Facing Jiang Yongfeng's provocation, Li Qiyu smiled and replied, "Auntie, don't you know me well? Do you think I would be so out of line? Besides, this is the Song family's place. If you have any advice, you can tell Xiyu when we get back. It's rather impolite to say it here."
Using Li Xiyu's exact words to fight back, Jiang Yongfeng was left speechless and didn't dare to reply.
Jiang Yongfeng was truly scared, but not because of Li Qiyu's words. What she feared was the crazy streak of the former Li Xiyu.
She could secretly play dirty tricks to make the Song family also think that Li Xiyu was crazy and impolite. However, it didn't mean she could confront Li Qiyu head - on in the Song family's place. Even if she didn't care about the Li family's reputation, she had to think about her own daughter. Making a scene in front of the future in - laws' house was just too disgraceful.
Jiang Yongfeng was a very patient person. She even managed to smile and watch Li Qiyu go to the dining room for dinner.
The waiter prepared a single - person meal for Li Qiyu. Song Yunsheng was very considerate and brought over the tableware. Li Qiyu took it and thanked him.
Song Yunsheng watched as she put the dessert aside and even picked out the sweet - flavored braised pork. He smiled and said, "Your habit of not liking desserts is quite similar to that of a friend I used to know."
Li Qiyu's heart skipped a beat. She didn't know what Song Yunsheng meant and immediately became guarded. She remembered the reason why Sister Liu often advised Li Tong to eat less desserts, so she replied,
"I'm different from your friend. It's not that I don't like them. I just dare not eat too much. It will cause toothache."
Li Qiyu's words were full of coldness and distance. Song Yunsheng could clearly sense it, but he clearly remembered that when this woman first saw him, she had called him "Donglin Jun".
Although it was later proven to be just a coincidence, it had been quite affectionate at that time.
Song Yunsheng smiled and asked, "Miss Li, may I ask if this humble one has offended you in any way? You seem not to like me very much."
Li Qiyu thought to herself that this man was really annoying. Since he knew she didn't like him, he should just stay away on his own initiative. Instead, he came up and asked her why she didn't like him. Wasn't he just asking for trouble?
Li Qiyu silently rolled her eyes and replied, "Mr. Song, you're overthinking. It's just that the Li family has strict upbringing. We don't talk during meals or when going to bed."
With this single sentence, it blocked any words Song Yunsheng might want to say in the future.
Song Yunsheng watched her eat quietly, then smiled and shook his head. He didn't bother her anymore and walked out.
After Song Yunsheng left, Li Qiyu let out a long sigh of relief.
She didn't know why, but just staying in the same space as Song Yunsheng made her feel oppressed. The pressure was so great that it was hard for her to breathe.
It was like the nervousness a prey felt when facing a hunter.
Li Qiyu couldn't explain this strange feeling in her heart. She even thought it was quite inexplicable.
It shouldn't be like this. Wasn't Song Yunsheng's target Li Xichi?
The food in the Song family was very delicately prepared. Even an ordinary Chinese cabbage was cooked with high - quality soup stock. Li Qiyu had eaten imperial cuisine for so many years, so she could naturally tell the secrets behind these dishes.
However, no matter how well - cooked the food was, it was useless if one was in a bad mood. She took a few mouthfuls casually and then put down her chopsticks, as if she was just fulfilling a task.
After Li Qiyu walked out, the servant came forward. She looked at the dishes on the table and made a record.
The dessert and the braised pork were untouched. Miss Li didn't like them. She ate the most of the salt - baked chicken, which meant Miss Li preferred stronger - flavored food.
All these were what Old Master Song had instructed to be noted down. The servants were diligent and naturally didn't dare to be negligent.
At this moment, Song Jiaye, whom Li Qiyu had been thinking about, was standing alone at the door, feeling the cold wind.
He walked up to the "Beauty's Tears" orchid that had once made Li Qiyu stop. Watching the orchid sway gently in the wind, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.
It was as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.
At this time, after Old Master Song sent his sister back to her room, he was about to walk back.
Seeing Song Jiaye, he walked over and asked, "Well, do you like this orchid? Grandpa will give it to you if you do."
Song Jiaye immediately averted his gaze.
"No, thanks. I can't accept a gift without merit."
"Xiao An, look. Doesn't our Song family feel like a real home?"
"Feeling of home?" Song Jiaye forced a bitter smile.
An ordinary boiled Chinese cabbage could cost hundreds of yuan in a hotel, and the orchids casually placed by the roadside were all extremely valuable rare species.
What kind of family could afford such extravagance?
"That's your Song family. It has nothing to do with me. And my name is Song Jiaye, not Song Yian." Song Jiaye clearly rejected Old Master Song's hint.
He would never come back.
"Xiao An, are you really willing to let all this family property be handed over to someone with a different surname?" Old Master Song sighed.
"Song Yunsheng also has the surname Song. And he has recognized you as his godfather. How can he be considered someone with a different surname? Besides, if you mind Song Yunsheng's adopted - son status, you can just hand over the family property to the other members of the Song family."
Hearing this, Old Master Song was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.
"Give it to them? I might as well donate it to a charity organization! At least they won't harm society."
Those members of the Song family were all extremely prodigal and indulged in all kinds of vices. They were basically regulars in the police station. If such people got hold of so much of the Song family's property, no one knew what kind of harm they would do to society.
"Xiao An, I know it's a bit late to say this now, but only you can save the Song family."
Hearing this, Song Jiaye sneered twice and replied, "So, you're just treating me as free labor?"
Old Master Song knew that Song Jiaye was actually a very polite child. Before he knew his own background, he had always been respectful to Old Master Song.
This sarcasm was only because Old Master Song was his grandfather.
Moreover, Song Jiaye really had the right to be sarcastic. It was Old Master Song who had broken up his parents' relationship and driven his mother and him out of the Song family.
"Xiao An, are you really willing to watch me and your great - aunt being bullied by a bunch of people?" Old Master Song said pitifully, trying to arouse Song Jiaye's sympathy.
But he underestimated Song Jiaye's coldness. Song Jiaye coldly replied, "I don't have the time to care about other people's business."
"We're your blood relatives. If you consider us outsiders, then who are your family? The Li family who just wants to use you?"
When Old Master Song asked this rhetorical question, the image of Li Qiyu immediately popped into Song Jiaye's mind.
Since his mother left, he had always felt like a lonely person with no family or relatives.
But recently, this thought was slowly changing.
He actually started to think that Li Xiyu was his family?