Li Huairou sat up from the bed and looked at the modern furniture in the room. She breathed a sigh of relief—finally, she’d returned to modern civilization. Although life in ancient times was good, it was inconvenient! Rather, she liked the toilet, wifi, mobile phones, and air conditioning!
Li Huairou rolled around on her bed, holding the pillow.
Her mother’s gentle voice came from outside the door. “Huairou, get up! Aunt Qin’s family will be visiting today. Get up quickly. Your sister is already up.”
Li Huairou quickly got up from bed. Today was a very important day.
After she washed up and went downstairs, she saw her sister reading a thick, professional book while eating breakfast. Her sister, Li Huaiyu, was a young genius who’d been admitted to the Department of Biology at Tsinghua University at the age of 15. At the age of 21, she’d established her own research laboratory and was a major talent protected by the country.
Two ears didn’t hear anything outside the window, wholeheartedly immersed in professional books.
[Not bother about what happening in the outside world]
These two phrases described Li Huaiyu.
Compared to Li Huaiyu, Li Huairou was much more inferior. Except for her beautiful appearance and lovely character, she had no other advantages.
However, the Li family’s atmosphere was very good. The parents did not ignore the younger daughter because of the eldest daughter’s excellence, nor did they become partial to the younger daughter because of her sweet tongue. The relationship between the two sisters was also very good. Li Huaiyu was the kind of person who did not care about everything except scientific research. Once she entered the research room, even if the sky fell down, it would not disturb her. The only person who could call her out of the laboratory was Li Huairou.
In the original, the family’s life was plain and warm until the male protagonist appeared. The male protagonist’s mother—Qin Fang—was Mama Li’s best friend. When she’d married abroad, the two had lost contact. It was not until Qin Fang returned to China that she contacted Mama Li, and that day was the first time she would come to visit.
Qin Fang came with her handsome son.
Seeing good friends again after many years, Mama Li was naturally happy. In order to show her attentiveness, her two daughters, in addition to her husband, were also called back.
When Qin Fang saw Li Huaiyu for the first time, she expressed her fondness for Li Huaiyu and held on to Li Huaiyu’s hand. Her son, Zuo Zheng, also expressed the same sentiment.
Papa Li and Mama Li thought it was a bit strange because most people preferred Huairou, who was beautiful, cute, and sweet. But both of them were their daughters; they liked Huaiyu, and they were happy.
Li Huairou was a little unhappy in her heart, and her reaction was much colder. After sitting for a while, she excused herself and went out.
Because Li Huaiyu was devoted to reading and doing scientific research, she was not good at interpersonal relationships, and she didn’t know how to get along with others, let alone how to deal with the enthusiasm of others. Usually, Huairou would come out to help her out by now. But Huairou was not there. She could only sit there passively, accepting Qin Fang’s and her son’s enthusiasm.
Since then, Qin Fang and her son had become frequent guests of the Li family, and the two families often gathered together. Qin Fang had expressed her love for Li Huaiyu in public more than once, and Zuo Zheng was the same.
Papa and Mama Li also liked Zuo Zheng very much. They liked this kind of closeness and love.
After a long time, under the acquiescence and coaxing of the people around her, Li Huaiyu herself thought that she liked Zuo Zheng, and she finally got together with Zuo Zheng in a logical manner.
Zuo Zheng made a high-profile proposal, Li Huaiyu accepted, and the two held a grand and romantic wedding.
Li Huaiyu became pregnant not long after the marriage. Zuo Zheng slowly took over Li Huaiyu’s laboratory on the grounds of helping, persuading Li Huaiyu to hand over her research results to him. Li Huaiyu thought that they were already a family, so, of course, she agreed.
After Li Huaiyu gave birth to a daughter, she returned to work in the laboratory single mindedly. Qin Fang and Zuo Zheng both agreed with her. Qin Fang hired a young parenting teacher to take care of the children so that Li Huaiyu could concentrate on research.
Moreover, with Zuo Zheng’s help, Li Huaiyu didn’t have to worry about anything. She devoted herself to scientific research. The longest record for not leaving the laboratory for her was seven days and seven nights.
The Li family parents began to worry about her health, but Zuo Zheng reassured them, saying that he’d hired a special nutritionist to take care of Li Huaiyu’s diet, and there were also special people who watched Li Huaiyu drink nutrient solution three meals a day.
But Papa and Mama Li worried.
As time passed, Li Huaiyu’s latest scientific research results shocked the world. Li Huaiyu became famous all over the world, and Zuo Zheng’s biotechnology company also made a lot of money.
But the Li parents and Li Huairou were very worried because Li Huaiyu, who appeared in front of the public, looked very thin, like she could be blown away by a gust of wind.
After a few words with them, they left again.
Papa and Mama Li were worried about their daughter’s health and wanted to prepare three meals a day like before, making Li Huairou send them to the research room.
But when Li Huairou got to the research room, she found out that she couldn’t get in at all.
Li Huairou angrily called Zuo Zheng, but she found that the phone couldn’t get through. So she directly went to the company to find Zuo Zheng, but he was not at the company either. She thought about it and went directly to the Zuo family’s house, looking for Qin Fang. No one opened the door, so Li Huairou directly went in with the key that Li Huaiyu had given her.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw her brother-in-law, Zuo Zheng, and the childcare teacher hugging each other and kissing inseparably.
Li Huairou covered her mouth and immediately hid.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Fang also appeared. “You two should also restrain yourselves. Aren’t you afraid of being seen?”
“This is our home—who will see it?” Zuo Zheng separated from the woman, sat down on the sofa, and said, “The research laboratory is now mine, and Li Huaiyu’s every move is under my nose. Besides, she only has her laboratory and won’t know about this.”
“I have wronged you, Lanxin. Fortunately, everything is worth it.” Qin Fang patted the woman’s hand.
The woman named Lanxin lowered her head and sighed, “Mom, I’m not feeling wronged. It’s just that, when will A-Zheng settle that woman? Junjun is waiting for our family reunion in the United States. During the video call yesterday, Junjun cried again.”
“Now is not the right time.” Zuo Zheng hesitated for a moment and exchanged glances with Qin Fang. Their original plan was to use Li Huaiyu’s scientific research results to save their company. When the company was on the right track, he would divorce Li Huaiyu. But now, they saw the benefits and were reluctant to let go.
Zhao Lanxin sneered, “Mom, I can wait, but the child in my womb cannot. He’s your grandson. With Junjun, do you really plan to abandon us?”
How could Qin Fang possibly be willing to part with a smart and lovely grandson? She was also reluctant to bear with Li Huaiyu, who had brought her huge benefits.
“Five years. Give us another five years, and when we maximize Li Huaiyu’s value, I will divorce her, and then we will remarry!” Zuo Zheng said.
Just as Zhao Lan was about to speak, she heard a sound, which was the notification sound of a WeChat message! Zhao Lanxin immediately looked around and saw Li Huairou’s skirt at the door.
“Someone’s here!” Zhao Lanxin immediately yelled, pointing in the direction of the door.
Zuo Zheng chased after Li Huairou right away, grabbed her hair as they reached the gate, and dragged her back. Zhao Lanxin also followed, snatching Li Huairou’s cellphone. She pressed her hand to unlock it, opened WeChat, found the contact from just now, and hurriedly withdrew the message.
Unfortunately, time was running out.
Zuo Zheng received the phone, took a look, and breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s okay. It was sent to Li Huaiyu.” He immediately took his phone out and made a call. “Yes, her message was deleted, and the phone was smashed, by the way. Give her another cellphone.”
Li Huairou looked at the three people in front of her in horror. She knew what was coming to greet her.
Li Huairou had disappeared. Papa and Mama Li thought of calling the police, but before they called the police, Li Huaiyu had another accident. There was an explosion in the laboratory, and Li Huaiyu was seriously injured in the explosion, falling into a coma.
Papa and Mama Li were incapable of being two things at once. They could take care of one end, but not the other.
Fortunately, Zuo Zheng stepped forward as the son-in-law of the Li family and ran around.
In the end, Li Huaiyu died after the rescue failed, Li Huairou disappeared, and Papa and Mama Li also fell ill, one after another. Zuo Zheng, the son-in-law of the Li family, was busy with the two elders, and everyone praised him.
Li Huaiyu had died in a scientific research accident. Zuo Zheng, as her husband, naturally inherited everything she had, including all her invention patents.
In the third year after Li Huaiyu’s death, Zuo Zheng remarried under the persuasion of the Li family parents. He was afraid that others would treat his daughter badly, so he married Zhao Lanxin, who had always been responsible for taking care of his daughter. Zhao Lanxin had been previously married, but her husband had died, leaving behind two children; Zuo Zheng also regarded the two children as his own. The family was harmonious and beautiful.
Papa and Mama Li died within a few years because of how much they missed their daughter. Before their death, they gave all their inheritance to Li Huaiyu’s daughter, Zuo Yi. While Zuo Yi was still young, Zuo Zheng—as her guardian—accepted the inheritance.
Thinking of this, Li Huairou sighed.
What kind of dog blood story was this?
She had to do something!
“Jie, after we finish eating, let’s go watch a movie. You can come along with me.” Li Huairou took down the thick book that she couldn’t understand at all and looked into Li Huaiyu’s eyes.
Li Huaiyu thought for a while. “Isn’t there a guest today?”
“Aiya, it’s mother’s friend, conversation, and then there’ll be the greetings and courtesies, then they’ll urge marriage. I don’t want to stay at home. Jie, let’s go to the theater! Go, come with me!” Li Huairou took Li Huaiyu’s arm and swung it around.
“And mom agrees.” Li Huaiyu didn’t know how to refuse, so she could only say this.
“No problem. Eat quickly, and we’ll leave after breakfast.” Li Huairou took Li Huaiyu’s agreement and went to the kitchen to get a bowl without mentioning it at all.
But Li Huaiyu thought her mother had agreed.
Then she was pulled away by Li Huairou.
It was too early to watch a movie, but Li Huairou didn’t waste any time. She took Li Huaiyu to the beauty salon, gave her a full body treatment, and changed her hairstyle alongside it.
Li Huaiyu felt very uncomfortable, but after Li Huairou handed a book over to her, she immediately held the book and stopped talking.
Li Huairou was a little bored. She was afraid of Mama Li’s life-threatening serial calls, so she turned off her phone, but Li Huaiyu hadn’t brought her phone at all.
The sisters spent time outside all day and didn’t come back until evening.
Looking at her eldest daughter’s new appearance, Mama Li couldn’t say anything.
“How is it? Pretty? My sister just doesn’t bother to dress up herself. Look, you dress her up a little bit and you get one big beauty! When the three of us go out, everyone will think we are sisters!” Li Huairou said with a smile.
Mama Li rolled her eyes at her. “It’s all your good deeds. Auntie Qin and Xiao Zheng are asking where the both of you are!”
“I took my sister out just to avoid them,” Li Huairou said, sitting cross-legged on the sofa.
“What do you mean?” Mama Li asked angrily.
“Mom, see for yourself!” Li Huairou handed her phone to Mama Li.
“What do you mean? It’s all in English, so I can’t understand it.”
Li Huaiyu glanced at it and read, “Zuo Zheng, Aikes Biopharmaceutical Co. Ltd, married.”
“What? Married?” Mama Li was shocked.
