Li Qingmi was equally puzzled, as she was woken up early in the morning by a transoceanic phone call from her mother.
"Hello... Mom, what's wrong now?" Li Qingmi's eyes were closed, and her voice was so hoarse that it was almost impossible to hear her.
The woman's voice on the other end of the phone was as irritable as ever.
"What have you been doing all day? I told you to go on dating shows to find a partner and make more friends, but instead you just go there and lie down!"
And can't you provide video tutoring for your sister's homework? You're just doing nothing all day!
Li Qingmi: "..."
He's surrounded by older men, and they're mostly the dominant ones. Is he supposed to offer himself up as the submissive one? Has his mother gone mad?
Seeing that Li Qingmi remained silent, Ms. Luo continued, "I don't care! You have to find me a boyfriend! Besides knowing a little math, all you do is eat and sleep all day! What else can you do? If our company goes bankrupt one day, you can take your sister and go begging on the streets!"
Li Qingmi, who was listening intently with her eyes closed, couldn't help but chuckle when she heard her mother's unfounded worries.
"How dare you laugh! Li Qingmi! Were you even listening at all?!" Ms. Luo was even angrier now.
Li Qingmi quickly coughed to cover it up. "Mom... I'm only 21, and I'm not going to have children to carry on the family line, why are you in such a hurry?"
Then, Ms. Luo on the other end of the phone used her ultimate weapon, her voice becoming calm. "Are you questioning me?"
Li Qingmi: "..."
He dared not refute it at all; the economic power was not in his father's hands, but in the hands of his mother, Ms. Ms. Luo.
It's clear that having money doesn't guarantee you can be a couch potato; even wealthy people fear being broke.
Li Qingmi could only say helplessly, "Alright, Mom, I understand. Do you have a son you've taken a fancy to? Oh no, do you have a daughter-in-law you've taken a fancy to?"
After a moment of silence, the voice seemed to soften. "That kid surnamed Chi is quite good. Mom thinks he's alright, I won't be wrong. Besides, he's smart, quiet, and very good at archery..."
Okay, he got it. His mom must have watched the live stream too. Actually, Li Qingmi also knew that the main reason was that Ms. Luo was actually a seasoned yaoi fangirl, and coincidentally, his orientation was unclear... so his mother put him into this dating reality show.
Li Qingmi: "Change it."
Ms. Luo: "No, this one is the one. If you can't win her over... you'll have to figure it out yourself!"
Li Qingmi: "..."
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but perhaps he really would be suppressed by Yan Falls on the Southern Mountain in the future, and he would have no choice but to take his sister to beg on the streets. Just thinking about it made him laugh.
"You clearly know that the Yan Family is difficult to deal with, yet you still asked me to go. Isn't that just courting death?" Although Li Qingmi was young, he wasn't a fool. In terms of strength, his family was probably far inferior to the Yan Family.
Moreover, given Yan Guiyun's momentum, he might become the complete ruler of Yan Falls on the Southern Mountain in just two years.
They seem difficult to deal with no matter how you look at it.
But to his surprise, his mother said, "It's okay. Yan Guiyun's mother is my high school classmate. She hasn't made any statement yet, and other families are also pursuing him. It's fine, let's give it a try."
Li Qingmi was even more speechless. He was starting to understand what was going on. These adults really knew how to play games, treating romance like horse racing.
Don't underestimate this seemingly small romance variety show; it looks more like a power struggle between various powerful families.
Li Qingmi didn't say anything more; the phone call had completely woken her up.