After paying 200 yuan, Mr. Li kept looking grim all the way up the mountain.
Li Xichun gloated and consoled him: “Dad, don’t get so angry over two hundred yuan, it’s not worth it.”
Mr. Li quickened his pace, losing the rhythm of his steady progress at the beginning, and soon became out of breath.
Seeing this, Li Xichun stopped making trouble with him. She looked up and saw a bench next to the stairs and suggested that they go there to take a rest.
Having seen many strong winds and waves, Mr. Li quickly shifted his focus from troublesome matters, such as the love life of his children. He took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: “I asked your elder brother to continue to find someone to investigate in depth. He found that Xiang Tuo had cheated and the girls he seduced could not be counted with both hands.”
The tissue was clenched into a ball, and Mr. Li’s eyes turned cold. “But you are an exception. His targets in the past were all inexperienced girls. Judging from the intervals, he wouldn’t have done an in-depth investigation before striking.”
Li Xiangfu left Yaochuan in a hurry last night, and Li Xiangfu interjected with regret: “It’s a pity that I can’t see this love cheater again.”
Mr. Li wondered: “Don’t be reckless.”
He thought that the younger son was going to vent his anger on his sister and beat him up.
In fact, Li Xiangfu is much more civilized. He just wants Li Shasha to send the scum who love to eat soft food to where he belongs for free.
“We won’t be able to see each other in a few years,” Mr. Li said in a critical tone. “In the past, those victims thought the amount was not large, but in the end it was nothing. I specially hired a lawyer to help them. The total amount involved in the case was enough for him to last for several years in prison.”
Li Xichun: “Such a person’s mouth is not hard. A little scare can probably shake out the people behind.”
“Don’t think too simply,” Mr. Li stood up. “Maybe the person behind the scenes has been prepared for it.”
Li Xiangfu remained silent until he returned home.
Li Xichun: “Don’t forget to bring the painting over and show it to me.”
Being delayed by trivial matters, Li Xiangfu almost forgot the main purpose of this recuperation plan.
There was only one painting in total, and Li Xichun expressed her approval from a professional perspective.
Li Xiangfu: “How many can there be?”
“If it weren’t for your award-winning title some time ago, it would be five digits at most, and now six digits.”
The world of art is so marvelous. If the painting is too realistic, it is said to be uninspired; if it is too abstract, the viewer will say that they can do that, but in fact, in the opinion of Li Xichun, the real value of this painting is no less than that of millions of masterpieces.
Li Xiangfu did not feel sorry for the shrinking value of the painting. After a moment’s hesitation, he brought up the fact that the other party had developed a fondness for Xiang Tuo because of the book of poems, “Who else knows that you like this writer?”
“Anqing, Gao Xun…” Li Xichun thought. For a long time, she couldn’t come up with the third name, and finally said: “It should be these two people.”
Li Xiangfu’s eyes flickered, and he suddenly mentioned Qin Jiayu: “Didn’t you say that you can always find common topics with him?”
Li Xichun was startled. Next, she said: “I have also thought about this possibility, but going to Yaochuan was a last-minute decision.”
Li Xiangfu pondered: “Maybe it was because of time constraints that he found a person with many flaws.”
He should have done more carefully at the beginning. However, due to Li Xichun suddenly running to Yaochuan City, a different person was used to implement the plan.
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Li Xichun heard this and asked abruptly: “Are you sure Qin Jiayu is still alive now?”
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When she turned around, Li Xiangfu couldn’t help but said: “Why don’t you continue asking?”
“Everyone has secrets,” Li Xichun turned his face slightly: “Do you know what your second brother does?”
Li Anqing has always been elusive. In the past, Li Xiangfu himself had a lot of bad things, so how could he be in the mood to care about it?
“What is it?” he was curious.
Li Xichun: “I don’t know either.”
“…”
“Dad didn’t seem to know, so he asked if there was any gray area involving illegal crimes. After An Qing promised that there was no crime, he never cared about it again.”
“… ”
“Also, I’m still not sure whether dad and your mom got a marriage certificate. I heard that they hadn’t agreed on how many shares to give away when you were born.”
Li Xiangfu was completely speechless.
Li Xichun patted him on the shoulder. “Young people, don’t live too clearly. Learn from your mother and be a little more sophisticated now and then.”
She always felt that when her brother came back from abroad this time, not only did his temperament change, but something was wrong mentally as well, which seemed a bit too transparent.
After the exercise, the wind blew all over his body and made him feel chilly. When Li Xiangfu turned on the shower, he was still thinking about Xiang Tuo’s appearance and whether it had anything to do with the ‘meeting gift’ mentioned on Qin Jiayu’s card.
After taking a shower, he found that Li Xichun had put on makeup again, and he suddenly felt wary: “Sister, could it be that your fifth spring has come again?”
Li Xichun’s mouth twitched, and she said speechlessly: “Bian Shiqin will be coming over later.” She paused and raised her eyebrows and said, “I guess she’ll be looking for you.”
The apple of the eye of the Bian family paid a visit in person, and Mr. Li was very happy, thinking that things would work out between the two of them. He was worried that young people would be cautious when meeting in the presence of elders, so he specially confined himself to the study. In the past half hour, he couldn’t help but secretly come out and crane his neck to watch the situation from the stairs.
Downstairs, Li Xiangfu held a pen in his mouth and was winding thread in his hand. After winding a pattern, the pen drew a circle on the line drawing: “You can add a small pattern here.”
Bian Shiqin heard this. Very seriously, all the seriousness in her eyes is focused on the paper.
Mr. Li: “…”
Seeing that there was no possibility that the couple would get together, as soon as Bian Shiqin left, Mr. Li called to Li Xichun: “This is very popular around you young people? That kind of male boudoir?”
“Not really,” Li Xichun said pertinently: “At most, they are just ordinary friends.”
Mr. Li refused to give up and said, “I saw that at the birthday party that day, there were quite a few girls surrounding Xianfu…”
Li Xichun interrupted: “Is it around him? It’s around his skillful hands.”
Confirming that no one could succeed, Mr. Li began to contact old friends and invited people to bring juniors as guests.
Li Xichun: “Can they agree?”
There is a saying that Li Xiangfu’s reputation in the circle is indeed not good.
Mr. Li waved his hand and said, “My old friends who worshiped with me have changed their minds a lot about him.”
A son-in-law who is good at cooking and reciting sutras is hard to find, even with a lantern.
“…”
Without knowing that someone was looking for a match for him, Li Xiangfu just opened the cabinet door when his phone vibrated.
[-: Since you chose to break the rhythm, we will play slowly. ]
The mood was affected, and the hand holding the drink took two bottles of wine instead.
After taking a sip, he frowned even more. The taste was not very pure.
With only two days of leave left, Li Shasha wanted to extend his leave at school, but he smelled the smell of alcohol when he entered the door.
In the past, Li Xiangfu liked to drink and paint. At that time, he looked wanton and romantic. When the wine bottle was replaced by a can, it always looked weird. At the moment, he was painting an abstract picture, watching a passable painting being thrown aside as trash.
Li Shasha picked it up and commented as a theoretical master: “There is a lack of emotional investment.”
Li Xiangfu made no secret: “There is no real person to refer to, and I am better at character sketches.”
After being imprisoned in a repressive environment for too long, his imagination has been somewhat affected.
Li Shasha was always straightforward and left one sentence: “Then paint what you are good at.”
After saying that, he turned and left, planning to discuss asking for leave when he was sober. The room was filled with the smell of alcohol, and he did not close the door before leaving. Facilitate air circulation.
Li Xiangfu opened another can and thought of Qin Jin.
Half of the nudity syndrome was cured because of Qin Jin, and the other half was cured by Zhou Panbai’s strange behavior. He doesn’t know if it has recurred now.
No matter what he thought, Qin Jin called at this time, and Li Xiangfu answered the call and said “hello” directly.
The gentle voice was a little more confused and hoarse than usual, and there was a judgment: “Cold or drunk?”
Li Xiangfu: “The latter.”
After thinking for a while, he emphasized: “Not drunk. At most a little bolder, a little sluttier, a little more careless with my speech than I am on a daily basis.”
“…”
Three ‘a little’ were said, and Qin Jin almost forgot the purpose of the call. Knowing that this was not a good time to talk about business, he simply said, “Go on,” and prepared to hang up.
“Wait a minute,” Li Xiangfu stopped, emboldened by his drunkenness: “Friend, be a mannequin for me again.”
“…Do you have to make something happen every time you drink?”
Last time in Tianxi Ancient Village, If he remembers correctly, he used glass shards to cover the gangster’s hands.
“This time we are at home. The environment is safe, and you are safe too.” Li Xiangfu assured: “There will be no bloody disaster.”
For fear of not having enough chips for bargain, he generously said: “I can make money.”
Qin Jin said funny: “How much?”
“Fourteen Thousand.” Li Xiangfu rattled out a number uncontrollably: “Whatever Sister Hua gives, I will pay double.”
“…”
The price was not agreed upon, but Qin Jin cooperated with someone’s drinking craziness in the end.
Li Xiangfu switched to a notebook video and placed it on a high cabinet. Then he set up the drawing board and began to determine the proportions.
“Tilt your head higher and lower your shirt below the hip line.”
He also paid attention to the atmosphere and played an old song with a sense of era, trying to immerse himself in a certain state while painting. Halfway through, I thought it was too hard to watch on the computer, so I used a projector again.
“Stand a little further away, I’m going to try to create a comic version first.” Li Xiangfu said: “Look at the sky at a 45-degree angle, look at the sky melancholy…”
“Yes, very good, keep it up.”
After the song has been looped for who knows how many times, he finally finishes sketching the last line, and he gives an ‘ok’ gesture, “Let’s do another backlighting effect.”
Adjusting the position of the drawing board, he and Qin Jin turned around at the same time, and then met the three faces at the door at the same time.
Li Xiangfu: “…”
By the way, Mr. Li contacted his old friends and brought his daughter to his home as a guest. He boasted about the paintings that Li Xiangfu went to Yaochuan to make and prepared for them to visit. Who would have thought that Li Shasha had good intentions and ended up doing bad things, leaving the door open when he left. At this time, through the half-open gap, everything inside could be seen extremely clearly.
“Dad.”
Li Xiangfu sobered up a little in an instant. The subconscious view of ‘innocence’ he had developed over the years made him react immediately, pulling down the curtains in an attempt to cover the mannequin under the big screen projection.
Facing the ‘cloth of shame’ that served as a top, Qin Jin’s tone was calm: “If you really want to cover it up, I advise you to turn off the computer.”
“…”
Li Xiangfu coughed lightly and realized that he was overreacting. The other party was at best shirtless.
The room suddenly became quiet.
“Li, Xiang, Fu.” After a long while, Mr. Li finally opened his mouth. His cheeks hurt with anger. He couldn’t imagine the expressions of his friend and his friend’s daughter behind him. His face was so dark that it was almost dripping with water.
After a second of silence, Li Xiangfu said in relief: “…Dad, please stop distorting the fact, we are doing art.”
Author’s Note:
Art: please don’t mess with it.
Papa Li: You’re the one distorting the fact. You’re distorting my three values.
Li Sasha: Commit the crime, do the time