Chapter 156: Are you getting senile with age?

Chapter 156: Are you getting senile with age?

Li Sangchen flinched when Li Lao Da called him and slapped him across the face.

"What are you yelling for? She's just scaring you, you idiot."

Instead of receiving comfort, Li Sangchen was met with a scolding, leaving him feeling both wronged and furious.

Turning around to seek solace from Mrs. Li and Boss Li's wife, he found that the two, who had been standing behind him, were gone!

"Jiajia..."

The people across from him burst into laughter at his embarrassment.

"Your girlfriend ran away, and you're just realizing it now..."

"He’s such an idiot, haha..."

Li Sangchen looked over and immediately spotted Wang Jiajia hiding behind her colleagues. Feeling both wronged and furious, he said, "I was willing to be the son of a cursed star for you, so why did you run away..."

Boss Li gave his son a look of disdain and cursed him as an idiot once again.

If this profitable hotpot restaurant were to fall under the eldest branch of the Li family, buying a house in town would be a breeze.

By then, the eldest son could get a permanent job at the machinery factory with a bit of money and some gifts to the second son’s old friends.

They would have everything: jobs, houses in town, and a money-making restaurant.

The eligible girls in town would be lining up to marry into their family!

And yet, here he was, making a fool of himself over a woman who couldn't even stand her ground and ran away.

How disgraceful!

"Enough with the noise, kneel down and call her Mom."

"Dad!"

Li Sangchen looked at his father in disbelief, "She’s going to bring me bad luck, and you want me to call her Mom?"

Boss Li glared at him.

"If she really could bring bad luck, would her three daughters be fine? Do you have any brains? Call her Mom, now!"

As if calling her Mom would immediately transfer the restaurant to the Li family’s eldest branch.

"Li Sanglu, you shameless scoundrel! When your second son passed away, you called my sister-in-law a cursed star, and now you're trying to forcefully take over her restaurant because you're jealous of her success. Now you want your son to call her Mom and claim she won’t bring bad luck anymore..."

Jiang Yanhong was so angry that her head throbbed. She pointed at Boss Li, "Aren’t you afraid of karma?"

"Who’s shameless? It's your Song family that’s shameless!"

Boss Li's wife put her hands on her hips and spat, "Aren’t you shamelessly profiting from our Li family’s restaurant? And you dare to talk about dignity?"

"This restaurant belongs to the Fan family, not the Li family."

Fan Qingyi spoke calmly, giving Boss Li's wife a glance, and gently patted Jiang Yanhong to soothe her.

"Don’t waste your energy getting angry at these scoundrels."

Boss Li's wife glared, "Who are you calling a scoundrel?"

"What? You still don't have a clear understanding of your own actions?"

Fan Qingyi sneered, scanning the three members of the Li family and Mrs. Li, feigning realization, "Oh, not only are you scoundrels, but you also bully the weak and fear the strong, exploit the good and fear the bad, and love taking advantage of others..."

"Second brother's wife!"

Boss Li intercepted her, giving her a cold, warning look.

Fan Qingyi was not afraid, staring back at him coldly.

Boss Li felt a shock in his heart, a chill running down his spine as if he were looking at his second brother. His eyes darted away in panic, and he kicked Li Sangchen, "Bow."

Li Sangchen was unwilling.

Boss Li leaned in and whispered, "Five thousand a month! If she really could bring death to people, would there be no deaths around her? Instead, the Song family is making money with her. Hurry up, there won't be another chance like this!"

"But..."

It was better safe than sorry.

"...Think about your girlfriend. Isn't it because she looks down on you for being a temporary worker and coming from a rural family? Take over this shop, and I'll buy you a building in town tomorrow, so she'll look up to you and be eager to be your wife."

Li Sangchen's eyes lit up, "Really?"

Boss Li really wanted to call him an idiot again, but the situation couldn't be delayed any longer. He suppressed his anger and nodded in response to Li Sangchen's hopeful gaze.

With the promise secured, Li Sangchen looked up at Wang Jiajia, gritted his teeth, and with a plop, knelt at Fan Qingyi's feet.

"Mom, I, your son, am bowing to you."

There was a collective uproar.

Fan Qingyi's eyes flickered slightly, a mocking smile on her face, "Oh, nephew, your family really doesn't want their lives anymore just to snatch this shop from me, huh? With the New Year approaching, aren't you afraid some deity up there might see this and really take you away..."

Li Sangchen's eyes almost popped out, his face visibly turning pale.

His lips trembled in protest, "You... you're lying, Dad said you can't actually bring death to people..."

"Everyone heard that, right? This family previously divorced my sister-in-law, claiming she brought death to her husband, seized the house he built, and drove them out of the village penniless... Now!"

Jiang Yanhong seized the opportunity to shout again.

"This shameless bunch, seeing that my sister-in-law's hotpot restaurant is profitable, now wants to forcibly take over the restaurant under the guise of adoption. This is something no decent person would tolerate!"

Song Youwei chimed in, "In our rural areas, this is called 'eating out a widow's family,' which is the most shameless behavior."

Boss Li's face was so dark it seemed like it could drip water.

How could he have fathered such an idiot!

He glanced at Boss Li's wife and narrowed his eyes.

Marrying someone worthless, fathering something even more worthless.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Song Youwei, control your wife. This is our Li family's business, not your Song family's concern."

"Why is it not our concern?"

Jiang Yanhong scolded him, "Just say you want money and be done with it. Pulling this stunt, and you still claim you're not bullying my sister-in-law and her children without a father..."

"Where's her son? She only has three money-losing daughters." Boss Li's wife finally interjected, smugly sneering.

Jiang Yanhong retorted, "...So you’re the only one who can bear children, why don’t you have a dozen or more!"

"I’m not a sow..." Boss Li's wife muttered, which drew mocking laughter from the crowd.

Boss Li was so irritated he wanted to pull his own hair out. It was such a simple task—just kneel down, kowtow, and call her mom, and get Second Brother's wife to hand over the shop. Yet it dragged on for so long!

"Shut up!" Boss Li shouted angrily. Boss Li's wife jumped in fright and clung to Old Lady Li’s arm, hiding behind her.

Boss Li shook her off in disgust.

He strode up to Fan Qingyi, "When I tell you to adopt, you adopt. When I tell you to hand the shop over to my eldest grandson, you do it. Do you dare say no? Do you think I’ll let you be buried next to Second Brother when you die?"

"Old woman..."

Fan Qingyi looked at her in surprise, "You're already in your sixties, but I'm just over thirty. How can you possibly think you’ll outlive me?"

There was a moment of silence, then the crowd burst into laughter.

"Haha, this is hilarious..."

"Where does this old woman get her confidence?"

"Does she think she’s a thousand-year-old tortoise?"

This remark only increased the laughter.

Old Lady Li hopped around in anger, "What’s so funny, what’s so funny! She’s my second son’s wife, and she must obey me, her mother-in-law. If she doesn’t, it’s filial impiety..."

"Oh, so now you’re using filial piety to pressure people?"

It was Auntie Song's turn to step in. She looked at Old Lady Li with disdain, "Are you losing your mind in your old age? Didn’t you already cast them out of your family? They're no longer members of the Li family, so why should they show you filial piety?"