Chapter 1618: All the People Standing Around Are Family Members

The conversation between the two broke up unhappily, but neither of them left and went to the study or changed rooms to be alone.

When I woke up, the atmosphere was still a little cold, but it was no longer so tit-for-tat.

"Mom, can I discuss something with you?" During breakfast, Aiden suddenly proposed to Mary that she wanted to invite someone to spend Christmas.

"Is she your girlfriend?" Li Zitao asked funnyly. He thought there would be no one else except his girlfriend.

"No." Aiden shook his head, looked at his mother and said, "Ariel, I want to invite her to come home to spend Christmas together."

Ariel Xu, Mary thought of this name immediately, and she couldn't help but look at Li Zitao from the corner of her eyes.

"I didn't talk about anything with him." Li Zitao denied that the incident had anything to do with him.

In fact, he was also surprised that Aiden suddenly suggested inviting Ariel to spend Christmas together at home.

He had thought that Ariel was alone now, and being alone during the festival would make her look lonelier than usual, and would also make her miss her mother more.

Li Zitao often worries that she will be engulfed by loneliness. It is a terrible emotion that can make people make many wrong decisions in extreme situations.

This was not what Li Zitao wanted to see, but he also promised Mary that Lilith was special.

She is the only exception and this will never happen again except for Lilith.

However, now that Aiden brought it up, it had nothing to do with him.

"You want to invite Ariel Xu to your home for Christmas?" Mary had to ask again because she wanted to know what Aiden was thinking.

"Yes, Ariel, I think she will be lonely alone." Aiden said with evasive eyes, because he knew that his mother would be very angry if he said this.

The table became silent except for the clatter of spoons and plates.

"Okay, I agree." After saying this, Mary threw away the napkin and quickly turned around and left.

Li Zitao wanted to get up, but finally opened his mouth and sat down again, saying to Aiden, "Go quickly, I think you are more suitable than me."

Before he even entered the room, Aiden could already feel his mother's anger.

After adjusting his mood, Aiden walked into the room with the warmest smile, closed the door and said, "Mom, are you okay?"

"What do you think?" Mary asked with a straight face.

Aiden smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "I know you are unhappy, but can you listen to my explanation?"

"I'm listening," Mary said solemnly.

Aiden sat next to her and said softly: "I want to invite her to my home as a guest, make friends with her, and make her think that this home accepts her."

"In exchange for her friendship and support?" Mary could see through his purpose at a glance.

"That's right." Aiden did not deny it.

Mary looked at him with a stern look. After about a few minutes, when Aiden was already a little anxious, he asked: "Aren't you worried that this will send the wrong message?"

"For example?" Aiden didn't quite understand what 'error message' meant.

"For example, she is welcomed by this family and can officially become a member of it. Another example is that as a member of the family, she has a share in everything in this family."

Aiden couldn't help but fell silent. He really didn't think about it so much before, but he still felt that this kind of thing wouldn't happen.

"I don't think this will happen." Aiden said as he thought about it. He didn't think this would happen.

Even if it happened, it would be many years later. That would be what he would have to worry about in the future, and he believed that he would be able to handle it well at that time.

This is not arrogance, but confidence.

If he didn't even have this bit of self-confidence, how could he be able to carry Li's banner, let alone surpass it.

Every time he thinks of the word 'transcendence', Aiden feels stressed.

It would be difficult for him or anyone to surpass his father's achievements.

"I don't agree with you. It's dangerous." Mary wanted to emphasize her point of view and use this to convince Aiden.

Aiden shook his head, took his mother's hand and said with a smile; "There is no danger, mother, if I can't even handle an Ariel."

"Then, please tell me how to take over the Li family and manage this huge empire."

His words made Mary reflect on whether she had imagined him to be too fragile and naive to make a correct judgment.

Yes, Mary felt so. Looking at Aiden, who was already taller and stronger than herself, she couldn't help but apologize, "I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Aiden said with an incredible smile; "Mom, you don't need to apologize. I know you love me very much and every decision you make is for me."

"So, no need to apologize," Aiden said, hugging his mother.

Mary hugged his shoulders happily and said, "If you think this is right, then go ahead and do it!"

"Thank you for your support, Mom." Aiden held her shoulders and said sincerely; "We need unity. Only when a family is united can we be strong."

"As long as we have common interests, everyone standing around us is family." Aiden didn't want to irritate his mother, so he blurred the concept of 'family'.

But Mary could understand what he meant, and she was not a three-year-old child who could be easily fooled.

"As long as you know what you are doing." Mary patted his back encouragingly, leaving the remaining time for him to turn around and leave.

In fact, she also needed a quiet place to enlighten herself and accept this unacceptable fact.

“Recently, the governor of California, Republican France Edwards, has been embroiled in a sex scandal. Photos of him embracing several women at the Heatwave Club have appeared in major media outlets. ’

‘An insider revealed that Francis Edward’s private life was extremely chaotic. ’

'What surprises people even more is that this senior Republican has extremely weird sexual fetishes, such as... toes, Japanese rope bondage, and suffocation pleasure...'

'People are surprised that there is such a big difference between the real France and the image he presents to the outside world. Whether there will be more women or mistresses in his life...'

"Our report quoted the comments of the Tribune, right?" Li Zitao found that the New York Times and several other newspapers related to him all used quotes from the Tribune.

"Yes, we use a lot of quotes, but they don't represent our position." Ava explained: "Actually, we are looking for any information that can suppress this scandal."

There is a lot of "hot news" in the think tank. They just need to find out what hard news they should release to suppress this scandal without affecting themselves.