Chapter 191 Li Ruoling goes to Yihong Courtyard
"What, drinking wine in Yihongyuan?" Li Ruoling's mother Jiang Jingshu exclaimed.
"Shh..." Li Tianba hurriedly covered Jiang Jingshu's mouth, and then whispered, "Madam, can you keep your voice down? If that girl hears, she will definitely run to Yihong Courtyard to see that boy right away."
"Shouldn't it be?" Jiang Jingshu said softly, "Could it be that this girl still hasn't given up on that boy until now?"
"Hmph, I don't think it's easy to say." Li Tianba put his arm around Jiang Jingshu's shoulders and left. "You're the daughter you gave birth to yourself, don't you know what kind of personality she has? She said many years ago that she wouldn't care about his life or death anymore, but in reality, every time that kid got into trouble, it was that girl who secretly cleaned up his mess.
Don't think I don't know how much money you have secretly given to that girl over the years. I'm afraid that your little pocket money has been emptied by her. But did that girl spend it on herself? She used it all to fill the hole for that loser in the Ye family.
In the past few years, he was a bad boy, causing trouble everywhere, gambling everywhere, causing troubles and owing debts. The Ye family never cared about his life or death. Wasn't it because of your precious daughter's protection that he was able to live safely until now? Otherwise, he would have been beaten to death long ago, and the grass on his grave would probably be three feet deep by now."
"Oh..." Jiang Jingshu sighed softly.
Ling'er will definitely have a harder life than me in the future...
She knew very well that Li Ruoling had the same personality as her, she was too kind and too loyal, and she would definitely suffer when she got married.
Just like her, after marrying Li Tianba, Li Tianba treated her well at first because she was good-looking. But as Li Ruoling grew up day by day, she became older day by day, especially after Li Tianba had a son with his concubine, she was gradually neglected.
Throughout the year, Li Tianba not only seldom went to her place to spend the night, but also rarely looked at her in a good manner. However, she never said anything, and never argued with Li Tianba's concubines.
She felt that she could only blame herself for giving birth to a daughter instead of a son. If Li Ruoling was a boy, she would not be treated like this.
It was not until last year, when Li Tianba learned that Li Ruoling had been specially recruited into Tianxuan College in the Demon Realm, that his attitude towards her suddenly changed 180 degrees. He stayed in her room all day long and even ignored his several young and beautiful concubines.
She saw all of this, and she knew very well that she was a daughter of a noble mother, but she never mentioned Li Tianba's past attitude towards her, and she had no intention of settling scores later. Even when Li Tianba criticized those concubines in front of her, she would say something good about them.
You know, those concubines had often united to target her in the past.
But she is just that kind of person. People can be unkind to her, but she will never be unjust to others.
"Okay, stop sighing." Li Tianba comforted, "Madam, what you just said may be right. Logically, Ling'er should have given up on that boy now. After all, she is already a student of Tianxuan College, so how could she still be interested in that little loser from the Ye family?"
"Master, Ye Fei has a name. Why do you keep calling him trash? It's so unpleasant." Jiang Jingshu said slowly, "At least he used to bring gifts to visit us during festivals. Even though our engagement has been cancelled, at least we are still his elders.
In the end, it is our Li family that is wrong in this matter. The engagement was made so many years ago, and we, the Li family, can cancel the engagement just like that. We owe them this.
They are really pitiful. As soon as our Li family proposed to cancel the engagement, they were kicked out of the Ye family. To be honest, they are homeless now, and our Li family has an unshirkable responsibility.
Therefore, if there is a chance in the future, if we can help the Ye family father and son, we should try our best to help them. "
"How can I help?" Li Tianba said contemptuously: "Dad said that last time Dad went to him to ask for the marriage certificate and asked Ye Liting what compensation he wanted, Ye Liting, who looked poor, pretended to be noble and said that he didn't want anything from our Li family and that he thought our Li family's money was dirty.
He was clearly insulting our Li family, implying that our family's money was earned from opening Yihongyuan. Dad just wanted to get the marriage certificate back, so he put up with it. Otherwise, with Dad's temper, he would have punished that old guy right there and then."
"He doesn't want our help because they also want to save face. If we cancel the engagement and then throw a sum of money at them, it's no different than sending away beggars. If word gets out, how will they put their faces aside?
I think it's normal that they are unwilling to accept our help.
But they don't want us to help, this is just their idea, whether we help or not is the will of our Li family. "Jiang Jingshu said slowly:
"If the Li family really wants to help them, they can do it behind the scenes without letting them know. It all depends on whether we are willing to help."
"They don't even want our help, so how do you expect me to help them?" Li Tianba said unhappily, "Do you want me to go and say hello to the manager of Yihong Courtyard right now, and give them a free meal tonight, and give them a bigger discount every time they come next time?"
Jiang Jingshu rolled her eyes at Li Tianba and said, "Forget it!"
"Haha..." Li Tianba couldn't help but laugh. "Madam, don't think about the Li family's affairs anymore. This is something we men should take care of. From now on, you just need to think about how to take good care of our precious daughter. I'm worried about letting those clumsy maids take care of her."
……
A quarter of an hour later.
After taking a shower and changing into a clean white dress, Li Ruoling strode towards the gate of the Li family with a gloomy face.
As soon as I walked out of the Li family’s gate, I ran into two people head-on.
One of them was the seventh senior sister in a blue dress, and the other was a handsome young man in a white gown.
"Seventh Senior Sister? Fifth Senior Brother?" Li Ruoling shouted excitedly, "Why are you here?"
"Ninth Junior Sister!" Fifth Senior Brother said with a happy smile, "We heard you were back in the mountains, so your Seventh Sister and I quickly sneaked down the mountain to see you."
The mountain he was referring to was the mountain behind Li’s family, and the Tianyuan Sect was located on the top of the mountain behind Li’s family.
Tianyuan Sect was founded by the ancestors of the Li family, so whenever people mention Tianyuan Sect, they will refer to the Li family's Tianyuan Sect.
Disciples from other families in Tianyuan Sect usually live in Tianyuan Sect. Although members of the Li family are registered in Tianyuan Sect since birth, they usually live in the Li family compound.
However, Li Ruoling liked to sleep and eat together on a big bunk bed with a group of senior sisters in Tianyuan Sect since she was a child, because when she returned home, she would rarely be looked down upon by Li Tianba.
"Ling'er..." Senior Sister Seven grabbed Li Ruoling's hand and said, "It's so late, why are you going out? Oh, I see. You must want to go up the mountain to play with us, right? Do you miss Senior Sister Seven too? Hehe..."
"Of course I miss my Seventh Senior Sister!" Li Ruoling smiled happily, but then her face darkened: "But I'm not going up the mountain to look for you."
"Then why are you going out so late?" Seventh Senior Sister asked blankly.
"Let's settle the score with Ye Fei!" Li Ruoling said coldly.
"Ah?" Sister Seven was stunned: "He owes you money outside again and put it on your account? Did the creditor come to your house as soon as you came back?
My God, you've been gone for nearly two and a half years, how much money must he owe people in these two and a half years?"
When the Seventh Senior Sister said this, she suddenly took off the storage ring on her hand and stuffed it into Li Ruoling's hand: "Anyway, I know that no matter how I persuade you, it's useless. Well, Senior Sister, there are only more than 3,000 spirit stones in this ring. I can only help you this much."
"Ah..." Fifth Senior Brother also sighed, shook his head, and took off the storage ring on his hand and handed it to Li Ruoling: "Ninth Senior Sister, you also know that Fifth Senior Brother is the poorest among your senior brothers and sisters. I only have more than a thousand here, and this is what I saved up in the past few years by living frugally.
You can use it to help him pay off his debt first. If it’s not enough, I will go back and help you borrow from other fellow students.
You are already a student of Tianxuan College now, so don't ask people to borrow money casually. It will be embarrassing if it gets out. Just let Fifth Brother do this embarrassing thing for you.
What's more, your status is different now. If you owe someone a favor now, it won't be worthwhile to repay it later."
The fifth senior brother is the one who treats Li Ruoling the best and has the purest feelings among all of her senior brothers and junior brothers. He should be the only one who truly treats Li Ruoling as his sister. As for the other senior brothers and junior brothers, they all have improper thoughts when they get close to Li Ruoling. Li Ruoling has seen this clearly a long time ago.
Seeing her Seventh Senior Sister and Fifth Senior Brother helping her so wholeheartedly, Li Ruoling was touched. However, she gently pushed Fifth Senior Brother's hand away, and held Seventh Senior Sister's hand, returning her storage ring to Seventh Senior Sister's palm: "Seventh Sister, Fifth Brother, I appreciate your kindness."
"What's wrong?" Senior Sister Seven looked worried. "Could it be that the guy owes too much, and this little change from us is not enough?"
"This is the end!" Fifth Senior Brother was so anxious that he turned around and around: "Ninth Senior Sister, don't worry, how much does he owe? Just tell me the number, and your Seventh Sister and I will help you find a solution."
"It's not about the money!" Li Ruoling looked at the two of them with a touched expression.
It feels so good to have such senior sisters and brothers who love me.
Apart from these two people, she can only find this feeling of being pampered in her life from her mother Jiang Jingshu and Master Xuantong of Tianxuan Academy.
When she thought of the master from Tianxuan College, her heart was filled with emotion.
The master not only taught her everything he knew, but also gave her so much help.
In the past two years, she has spent as much as 400,000 to 500,000 spirit stones just for practicing in Tianxuan College. Otherwise, she would not have been able to break through from the peak of the Xiantian Realm to the middle stage of the Diyuan Realm in just two years. All the spirit stones consumed for practicing were given to her by her master Xuantong.
"If it's not about money, then it's fine!" Senior Sister Seven finally breathed a sigh of relief. She hurriedly put on her storage ring: "I thought you were going to squeeze me dry again when you came back."
"Pfft..." Li Ruoling couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Seventh sister, are you so afraid of me?"
"How can I not be afraid?" Seventh Senior Sister curled her lips: "Every time I save up some money, you always take it all away in one go."
"Hahaha..." Fifth Senior Brother laughed at the side.
"Seventh sister, fifth brother, come on, follow me!" Li Ruoling suddenly said.
"Where are we going?" asked the Seventh Senior Sister and the Fifth Senior Brother in unison.
"Yihongyuan!" Li Ruoling strode away.