Chapter 325 Inside the Chaos, Forever 18 Years Old

Dazzling, the time came to noon.

Li Jing sat down with Liu Shi and chatted for an hour, somewhat uncomfortable.

The main thing is that Liu Shi would get angry from time to time, which made him very embarrassed.

Since he didn't have much contact with each other, it was only today that he knew that his mother-in-law, who was indifferent to fame and wealth, actually had a petty side.

After this is over, he can only suffer.

Seeing that it was lunch time, Li Jing volunteered to walk into the kitchen.

Liu Shi had no opinion on this, and was even happy to relax.

She was never one to be particular about things.

If not, they wouldn't be hiding in the Liu family mansion all day long.

As the guardian of the Liu family, there are too many things to pay attention to when appearing in public, and she doesn't like it.

Things like hospitality are too trivial for her.

And in fact.

The silent phantom, a mental spell that interferes with the cognition of others, was not developed by Liu Shi to deal with the enemy, she just made it easier for herself when she wanted to go out.

Li Jing is willing to cook, so let him do it!

Although it was a rare visit, he was her son-in-law, wasn't he?

Is it reasonable to let the mother-in-law rest and go to the kitchen to cook a meal?

look back.

As a sixth realm, Liu Shi has already completely fasted the grain and does not need to eat or drink.

On weekdays, she just cooks a meal by herself occasionally to satisfy her appetite.

To cook, the main reason is that my daughter is here, and people get up to eat after a while.

As for Li Jing, the son-in-law.

If it weren't for Chen Yuran's incident, she would be happy to treat her well then.

But with this problem, she felt resentment in her heart, and she was very restrained without showing her face.

For many years, she has supported the entire Liu family by herself, and she has never been an open-minded person.

Today she also told Li Jing with her actions that your mother-in-law is a little woman who loves to worry about things.

...

Not long after Li Jing went to the kitchen, Liu Sisi walked down the second floor with sleepy eyes.

When she went downstairs, she saw her own mother sitting comfortably in the living room drinking tea, but someone was busy in the kitchen, Liu Sisi looked there suspiciously.

"Mom, who is cooking in the kitchen?"

"your husband."

Liu Shi responded casually.

Liu Sisi was slightly taken aback when she heard the sound, and walked quickly to the door of the kitchen.

Seeing that Li Jing was indeed in the kitchen, she was surprised.

"When did Li Jing come? Are you done with your business abroad?"

Seeing that his little lady had woken up, Li Jing smiled softly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Mom!

Finally got up.

Now there should be no need to be alone with Liu Shi.

Welcome to ask, Li Jing responded.

"I came back from Baiying early in the morning. I had something to do and went to Lie Research Institute. I came here at about ten o'clock."

With that, he added.

"I sent a message to Brother Jiu in the morning, asking her to notify you when you wake up. Who would have thought that you have been lying in bed until now."

Facing someone's voice like this, Liu Sisi coughed awkwardly, and said with a bad expression.

"Isn't it a basic operation for me to stay in bed? You should have gotten used to it long ago."

Li Jing laughed when he heard this.

This, he does have a habit.

Like when Liu Sisi was still running the chicken shop at the earliest time, didn't she wake up after ten o'clock one day and open the shop around eleven o'clock?

Smiling and shaking his head, Li Jing said.

"I've just been tinkering here, and I have to wait for lunch."

Liu Sisi said "En" when she heard the words.

"There is no rush for lunch. I ordered a cake last night, and it will arrive a little later. We will wait for the cake to arrive before we start dinner."

"cake?"

Li Jing frowned slightly.

For something like a birthday cake, the Liu family should have already prepared it, right?

Why did Liu Sisi order one for herself?

Seeing Li Jing's puzzled face, Liu Sisi tilted her head.

"Didn't Mom tell you? We celebrate her birthday by myself at noon, and she will show her face at the banquet in the evening. We won't participate."

"We don't have to attend?"

Li Jing was stunned.

Liu Shi herself only showed her face at the banquet, as expected.

The birthday banquet itself is not what she is willing to hold, but because the Liu family is troubled.

With her personality, she will not cater to those troublesome people to any extent.

He never expected Liu Sisi and himself not to participate in the banquet.

It's not that Li Jing belittled himself.

For today's birthday banquet, having him on stage and not having him on stage are two different things.

Whether the Liu family can get much benefit through today depends on how he does business.

Liu Shi doesn't want the Liu family to get better or something?

Be reasonable.

Today, if Liu Shi makes a request, Li Jing will try his best to do it.

Especially now that my mother-in-law has resentment in her heart.

If a woman has resentment, why not coax her well?

Now Li Jing's attitude is more open-minded.

He has hidden the cultivation base of the Seventh Realm, but the outside world has generally known that he is the Sixth Realm through the appearance of the Chongyuan Holy Realm.

Twenty-two-year-old Liujing, which itself can no longer be described as outrageous.

Even in the hidden world sect, I am afraid that no one can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

To sum it up.

It is no longer a question of whether he wants to keep a low profile.

His existence is hard not to be noticed, he has to adapt.

Liu Shi had no intention of letting him attend the birthday banquet, to be honest it was unexpected.

So why would Liu Shi refuse something that is beneficial to the Liu family but not harmful?

If he did not show up, the guests might not be able to enjoy themselves.

Not to mention that Liu Shi herself was just going through the motions, she didn't have the slightest awareness of becoming the protagonist of the birthday star today, she just wanted to stay in her own home.

Just as he was puzzled, Liu Shi's flat voice sounded in Li Jing's ears in the form of sound transmission.

"Don't think too much, I don't want you to attend the birthday banquet simply because I don't want you to be used. To me, you are a family member. To the Liu family, you are an outsider. As the guardian of the Liu family, I was used as a marketing It's all about using chips, you don't need to go into business just because you are my son-in-law. The Liu family hasn't given Sisi a friendly growth environment for many years, I remember all of these, and I haven't forgotten."

After receiving this sound transmission, Li Jing was speechless.

Seriously.

Sometimes he really can't understand his mother-in-law.

Everything I saw on her seemed to be just an appearance.

She has dedicated so much selflessly to the Liu family, and she is even willing to watch her own daughter be wronged. From Li Jing's point of view, it is outrageous.

But he also understands.

Liu Shi's identity meant that she had to make various considerations for the Patriarch.

And Liu Sisi, who has been trapped for twenty-six years, is destined to be unwelcome in a wealthy family like the Liu family.

This world is very real.

It's not that if you have a strong mother, you can change something established.

It is impossible for Liu Shi herself to protect Liu Sisi for the rest of her life.

In order not to be wronged, she had to grow herself.

Just like what Jiang Jingxian told Li Jing back then.

Liu Sisi was able to leave the Liu family smoothly, probably not because Liu Shi sat idly by, but because she felt it would be better to let her leave, or even because of her initiative.

It's not that she doesn't want Liu Sisi to have a good living environment, but the environment of the Liu family is difficult to change.

Since it cannot be changed, then change the environment.

Li Jing understands these truths.

But now Liu Shi, who seems to be selflessly dedicated to the Liu family, is a little reluctant to see the Liu family get better.

There is even a hint of meaning in the words.

I, Liu Shi.

hold grudges.

This, to be honest, is quite contradictory.

Maybe this is the so-called richness?

I can give everything for my family, but that doesn't mean how much I love my family.

Shaking his head secretly, Li Jing said to Liu Sisi in front of the door.

"Sisi, go to the living room and sit with mom first, I'll be alone in the kitchen."

"Okay, you are busy, I will talk to my mother."

Liu Sisi smiled, turned her head and went to the living room.

...

Liu Shi's family didn't have much food.

After all, she herself only makes a meal occasionally.

But Li Jing has his own.

Today is the mother-in-law's birthday, and he took the initiative to invite Ying, so of course he wanted to make it richer.

Back and forth, Li Jing was busy for almost an hour.

After cooking, he delivered the prepared meals to the living room table one after another.

Liu Shi has never eaten the food served by Li Jing's men.

But she knows that someone cooks well.

Not only Liu Sisi mentioned it to her, but Jiang Jingxian, who had regained contact with her, also talked about it.

Even according to Jiang Jingxian's statement, her daughter's feelings were fed by Li Jing's food.

In this regard, Liu Shi didn't quite believe it.

Seeing that the food Li Jing brought to the table was so complete in color, fragrance and flavor that it made her index finger twitch for a long time, she somewhat believed it.

Once upon a time, when her cultivation base was still low, wasn't she also greedy?

girl!

Besides shopping, I just like to eat.

game?

In her time, there was no talk about games, and girls didn't play games.

Sitting at the table looking at a table full of delicacies, Liu Shi casually cast a glance at Liu Sisi, then at Li Jing, silently resisting the urge to use chopsticks now.

The dignity of an old mother and the reserve of a mother-in-law cannot be lost casually.

Li Jing and Liu Shi are not people who care about form, but Liu Sisi has a sense of ritual.

No cake, no dinner.

Of course Li Jing followed Liu Sisi.

At this meeting, Liu Shi couldn't bear to talk about dinner.

Ever since, the three of them sat at the table and continued chatting.

Nearly half past twelve, the doorbell rang with a "ding dong".

Liu Sisi, who was sitting next to Liu Shi with a sweet smile, was shocked and got up quickly.

"It should be the cake I ordered. I'll go out and have a look."

With that said, she walked out quickly.

Li Jingcai wanted to say that he went to have a look with him, but he had already slipped out of the house.

Looking at Liu Shi sitting there very calmly, he could only calm down and sit in his seat obediently.

There was a moment of silence on the table, and Liu Shi spoke.

"Recently, the country has been restless. After today, you and Sisi should go back to Jianghai earlier."

Li Jing was slightly taken aback when he heard the sound, and subconsciously said.

"It's rare to come here, it doesn't matter if we stay for a while."

"It's not necessary."

Liu Shi said lightly, saying.

"To be honest, you shouldn't have come at all. Behind the turmoil in the capital, there are many things that ordinary people can't imagine. The cake of the Seven Families has been targeted by some hidden sects."?

Li Jing slowly made a question mark.

The turmoil in the capital is not easy, of course he can see it clearly.

It's just that Liu Shi's mouth mentioned the hidden sect.

And it is clearly mentioned that there are hidden sects who are eyeing the cake of the Seven Great Masters.

this……

is it possible?

The reason why the Seven Families are called the Seven Families is because they have a profound background.

But more, it is their influence on the business district of Guodu.

Except for the Jiang family, which is a special case, which one of the seven families does not hold a large number of transactions in the capital and land?

Can the hidden sect still take a fancy to these things?

It's said that they are hidden sects. Looking at the business in this world, are they still hiding in the world?

As if knowing what Li Jing was thinking, Liu Shi whispered.

"The simple truth that people's hearts are sinister, I don't need me to explain it to you. The Hidden World Sect is also composed of people. It doesn't mean that they are willing to do so. And in terms of organizational structure, their composition is not even as good as the Seven Great Families of the Capital. .”

While speaking, she slowly picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth, and continued.

"For those of us who live in a conventional society, the hermit sects collectively retreat from the world may seem lofty, but in fact that is the case. Infighting between sects is not uncommon, and even the children of sects often fight in their own nests. It is a daily routine to kill people, and this alone is far inferior to the Seven Great Families."

After a short pause in training, she stuffed a piece of strip into her mouth, and Liu Shi continued.

"On the heads of the Seven Great Families, we dare not kill people easily, because we are bound by the laws of Longyu. This is not the case for the Hidden World Sect. For them who practice in seclusion, the law has no meaning, and the inspections have nothing to do with it." To them. Their understanding of the law is as good as killing and breaking the law."

Li Jing listened to Liu Shi's narration and remained silent.

Reason, he understands.

so.

Why did Liu Shi eat it while talking?

When his son-in-law can't see that she is taking the opportunity to steal?

Pretending not to see Liu Shi stealing food, Li Jing frowned.

"Mom, I understand what you said, but the official Longyu will not allow the Hidden World Sect to extend its hand so long?"

"This is not a question of Long Yu's official permission."

Liu Shi shook her head, and continued to narrate while taking advantage of the continuation of the topic.

"Relevant restrictions have been in place since the founding of Longyu. Otherwise, why do you think those so-called sects are still hiding from the world? But you have to know that these hidden sects have been hiding from the secular world for thousands of years since Longyu was founded. People can restrict their development. Taking the Seven Great Masters as a reference, if no one restricts them, only God knows what Longyu looks like today."

After all, she talked again.

"During the development of Long Yu, the Jiang family was the only one of the Seven Families to contribute. Long Yu has only been relatively peaceful in the past hundred years. In the chaos of the past, many people silently contributed to the stability of the territory. In the past, the Seven Families in Long Yu Many outstanding talents and ancestors were sacrificed in the chaos, among which the Jiang family is the most, followed by my Liu family."

"The Liu family?"

Li Jing frowned.

"The Liu family has declined to the present level, do you think it's really a bad business?"

Liu Shi said with a little sarcasm on his face.

"Things related to the Liu family, it doesn't matter if you don't talk about it. It's pointless to talk about the past. The Liu family itself has become not very good in the big dye tank of society. People can't do it, so we can't blame the uneven road."

"Looking at the seven families, that is, the Jiang family still maintains their original aspirations. Like the Lu Wang family that is at the heart of this turmoil, even though they started business early in the morning, they have also contributed a lot in the development of Long Yu. Back then The enthusiasm of the two ancestors who are willing to give anything for Longyu is very real. If they know that the descendants are complicit with the monster federation, harming both people and demons, the ancestors of the two families will be enraged and exterminate their relatives righteously. .”

"Aside from these, you have to understand that the Hidden World Sect had never been involved in those things back then. Only in the past few decades, some of them have come out to the positions arranged by Long Yu for 'internships'. To put it nicely, it is called To put it bluntly, they don't know what the human society is like, and they want to find out. Thousands of years of secluded practice are enough to make these hermit sects develop into an extremely large scale. When the scale is large, they will naturally have ambitions. "

After talking eloquently and speaking three times, Liu Shi said again.

"In addition, there is a very important point. There are never only one or two sects in the hidden world. They are divided into good and evil, good and evil, and their inner nature is very complicated. Some people live in peace and seek immortality, and there are also people who are unwilling to be lonely and want to Join the WTO to get more."

After hearing so much from Liu Shi, Li Jing couldn't digest it.

Except for the Jiang family, the other six of the seven families have all contributed to the development of Long Yu.

This, he had never heard of.

There is no relevant information on the Internet.

Now, how can he be able to accept it?

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved.

The Internet, that is something that has only been developed in the last few decades.

It is difficult for people to forget that the Jiang family confessed to public office, and their ancestors paid countless blood and tears for Long Yu.

The rest of the Liu family, including the Liu family, are all businessmen.

It is not certain that what a businessman does will be widely known in the era when there is no Internet news, and it is even more difficult to say whether it will be remembered.

Then go to the hidden world sect.

There are not only one or two hidden sects, but Li Jing knows it.

What he simply knows is the Canglan Holy Land behind Qichen and others, the Tianyi sect from which Chen Jing was born, and of course other sects.

However, Liu Shi's tone at the moment seems to be that there are a lot of hidden sects.

Longyu has a vast land and abundant resources, but at the same time there are many people.

There shouldn't be so many lands where no one has set foot, and the hermit sect can practice in seclusion?

If there are many hidden sects, where did they hide and practice in seclusion for so many years?

Li Jing was puzzled.

Just as he was hesitating whether to ask a question, Liu Sisi suddenly came in from the door carrying a cake.

Then, under his speechless gaze, Liu Shi quietly brought the chopsticks in his hand to his hand, took his pair away, and sat upright with a calm face.

"..."

Li Jing.

Mother-in-law, this...

What do you mean?

Steal it and blame yourself?

Before he could react, a subtle force acted, and the oil-stained chopsticks in his hand rolled from the table to the ground.

"You dropped your chopsticks, take them and wash them."

Liu Shi looked over.

"..."

Li Jing.

Wu Yan stared at his mother-in-law, then he got up and picked up the chopsticks and walked to the kitchen.

After coming to the capital this time, Liu Shi's image of a gentle and elegant mother-in-law in his heart collapsed again and again.

To be honest, he was a little numb.

If you want to say the reason, he can understand a little bit.

After all, he has already boarded the "thief ship" of his daughter.

The certificates have all been obtained, and now there is only one baby missing, so there is no need to pretend to be a person anymore.

How do you say something?

If there is a daughter, there must be a mother.

Think about Liu Sisi's quarrelsome personality after confirming the relationship with him, so that she can be called Xiaojiabiyu, and gradually began to "relapse" after receiving the certificate. Isn't this right?

What can I say?

Nothing to say.

Even if he could say it, Li Jing didn't dare to say it.

Liu Sisi didn't notice Liu Shi's small movements, she just thought it was Li Jing who accidentally dropped the chopsticks and took them to wash.

Liu Shi's behavior of stealing food was also carried out very skillfully.

She took a small bite of each meal on the table.

Although I have tasted it all over, if I don't remember what the dishes on the table look like, I can't see any mistakes at all.

How could Liu Sisi bother to remember what was on the dinner plate?

Watching Li Jing go to the kitchen with a pair of chopsticks, Liu Sisi didn't think too much, she carried the cake over with a smile, put it on the table and opened it, then took out two candles "one" and "eight" and put them in .

After lighting it up, she said with a sweet smile.

"Mom, happy birthday to you."

Liu Shi smiled peacefully when she heard the sound, and twisted her body to make room for her.

Seeing this, Liu Sisi blinked her eyes, quietly turned her head to look at the kitchen, and whispered.

"Li Jing is here, mom, we..."

"We are all a family, why should we care about these things? The future will be very long, is it possible that we will always be like this?"

Liu Shi smiled and spoke.

Hearing this, Liu Sisi pondered what seemed to be such a truth, and squeezed happily to Liu Shi's side.

Just at this moment, Li Jing came out from the kitchen.

Looking up, he saw the mother and daughter huddled together on a stool, like a pair of twin sisters. He paused and frowned strangely.

Seeing that there were "one" and "eight" on the cake on the table, the corner of Li Jing's mouth twitched.

Liu Shi and Jiang Jingxian are the same age, and now they are in their fifties.

So these two candles look like they are eighteen years old.

This form goes.

Is it really eighteen forever?

But what Liu Sisi did, Li Jing is quite used to it.

With a light breath, Li Jing walked to the table and sat down.

"Mom, happy birthday."

"Thanks."

Liu Shi nodded.

Before the words fell, Liu Sisi couldn't wait to speak out.

"Mom, hurry up and make a wish and blow out the candles. I haven't eaten all morning and I'm almost starving."

"Um."

Liu Shi responded, wrapped her arms around her daughter's slender waist, and closed her bright starry eyes.

I don't know if she really made a wish, but after a while she opened her eyes, probed and blew out the two candles on the table.

...

This lunch, Liu Shi's mother and daughter ate quite happily.

As a foil, Li Jing was quite relaxed.

Not to mention that there were only three of them at the table, Liu Shi put down her airs and stopped pretending. Although it was awkward, it seemed easier to talk.

Before, Li Jing was very embarrassed to tell the truth to her.

There are not many decent people around him.

Among them, Liu Shi is undoubtedly the most serious one.

The second is Chen Jing.

Is Chen Jing serious?

serious.

But if he became serious, Li Jing couldn't stand it at all.

Up to now, Li Jing also looked away.

There are no real decent people around me, and everyone has something wrong with them more or less.

After a full meal, Li Jing shouldered the task of cleaning up the "battlefield".

Just when I was busy with work, the doorbell rang again.

In the living room, there was the sound of Liu Sisi going to open the door.

After a while, she ran to the kitchen with a strange expression on her face.

"Li Jing, someone is looking for you, from the General Inspection Department."? ? ?

Li Jing.

The people inspecting the General Bureau knew that he was here, so it was not surprising.

For the convenience of moving around the city, he always carries his inspection certificate with him, which can be located through the chip.

So here comes the problem.

Why did the General Inspection Bureau suddenly have someone come to him through positioning?

Out of the kitchen suspiciously.

Li Jing saw a strange male inspector standing outside the living room door very politely.

Seeing someone from a distance, the male inspector took out his ID.

"Inspector Li, I'm sorry to disturb you. I'm Zhu Xiangyang from the heavy eucalyptus group of the General Administration. I'm here on the order of Team Leader Jin Ruixin, and I hope to seek some assistance from you."