"Li Yehan, if you’re not flirting with me every day, you’re on your way to flirt with me, what exactly do you want? Marriage? Marriage is out of the question for now."
Li Yehan put down his chopsticks, his gaze gentle: "Qiaoqiao, you can accept me first, we don’t have to get married right away."
"I’m not accepting you, the cost of accepting you is too high."
Li Yehan held her hand: "What cost does accepting me require? I’ll prepare it for you first."
Nan Qiao chuckled: "You’re really funny."
Nan Qiao pulled her hand out of Li Yehan’s: "Let’s head over there first."
"No need, Grandpa is chatting with your parents, we can chat here. Qiaoqiao, didn’t you say you have a herbal garden at home? Take me to see it?"
Just as Nan Qiao was hesitating, Bai Jingrui ran in.
"Sis, sis, come out quickly."
Bai Jingrui ignored Li Yehan, standing beside Nan Qiao: "Sis, come see, I’ve prepared a surprise for you."
Nan Qiao stood up: "Third Brother."
"Come on, let’s go see with your third brother."
Bai Jingrui grabbed Nan Qiao’s arm and led her out, as if Li Yehan didn’t exist.
Li Yehan followed behind, curious about what surprise Bai Jingrui had prepared for Nan Qiao this time.
Bai Jingrui pulled Nan Qiao to the plaza behind the manor.
No sooner had Bai Jingrui and Nan Qiao arrived, fireworks shot up instantly, blooming brilliantly and beautifully.
There were many kinds of fireworks, dazzling people as they watched.
Nan Qiao looked up at the fireworks, her face full of smiles.
"Third Brother, the fireworks are so beautiful."
"Sis, as long as you like them." Bai Jingrui was very happy, glad that his sister liked the fireworks.
Bai Jingrui had gathered many people and bought a variety of fireworks.
Money wasn’t an issue, as long as the fireworks were beautiful enough to catch Qiaoqiao’s eyes.
Li Yehan stood on Nan Qiao’s right, and Bai Jingrui stood on Nan Qiao’s left.
The three stood together, under the fireworks, each wearing a smile on their face.
Li Yehan made a note of it, Qiaoqiao likes fireworks.
When the fireworks ended, Nan Qiao’s face was still full of smiles.
Chen Xinwan and the others also arrived, seeing the beautiful fireworks.
"Sis, if you like fireworks, I’ll set some off for you next time too." Bai Jingrui said with a smile.
"Thank you Third Brother, seeing fireworks once is enough." Nan Qiao said softly.
"Sis, you don’t need to worry, setting off fireworks isn’t troublesome. You don’t have to worry about money, your brother earns money for his sister to spend, isn’t that how it should be?"
Bai Jingrui glanced at Li Yehan, walked over, and squeezed between him and Nan Qiao, pushing Li Yehan to the side.
"Sis, let’s go in and eat. I saw Aunt Liu and the others making a giant seafood boat, it’s quite a spectacle."
Hearing about the seafood boat, Nan Qiao was already eager to go and take a look.
Everyone went to the dining area together, where a large round table for twenty was already filled with delicious dishes.
Among them, one seafood boat was really big!
Various seafood spread over it, making people drool with desire for a taste.
Bai Jingyan and Bai Jingting had returned as well, and everyone sat down to eat together.
Nan Qiao sat down with Bai Jingyan on her right, and the watchful Bai Jingrui on her left.
Bai Jingting looked at the two, and could only helplessly sit next to Li Yehan.
Li Yehan was sandwiched in the middle, resigned to his fate.
There was no other way, these three brothers saw him as an enemy.
"Sis, let me peel the shrimp for you." Bai Jingyan placed the shrimp meat onto the plate in front of Nan Qiao.
Bai Jingrui cracked open the crab: "Sis, have some crab."
Li Yehan picked up a shrimp to peel, and Bai Jingting said: "You don’t need to peel shrimp for my sister, she has two brothers to take care of her, just eat your own."
Qiaoqiao’s three brothers had an undiminished protective streak.
After the meal, Li Yehan left with Old Mr. Li.
"Grandpa, please stop sending so many gifts to the Bai Family, I’m afraid Qiaoqiao will feel uncomfortable."
Old Mr. Li was startled: "Not even gifts?"
"Qiaoqiao hasn’t married me yet, and each time you send lavish gifts, I’m worried Qiaoqiao will feel burdened. Just look at Qiaoqiao’s three brothers, every time they look at me, it’s like I’m some criminal who’s abducting Qiaoqiao."
Li Yehan expressed his genuine despair.
"Ye Han, this is really your problem, isn’t it? You think about it, you still haven’t managed to marry Qiaoqiao. Not to mention, you haven’t gained the approval of Qiaoqiao’s three brothers. Ye Han, you shouldn’t always focus on work; you should spend more time on Qiaoqiao and her family."
Li Yehan felt equally helpless, he didn’t understand how things had come to this.
Li Yehan said: "Grandpa, I want to marry Qiaoqiao, but I estimate the Bai Family won’t agree to it. They just found Qiaoqiao, there’s no way they’ll agree to her getting married anytime soon. Grandpa, please don’t worry, just wait a bit longer."
"Ye Han, why aren’t you more proactive? Wouldn’t it be better to marry Qiaoqiao sooner? Look at my health, how many more years can I wait? Are you waiting for me to die before you two get married?"
"Grandpa, I didn’t mean it that way."
"Then what do you mean? Your father Li Tianhong let me down and I was helpless, only blaming myself for giving birth to such a person! If I had known, I would have let your second uncle inherit the family estate, and he wouldn’t have gone abroad for years. But I did give your second uncle rights to the estate, not much less than your father’s. He was stubborn, wouldn’t agree, didn’t want the shares, and ran off."
Li Yehan had never met this uncle and naturally didn’t know about these matters.
"He has never contacted you? Never came back?"
Old Mr. Li shook his head, very dejected: "No, as if your grandmother and I never had this child, alas." Old Mr. Li sighed repeatedly.
Old Mr. Li continued: "Ye Han, that’s how it is sometimes, one wrong step leads to another."
Li Yehan responded with an "um," without saying more.
He also wished to marry Nan Qiao, but Nan Qiao had no plans to marry for the time being.
Li Yehan said: "We’ll wait until Qiaoqiao graduates, until Jiang Linyu’s matter is fully investigated. When there’s nothing to worry about, then we’ll get married, it’ll be safer that way."
Old Mr. Li nodded: "That’ll do, Jiang Linyu and Li Tianhong haven’t left Jing City, I’ve got people watching where they stay, not letting them cause any trouble."
Li Yehan also understood Old Mr. Li’s difficult position, caught in the middle, troubled on both sides.
"Ye Han, you have foresight, and a good eye, leaving the company to you, I have no regrets."
"Grandpa, please don’t talk like that. Qiaoqiao is taking good care of your health, rest assured."
Mentioning Nan Qiao lifted Old Mr. Li’s spirits a bit.
"Qiaoqiao is blessed, if she marries into our family, you’ll also have smooth sailing. Ye Han, I must say, you do have good taste."
Li Yehan smiled without saying a word, still unsure of when he’d be able to marry Nan Qiao?