The car stopped at the entrance of the alley, and Tian Jing, carrying her bag, got out first. Li Zhenguo went to find a parking spot.
Before she reached the small courtyard gate, she heard arguments from inside the courtyard.
Liu Ailing, holding her son who was staring intently at the closed door of the west room, said, "Mingxiu, come home with Mom."
Lou Caiyun also chimed in, "Mingxiu, you must listen to your mother and go home. Your grandfather has found you an excellent match."
Gao Mingxiu didn't believe a word Lou Caiyun said.
He asked Lou Caiyun angrily, "Second Aunt, what did you do?"
"Oh my." Lou Caiyun patted her chest. "You scared me."
"What could I do? As soon as I arrived in Kyoto, your mother dragged me here, saying we had to find you and bring you home."
Gao Mingxiu stared at Lou Caiyun, "You'd better not have done anything, or else..."
Liu Ailing gently patted her son, "How can you speak to your Second Aunt like that?"
"You come home with me quickly. I tell you, I will absolutely not agree to her entering the Gao family."
"Is that so?" Tian Jing stood at the courtyard entrance, her aura fully unleashed.
"The Gao family? How high are the thresholds of the Gao family?"
The three people arguing in the main hall turned around, and an invisible pressure forced them to their knees.
Even the two people outside the door were bent over.
Did the Great Hero Tian arrive?
Le Xiaodi, standing outside the door, quickly explained, "Tian, Great Hero Tian, it's not that we're not helping, it's that Lili won't open the door."
"And we can't touch these two women, they'll scream 'indecent assault' if we even brush them."
Tian Jing glanced at him and Lin Zhicheng.
The two immediately felt the heavy pressure on them lessen considerably.
Tian Jing walked towards the main hall step by step, the pressure increasing with each step.
Seeing Tian Jing, Lou Caiyun was greatly alarmed. It was Captain Tian?
What was Lili's relationship with Captain Tian?
Beauties jealousy!
Seeing Tian Jing, Liu Ailing's eyes turned red with envy.
Her beauty had faded with the years, but why could this woman, who looked no younger than her, still maintain her beauty?
And now, she was kneeling before this woman, which was a great humiliation to her.
"You, release me quickly, or else our Gao family will not let you off."
Lou Caiyun inwardly cursed this foolish woman for threatening people with the Gao family at such a time.
Tian Jing ignored the two women and looked down at the handsome young man, "You are Gao Mingxiu?"
Gao Mingxiu swallowed nervously, "Yes, may I ask who you are?"
Tian Jing walked into the room. The three people kneeling also turned to follow her movements.
The three were even more terrified.
Especially Lou Caiyun, who inwardly cried, it's over. This Captain Tian is so powerful, she can control my body without even moving. What if she wanted to take my life?
She broke out in a cold sweat. Why did she think she had to witness the outcome with her own eyes?
The outcome was not what she had expected.
Tian Jing sat down on a stool by the dining table, looking at the three people at eye level.
"Speak, why are you three in my daughter's courtyard?"
Daughter?
Lou Caiyun almost fainted, but the invisible pressure on her body prevented her from moving in any direction.
Daughter?
Liu Ailing's eyes widened as she looked at Tian Jing. She didn't want in-laws who were even more beautiful than her!
Daughter?
After his initial surprise, Gao Mingxiu was delighted, "Auntie, hello, Lili she..."
Tian Jing waved her hand, "I'm asking why you are in this courtyard. I don't need to know anything else from you. I'll ask my daughter."
"It's like this." Gao Mingxiu quickly explained the reason for their presence in the courtyard.
Last night, as he was passing by this courtyard on his way home from work, he intended to discuss some recent discoveries at the company with Li Weili. However, Li Weili said she had a friend to entertain and would talk tomorrow.
This morning, as he passed by the courtyard on his way to work, he saw the gate was still closed, so he and Lin Zhicheng went to work.
He didn't see Li Weili at the company in the morning, and when he asked others, they said they hadn't seen her. He couldn't reach her by phone, so he brought Lin Zhicheng back to check.
Upon returning, he saw the gate was still closed. He reached out to knock, but found that the gate wasn't latched. He pushed it open.
He and Lin Zhicheng entered the courtyard, walking towards the half-open main hall, calling out, "Lili, are you home?"
"Ah?" He only heard Li Weili scream, followed by the sound of a door slamming shut.
He and Lin Zhicheng quickly entered the main hall, "Lili, what's wrong?"
Li Weili's voice came from the closed west room, "I'm fine, you guys leave."
How could she be fine? Lili's voice was hoarse. He knocked on the door worriedly, "Lili, do you have a cold? Let's go to the hospital."
Li Weili's voice came out, "I'm fine! You guys leave! Don't bother me."
He and Lin Zhicheng exchanged glances and were about to go to the next door to find Sister Du when his mother and Second Aunt arrived.
As soon as they arrived, they started shouting that Lili had seduced him.
He felt bewildered, "Mom, what are you talking about?"
His mother looked him up and down and then heaved a sigh of relief, telling him to go home with her.
After Gao Mingxiu finished speaking, he looked at Tian Jing worriedly, "Auntie, it's good that you're here. Lili is too stubborn, she..."
Tian Jing raised her hand to interrupt Gao Mingxiu, "My daughter, I will naturally care for her. I don't need you to worry."
Then, she looked at Lou Caiyun, "Comrade Lou, I didn't expect us to be so fated to meet in Kyoto, and at my daughter's residence."
"Please explain why you suddenly appeared here."
Lou Caiyun swallowed hard. What should she do? How could she explain?
This Captain Tian clearly wouldn't listen to anyone and only trusted her own judgment.
Li Zhenguo walked into the courtyard and saw Le Xiaodi and the other person bent over in the courtyard, and then the three people kneeling in the main hall. He quickly walked into the main hall, "What's wrong? What happened? Where's Lili?"
Tian Jing pointed to the other side of the table, gesturing for her husband to sit down. "Let's figure out the intentions of these three first."
Seeing that his wife wasn't in a hurry, Li Zhenguo could only sit down.
Lou Caiyun hurriedly sought help from Li Zhenguo, "Li, Comrade Li, we didn't know Lili was your daughter. We just came to..."
"We came to take my son away." Seeing Lou Caiyun stammering, Liu Ailing blurted out the purpose of her visit.
This morning, she received an anonymous text message saying her son was already living with Lili and included an address.
At first, she didn't believe it. She went to the school to find her son, but the school hadn't started yet, though the postgraduate dormitories were accessible.
She went into several rooms and finally found out which dormitory her son was staying in.
His roommates said her son hadn't returned yet and they thought he would wait until the start of the semester to come back.
She believed the possibility mentioned in the text message. As she was preparing to go to the address, her second sister-in-law called, saying she had arrived in Kyoto and wanted to go shopping.
How could she be in the mood to shop? She told her second sister-in-law about the text message and asked her to accompany her to persuade her son to come home.
When they arrived, they saw her son trying to persuade Lili to open the door of the west room.
Her son, who had always been the pride of the Gao family, was now dressed plainly and begging Lili to open the door in a humble manner. How could she stand it?
She started scolding from inside the room, accusing Lili of being promiscuous and capable of living together before marriage.
After some movement from inside the room, it quieted down again.
Seeing Lili acting like a turtle in its shell, she turned to persuade her son to come home with her.
Tian Jing looked at Lou Caiyun, whose face was pale, "What do you have to explain?"