Tang Li had no choice but to say, "It wasn’t Deng Xian."
Wu Xuehan’s gaze was filled with resentful accusation, "Ah Li, don’t try to fool us."
"I ran into an acquaintance yesterday afternoon, and I was the one who invited them out for a meal; it’s not what you think."
Wu Xuehan said, "So it was an acquaintance all along."
Then Wu Xuehan started discussing with Yu Sui, "Sometimes when Ah Li returns to school at night, she’s in a good mood, like that time after the National Drama Festival, Ah Li even took a Peninsula Iron Box downstairs. I had already gone to bed, so I didn’t go out to the balcony to check. Later, when Ah Li got back, she seemed groggy and I noticed she sat at her desk for a long time."
At this point, Wu Xuehan and Yu Sui exchanged glances.
Yu Sui turned to look at Tang Li, incredulous, "Are you dating Fu Si?!"
Not wanting to continue the pointless conversation with them, Tang Li went back to her room to shower. After closing the door, she found several missed calls on her cellphone.
The signal was bad at the shooting range on the mountain, so she hadn’t received them at the time.
There was also a new message.
"Call me back when you see this message!"
Throwing her cellphone on the bed, Tang Li went to the bathroom.
After she finished showering and came out, there were more calls and messages on her cellphone, all from Lai Wenyan.
"Who allowed you to go to Diannan for filming? Get back here immediately!"
"Do you even consider me your father anymore?!"
"You can ignore my calls, but I’ll send someone to Diannan tomorrow. Don’t blame me, your father, for being harsh then!"
The "father" who hadn’t bothered to call and ask her to come home even during New Year’s Eve was now appearing on her cellphone with nothing but accusations and threats. Only when Lai Wenyan wanted her to do something would he use his position as a father to pressure her.
Tang Li simply blacklisted him.
Meanwhile, at the Lai Family home, Lai Wenyan tried to call Tang Li again but was informed she was out of service area. Realizing what happened, he sat back down in his leather chair, pulling at his shirt collar, fuming with anger!
If it hadn’t been for Yuanyuan’s slip of the tongue, he wouldn’t have even known that Tang Li had taken on a narcotics-related movie, and now she was already in Diannan!
This rebellious daughter!
She just can’t wait for everyone to find out she has a grandfather who was a drug dealer!
Ouyang Qian knocked and entered, seeing her husband’s terrible mood, she placed the fruits she was holding onto the coffee table, "Don’t overthink it, maybe it really is just a coincidence? Ah Li is still so young, don’t always speculate about a child."
"Me, speculate about her?" Lai Wenyan’s veins bulged at his temples, "Isn’t everything she does a slap in the face to me as a father? She even goes off to film by the Mihesha River..."
At this, Lai Wenyan sneered, "She’s venting her dissatisfaction with me. If I were to fall one day, she’d probably be the first to applaud!"
Ouyang Qian walked over and gently patted her husband’s back, "Calm down. Ah Li doesn’t know what her grandfather did, and her mother never told her. Her taking on this movie was purely accidental; there’s no need to say it’s targeting you."
Hearing this, Lai Wenyan’s expression softened, "After all she’s done, you’re still speaking for her!"
"She’s still a child, should we really be so petty with her?" rebutted Ouyang Qian.
At home, Ouyang Qian’s long hair cascaded over her shoulders, and she wore a gentle smile. Lai Wenyan, moved by the sight, pulled Ouyang Qian to sit on his lap, "These years have been hard on you."
"What hardship is there to talk about among family."
"How can there not be hardship?" Lai Wenyan thought of the past, gripping his wife’s hand with a firmer hold, his thumb rubbing over the still smooth back of Ouyang Qian’s hand, "If I hadn’t gone to carry out that mission back then, I wouldn’t have left us with this mess, making you and our daughters suffer alongside me."