Be in low spirits

"Mom and Dad? Why are you here?" When Li Li saw them, he thought they had made an appointment.

"Why did you bring him here?" Li's mother took her daughter-in-law's hand, sat aside, then waved her hand and asked Li's father to go backstage to help.

"Mom, he'll know sooner or later. It's open now anyway, so it doesn't hurt to tell him."

Mother Li looked at her son with complicated eyes, then curled her lips in disdain, looked at the tea in their cups, and said, "Did he give you the gift?"

Kong Zhixi thought it was funny. People who didn't know would probably think that his son was married into the family. "Don't worry, Mom. If he bullies me, I will complain to you immediately."

In fact, with this daughter-in-law, Li's mother really felt that her son was becoming more and more useless. He couldn't help with the family business before, and now they live with him, and he has no time to take care of them. If it weren't for this daughter-in-law, they would only be able to stare at each other in that small house every day.

"You're becoming more and more useless as you grow older." She pointed at her son and went backstage to help.

"This...how can you blame me?" He did nothing but was scolded for no reason.

Kong Zhixi felt that this was actually another kind of redemption. She always hoped to get her father's affirmation before, and now it seemed good to get this affirmation from her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"You won't tell me that this is opened by my parents?" Li Li asked, grabbing her hand.

"Although my parents are old and have been busy for so many years, they would feel bored if they were asked to stop all of a sudden. Business is their main profession, so what's wrong with this?" After all, it was a case of acting first and asking for permission later. She held her chin and looked at him innocently, hoping to get his affirmation.

"So you were busy with these things some time ago?" No wonder they were so mysterious some time ago.

"Uh-huh." She nodded.

"You, you won't invest money in it anymore, right?" He was more worried that the business would fail and she would lose her money in it.

"That's not the case. That's the second thing I want to ask you."

"The second thing?"

"Have you ever thought that if Fu Yan was responsible for our divorce, your parents' bankruptcy, and your suspension for investigation, he didn't mean to kill you. He said that he has been jumping back and forth between right and wrong over the years, which means you still have a chance to bring him back."

"I thought it might be him at first, but I had no evidence." He knew it, but there was no chance to persuade him at the moment.

"Although your parents are bankrupt, they don't have any debts. They still have some capital after selling the house. Although you have been suspended for investigation, it will not have a big impact on you. So, you can actually persuade him to come back."

"Then...what about divorce?" He had always been reluctant to mention this matter because he was afraid that she would remember it.

The water in the teapot began to boil and steam came out. The waiter came over and made a new pot of tea for them and filled the teapot with new water.

"I was thinking that I would talk to you about this after I got pregnant, but now I think..." She lowered her head and took a sip of tea.

Li Li's heart was in his throat and his brows were knitted into a knot, fearing that she would say the word divorce.

"Now I feel that living like this... isn't bad." She looked at her parents-in-law busying around, and suddenly felt that life seemed to be just like this.

After hearing what she said, he put down a stone in his heart, his brows relaxed, and he looked at his wife with admiration and said, "Wife, can I take you to buy a house?"

She laughed, "Do you think you are a rich bachelor? You can buy a house just by saying so."

"No, but I want to give you whatever you want. By the way, I left a ring in my office. I'll bring it back to you one day."

"Ring? In the office?"

"I bought it before we got married. When we registered, you took a taxi and left. I didn't have the chance to give it to you, so I left it in the office."

"You bought it before you got married? Who did you buy it for?"

"Of course I bought it for you!"

"You lied to me again. You lied to me about the USB drive, you lied to me about Cheng Xi, you didn't even remember our wedding anniversary, and now you're lying to me about the ring too?"

"I'm not lying to you, I swear!" He actually raised his hand to swear.

"Xixi, have you eaten? How about I ask your father to make you something to eat in the kitchen?" Li's mother came over and asked her.

"You left after eating. Don't be busy. Let's go home together later." He had almost finished his tea.

"Did you order takeout for Xixi again?" Ever since they moved here, Mother Li really felt that this son was useless.

"No, Mom, I...didn't..." Li Li didn't know how he had offended his mother. She was becoming more and more dissatisfied with him as her son.

"He can cook, mom, uh, when you and dad are done, let's go home together."

"He can cook? When I visited him before, the house was full of instant noodles and lunch boxes. Don't you know that..."

"Mom, didn't you say that you would go home together after you were done with your work? Go help my dad, and we'll go buy groceries and cook, okay?" Li Li quickly stopped her to prevent her from revealing more of his embarrassing stories.

Mother Li looked at him, sighed, and hesitated to speak. She could only get up and help his father.

"Doesn't your mother know that you can cook?" She found it unbelievable. His parents had moved in several months ago. Could it be that his parents had always been cooking for him?

"Uh... I don't know. I learned how to cook later." He felt a little embarrassed.

"You learned it later? Oh ~ my confidante taught me." She started to speak to him in a sarcastic tone.

"No! I learned it for you. I... just followed a lot of your social media accounts, and... learned how to do it." He felt it was really embarrassing to say this in such an occasion.

"Xixi, let's go home." Mother Li packed up her things and took her daughter-in-law away.

Li Li and his father were walking behind with their things. Li Li asked his father in confusion, "Is my mother going through menopause recently? Why is she dissatisfied with everything about me?"

"Hmph, people always say that raising a son is a way to prepare for old age. As a son, not to mention your mother, I don't like you! You don't know, when Xixi was looking at the shop and decorating it, she had to run around and go to work. I feel it wasn't easy for her." Father Li couldn't understand why he didn't have a daughter.

"Why didn't you tell me? Was she also involved in the decoration?" He always thought that he had done a lot in this relationship, but now it seems that he really didn't do as well as her, the daughter-in-law.

"Hehe, your wife studied design before, so she drew all the decoration drawings. The most important thing is that she can also give us advice on how to integrate into the young people's market. Since the opening, many young people have come to drink tea." Father Li thought to himself, if this was his daughter, he could leave the business to her, and he could retire with peace of mind instead of having to work now.

"No wonder she has been so tired during this period." He used to think that she was trying to save people, but now he feels more and more that she is the only life-saving straw in his life.

After buying groceries, the three of them sat in the living room, studying the store's financial situation and calculating the profits of the past few days. Li Li was busy cooking in the kitchen.

After dinner and a shower, Kong Zhixi looked at the things on the dressing table and sighed. She couldn't find the eye cream, and it wasn't in the newly bought cosmetics. She called out, "Husband, come in for a moment."

Li Li walked into the room happily. She pointed at the dressing table and asked, "Where is my eye cream?" He smiled and shook his head. "What are you laughing at?"

"No, mainly because I get a little excited when you call me husband." He couldn't suppress his smile.

"Mom!" She panicked and called for help. Mother Li asked nervously at the door of the room, "What's wrong?"

Kong Zhixi pointed at Li Li and said, "He said he wants to sleep on the sofa tonight!"

"No, I didn't...Mom." He tried to use the name to awaken the old mother's love for her son.

"Well, go ahead and clean it up yourself." Li's mother didn't spoil her son.

"No, I... I really didn't say that... Mom, please listen to my explanation..." He couldn't laugh anymore. Looking at his old mother's murderous eyes, he had to carry the quilt from the cupboard and go to the sofa.

Father Li looked at his cowardly look, shook his head, made a few "tsk tsk tsk" sounds of contempt, and went back to his room to sleep.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, he quietly tried to open the door, and seeing that everyone was asleep, he tiptoed onto the bed, hugged his wife and fell asleep peacefully.