After playing for two days, Jiang Yongfeng proposed to go back.
"Li Tong is still in school. His studies can't be delayed," she said.
At this moment, the whole family was sitting in the living - room chatting. Ming Yuezhu didn't voice her opinion, while Li Tong pouted. It was so much fun to play outside. He didn't want to go back to school at all.
"There's no need to be in such a hurry about preschool," Li Yuanhua, Li Tong's father, stepped in to smooth things over.
Seeing that no one was convinced by her reason, Jiang Yongfeng just smiled. At this time, she was still unaware of the approaching danger.
In the following days, Li Qiyu accompanied her father in eating, drinking, and having fun. Her father truly doted on his daughter. After a few days of such enjoyment, the corners of Li's father's mouth would turn up when he was sleeping. He sighed, "Xiyu has really changed a lot."
Jiang Yongfeng was applying skin - care products at that moment. Hearing this, she stopped her hand movement.
This wasn't the first day she had heard such remarks. At first, she didn't pay much attention, but as the number of times increased, she became vigilant.
Jiang Yongfeng said with a smile, "Xiyu has indeed changed a lot. It may sound a bit extreme for me to say this, but I sincerely hope she won't recall the past."
Jiang Yongfeng's words hit the mark with Li Xiangping. In fact, he didn't want to see Li Xiyu in a hysterical state either. At this time, Jiang Yongfeng climbed onto the bed and lay in his arms.
Li Xiangping sighed, "Xiaofeng, let's not let Xiyu know about our matter. I'm sorry to put you through this."
Jiang Yongfeng suppressed her annoyance and said, "We're husband and wife now. There's no distinction between us. As long as it's your matter, it's not a hardship."
Li Xiangping hugged Jiang Yongfeng and said, "With a wife like you, what more could I ask for?"
Jiang Yongfeng traced circles on Li Xiangping's chest with her finger. Li Xiangping sighed, "It's a pity about Xichi."
"Xiangping, don't say such things. Xichi is doing well now. She has enough to eat and wear, and her family supports her career. It's not a pity," Jiang Yongfeng comforted.
"She's just as good as Xiyu..." Mentioning this, Li Xiangping felt sad. "Forget it. Let's not talk about this. If Xiyu hears it, she'll throw a tantrum again."
"Yes, our Xichi is very obedient. She'll understand." At this point, Jiang Yongfeng added, "It's great that Xichi can be with Song Yunsheng. As long as she can marry into the Song family, our Li family will rise to a higher level."
Jiang Yongfeng's words showed that she was thinking about the Li family, which pleased Li Xiangping.
"How are things between her and Song Yunsheng now?"
"Oh, they're on very good terms. It's like the mother - in - law likes the son - in - law more and more. I think Yunsheng is perfect in every way."
"Yunsheng is a good boy. Xichi would be marrying above her station. A big family like the Song family won't like a celebrity. Once their relationship is confirmed, let Xichi stop showing up in public."
Hearing this, Jiang Yongfeng felt a bit uncomfortable. She really wanted to ask why Li Xiangping didn't say anything about Ming Yuezhu, who was also a celebrity. Now that Ming Yuezhu was about to divorce Li Yuanhua, Li Xiangping even felt very sorry. Why did he dislike her daughter? Wasn't this obvious partiality?
However, she could only keep these complaints to herself and must never show them in front of Li Xiangping.
"Okay," Jiang Yongfeng readily agreed, but at the same time, she was faintly worried.
Becoming a celebrity had been Li Xichi's dream since childhood. Could she give it up so easily? Moreover, Song Yunsheng's status was unstable. The golden grandson of the Song family was like a time - bomb. Once that golden grandson returned, Song Yunsheng would lose everything overnight, and maybe her daughter would have to support him then.
Song Yunsheng was like a stock at the peak of a storm, with high returns but also high risks.
Jiang Yongfeng looked up, intending to discuss this with Li Xiangping, but a soft snore came from above. Li Xiangping had fallen asleep.
Jiang Yongfeng couldn't figure out Li Xiangping's thoughts. Logically, Li Xiangping couldn't be unaware of the stakes, but he just said nothing. Jiang Yongfeng was anxious but could do nothing.
Moreover, previously, Li Xiangping would occasionally say something like supporting Song Yunsheng, but now he never mentioned it.
What on earth had gone wrong?
Li Xiangping and Jiang Yongfeng shared the same bed but had different dreams. On the other side, two people in different beds had the same dream.
Song Jiaye and Li Qiyu had the same dream for the first time.
They both returned to ancient times. Li Qiyu dreamed of the cold and lonely days she had spent in the cold palace, while Song Jiaye dreamed of pacing back and forth along the road closest to the cold palace outside the city wall.
However, different from before, Li Qiyu didn't look for answers about Song Jiaye in the dream.
She didn't want to figure out why Song Jiaye had changed his heart. Instead, she was looking for traces of Zhou Donglin in her dream. She wanted to ask Zhou Donglin what else he had done for her.
But a dream was born from the heart. It wasn't something she could control. Li Qiyu hit a wall everywhere in the dream. She was so anxious that her eyes turned red, but she still couldn't find Zhou Donglin.
She woke up crying and was still calling Zhou Donglin's name when she woke up.
Song Jiaye, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, heard the noise. With the toothbrush in his mouth, he poked his head out and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Qiyu was startled awake, and her head was still groggy.
Song Jiaye saw her tear - stained face and sitting motionless on the bed for a long time. He was a bit puzzled and reached out to touch her forehead.
She didn't have a fever.
Song Jiaye handed her a hot towel. After washing her face, Li Qiyu felt a bit more energetic.
Song Jiaye asked, "What did you just shout? I seemed to hear something like Lin?"
Li Qiyu shook her head and said, "I don't remember."
She didn't really want to mention Zhou Donglin in front of Song Jiaye.
Song Jiaye was the one who had let her down.
And Zhou Donglin was the one she had let down.
Song Jiaye didn't think too much about it. He had indeed heard the name Donglin. He was shocked when he heard this name while brushing his teeth in the bathroom, but then he thought that Li Qiyu had just been to the museum and read that collection of poems. It wasn't surprising that she would call out this name.
After Song Jiaye finished brushing his teeth, Li Qiyu went into the bathroom to brush hers. When she lowered her head, she found that the toothbrush, water cup, and even the toothpaste had been squeezed out.
Li Qiyu held the toothbrush and was lost in thought for a while.
Since the last time she and Song Jiaye had cleared the air, their relationship, though not reaching a freezing point, was no longer as harmonious as before. It was as if they were both holding back.
But they couldn't help but do these little things for each other, like preparing the toothbrush in the morning, providing tissues during meals, and leaving a glass of hot milk beside the bed before sleeping.
Omnipresent and meticulous.
Li Qiyu smiled bitterly. If things continued like this, she didn't know if she could adapt to a life without Song Jiaye in the future.