Salted Fish in the Melon Patch

Chapter 73

Every parent who saw a child returning home after a long absence would sigh, "You've gotten thinner." Then that very night, they would launch Operation Fattening Up.

But when Li Zhengyuan said it in such a stern, serious tone, it somehow sounded off. Perhaps he sensed it himself, because he did not continue.

Liang Meng remembered Li Wenchuan's build. A few years ago, he had looked like the textbook pampered young master at home, even somewhat frail—rather fitting for the image of Lin Daiyu in novels. Now, he seemed to have shot up in height. He looked far more energetic, and his complexion had improved greatly.

Judging from that earlier video, he was probably in perfectly good health. What did "you've gotten thinner" have to do with anything?

So she could only smooth things over. "Your father is worried about you. Earlier, he was even lamenting that once children grow up, they drift farther away from their parents."

"When was I worried about him?" Li Zhengyuan denied it resolutely, his voice full and strong.

"Brother, are you used to living outside? How about moving back home?" Li Mingyu pulled out a chair beside the table for Li Wenchuan before taking his own seat.

Li Zhengyuan sat at the head of the table, with Liang Meng on his right. In the past, Li Mingyu sat to his left, but this time, he very perceptively gave the spot to his brother.

Li Mingyu could understand it somewhat. His brother was simply still sulking with their father. As for what had happened back then, after learning more about it, he felt that both members of that couple deserved equal blame.

Li Wenchuan had been raised by Li Zhengyuan, while he was not particularly close to his own mother. Perhaps because they