Chapter 75
Chapter 75
Something big
At a quarter of an hour to nine o'clock that night, Wang Xiaoli gave birth to a five-pound boy by caesarean section. Although he was a full-term baby, he was lighter than ordinary newborn babies and his crying was weaker. The delivery room was sent directly to the incubator.
When Li Fangbing got the news at home, she stomped her feet anxiously and asked her eldest brother if he wanted to go to the hospital.
Li Zhenbai focused his eyes on the computer screen, and only shook his head when he heard the words: "No need..."
Even if the child belonged to Li Zhengxiao, it was not suitable for the Li family to come forward at this time, especially for Li Zhenbai. Going there would be tantamount to indirectly acknowledging the child's blood and identity.
What's more, he knew in his heart that the child's biological father might be fooling around in some bar or billiard hall now, and he didn't know anything about having a son.
Li Fangbing had no choice, but he also knew in his heart that it was not that simple for the child to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan, so he had to give up.
What is surprising is Li Zhengxiao's reaction. He was always annoyed by Wang Xiaoli's pregnancy. Later, he wanted to see the pregnant woman, but his brother dismissed it with a few words, so forget it. There is no obsession.
But after the child was born, his attitude changed drastically. The person who came back to report the news to Li Zhenbai said that when the second young master saw the child brought out by the nurse, he was stunned. The nurse asked him if he wanted to hug him, and the second young master was in a hurry He waved his hands straight.
But when the child entered the incubator, the person who reported had a strange look on his face, and said, "Second Young Master...he actually cried."
Li Zhenbai's pupils trembled, and he squeezed the mouse a little harder, thinking about something with his eyes downcast, and then he glanced at the person after a while, and said: "I see, you go."
In the afternoon of the next day, Li Zhengxiao came back with red eyes. His complexion was very bad, but his spirit was very high. He went to find his brother when he entered the door, and said that the child would be able to come out of the incubator tomorrow, and he would bring him back when he came out.
Standing by the large French window, Li Zhenbai looked back at his younger brother, "When the paternity test is done tomorrow and the results come out, you can take him back."
Li Zhengxiao's expectant expression collapsed in an instant, and he stared at his brother in disbelief, "How could you do this? Although Xiaoli is greedy for money, her nature is not bad, it is impossible to do such a thing, you have This suspicion is an insult to me and him!"
Li Zhenbai looked serious, "If it's something else, there may be room for discussion, but this is not the case. The Li family's bloodline will never allow problems. If he is really the Li family, he will be the eldest grandson of this generation."
He paused, "Zheng Xiao, you should know what this means."
However, Li Zhengxiao ran around like crazy, shouting loudly: "I said there is no need for an appraisal, so I don't need to. Even the nurse said that Sheng looks exactly like me, he must be my child!"
"Have you already named him?" Li Zhenbai's mouth tightened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Zheng Xiao, something is wrong with you."
Li Zhengxiao trembled all over, Li Zhenbai turned around and took two steps towards him, "What happened?"
Li Zhengxiao looked up at his brother, his face was extremely ugly, he said in a trembling voice: "Brother, I have no objection to your marriage with Lin Zhen, let Shengsheng enter the family tree."
Li Zhenbai stared at him with unusually sharp eyes, "Tell me, why?"
Li Zhengxiao burst into tears, choked up and said: "He was born... Yesterday was Dad's birthday, don't you all remember? Grandma said that Dad was also born at [-]:[-] in the evening!"
Li Zhenbai was shocked, "You..."
Li Zhengxiao cried so much that his nose came out. He wiped away the tears, but his eyes were very bright. He looked at his brother with excitement on his face: "It must be Dad... Dad reincarnated and came back to our house!"
Pa, Li Zhenbai stretched out his hand and slapped Li Zhengxiao hard.
Li Zhengxiao was stunned for a moment, Li Zhenbai's face was ashen, and he said sharply: "Don't let others hear this, even though Mom is still in a coma, you can't talk nonsense with her, do you hear me?"
Li Zhengxiao opened his mouth and looked at his brother like he was stupid.
Li Zhenbai gritted his teeth and said, "Go back and rest, I will give you an answer tonight."
After Li Zhengxiao went upstairs, Li Zhenbai went to the study and made several phone calls, the last one was to Lin Zhen.
"Things have changed. Go back and pack up now. I'll be at your home soon, and I'll take you to the airport right away. You fly to Europe tonight, go play for a few days, and meet your classmates and friends over there by the way."
Lin Zhen asked on the phone: "What happened?"
Hearing this voice, Li Zhenbai felt a little calmer. He closed his eyes and said, "There is something I haven't told you. Except for Mom and eldest sister, no one else in the family knows."
"When my father passed away, Zheng Xiao had some mental problems. He once lived in a hospital for a while in the name of going abroad to relax."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and Lin Zhen said, "You're playing it off."
Li Zhenbai smiled wryly: "I'm too impatient... I suspect that Zheng Xiao will fall ill again, and he might do something extreme."
"So, in order to prevent him from getting deeper and deeper, I plan to have a showdown with him tonight. I have arranged your itinerary to Europe, and you don't need to worry about it yourself. After a week, when you come back, everything should be over It's back to normal."
"If you are not here, they can't find your troubles, so I don't have any worries."
Lin Zhen was silent for a while, probably hesitating, Li Zhenbai waited patiently until a full two minutes later, the other party on the phone finally agreed: "Okay..."
Outside the security checkpoint at the airport, Lin Zhen was wearing a hat and sunglasses, pulling a black suitcase in his hand, and wearing a black cocoon-shaped overcoat. The clothes were a little too big, but they felt extra warm, casual and comfortable.
There were people coming and going around, Li Zhenbai wanted to stretch out his hand to stroke the hair around his ear, but he held back in the end, and just pinched his wrist in his coat pocket restrainedly.
"Go, I will still be here to pick you up when you come back." Li Zhenbai said.
Lin Zhen nodded, "Be careful in everything."
"I'm leaving." Lin Zhen turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait!" Li Zhenbai grabbed his wrist, and Lin Zhen turned his head to look over.
Li Zhenbai said: "When you come back, we will go to register for marriage."
Lin Zhen nodded: "Okay..."
Four or ten minutes later, Li Zhenbai stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the terminal building, watching Lin Zhen's plane take off from the runway and gradually climb until it flew to a distance that could not be seen.
……
That night, the lights in the Li family's courtyard did not go out on time, but shone brightly like daylight for a whole night.
Cars entered the parking lot of Li's house one after another, but they couldn't park underground, and some of them stopped on the ground.
The house was also brightly lit, and in the living room, the floor was covered with pieces of paper. Li Zhengxiao sat on the floor in the middle of the living room, his face pale and his eyes glazed over.
The second uncle of the Li family squatted beside him and called Li Zhengxiao's name a few times, but there was no response from the other party.
With a cold expression on his old face, he frowned and looked at Li Zhenbai who was sitting on the sofa, "Is what he said true?"
Li Zhenbai replied: "Yes..."
The second uncle's face sank completely: "You called us to come over and said that you want to hold an emergency family meeting. Do you mean to inform us that you are going to marry your own sister-in-law?"
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Zhenbai's mouth: "It's the ex-sister-in-law, he has already divorced Zhengxiao."
The second uncle glanced at the other people of the same generation sitting on the sofa. Those faces were also very ugly, and the fifth grandfather, who was the oldest in his 90s, was still sharp, but his legs and feet were not very good. With a bang, he patted the armrest of the wheelchair, and reprimanded: "Nonsense, Xiao Er, go and get the house rules out!"
Seeing this, the second uncle quickly persuaded: "Fifth uncle, Zhenbai was just confused for a while, and there is no reason to make such a fuss. I think there is room for negotiation on this matter."
The old man's chest heaved up and down, and he gasped a few times like pulling a bellows. He stared at Li Zhenbai with old cloudy eyes and cursed: "He is obviously a smart and steady child, and he never needs to be worried about, but now he has become confused. When Zheng Xiao got married, I Just look at that Lin Zhen is not pleasing to the eye, his appearance is too outstanding, and he is not a stable person at first glance.
Zhenbai, you still have little experience. Let your aunt introduce you to a few more beautiful girls and young men. I don't believe there is no one better than this Lin Zhen. When you fancy it and get married, you will take it easy ! "
The second uncle also persuaded from the side: "Yes, Zhenbai, whoever you like can not be with you. Why hang yourself on that tree? Let me tell you, if you can't leave him for a while, it's not a big problem. Just keep it outside quietly, Lin Zhen is willing to be the best, if not, although he has a lot of money now, it is incomparable with our Li family.
At that time, he will be strangled with his upstream and downstream, so that he will have no raw materials and no market, and force him to let go. But in our Li family, it's easy for you to do what you want with him! "
Li Zhenbai lowered his eyes and listened to their chatter about how to deal with this matter. After everyone's voice was dry and their opinions gradually unified into the second uncle's idea, he stood up and patted his sleeve , said lightly: "Please come out with the family rules, I accept the punishment..."
He walked to the study room without turning his head and said, "After that, I have something to inform you."
The second uncle's expression changed drastically behind him, and he turned to the others and said, "That's the old calendar from so many years ago, how can we still do that now, it might kill someone!"
The chloasma on Fifth Grandpa's face was trembling, and he was panting with anger, "This is not giving up on hitting the south wall. They were all spoiled and raised. Let him go!"
……
An hour later, Li Zhenbai's face was as white as paper, kneeling in the middle of the study, the door of the secret room was open, and the family rules were enshrined on the most conspicuous table in the study.
Li Zhengxiao crawled beside him, with a panicked face, full of snot and tears, and called "Brother" loudly.
"I've received my penalty, and I've finished speaking..." Li Zhenbai's voice was a little hoarse and weak, but his tone was calm and firm, "The rest is for you to decide."
The second uncle said angrily: "You are threatening us with the safety of the entire Li family!"
"Yes..." Li Zhen said without turning his head, "That's what I mean."
Grandpa Fifth was so angry that he almost passed his breath. The people next to him comforted him. Uncle Second squatted beside the old man and sighed deeply: "Uncle Fifth, let's go to the next door to discuss it."
Another hour later, Li Zhengxiao stumbled into the study, threw himself in front of his brother, hugged his leg and shouted: "Don't kneel, don't kneel, they agreed, the marriage was agreed, and the layoffs are also agreed." Agreed, as long as the matter of your marriage will not be exposed for two years, and when the attention from the outside fades away, and it does not cause any serious negative impact on the Li family, then it will be up to you!"
The corners of Li Zhenbai's pale and bloodless lips curled up. He wanted to stand up from the ground, but just as his knees left the ground, he knelt down again with a bang.
Hearing this voice made one's heart tremble, Li Zhengxiao wiped away tears indiscriminately, helped his brother up, and kept crying: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never do this again, brother, I will send you to the hospital !"
Li Zhenbai was supported to stand up, he looked at the time, "There are still three hours, and his plane is about to land."
Li Zhengxiao was stunned for a moment before realizing who he was talking about, his heart ached, but he didn't say anything.
Li Zhenbai walked out of the study room, suddenly there was a commotion in the corridor, he and Li Zhengxiao both heard Fifth Grandpa's hoarse roar.
The door of the study was opened, the second uncle's face was even uglier than when he first came here, his lips were trembling, he was holding a mobile phone, the screen was almost crushed by him, he threw the mobile phone into Li Zhenbai's arms, He was quickly caught by Li Zhengxiao.
The second uncle said angrily: "Something went wrong, you can see for yourself!"
Li Zhengxiao took the phone away, handed it to his brother, and looked over himself.
All I saw was a piece of news displayed on the screen of the phone. The source of the news was a well-known portal website in China. The title was "Scandal of a wealthy family: Li Zhenbai, head of ENERGY Group, kissed his ex-sister-in-law late at night!"
In more than a dozen fuzzy photos watermarked by the media, although the faces are not clear, anyone who has seen them can recognize them as themselves.
The most intimate one is on a railing by a river, with feasting lights nearby, Li Zhenbai sitting on the railing beam, Lin Zhen standing in front of him, the two are kissing ecstasy.
The phone in Li Zhengxiao's hand was snatched away with a swipe. Li Zhenbai quickly swipe the screen, and after seeing the end from the beginning, he turned to look at his brother beside him.
Li Zhengxiao was terrified by his eyes, quickly waved his hands and said: "It's really not me, no matter how bold I am, I dare not do it!"
Li Zhenbai said in a low voice: "Contact the Publicity Department immediately and contact this website to delete the news."
The second uncle stomped his feet: "It's too late, it has been reprinted by major media, and it can't be deleted, it's over now!"
Li Zhenbai looked at the time again, his fingers trembled slightly, and he picked up his mobile phone and made a call.
"Hey, it's me. Tell the person who receives him over there to pay attention. Don't mention domestic affairs. It's best to find an excuse for him not to use his mobile phone."
The second uncle sighed beside him: "What time is it, you still think about him, if something like this happens, the reputation of the Li family will be ruined in this generation!"
Li Zhenbai glanced at his younger brother beside him, "Go upstairs to get my coat and briefcase, and then ask the driver to take me to the company."
Li Zhengxiao said "Ah?", "That won't work, your injuries haven't been treated yet."
Li Zhenbai said with a sullen face, "Go!"
Li Zhengxiao ran all the way to the elevator.
The second uncle stood next to Li Zhenbai, his face pale: "The matter has come to this point, we can only try our best to save it, see if we can make Li Daitao stiff or something, don't mention your marriage to Lin Zhen for now, wait until the turmoil is completely resolved Let's talk in the past."
Li Zhenbai didn't respond to his words, but frowned tightly and said: "We have to find out who provided these photos to the reporter first."
The second uncle sighed deeply: "This matter can be big or small, so please don't be too emotional. There are hundreds of people in Li's family, and they always keep their backs straight when they go out. People can't lift their heads by pointing their fingers!"
Li Zhengxiao ran all the way carrying his things, Li Zhenbai lowered his eyes, and finally responded, "I know..."
Li Zhenbai got into the car, and the black car drove out of the parking lot smoothly, out of the gate and went straight to the main road.
At this moment, the headlights flickered by, Li Zhenbai frowned tightly, and patted the back of the driver's seat, "Wait, Lao Zhang, back up and stop."
The black car retreated to the gate.Only then did the driver notice a familiar white SUV parked on the side of the road on the west side of the gate of the Li residence.
Li Zhenbai stared at the car with a blurry outline in the darkness for a long time, and after a while, he slowly opened the rear door.
His movements were too cautious, as if he was afraid of waking up some beautiful dream.
Click, the door was completely opened, Li Zhenbai got out of the car, his steps towards the white SUV faltered slightly, but it was not obvious.
When he got close to the car, the silent SUV suddenly ignited, the headlights came on, and the lights in the car were also turned on.
Li Zhenbai's eyesight was very good, and he could clearly see the figure in the driver's seat just by turning his eyes.
For a moment, Li Zhenbai closed his eyes, and vaguely understood something in his heart. He walked slowly to the driver's seat of the SUV, stood by the window, put his arms on the window frame that had just been lowered, bent down and looked inside .
Under the night light, this face looks fairer and more beautiful, not too gorgeous to be real, but like a beautiful and emotionless white jade statue carved by a master with superb skills.
"You didn't leave." Li Zhenbai used an affirmative sentence.
Lin Zhen leaned on the back of the driver's seat and looked at him, "Yes, I didn't leave."
In the dark night, Li Zhenbai's unusually pale face could not be seen, only a little bit of exhaustion could be seen.
Lin Zhen looked at this familiar face that often appeared in his mind in dreams at midnight, and the memories flew by frame by frame like a film.
From the first meeting when he was a teenager, to every encounter after that, to his deliberate meeting, to his short and absurd marriage, to the entanglement after leaving the Li family, until now, he and Li Zhenbai have been together In front of Li's house, they looked at each other through the car window.
Although they didn't really know each other for a long time, but thinking about it, it seemed that they had been entangled for half their lives.
Lin Zhen looked at Li Zhenbai, sighed softly, and said, "You should have thought about it, those photos... were secretly taken by me and sent to the media."
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