"Are you sure it is not all an act?" Li Yuan said in a hopeless tone. He looked like he could cry at any moment.
His millions of dollars were at stake!
"Look at his eyes. He looks deep in love" Li Shanguan's voice was sweet and dreamy as she looked at her son on the laptop screen. The way he looked at that girl, Li Shanguan knew it was the girl that was bound to be her daughter-in-law. "Can't we invite her home already? She is so cute."
"Don't be hasty Shanguan." Li Guang said scrutinizing that video. "That treacherous son of yours might just be acting to get rid of his engagement."
"It doesn't seem like acting to me." Li Shanguan rebutted.
"Then you underestimate your son Shanguan."
"I too don't think so that it is acting" Li Qiang- Li Yuan and Li Luxian cousin - Li Guang nephew- poked out his head. "If that girl had the ability to stay in the diameter of one meter around Li Luxian for three minutes, I would declare that she is made by heavens to be his wife."
Li Luxian could never tolerate a female presence. Li Qiang was aware of this fact. So if he could tolerate that girl for just three minutes then she was the most eligible candidate in the whole world to marry Li Luxian.
"You liar!" Li Yuan threw a cushion at Li Quang. "You are just saying it so that you can loot my money!"
Li Quang smirked.
"Hey look at the video yourself. Your brother kissed her. Can you name any single female he had initiated a talk with, let alone kissed since high school?"
Li Yuan opened his mouth then closed it. There was no one. Damn it!
"Just wait! I'll only lose the bet only if he marries her. And brother Li said that the one who married was immature."
"But he didn't say that he won't be marrying anyone" Li Quang waved his hands with a smirk.
Li Yuan felt a faint ache in his heart. There was no way to save his money now.
Farewell, his savings.
Farewell, his trip to Japan.
Farewell, his dream to own the latest La Ferrari.
"Why is her face not clear?" Li Quang said staring at the video. It was taken from a distance so that Li Luxian wouldn't get suspicious and it was a blur with only the girl's back visible. Her face was not clear.
He didn't know why he felt like he had seen her before somewhere. But he couldn't put a finger on it. When he zoomed in, the picture was all blurred. Li Quang sat silently on the couch, placing the laptop on his lap, and stared at the girl's picture for quite some time and wrecked his brain to recall where he had seen her before.
"I want to meet her right now! She is so pretty!" Li Shanguan exclaimed, her eyes twinkling with affection for her daughter-in-law to be. She had always wished to get a daughter. But God bestowed her with only two good-for-nothing sons! And her that rascal son wouldn't agree to get a wife so that she could realize her dream in the form of a daughter-in-law.
"Stop that Shanguan. You can't even see her face and you are saying that she is pretty?" Li Guang shook his head helplessly.
His wife was always so gullible and over-excited. But Li Guang was aware of the plotting nature of his son, Li Luxian. In his eyes that was only a stunt to get rid of his fiancee. So Li Guang didn't want his wife to get hurt after raising her hopes.
"I just know that she is very beautiful. Our son's choice can't be wrong." Li Shanguan exclaimed, not willing to give up her hopes that his son was finally going to settle down.
As Li Guang contemplated what to say next to make his wife change her mind, Lei Jun, the Li household butler, walked to them and informed them.
"Master Li, the elder of the Wang family is here to discuss the engagement with young Master Li."
"Make him sit in the guest room and serve him tea. I'll come down and talk with him in a minute."
"What are you going to tell him?" Li Shanguan asked anxiously.
"I'll try to delay this matter for now."
"Li Guang just annual the engagement with Wang Huailing already. Our son is..."
"No", Li Guang cut her mid-speech, "We will have to wait and see it for ourselves for a few days. If that scheming bastard for a son has really found a girl then we will annul the marriage with the Wang family. But if he is only acting to get rid of his engagement then we can not waste an important ally like the Wang family. The marriage connection with them can bring out so much profit to our empire. If the engagement is broken for no reason, we are going to suffer a major loss."
"If this turns out to be a real relation." Li Quang leaned back against the couch. "That it is sure going to be by the looks of it. Then it is going to bring a lot of damage to us in business. Especially if the Wang family takes a grudge against us."