The Sweet Life of Superstar and His Goddess Wife

Chapter 373: Mother Li’s Worries

"Really? I didn’t know that. At the time, I was wondering why you, with such a good sense of economics, wanted to major in something like arts. I even had a chat with you, hoping you would pursue a degree in management science.""Yes, if it hadn’t been for Dad persuading me back then, I’d probably be someone different today."

"Being different isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Life is like that, with countless choices leading to countless outcomes. Some people live the life they want, while others live the life others want for them. I just worry you’ll regret it and feel that I manipulated your life, and that you wanted to live differently."

Back then, although he said he was persuading, he was actually forcing Li Wei Qiao to choose a management-type major.

Li Qiqi stood there, completely unsure whether she should continue pretending to know nothing and go up to call her brother, saying Mom was looking for him; or pretend to go back to get something and lie to her mom that she couldn’t find her brother?

"So, where’s your brother?" Mother Li asked, seeing her daughter return alone. "Didn’t I ask you to call your brother?"

"I don’t know where they are." Li Qiqi chose a second smile, acting like she knew nothing, and told her mom, "I reckon Dad is talking to him about something, they’ll be back soon. Mom, if you’re in a hurry, I’ll go look again."

"It’s fine, I’ll talk to your brother later." Mother Li clearly had something on her mind but still held onto Li Qiqi’s hand, asking this and that, especially about what friends her daughter had around her, particularly any boys.

Li Qiqi laughed, "Mom, don’t you know my few girlfriends? Whenever they come over, don’t they greet you? And some even remember to bring you gifts from abroad."

"Those girlfriends of yours, I know them, but I don’t know all the friends around you. What’s this, you’re annoyed talking to your mom?"

"How dare I? You’re my mom, my biological mom." Unfortunately, her brother wasn’t biological! Somewhat, Li Qiqi felt a bit down.

Sigh...having a brother when I was young, life was so happy, wasn’t it? No matter what trouble I got into, I had a brother to take the blame for me.

But now, when he’s not even her real brother, how can she have the nerve to let him take the blame?

"Because I’m your real mom, I want to know your life even more. Who knows if you’ve made friends behind my back that you don’t want me to meet."

"I haven’t, there are no friends that I can’t show you, Mom, really?"

"How would I know? The human heart is a mystery, who knows what you’re thinking? Nowadays, isn’t this how it goes on TV, daughters hiding a Phoenix boyfriend from their parents, afraid the family won’t agree, and delaying to say it..." Mother Li subtly pointed out a few things.

"Mom, do you think I’d be interested in that kind of Phoenix man? Lacking ability, but wanting to marry a rich woman to rise quickly, I wouldn’t fancy such a man."

"What kind do you like then? Young and powerful, handsome like your brother?"

She didn’t think much when he was her real brother, but after suddenly finding out he wasn’t, hearing her mom say this made Li Qiqi feel awkward, "Mom, what are you saying? My brother, can an average person compare to him?"

"Why can’t they compare? Don’t you like someone like your brother? I do, your future husband, if he’s half as good as your brother, I’d be very content."

"Mom...I’m not talking to you about this anymore, or I’ll get mad!"

"Alright, alright, I won’t talk about it if you don’t want to. You young folks are like that, start off speaking well, but when adults ask about your love life, you clench up like clams and won’t say a word. Your brother too, already over thirty, and not even a girlfriend. If I didn’t know he dated someone in college, I’d suspect he likes men!"

Li Qiqi laughed, "Mom, no way! My brother’s so handsome, how could you worry he wouldn’t find a wife? But really, Mom, what were you thinking back then? With my brother already seven or eight, you actually considered having a second child? Weren’t you afraid he’d be upset?"

"What did he have to be upset about? When he came to our family..." he was already quite grown! Mother Li nearly slipped, quickly saying, "So young, we held him in our hands, loving him like we loved you. What could he complain about? You, on the other hand, you little ungrateful thing, always bullied your brother. Whenever you got into trouble, you had him take the fall, which often got him beaten by your dad!"

Li Qiqi sheepishly said, "Mom, I was just a kid back then."

"That’s exactly it, you were like a tomboy, we thought we’d raised a son. Only your brother had such a good nature, willing to humor you. Anyone else would’ve ignored you long ago."

Back then, Li Wei Qiao really had it rough. When he came to their family, his previous environment was very harsh, leaving him weaker than the boys his age, often getting bullied. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ ????????????????????⚫????????????????⚫????????????

Later, it was her husband who saw this couldn’t go on, so he enrolled Li Wei Qiao in a Taekwondo class, letting him strengthen his body, train his limbs, and also specially improved his nutrition. That’s how he grew into the young handsome man he is now.

When Li Wei Qiao came to the Leng Family, Li Qiqi was practically a newborn, so she had no recollection of that period of time. In her memory, there was always a brother like this, no matter what trouble she got into, he’d take the blame for her.

If she ever got bullied, her brother wouldn’t be afraid of getting beaten up to help her retaliate. Then, the two would return home together and be punished to reflect.

Honestly, recalling those faded, yellowed memories, like old photos, Li Qiqi felt quite warm inside. Li Wei Qiao might not be her biological brother, but he was better than any real brother could be, always thinking of her with the best food and fun, defending her when bullied, and always putting her first.

How could such a brother not be real?

When Li Wei Qiao and Li Father returned, Li Mother was chatting with Li Qiqi, and the mother and daughter seemed to be happily engaged in conversation. However, Li Qiqi appeared somewhat unwilling, at times unwilling to answer Li Mother’s questions, and if all else failed, she’d just skip her mother’s question and talk about something else.

Li Father laughed, "You two, mother and daughter, are quite amusing. You say one thing, I say another, talking past each other, yet still manage to have a conversation."

"Why can’t we talk together? Qiqi is my daughter, don’t I know what she’s thinking?" Li Mother said.

"Oh, you know, of course you know. I’ve shared a bed with you for decades, longer than your daughter has known you, why haven’t you figured out what I’m thinking then?" Li Father playfully challenged her.

"We’re an old couple, who has the time to figure out what you’re thinking all day? Seriously, do you think a talented man with white hair like you could attract young ladies? If they do like you, they can take you away, so I don’t have to look at you every day and suffer visual fatigue, and I can get a younger handsome chap to look at instead."

"Back when I was young, who said I was handsome? How much time has passed, and now you’re acting like this? Even bridges aren’t burned this quickly."

"What if I am burning bridges? Didn’t you notice your daughter can already get married? If I don’t do it now, there won’t be many chances left. How do you feel about your future son-in-law?"

Since she couldn’t get through to her daughter, Mother Li directly shifted her target to her husband.