True intelligent people, upon seeing or hearing certain things, will pretend not to see or hear them.
Therefore.
When Su Xin realized that her aunt, dressed provocatively despite the severe cold, had come to the Great Wall to meet the man she liked, who turned out to be Li Qianfan, she managed to withdraw in time, even though she was inwardly extremely shocked and panicked.
They left quickly.
But one person who had witnessed this scene from afar not only did not rush to leave but suppressed the shock of "so the rumors are true" and quickly aimed his phone camera at Su Nanyin and Li Qianfan.
Zoomed in.
Snapped a photo.
After taking a picture of Li Qianfan bending down to pick up Su Nanyin, with his hands clasped around her legs, and walking quickly towards them, this person turned and left.
He had obtained the evidence that best proved Su Nanyin's rumored affair was not a rumor.
As long as he handed over the evidence to his family head, he would surely receive a great reward!
Thinking that he could easily get evidence and a great reward by going out, Shen Haoyu was extremely excited.
But as he hurried to leave, he bumped into a beggar.
"Damn it, can't you watch where you're going?"
Shen Haoyu stumbled and cursed in a low voice.
If he hadn't been in a hurry to report to the Shen family head and receive his reward, he would have slapped the beggar to the ground and kicked him a dozen times.
The beggar, wearing a dirty yellow coat, quickly nodded and apologized with a smile.
Shen Haoyu ignored him and, disregarding the slippery road, jogged towards the ticket gate.
The beggar then curled up again under the parapet, took a sip from his wine bottle, and looked north with a drunken appearance.
Li Qianfan, carrying Su Nanyin whose knee was injured, walked quickly.
Su Nanyin, unsure how she felt at the moment, instinctively hid her face on his back as a form of self-protection, afraid of being seen.
Li Qianfan quickly passed by the beggar and headed south.
After watching their backs disappear into the swirling snow, the beggar took out a mobile phone, keys, wallet, and other miscellaneous items.
These all belonged to Shen Haoyu.
Lord Li, the scum that illuminates the universe—
In the moment of "accidentally" bumping into Shen Haoyu, he had already pocketed his phone and other odds and ends, perhaps more easily than drinking cold water.
He had no interest in unlocking the phone.
After a dismissive cold snort, he exerted force with his right hand.
The phone, said to be unbreakable even by a truck, quickly turned into a twisted mess as the veins on the back of Li Nanfang's right hand bulged.
Then he raised his hand high.
The phone, with its SIM card rendered useless, quickly disappeared into the fluttering snow beyond the Great Wall.
The car keys and wallet also flew away one after another.
The more than a thousand yuan in cash, of course, he kept.
The money Su Nanyin had condescended to give him, along with this thousand yuan, was Li the scum's appearance fee!
"Damn, this is too cheap."
Li Nanfang stood up, glanced south, took out his own phone, and dialed.
It connected instantly.
Li Wujiang's voice came through: "Father, how is the matter going?"
Li Nanfang replied truthfully: "Your son is here. I didn't have the opportunity to act."
"Ah!?"
Li Wujiang was greatly shocked and then cried out: "That unfilial son! How dare he still approach Su Nanyin? Isn't he intentionally handing ammunition to the enemy?"
Li Nanfang frowned and asked indifferently, "When did the men of my Li family start caring so much about barking mad dogs? And when did they hand the key to solving problems to a woman?"
Li Wujiang dared not speak.
She could tell that her father-in-law was angry because of her outburst.
"If Qianfan hadn't appeared today, I would have looked down on him. I would have thought that your way of educating children was flawed."
Li Nanfang continued, "Including Yang Xiao! Hmph. When Su Nanyin was shouldering the fatal burden alone, you and Yang Xiao both turned a blind eye. Just because you wanted to ensure Qianfan's status as the heir of Longxu and protect his reputation in the Eastern wealthy circles out of selfishness!"
Li Wujiang still dared not speak.
"No matter how capable a woman is, the children she educates may exhibit selfish behavior at the most critical moment."
Li Nanfang's face darkened, and his tone intensified: "Your instinctive reactions, both mother and daughter-in-law, have sufficiently proven how correct my suggestion was back then when I disagreed with you two raising Li Qianfan."
Indeed.
Back then, Li Nanfang's intention was for Li Qianfan to grow up under Li Xiao in Longxu.
Or else, let him grow up in Li Family Village, raised by the eight elders.
Li Wujiang could go to work as usual, and after work, she could give him her motherly love.
But neither Li Wujiang nor Yang Xiao agreed.
Especially Empress Dowager Xiao, who insisted on personally raising Li Qianfan.
Li Nanfang couldn't dissuade the two women, so he agreed.
"Fortunately, Qianfan's fundamental nature as a man has not disappeared. Therefore, he came today."
"This greatly comforts me."
"When the men of my Li family act, as long as their conscience is clear!"
"When the fatal rumors about Su Nanyin appeared, why did I remain silent?"
"It was because I vaguely sensed that Qianfan would not disappoint me."
"I, Li Nanfang!!"
Li Nanfang said in a low voice, "How could I summon the four-nine from eight hundred with just one phone call from you, Li Wujiang? It's not because you are so capable! It's because I wanted to personally witness if Li Xiao's eldest son could bear the responsibility! Could he shoulder the sky about to collapse for the women who care about him!"
Bang.
From the phone came the sound of Li Wujiang kneeling down.
The patriarch of the Li family had never been this angry with her.
Li Wujiang had also never disappointed Li Nanfang so much.
"If he cannot even protect the woman who is willing to be the villain for him!"
"Then what's the point even if he becomes the Dragon Lord of Longxu in the future?"
"If he gives up Su Nanyin today—"
"Then in the future, he could give up Su Ziyu, give up Li Wujiang, give up his future biological daughter for his own interests! And become someone like Alexander, the great patriarch of the Moses family."
"So what if, to protect Su Nanyin, Qianfan cannot establish himself in the Eastern wealthy circles!?"
Li Nanfang's tone was still as stern as ever: "At worst, he can take the women he cares about and live a carefree life in a paradise for a lifetime! As long as his man's nature doesn't change! His son, more than twenty years later, will be another Li Nanfang! Another Li Xiao! Another Li Qianfan! Not a pathetic wretch who lets the women who care about him die for his own benefit!"
"Father."
Li Wujiang replied with a trembling voice, "Your daughter-in-law was wrong."
"Moreover."
Li Nanfang's tone softened: "If Qianfan truly abandoned Su Nanyin, would the Eastern wealthy circles look up to him more?"
They wouldn't.
Since ancient times, no one has respected a man who abandons the women who care about him for his own interests (excluding national interests).
Li Wujiang still replied with a trembling voice, "You are right to scold me."
"Li Wujiang, remember this. Remember it well. The men of my Li family act according to their own preferences and have no need to care what others think. Let alone, Qianfan will definitely handle his relationship with Su Nanyin. Even if it goes disastrously, so what? Who dares to look down on Li Nanfang's grandson?"
Li Nanfang let out a cold laugh: "Therefore, when I first heard that those useless mongrels created rumors that allowed you all to watch Su Nanyin die helplessly, I was truly disappointed."
Li Wujiang dared not speak again.
"Fortunately, Li Qianfan is, after all, Li Nanfang's grandson, and he did not disgrace me."
Li Nanfang said calmly, "He is qualified to be the Dragon Lord of Longxu. In the future, as long as I am alive, whoever dares to touch his position as Dragon Lord, I will personally take him to the Eight Hundred Emperor's Valley and imprison him for life."
"Father—"
The word Li Wujiang instinctively cried out was filled with indescribable joy.
The patriarch of the Li family was finally going to officially intervene in the struggle for the Dragon Lord position among the second generation of Longxu.
He fully supported Li Qianfan!
For this, he was willing to personally take away the contenders and bring them to see you in the Emperor's Valley.
Li Nanfang's willingness to go to such lengths to interfere in the matter of Longxu's future Dragon Lord was solely because Li Qianfan appeared before him at the right time!
How could Li Wujiang not be overjoyed?
But before she could say anything, Li Nanfang interrupted her: "Useless thing, it's fortunate that you have now inherited Yang Xiao's mantle and become the foremost master of this era, surpassing your husband."
Li Wujiang—
"Alas, women. When will they ever be as upright and pure-minded as we men?"
After uttering the words "pure-minded," Li the scum ended the call.
Then he lightly shook his body—
He landed gracefully on the parapet, glanced at Shen Haoyu, who had frantically run back to find the beggar after discovering his phone was missing, cursed him as an idiot contemptuously, turned upside down, and disappeared into the deep valley beyond the Great Wall.
The snow continued to fall and fall.
Li Qianfan, carrying Su Nanyin, finally ambled out of the ticket gate and into the parking lot.
Ignoring the gazes of some tourists who had deliberately braved the snow to climb the Great Wall, Li Qianfan walked to Su Nanyin's car, took the key from inside her windbreaker, opened the door, and placed her in the passenger seat.
He then took her black mink coat from the back and wrapped it around her.
Su Nanyin closed her eyes and said softly, "Close the door, let's go."
"Close the door? Go where? What's there to hide about treating your wound?"
Li Qianfan said with a calm expression, carefully lifting her injured leg and placing it on the dashboard.