In Ziyun Villa, the party in the villa courtyard is still going on.
Although the night in early October was slightly cool, for people like Li Mu who were in high spirits, the slight coolness did not have the slightest impact.
Song Liang's son had eaten and drank enough and was already asleep in his mother's arms. Li Mu asked Song Liang to send the child to the guest room to rest while a group of adults continued to drink and chat.
They drank happily until around 11 o'clock at night, and everyone was almost dizzy from drinking. When it was almost over, everyone decided to stay at Ziyun Villa simply because of the alcohol. In the drunken state, no one returned the drink. I want to go all the way home, but I wish I could find a bed nearby and sleep happily all night.
So, Li Mu asked Li Ziwei to allocate guest rooms to everyone. Song Liang and his family lived in the master bedroom where Li Mu's parents had lived. Sisters Du Fei and Du Wei lived in a guest room. Chen Ze lived in one room by himself. Wei Lan also lived in the same room. Have a room to yourself.
It seemed like a very reasonable allocation, but Du Fei felt uneasy about Wei Lan and insisted on pulling Wei Lan to sleep with her. The two of them had been living together for the past two days, and Du Fei seemed to have developed an inertia.
Du Wei was well-behaved and sensible, and immediately said that she could stay in a guest room, and then let her sister and Wei Lan live together.
Wei Lan wanted to decline at first, but seeing that the drunken Du Fei showed a stronger sense of responsibility for her, she had no choice but to comply with Du Fei's wishes.
The next morning, everyone who had woken up and sobered up began to leave one after another, and Li Mu was once again the only one left in the huge villa.
The people at Fayue Restaurant had cleaned the yard long ago. Except for a few deck chairs bought by Li Ziwei, nothing related to last night's party was left.
The sun was warm and comfortable in the morning, and Li Mu lay lazily on the deck chair in the yard for a long time. Thinking of Wei Lan and the thought that once flashed in his mind, Li Mu sent a message to Wei Lan:
"Weilan, I basically don't have time to live in the villa at Ziyun Villa. You might as well buy it back. The money will be given to me after you get the 800 million from Juncheng Real Estate. The price will be based on the contract price we originally traded."
Wei Lan had already arrived home at this time, but Du Fei did not come with her. He said that he wanted to send his sister, who had stayed with her all night, home first, and then come over to accompany Wei Lan in the evening.
After seeing Li Mu's text message, Wei Lan knew very well that Li Mu was taking care of her again and wanted to return the villa at Ziyun Villa to her, but Wei Lan didn't want it at all.
Although this villa is her favorite, the unexpected gains it has brought her have been too much, so much that Wei Lan no longer has any thoughts of trying to take it back as her own, so Wei Lan replied to Li Mu: " Thank you for always thinking about me, but I am already lonely alone in Yanjing. Are you going to let me live alone in Ziyun Villa? That would be too pitiful, right?"
Li Mu expected that Wei Lan might refuse or be polite, but he didn't expect Wei Lan to answer like this. After thinking for a moment, he felt that Wei Lan's words were true. Wei Lan's close relatives were all in the United States, leaving her alone. Being alone in Yanjing, this situation will indeed make people feel more lonely.
So Li Mu replied to her: "Then ignore it for now. If you change your mind someday in the future, let me know at any time."
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In the afternoon, Li Ziwei drove over and brought Li Mu a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of aged Maotai liquor that was almost unavailable on the market.
The flowers are mainly carnations, and are matched with several other flowers that Li Mu doesn't recognize. Because of the proper combination and careful flower selection, the overall look is great.
Li Mu didn't know much about wine, and he didn't know what kind of wine Zhao Xianliang liked to drink. Bringing a bottle of wine there was just a little thought on his part. If it wasn't the kind he liked, it didn't matter, as long as it made sense.
Near five o'clock, Zhao Ziqiu called Li Mu and asked him, "Are you busy now?"
Li Mu said, "You're not busy. What about you? Are you done with your uncle, aunt and others?"
Zhao Ziqiu said: "My parents and I just came back from the city and bought a lot of ingredients. As soon as my mother got home, she started cooking and asked me to help her. She said she was afraid that my father would be bored alone, so he asked me to cook for you. Make a call and ask you to come over early and chat with my dad."
Li Mu smiled and said, "I can go there now and just walk there, but isn't that good? If I arrive so quickly, will it scare my uncle and aunt?"
Zhao Ziqiu said hurriedly: "I think it's okay. Even if you let them know that you have a villa in Ziyun Villa, it's normal."
With that said, Zhao Ziqiu added: "My mother still wants you to come early, otherwise my father will be bored to death by himself. You come over quickly to chat with my father, and I can cook with my mother in the kitchen."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll change clothes and go there now."
Li Mu hung up the phone and immediately went back to his cloakroom to change. Zhao Ziqiu put away the phone and hurried to the living room. He said to Zhao Xianliang, who was sitting in the living room smoking a cigar and reading the newspaper: "Dad, Li Mu said he would go out after changing his clothes." , he’ll be there in a moment, let him chat with you when he comes, and I’ll help mom cook.”
Zhao Xianliang smiled slightly: "Go and help your mother. Dad will greet you when Li Mu arrives."
Zhao Ziqiu stuck out his tongue shyly and hurried to the kitchen.
Xie Yun was currently arranging the various ingredients she bought today. Seeing Zhao Ziqiu's blushing face, she couldn't help asking her teasingly: "I asked you to call Li Mu, why are you still blushing?"
"No way." Zhao Ziqiu couldn't hide his shyness and said coquettishly: "Dad just made a joke on me and asked me to help you. He said that he would greet me when Li Mu came. You said, it's not me who invited Li Mu to come to the house for dinner. I also If you are not the head of the family, why are you just greeting me?"
Xie Yun looked at her and said with a doting smile: "What your dad said is right. Isn't this just greeting you? Inviting Li Mu to the house for dinner is also because he is your boyfriend. I and I Your dad pays so much attention to Li Mu’s news every day, and it’s also because of you.”
After saying that, Xie Yun added casually: "By the way, did you know that lately, your dad has been dragging me to discuss some things related to Li Mu every night before going to bed, and he seems to be obsessed with it."
Zhao Ziqiu asked in surprise: "What's wrong with Dad recently? Why are you paying so much attention to Li Mu?"
Xie Yun smiled and said: "It's not because you found a monster like Li Mu. Since your father accepted him from the bottom of his heart, he has been thinking about giving him advice every day."
After a pause, Xie Yun looked at Zhao Ziqiu and said, "After all, isn't it all for you?"
Zhao Ziqiu lowered his head in shame. He really felt his parents' love for him and concern for Li Mu. Especially his father, who usually seemed stern and unsmiling, but he didn't expect that he paid so much attention to Li Mu because of him. He really responded to those words: Father "Love is like a mountain", Zhao Ziqiu, who was moved in his heart, walked up to Xie Yun with small steps and said coquettishly: "Mom, thank you and dad!" "
Xie Yun said: "There is no need to be polite to your parents. Wash your hands quickly and help me."
Zhao Ziqiu hurriedly prepared to wash his hands and start working. Li Mu had already rang the door of Zhao Ziqiu's house.
There was no camera, and Zhao Xianliang's voice came from the intercom outside the door: "Who is it?"
Li Mu, holding flowers in one hand and liquor in the other, said hurriedly: "Uncle Zhao, it's me, Li Mu."
Zhao Xianliang was obviously a little stunned. It seemed that not ten minutes had passed since his daughter spoke to him just now. His daughter had just finished calling Li Mu, and she seemed to have said that Li Mu was going to change clothes and go out. Could it be that he was "changing clothes and going out" before he came back? Only ten minutes
In surprise, Zhao Xianliang recalled his previous speculation. It seemed that Li Mu had almost certainly bought a villa in Ziyun Villa.
Zhao Xianliang opened the door switch and stepped out of the villa. When he pushed the door out, Li Mu happened to enter the yard. Zhao Xianliang stood at the door. When Li Mu was approaching, he smiled and said to him: "Zi Qiu just said He also said that you were getting ready to go out, but I didn’t expect to arrive so soon. Come on, hurry in and sit down.”
Li Mu first nodded to Zhao Xianliang and said politely: "Hello, Uncle Zhao." Then he simply told the truth and said to Zhao Xianliang: "Before I have time to tell you, I happened to encounter someone with a trap at Ziyun Villa some time ago. The villa was for sale. I liked it after seeing it, so I bought it. But I rarely live here. I live near the company most of the time. I just happened to have a party there with some partners yesterday. I came directly here today.”
Li Mu said this calmly, and Zhao Xianliang also felt that it was exactly the same as what he had guessed, so he smiled and said: "You made the right purchase of Ziyun Villa. Even if you can't live in it, it's not a bad investment. You can leave it for three to five years." , at least doubling the market value.”
With that said, Zhao Xianliang had already led Li Mu into his living room.
Li Mu put flowers and wine on the coffee table and said, "Uncle Zhao, I didn't bring any gifts. I bought a bouquet of flowers for auntie and a bottle of wine for you."
Zhao Xianliang smiled and said: "Thank you, I'm interested, sit down quickly!"
Inviting Li Mu to sit down on the sofa, Zhao Xianliang said with a smile: "Zi Qiu and your aunt are busy in the kitchen. It will probably take a while for dinner. Do you know how to play chess? Let's kill two games."
Li Mu hurriedly asked: "What kind of chess does Uncle Zhao want to play? I'm not very good at playing chess and cards, and my skills are limited."
Zhao Xianliang asked him: "Can you play chess?"
Li Mu has been playing chess for many years, but his chess skills are average and he has not received any systematic training. However, since Zhao Xianliang wants to play, he naturally can't refuse, so he said: "I'm not good at chess. I only know how to move the knight." Basic rules like walking in the field during the day.”
Zhao Xianliang laughed: "It's enough to know the basic rules. To be honest, I am also a bad chess player. I have been playing chess for twenty or thirty years, but my level has not improved. We are just idle when we are idle, just playing blindly."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Okay, then let's kill two rounds!"
Zhao Xianliang stood up at this time and said, "Let's go to the study upstairs to play chess."
Li Mu said hurriedly: "I'll go say hello to Auntie and Ziqiu first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Yun, who heard the commotion, had already come from the kitchen to the living room. When she saw Li Mu, she smiled and said, "Li Mu is here."
Li Mu stood up and said politely: "Hello, Aunt Xie."
"Hello, hello." Xie Yun said with a smile, "Zi Qiu was talking about you just now, so you are here so soon."
Zhao Xianliang pointed to the flowers on the coffee table and said to Xie Yun, "Li Mu also bought you a bouquet of flowers."
"Really?" Xie Yun hurriedly came over, looked at a bouquet of carnations on the coffee table, and said very happily: "The flowers are very beautiful, I like them very much, thank you, Li Mu."
"Thank you, Auntie, for being so polite."
Xie Yun smiled slightly and said, "You sit with your uncle for a while, and then I'll go cook. We'll have dinner around six-thirty."
(End of chapter)