Li Hua furrowed his brows at the mother and daughter duo. They were obviously making it hard for him.
s.h.i.+ Fen"s lips slightly curled up when he heard the two. It wasn"t because he found it funny, it was because they were clearly maintaining distance from Li Hua.
"I am a friend of Xi"er." s.h.i.+ Fen said with a small smile on his lips.
Xi"er? The intimate way of calling Mu Xijiu made Li Hua bitter. How can Mu Xijiu allow another man to call her this way?
"Anyway, do you need anything with us? " Li Bingbing asked with a smile as she crossed her arms. "We"re about to leave to make it fast.
Li Hua was supposed to say goodbye to Mu Xijiu and Li Bingbing but when he saw another man with them, he couldn"t just leave them with s.h.i.+ Fen.
"Well, I just wanted to invite you to a newly opened restaurant nearby."
"Ah, we"re actually going there too." Mu Xijiu said.
"Great! Would it be alright if I join you to it?" Li Hua asked with a smile.
A small mischievous glint appeared in Li Bingbing"s eyes but it soon disappeared and was hidden behind her smile, "Sure, we don"t really mind it if you come."
Mu Xijiu and Li Hua turned to Li Bingbing in surprise. They didn"t expect her to say something like that so easily. Was she finally accepting Li Hua back?
"We should get going, we won"t get anywhere if we just stand here." Li Bingbing then went and clung her arms around s.h.i.+ Fen"s arm, "Let"s go, uncle s.h.i.+ Fen!"
Uncle... s.h.i.+ Fen?
Mu Xijiu and Li Hua stared wide-eyed at Li Bingbing and s.h.i.+ Fen"s leaving figures. Even s.h.i.+ Fen was surprised with it.
When Li Bingbing noticed the two weren"t following them, she stopped and turned to them, "Why are you two not moving, let"s go, I"m starving!"
Green Valley Restaurant.
"He"s your high school best friend?" Li Hua asked as he looked at Mu Xijiu was sitting in front of him.
"Yeah, he was really a scary guy during high school." She turned to s.h.i.+ Fen who was sitting beside her, "How did we become friends again?"
Li Bingbing made sure that her mother, Mu Xijiu would be sitting beside s.h.i.+ Fen while Li Hua would sit in front of the two. Since she wanted to corner Li Hua, Li Bingbing didn"t have a choice but to sit beside him.
"You threw my table upside down and punched me in the face for breaking your friend"s heart." s.h.i.+ Fen said with a straight face.
That was an... unusual way to become friends.
Mu Xijiu started laughing when she heard his words, "Oh come on, that was the first time interacted with each other! How can you call that becoming friends?"
"You were the only person who was brave enough to do that so I considered you as one." s.h.i.+ Fen said with seriousness in his face.
"You"re really a weird man, Huang Amma."
Huang Amma...?
"Aren"t you the same, Tai Hou?"
Li Hua clenched his fists under the table when he heard the nicknames they have for each other. Just by hearing it, Li Hua can already guess how close the two were.
Meanwhile, Li Bingbing couldn"t help but enjoy her father"s demise when she saw how he looked at Mu Xijiu and s.h.i.+ Fen.
But it was actually surprising to hear that her gentle mother was actually such a woman during her high school days.
"So, when will be the wedding?" Li Bingbing asked with a bright smile on her lips.
Mu Xijiu choked on the drink she just drank and she started coughing out because of it.
"Li Bingbing!" Li Hua glared at his daughter before he turned and was about to reach out a handkerchief to Mu Xijiu but s.h.i.+ Fen was fast enough to offer it to her first.
s.h.i.+ Fen was looking worriedly at Mu Xijiu and he was rubbing her back gently, "Are you alright?"
Li Hua"s eyes darkened. He was about to stand up but Li Bingbing held him down, "Oh yeah, Mr. Li, I heard from mom that you wanted to come to my graduation, I would really be happy if you can. I also don"t mind it if you want to put the medals on me."
Li Hua was distracted with what Li Bingbing said that was why the jealousy he was feeling earlier faded when he turned to her. Did he hear it right?
"My graduation is a month away." But of course, Li Bingbing didn"t mean her words since she has other plans in mind. "Anyway, we should start eating before the food gets cold."
Mu Xijiu was staring at Li Bingbing with a dumbfounded look on her face. What was Li Bingbing trying to do? After dropping a bomb at her, Li Bingbing offered a flower to Li Hua.
This daughter of hers... she was definitely up to something!
s.h.i.+ Fen was looking at Li Bingbing with an unreadable expression in his eyes. Li Bingbing was a mischievous girl and it reminded him of Mu Xijiu during her younger days.
One thing was for sure, Li Bingbing wasn"t on either of the men"s side, she was only in her mother"s side. It may look that Li Bingbing was cheering for s.h.i.+ Fen but she was just actually using him to play around with Li Hua. She was using the two men against each other.
If s.h.i.+ Fen could get Li Bingbing to his side then... it won"t be that hard to court Mu Xijiu.
s.h.i.+ Fen didn"t mind having a stepdaughter like Li Bingbing, a person like her would be a great ally when it will come to facing the s.h.i.+ family.
After eating their food, Li Hua quickly paid for it before he offered Mu Xijiu and Li Bingbing, "I can drop you off to your place."
Li Bingbing snickered, he wanted to drop them? "Ah, you don"t have to, Mr. Li, we have brought our car with us."
Mr. Li...
Li Hua smiled a bit, "Bingbing, you don"t have to call me in a formal way, you can just address me as your father."
"Well..." Li Bingbing turned away, "I need time to address you that way."
Li Hua nodded, "I understand. I won"t force you then, but I hope that one day you would address me like how you do back then."
"Mm... okay." Li Bingbing smiled.
Li Hua was glad to see that his daughter wasn"t pus.h.i.+ng him away anymore and because of that, his mood became better.
"I should go ahead, I still have to pa.s.s by somewhere." s.h.i.+ Fen said as he stood up.
"It"s really nice to see you again, Huang Amma." Mu Xijiu said with a gentle smile on her lip.
"Hn, you too, Tai Huo. See you later."