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Marian showed a helpless expression, “Todd, this is America. I just told Locke that even if he encounters a difficult problem, there is a solution. He doesn’t need to do stupid things. Do you want him to do stupid things because of impulse?” She said to Locke seriously, “You should know some things. Jester brought Mary from Texas to California forty years ago. It was not smooth sailing to take root in California and own such a large farm in Lebec. The Locke family has experienced blood and fire to get all this. Mary left us early because of the root cause of the gunshot wound in her early years. We can’t forget the cowboy blood in our bodies. Things that cannot be solved in civilized society should be solved in a cowboy way. This is the motto passed down by the Locke family to this day…” Li Bo looked helpless and said bitterly, “Okay, I will never be able to say it to you in this regard. Who told me that I am not an American!” Marian realized that her tone was a bit aggressive, grabbed Li Bo’s hand, and apologized, “Dear, don’t say that. Maybe if I went back to China with you, Locke and the others would not have to face these now…” Li Bo said hurriedly, “No , it doesn’t matter where we are, what matters is that we are together as a family! ”

Locke looked at his parents, whose eyes were almost tearing, and hesitated whether to avoid them. In his heart, he once again criticized Locke Lee, the bastard.

In this kid’s memory, the whole family was not strange at all, and it was always a scene of unity and friendship, without a trace of darkness.

But, it was obvious that the Locke family in Marian’s mouth was the real Locke family.

For some reason, he not only did not reject it, but was relieved, and his sense of identity with the family became stronger.

After Marian comforted her husband, she asked Locke again: “What’s the matter between you and Jennifer?”

Locke said frankly: “We both feel that our relationship has not reached that point. We enjoy our current partnership, so…”

“…”

Maryan was stunned for a moment, and said guiltily: “I’m sorry, Locke, we dragged you down. Our family is indeed not in the same class as Jennifer Gray…”

Li Bo looked at Locke with a look of indebtedness. He was happy for a while when he heard that Locke’s girlfriend was not ordinary.

Damn class, it’s really the same everywhere.

“…”

Locke looked at his parents with guilty faces. Did his words cause any misunderstanding?

He never felt that he was trying to get ahead of Jennifer Grey. On the contrary, he was the one who took the initiative in this relationship.

Looking at the expressions of Marian and Li Bo, for a moment, Locke thought that maybe he should just choose Jennifer Grey.

But he rejected it in an instant. He knew very well that he was just greedy for Jennifer’s body, and this woman did not touch his heart.

Marian turned her head to look at Li Bo and said in a deep voice: “Todd, you need to make a choice!”

After that, she got up and left.

Locke was a little confused. He didn’t understand why his relationship with Jennifer Grey was so irritating to Marian.

He asked Li Bo, “Is there anything I don’t know?”

Li Bo looked a little lonely and asked, “Locke, do you know that there is a ceiling for Chinese in the United States?”

Locke was startled and frowned and asked, “Is there?”

Li Bo sighed and said bitterly, “Yes, I have encountered the ceiling now. If nothing unexpected happens, my current position is the upper limit of what I can achieve in KPMG.”

“Unless, I suddenly have the resources of a big company, otherwise…”

Locke was a little surprised. Li Bo is not yet fifty and is in his prime. If his position in KPMG has come to an end, it would be really distressing.

He suddenly realized one thing. Marian has become a partner of the law firm, and Li Bo’s talent is unquestionable, but he is only a middle-level manager. This is indeed a manifestation of the ceiling.

Li Bo pointed at the tea tray and reminded, “It’s cold now, you can drink it…”

Locke picked up the cold tea and drank it all in one gulp. His mouth was immediately filled with sweetness. He smiled and said, “It’s true that you have to drink it cold!”

“That’s not how you drink tea…”

Li Bo was a little helpless, but he didn’t intend to correct her. He had been educating her for more than 20 years, and she was still like this.

Locke asked, “What does Marian want you to do?”

Li Bo poured Locke another cup of tea. “Your mother wants me to resign from KPMG and help with the farm. Henry and Lucy can only stay at the farm. Jester is old, and your mother and Glenn can’t resign and change careers. I’m the right person. In fact, the farm business has developed very slowly in recent years. Your mother has always felt that the traditional planting and animal husbandry industry has limited development, so she wants to open a company in Los Angeles to promote and develop farm products…”

Locke asked puzzledly, “Isn’t this great?”

Li Bo smiled bitterly, “ThisThat’s the problem. All of you think this is great, but you ignore my feelings. Your mother and I got married because we fell in love freely. I stayed in the United States for love. I didn’t marry into the Locke family. Do you understand what this means? Asking me to give up my career and participate in the Locke family’s business will make me feel like I’m marrying into the family. My self-esteem can’t accept this…”

Marrying into the family?

“This…”

Locke understood Li Bo’s feelings a little.

In fact, judging from the previous father-son relationship, Li Bo is a bit chauvinistic, but Marian seems to be stronger than him.

It’s incredible that their marriage can last until now!

There is really love!

Li Bo continued: “The last time I quarreled with your mother, it was not just because of Jet’s study in China. This was our main disagreement…”

“I always feel that as a Chinese, I am successful in the United States, but to the real upper class in the United States, I am just a Chinese worker, and your mother is just the daughter of a farmer…”

“I’ve also figured it out. For you, my self-esteem is ridiculous. I don’t want what happened to me to happen to you again. You were rejected by Jennifer Grey this time, isn’t it because our family background is not good enough? ”

“I…”

Locke was speechless. How come it has something to do with me again!

Could it be that Jennifer Grey’s family background is not just about having a mother who is the dean of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?

By the way, what does her father do?

Li Bo sighed: “The United States is a real capitalist country. This is a world of money. Only those with money can get respect. I will fight hard this time and strive to make you a real rich second generation!”

Locke didn’t know what to say for a while. He couldn’t just say, dad, come on!

Li Bo asked: “Locke, what project do you think is good? Your mother wants to develop new projects in the existing business, but I think we should still do farm-related projects. We can’t take too big a step. I plan to develop the Chinese market. China has developed rapidly in recent years and has a great demand for imported fruits…”

Project?

Locke immediately thought of his turbocharger. Well, he was just playing with this project.

New energy is the trend in the automotive industry now. Fuel vehicles are almost a sunset industry. The value of turbochargers has also greatly decreased. It is not suitable to be a family project.

Agriculture, planting?

Locke immediately thought of the pharmacy he mastered. If Lebeck’s farm can grow African herbs, then he can make medicine. Can the family directly switch to become a pharmaceutical company?

Wow, pharmaceutical companies, this is one of the industries that control the United States!

However, when he thought of the several giants who monopolized the American pharmaceutical industry and the long review process of new drugs by the FDA, he felt that this path was too difficult.

Seeing that Locke was silent, Li Bo thought that he had not thought of it for a while, so he avoided the topic and said, “Do you know why I want Jet to study in China? Because racial discrimination does not exist in China, as a Chinese American, Jet will even receive some preferential treatment, which is a traditional virtue of China. Can you believe it? Even black people will receive preferential treatment in China, even super-national treatment. The school will prepare study partners for all foreign students to help them integrate into China. Well, study partners are usually women, but don’t get me wrong, because women are more careful. “He complained: “When I came to the United States, Yale University, a world-renowned university, only had one freshman orientation office. Dormitories, course schedules, and classroom maps were all done by myself. So, you see, the future of the world belongs to China…” Locke frowned and asked: “Why should we give preferential treatment? Shouldn’t everyone be equal? ”

Li Bo was stunned, thinking that Locke, who grew up in the United States, could not understand Chinese culture at all.

He explained: “You don’t understand, this is called the demeanor of a great country, a country of etiquette. To make foreign friends feel at home, it’s like when friends come to visit our home, shouldn’t we take out good things to entertain them…”

What is the fucking ?

Locke couldn’t understand it even more, shrugged his shoulders, “I don’t like this culture, I prefer to be treated equally! Everyone should be the same, no one is special, human rights are endowed, and everyone is born equal…”

Seeing that Locke still couldn’t understand, Li Bo could only give up, “Okay, this is the manifestation of cultural differences. The United States is full of discrimination, but it always talks about equality for everyone. Don’t you think this is ridiculous? You still have to learn more about Chinese culture. After all, China is our root. I don’t want you and Jet to be completely brainwashed by the media and have too many prejudices and misunderstandings about China…”

Locke has aI felt a little dizzy, as if something was wrong, and I felt that I might have really misunderstood Li Bo.

He nodded and said solemnly: “I will!”