"Mom, who do you think designed me, and with whom did they want to design me?"
Her daughter's question, Tian Jing had her own suspicions:
"That Lou Caiyun is very suspicious. Did she just come to the capital to shop with her sister-in-law?"
"What a coincidence that the sister-in-law just received news of her son living with another woman?"
"And when she advised Gao Mingxiu, she said that Gao Mingxiu's grandfather had found a good match for him."
"She emphasized the words 'good match' very heavily."
"At a time when Gao Mingxiu had just fallen out with his grandfather, Gao Mingxiu would definitely be extremely resistant to such a thing."
"What she wanted was probably Gao Mingxiu's resistance, to make Gao Mingxiu himself break off the good match his grandfather found for him."
"So the so-called good match that Gao Mingxiu's grandfather found must have been so good that she had to break it off."
"And when the Gao family investigated your identity, their information was swapped by Old Master Shen. In their eyes, you are just an ordinary peasant girl, someone they can destroy."
"In Lou Caiyun's eyes, you were a stumbling block that could be used to sever Gao Mingxiu's connection with that good match."
"Therefore, the one who designed you should be Lou Caiyun, and she designed you and Gao Mingxiu."
Li Weili slapped her forehead: "Last night after work, Gao Mingxiu said he had something to discuss with me. I pushed him off because I had plans with Han Lushi."
Tian Jing frowned: "Then Gao Mingxiu said he had intended to discuss company matters with you."
"How did Lou Caiyun know about his intentions and then use him to find an opportunity to design you?"
"Who else knew that you like black tea and buy it at the small convenience store on the corner?"
Li Weili's face changed: "There's a traitor both by Gao Mingxiu's side and by mine."
"Not necessarily," Tian Jing shook her head. "Perhaps it's someone you both know."
Li Weili's face turned even uglier. Someone they both knew? Wasn't that her roommate?
Tian Jing patted her daughter's shoulder: "There is no equality in love. And betrayal is either 0 times or countless times."
Li Weili nodded: "I understand. I'll handle it."
A fall into a pit, a gain in a wit. Her daughter was still young and had many more experiences to go through. "The Gao family, I will handle them."
...
As mother and daughter came out of the east room, they saw Li Zhengguo and Han Lushi glaring at each other.
Seeing them come out, the two men walked towards their respective women.
Han Lushi took Li Weili's hand and smiled humbly at her: "Are you alright?"
Li Weili chided him: "Do you think my mom scolded me? Not at all, my family loves me."
Han Lushi was relieved: "In the future, please count me in as well."
Li Weili teased him: "My parents haven't agreed to you yet."
Han Lushi pulled her to Tian Jing and Li Zhengguo:
"Captain Tian, Mayor Li, I will treat Lili well. Please agree to my marrying into the Li family."
"The wedding can be discussed later, but you do need to get the marriage certificate first," Tian Jing mused:
"I agree to you getting the marriage certificate first for two reasons."
"One is that I worry about any accidents with Lili's health. Getting the certificate will prevent any gossip."
"Secondly, if Lili doesn't get married, there will still be people with intentions. You are a military marriage, and no one will dare to plot against Lili."
"Thank you, Captain Tian," Han Lushi was very pleased that Captain Tian agreed to bring Lili under his protection.
"I will submit the marriage application report to the captain now."
Tian Jing remained silent, letting Han Lushi call Zeng Jingrong. She wanted to see how Zeng Jingrong would handle this.
In front of Tian Jing and Li Zhengguo, Han Lushi pressed the speakerphone on his phone.
The person on the other end answered quickly: "Why are you calling me so suddenly? Aren't you at work?"
Han Lushi didn't answer Zeng Jingrong's question, only stated his purpose:
"Captain Zeng, I'm getting married. Please grant special permission. I want to get the certificate now."
Zeng Jingrong's answer was swift: "No, you know there's a political review. Even if I go to the woman's house myself, it will take time."
Han Lushi glanced at Li Weili, who was secretly smiling beside him: "The woman's political review should not be necessary. Her brother and younger brother are both in the unit."
"Who?"
"Li Weili."
"What the hell!"
"Doo doo doo," Han Lushi's call was hung up.
The next second, Tian Jing's phone rang.
Seeing the number, Tian Jing also turned on the speakerphone.
Zeng Jingrong's anxious voice came from the phone: "Tiantian, what's wrong with Lili?"
"Were you asking me for Lushi's information just now because of Lili?"
"That Lushi is like an eternal ice mountain. If Lili is with him, she'll get frostbite."
"You know how restricted our team members are, don't marry Lili off to a team member."
"We men are all pitfalls. Once you fall in, you can't climb out."
"Captain Zeng!" Han Lushi called out word by word into the phone.
"What the hell!" Zeng Jingrong's surprised voice rose. "You two are together? Then what about Lili?"
"She's here," Li Weili responded.
"Lili," Zeng Jingrong caught the main person and hurried to persuade her:
"Lili, Han Lushi is the biggest ice pit among all of us. You absolutely must not jump in."
"If you want a boyfriend, your Uncle will introduce one to you. Hurry up and dump Han Lushi."
"Captain Zeng!" Han Lushi's voice grew colder. "What exactly do you mean?"
Zeng Jingrong on the other end remained silent.
Tian Jing spoke calmly into the phone: "Zeng Jingrong, you just need to approve Han Lushi's application."
"Tiantian," Zeng Jingrong asked timidly, "Did they have a relationship?"
Tian Jing's voice became even calmer: "Yes, and they were caught."
Zeng Jingrong was stunned: "Who caught them?"
Tian Jing told him directly: "The Gao family."
"This is the end of me," Zeng Jingrong grunted. "I'll suppress the rumors first, and I'll call you back later."
"Wait," Tian Jing stopped Zeng Jingrong. "She was locked in the room, and the Gao family didn't see Han Lushi."
"They didn't see anyone in the room with their own eyes, but they can probably guess."
"That Lou Caiyun is very suspicious. She's very much like the mastermind behind the drugging."
"Drugging?" Zeng Jingrong's voice rose slightly. "Who was drugged?"
"Lili."
After Tian Jing uttered the two words, Zeng Jingrong's scolding came from the phone:
"Lushi, you despicable person who takes advantage of a situation, you..."
"Zeng Jingrong!" Tian Jing's voice was cold. "Don't force me to come find you right now."
Zeng Jingrong paused for two seconds before saying, "Wait for me to call you back."
After Tian Jing hung up the phone, she beckoned to her daughter: "Let's go sort out our clothes first."
"Han Lushi, you go back to your task and patch up the loopholes from last night until now."
"Yes," Han Lushi replied, then said apologetically to Li Weili, "I'm sorry, Lili, I have to leave now."
"It's okay," Li Weili smiled and waved at him. "I'll wait for you to come back."
"Okay," Han Lushi stared at her face for a few seconds before turning to leave.
Li Zhengguo closed the courtyard gate and came back to help sort out things in the east room. He and his wife couldn't live here anymore either.
Tian Jing and her daughter packed four bags of clothes. Li Zhengguo came to help move them to the car. There were too many things to take in one trip.
Li Zhengguo would take them there first, and then come back for another load.