After Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming left the yard, Master Li roared at his own son, "Are you trying to kill your father with anger? You’ve truly lost my face; now people have even co knocking at our door!"
Li Fugui, chased and beaten by the Yang Family’s second daughter-in-law, was in disarray, with his clothes a ss and his hair tousled. Just as he was picking himself up to tidy his appearance, he heard his father bellow another command, "Get back to the residence imdiately!"
After saying that, Master Li huffed coldly and didn’t wait for his son, boarding his sedan chair to leave on his own.
Upon returning to the Li Residence, Lady Li imdiately ca forward to greet him, helping to remove his overcoat, "My lord, who has upset you again!"
"Hmph, who else but your ’fine’ son!"
Lady Li hadn’t expected her son to have stirred his father’s anger again, "My lord, please calm down, Fugui is still young!"
"Still young? Is twenty still young? It’s all because you spoil him; he dares to do anything now! He even dares to seize soone on his own authority; does he think he is the governnt office?"
After listening, Lady Li fell silent. Previously, when their son caused trouble, they turned a blind eye as long as it was minor. But this ti, he had truly made a grave mistake.
While they were talking, Li Fugui arrived ho. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his mother winking and whispering at him, "Your father is fuming right now; go back to your room and study! Don’t provoke your father any further!"
Li Fugui grunted in acknowledgnt and was about to leave when he heard his father’s voice, "Stand right there!"
He imdiately turned around, lowered his head, and called out, "Father!"
"Do you even rember I’m your father?" Master Li’s anger surged at the sight of his good-for-nothing son. "Do you now dare to abduct a common girl?"
"Father, wasn’t I doing it for that pickled cabbage recipe?" Li Fugui still didn’t realize where he had gone wrong, thinking that all he had done was for the sake of the restaurant.
Hearing this only fueled Master Li’s anger further. He saw his eldest son as utterly hopeless, soone he could no longer rely on, "You no longer need to run the restaurant! After the new year, you will study diligently at the academy!"
"Father!" Li Fugui, upon hearing his father’s plans, feared that the restaurant would be handed over to his illegitimate brother. That was unacceptable, so he argued, "Haven’t I done all this for the good of the restaurant? What have I done wrong to be no longer allowed to manage the restaurant?"
His son remained unrepentant, causing Master Li to cough in anger twice, "For the good of the restaurant? You were ready to risk the entire family fortune! Truly, a ’fine’ son you are."
Turning to Lady Li, he commanded, "Wife, find a matchmaker right away to arrange a proper marriage for him. It’s ti for him to continue the Li Family lineage." He had lost hope in his son and wanted to ensure the family legacy through grandchildren as soon as possible.
Upon hearing this, Li Fugui imdiately beca anxious, "No way, I don’t want to get married so soon!"
"Hmph, don’t think I don’t know about your affair with that Little Maid. There’s no room for discussion on this matter!" After speaking his peace, Master Li retired to his chamber to rest.
"Mother!"
"Alas! Just follow your father’s plans. If you keep opposing him like this, there won’t be a place for the two of us in this house anymore!"
"But..."
"Do you really want to hand over the family fortune to your illegitimate brother? If you don’t obey, don’t bla if I sell off that Little Maid."
This ti, Lady Li sided with Master Li. She knew what her son had been up to recently, and if things continued as they were, the illegitimate son would surely take her son’s place. She could not allow that to happen.
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