Chapter 23.2

Li Qianxing looked at Li Xiao, and his voice turned cold. “If you continue to cause trouble between Mom and Grandma, don’t blame me for being rude to you, even if you are my sister.”

Li Xiao chuckled as she narrowed her eyes. “Huh, how am I causing trouble? I didn’t plan to stay, but Grandma broke her bone, and I was worried about her, so I stayed home to talk with her. If you say I’m causing trouble, you have to show evidence. If you don’t have proof, it’s a false accusation!”

“These past few days, Li Xiao has been well-behaved. She hasn’t said anything to your mom,” Qu Lian said.

Qianxing felt like his grandmother couldn’t tell right from wrong.

Li Xiao’s gaze landed on Li Qianfei. “For no apparent reason, Qianxing suddenly said that I’m trying to cause trouble. Someone must’ve fanned the flames, no? I can’t think of anyone else but you. You keep saying that you want us to be good sisters, but you go behind my back and trash me in front of your brother.”

“So Qianxing came back with this attitude towards me because of you. Not only did you push me and break my bone, but you also want to ruin my relationship with my grandson. What else do you have in mind?” Qu Lian said angrily. Of course, Qu Lian would rather believe her grandson had been tricked by someone else than believe he was genuinely angry with her.

Li Xiao gently comforted Qu Lian. “Grandma, don’t be angry. It’s not good for your health. I trust that Qianxing will understand your pain, sooner or later.”

Li Xiao ought to comfort Qu Lian after her precious grandson hurt her!

When Qu Lian saw Li Qianxing’s silent expression, her heart sank, and she couldn’t help but think, “I’m afraid my grandson is genuinely going to leave me.”

Taking a deep breath, Qu Lian attempted to calm down. “She’s your mother, so I can forgive her this time for your sake. But you need to remember to talk to her and remind her who she is and to keep her distance from other men. That man is also disgracing you by doing this.”

Currently, Li Xiao felt as though she resembled a villainous novel character. Feigning concern, she said, “Okay, Grandma. Qianxing just came home. He’s not fully aware of the situation and is probably tired. Let’s let him rest first, okay?”

Qu Lian didn’t want her grandson to leave her, so when Li Xiao suggested, she nodded her head and kept her mouth shut.

Li Qianxing’s expression turned dark, and he looked at Li Xiao with a murderous expression. But Li Xiao couldn’t care less. If Qianxing dared to harm her, she wasn’t scared to hurl 100 fireball spells at him.

Li Qianfei saw her brother lose the fight. Although unwilling to leave, she still pulled him back to the room. They needed to discuss the matter together as brother and sister. Li Xiao couldn’t be allowed to be so arrogant anymore. When the time came, there would be no spot for Qianfei and Qianxing in this family.

Qu Lian watched the siblings ascend the stairs, feeling as though her breath was caught in her chest. Previously, whenever she saw her precious grandson, her mood would always turn good. But this time, a fire raged in her heart when she saw him.

“Grandma, why don’t we take a walk in the garden?” Li Xiao suggested.

Qu Lian weakly nodded her head. Li Xiao helped Qu Lian up from her seat and directed her towards the garden.

Gazing at the lilies in the garden made Qu Lian think of Zhan Jiayin, which further dampened her mood. She preferred the magnificent peonies to lilies, but the lilies in the garden were the ones Zhan Jiayin favored. There wasn’t a single peony. Although Qu Lian was an elder, she was always under the control of her daughter-in-law, Zhan Jiayin. Qu Lian’s heart brimmed with regret. When Xu Manqin had been her daughter, she had respected Qu Lian, even though she was slightly arrogant.

Initially, Qu Lian thought Zhan Jiayin wasn’t powerful enough to hold a torch against her. Jiayin would have to be filial to her if she wanted a foothold in the house. But who knew that Zhan Jiayin would turn her back on Qu Lian right after succeeding in becoming Mrs. Li. The two of them had worked together for a long time.

And when Zhan Jiayin placed a green hat on her son, her son didn’t teach her a lesson.

Qu Lian should have never let Zhan Jiayin in so easily!

The regret coiled her intestines into knots, and Li Xiao’s emotional voice fell softly in her ears.

“Alas, I originally wanted to get along with my brother, but now, with Auntie and Fei’er here, he’ll only be hostile toward me.”

Qu Lian, too, was worried about this, and her face paled. Could it be that she had to force herself to please Zhan Jiayin and her daughter? Qu Lian couldn’t stand it.

“Dad doesn’t have enough sons. If he had more, I wouldn’t have to worry. Who allowed Dad to only have one son? Grandma, you’re an elder. They won’t dare to disrespect you,” Li Xiao said.

Qu Lian’s face regained its color. That’s right. It would be nice if Zhan Jiayin had more sons.

No, that’s not right. If Zhan Jiayin was the mother, the son would likely favor her. But if it wasn’t Zhan Jiayin who gave birth…

Qu Lian’s eyes suddenly lit up. Her son was only 40, and many people in their 50s and 60s still had children. There was no reason why her son couldn’t. It’d be good to let other women have them. If another woman had an illegitimate son, she would have to be filial to Qi Lian in order to gain a firm ground.

Qu Lian gazed at Li Xiao. Had Li Xiao spoken such words with a more sinister intention? No way. Xiao Xiao wasn’t that smart. She must have said it out of mere concern.

In the future, Qu Lian was bound to have plenty of grandchildren. At that thought, Qu Lian’s concerned face relaxed. Even if Nanjue wasn’t willing to have a child with another woman, Qu Lian still had plenty of ways to get another grandson.

Li Xiao, who happily admired flowers at Qu Lian’s side, hid her glorious achievement.

It’s boring. Let’s stir some trouble in the Li family.

Didn’t Li Qianfei and the others think that illegitimate children were innocent? Then, Li Xiao would give them a few more bastards and hope they’d get along with each other.

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Meanwhile, Li Qianxing turned on his computer. The screen’s light coldly illuminated his handsome expressionless face.

He was currently engaged in his area of expertise: hacking. He investigated the hacking behind his mother and Uncle Ren. Li Qianxing hacked into the government system, ready to pull out some information. He was extraordinarily skilled at such antics. After all, he’d done this more than once without being discovered. In this area of the internet, he was a worthy King.

Li Qianfei quietly sat beside him, watching him operate. In the end, she seemed to have remembered something and said, “Brother, don’t forget to investigate Li Xiao to see if there is any information we can leverage against her.”

Lately, she suffered because of Li Xiao, and she wanted to take her revenge.

Li Qianxing gave a slight nod. For him, investigating Li Xiao was much easier than investigating what happened to his mother.

Half an hour later, he furrowed his brows. “I found an encrypted file on her computer.”

Li Qianfei was in high spirits. “Really? Quickly check what it is!”

Li Qianxing effortlessly decoded the file, and shortly later, the two siblings stared at the document.

“She’s cold and indifferent, the jewel of an aristocratic Chinese family.

He’s domineering, the sole heir to an aristocratic family.

What will happen if she meets him?”

Li Qainfei was puzzled and asked, “What is this?”

Suddenly, the door slammed open. The loud noise startled Li Qianfei, and she turned around in annoyance. “Who is it?”

She was met with three strangers barging in, and one of them grimly said, “Li Qianxing is it? I’m sorry, but please come with us.”