The Whale in the Mountains
Chapter 691 Li Dahai is Back
Li Dahai was first stunned, then burst into laughter, “Hahahaha, with our family like this, what family fortune is there to fight over? I did hear, Ziqing, I heard you're doing well out of town, your company is thriving. Third Uncle has a project here, guaranteed to make money, and family wealth shouldn't go to outsiders. Would you like to invest?”
Li Dahai was indeed Li Zijian's biological father; their rhetoric was almost the same.
Li Ziqing sneered, too lazy to expose any bullshit project.
Wang Peixia slapped Li Dahai in the face: "You big idiot, she's here for the ancestral home! The property certificate is in her hands now!"
"What? Here for the ancestral home?"
Li Dahai's drunken stupor completely faded away. "Wasn't the property certificate mortgaged to Jin Qianbao by that silly kid Zijian? How is it in her hands? Did she pay to redeem it?"
"Jin Qianbao was killed by my sister..."
Li Zijian finally told the truth, "To be precise, by my sister's husband."
Wang Peixia glared fiercely at her stupid son; why hadn't he said this earlier?
If he had, how could she have been so embarrassed just now?
"I told you, my sister isn't the sister she used to be..."
Li Zijian weakly defended himself.
"Indeed, she's different."
Li Dahai squinted at Li Ziqing. "But as the saying goes, you can tell how a person will be at three years old. This girl has been ruthless since she was little."
"She has a gun."
Wang Peixia added.
Li Dahai's heart skipped a beat, but it wasn't entirely unexpected. After all, she dared to kill even the local tyrant Jin Qianbao; what was having a gun in her hand?
"Li Dahai, let's talk."
Li Ziqing looked lazily at Li Dahai and said softly.
"Talk, let's talk."
Li Dahai pulled over a chair and sat opposite Li Ziqing.
As for Li Ziqing not calling him Third Uncle, he naturally wouldn't bother with such a small matter.
Li Dahai sat there with his legs spread wide, displaying quite a bit of imposing manner.
Although he was usually bullied by Wang Peixia, at critical moments, he still had to put on the airs of the head of the family.
However, Li Ziqing found it somewhat amusing.
A character like Li Dahai wouldn't even have the opportunity to speak directly with her in the business world.
"Li Ziqing, you were driven out of Imperial City three years ago, and you dare to come back today? I can see you've come with ill intentions, but I can also see that you're courting death!"
Li Dahai started off with a sarcastic tone.
"Whether I'm courting death is not for you to judge. We're not talking about those things today; we're talking about the matters between us, the matters of the Li family!"
Li Ziqing had a strong presence, definitely a heroine among women.
Especially when she spoke, Li Dahai's imposing manner immediately weakened by a third.
"What's there to talk about regarding the Li family? You don't really think that just because you have the property certificate, this house is yours, do you?"
Li Dahai sneered sinisterly. "This is the Li family's ancestral home. In terms of both sentiment and reason, it should be in the hands of the men of the Li family… Women will eventually marry out and become outsiders!"
"Heh, what a 'man of the Li family.' The foundation my dad built was all squandered and emptied by you. How can you still have the face to say such things?"
Li Ziqing retorted sharply, "This house was also bought by my dad. If it bears the Li name, then it's Li Tianyou's Li, not Li Dahai's Li!"
"My dad's things should naturally be taken back by me!"
Li Dahai roared arrogantly, "You say take it, and you take it? What do you think you are? Do you really think your wings have hardened and you can challenge me? I'm telling you, no matter how well you do outside, in front of our ancestors, I'm still your Third Uncle!"
"You still have the face to say you're my Third Uncle? When the five great families of Imperial City joined hands to bully my dad back then, what were you doing?"
Li Ziqing questioned sharply.
Then she answered herself, "You were busy kicking him when he was down, you were busy fighting for the family property. You want to be my Third Uncle? You think you're worthy?"
"What nonsense!"
Li Dahai shouted, spraying alcohol fumes, "You even know your dad offended the five great families of Imperial City? Do you know how much trouble your dad brought to the Li family? If we didn't sever ties with him, our Li family would have been destroyed!"
"Do you think I wanted to do those things back then? But could I not do them? Do you know my difficulties?"
"You little brat, what do you understand!"
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiao's face turned cold. Just as he was about to speak, Li Ziqing gently grabbed his hand and looked at him with a pleading look.
Chen Xiao understood Li Ziqing's meaning and said lightly, "You handle it; I won't interfere."
"Hmph, you're overestimating yourself. What do you think you are? Is it your place to interfere?"
Li Dahai became increasingly arrogant.
Li Zijian, on the other hand, was terrified. His dad was courting death, daring to speak to his brother-in-law like that...
"I'm not here to argue with you today."
Li Ziqing, who had just been a bit emotional, composed herself and said coldly, "I'm here today to make only three requests."
"First, put my dad and mom's memorial tablets into the ancestral home."
"Second, your family must kneel before their memorial tablets, kowtow, offer incense, and apologize."
"Third, move out of the ancestral home immediately!"
"If you can do these three things, you will still be family to Li Ziqing."
Before the memorial tablets of her ancestors, Li Ziqing still decided to give Li Dahai's family a chance.
Among the Li Dahai family, only Li Zijian realized that this was an opportunity.
He said anxiously, "Dad, quickly agree to her, quickly agree to her!"
In Li Zijian's view, this was already the best outcome.
Kowtowing and admitting mistakes was not a problem for someone like him, especially since the two dead ghosts were his Second Uncle and Second Aunt.
Moving out of the ancestral home was also not a problem; this ancestral home just looked impressive, but it wasn't convenient to live in.
If he hadn't squandered all the other properties, he would have moved out of here long ago.
However, having a relative like Li Ziqing was incredibly awesome. At the very least, he wouldn't have to worry about money for the rest of his life.
He had inquired about it; Li Ziqing now controlled a large enterprise with assets of hundreds of billions.
He could understand these principles, but Li Dahai couldn't.
Li Dahai turned around and slapped his son hard: "I'll agree to your motherf***ing agree!"
"Who the hell are you cursing!"
Wang Peixia slapped Li Dahai back.
Li Dahai almost fell to the ground, glared fiercely at his wife, but ultimately didn't dare to hit her back.
Moreover, this wasn't the time to argue with an old woman.
"I won't agree to any of the conditions you mentioned. Let's see what you can do to me!"
Li Dahai sat on the chair unceremoniously, acting like a hoodlum.
"Sigh..."
Li Ziqing sighed, "I've already given you a chance. If you meet my parents down below, you have to tell them that your family's fate is entirely your own fault!"