While speaking, Luo Ziling received a phone call from Yang Qingye.
He was a bit taken aback when he saw Yang Qingye’s number on the caller ID.
He hadn’t seen Yang Qingye for several days, and Yang Qingye seldom contacted him.
This summer break, Yang Qingye went traveling by himself, not joining them.
After school started, he seemed busy with club activities and some family matters, looking quite occupied.
Even Yang Qingyin hadn’t seen Yang Qingye for quite some time.
Even though Yang Qingye stopped messing around and started doing "real business", Yang Qingyin was quite happy. However, Luo Ziling felt that his "prospective" brother-in-law hadn’t contacted him much since the summer, and their relationship seemed to cool down, which apparently wasn’t a good sign.
From what Yang Qingyin said, Luo Ziling felt Yang Qingye had suddenly matured. Yang Qingye originally didn’t have a good relationship with Yang Yunlin, and they’d often quarrel, but recently, the father-son relationship was quite good.
Yang Qingyin was quite happy when mentioning this, but Luo Ziling had some concerns.
Because Yang Yunlin’s attitude towards him hadn’t changed.
Now that Yang Yunlin and Yang Qingye were on good terms again, and Yang Qingye hadn’t come to see him for a long time, their relationship seemed to gradually become distant.
This wasn’t a good sign.
Initially, he planned to find some free time to proactively seek out Yang Qingye for tea or karaoke, and have a good chat to prevent further estrangement.
Unexpectedly, before he could free up, Yang Qingye called him.
"Qingye," Luo Ziling answered the call, greeting with a smile, "what made you think of calling me?"
"Ziling, are you busy?" Yang Qingye didn’t address Luo Ziling as "brother-in-law" as before, but used his name instead, "I heard Ouyang Huihui is back?"
"I don’t have time to care about Ouyang Huihui’s matters right now, there’s a ton of things around me, and I’m overwhelmed." Luo Ziling didn’t want to discuss Ouyang Huihui with Yang Qingye, "Ling Haijun was just seriously injured by someone, and I’m dealing with that right now!"
"Really?" Yang Qingye was a bit surprised, "Well then, go ahead and take care of your things first, when you’re free, we’ll find a time to get together and chat."
"Okay!" Luo Ziling agreed readily.
However, the feeling of discomfort in his heart grew stronger.
The change in Yang Qingye’s attitude towards him, evident from recent situations and what was said on the phone earlier.
After hanging up, he casually sent a message to Yang Qingyin: "Your brother just called me, he didn’t call me brother-in-law anymore, but Ziling. Can you sense the change?"
When there’s something, he doesn’t want to keep it in his heart, this matter definitely needs to be discussed with Yang Qingyin.
After sending the message, he put away the phone and continued dealing with Li Xiaoqing’s situation.
"I actually don’t understand why you, as a student, are involving yourself in these matters?" Luo Ziling returned to Li Xiaoqing’s side and asked impatiently, "Ignoring your studies, mingling with these people, and cheating your mother and sister out of money, does it make you feel accomplished?"
Li Xiaoqing looked up at Luo Ziling, wanting to argue, but lacked the confidence.
Luo Ziling continued, "Let me say this, if you weren’t Yuqing’s brother, this incident would not only strip you to the bone but also cost you your future forever. And if I weren’t involved in this matter, you might already be dead, the people plotting against you wouldn’t spare your life. If you still don’t understand your predicament, then you’re really naive and foolish."
Luo Ziling’s blunt words not only made Li Xiaoqing feel ashamed but also Mrs. Wu felt very awkward.
Your own son being criticized in such a way, as a mother, it’s natural to feel displeased.
But she also knew that Luo Ziling was speaking the truth.
This time, without Luo Ziling’s involvement, Li Xiaoqing’s charges could hardly be cleared, he might even be silenced.
What’s more concerning is that if such a thing occurred, she as the mother would be powerless.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Wu shivered at the thought.
She immediately spoke, scolding Li Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, how could you? Do you know you nearly caused a disaster? Without Ziling’s help, you might really be experiencing a fate worse than death or even losing your life. You should understand; the hired killers have already started their action, fortunately, Ziling’s people caught them. How could you be so ignorant?"
She glanced at Luo Ziling then added, "Fortunately, this incident has blown up, they temporarily won’t target you again. However, they certainly won’t let you off easily. You ruined their plans, and their hatred towards you runs deep. You need to think, if they truly come after you again, what will you do? Can you escape that?"
"If it weren’t for your actions, would I do this?" Li Xiaoqing looked at Mrs. Wu with malice, pointing at her own face, "Look at how I’ve been beaten. If it weren’t for your messy actions, would I be like this today?"
Mrs. Wu was stunned by Li Xiaoqing’s words and didn’t know what to say.
"I was the one who slapped you, you said similar things then." Luo Ziling said, calmly looking at Mrs. Wu, "Mrs. Wu, with your son speaking so rudely, you should give him a slap. You need to make him understand that doing wrong things leads to punishment, and refusing to admit mistakes stubbornly deserves more punishment. Mrs. Wu, don’t be angry, getting slapped isn’t a bad thing, it’s better than losing your life, right? If he keeps doing wrong things without reproach, you’ll quickly lose your son. If he continues like this, I also won’t be polite to him; if my life is threatened by him, I will kill him."
Mrs. Wu was also angry, being reprimanded by someone much younger naturally felt displeasing.
Yet, she couldn’t argue back.
Luo Ziling’s words were a bit bold and brash, but not wrong.
However, Li Xiaoqing is her son, someone she relies on for her latter years, and she couldn’t bear to reprimand him. Now Li Xiaoqing has grown up, how could she start scolding him?
"I’ll be leaving first!" Luo Ziling said with disappointment, "I have other matters, let’s wait for Yuqing to return to talk about your matters."
After speaking, without waiting for a reaction from Mrs. Wu and Li Xiaoqing, Luo Ziling left in big strides.
"Ziling, Ziling, don’t go yet!" Mrs. Wu hurriedly called out to Luo Ziling, and while calling out, she hastily nudged Li Xiaoqing, "Quickly admit your mistake to Ziling. You need to understand, now only he has the ability to help you, only he can protect your safety and your future."
But Li Xiaoqing hesitated and didn’t move.