Chapter 5558: Chapter 5558: Ruthless

For Li Jinnian, Li Ronghuan had become like a mother hen, urgently and eagerly protecting him, fearing that Li Jinnian would suffer a loss or be deceived, exploited by Li Tianhao.

That person, the most hypocritical person in the Li family, even his own younger brother had been betrayed countless times!

"You, you must not go astray. Stay away from the Li family, stay away from your father, then uncle will be at ease." As he said this, Li Ronghuan’s eyes even reddened, "Your mother... your mother would also be at ease."

The study became exceptionally quiet; sunlight sprinkled into the room through the windows, ancient books fragrant in the sunlit floating dust, time seemed to have stopped, and the kind woman who had once helped Li Ronghuan, seemed to step through the years and stand by the door again, smiling faintly, "Ronghuan, you are still young, don’t talk back to the adults, you’ll only harm yourself."

"Smart people know very well how to hide their strength and bide their time, silently amassing strength and then soaring high. You are a smart person, you should know when to show some softness. Showing appropriate softness is not showing weakness, nor does it mean you are timid and easy to bully, but it is a survival skill that helps one live better."

Benefited from these words for life, they were never forgotten.

"Jinnian, your mother, what she is most worried about is you. Don’t let your mother down; she only wants you to be safe and sound, not necessarily wealthy or successful."

The sunlight seemed to pierce through the years, startled the transient world, and took away that kind, yet melancholy woman.

Since Li Jinnian had come of age, no one in the Li family ever mentioned his mother in front of him. This was the first time he stood in the Li family estate, listening to someone from the Li family mention his mother.

He saw tiny glimmers of moisture twinkling in Li Ronghuan’s reddened eyes, and his usually hard and cold heart trembled ever so slightly at this moment.

"Uncle, I... I never thought about returning to the Li family." Li Jinnian finally answered him, "This has never been my home."

He had never considered the Li family as his own home because, aside from his mother, no one had truly treated him as part of the Li family.

The younger him sometimes couldn’t understand what unforgivable thing he had done to be despised by his own family.

Later... as he grew up and understood things, he also learned why his family despised him.

Madam Li despised him because he was the eldest son and grandson, likely to claim a share of the Li family’s fortune.

Old Master Li despised him for his good relationship with the Fu family and for not following his plans. Later, during Old Master Li’s birthday, he was manipulated by Madam Li into serving noodles laced with rat poison to Old Master Li, and from that point on, he could never regain Old Master Li’s favor.

His biological father, worried about being tightly monitored by Madam Li and disliked by Old Master Li because of him, feared getting dragged down, so he too disliked his son.

To this day, other members of the Li family, especially the elders, despised him, and they had no reason not to dislike him.

Looking back, it was indeed a personal failure, so disliked by everyone.

Li Jinnian, with slightly lowered eyes and lips pressed tightly, added, "A family filled with schemes is exhausting."

Although his tone was cold, it made Li Ronghuan feel a heavy suffocation in his chest. After a while, he forcefully pulled Li Jinnian into his arms and patted his shoulders hard, "Not exhausting, with your uncle here in the Li family, no motherfucker can scheme against you. Including your father! No one can scheme against you."

"Knock, knock, knock..." The sound of knocking came again; without waiting for the servant outside to speak, Li Ronghuan suddenly raised his foot and kicked a chair, which heavily slammed into the study’s solid wood door, "What’s the rush! Get lost!"

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