Chapter 122: The Son Inherits the Father’s Virtue

Just as Li Zecheng was questioning the relationship between Qiao An and the Huo family’s young master, an even greater blow came.

Li Zecheng received another lawyer’s letter for hiring fake reviewers to defame Qiao An. Qiao An’s lawyer was not her good friend, but the Huo family’s top lawyer, Jin Taiyu.

When Li Zecheng saw the name of the lawyer, he immediately went limp.

When Li Zecheng came to Li Tingfeng with the lawyer’s letter, Li Tingfeng glanced at his son’s dejected expression and scolded with a dark face, “Li Zecheng, look at you. Qiao An can turn you into such a dead person. You’re not promising at all.”

Li Tingfeng had cheated in his early years. As such, he had two families. Li Zecheng was not his only son; his mistress had also given birth to a son and a daughter.

On the other hand, Li Tingfeng’s feelings were more inclined to his mistress. In this way, he had also given his fatherly love to the other children.

He had always ignored Li Zecheng. If not for Li Zecheng’s marriage, he would still be invisible.

Li Zecheng had once treated his father as if he didn’t exist. However, since his position in the Li family had been revoked, and Qiao An was too capable of causing trouble, he could only rely on his father’s power to suppress Qiao An.

Li Tingfeng’s humiliation of Li Zecheng made Li Zecheng’s handsome face stiffen.

“Dad, take a look at this.” He handed the lawyer’s letter to Li Tingfeng. Worried that Li Tingfeng did not have the patience to finish reading the lawyer’s letter, his slender fingers pointed at the other party’s lawyer’s name.

Li Tingfeng was dumbfounded when he saw Jin Taiyu’s name. This time, he patiently read the lawyer’s letter without missing a word.

Only then did he realize that they had been exposed for hiring fake reviewers and was sued by Qiao An. He collapsed in his chair, unable to understand. “How did Qiao An know the famous lawyer, Jin Taiyu?”

When Li Zecheng saw that his father had gone from arrogant to dispirited, he inexplicably felt a sense of schadenfreude.

He explained respectfully, “Qiao An has already returned to work at the Hai Yue Corporation and has been promoted across three ranks to become the chief editor. I heard from the CEO of Hai Yue that the Huo family strongly recommended Qiao An to join Hai Yue.”

When Li Tingfeng heard this grievous news, he came back to his senses.

“In that case, the Huo family is backing Qiao An?”

Li Zecheng nodded indifferently.

Li Tingfeng fell into a terrifying silence.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open and a young man in his early twenties walked in with documents.

When Li Tingfeng saw him, a kind smile appeared on his cold face.

When Li Zecheng turned his head and saw the young man’s face, he recognized him as the son of the woman his father was raising outside—Li Zekai. He immediately trembled with anger.

“Dad, why is he here?” Li Zecheng questioned angrily.

He would never forget his mother’s despair when she heard that his father had established another family outside. At that time, his mother cried, threw a tantrum, and wanted to hang herself. His father wanted a divorce, but as the head of the family, his grandfather threatened him with nothing and ordered him to return to the family.

Li Tingfeng could not bear to abandon the Li family’s wealth and status, so in the end, he did not choose to divorce. Even though Third Madam was dissatisfied, she could only accept this outcome.

However, the Third Madam had a condition: Li Tingfeng could not let his child inherit the Li family’s assets. In other words, everything he had had to be left to their son, Li Zecheng.

In order to end this endless dispute, Li Tingfeng chose to compromise.

Now that Li Tingfeng had planted his illegitimate son beside him behind their backs, anyone with a discerning eye could tell his intentions.

Faced with Li Zecheng’s angry questioning, Li Tingfeng was not ashamed at all. Instead, like a tyrant, he scolded Li Zecheng, “You have no right to ask about my matters.”

Li Zecheng left angrily.

When he returned home, he told Third Madam everything about Li Tingfeng’s illegitimate son working beside him.

When Third Madam heard this bad news, her heart, which had been calm for many years, surged again.

She was best at being distressed. She immediately cried in front of Old Master Li and asked him to help her.

“Dad, you have to uphold justice for me. Your son is too much of a bully. He promised me that he wouldn’t let the son and daughter of his mistress enter the Li Corporation. But he actually let his youngest son enter the company. He has ulterior motives.”

Third Madam was energetic and would not stop until she achieved her goal. Old Master was tired of her crying, so he got the butler to call Li Tingfeng.

Li Tingfeng was very domineering in front of others, but in front of the old man, who had been a soldier, he was still very timid. He stood in front of the old man timidly and apologized with a good attitude. “Dad, they misunderstood. I won’t let Li Zekai enter the company. It’s just that he just graduated from university. I only let him intern by my side so that I can teach him.”

The old man knew that this was Li Tingfeng’s way of testing them. As long as their objections were not obvious enough, he would brazenly get Li Zekai into the Li Corporation.

Old Master said angrily, “Tingfeng, get him to leave and don’t let him enter the Li family’s company again. I don’t want such a thing to happen again.”

When Third Madam heard this, she glanced at Li Tingfeng smugly.

Li Tingfeng was extremely depressed and glared at Li Zecheng with hatred.

Li Zecheng was provoked by his distant and nasty gaze. He recalled the gentle gaze his father had when he looked at Li Zekai, and Li Zecheng’s heart felt as if it had been cut by a sharp blade.

His respect and love for his father collapsed instantly.

Li Tingfeng left angrily.

After leaving the Li family villa, Li Zecheng looked at the dark clouds in the sky and said emotionally, “Mom, why can’t Qiao An learn from your tolerance?”

Third Madam boasted, “Not every woman can control her husband like Mommy. Holding on to a man is like flying a kite. They are born to swim in the blue sky, but no matter how far they fly, as long as we women hold the end of the thread, they still have to listen to us.”

“You can’t ask for too much from a man. You can either have his heart or his monet. Qiao An is too greedy. She wants both, so she lives in pain.”

Li Zecheng felt that he was simply unlucky to have married a woman like Qiao An.

Soon, Qiao An received a notice of pre-court mediation.

As the plaintiff, she directly refused to attend the pretrial mediation.

As such, they could only wait for the day of the trial.

However, on the day of the trial, Loco waited in the court for the defendant for a long time, but Li Zecheng refused to attend.