Chapter 22 Reconciled

Despite Lin Kun’s provocation, Li Mu didn’t even bother to cast a glance at him.

Instead, he said to Lin Wan’s parents calmly, “I think I’d better call you two uncle and aunt. Let’s do it this way. I’ll give you two a million dollars. You can treat this as the payment for selling your daughter to me!”

“How insolent of you!” the fifth aunt yelled from the side.

“How am I being insolent? Your husband quoted the price. The price he quoted for Lin Wan was one million. Since you guys quoted the price, why can’t I buy her?”

“In your dreams! Our baby Lin Wan is worth far more than a million dollars.” The fifth aunt replied furiously.

“Oh, then why don't you tell me how much Lin Wan is worth to you guys?”

Li Mu had completely sidetracked the whole conversation. He was really a senior consultant of a reputable company. He was really good at grasping the opportunity and leading the conversation.

“Didn’t you guys offer to compensate me? Alright. I’ll talk to you about money now.”

His purpose of doing this was to make their conversations revolve around money. Once they had fallen into his trap, they wouldn’t be reasonable anymore.

Li Mu had succeeded. He had successfully taken advantage of the other party’s mistake and led the topic of conversation into selling their daughter. This made Lin Wan’s family didn’t know how to answer him.

The room suddenly became quiet. Li Mu smiled and said to his wife, “Let’s go. I’ll treat you a movie!”

“Okay!” Lin Wan meekly agreed, held her husband’s hand and walked out.

“Mr. Li, I’ll take back what I said just now. Tell us how much you want. As long as you promise to leave Lin Wan, we’ll agree to whatever conditions you have!” the fifth uncle said behind them.

Li Mu turned around and asked, “This is what you said. Can I trust your words?”

“Of course. You can tell us your condition.” The fifth uncle replied immediately.

Then, Li Mu turned and asked Lin Wan’s parents, “How about uncle and auntie? What do you think? Can he make the decision for the two of you?”

Lin Wan’s mother subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Hong and then replied, “Yes, we’ll agree to whatever condition you have!”

“Alright, then can I ask, how is the Lin family’s financial situation?”

“Why do you ask this? Lin Wan’s mother obviously looked very unhappy, and replied in a hostile tone.

“Well, I’m just casually asking about it. Auntie, you can also choose not to tell me if you don’t want to.”

“It doesn’t hurt to tell you as well. Although our family is not a prestigious family, we can still be considered quite a reputable family in the city. Therefore, the financial situation in our family is naturally not bad.”

“I see you are rich. No wonder you all have so much self-confidence!”

“Lad, you better speak a little more politely. They are your elders after all!” Mrs. Hong interjected.

“Alright, I’m sorry everyone. Please don’t take offence at my words. Then, I’ll tell you all my condition now.” Li Mu said nonchalantly.

Seeing that everyone had their eyes on him, he coughed lightly and said in a soft tone, “Congratulations, you all have won. I can leave Lin Wan…”

A sharp pain suddenly came from his arm immediately after he finished saying these words. Li Mu took a deep breath and complained to his wife, “Please be gentle. I haven’t finished my words yet!”

“My condition is, give me all the Lin family’s assets. If you guys can do that, I will leave Lin Wan immediately. Oh, by the way, Lin Wan is also a member of the Lin family. Don’t forget to take her into account when you are calculating your assets.”

Everyone in the room was startled by his words. Li Mu smiled chicly, wrapped his arm around his wife’s waist and strutted away.

A long moment after they left, Mrs. Hong burst out laughing and muttered, “Now I slightly understand why Lin Wan will like him.”

Lin Kun sat down on the chair beside him and shook his head bitterly.

After leaving the hotel, Lin Wan couldn’t help but ask, “If you really got all the wealth of the Lin Family, would you choose to leave me?”

“Miss, didn’t you hear the last two sentences I said just now?”

“I don’t care what those two sentences you said. I just want to know, if you really got all the wealth of the Lin Family, would you choose to leave me?”

Li Mu pulled her into an embrace, kissed her lightly on her forehead and said, “Silly girl, you are my life. Nothing is more important than you. In my heart, you are priceless.”

After leaving the Renaissance Hotel, the couple went to the Fuhao Hotel first to retrieve Lin Wan’s car.

Then, each of them drove a car and went to Fang Qiang’s company together.

Fang Qiang had opened a company projecting in weak current engineering, and his business was booming. He had rented all the seven floors of the Torch Building in the city center.

In the underground parking lot, Lin Wan said to Li Mu, “Honey, I’m not going. You go up yourself!”

“What’s wrong? We’re already at Fang Qiang’s office. Why don’t you go upstairs and have a seat?”

“It’s all because of you. I’m too embarrassed to meet your friend after how you had wronged me. Just go without me. I’ll wait for you in the car! “Lin Wan blamed him.

Li Mu didn’t insist. He laughed at himself, turned around and walked toward the elevator.

He took the elevator to the seventh floor. Upon seeing him, the receptionist at the front desk quickly stood up to greet him. Lin Mu was a close friend of Fang Qiang, and can be considered a frequent visitor here. Therefore, everyone who sees him at the office will naturally treat him politely.

“Where is your boss?”

“Mr. Fang is in the office. Mr. Li, would you like me to inform him of your arrival?”

“No need. I’ll go in by myself!” Li Mu replied naturally and strode toward the office area.

The office area was divided into two different sections by a thick partition wall. One side was the office area, and the other, according to Fang Qiang, was the company’s warehouse.

Although today was Saturday, there were still many people working overtime in the office. This could be regarded as the corporate culture in Fang Qiang’s company.

Fang Qiang had always emphasized that employees who did not take the initiative to work overtime were not good employees, and companies that did not push their employees to work overtime would not have vitality.

Li Mu had always scoffed at this. When there were no outsiders around, he would often scold Fang Qiang was one of the victims of the Chicken Soup of the Soul. Not only did he love to make himself suffer, but he also forced all his employees to suffer with him.

Standing outside the office’s glass door, Li Mu knocked on the door. Fang Qiang, who was looking at the computer screen with his head bowed low, immediately looked up when he heard someone knocking on the door. When he saw that it was Li Mu, he smiled and waved his hand at him.

Upon seeing that, Li Mu pushed the door open and walked in. Then, he unceremoniously pulled over a chair and sat down next to Fang Qiang.

“How are things? I wanted to call you later, but unexpectedly, you came first!”

Putting the car key on the desk, Li Mu said, “The car is in the underground parking lot. I forgot to refuel the car for you. Remember to refuel it yourself. Oh, by the way, there is a parking violation fine as well. Don’t forget to pay the fine!”

“Did Lin Wan do all those things?” Fang Qing asked with concern.

“No, it was a misunderstanding. It has already been resolved.” Li Mu replied in a good mood.

“That’s right. I already said that Lin Wan is not that kind of person. There must be a reason that she is doing this. Tell me, what exactly is going on?”

So, Li Mu briefly told Fang Qing everything. After hearing that, Fang Qiang said surprisingly, “Her parents have come to Shenyang. I thought that her parents had already passed away. Gee, why did she need to hide something like this from you?”

“She doesn’t want to cause any inconvenience to me. Sometimes, it’s really difficult to understand a woman's mind. They always tend to make things very complicated.”

Fang Qiang stood up and walked to the side of the coffee tea. Then, he said persuasively while making tea, “Well, now everything is clear, this matter is also over. Lin Wan is a good woman. You must really cherish her!”

Li Mu also stood up and responded with a smile, “I know. Get back to your work. I’m leaving now!”

“Don’t leave in such a hurry. I’ll make you some good tea. Don’t leave. Let’s go to Little Fat Sheep Bar for a drink. It’s my treat!”

“No, I can’t. Lin Wan is still waiting for me in the parking lot. I promise that I’ll watch a movie with her to make amendments to her!”

“I see. Then quickly go. Don’t let her wait for too long!”

“Alright!” Li Mu responded while walking out, “I’ll treat you to a meal soon. Let’s go to my house and have a drink.”

After sending Li Mu away, Fang Qiang continued to fiddle with the tea set on the table and shook his head while pondering.

…

After shopping, watching a movie and eating western food, the relationship between the couple had returned to normal at night. The two of them were glued to each other again like before.

Before they went to bed, Lin Wan told Li Mu that she would like to be a home tutor.

Li Mu felt a little unhappy when he heard this. Why did she suddenly want to be a home tutor?

“Why do you always want to do such random things? We are doing well financially. Although we still have a mortgage and car loans that we haven’t paid off yet, my income can still cover our overall expenditures. There is no need for you to earn extra money to support the family.”

Seeing her husband’s dissatisfaction, Lin Wan quickly explained, “I’m not trying to earn extra money. I’ll do tutoring for free this time.”

“What do you mean?” Li Mu asked, perplexed.

“It’s a female student in Ms. Tian’s class who has quite a talent in music. She would like to develop her talent. That child contacted me through Ms. Tian and would be like me to give her one-to-one coaching.

“When did she contact you?”

“She called me personally when you went off to return the key.”

“Why did she look for you? There are a lot of specialty classes at the music academy. She would be able to receive more professional lessons at the music academy!”

“What do you mean? Are you looking down on me? Do you mean that I couldn’t teach as well as them?” Lin Wan pouted.

Li Mu knew that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly explained, “I don’t mean that. I wanted to say that since she has talent in this area, she should go to a professional training institution. After all, the teaching conditions in such institutions are better, which will be more conducive for the child’s growth.”

“I also don’t know why she looked for me. I really like that child. She is the representative in Ms. Tian’s music class. Our relationship is very good. It’s probably because that child feels closer to me!”

“Have you already agreed?”

“Aren’t I asking for your opinion now? I ‘ll only give her a reply after you’ve agreed.”

Li Mu immediately shook his head and said, “Just reject it. Teachers are forbidden to provide private tutoring classes now. It’s better not to get involved in these things. It will be bad if someone catches you doing that and spreads it around.”

“That’s why I don’t plan to ask for money. I just to want help that child and teach her for free!” Lin Wan continued to explain.

“If you ask me, I think it’s better for you to give up on this. I won’t force you to accept my opinion. Just decide for yourself!” Li Mu didn’t want to continue to talk about this topic anymore.

Lin Wan said reluctantly, “Then I won’t be a home tutor. I’ll just guide her occasionally. Is that okay?”

“Do whatever you want. You decide yourself!”

“Okay, it’s decided then. Thank you, Honey!”