Chapter 587: Chapter 587: Mr. Song Said, London—A Return to Familiar Grounds
For the first time, Tang Li realized that Song Baiyan could also be contemplative about the fleeting nature of time.
This realization made her understand that even though he held a powerful position and seemed omnipotent, at the end of the day, Mr. Song was still a mortal being.
Fingertips brushing over the writing on the back of the photograph, the dry ink under her fingertips, Tang Li changed to another photo, it was Tower Bridge, Mr. Song had written: “Many regrets from my trip to London, years have passed since then, should an opportunity arise, I would revisit this place.”
Looking at the word “regrets”, Tang Li didn’t know if he was referring to himself, or her, or both of them, but regardless of who, she couldn’t help but smile.
In the following days, Tang Li devoted herself entirely to acting.
During her time in Lishan, she did something routine every day—sending texts to Lai Wenyan.
Even though Lai Wenyan never replied, Tang Li still enjoyed doing it.
Since she wanted to mend the father-daughter relationship, she had to fully play the part of a dutiful daughter.
When the film crew had a break, Tang Li specifically went to a local market to pick out some dried fish and sent them back to the Lai Family in the Capital.
At the beginning of June, the weather became increasingly hotter.
Tang Li’s package was sent by standard mail.
With e-commerce discount events causing a backlog of deliveries, there were delays in transit.
The two sacks of dried fish were delivered to the Lai Family five or six days later.
When the courier left the sacks at the Lai Family’s front door, the servant, overwhelmed by the stench coming from the sacks, couldn’t help covering her mouth and nose. By the time she dragged the two sacks into the villa, the air was filled with an inescapable fishy odor.
In the dining room, the Lai Family People were having dinner.
Lai Shengxia was carrying a soy sauce dish out of the kitchen when she was hit with a wave of foul smell, she almost choked due to the unexpected assault.
Old Madam Lai had the strongest reaction, showing signs of nausea.
Ouyang Qian got up to examine the package.
When the servant opened the sacks, the smell was foul, and a couple of flies started buzzing around the room. Old Madam Lai, unable to bear it, urged the servant to remove the sacks: “Hurry up and throw them out!” ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ɴovelfire.net
“It was sent by Ah Li.” Ouyang Qian saw the information on the delivery slip.
Lai Wenyan’s face also looked rather unpleasant.
The odor was so strong that it made everyone lose their appetite.
Before Lai Wenyan could respond, a message from Tang Li came through.
“A few days ago, I went with the cast to buy local specialties. The fish looked fresh, so I bought some dried fish to send to dad and grandma. The market area only had standard mail service. Though it’s slow, I thought Lishan wasn’t far from the Capital, forgetting about the e-commerce promotions at that time.”
Upon learning that the foul dried fish was sent by Tang Li, Old Madam Lai became furious: “She just wants to smoke us to death! From now on, no matter what she sends, throw it all out without exception!”
“Ah Li had good intentions.” Ouyang Qian said: “These dried fish must have cost a fair bit of money.”
Old Madam Lai scoffed: “Is our Lai Family in need of a few dried fish? Given her malicious heart, who knows what she may have done to the fish!”
Lai Wenyan put down his cellphone, his gaze intent on Ouyang Qian who seemed to speak in Tang Li’s defense, thinking about the fact that Ouyang Qian and Lai Shengxia had done quite a few things behind his back, easily influencing the old lady. Just as the servant was about to dispose of the dried fish, he spoke up to stop her: “Take it to the kitchen for now.”
Old Madam Lai wanted to say more, but Lai Wenyan looked at the servant: “Does what I say no longer matter in this house?”
With those words, the air pressure in the dining room seemed to drop.
Seeing Lai Wenyan’s displeasure, Lai Shengxia was about to say something to make amends, but she heard Lai Wenyan assert his position as the head of the household: “Without my command, no one is to throw away anything sent by Tang Li!”