Chapter 53: Light
Li Shi, the granddaughter of Li's second grandfather, has been talented since she was a child, took the college entrance examination at the age of 12, and was successfully admitted to xx famous universities.
Her talent is on par with Li Yun, and Second Master Li has always cultivated her as an heir. But just three years ago, after the car accident of the Li family's parents, Second Master Li suddenly sent her to the United Kingdom, and for unknown reasons, she disappeared without a trace.
As for why the four of them fell silent after hearing this name, it was because Li Shi and Li Yun had been hostile since childhood, but they had always been evenly matched.
When she was a child, as long as Li Yun owned Li Erye, she would spur Li Shi to fight for it, and every time she could get it by her own means. To sum up, Li Shi is a person who thinks deeply about the city, and has been hostile to Li Yun since childhood, he is the sharpest knife in the hands of Li Erye, and he is also the most difficult enemy under Li Yun's eyes, there is no one.
"Did you see her?" Li Yun looked at Father Li with complicated eyes, and asked in a heavy tone.
"No" Father Li shook his head lightly, "I heard about it temporarily, and she was already gone when I went"
"What kind of dinner is that, I want Li Shi to go to the entertainment in person," Li Xinran asked without doubt.
"That dinner was organized by the new CEO of Lanxiang Co., Ltd., and it was said that it was to promote friendly exchanges between peers...... "Li Xinran, who was listening next to him, couldn't help but pout, she said disdainfully, "Cut, what promotes friendly exchanges between peers, it's all an excuse, I think his real purpose is to win connections and stabilize his own power."
"Hmm" Father Li looked at Li Xinran with appreciation, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Indeed, just like Ah Ran said, I knew at the time that he was doing this to attract connections, and I was in a hurry to go home at that time, so I didn't accept the invitation."
"What about later, uncle, how did you know that there was Li Shi in the dinner," Li Xiaoxiao listened for a long time and didn't hear the answer she wanted, so she couldn't help but become anxious.
When she was a child, although Li Xiaoxiao had never really competed with Li Shi, they passed by when they saw each other, and they never had a deep intersection.
But I also know more or less about Li Shi from the mouths of my parents at home.
Therefore, she is very curious about this existence that is as anti-heaven as her sister. But there is also a natural fear of the strong.
Surprised to hear that she was back, Li Xiaoxiao, who was inexplicable, began to fidget nervously.
"Xiaoxiao" Li Yun suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Xiaoxiao's nervously clasped hands.
"Sister" Li Xiaoxiao raised her head and looked at Li Yun with her panicked eyes.
"Don't be afraid, there's a sister here," Li Yun said softly.
Suddenly, Li Xiaoxiao's flustered heart calmed down a lot.
"She's back," Li Xiaoxiao said in a hoarse voice.
"It's okay," Li Yun said softly, caressing Li Xiaoxiao's head.
“…… Well, I believe in my sister," Li Xiaoxiao said firmly.
"Hmm"
What she didn't know was that the hand that Li Yun was stroking on her head was trembling at a small frequency.
Don't look at Li Yun's plain and fearless appearance on the surface, in fact, she has no confidence at all in her heart. There is no way to deal with Li Shi at all.
Others don't know, but she knows very well how powerful Li Shi is. She's not just talented, she's also ruthless. As long as she makes a move, even if she uses all the methods she can have, she will achieve the ultimate goal she wants. Use all means to never stop until the goal is achieved.
In fact, Li Yun was also terrified when she heard the news that Li Shi was back, but she couldn't show it like Li Xiaoxiao, the heavy responsibility she was shouldering did not allow her to fall. She also has to protect the lovely people behind her.
"Later, a partner of mine who went to the dinner sent me a message to tell me that the Li Group had also sent someone over, and the person who went was another genius girl from the Li family who had disappeared for three years, Li Shi," Li's father continued.
"Lai?" Li Yun asked.
"Well, Li Shi" Father Li said here, and then said after a slight pause, "it should be what Second Master Li meant."
"Second Master Li? Why did he bother with this kick! Li Xinran asked.
"......" Father Li didn't speak, only turned his gaze to Li Yun. Wait for Li Yun to speak.
I saw Li Yun lowering his eyes and being silent for a moment before he slowly spoke, "He's also trying to win over forces."
"Hmm," Father Li nodded and said, "Although he is now the acting chairman of the Li family, it is just a false name given by Chairman Li, and he actually has no real power."
The current situation within the Lai family. Because the Li family was close to Li Yun, Li Yun told them all without reservation.
"Therefore, he wants to expand his network and strengthen his own line," Li Yun continued.
"So, in fact, the real purpose of Li Shi's visit to the dinner this time is to win over those big people who have gone to the banquet," Father Li said in a heavy tone.
Although this dinner is a new CEO of Lan Xiang, the identity background of this CEO is middle-class. Therefore, in addition to high-class companies like Lin's, who can go as they like, other middle-upper, middle-class, and low-class companies will definitely show their faces because of their identity background.
"So, is Second Master Li ready to do it" Li Yun frowned slightly and said coldly.
"That's not necessarily," Li Xinran hugged his arms and pretended to speak in a deep voice, "Second Master Li, now that he has even called back Li Shi who was sent abroad." That means that his current power is very unstable and he needs help, so he has no choice but to call Li Shi back."
"Then how can you be sure that he is not ready to do it before he takes Li Shi's sharp blade back into his hand," Li Yun asked.
"It's obvious," Li Xinran said in a relaxed tone, "It can be seen from the fact that he asked Li Shi to participate in this kind of unpopular dinner," After all, in the past, this kind of dinner for non-upper-class people, as an upper-class person, Li Erye disdains to stir it up.
"Well, Ah Ran's analysis is very reasonable," Li Xin nodded with satisfaction and agreement.
"Hmm," Li Yun nodded lightly and said, "But I still have to guard against it, lest this be another conspiracy of Second Master Li."
"Hmm," Father Li happily nodded in agreement.
"Then Li Shi, will she be doing anything," Li Xiaoxiao suddenly asked.
"I don't know this yet," Father Li shook his head and sighed.
"Xiaoxiao, don't leave your sister recently, lest Li Shi attack you" Li Yun suddenly said to Li Xiaoxiao seriously.
"Oh, sister," Li Xiaoxiao seemed to be completely unaware of the importance of the matter, and actually hugged Li Yun's arm and lied coquettishly. "It's okay, I'm not a child anymore, and I'm not bad, it's not so easy to get into an accident," Li Xiaoxiao said with a smile.
"You," Li Yun knocked her forehead helplessly, and said with a smile, "It's just that you have nothing to fear by relying on your little skills, have you forgotten it." Li Shi is just like me, a person who has been trained like a devil since she was a child, and her skills will not be worse than mine."
"Sister, what do you mean by my skills, my master is a famous boxing champion, very powerful," Li Xiaoxiao said dissatisfiedly. After speaking, he pretended to be angry and crossed his waist, and his little face was very cute.
"Okay, good, you're the best, you're the best, okay" Li Yun raised his hand and poked Li Xiaoxiao's face bulging into a small bun, and said with a smile.
"Hmph" Li Xiaoxiao raised her head very arrogantly, looking like I was very angry and didn't touch me.
"Poof" looked at Li Xiaoxiao's little arrogant appearance, and the rest of the three people watching the play couldn't help laughing.
As if by magic, in Li Xiaoxiao's words, the depressed and sluggish tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated most of it.
"Xiaoxiao, you are really cute," Li Xinran said with a smile in his eyes.
"Yes, such a lovely child, if only it were my daughter" Mother Li looked at Li Xiaoxiao with a loving face and said with a smile.
Hearing Mother Li's words, Li Xinran immediately came back to her senses from Li Xiaoxiao's cute crit. I saw her look at Mother Li, who was looking at her with a beautiful fantasy, and complained, "Mom, how many daughters are you going to accept, have you forgotten that you have a girl who was conceived and born in October?"
Mother Li heard the words and drew her mind from the beautiful fantasy. He turned his head and looked at Li Xin, who was full of resentment and resentment, and then turned his gaze to look at Sister Li Yun, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, and a satisfied smile slowly appeared on his face.
Sure enough, it's still someone else's child who looks pleasing to the eye!
Mother Li sighed in her heart.
Li Xinran saw that Mother Li had a straight face towards herself, but she smiled at Sister Li Yun, and her heart was immediately unbalanced.
"Mom~" Li Xinran shouted angrily, "I'm your daughter"
Mother Li glared back at her when she heard the sound, and said sharply, "What are you yelling about, can I still not know that you are my daughter?"
"Then why do you keep staring at Ah Yun and Xiaoxiao, and still smiling at them, you didn't smile at me," Li Xinran said angrily.
"I was ...... at the time"
Then Li's mother and Li Xinran started a fierce debate on why she didn't smile at Sister Li Yun and didn't smile at her, and Li's father, who was caught in the middle, could only persuade his wife and daughter to stop arguing.
Over there, Sister Li Yun looked at the quarrelsome family of three, and there was a look of yearning in her eyes.
How nice it is to be together, as a family. Occasionally, there will be an awkward quarrel over a little thing, but after a while, it will be reconciled as before, and it will become a scene of family harmony.
They really want to have a home like this!
There is a gentle and beautiful mother who gets up early every day to make breakfast and wake up, and there is a warm and loving father who tells stories about sleeping every day.
Plus a cute and playful sister and herself.
That's what a home should look like.
And not like now, only my sister and myself.
"Sister" Li Xiaoxiao suddenly turned her head to look at Li Yun beside her, and asked in a melancholy tone, "When will we have a warm home like Sister Ran and her uncle and aunt?"
Li Yun looked at Li Xiaoxiao's yearning eyes and was slightly stunned.
"Home?" Li Yun said unconsciously.
No, from the moment Mom and Dad left, they already had no home!
The Li family is just a carrier of their painful memories, and it has never been their home
"There will be in the future" Li Yun came to his senses, stroked Li Xiaoxiao's head, and said softly.
"Hey, really" Li Xiaoxiao suddenly looked at Li Yun with bright eyes. Those big eyes were full of longing for a better future.
"Hmm" Li Yun lowered his eyes, hiding the emotions in his eyes, and responded in a muffled voice.
"That's great, sister, I'll tell you, when we have a home, I'm going to decorate the house with ......"
Later, Li Yun didn't remember what Li Xiaoxiao said. The only thing she remembered was Li Xiaoxiao after getting her perfunctory answer. In those eyes as pure as water, there was a sudden bloom of brilliance.