The luxurious Xiao family villa was brightly lit.
Tonight was the 66th birthday banquet of the head of the Li family, Old Mrs. Li.
The sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons, granddaughters, and grandsons-in-law all presented lavish gifts.
"Grandma, I heard that you like drinking tea. This century-old Pu 'er tea brick is worth 500,000 yuan.”
"Grandma, I heard that you believe in Buddhism. This jade Buddha is carved from Hetian jade and is worth 700,000 yuan.”
Old Mrs. Li looked at the various gifts and laughed heartily. The whole family was happy and harmonious.
Li Tiandu was Old Lady Li's third and youngest son.
Normally, the eldest grandson was the most important thing in the eyes of the old lady.
However, in the Li family, it was always based on ability.
Li Tiandu was a natural gambler and had lost a lot of money in the past.
Old Mrs. Li was greatly disappointed in Li Tiandu. Li Tiandu had been kicked out of the Li Corporation and lived on dividends every year. He was still richer than ordinary people.
Since he knew he had no money, he naturally couldn't gamble anymore.
However, Li Tiandu had a mean and greedy wife, Zhao Pingli.
Usually, Li Tiandu was the one who made the decisions at home. He cared a lot about his reputation, but he knew his family's situation. No matter what he bought as a congratulatory gift, it couldn't compare to other families. If he didn't buy it well, he would be ridiculed. Instead of buying it badly and being ridiculed, he might as well not buy anything at all and save money.
"Third Brother, it can't be that your family didn't buy anything for Mother's 66th birthday, right? That would be disrespectful. Although your family didn't manage the company and only received dividends, it would be disrespectful if you didn't buy anything.”Li Tiandu's elder brother, Li Tianjiao, laughed.
"Big Brother, you don't have to talk about Third Brother. The company can't help him, but the dividends we gave him are enough for him to gamble. It's already good enough that he didn't borrow money from us.”Li Tiandu's second brother, Li Tianao, said with a smile.
Li Tiandu's face was flushed red with shame. He looked at Zhao Pingli, who was eating a chicken drumstick, with dissatisfaction.
"So what if our family doesn't buy it? Our family doesn't buy it because we only eat the dividends and haven't touched a single cent of the company.”Zhao Pingli mocked them.
Old Mrs. Li was furious." Third Brother, I'm not picky if your family doesn't buy expensive gifts. You always buy something to show your respect to me. Now that you're here, you don't say a word and only know how to eat. Are you here to embarrass yourselves?”
"Grandma, don't be angry. My mother asked me to buy you a jade Buddha too, but she was too embarrassed to take it out. She wanted to give it to you privately later.”
Li Tiandu's daughter, Li Mingyue, hurriedly took out a jade Buddha and handed it over.
Li Tiandu's face brightened when he saw his daughter preparing again.
However, Zhao Pingli's expression was very ugly. She was greedy, because she felt that it was a waste of money, and because she felt that it was unnecessary.
Old Mrs. Li's expression softened slightly.
However, when she saw the man beside Zhao Pingli, Old Mrs. Li's anger flared up again, and her expression became even worse.
Li Mingyue's cousin, Li Weiwei, saw Old Lady Li's expression and sneered at the side."Sister, look at what kind of trash you married! I'm only engaged to Yunfei, but we haven't even gotten married yet. Yunfei gave Grandma a Hetian jade Buddha. You're a good husband. You didn't bring any gifts. All you know is to eat. Can't your family even afford to eat?”
"That's right, Brother Bieli, we are both grandsons-in-law of the Li family. Your eldest grandson-in-law is really a failure!”
The man who spoke was Xiao Weiwei's fiancé, Wu Yunfei, the young master of a large local family.
Li Mingyue was a famous goddess in the entire Steel City. However, Wu Yunfei was very unhappy when he saw his goddess marry this good-for-nothing.
The reason why Xiao Bieli was regarded as a good-for-nothing was because Xiao Bieli did not do anything after he entered the Li family. He did not have any family backing him up either. He was just a live-in son-in-law. Normally, he did nothing other than washing clothes, cooking, and doing housework in Li Tiandu's house. He had never even worked as a security guard.
And it was completely a coincidence that Xiao Bieli became the live-in son-in-law of the Li family.
A year ago, the Li family forced Li Mingyue to marry the son of the CEO of a large corporation.
Originally, everyone in the Li family was willing, including the greedy Zhao Pingli.
The only one who didn't agree was Li Mingyue, and she wouldn't agree even if she died.
Li Mingyue sneaked out to drink, but she drank too much and was almost taken advantage of. It was Xiao Bieli who saved her and took care of her.
The next day, Li Mingyue realized that Xiao Bieli didn't take advantage of her even under those circumstances, so she forcefully dragged Xiao Bieli to the relevant department to register their marriage.
The Li family was furious, and Li Tiandu's family was completely sidelined.
Fortunately, Li Mingyue was very capable and held a certain position in the Li Corporation.
"This kind of trash should get out of our Li family as soon as possible!”
The entire Li family targeted Xiao Bieli and insulted him. However, Xiao Bieli acted as if he wasn't talking about him. He didn't retort or insult him. He didn't even react.
Li Tiandu's family of three felt that they had been completely humiliated by Xiao Bieli. Although they were furious, they couldn't say anything to Xiao Bieli in front of so many people.
Li Mingyue also looked at Xiao Bieli resentfully. She really wanted to ask Xiao Bieli how he managed to be so thick-skinned.
Seeing that Xiao Bieli didn't retort, everyone from the Li Family felt like a tiger biting a hedgehog, unable to do anything.
Li Mingyue bought another gift. It was probably impossible to get the shares from Li Tiandu's family today.
Then, the Li family ate and drank together.
Li Tiandu and his family were not involved in this matter. They were like air.
However, what everyone couldn't believe was that Xiao Bieli was like a starving ghost as he started to eat crazily. Half of the dishes on the table were finished by him alone.
Li Mingyue sighed and returned to her room.
As for Xiao Bieli, although he had been married to Li Mingyue for a year, they didn't even touch each other's hands, let alone sleep in the same room. Naturally, he slept on the sofa.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Bieli's ears twitched slightly. He realized that everyone was asleep. He suddenly opened his eyes and sat on the ground. Not long after, Xiao Bieli's body emitted a dense aura.
An hour later, Xiao Bieli opened his eyes once again. His face was filled with joy. He carefully walked to the window and jumped down without caring about the height of the fourth floor. He landed soundlessly and was naturally unharmed.
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