I Was Stuck on the Same Day For a Thousand Years

Chapter 342: One person is as good as a big family!

“It’s Xiao Wu.” When Mr. Li and Wu Chen spoke, he sounded like a kind elder.

“Hey! It’s me. Please speak, old man.” Wu Chen said with a smile.

Wu Chen still respected the old man of the Li family. He was in his seventies and was almost eighty years old. It was hard to say how many years he could still live. He was always thinking about his death.

Mr. Li forced his granddaughter Li Ruobing to marry Ding Ruilong out of family interests.

Wu Chen could understand his motives, but could not agree with his actions.

Even so, as long as it was a conflict that could be resolved, it was not a problem!

The problem was turning into enemies if it could be resolved, and in Mr. Li’s case, it was obviously the former!

Wu Chen understood the situation very well from the moment Li Ruobing received the call from her grandfather. He knew that there would not be any conflicts between himself and this old man who once served as a deputy at the highest level and made great contributions to this country!

“Xiao Wu, this is our first time talking on the phone. Recently, I always hear Maoren speaking of you. He always praised you for how outstanding you are. As the ancients said, a hero comes from a young age. You are much better than my grandchildren, hahaha…” The old man’s voice always had the same unhurried tone, but he boasted about Wu Chen!

But Wu Chen knew that this old man had deep thoughts. Although he might be speaking from his heart, he naturally had a motive when he spoke so straightforwardly.

Come to think of it, Li Maoren had just finished reporting to him.

Mr. Li naturally knew all the things that Wu Chen had talked about with Li Maoren before, but those were just a process that kept adding weight. They were not enough for Mr. Li to talk to Wu Chen.

Until today!

Wu Chen was no longer giving information to Li Maoren, no longer giving advice to Li Maoren, but negotiating in person. He negotiated the cooperation between the Li family and the Tang family!

This should be why Mr. Li suddenly called his granddaughter for “reconciliation”!

The root cause was Wu Chen. He wanted to talk to Wu Chen, but Li Ruobing was a key figure who could not be avoided!

Wu Chen himself did not have a direct relationship with the Li family, although Wu Chen and Li Maoren already plotted a lot.

But Li Maoren and Mr. Li obviously knew very well that for someone like Wu Chen, if he could use black materials to impeach other families, he could also exploit the Li family!

And because Wu Chen himself had no background, the best choice for the Li family was not to let Wu Chen disappear from the world, but to make Wu Chen absolutely their own. This not only required Li Ruobing to marry Wu Chen but also required reconciliation with Li Ruobing!

Otherwise, if Li Ruobing went against the family, then Wu Chen was likely to help Li Ruobing deal with the Li family…

After all, Wu Chen wanted to defeat the men of the Ding family for Li Ruobing!

“Thank you, old man.” Wu Chen smiled and subconsciously moved around, reaching the guardrail on the third floor. With one hand in his pocket, he looked at the people coming and going upstairs and downstairs in the shopping mall.

“Xiao Wu is really humble.” Mr. Li’s old voice also contained a smile.

Li Ruobing also followed Wu Chen to the guardrail, holding Wu Chen’s arm with one hand and tilting her head slightly to listen to what her grandfather was saying to Wu Chen.

In fact, he didn’t say anything. It was just the first phone call. He said some things but nothing good. Wu Chen habitually called these words “nonsense”!

Although it was nonsense, it was not really useless.

This process was inevitable when people want to get closer to each other. In the process of talking nonsense, it was a process of expressing each other’s attitudes and lowering each other’s defensiveness!

“…How long have Xiao Wu been talking to our Bingbing?” The old man asked Wu Chen.

“More than four months…” Wu Chen said with a smile.

This was a lie.

Although it didn’t matter when they met, Wu Chen didn’t want to waste time explaining anything. If he really said that they had only talked for more than half a month, it would definitely lead to some unnecessary speculation.

“More than four months, it’s not easy. Xiao Wu, you have to be more accommodating to Bingbing’s temper. This girl has been like this since she was a child…” the old man said with a sigh.

Li Ruobing, who was listening with her head tilted to the side, couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

“Ruobing and I are fine. Don’t worry.” Wu Chen smiled.

In the next few minutes, the two of them kept talking nonsense. The topic not only revolved around Li Ruobing, but also Wu Chen’s family. It was like “meeting the parents for the first time”. Mr. Li also asked Wu Chen how his parents were, whether they had any health issues.

In this regard, Wu Chen told the truth. He felt that the old man wanted to test him to see if he would tell the truth. After all, Wu Chen’s ability and ordinary family background were extremely suspicious!

And what Wu Chen said was really true!

“Dad, it’s time for you to take medicine.” Li Maoren’s voice suddenly sounded in the background.

“Well, first…” Mr. Li’s voice was a little far away. Soon, he was closer, “Xiao Wu, let’s end this here for now. Come to your house when you have time, and let’s have a good chat.”

“Sure, I will definitely visit you when I have time,” Wu Chen said.

That’s the end of the chat, which lasted only six or seven minutes.

Mr. Li obviously did not intend to discuss anything in detail with Wu Chen on the phone. There were too many things that could not be explained clearly on the phone.

As for Ding Ruilong, Mr. Li didn’t mention a word!

Although he didn’t mention it, his attitude was expressed, allowing Wu Chen to go to their home. This invitation was basically equivalent to the old man’s change of plans and arrangements for Li Ruobing’s future, and his approval for Wu Chen and Li Ruobing’s relationship!

It’s just that Wu Chen would not go to Li family’s house easily.

Having said that, Mr. Li also understood that Wu Chen couldn’t go there easily, otherwise the news would leak out. If the Ding family knew about it, they would inevitably speculate and investigate, which would be terrible!

That’s why Mr. Li said he should go home when he had time. There was no exact time agreed upon.

Wu Chen still needed a special opportunity to go to Li’s house!

After hanging up the phone, Wu Chen returned the phone to Li Ruobing.

Normally, Li Ruobing should be happy at this moment. After all, all the pressure from within her family over the years collapsed with this phone call from the old man.

But Li Ruobing was expressionless at the moment. She took the phone and looked at Wu Chen sideways.

“Why are you so embarrassed? Are you unhappy?” Wu Chen asked with a smile.

“How many things are you hiding from me?” Li Ruobing asked with squinted eyes, “The old man is so stubborn yet he called me suddenly, admitted his mistake, and said that I have good vision…”

“You do have good vision. What’s wrong with that? Is that questionable?” Wu Chen smiled.

“Stop pretending to be stupid! Aren’t you going to give me an explanation?” Li Ruobing raised an eyebrow at Wu Chen.

Li Ruobing was shocked.

In fact, this matter was very special and sudden for her.

She only knew a very small part of what Wu Chen did.

To be precise, it was Dong Yuantao’s part.

She understood that Dong Yuantao’s matter could only make the family change its attitude and strategy towards the Ding family.

Even if the family abandoned the Ding family, it didn’t not mean that the family would accept Wu Chen! It did not mean that the old man would call and ask for reconciliation. He even wanted to invite Wu Chen to their home!

Li Ruobing knew how powerful her grandfather was! He wanted to control everything!

This was a thought that the older generation, especially those in high positions, would have in their bones! You can’t change it!

Even if the old man didn’t force her to marry Ding Ruilong anymore, he might still force her to marry some other big family’s son…

Marriage was for the purpose of alliance. It was for the purpose of expanding the family’s power and stabilizing the family’s position, and it was something that the old man had been doing since he retired.

In the final analysis, the old man wanted to keep the family strong after his death! Or even stronger! And not be replaced by the “new rich”!

Therefore, in Li Ruobing’s view, the old man recognized Wu Chen, which basically meant that the old man thinks Wu Chen’s value or the benefits that Wu Chen brought to the Li family were greater than forming an alliance with a big family!

How could a man with no background be worthy of a big family?

How could Wu Chen win?

What did he do to make the old man change to this point?

“I…” Wu Chen was about to say something.

“Sister Ruobing!!” A girl’s excited shout suddenly came from the distance.