Looking at Chu Li, Mr. Chu nodded solemnly: "Grandpa believes in you."
"Let's go." Chu Li held the old man's arm, "I'll help you go downstairs.
The grandfather and grandson went downstairs to the dining room together, where the maid had already placed dinner on the table.
Chu's mother was politely letting Shang Li sit at the table. When she saw Chu Li and the old man coming down, she hurriedly pulled out the chair in front of the main seat and helped the old man sit down at the table.
At this time, the Chu family's second daughter, two sons-in-law and others also came back one after another and sat down at the table.
Mr. Chu looked around and his eyes fell on Chu Li with a smile.
"I am where I am today thanks to Director Shang. Our Chu family's anniversary will be celebrated in two days, so you must come and enjoy it!"
"Yes, Director Shang." Chu's mother also smiled and agreed, "When the time comes, I will ask Xiaoli to send you an invitation."
"Okay." Shang Li responded with a smile.
Chu Li pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
"Dad!" The eldest daughter Chu Jiayue put down the soup bowl in her hand, "With your physical condition, you should take a good rest for a while? We are there at the company!"
"Yes, Dad, your health is important, so you can rest assured and rest at home. We are in the company, so it will be fine!" The second daughter, Chu Jiaxin, also echoed.
As soon as the two took the lead, the two sons-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter all followed suit.
"I know you have good intentions." Mr. Chu chuckled, "I have thought clearly about this illness. I am getting old. In the future, the Chu family will be managed by young people. For this anniversary, I will take care of the company.
The management rights will be transferred.”
In a word, except for Chu's mother and Chu Li, all the Chu family members at the table became quiet and stared at Mr. Chu nervously.
"Dad!" Chu Jiayue said softly, "Are you...really ready to retire?"
"Yes, you are old, and the future belongs to young people."
Mr. Chu glanced at Chu Li subconsciously.
"Then..." The second daughter-in-law couldn't help it first, "Grandpa is going...to whom will he hand over the company?"
"Do you still need to ask?" Granddaughter Lin Chuqing glanced at her mother Chu Jiayue, "Of course it's my mother. My mother has been in the company the longest and is the one who knows the company's affairs the best."
"It doesn't matter how long it takes. My mother has worked in several departments. When it comes to understanding the company, no one is better than her." The son of the second daughter retorted unwillingly.
"Ahem!" Chu's mother coughed lightly, "It's rare for us to have a meal together, can we not talk about the company?"
"Hmph!" The eldest daughter Chu Jiayue snorted, "This is our Chu family's business. Is it your turn to take care of it if we talk about it?"
Chu Li frowned and put the cup in his hand on the table: "Auntie, my mother also has good intentions, do you need to do this?"
"It's really unruly." Chu Jiayue glanced sideways at Chu Li, "When an elder speaks, when will it be your junior's turn to interrupt!"
"Okay!" Mr. Chu frowned, "Shut up, everyone."
Everyone fell silent, and Mr. Chu looked sideways at Shang Li.
"Director Shang, what a joke."
"You are serious."
Shang Li smiled, glanced at Chu Li's face with concern, stretched out his right hand, and patted the back of her hand comfortingly under the table.
Feeling the warmth in the man's palm, Chu Li glanced sideways and gave him a grateful smile.
This meal, like every meal, was not very pleasant.
After the meal, Chu Li personally sent Shang Li out.
"Brother Six, I'm so sorry."
"It's not you who should apologize, but them." Shang Li stopped and raised his hand to support her shoulders, "I don't mind, go back to stay with auntie, I think...she needs you more than me now.
I'm leaving, see you another day."
Standing on the steps, watching him get into the car and leave.
Chu Li turned around and went upstairs to his mother's room.
Knocked on the door, but heard no sound.
She gently opened the door and walked in. When she came to the bathroom, she saw her mother sitting on the toilet wiping her eyes.
"Mom!" Chu Li walked over quickly and held her shoulders, "Why are you crying?"
"No." Chu's mother smiled covertly, "I just accidentally caught trachoma when I was washing my face. Director Shang left?"
"Yes." Chu Li nodded.
"Director Shang is such a good person. I can see that he cares about you." Chu's mother took her arm and pulled her to the bedside to sit down. "Tell mother, do you like him?"
Chu Li's expression froze.
After a moment, he concealed it and said, "Mom, what did you say?"
"Mom is here, do you think I can't tell?" Chu's mother smiled, stretched out her hand to straighten her slightly long short hair, and looked at her daughter's face. She let out a long sigh, "It's all my fault, mom.
Such a bad idea means you can't even have a boyfriend now."
"Mom, isn't it good for me to be like this?"
"Xiao Li!" Chu's mother held her hand tightly. "In the past few days, my mother has been thinking that hiding it like this is not an option. After she thought about it, she told her grandfather that you have grown up now, even if we
Even if you leave the Chu family, you won’t starve to death.”
"If grandpa knows that you lied to her, he will definitely not let you go, and..." Chu Li frowned, "As for grandpa, I'm afraid... he won't be able to bear it."
"This..." Chu's mother also hesitated, "Yes, grandpa loves you so much. If you know... I'm afraid my heart won't be able to bear it. Besides, if we leave the Chu family again, what will grandpa do alone?"
"Mom!" Chu Li took a breath, "I've already thought about it. Let's do this for now. Grandpa... I'll talk about it when I feel better."
"But..." Chu's mother looked distressed, "When will that happen? You will be old by then, and your life will be over."
"Who said women have to get married?" Chu Li put on a smile and hugged his mother's shoulders, "I can live my whole life with my mother."
"How could my mother stay with you all my life?" Mother Chu raised her hand to hug her daughter, her eyes reddened unconsciously, "It's all my mother's fault. It was my mother who harmed you. If I had..."
"Mom!" Chu Li raised his face, "You were also good for me back then. What's the point of talking about things like this? Don't worry, I'm really good."
"What about Director Shang?"
"We are good brothers. It's not what you think. Don't think too much about it." Chu Li helped her lie down on the pillow. "You are not in good health either. From now on, just wait and enjoy the blessings of your 'son'."
Mother Chu opened her mouth, but in the end she just sighed.
After helping his mother pull up the quilt, Chu Li returned to his room.
She took the comb and combed her hair, frowned, opened the drawer, took out the scissors, and cut off the hair that had grown to her ears.
Looking at the hair cut in her hands, she clenched her fingers little by little.
Brother Six, I'm sorry!
For the sake of her grandfather and mother, she will continue to have this short hair.