Chapter 827: 10 Years Later_2

Chapter 827: Chapter 433: 10 Years Later_2

“Uncle Li, do you need me to drive?” the man asked as he approached Li Qiyuan.

Old Li shook his head: “No need, the parking lot isn’t far, let’s walk together.”

At the parking lot, they stopped in front of a white Denza D15 business car. The young man and woman put their luggage into the trunk, but the girl stopped Li Yilan and Huang Zhiyi from getting into the car and smiled, “Wait a moment before getting in, let my brother check first.”

“Alright.”

Li Yilan responded obediently and stood still, curiously watching the man’s every move.

The man inspected around the car, opened the hood, and finally lay down to check the undercarriage. After seemingly finding no issues, he nodded at the woman: “Alright, get in.”

“Brother Yao, what were you looking at just now?”

Huang Zhiyi mused: “Were you worried someone planted a bomb on the car?”

The man chuckled as he got into the driver’s seat: “Zhiyi, you’re quite sharp, but not so dramatic. It’s just that the car has been parked here for nearly half a month, so a careful check doesn’t hurt.”

Yu Huizhi pressed her lips together and changed the subject: “Lanlan, Zhiyi, get in the car, let’s go home.”

The two people were Yao An and Zuo Ning.

They were the bodyguards Li Peifeng arranged for his parents this summer, without the old couple’s consent, and he even bought an apartment on the floor below his parents solely for the bodyguards to live in, making it convenient for close protection.

Initially, neither Li Qiyuan nor Yu Huizhi adapted well to it and strongly requested their son remove the two.

Firstly, they felt uncomfortable, and secondly, they believed they didn’t need bodyguards at all.

Even though Li Peifeng’s wealth surged to a level incomprehensible to Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi, they felt that hiring bodyguards was making a mountain out of a molehill.

This wasn’t the old couple’s small-minded thinking; there was another reason.

Five years ago, after Li Peifeng hurriedly completed the second part of “Sword and Law,” he stopped publishing new works, which greatly reduced the popularity of his pen name “A Windy Infusion” on the internet.

Although the mobile and console games developed from the “Sword and Law” IP continued to be globally popular titles, generating over two hundred million USD annually, and West Continent Technology remains in the global top ten unicorn companies, since Li Peifeng pushed He Yimeng to the forefront for operations and management, staying hidden and avoiding public appearances, and even suppressing news related to him, his fame was lesser than during his days as a platinum author.

As for the three new drugs launched last year, which indeed caused a market and industry sensation and are considered giant money-makers compared to online games, one of them, aimed at cardiovascular diseases, was recognized for its superb efficacy and the novel genetic discoveries made during its development, was nominated for the next Nobel Prize. However, these achievements were publicly credited to Huang Tianxuan and her research team, while Li Peifeng counted his money privately.

As a stealthy rich man, Li Peifeng excelled.

This is the crucial reason why Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi refused to accept bodyguards; they don’t perceive any potential danger around them, and with their son being not notably famous, they naturally disliked having two bodyguards trailing them daily.

“You brat, you’re not the richest man in the country, only a has-been to some degree. You haven’t written a new book for years, and readers have nearly forgotten you… What’s the point of hiring bodyguards for us out of the blue? Afraid someone will kidnap us for ransom? Or worried those in-laws of mine might lose it and come after us? It’s unnecessary, and I’m telling you for the last time, get them removed!”

The couple has requested the removal of the bodyguards three times, with increasing intensity, but a vague response from Li Peifeng recently frightened them both.

“I thought you realized, dad. They’re not hired by me; they’re sent from above… Over the years, Tianxuan and I have been working on some biological research projects in private, and recently, we’ve achieved some results, which couldn’t be hidden from above, making them quite tense and troublesome… Ah, don’t ask specifics, these projects are highly confidential. Just let the bodyguards stay with you, they’ll be useful as drivers and porters during your travels.”

Mysterious, what’s really going on?

Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were scared stiff. Ever since Li Yilan’s birth, their focus mostly shifted to their daughter, showing a hint of neglect towards their son, finding his troubles too overwhelming to handle.

After the Zhao parents uncovered Li Peifeng’s mess, the other three families, Wu, Xu, and Huang, subsequently learned about Li Peifeng’s romantic status for various reasons in the following two to three years, causing chaos each time, wearing Old Li and Old Yu out.

Although each incident was muddled through due to the persistence of the female parties involved and for the children’s sake, Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi were genuinely scared, leading them to adopt a disregardful stance towards their son.

In the past couple of years, as the other families calmed down and Li Peifeng’s romantic life stabilized, their relationship improved, only to find themselves confused yet again about their own son.

He felt like a stranger, too much of a stranger!