PFC Chapter 545: You've read too much poisonous chicken soup
Chapter 545: You've read too much poisonous chicken soup
The car started slowly. Li Kechao was a little absent-minded.
"Alumni? I know him? Is he your boyfriend?"
"No..." Li Jingyu looked at his father with complicated eyes and said, "My schoolmate is a woman. There is a Lingyun Temple in Lingyun Mountain."
Li Kechao slammed on the brakes and the car stopped by the roadside in an instant.
The atmosphere in the car suddenly became tense. Li Kechao's lips twitched, and he managed to force out a smile that was uglier than crying. "I... I know your schoolmate, is her name Shen Sang Ning? What did she... tell you?"
A trace of disappointment flashed in Li Jingyu's eyes. "She asked me if I had a younger brother."
"He also said that I would go bankrupt in the future and that someone would compete with me for my property."
"Dad... let me ask you, is what she said true?"
Li Kechao's face turned pale instantly, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his lips trembled, and he was unable to speak for a long time.
Li Jingyu stared at her father, tears welling up in her eyes, and pleaded in her voice: "Dad, just tell me the truth, what is going on?"
Li Kechao sighed deeply and placed his hands weakly on the steering wheel.
After a while, he walked over, rolled down the car window, took out a cigarette and lighter from his pocket, and lit it with trembling hands.
Li Kechao took a deep breath and said slowly, "Jingyu, Daddy is sorry for you and your mother."
"Your schoolmate is right. You do have a younger brother. He is... is... my illegitimate son."
Li Jingyu burst into tears and shouted, "Dad, how could you do this? Our family has always been fine, why would you do this?"
Li Kechao lowered his head in guilt: "Dad was confused for a moment and made a mistake. But I didn't expect things to develop to this point."
Li Jingyu bit her lip and tried to calm herself down: "What should I do now? What should I do? What should I do with my mother!"
Li Kechao remained silent, just kept smoking. After a while, he put out his cigarette, looked at Li Jingyu seriously and said: "Jingyu, you are not a child anymore..."
"Now that you know, I'll tell you."
"Do you know why dad has always emphasized to you that you should look for someone who is of equal social status?"
"When I say being well matched, I don't just mean economic conditions."
"It also includes personality, temperament, upbringing, knowledge and world outlook."
"Two people need to spend their whole lives together."
“We need to support each other and make progress together.”
"Take your mother for example. We lost our common language a long time ago."
"I have been learning, improving and changing myself, but your mother has been standing still."
"To put it bluntly, your mother looks like a... village auntie, no matter how you look at her, her manners, or her temperament."
“When people reach a certain social status, they need to change themselves.”
"I have talked to your mother many times and also enrolled her in some courses."
"What's the result? She spends her days sleeping and playing with her phone. She doesn't even dress up when she goes out. She can't even put on the most basic makeup."
"For women in our circle, putting on light makeup is the most basic courtesy to others."
"Now, I can't take her to many occasions. Do you understand?"
Li Jingyu's eyes widened and she angrily interrupted her father: "Dad, you are making excuses for your betrayal! Mom has given everything for this family, doing housework and taking care of me. She doesn't have the time and energy to dress herself up and cater to your so-called circle. But you despise her because of these things, you are too much!"
Li Kechao frowned and raised his voice, saying, "Xiaoyu, you are still young and don't understand the adult world. Dad is working hard in the business world, and I need a partner who can support me in all aspects, not a woman who only knows about family matters."
Li Jingyu was so angry that she was shaking all over: "So what you mean is that because mom didn't become what you wanted, you can have an illegitimate child outside? You are betraying your family and insulting your mom!"
"Jingyu, that's not what Dad meant." Li Kechao tried to explain, "It's just that emotional matters are complicated, and I have my own frustrations."
"Helpless?" Li Jingyu sneered, "Your helplessness is to hurt mom and me? Mom gave up her job for you and took care of the family wholeheartedly. She gave her youth to this family, but you treat her like this. Your so-called helplessness is nothing but a selfish excuse."
Li Jingyu wiped away her tears and continued, "Dad, I always thought you were a responsible person, but now I find that I was wrong. You have abandoned even the most basic morality and responsibility. I will not forgive you, and neither will mom."
"Xiaoyu, listen to me!" Li Kechao grabbed Li Jingyu who wanted to get off the car.
"I am also a human being. I get tired too!"
"When I get home every day, your mom and I have nothing in common. I don't know what to say to each other when we face each other every day!"
"Besides, our thoughts and concepts have long been different, and our views on things will also be different."
"If I don't do what she wants, she'll throw her face at me. She'll throw things around and hit me!"
"I have always been humble to her and didn't want to quarrel. I tried my best to do everything to make her satisfied!"
"But did she consider me? Do you think it's easy to support a family?"
"Which of the food, clothing, shelter and daily necessities you have now that I didn't earn with my hard work?"
"After returning home, I still have to be careful to see her expression."
"I also tried to talk to her calmly and reason with her."
"What's the result? She said home is not a place for reasoning! It's a place for love!"
"Then he said, what's wrong with giving in to her? Every woman has a temper! Men should give in to women!"
"Daughter, Daddy is really tired sometimes. I don't even want to go home!"
"Do you think your mother's idea is right?"
"As a couple, you don't make sense? You don't admit your mistakes, and you shouldn't do that? How can you live like this?"
"Dad is not Superman. If your mom could communicate, we wouldn't be in this situation today."
"I must be more at fault because I betrayed my family."
"But I want to tell you, you must never be like your mother in the future."
"Also stop reading those links your mom sent you, they're all full of toxic chicken soup!"
"What girl doesn't need to learn how to cook? A man who truly loves you won't let you cook."
"A man who truly loves you would spoil his daughter."
"Look, are these what people say?"
Li Jingyu looked at his father with a pale face.
On this point, she stood on her father's side.
Some of my mother's thoughts are really scary.
Li Jingyu thought about it and felt that if she were the father, it might really be suffocating.