Fan Shengmei's eyes turned red before she spoke. After a long time, she said, "Li Mu, my brother got into a fight with someone and injured him."
When Li Mu saw her talking about her family problems, he was not in a hurry and started to guide her slowly so that she could tell her all the problems and not cover up her problems half-heartedly.
"It's not a big problem if you fight with someone, that's all?"
Fan Shengmei carefully looked at Li Mu and saw that his expression was normal. She finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The family members of the beaten people came to make trouble. The lion asked for compensation. My brother didn't want to take responsibility and ran away with my sister-in-law.
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Li Mu frowned and said, "What your brother did was not honest! He ran away with your sister-in-law. Where are your parents? Will they go to the house to look for trouble?"
Fan Shengmei hesitated and nodded: "My brother and sister-in-law wanted their parents to come to Shanghai to hide for a while to avoid the limelight, so they bought a train ticket for them and their nephew Lei Lei, and asked them to come to me."
Li Mu deliberately pretended not to know anything.
"It's okay to arrange it this way. They only have your daughter. Something happened at home. It's normal for them to come to your place for two days to escape."
"When will the car arrive? I'll make arrangements for you. Please take some time off these days and finally come over to take them to eat and have fun."
A warm color flashed across Fan Shengmei's face, but the next moment, her face became gloomy and anxious again, her eye circles were a little red, and there were faint tears.
"They made the nine-thirty train this morning..."
Li Mu looked surprised.
"Your hometown of Nantong is quite close to Shanghai, right? The train at 9:30 in the morning will arrive in the afternoon. Why don't you say hello to me in advance so that I can make arrangements for you."
"Which hotel is my uncle and aunt staying at now? I'll go visit them tomorrow and thank them for raising such an outstanding daughter."
Li Mu's words made Fan Shengmei feel warm in her heart, but when she thought of her parents' current situation, she became even more sad.
While crying, he shook his head and said: "I...I didn't pick up my parents, they are still at the train station!"
Li Mu looked surprised.
"Why didn't you receive it? Is the train late, or was there something on the road that delayed it?"
Fan Shengmei shook her head and cried: "No, no, it's all my fault..."
"My brother put them on the train in the morning and notified me by text message, but I blocked my brother's mobile phone number. I just pulled it out of the blacklist and saw the text message."
"My parents and Lei Lei must still be waiting at the train station. How can they stand such a cold weather?"
Li Muchao: "Did they bring their mobile phones? Didn't they contact you?"
Fan Shengmei shook her head and said: "No, they didn't bring any contact information. I can't contact them at all. What should I do if they are freezing and hungry in such a cold weather?"
Li Mu comforted him: "Okay, okay, don't worry! Now is a business society. There are many hotels and restaurants next to the train station. It's easy to spend some money to stay for one night and have some food. Even if you are delayed today, they are so
A grown-up person will make arrangements for himself."
After listening to Li Mu's words, Fan Shengmei cried even more sadly. She was a little embarrassed to speak, but looking at the gentle eyes on the other side, she still said it.
"But...my parents didn't bring any money, so they couldn't live in a hotel or eat!"
Li Mu showed a surprised look: "How could it be! You are overthinking it, don't scare yourself. In modern society, every household has decent living conditions. No one will take money with them when they go out. It's just a little more or less, and they are traveling far away."
"Don't worry, no matter how little money you bring, you can always stay in a hotel for one night and have a full meal."
Fan Shengmei looked a little unnatural. If she continued talking, the mess and scars in their family would be revealed. She was very hesitant and afraid.
But when it got to this point, and looking at Li Mu's gentle attitude, he couldn't tolerate her refusal, and couldn't refuse.
"My parents really didn't bring any money, not even a penny?"
Li Mu was surprised and said: "How is it possible? In today's society, how can you go out so far without bringing a penny with you? Don't scare yourself."
Seeing that Li Mu didn't believe it, Fan Shengmei simply closed her eyes and gritted her teeth and said: "They really didn't bring any money with them. My brother and sister-in-law ran away. My parents were afraid that they would suffer, so they gave them all their savings, not even a penny."
There’s nothing left.”
Li Mu showed an expression of disbelief: "No way! You are as old as your brother and sister-in-law. They have hands and feet. You can just find a job anywhere and you can't have enough to eat."
"On the contrary, your parents are not young. They have a child and cannot make money. They have many places to spend money. Why didn't they bring a penny with them? All of it was given to your brother."
"His son still needs to be taken care of by your parents! How dare you ask for it? Don't think about how an old couple can live with a child."
"Your brother is a bit selfish! So are your parents. Do you love your brother too much? They don't keep any money to go to your daughter and leave all the money to your brother."
Fan Shengmei felt nervous when she saw that Li Mu had finally touched the core issue of her family.
"Li Mu, I..."
Li Mu suddenly stretched out his hand and interrupted: "Don't say anything yet. I have been a little confused before, and it seems that I may have an answer now."
Looking at Fan Shengmei's blank expression, Li Mu said: "You have been with me for such a long time, and I will try my best to satisfy you materially. Only in terms of money, given our relationship, if I give you money, I'm afraid that you will think too much and hurt you.
Self-esteem, I know you usually care about this."
"You work as a human resource in a foreign company and earn a good income. In addition, after working for so many years, you should have a lot of savings in your hand. You will not be short of pocket money, so I have never thought of giving you money."
"If you really need to spend a lot of money, I will solve it for you."
"It's just that during the recent period, we have been in contact for a long time, and I suddenly feel that you are living too frugally. You eat work meals every day and are reluctant to take taxis when you go to work. Many people are like this."
"Let's just say that the house you rented has a total of three rooms in 2202. I went there once the day before yesterday. The most junior person, who was still an intern, occupied the master bedroom. Qiu Yingying, who has just worked for two years and is still a novice in the workplace, occupied the second bedroom.
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"You, a white-collar worker with the most senior qualifications, the highest income, and have worked in Shanghai for so many years, live in the worst room, which was renovated from the living room."
"And your clothes. After getting along with each other during this time, I know that you like luxury goods very much. You like those shiny clothes very much, and you have very little resistance to them."
"With your income and how much you like these clothes, you can't afford to buy them frequently. It's okay to buy one once in a while. You should have saved a lot over the years."
"However, none of your previous clothes were big-name or luxury items. Most of them were high imitations."
"I thought it was strange at the time. With your income, it wouldn't be that big of a deal."
"They don't want to eat, they don't want to drink, they don't want to wear clothes, and they don't want to live in a place. Even though it's like this, people are still very strapped for money. This is very abnormal."
"The only explanation is that there is a place that costs a lot of money. You frugally spent all your money there."
"I didn't quite understand it before. I just heard you talk about your parents and brother, and learned a little about your family's situation. I feel like I have found the answer!"