Chapter 2548 - 2612: Lingering Regrets
In the end, Chu Xiaoyao still revealed the purpose of the call, to be specific, she was here to snitch. After hearing it, Li Yifei felt a bit astonished but then shook his head and said, "No, it can’t be."
"I don’t think it can be either. Although Ali knows him, she’s now our Li family sister, they won’t have anything going on. It’s just... I’m just giving my husband a heads-up, we can’t be soft in the face of a rival in love." Chu Xiaoyao whispered, seemingly feeling a bit ashamed of her own actions, but she meant well. After all, this was a rival in love for Li Yifei, so she had to tell him.
Li Yifei slightly frowned. This sudden arrival was indeed a rival, it was Li Xiang, whom he had met once before when he first saw Su Lio. Li Yifei didn’t have a good first impression of him; one reason was because he was very reckless at the time, another was knowing that he had an interest in Su Lio. To this day, Li Yifei still didn’t have a good impression of him.
Hearing Chu Xiaoyao say this, Li Yifei said, "Why the reminder, Ali is just going to see a friend, are you not even allowing her to have friends?"
"An opposite-sex friend, and he clearly has an interest in Ali, hmph. Anyway, I don’t like this person, he feels weird, even the way he looks at people seems off."
"You’ve seen him?"
"Of course, he came to our house, the security wouldn’t let him in initially, but he started yelling outside the door, and we heard him!"
"That’s normal!"
"Yes, I understand that, just worried some people won’t understand, so I need to quickly help Ali explain." Speaking of this, Chu Xiaoyao couldn’t hold it in anymore and giggled, then said, "Alright, I know hubby is generous, we also believe in Ali, just needed to let you know about this."
"Okay, I understand. I can’t return today, something came up here." Li Yifei said.
"What’s up?"
Li Yifei briefly explained the situation with Li Manli. On the other side, Chu Xiaoyao almost cursed, she bit her lip, her emotions extremely poor and said, "Hubby, you must punish those bad people, they’re too evil, I don’t even know what words to use to describe them, simply scumbags, beasts, animals!"
"I will, people like that must be severely punished!"
"That’s a relief then, alright hubby, you get busy first, but remember to rest too, don’t tire yourself out." Chu Xiaoyao said with concern.
"Alright, I’ll tell you when I get home."
After hanging up the phone, Li Yifei looked out the window. He wasn’t worried about what Su Lio might do, her personality was such that it was guaranteed she wouldn’t do anything more, not to mention they were dual cultivation partners, Su Lio would never act recklessly. This... what was he even thinking? Li Yifei shook his head, even if Li Xiang intended to pull something, Su Lio wasn’t someone Li Yifei needed to worry about. She was now an innate expert, one of the rare top experts in the world, even though her combat abilities weren’t very strong, dealing with someone like Li Xiang, a worthless playboy, was child’s play.
But what was this Li Xiang doing coming to provoke himself? Li Yifei clicked his tongue twice. Since Su Lio didn’t mention it, he would not ask proactively. Soon he put the matter aside, after all, if he couldn’t even trust his own woman, who could he trust?
The investigation continued, Jiang Hu was more and more alarmed by what he found, Li Da was practically the kind of second-generation heir like Gao Qiu from ancient times, committing all sorts of evil, absolutely lawless to the extreme. Seemingly here in Dan City for tourism, it was actually related to some family industries. Even with just a simple probe, Jiang Hu felt cold sweat on his forehead because they were doing smuggling, selling banned items to neighboring countries. Thinking of the neighboring country just across the river... Jiang Hu felt the seriousness of the matter, much more severe than a rich second generation engaging in drugs, violence, and murder, it would be big news once revealed, and such things happening in Dan City.
After reporting the situation, he hesitated and told Li Yifei as well.
"The Li family in South Pearl City are digging their own graves!" Li Yifei chuckled softly, looking indifferent on the face, but with infinite killing intent in his heart, the things they smuggled were all explicitly banned by the state, and yet the Li family dared, that’s truly hopeless.
The most crucial point was that Jiang Hu already found the whereabouts of their smuggled warehouse and had sent people to check it out. Jiang Hu breathed a long sigh of relief, saying, "Mr. Li, this is a big case now, if the goods are as claimed, then people from the provincial department might come to investigate, or even from the capital city. Once such a case breaks out, it can’t be minor."
"Maybe it’s nothing, after all, the Li family in South Pearl City has people too!" Li Yifei said.
"If the matter is small, it’s easier to deal with them, if it escalates, it won’t be easy..." Jiang Hu said worriedly, his abilities were limited, afraid that if Li Da and others resolved the matter through connections in the end, and then came back to create trouble, he might not be able to endure it, it’s not a joke.
Li Yifei patted him, saying, "What I said before applies in the future too, regardless of how the Li family members act, they will absolutely not trouble you!"
"Thank you, Mr. Li. I do have some spirit, but... I’ll go to the scene to keep an eye on it, and inform Mr. Li if there’s any news." Jiang Hu said.
In the room, Li Yifei sat with his eyes closed, meditated for two hours, opened his eyes to exhale a mouthful of turbid air, using this time to adjust his mindset. Li Manli’s death had affected his state of mind, Li Yifei worried about the heart demon, hence needed an adjustment, with a faint smile, the dead are already gone, Li Yifei wouldn’t even go to look at Li Manli, what comes next is dealing with Li Da and the rest, which is an answer for Li Manli.
This explanation, in fact, is also for Li Yifei himself, as he felt troubled in heart, ultimately hard to let go.
The phone rang, Li Yifei picked up the phone, saw Su Lio’s number displayed on it, a smile appeared on Li Yifei’s face, he pressed to answer.
"Hello?" Su Lio’s voice came through, gentle and melodious, Li Yifei smiled and said, "Hmm, I’m here."
"Yifei, where are you in Dan City?" Su Lio asked directly.
"You came to Dan City?" Li Yifei raised his eyebrows, seeming a bit pleasantly surprised to ask.
"Yes, I came with Li Xiang, he came to see me at home today, but due to some matters, I had to come to Dan City, and since you’re also in Dan City, I came with him." Su Lio said softly.
After transforming from a girl to a real woman, and with these days of close living, the little girl matured very quickly. She just said because it’s just right you are in Dan City, that’s why I came with him, these words make it much more comfortable to hear. It’s because Li Yifei is here, that’s why she came, if he wasn’t, she probably wouldn’t have come, even if she and Li Xiang were friends.
"Around this time, I’ll come pick you up, I came by car!" Li Yifei said.
"Alright, we just got to Dan City and are heading into downtown now!" Speaking of which, Su Lio said, "Li Xiang, if your matter isn’t urgent, shall we have a meal first?"
The front-seated Li Xiang turned his head back, face with a touch of melancholy, nodded and said, "Alright, let’s eat first then!"
"Dan City Hotel then, it’s not far from you, and convenient for me to go." Li Yifei gave a location.
"Alright, then... see you shortly." Su Lio said.
Li Yifei hung up the phone, got up to tidy up a bit, and wearing a set of sportswear, went out. He didn’t bring much clothing when he came to Dan City, and needed to launder his previous clothes, so he simply bought a set of sportswear, went downstairs to retrieve the car, and drove towards Dan City Hotel.
In the car, Li Xiang saw through the rearview mirror the sitting Su Lio, she was so beautiful, more so than any women he had seen. Even now, he was still infatuated with this girl, so even if it was because of her physical condition, Li Xiang still wanted her. After being taught a lesson by Li Yifei last time, Li Xiang was determined to cultivate and become strong, a year later meeting Su Lio again, he had countless things he wanted to say.
He initially went to Su’s old house, but found it empty, and learning that Su Lio was living at Li Yifei’s house, Li Xiang felt uncomfortable, the woman he set his eyes on actually needed to live in someone else’s house, it made him very displeased. Later, knowing Su Lio lived at Li Yifei’s place because he could treat her illness, Li Xiang felt a bit better.
Li Xiang had some understanding of Li Yifei, knew about his past, also knew he was an expert, but Li Xiang didn’t fear, because after a year of cultivation, Li Xiang wasn’t the same Li Xiang who only knew some basic skills, he also grew, even had several encounters.
A cultivator having just one encounter is rare, Li Xiang having several was truly a miracle, so he was very confident in himself, believing he was no longer the same.
Seeing Su Lio again, he was struck by her beauty, feeling that whether it was her temperament, appearance, or entire being, she was different from before, not as sickly as before, her face had rosiness, vitality, every gesture, and word was full of spirit, which made Li Xiang more fascinated.
If Li Yifei cured Su Lio, then this person isn’t so hateful, I, Li Xiang, am magnanimous, even if you had some physical contact, I can overlook it, healing and saving lives, I understand.
Seeing the other women of the Li family, Li Xiang was once again stunned, at the same time a little envious of Li Yifei’s fortune, how could such a little man who climbed from nothing end up with so many indescribably beautiful wives, each with their own charm, exceptionally beautiful. Though he wanted to have any woman he desired, such high-quality, high-status women were indeed difficult to find.
Li Xiang was somewhat like Liu Laolao from Grand View Garden, on one hand feeling displeased with Li Yifei’s good fortune, on the other being more covetous of Su Lio, looking at her with shining eyes.