Slacker's Marriage Hunt (Combined Chapter)

Chapter 188

Li Mingyu straightened the newspaper again and resumed the appearance of a business elite. His suit was custom-made; its smooth lines and elegant folds alone showed how expensive it was.

His leather shoes were newly bought. Judging by the creases over the instep, they had been deliberately pressed in so that walking would produce attractive wrinkles rather than the cheap-looking inward dents.

Seeing how carefully Li Mingyu had dressed up, Li Wenchuan felt that he was up to something.

He did not know what it was yet, but it felt like a ticking time bomb had been planted. Uneasy, he was already starting to regret coming for dinner.

"You're back? Perfect timing. The meal isn't ready yet, so we can add a few dishes." Li Zhengyuan set down his tea. He was even wearing silver-rimmed glasses, with a financial magazine laid out on the table.

Li Wenchuan was genuinely shocked that he had calculated the timing so precisely, though he did not show it. "I want Sichuan pepper fish."

"Mm, anything else?" Li Zhengyuan smiled gently, just like any ordinary father radiating kindness toward a child who had been away from home for a long time.

Li Wenchuan's bad feeling became increasingly obvious. He even suspected that the Li Zhengyuan before him had been replaced. Their father-son relationship was not supposed to be like this. No sarcastic barbs, no deliberate provocation—only wholehearted concern. Just thinking about it gave him goosebumps.

Through the production crew's cameras, it was a beautiful scene of filial piety and paternal affection. Who would have thought that the relationships in a wealthy family could be so harmonious? Li Wenchuan and his CEO younger brother did not seem to have any conflict between them.

Then they heard Li Wenchuan say, "Dad, how long have you