Li Wei made some delicious side dishes and served them on the table, while Jian Ping helped set the dishes and chopsticks. Jian Bo didn't know where he was, but he hadn't seen Yang Man since Li Wei came back, so he couldn't help but ask: "Where is my sister-in-law?"
"Your sister-in-law has returned to her parents' home."
"Oh, let's eat. Is second brother upstairs? Why don't you come down?" Before she finished speaking, Li Jianbo came in.
"Why isn't sister-in-law here?"
"She went to her parents' house. Do you want Jianbo to have two drinks today and I'll get the wine?" Jianping asked for his opinion.
Jian Bo said: "No need, I don't drink much now."
Li Wei first gave Liu Chunzhi some food. Liu Chunzhi looked at Li Wei and Jianbo back and forth, but in the end said nothing and lowered his head to eat.
In the past, the atmosphere at home was very good when they came back, but today it felt a bit deserted. In order to lighten the atmosphere, Li Wei told everyone about the new show.
"Have Mom and Big Brother seen my new show?"
"I've seen it, but we don't seem to have such antique treasures in our family. If you can take it for appraisal, maybe it can be used as a family heirloom." Jian Ping was the one who spoke.
Li Wei added: "It's normal for ordinary people not to have those things."
"Aren't the ratings of your new column good?" Jian Bo finally said.
Before Li Wei could answer, Liu Chunzhi interrupted: "Wei Wei is right. I'll save you the trouble. I'll go to the hospital with you for a checkup tomorrow."
Jian Bo smiled and said: "That's right, Mom. Going to the hospital is not a taboo. It's better to throw away these old concepts."
Later, whenever Jianbo talked to Li Wei, he would be interrupted abruptly by Liu Chunzhi, and even Li Wei realized it. She was a little confused, but the dinner didn't last long. Everyone put down their chopsticks, and she hurried to clear away the dishes. Jian Ping went to the guest room, and Jian Bo also stood up to follow him out, and Liu Chunzhi spoke.
"Jianbo, please stand for a moment."
Jianbo immediately agreed obediently.
Liu Chunzhi said to Yinyin, "Yinyin, go find your aunt. Your uncle and I have a few words to say."
"Oh." Yinyin agreed obediently. She saw her grandma's serious look and wondered, was grandma going to scold her uncle? My uncle didn't cause any trouble.
There was a boring mother-in-law drama on the TV. This was Liu Chunzhi's favorite drama, but at the moment she was not in the mood to watch the drama, so she reached out and pressed the remote control to turn off the TV.
"Mom, your health is not too bad now, but you need to pay attention. As soon as signs appear, you must actively cooperate with treatment, and your eating habits must also be changed. You like to eat heavy and greasy food, and you consume too much of these things. Not good for your body.”
"I won't talk about my body in advance. I'll listen to you after the examination. Jianbo, I have something to tell you here."
Li Jianbo listened carefully: "Mom, if you have anything to do, just ask me."
"When your mother sent you to our Li family, I always treated you as my own son. In the early years, I helped you study, and I took care of you instead of Jianping. But I never cared about you because you were sent to the Li family. It’s not good for you at all.”
"Mom... I know even if you don't tell me. I will remember your kindness to me for the rest of my life."
"Your mother didn't tell your father's surname, so she gave you the name of our Li family. After so many years, you have become accustomed to it. When you went to the United States without saying a word, I talked about you every day and looked forward to it. You come back soon. Now that you are finally back, I hope you will do well and that your work will go smoothly without any mistakes. Now that you are a grown man, I naturally hope that you can get married and have children as soon as possible, have a family, and have someone around to talk to you. . I always mentioned this to you a few times, but then you got a little impatient and I couldn’t keep nagging it in your ears. If you have someone in mind, you must bring it back to me."
"Mom, I know. Don't worry."
At this point, Liu Chunzhi let out a long sigh: "But you and Weiwei can't do it. She has called you brother for thirty years, how can we become a family? Jianbo, you are the son of our Li family, I don't want you to As the son-in-law of our Li family, I don’t want to lose this good son like you, and she will always be your sister.”
Li Jianbo was silent at this time, and Liu Chunzhi continued: "How do you want others to see our family? Although you are not our biological child, it still doesn't sound good if it gets out. Although your mother has no knowledge, she still wants to have face. Like this I absolutely won’t allow it.”
Jian Bo thought he would be severely punished, but he didn't expect such a calm tone. He didn't speak, waiting for his mother to calmly finish what she wanted to say.
"Jianbo, that celebrity named Zhao was sorry for your sister. You can comfort her if you want, and I have nothing to say to help her vent her anger, but I don't allow you to have any excessive thoughts about her. Do you understand?"
"Mom..." Jian Bo called out in a low voice. He had so many emotions in his heart that he didn't know where to start from so many threads.
"Today I want a promise from you. You must agree to my request." Liu Chunzhi looked serious, and there was no room for doubt in this matter.
Under the watchful eye of his mother, Li Jianbo could neither make a firm vow nor fight to the end. It turns out that when he started his life over again, he would become indecisive when faced with choices.
Li Wei washed the dishes and wanted to talk to his mother, but was stopped by Jian Ping before he reached the door.
"Wei, don't go in just yet."
"how?"
Jianping pulled Li Wei under a tree and said to her, "Mom knows about you and Jianbo. If you ask Jianbo here, Mom will definitely be very angry. That's how she got sick last time."
Li Wei was a little annoyed after hearing this: "Brother, what did you say in front of mom?"
"Am I talking nonsense? Is Jianbo's feelings for you a lie? You don't know, right?"
"Whether it's true or not, brother shouldn't tell mom. Now it's better, mom will get sick from anger."
Li Jianping naturally refused to admit that he had spilled the beans. Instead, he said: "It doesn't matter if you tell the truth, everyone will know what's going on, and they won't be in the dark about whatever situation they encounter in the future."
Li Wei finally understood why her mother always interrupted her and her second brother's conversation during dinner. It turned out that her mother had always been worried about this matter.
The door opened and Jian Bo came out. Jian Ping and Li Wei looked over when they heard the movement. Li Jianbo did not come to them, but turned around and went elsewhere.
No one knows what the mother and son said.
Li Wei went to Liu Chunzhi's room, where Liu Chunzhi was reclining in a recliner and watching TV. Li Wei felt a little uneasy, so she cautiously approached and called out: "Mom, can I sleep with you tonight?"
"As you wish!" Liu Chunzhi's tone sounded impatient.
(End of chapter)