houses on weekends.

Every day when she got home, she fell asleep immediately, thinking she was tired, but she found out that her period had come. She became very irritable and got angry at anyone she caught in the station. Li Li complained that she didn't bring him food, and Li's mother beat her up, saying, "I brought you food, how dare you? I never saw you bringing midnight snacks to anyone when you were on duty."

The shop was booked during her period. Seeing her angry, the manager didn't dare to bargain with her. When she started to decorate the shop, she took the two elderly people to run between the building materials market and the decoration company. She thought they had discussed the opening of the shop with Li Li, so she didn't mention it to him.

The three of them had finished their meal and were sitting around the coffee table drawing decoration drawings on their computers when Li Li showed up after get off work. The three of them looked at the person at the door, quickly turned off the computer, pretended nothing had happened, and watched TV.

Father Li coughed first and asked, "Why aren't you on duty today?" Mother Li also agreed. He thought it was funny. The two hadn't seen their son for almost half a month, and when they finally saw him, the first thing he said was to ask him to go on duty.

"What are you doing?" He walked behind Kong Zhixi and wanted to open the computer to see what was inside. Several people looked at him nervously, but Kong Zhixi did not stop him. After opening it, they saw that it contained the financial news of the past few days. The two elders breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's there to hide?" Li Li didn't understand and looked at his wife.

"Have you eaten? Let me see what's in the refrigerator and make something for you." She remembered that her plan to have a child through sperm donation had failed and she had to restart it all over again, so she had to put on a new look.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, have you eaten? Ask your father to get you something to eat." Mother Li nudged Father Li with her elbow.

"No." Li Li walked into the kitchen and took a look at the refrigerator. There were still quite a few things. Thinking that it was a rare opportunity for him to rest, he walked out again and looked at Kong Zhixi and asked, "How about you go out with me to eat something?"

Kong Zhixi looked at the two old men, then glanced at the computer, turned her head and forced a smile, saying, "No, I've already eaten."

"Just think of it as a date. Stay with me." He took an ice cream from the refrigerator and was about to open it to eat. Li's mother quickly ran over, patted his hand, snatched the ice cream, and said, "This is for Zhixi. You should try the old popsicle." Then she threw the ice cream back into the refrigerator and gave him an old popsicle.

He just worked overtime for half a month, and he became an outsider in this family. "I... I haven't eaten yet, and I can't even have an expensive ice cream?" He stared at his mother with wide eyes.

"Hey, it's the same if you eat the old popsicle. Eat it if you like. If you don't, I'll take it away." Mother Li was about to take the old popsicle away. Kong Zhixi said in the living room, "Mom, just let him eat it. I won't go out with you to eat later. I have some things to do in the institute."

He took the old popsicle, tore open the package, walked out, and said, "Didn't you complain that I didn't have time to date you? Now that I have time, why don't you go?"

Kong Zhixi glared at him. What nonsense is that? When did she complain? Father Li was also a little annoyed with him: "Hey, Xiao Kong, the grassroots police officer is not more tired than you. How old are you? Can't you eat by yourself? If you want to go, go quickly. If you don't want to eat, you can go to work overtime."

What happened in the past half month? Who is the biological child? "Then I'll go find your dad." Li Li also wanted to find a sense of existence.

"Then go ahead." Kong Zhixi didn't stop him. She turned on the computer and started writing the document.

"Yes, yes, yes, go talk to your father-in-law. Our family of three has something to discuss." Mother Li simply pushed him towards the door.

"Yes, you have to buy some gifts when you go to see your father-in-law. You can't go empty-handed. It's impolite." Li's father sat on the sofa and said loudly. Then Li Li was pushed out the door. He stood at the door for a long time. There were three of them in the family, so what was he? Extra?

The three of them studied the drawings again. As for the teahouse, it still had to be designed in Chinese style. Father Li felt that after all, most people who drank tea were middle-aged, so the aesthetic taste of middle-aged people should be taken into consideration. Mother Li felt that the Chinese style was too monotonous, and it should have a bit of petty-bourgeois feel. Kong Zhixi felt that they could not just consider middle-aged people, and it was also important to enter the young people's market.

The three of them expressed their opinions and discussed for a long time without reaching a conclusion. They could only save the draft and discuss it again another day.

When Li Li came back, it was already past 10 o'clock and the two old people had gone to bed. He stood behind Kong Zhixi, hugged her and asked, "What are you planning?"

Kong Zhixi pried his hand apart, handed him the water in her hand, and said, "Aren't parents looking for a house recently? Let's discuss the house."

"Then why did you hide it from me?" He took the water and took a sip.

"I'm not hiding it from you. I just don't want to trouble you because you're so busy." She went to the bathroom and wanted to brush her teeth and go to bed.

"What about you? Aren't you busy too? If you feel annoyed, I can tell them and let them come to me." Li Li always felt that something was wrong, but he also felt that she really let bygones be bygones and was willing to live like this, so there was no need for him to worry about it.

"The Fei Bureau transferred me back to my registered residence, so it's not too busy." She brushed her teeth and went back to her room to sleep.

Li Li took a shower and went back to his room to sleep. He always felt a little uneasy while hugging her in bed.

The three of them studied the renovation for a long time, and finally they reluctantly decided on it. After the renovation began, Li's father became busy, supervising the work every day as if he was at work. Li's mother brought him meals every day and also became busy.

Kong Zhixi thought that she had to find another opportunity to give her child a new life, so she began to deliver meals to Li Li, and told him to exercise, not to be too busy, and not to have too much pressure, and she showed concern in her words and attitude.

Although Li Li did not understand, he felt very helpful with such courtesy. He was happy when handling cases, and the people in the team also felt a lot more relaxed. Xiao Zhao would even ask his sister-in-law whether she would come before going to work every day.

Kong Zhixi had some free time recently, so she went to find Meng Yiran, thinking that since she had started a company, she should be very familiar with applying for a business license. Meng Yiran was also very interested when she heard that they were opening a teahouse, and asked if she could invest. Father and Mother Li also spent a lot of money on the shop and decoration, so Kong Zhixi thought that maybe she could make some connections, and after explaining it to Meng Yiran, she thought they could meet and talk.

She went home and discussed the matter with the two elderly people. Li's father and mother also thought it was feasible, and even thought it would be okay for her to be the major shareholder. They could just be a small shareholder and have some income for their retirement every year. Besides, with a local person, their business would be smoother.

But she was a little worried when she remembered how Li Li disliked Meng Yiran before. She thought that if he knew about this, he would definitely not agree. The two old people thought that this was their own business and they didn't need to discuss it with their son. Moreover, they trusted their daughter-in-law more. After discussing it, the three of them decided to keep it secret if possible, and if they couldn't, the two old people would take the blame.

One weekend, the four of them sat in a teahouse. After signing the contract, the teahouse was registered under the name of Meng Yiran's company. The shares were equally divided among the three of them, so there was no such thing as a major shareholder.

When she thought about the increasing number of problems that would arise if she divorced, Kong Zhixi decided to talk to her father.

The father and daughter sat in front of the barbecue restaurant. Kong Jianping spoke first: "Why didn't Xiao Li come with you?"

"He's busy." Originally, she wanted to seek advice from her father, but he ended up caring about his own children and son-in-law first.