"All of this is just your speculation!" Lu Yinchu pressed his lips together and spoke.
Li Weihuan shook his head, "Of course not. Do you still remember when Dad and I visited the Lu Family on the sixth? Right before you and Nanxi returned, Great Grandfather called me to the study and told me some things. His main purpose was to give me 20% of the KING Group’s shares in his name!"
Lu Yinchu’s eyes flickered as he listened to Li Weihuan continue, "I naturally refused. I’ve been following you since I was a child. How could I not know whether you used Great Grandfather’s private assets when you were starting the business? If I had taken them, what would I have become? I couldn’t accept it! But Great Grandfather said that I couldn’t refuse."
"He said that if I didn’t accept, the Lu and Li families would descend into chaos, and there would be no peace. He even repeated to me the words you told him, every single word. I understood what Great Grandfather meant— he wanted me to remember your kindness, to not stray in the future, including in how I dealt with things concerning Nanxi. I must not deviate from the right path. Moreover, the harmony between the Lu and Li families cannot depend on you alone; I am also needed! So, I accepted! I made my stance clear afterward, saying I wanted to get engaged to Yi Mu in the middle of the month, but Great Grandfather refused. He probably knew he had pushed me too hard and feared I would lose my own happiness... "
"But what is happiness? In this life, much of the time we don’t live for ourselves. Uncle, you’ve endured in silence for eight years for the same reason, haven’t you? However, Uncle, you don’t have to worry about Yi Mu. I don’t dislike her; on the contrary, I quite like her. A girl who can satisfy those around me and not make me reject her—what is there for me to be picky about? Besides, she comes from a good family, looks good, has a good personality, and she’s willing to be with me despite my circumstances; what right do I have to complain?"
"Uncle, I don’t know how long it will truly take for me to accept Yi Mu in my heart, but I will try. Not only to put Grandfather and Grandmother at ease but to reassure myself as well. Only this way can I ensure I don’t harm anyone, especially Nanxi! Uncle, just think of me as being wilful, please don’t say anything more, because the matter has come to this point, any more words are futile. I only ask for your blessing, just bless me, please! Really!"
Li Weihuan personally went upstairs to fetch Yi Mu.
Upon seeing Li Weihuan, Yi Mu immediately ran over and took hold of his arm, asking, "Weihuan, you... you’re alright, aren’t you?"
Li Weihuan pursed his lips and shook his head, "I’m fine!"
"Good!" Yi Mu was overjoyed, "You have no idea, I was so worried about you waiting upstairs!"
"Let’s go back," he said.
Yi Mu tenderly latched onto Li Weihuan’s arm and turned to say goodbye to Nanxi.
Li Weihuan did not speak the whole time, and it was Nanxi who at last said, "Let me give you a lift!"
Downstairs, Qi Qun was no longer in the living room, nor was the old master; only Xia Zhen and Lu Yinchu remained.
Seeing the three come downstairs, Xia Zhen courteously offered to have them stay for dinner. Li Weihuan and Yi Mu declined, and Xia Zhen did not press further, but simply reminded them to be careful on the way.
Xia Zhen went out to see them off, and Nanxi sat down beside Lu Yinchu.
Nanxi caught a faint scent of tobacco on Lu Yinchu. Had he smoked?
Pressing her lips together, Nanxi asked, "Is everything resolved?"
"What’s decided is decided; there’s no need to resolve it!" Lu Yinchu replied, then asked her, "By the way, what did you and Yi Mu talk about upstairs?"
"Ah? That, well, not much. But Yi Mu, she asked me some questions about Lun Ying!" Nanxi frowned slightly and said, "Lu Yinchu, you know that Lun Ying likes Weihuan. What if she finds out Weihuan and Yi Mu are getting married? Weihuan was a bit impulsive this time..."
Lu Yinchu’s brows also furrowed. In fact, he felt that Lun Ying was very suitable for Weihuan. If Weihuan could fall for Lun Ying in the future, even if Qi Qun opposed, he would do his best to help the two come together!
But now, it was too late!
Of course, Li Weihuan was twenty-six and an adult. He had the ability to judge for himself and knew what he was doing!
Furthermore, as for matters of the heart, as an uncle, he couldn’t interfere too much!
The next day was Nanxi’s birthday. She was born a little after eight in the morning. Her father said that her mother had entered the maternity room around nine o’clock the previous evening, insisting on a natural birth and enduring the whole night before giving birth.