Senior sister, please stop crying. I am really not a scumbag.

Chapter 20 Jiang Li's Past

Chasing a girl is just like fighting a monster. You need a set of combos with A and control. Similarly, to pursue a girl, you need to learn how to coax and deceive.

The two went to the "Sunset Red Western Restaurant" and found a seat to sit down.

At this time, Li Xing followed them stealthily, squatting next to the trash can opposite the restaurant, smoking, and observing Yang Hao and Jiang Li's every move.

Li Xing held a cigarette in his mouth and said with emotion: "Haozi, your adoptive father has paid so much for you. Don't forget your brother Xing's good intentions in the future."

At this moment, he smelled a scent of perfume.

Then I saw a pair of extremely seductive high heels, and above them were long, slender legs wrapped in black stockings.

When she looked up, Luo Ting was looking down at her with a half-smile.

"Hey, is that you?" Li Xing, holding a cigarette in his mouth, admired Luo Ting's graceful curves while standing up and stretching.

Luo Ting took out a box of slim Xuan He Men cigarettes and smoked one, then rolled her eyes at Li Xing and said, "You were the one chatting with me yesterday, right?"

Li Xing did not deny it, "I already knew it was you."

Luo Ting blinked seductively and leaned towards Li Xing without hesitation, "Oh, Brother Xing, you really made me feel excited last night."

Li Xing was groaning in his heart and waved his hands quickly, "No, no, it's all for Haozi, don't do this, it's not good if someone sees it, you don't care, but if it gets to my girlfriend, my reputation as the most affectionate person in Beijing will be ruined."

Luo Ting's face changed and she said angrily, "What do you mean by 'you don't care'? Who doesn't care? I'm a girl, okay?"

Li Xing's face was full of contempt. He took a step back and kept a relatively safe distance from Luo Ting.

The two of them were bickering while looking at the restaurant across the street. At this moment, Jiang Li and Yang Hao were sitting by the window, with a clear view.

……

In my previous life, when I was in college, I treated Chen Xiaoman to steak. I was quite shy at that time, and when the waiter asked, I would say, "Medium rare, thank you."

Yang Hao, a grown man, couldn't get used to eating this kind of food, and it was even more unpleasant for him because it was half-cooked.

I want to eat it well-done, but I’m afraid of losing face.

Yang Hao, who is now an experienced cook, ordered Jiang Li's portion and told the waiter, "Well-done, and a little burnt."

The waiter was stunned. "We don't have well-done here. How about 9% rare?"

When Jiang Li heard that Yang Hao wanted it well-done, his face suddenly turned red. He wanted to quietly remind Yang Hao that steak was not well-done.

Guests at the other tables also glanced at him with playful smiles.

Unexpectedly, Yang Hao frowned and said impatiently, "Well-done. If your chef can't make it, ask him to put down the pot and let me do it. I have a bad stomach and only want to eat well-done food. Understand? Also, bring me another pair of chopsticks."

Hearing this, the waiter had no choice but to go in with a smile.

The other guests, who had originally wanted to have some fun and thought Yang Hao was a country bumpkin who didn't know anything about Western food, were also stunned when they heard this.

Jiang Li thought for a moment, "Don't you like eating this?"

Yang Hao nodded, "Yeah, I'm not used to this stuff. I was too timid back then and only dared to order it medium rare, for fear that others would look down on me. Now I've figured it out. I can't just give myself money to make myself uncomfortable."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Then I won't eat this next time."

Yang Hao had a new impression in Jiang Li's mind. "Then... did you eat it often before?" Jiang Li asked weakly.

Yang Hao was stunned, thinking something was wrong, and quickly said, "My mom likes to eat it. She is a middle-aged woman, and she never tasted fresh food when she was young. Now that she is well off, she wants to pretend to be a foreigner every now and then, and drags my dad to cultivate his sentiments and make up for the taste he had when he was young. I became a light bulb by the way."

Jiang Li was amused, "Your family is quite harmonious."

"Yeah, what about you? You're a local, and your uncle and aunt are also in Xinzhou? Damn, let alone being caught by your parents one day, if they see their cabbages being eaten by pigs, they won't chase me and beat me, right?"

Yang Hao originally wanted to make a joke.

Unexpectedly, after these words were spoken, Jiang Li's expression became gloomy, and the sweet smile just now disappeared.

Yang Hao immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing.

"My father is in jail, my mother... remarried, and my brother is the only one in my family."

"This... I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Yang Hao hurriedly apologized. He really didn't know about this.

Because of Yang Hao's words just now, Jiang Li opened up a little and took the initiative to talk about her family situation.

Simply put, his father, Jiang Zhonghe, was a key member of the Harrier Society, the largest force in Xinzhou. After the crackdown began in 01, departments at all levels in Xinzhou launched a vigorous purge, and those who should be shot were shot, and those who should be imprisoned were imprisoned. For a time, there was a panic, and the Harrier Society collapsed overnight, which can be described as monkeys scattering when the tree falls.

This crackdown lasted for several years, and his father was arrested in 03.

Jiang Zhonghe was a small leader in the Yaozi Society and he ran a bar. The Anti-gang Office traced the bar to his home and arrested him as well. He was charged with multiple crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.

So, he and his twin brother depended on each other under the care of their mother.

But it is always hard for a woman to raise two children alone. After her husband was arrested, she had to endure the gossip of neighbors and the concerns of enemies. Before Jiang Zhonghe was arrested, he was very successful and made a lot of money. He offended many people. After being arrested, he was looked down upon. People who dared not to provoke Jiang Zhonghe's family jumped out to add insult to injury. When Jiang Li was fourteen years old, her mother could not stand the hardship of life and ran away secretly. It is said that she remarried in the north and has not been heard from since.

At that time, Jiang Li's elder brother, Jiang Jin, who was only fourteen years old, resolutely took on the responsibility of taking care of the family, dropped out of school, and worked odd jobs nearby, or did some physical work such as moving cement and unloading goods, to earn money to support the family and pay for his sister's studies, until now.

"I'm sorry..." Yang Hao felt guilty when he heard Jiang Li say this.

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's okay, it's all over."

Although she only told the story briefly, it was not difficult to see from the lines how hard her brother Jiang Jin worked at that time and how much he paid to support the family.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Yang Hao deliberately made a joke, "If your brother knew that I was pursuing you, he wouldn't break my legs, right?"

Unexpectedly, Yang Hao just wanted to make a joke, but Jiang Li's face changed.

She forgot about it these two days and didn't think much about it.

Only after Yang Hao reminded her did she remember.

Before, when she was a freshman, many people pursued her, some from the college, some from the school, and some from outside the school, but without exception, they were all called out for tea by her brother, and then they stayed away from her when they saw her, and never dared to harass her again.

Given his brother's personality, even if Jiang Li didn't know what his brother had said to those people, he thought that he had used violent means.

So she has never had a male friend.

Thinking of this, Jiang Li said with some worry, "Yang Hao, let's not contact each other anymore. I'm afraid my brother will cause you trouble..."

(End of this chapter)