Chapter 1050: Chapter 1050
"He is the legitimate son of the Li Family, can’t he be more assertive!"
Li Chengde’s heart, in fact, also felt the same. However, since he only acknowledged his son today, he didn’t feel it was appropriate to say anything too harsh.
Li Changlin offered a sheepish smile and dialed Ye Xiyao’s number to inform her that he would be bringing his parents over.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiyao immediately panicked, as she wasn’t ready to meet the parents yet.
"Brother Changlin, I—I’m scared," said Ye Xiyao, her temperament timid. She knew that her terminal illness was the most sensitive issue for her.
When Li Changlin told her that these were his biological parents from the Capital Li Family, Ye Xiyao became even more worried, fearing that they might notice her illness.
What if they did and asked Brother Changlin to break up with her?
Ye Xiyao’s heart was really filled with dread and uncertainty.
Li Changlin could understand Ye Xiyao’s feelings and so he gently said, "Xi Yao, if you don’t want to see them, I won’t bring them over, don’t worry."
For Ye Xiyao, Li Changlin was extremely affectionate; he didn’t want to see the person he loved suffer any humiliation.
As long as Ye Xiyao expressed she didn’t want to meet, he naturally wouldn’t force her.
"No, I—I will meet them," said Ye Xiyao, who cared greatly about the impression she would leave on Li Changlin’s parents and unlike what Li Changlin thought.
Although she was very afraid and extremely worried, she still mustered the courage and agreed to the meeting.
"Xi Yao, don’t force yourself." It seemed that Li Changlin could sense Ye Xiyao’s mood and at this point, he was the one who became worried.
"I’m fine, Brother Changlin. Please bring Uncle and Auntie over, I—I won’t let you down." Once she had made up her mind, Ye Xiyao was resolute and urged Li Changlin to come back quickly.
Li Changlin could only agree and after hanging up the phone, he joined the others in getting into the car driven by Li Ming.
The car was silent on the way and fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the hotel. Li Changlin, along with his parents and sister, went up to their room. Li Ming didn’t follow them upstairs; he parked the car and then sat down in the lounge area on the first floor of the hotel.
Arriving at room 9018 on the ninth floor, Li Changlin took out his keycard to open the door. Ye Xiyao, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly got up and took over a pair of slippers for Li Changlin to change into at the door. Seeing this, both Fu Mandie and Li Chengde were somewhat speechless, feeling that the two were overacting.
Actually, Ye Xiyao’s behavior was completely normal, not an act, but the couple had misunderstood them.
"Ye, Ye Xiyao!" It was Li Xiaoya who was initially standing at the door, enjoying the whole scene. However, when Ye Xiyao stood up, Li Xiaoya suddenly froze.
"Xi Yao, this is my father Li Chengde, this is my mother Fu Mandie, and this is my sister Xiaoya." Li Changlin, without changing his slippers, ushered his family into the room and then began the introductions, "Dad, Mom, Xiaoya, this is Xi Yao, Ye Xiyao."
"Hello, Uncle; hello, Auntie; hello, Xiaoya," greeted Ye Xiyao to each in turn, and Li Chengde and the others also hurriedly responded politely.
By this time, the three of them had already reacted. They never would have imagined that Li Changlin’s girlfriend would have such an impressive background.
A Heavenly Queen superstar, indeed a very big deal, was completely suitable for Li Changlin’s status, and Li Chengde and Fu Mandie were very satisfied.
Actually, the one who was most satisfied was Li Xiaoya.
After everyone had exchanged greetings and sat down on the sofa, she was already impatiently clamoring, "Sister-in-law, you have to sign an autograph for me. This morning Sister Xie already signed ten autographs for me!"
Li Xiaoya was very excited. In one day, she had met two Heavenly Queen superstars, and one of them was going to be her future sister-in-law. This was truly too much Happiness!
"Xiaoya, girls should be more composed," Fu Mandie said, pretending to be angry as she scolded her daughter, then took Ye Xiyao’s delicate hand, laughing, "Xiyao, don’t listen to Xiaoya. Just sign two autographs for Auntie later!"
The group, listening in, couldn’t help but laugh. Li Xiaoya, in particular, pouted her small mouth in dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, Ye Xiyao quickly said with a gentle smile, "The company just helped me release a biography that hasn’t been sold yet. I’ll give a few copies to Auntie and Xiaoya."
"Good, good, that’s great." Upon hearing this, Fu Mandie immediately nodded in satisfaction.
"I want ten copies, I want ten copies," Li Xiaoya raised her right hand, stating her condition. Ye Xiyao of course wouldn’t refuse and promptly agreed.
"Sister Ye, is there a guest? Why is it so lively?" The noise outside disturbed Bai Ziyu, who was resting in her room. Yawning, she walked out of the bedroom. When she saw Li Chengde and Fu Mandie, Bai Ziyu was suddenly stunned, "Uncle Li, Aunt Fu, Xiaoya."
It took her a good half a moment to come to her senses and hurriedly greeted the three of them.
The Li Family and Bai Family had a long-standing feud, with grievances spanning hundreds of years. However, since Li Chengde was the elder, Bai Ziyu, no matter how uninterested in the Li Family she was, didn’t dare to show a bad face.
"It turns out to be the little princess of the Bai Family." Li Chengde naturally recognized Bai Ziyu. Seeing Fu Mandie looking somewhat dazed, he softly explained a few words into his wife’s ear.
Once Fu Mandie came to, she greeted Bai Ziyu with a nod, neither warm nor cold.
After all, the two families were in a feud. Though both being top-tier Ancient Martial Families meant they wouldn’t resolve their issues with brute force, in the world of business, the Li Family and Bai Family indeed had deep-seated hatred for each other.
"Sister Ye, I, I haven’t woken up fully yet. I’ll go back to sleep a little longer." Bai Ziyu obviously felt embarrassed to stay in the living room any longer, so she retreated to the bedroom awkwardly. She was probably going to discuss something with Liao Momo, but Li Changlin didn’t pay much attention to it.
What he was truly concerned about was what exactly the grievances were between the Li Family and Bai Family. Seeing Bai Ziyu’s expression, it seemed as though she had a strong dislike for the Li Family.
However, it wasn’t a good time to bring these things up, so Li Changlin laughed it off and began telling Fu Mandie about how he and Ye Xiyao were playmates in their childhood.
Talking about childhood memories, Ye Xiyao was very happy. She told Fu Mandie about how Brother Changlin got bitten by a dog while protecting her, and even lifted Li Changlin’s hand to pull up his clothes so Fu Mandie could see the scar.
Fu Mandie was certainly interested in Li Changlin’s childhood stories and began to ask in detail.
However, learning that her son was bitten by a dog was naturally distressing for Fu Mandie, especially when she learned that Li Changlin had suffered amnesia because of the bite, which made her feel even more guilty.
Ye Xiyao and Li Xiaoya rushed to comfort her. After saying many good things, they finally managed to make Fu Mandie happy and then continued to talk about Li Changlin’s childhood stories.