[Urban] Campus Maple Leaves Red (Complete) - 19

【Volume 1: First Encounter with Maple Leaves】 Chapter 8: The Water's Muddy, You Can Avoid Touching It (4)

The players who were trying out for the Tiancheng Women's Basketball Team gathered on the court for warm-up exercises. The coaches of both teams also began to arrange their lineups. Principal Li and Secretary Tian, who had just arrived at the court, accompanied the deputy manager and team leader of the Tiancheng Women's Basketball Club as they walked to the coaching bench.

One team aimed to select reserve players, while the other was preparing for the upcoming games. Thus, the not-so-formal game started early.

The center of the Tiancheng Women's Basketball Team was 1.88 meters tall, and her jumping ability and reaction speed were slightly inferior to Ya Rou's. So, after the opening jump ball, Ya Rou reached out and flicked the ball to the point guard, Yu Lian.

Yu Lian, receiving the ball in the backcourt, shook off her defender and made a half-court pass to Mao Ye (the one from No. 3 Middle School) who was cutting to the basket at a 45-degree angle. Mao Ye drew two defenders, and through a gap in the defense, he passed the ball to Zhang Nan, who was cutting to the basket from the baseline. Zhang Nan finished with a layup, and No. 33 Middle School's girls' basketball team scored the first two points.

The sports school's training emphasizes individual physical qualities, so in the following scrimmage, apart from Ya Rou and the "crazy girl" Yu Lian, who didn't suffer much in physical confrontation, the other players on No. 33 Middle School's girls' team were at a significant disadvantage in this aspect. It was this gap that put a lot of pressure on the No. 33 Middle School girls' basketball team in both offense and defense.

However, basketball is not about one aspect. So, the No. 33 Middle School girls' basketball team, with their more skillful teamwork, stabilized their position and used varied tactics to deal with the opponent's strong physique.

Having adapted to the opponent's strong physicality and stabilized their offensive and defensive rhythm, the No. 33 Middle School girls' basketball team took the lead after seven or eight minutes.

Since it was a player evaluation game, the Tiancheng girls' basketball team frequently substituted players, a practice that continued until the middle of the second quarter, when three of their starting positions were essentially fixed.

Under the leadership of these three key players, Tiancheng's tactics gradually came into play.

While their physical strength was better than their opponents, their tactics were slightly inferior. Offensively, Tiancheng employed a strategy where their center would position himself to limit Ya Rou's movement, allowing other players to use their physical advantages to attack from various positions. Defensively, Tiancheng's quick retreat and zone defense effectively limited the No. 33 Middle School team's fast-paced tactics while significantly reducing their own defensive vulnerabilities.

Brute force can overcome any technique! Watching Tiancheng gradually close the gap, Old Li couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

Old Li's subconscious movement was noticed by the team leader of Tiancheng Women's Basketball Team. From Principal Li's smile, she realized he understood basketball, so she used this opportunity to talk to him about youth women's basketball training.

However, youth women's basketball training is a vast topic, and Principal Li wasn't a professional in this area. So, regarding his insights, Principal Li mentioned two things: controlling the intensity of strength training and technique development.

Speaking of strength training, Principal Li's players were currently at a disadvantage on the court. This was because the players needed further adaptation to such high-intensity competition, such as changing their defensive rhythm. These girls were only sixteen or seventeen years old. To completely adapt to an opponent they had never encountered before in a single game would be a long shot, let alone for older girls.

Regarding the issue of technical skill development, Principal Li always believed that these young girls were still growing. Prematurely defining their technical skills would limit their future development. Therefore, Principal Li always taught them many correct basic techniques but didn't emphasize finalizing them, leaving room for future improvement.

Combining these two points, Principal Li meant that while they were still growing, strength training, especially absolute strength, must be moderate, otherwise it could leave hidden dangers for their growth and development, such as sports fatigue and injuries. Technical skills (including tactical awareness) should be guided more on the spot, rather than telling them exactly when to use certain things, giving them ample space for independent thought.

Old Li's words were useless even during halftime, but after he finished speaking, he realized that a professional expert sitting next to him hadn't even offered a comment. In this situation, Old Li's smile was a little embarrassed.

The coaches were all giving tactical instructions to both teams, and Old Li, who had been wielding his sword in front of Guan Yu, quickly made an excuse to go cool off with the players.

Together with Xie Xin and Coach Mi, Lao Li explained to the young girls on the team the most challenging aspects of the first half, and made adjustments accordingly for the rest of the game. These included strategies for attacking and passing to the two-three zone defense and long-range shooting, and for defensive help defense, focusing on covering and assisting. As Coach Xie clapped to encourage the players, Lao Li turned around and found the Tiancheng girls' team leader squatting behind him.

Having played the role of an expert on youth issues, and now a coach, Lao Li smiled again at the team leader who suddenly seemed very interested in him and watching him intently.

There's a well-known anecdote about someone smiling three times at another; Lao Li smiled at another person three times, but each time he seemed more helpless. What could he do? He had to play this role after that.

In the second half, the No. 33 Middle School girls' team played seriously, but not desperately. The goal of the game was to practice tactics and gain experience; winning or losing was secondary.

In contrast to the mindset of the No. 33 Middle School girls' basketball team, the Tiancheng girls' basketball team players were determined to make a good impression, and every player on the court gave it their all.

When they were focused yet relaxed, both their tactics and skills were on full display, resulting in a high success rate for both offense and defense for the No. 33 Middle School team. While they didn't have much tactical coordination, their individual abilities were stronger, allowing them to showcase their skills more effectively. The Tiancheng players played exceptionally well in each individual situation.

When the final whistle blew, the Tiancheng girls' basketball team won by five points. However, neither side showed much excitement, and the losing side showed no frustration. The players from both teams calmly shook hands at center circle before returning to their respective coaches.

The selection process for the Tiancheng girls' basketball team was very tight, so they politely declined the No. 33 Middle School's enthusiastic invitations to stay and boarded the bus to leave.

As the bus drove out of the school gate, the people from No. 33 Middle School who came to see them off split into two groups. The team members and coaches naturally returned to the training ground, while Old Li and Secretary Tian walked together towards the teaching building.

Before the exam, all classes entered the review stage, and because there were empty seats in the classrooms, a few close friends who weren't originally sitting next to each other would often switch seats to sit together.

In the classroom of Class 2, Grade 9, everyone was quietly reviewing. Old Li entered the classroom, only briefly attracting everyone's attention before the students continued reviewing.

In the last row of the classroom, near the wall, Bai Xue and Yue Yue both had their faces flushed and lowered their heads, pacing around the classroom as usual. Old Li came to the two girls' seats. He picked up the pen on Bai Xue's desk, wrote the four words "Don't be distracted" on the paper she had placed on the desk, put down the pen, gently tapped the desk, and turned to leave the classroom.

After reading the words Old Li left on the paper and hearing him tap his fingers on the table, the two girls whispered a few words to each other, then stood up and left the classroom.

The 33rd Middle School doesn't have dedicated offices for teachers in the teaching building, but there are several shared offices on each floor. The office Lao Li is in now is usually used by the two homeroom teachers of the ninth grade. It's a partitioned room, and the air conditioning has been turned off (previously, each office had its own air conditioner), so it's very hot inside, and teachers rarely work there for long periods.

Just as Lao Li sat down in this office, Bai Xue and Yue Yue walked in hand in hand.

A key was placed on the desk in front of Lao Li; he had given it to Yue Yue before going to meet the Tiancheng girls' basketball team. It wasn't anything else; Lao Li had been teasing the girls in another office for quite a while, causing their "gardens" to be flooded, soaking their underwear.

Considering that the two girls would be very uncomfortable wearing such wet underwear to class, and that Lao Li had discovered when he drove here that one of the women in his family had forgotten a box of four different colors of underwear in the car... When calling Wei Jinhu to get in the car, Old Li casually slipped the box into his pocket. He originally intended to leave it in his office at school and retrieve it after work, but after Bai Xue and Yueyue came and went, Old Li remembered that the box could come in handy earlier.

So, he quietly gave Yueyue and Bai Xue the office key and the box, and went to greet the guests.

"Did you only give the key to the teacher?"

Old Li asked as he approached the two girls with their heads down.

"I..."

The two girls looked up, but when it came to returning the rest to Old Li, they mumbled something and quickly lowered their heads again.

"Here, I have something else for you two."

Saying this, Old Li took out the pebble flowers he had given to the girls' team members that day and hung one around each girl's neck.

Before the excitement of seeing the pebble flowers on their chests could fully manifest, Old Li began searching Yueyue.

Search? Yes, a search! However, what Old Li searched were the two girls' wet underwear that they had just changed out of and were hiding in their pockets. The reason for the search was that girls usually keep their private parts, especially those soaked with vaginal fluid, in what they consider the safest place.

But since they were at school, the girls had no choice but to keep them in their most intimate places. And Old Li, once he let loose and stopped suppressing himself, when his emotional intelligence started to show, he understood every type of woman better than most.

Holding the underwear he'd taken from Yueyue, Old Li did the same to Baixue. The two adorable girls, one pink and one white, were sniffed alternately by Old Li in front of them. Watching the two girls tremble with embarrassment, their heads practically drooping above their breasts, Old Li gently lifted Yueyue's chin. As she shyly wanted to look at him but dared not, Old Li took her pink underwear and gently licked the spot stained by her "garden flood."

Suddenly, Teacher Li had transformed into something else entirely. This changed Teacher Li frightened Yueyue, made her feel completely unfamiliar, yet this very change also stirred within her a deep, uncontrollable anticipation, a tremor of fear rising within her. This expectation terrified Yueyue even more, urging her to run away. But when Teacher Li licked the remaining stains of the girl's private, shameful bodily fluids on his body, making a smacking sound, Yueyue, who wanted to escape immediately, found that her legs were inexplicably weak and unable to move an inch.

Bai Xue's body, stained with the girl's private, shameful fluids, was also being smelled and licked by the now unfamiliar Teacher Li. As the two girls, their legs weak, began to sweat in the somewhat warm room, Teacher Li, who had put both girls' clothes in his pocket, suddenly appeared behind them. With a loud slap, Mr. Li's large, outstretched hand landed simultaneously on the two girls' budding, developing bottoms. After a simultaneous gasp from the two girls, Mr. Li's voice rang in their ears: "If you two get distracted while studying, be careful your little bottoms get a good spanking!"

"I'm taking your things. When you leave, close the door behind you."

Mr. Li's voice came from the office doorway, followed by the soft sound of the door closing behind them.

The Mr. Li they knew before, so gentle, always made the two girls feel a growing, innocent attachment to him, a desire to be close to him. Now, suddenly, Mr. Li had become a different person, his unfamiliar fear and shocked anticipation leaving a deep impression on the two girls' hearts.

This was a mature man, using a special and almost domineering method to truly take away the hearts of two young girls whose budding romantic feelings had just begun to blossom.

For the first time, he didn't let his heart falter in front of a girl; for the first time, he didn't consider right or wrong; and for the first time, he expressed himself in a man's way. He didn't know why the sky above was so clear, or why his steps were so light. He sent text messages to Tie Yi and Tian Rong, telling them to come to his office. Old Li then headed towards his office near the gymnasium. After

Old Li left, the two young women, their faces glistening with sweat, let out a long sigh of relief! Was it the pressure from this different kind of man that had subsided? Or was it the secret relief that a slap on the bottom from such a man had caused their private, embarrassing fluids to overflow uncontrollably, wetting their newly changed clothes without being noticed? The two young women couldn't say for sure. They quickly took off their clothes, now stained with their shameful fluids, changed into the two remaining ones Old Li had given them, and hurriedly left the office they could never forget.

Tian Rong and Tie Yi arrived one after the other, and Old Li discussed the arrangements for the house with them. Originally, he wanted Tian Rong, Tie Yi, and Xin'er to stay temporarily in the side courtyard. However, Old Li thought that the main house had too many rooms, and with fewer people, it would feel empty and lonely at night. Therefore, Old Li proposed that the three of them also stay in the main house, as guests for now. However

, Tie Yi needed to give her daughter Xiao Zhu a reasonable explanation, and Xiao Ru needed to be relatively accepting.

Old Li suddenly started making decisions about his women! Tie Yi and Tian Rong were somewhat surprised. But despite the surprise, they were very happy, because even if they stayed in the Li family's main house as guests, it clearly showed that Old Li was preparing to gradually reveal his relationship with them within the confines of the house. In other words, Old Li wanted to treat his women as fairly as possible within the confines of the house. In other words, Old Li used to passively accept several women, but now he actively wants to keep them all by his side.

Old Li's attitude is an acknowledgment of his relationships with these women, but this acknowledgment remains unspoken; he hasn't yet expressed it verbally.

School was about to let out, and after Old Li explained his intentions, Tian Rong and Tie Yi didn't object. So, the three of them discussed it, and decided that the two women would go home to change rooms at noon, while Old Li would go to the airport to meet Fei'er and pick up his mother-in-law. Getting

from No. 33 Middle School to the airport in Jiangzhong City required driving from north to south through the entire city, and noon was a very busy time for traffic. Fei'er contacted him by phone, and she told her father-in-law she was waiting at the airport's outdoor restaurant. However, by the time Old Li drove through the busy city and arrived at the airport's outdoor restaurant, it had already taken him over an hour.

While the car was parked, Old Li quickly tried to contact Fei'er by phone. He felt terrible for leaving his daughter-in-law waiting alone for over an hour.

Just as he was about to dial Fei'er's number, his phone rang with a text message: "Dad, have you arrived?" "

Yes, Fei'er, where are you?" Old Li, who could now type Chinese characters on his phone, replied to Fei'er. "

Dad, can you find Fei'er in ten minutes?" Seeing Fei'er's quick reply, Old Li's mind kept flashing back to Fei'er's mischievous yet alluring expression. "You

little devil! Dad will search high and low to find you!" Old Li replied with nearly twenty words in just over a minute, sending the message while simultaneously beginning his frantic search.

Today, the restaurant outside the airport was much more crowded than usual, mostly with groups of 18- or 19-year-olds holding posters or signs. Airport security guards and men in suits were maintaining order at the restaurant entrance, keeping the crowd small and chanting.

Guided by security, Lao Li entered the restaurant through a side door. In the corridor leading to the boarding gate, besides the same people maintaining order outside, there were many more people carrying cameras and microphones, presumably reporters, gathered around a makeshift platform. "

What important person is coming here?" Lao Li, who was usually uninterested in such things, muttered to himself, and began to look around the restaurant. "Fei'er certainly won't suffer here in this noisy environment," he thought, recalling his previous visits. He then turned and headed towards the elevator leading upstairs.

The third floor of the restaurant was a quiet café. Just as Lao Li was about to press the elevator button for the third floor, someone hurriedly entered the elevator. Seeing Lao Li pressing the button, the person who had been standing with their back to Lao Li also waited for the elevator to ascend.

A ding-dong sounded, and the elevator doors opened on the third floor. The person who had been standing with their back to Lao Li stepped out first. Lao Li followed the person out of the elevator, and several others walked towards it.

Turning around, the person who had exited the elevator before Lao Li saw someone approaching and came face to face with him.

Those dark sunglasses were a bit too big! Seeing the person who suddenly turned around almost bump into him, Lao Li didn't scold the person for their recklessness, but was surprised by the sunglasses that covered half their face before walking around them and continuing forward.

"Teacher Li."

Just as he passed the person in sunglasses, Lao Li heard a soft voice behind him.

Teacher Li, that must be calling him, right? As he was thinking, Old Li turned around.

All he saw was the closed elevator door and this person wearing large sunglasses. Old Li looked at the person with a questioning gaze.

"Teacher Li, don't you recognize me?"

The person took off the sunglasses and asked with a smile.

According to the legend of Jin Yong, Li Xunhuan, the Third Scholar, liked to touch his nose when he couldn't figure things out. However, Old Li had already developed this habit before he heard of Jin Yong's legend as a child. So, facing this smiling face he had no recollection of, Old Li habitually touched his nose and began to think: Where have we met before?

"Hehe…Teacher Li, you really haven't changed, not even this gesture of yours has changed."

A bright, round laugh rang out from the smiling face, and she gave Old Li, who still hadn't figured it out, her on-the-spot assessment.

"Hehe... I'm so sorry, I really... I can't remember where I've seen you before."

A little embarrassed, Old Li frankly told the person who had just evaluated him his thoughts.

"Hehe... Teacher Li, I can't accept being addressed so formally! But I have things to do today. Since I've already seen you here, I'll come visit you in a few days. If you still can't remember who I am then, I'll wait for you until you remember me before I leave!"

With that, he put his sunglasses back on, gave a crisp goodbye, and disappeared.

Old Li touched the bridge of his nose, watching the departing figure with a wry smile.

Indeed, it's true, for someone you have absolutely no recollection of to stand before you claiming to know you, and even seeming very familiar with you, is something that definitely requires some thought.

【Volume 1: First Encounter with Maple Leaves】 Chapter 8: The Water's Muddy, You Don't Have to Touch It (5)

The corridor in front of him led to two places. Going straight in, he entered the coffee shop, while turning right led to the restroom. After a slight hesitation, Lao Li turned right and headed towards the restroom.

"Fei'er! You little devil! You've been caught!"

As soon as the shadow with its back to him, holding a phone and doing something, came into view, Lao Li tiptoed over and launched a surprise attack.

The shadow was startled and almost dropped the phone in its hand. However, after hearing what Lao Li said, the shadow did not make any further moves and asked without turning around, "Are you sure?"

It was as if Wang Xiaoya, the host of a certain TV guessing show, always asked the person opposite her in this tone. But when someone asked the same question with their back to her, Lao Li's heart skipped a beat and he quickly let go of the shadow's hand.

"Is...is it Fei'er?"

The clothes and the silhouette were almost identical to Fei'er's, but Old Li, unsure after being asked "Are you sure?", could only wait for confirmation.

"Are you still not sure?"

The voice, so similar to Fei'er's, was phrased as a question. It seemed testing Old Li was a good idea.

Everything was similar, yet he was still unsure? That was Old Li before today. Today, Old Li didn't think much of it. He wrapped his arms around the shadow's lower abdomen, rested his head on the shadow's shoulder from behind, and said softly, "Little vixen! Can you do seventy-two transformations?"

"Let go! You're the vixen!"

The shadow stiffened for a moment, then began to struggle violently as she spoke hastily.

"Good Fei'er, stop it! You..."

Once he had her, he couldn't let her fly away, especially not a little vixen pretending to be cute! So, Old Li not only tightened his grip, but his restless hands also began to rub along the shadow's lower abdomen to the groin.

"Let go! I...I'm not Fei'er! Ah! You...you scoundrel! Let go!

You..." The struggle, like a madman, interrupted Old Li's half-finished words. The shouting had completely lost any trace of the anger and fear he'd shown in his hide-and-seek.

"Aren't you Fei'er?"

Surprised and confused, Old Li turned the shadow over, staring intently.

"Scoundrel!"

The shadow, now facing him, roared and slapped him across the face.

A legendary iron bridge—the shadow's slender, outstretched hand swept across Old Li's face, then with a large step back, Old Li maintained a safe distance from the shadow facing him.

"Ah! You're not Fei'er..."

Whether Old Li's acting was truly convincing is unknown, but his initial humbly apologies and self-reproach finally calmed the enraged Shadow down.

*Thump!* Just as Old Li was about to breathe a sigh of relief at the Shadow's subdued rage, a dull thud echoed as he was kicked hard in the backside. *Thud!* Before he could turn around to see who had attacked him, a sharp pain shot through his knee, accompanied by another sound.

It was Fei'er who had kicked him in the backside, and Shadow who had slapped him in the knee. However, the two were now standing hand-in-hand, with a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl beside them, laughing incessantly at the grimacing Old Li.

"You two came here to play tricks on each other, and now you've gotten yourselves into this mess, so why are you blaming others!"

As a woman in a cheongsam approached and scolded Fei'er and Shadow, Old Li, recovering from his pain, was truly confused. He was still bewildered by Fei'er calling the woman in the cheongsam "Auntie" and Shadow calling her "Mom."

Yes, Fei'er had never mentioned having an aunt! And Shadow, who now blushed even at a glance, had never been mentioned by Fei'er either! And how could Shadow look so much like Fei'er? Before Old Li could finish processing all his questions, the woman in the cheongsam gracefully approached him, extending a delicate hand slightly. Smiling, she said, "Hello, I'm Xie Yang's mother, Fei'er's classmate. It's a pleasure to meet you." "

Hello, hello, I'm Li Feng, it's a pleasure to meet you too."

He suddenly understood! Fei'er had mentioned having a classmate in middle school who looked remarkably like her, and the two often played pranks on each other. Today, not only did she meet this classmate, but she also managed to get to know her mother.

"Hehe... Uncle Li Feng, are you happy to meet me?"

The little girl who had been smiling at Old Li, after the classmate's mother and Li Feng introduced themselves, mischievously stood in front of Li Feng, tilting her head slightly as she asked.

"Hehe... It's an honor to meet you! But can you tell me your name?"

Old Li smiled as well, but his words carried a hint of seriousness.

"My name is Qu Rou, but Uncle Li Feng, isn't it a bit abrupt to ask a lady's name right away?"

Her self-introduction was straightforward, but she didn't mince words when pointing out her shortcomings.

"Hehe... Beautiful Miss Qu Rou, can you forgive my abruptness?"

Old Li still smiled, but his slightly bowed gentlemanly posture made the gesture seem quite elegant.

"Xiao Rou! You're being silly again!"

The woman in the cheongsam scolded Qu Rou playfully, but a hint of a smile flickered in her eyes as she glanced at Lao Li.

Several blue-eyed, high-nosed people walked over, and those standing in the aisle politely made way for them. It was this simple act of crossing the aisle that finally allowed Lao Li and his group to put aside their formalities and come together into the coffee shop.

Xie Yang, who never gave Lao Li a second glance; Qu Rou, who looked at Lao Li like he was an ancient creature; and Fei'er, who seemed oblivious

to Lao Li's presence—the only person who treated Lao Li normally was the woman in the cheongsam sitting next to him. They were about the same age and had a good impression of each other (at least Lao Li thought so). The conversation started with the three children in front of them, and Lao Li began chatting with the woman in the cheongsam.

He waved for the waiter who came to inquire to leave, and Fei'er, still ignoring Lao Li's suggestion, said it was time for everyone to go eat.

The second floor of the restaurant outside the airport served Chinese food. Fei'er spoke a few words to the waiter, who then led everyone to their reserved seats. As they were walking, a series of hurried footsteps came from the stairs, and several people rushed over as if chased by wolves.

Seeing someone charging towards them, Old Li, who was quicker, stepped forward, blocking the front of his group and kicking the first one of the charging men back.

It's understandable; suddenly seeing someone rushing towards you with something shiny, Old Li's reaction was purely instinctive.

The man who was kicked back was quickly subdued by his companions. When Old Li saw that the shiny object on the ground was definitely not a deadly weapon, one of the men who had subdued him came over to thank him.

Ten minutes later, a high-ranking person's plane was about to land at the airport. The man who had been tackled was on a plane that had landed twenty minutes earlier. A very famous film star was scheduled to hold a press conference at the airport, but due to a slight conflict with the arrival time of the important figure, it was delayed. He rushed forward eagerly to see his idol, only to be kicked instead. It seemed he was likely to be detained for a few days.

A hero protecting a beauty? This situation left the courageous Old Li speechless! Yes, the man just wanted to see his idol, and you kicked him—what kind of behavior is that?

Another unexpected incident, but among the four women, Fei'er seemed completely unaffected, while Xie Yang looked at her with a "Why are you being so nosy!" expression. Her mother, dressed in a cheongsam, always seemed to have a smile in her eyes when she glanced at Old Li with an exaggerated and admiring look that I hadn't noticed. Little Qu Rou kept pulling Old Li's hand, repeatedly asking him to confirm whether his kick had hit the person or just the shoulder.

Old Li had done something neither particularly impressive nor particularly bad, yet some people were grumbling about it. His mood, like the different expressions on the faces of the four women, was a mix of displeasure and unease.

The only positive thing Old Li did was that the manager of the Chinese restaurant outside the airport came, both to thank him again for what had happened and to waive his and his group's late lunch.

Free lunch and people were unhappy? Was this what they meant by "it's impossible to please everyone"?

The important figures, surrounded by a long welcoming party, had just left after a dozen minutes when shouts and cheers came from downstairs. It was the large group of fans waiting outside the restaurant, eager to see them.

When Grandpa Li was still alive, even with a master like Mei Lanfang, he would only appreciate their performances, not their personal character. This attitude wasn't due to any personal prejudice against Mei Lanfang, but rather stemmed from a comprehensive evaluation of the profession. This comprehensive evaluation wasn't based on his own insights, but rather on the accumulated wisdom of most people in the world.

Some say actors are heartless, others say they are unrighteous. When Du Shiniang and others say there are always exceptions, some might argue that wolves eat people when hungry, yet they too have raised human children when hungry. Therefore, we shouldn't use exceptions to justify our actions, because the majority's behavior should be the true reflection of a situation. Exceptions are just exceptions; nothing can make an exception the mainstream. In today's materialistic world, exceptions are as rare as ancient dinosaurs, requiring a distant memory. And the more the world's balance is measured by profit, the further back in time we need to remember exceptions. In Grandpa Li's generation, or their grandfather's era, some people respectfully referred to actors as "actors," a general term for the performing arts. The entertainment industry today is draped in a glamorous veneer, making it increasingly difficult to find exceptions.

This mentality influenced Lao Li, so when Xiao Qurou was so eager to go out and watch that she forgot to eat, and the other three women were also tempted, Lao Li started eating heartily.

Lao Li's self-centered behavior greatly dampened the enthusiasm of the four ladies, but this time it was three women who expressed their regret to Lao Li, while one woman said to him, "I'll stuff you to death in no time!"

It was too late to say anything, as the sounds of the fans outside had faded into the distance. The four women, filled with regret, began to focus on eating.

The plane arrived on schedule, and everyone waited at the exit of the emergency exit for those who were supposed to greet them.

Today, Fei'er's eyesight was much better than Lao Li's, as she rushed forward calling out, while Lao Li was still struggling to find his future mother-in-law in the bustling crowd.

Looking at the woman in the cheongsam hugging Fei'er, and then at the woman in the cheongsam whose expression had inexplicably become complex, Lao Li was now astonished to discover that the woman hugging Fei'er bore an uncanny resemblance to the woman in the cheongsam!

It was a kind of uncanny resemblance, but only when the two appeared together would you suddenly realize, "Wow, these two really do look alike!"

The woman in the cheongsam resembled Fei'er's mother so much, while Fei'er and Xie Yang truly looked very alike. And now, upon closer inspection, Xiao Qu Rou even shared some similarities with these four women. Could it be that these two families were once related? Old Li couldn't help but carefully compare again.

Fei'er and her mother's embrace ended, and Old Li's fruitless comparison came to a close. Fei'er's mother, with a smile on her face, froze and faded upon seeing the woman in the cheongsam.

This initial smile, like fireworks blooming in the night sky, left one's heart sinking into the distant darkness. Perhaps there were many things to unravel between the two women, but not wanting to pry into others' privacy, Old Li smiled and greeted his future mother-in-law. "

Was the journey tiring? Was the wait unbearable? How have you been these days?" "I've been doing alright lately..."

A warm but not overly enthusiastic greeting, a calm but not indifferent concern—this simple transition between the two families dispelled much of the earlier chill.

After Xie Yang and Qu Rou had also greeted Fei'er's mother warmly, the woman in the cheongsam and Fei'er's mother finally faced each other. With Old Li's timely buffer and Xie Yang and Qu Rou's deeper transition, the two women nodded to each other.

The mother-in-law got into Fei'er's car, and Xie Yang, who still found Old Li's presence extremely irritating, followed them in. Old Li was the driver, and the woman in the cheongsam and Qu Rou got into his car.

In the afternoon, while the city traffic was still heavy, the congestion had lessened considerably, and in just over forty minutes they crossed the entire city, arriving at the Li family compound in two cars.

Having heard Fei'er's brief introduction of the Li family in the car, Fei'er's mother and Xie Yang were somewhat prepared, but the sheer size of the Li family still greatly surprised them. However, for the woman in the cheongsam and Qu Rou, who had been riding in Old Li's car the entire way without hearing a thing, it was utterly astonishing.

Tian Rong went to the school, because it's always best to have someone in charge at the school, no matter the time. Therefore, in the Li family compound, Old Li's aunt led the way, followed by Tie Yi, with Xiao Zhu, Yu Rong, Xie Xin, Qing Yu, and Da Mei lined up to welcome the guests.

Previously, when Fei'er's mother visited the Li family to see her daughter, she was always worried that her daughter would be lonely because the Li family was too small. Who knew that in just over a year, the Li family home, suddenly several times larger than before, would be so full of life because of this simple yet warm scene.

A family feast is all about everyone pitching in. Old Li was in charge of cooking in the kitchen, while Tie Yi, Da Mei, and Yu Rong, who always wanted to get involved, assisted him busily.

As they walked and talked, Old Li's aunt led Fei'er's mother and the guests who had just arrived at the Li family home, accompanied by Fei'er, on a leisurely stroll through the Li family's garden. Xie Xin, Xiao Zhu, and Xiao Ru took advantage of the lull to tidy up the rooms for the new guests.

The afterglow illuminated the western sky, the bamboo tips swayed in the breeze, and laughter drifted from the windows of the main hall of the Li family garden.

Fei'er and Xiaozhu accompanied Fei'er's mother, while Yu Rong, a woman in a cheongsam who had somehow found common ground with her, was pulled into Yu Rong's room. Qu Rou, who had been excitedly restless ever since entering the Li family's garden, was now nowhere to be seen, having disappeared with Xiao Ru. Old Li, while helping Xie Xin and Da Mei clear the tableware into the kitchen, left his room and went to the pavilion in the garden.

Old Li came to the pavilion to enjoy the breeze (not to feed mosquitoes in the moonlight) and also to stretch his muscles.

A moonlit night doesn't necessarily mean a clear day; the half-moon, which had been moving through the clouds, was now hiding behind them. Just moments before, he could see things roughly from a dozen steps away, but now it was dim and he was slightly disoriented by the visual contrast. Old Li wanted to turn around the artificial hill and return to his gatehouse.

"Is that brother-in-law?"

Just as Old Li reached the edge of the artificial hill, a blurry figure asked him.

"Oh! It's Yu Rong! Are you all alone here?"

He was a little surprised, not by the sudden appearance of the person, but because Yu Rong, who had been with the woman in the cheongsam, had appeared here so quickly.

"Yes, I'm all alone here."

The dim light made her face unclear, and it seemed to make her voice sound low.

"Sit here for a while, we'll go back later."

Old Li was already less than two steps away from Yu Rong, and as he spoke, he reached her side, took her hand, and sat down with her on a stone bench by the artificial hill.

"It's windy here."

Is the wind in the Central Plains really that strong on a June night? Old Li wouldn't ask such a question, but finding a sheltered spot for Yu Rong in such a large garden seemed quite easy.

Holding Yu Rong's hand, Old Li led her around the artificial hill, eventually finding a truly sheltered spot.

Surrounded by artificial hills on three sides and facing a dense clump of bamboo on the other, the younger sister-in-law slowly leaned on her brother-in-law's shoulder in a sheltered spot where the two could sit comfortably.

Neither spoke, unsure where to begin, nor did anything else, unsure how to convey the other's true feelings.

The brother-in-law and sister-in-law sat silently, but as the night breeze carried their voices, they exchanged glances and realized someone was nearby, talking and moving.

"Was it coming this way?"

"Probably. Was the voice we heard coming from this side?"

"Yes! I heard it coming from this side too, how come it's gone now?"

"Did they go back to sleep?"

"No way! The path we came from leads back to the bedroom; they would have to go back this way."

"Could they have gone somewhere else?"

"No way..."

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