"Today at Mr. Song's banquet, Mr. Song invited the girls to chat. That's when Xiaotong got lost. Your wife and Xiyu must have been extremely worried. They didn't care about Mr. Song and rushed out to look for her. Xichi was also anxious, but she remembered your instructions. She was afraid that if they left so rashly, it would leave a bad impression of the Li family on Mr. Song. So she didn't come out to look for Litong in time. I've already talked to her just now."
Jiang Yongfeng voluntarily confessed what Li Xichi had done, but changed the motive. Her aim was to give Li Xiangping a preconceived impression so that no matter who told Li Xiangping about this later, he wouldn't think there was anything wrong with Xichi.
Hearing Jiang Yongfeng say this, Li Xiangping quickly said, "Xichi is so obedient. Why did you scold her? Xiaotong is safe and sound. Besides, even if Xiaotong really got lost, Xichi is just one person, and as a celebrity, it's not convenient for her to go out. Where could she go to look? You should teach the kids patiently. Don't always scold her. That child is good in every way, but just lacks confidence. Look at how she acts around Xiyu. She's so scared, as if Xiyu were going to eat her up."
"She's different from Xiyu. After all, Xiyu is your daughter, a real young miss."
Hearing this, Li Xiangping pulled a straight face and seriously admonished, "Yongfeng, look at you. We're a family. Didn't we agree before? Your daughter is my daughter too."
Jiang Yongfeng looked at Li Xiangping with red - rimmed eyes and choked out, "Xiangping, thank you."
"Come on, come on. Look at you. Why are you even more tearful than before?"
Hearing this, Jiang Yongfeng held back her tears and didn't actually cry.
Li Xiangping didn't notice Jiang Yongfeng's well - controlled acting. Thinking about what happened today, he felt a bit regretful.
"But Xiaotong is really something. Such a well - behaved child. Why did she suddenly run off just for fun today? I heard from Ming Yuezhu that Mr. Song was talking to Xiyu about the spokesperson position. It would have been great if that deal had gone through."
Jiang Yongfeng took the opportunity to say, "Xiyu is your child. Her temper and personality are just like yours. No wonder Mr. Song likes her so much."
Hearing this, Li Xiangping burst into laughter, "Right?"
Jiang Yongfeng gently reminded, "But I heard from Xichi that Xiyu doesn't seem very willing to be the spokesperson. She even dared to decline politely in front of Mr. Song. I think you'd better ask for her opinion. You know Xiyu's temper."
Jiang Yongfeng's reminder made Li Xiangping quickly nod and say, "Yes, yes. This matter has to depend on Xiaoyu's agreement. This child is really a headache. If there's such an opportunity next time and Xiyu really doesn't want to go, let her take Xichi with her. After all, we should keep the benefits within the family. And Xichi is much more obedient. I'll be at ease with her around."
Although Li Xiyu's temper has improved a lot, Li Xiangping still doesn't dare to easily challenge her bottom line, for fear that she might go crazy again.
Speaking of this, Li Xiangping couldn't help but instruct, "Remember to tell Xichi to keep an eye on her sister more."
Jiang Yongfeng successfully led Li Xiangping to think of Li Xichi, but she wasn't really touched inside.
Xichi was just an alternative when Xiyu refused to take on the job. If Li Xiyu had a better personality and was willing to accept the endorsement, Li Xiangping would never have thought of Li Xichi.
This was the difference between a biological daughter and a step - daughter.
After soaking his feet, Jiang Yongfeng carefully dried Li Xiangping's feet and even massaged them for him. Li Xiangping was lying comfortably on the sofa when Jiang Yongfeng asked,
"Xiangping, what's the situation with the Song family exactly?"
Li Xiangping shrugged and said, "I've been eyeing the Song family for many years, but I've never found a chance to break in. Although our Li Corporation is big, it's just a local powerhouse. Outside this city, we're just a little ant that anyone can crush. Moreover, I want to expand Li Corporation to the capital, establish a firm foothold in the country, and then go global."
Jiang Yongfeng knew that Li Xiangping had always had a grand business plan. He was ambitious, so he was eager to curry favor with the Song family. This was an important step for him to expand his business territory.
"Mr. Song is a remarkable person. When the Song family was in decline back then, he single - handedly propped it up. It's a pity that he has no descendants. He used to have a son, but his son seemed to fall in love with an orphan girl. For the sake of a woman, he insisted on cutting off all ties with the Song family. Mr. Song's methods were a bit extreme, and the boy committed suicide by cutting his wrists."
Of course, Mr. Song had hidden all these things well. Even when his son committed suicide, Mr. Song only told the outside world that his son had gone abroad for further study. Everyone was kept in the dark.
You know, Li Xiangping had spent millions to bribe a middle - level manager of the Song Corporation to find out this information. Unfortunately, he couldn't even get in touch with the high - level people, let alone bribe them.
So, the information he could find out was only this little bit.
"But I remember you said before that Mr. Song has a grandson. You even thought Song Jiaye was Mr. Song's grandson at first. How can you say he has no descendants?"
The news that Song Jiaye might be Mr. Song's grandson was also leaked by that middle - level manager because he noticed that Mr. Song's men were looking for Song Jiaye's whereabouts.
Li Xiangping found Song Jiaye first. He found that Song Jiaye was exactly the young actor his daughter liked. So he schemed to get Song Jiaye to marry his daughter.
But unexpectedly, not long after he had Song Jiaye and his daughter hold the wedding, Mr. Song discovered that the middle - level manager had leaked information, so he fired him. The next month, the Song family announced to the public that the young master of the Song family had returned.
At that time, Li Xiangping didn't know that Song Yunsheng was just Mr. Song's adopted son. He thought the relationships the middle - level manager had revealed to him were all wrong. He lost both money and a daughter and had to admit defeat.
Fortunately, although Song Jiaye came from a poor family, he was really capable. Over the years, as Li Corporation's film industry had grown and expanded, Li Xiangping had become more and more satisfied with his son - in - law.
Satisfaction aside, he was really annoyed.
Thinking of the stupid mistake he had made back then, Li Xiangping said,
"Don't mention it. Song Jiaye is just Song Jiaye. He has nothing to do with the Song family."
After this incident, Li Xiangping had sent people to investigate Song Jiaye's background, and the results proved that Song Jiaye really had no connection with the Song family at all.
He had been embarrassed once and didn't want to be embarrassed a second time.
Jiang Yongfeng knew that Li Xiangping really didn't like to talk about that year's incident, so she sensibly didn't continue the topic.