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After the terms were agreed upon, Zhu Suosuo hung up the phone, feeling dejected. Li Mu quickly tidied up, grabbed his keys, and went downstairs. Having been here for so long, he was finally going to meet the other female lead, Jiang Nansun.

Driving to the garden villas on Fuxing Road, Li Mu knocked on Jiang Nansun's door based on the address provided by Zhu Suosuo.

The person who opened the door was Jiang Pengfei, Jiang's father. He wore gold-rimmed glasses, his hair was neatly combed, and he was dressed in a well-fitting gray casual suit and brown vintage British leather shoes. He had the air of a gentleman; you would never guess he was a gambler.

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

Li Mu said, "You must be Nan Sun's father, Uncle Jiang!"

Jiang Pengfei was taken aback for a moment. Seeing that Li Mu had an extraordinary temperament, was dressed in a stylish manner, and was driving a Mercedes-Benz, he immediately became polite as well.

"Oh, yes, I am. You're Nan Sun's friend?" she said, her eyes scanning Li Mu up and down like a scanner.

He was very dissatisfied with Jiang Nansun's current boyfriend, Zhang Anren, and hoped that Nansun would meet more men with good prospects. This young man in front of her seemed quite capable; if Nansun had another suitor, she would have more options.

Li Mu introduced himself: "I am Suo Suo's cousin, Luo Jiaming. I'm just running an errand for my cousin. If you need anything, just ask Nan Sun."

"It's Cousin Suo Suo!" Jiang Pengfei's tone was somewhat disappointed. However, although he didn't have many other skills, his extensive knowledge was one of his few advantages. No matter how you looked at it, Li Mu didn't seem like an ordinary person.

As they led him in, they asked, "Where does Mr. Luo work?"

Li Mu knew his purpose, but didn't point it out.

"I wouldn't say I'm highly paid; I just have one job at Microsoft."

Jiang Pengfei praised, "Microsoft! Not bad, not bad, a world-class technology giant." But inwardly he was a little disappointed; it wasn't the rich second-generation playboy he had imagined.

The real rich kids either study art if they're not good at academics, or finance and management if they are good at academics; nobody goes for technical skills.

However, still persistent, he asked again, "Mr. Luo, excuse me for asking, but what's your position at Microsoft? How much do you earn?" This was a bit too forward and inappropriate. But Jiang Pengfei... that's perfectly normal.

Li Mu knew what he was thinking, but didn't care. He smiled and said, "Senior researcher, annual salary... one hundred and sixty."

Jiang Pengfei's eyes lit up again. Although he wasn't a rich second-generation heir, he was so young to have become a senior researcher at a tech giant like Microsoft, earning an annual salary of 1.6 million. He had a bright future ahead of him and was a promising young talent.

In addition, she has a refined temperament and a graceful demeanor, making her far superior to the stingy and poor-looking Zhang Anren.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Nan Sun took a liking to Zhang Anren.

He sighed slightly: "Mr. Luo, please wait a moment, I'll go and call Nan Sun down."

"Sorry to bother you, Uncle Jiang."

Jiang Pengfei went to call Jiang Nansun, which gave him time to look around the small villa. It had three floors in total, with a spacious layout, high ceilings, and classic retro furniture.

The third floor is an attic, which was also Jiang Nansun's residence. The two lower floors are quite large, connected by a wooden staircase, exuding a historical atmosphere.

There is a small Western-style house in Shanghai. If it weren't for Jiang Pengfei, that spendthrift son, the Jiang family would indeed be considered a wealthy family with no worries about food or clothing.

"Are you Luo Jiaming?"

Less than two minutes later, a pleasant voice rang out. Li Mu looked up and saw Jiang Nansun, dressed in a white dress, gracefully descending the stairs, one hand holding the railing and the other lifting the hem of her dress.

However, her eyes were red, as if she had been crying.

"Nan Sun, Suo Suo asked me to come and check on you. Are you alright?"

Jiang Nansun walked downstairs and said with a smile, "Thank you, Jiaming. I'm fine. I'm sorry to have troubled you to make this trip."

As she spoke, she looked at him with curious eyes. As Zhu Suosuo's best friend, Jiang Nansun already knew about Luo Jiaming. She had heard Suosuo complain about him many times before, calling him a mama's boy and immature... In her imagination, he must be a shy and timid young man.

The man before me possessed an exceptional air about him, and his attire was impeccably tasteful. He stood there with poise and maturity, far from being the stereotypical mama's boy or someone who hadn't grown up.

After chatting for a bit and finding nothing else to discuss, Li Mu prepared to take his leave.

"Nan Sun will call Suo Suo back later and tell her not to worry. That way, I can consider my request fulfilled."

"Okay, Garmin! Thank you for coming all this way, be careful on the road."

After Jiang Nansun finished speaking, he watched Li Mu turn and leave, and then he was about to go upstairs. Jiang Pengfei snorted and stepped forward to stop Li Mu, who was about to leave, and called out, "Mr. Luo, don't go yet. You are Suo Suo's cousin. Since you were entrusted by Suo Suo to come and see Nansun, you must know about our family's situation."

"Tell me, I've raised Nan Sun like a princess since she was little, buying her designer clothes, designer bags, designer cosmetics, taking her to high-end beauty salons for hair and beauty treatments... She learned to dance, music, painting, and violin, using the best of everything, and her teachers were the most expensive. What was the purpose of raising her to such a high standard?"

"I want her to find a good husband, have a good home for the rest of her life, and enjoy a peaceful and happy life. Everything I do is for her own good."

"You said she should find a boyfriend who's good enough for her, but look what happened! She found Zhang Anren. You haven't met him, Zhang Anren is a bookworm, all dry and useless, and looks like a poor wretch! He doesn't look like he'll amount to anything."

"Tell me, does someone like that deserve my Nansun? It's like a toad trying to eat swan meat, utterly absurd. I don't know what kind of spell Nansun has been cast on her; not only does she ignore the family's arrangements, but she's actually taking it seriously."

"How can such a poor boy be good enough for her? How could she do this to me? How could she do this to all the years of upbringing I've given her? It's utterly absurd and incredibly stupid! That's not dating, that's blindness."

Jiang Pengfei grew angrier as he spoke, pointing at Jiang Nansun with a heartbroken expression, clearly furious. And he truly was furious; his little princess, whom he had carefully nurtured from childhood, had fallen for a poor boy and was determined to marry no one but him.

The fairy tale of a poor boy marrying a princess is beautiful, but fairy tales are fairy tales, not reality. When it happens to you, it won't seem so wonderful.

Li Mu understood Jiang Pengfei's perspective on this. No one would feel comfortable having their daughter, whom they had carefully raised like a princess, stolen away by a foolish poor boy. If Jiang Pengfei hadn't been trying to use his daughter to climb the social ladder and pay off his mountain of debts, Li Mu could understand him even better.

Before he could even speak, Jiang Nansun was furious. The father and daughter had already had a conflict, which had just subsided, but it was reignited.

Jiang Nansun stared at Jiang Pengfei with red-rimmed eyes, like an angry little hen.

"You've raised me like this since I was little, teaching me to dance, music, and painting, just so I could marry a rich man. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have learned anything. I'd rather be as foolish as you say, foolish for the rest of my life."

"If you want to climb the social ladder and find some rich second-generation playboy, go ahead. I'm a person, not your possession. I'm sorry to disappoint you."

"You, you..." Jiang Pengfei raised his hand, about to strike, but Jiang Nansun refused to back down and stood there motionless.

"Go ahead and hit me! Go ahead and hit me! Didn't we already hit each other? Go ahead and hit me!"

Li Mu quickly separated the two and pulled Jiang Pengfei aside to persuade him, "Uncle Jiang, I know you love Nansun, but she's grown up and has her own thoughts. Calm down."

"The more forceful you are in this matter, the stronger Nan Sun's rebellious mentality will become, which will backfire and cause him to do something irreversible."

Jiang Pengfei was furious: "How dare she! I fed her well and raised her with great care since she was a child, and this is how she repays me? For that poor boy named Zhang Anren, she even abandoned her father. I raised her all these years, and this is how she repays me?"

Jiang Nansun became even angrier upon hearing this. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he sighed, said nothing, and ran up the stairs to the second floor, disappearing from sight.

Chapter 188: Card Suspension and Confiscated Pocket Money

Seeing that Jiang Nansun had left, Jiang Pengfei grabbed Li Mu's hand, looking heartbroken, pointed upstairs, and shouted, "Look at this, look at this... Isn't this outrageous? It's absolutely outrageous!"

“Mr. Luo, I have really spoiled my daughter. You have no idea how much effort I have put into raising her since she was a child. I hired the best teachers and gave her the best education. She is proficient in music, dance and painting. I have never let her suffer or get tired at all since she was a child.”

"Who am I doing this for? It's all for her. You know, how did she develop such a good temperament? It's all because I spent a lot of money cultivating and nurturing her since she was little."

"She thinks I look down on Zhang Anren, that poor wretch, and I really don't. How could he be worthy of my Nansun? In what way is he worthy? I was blinded by love and followed him, and now I'm only suffering."

“Nan Sun grew up in a pampered environment. Mr. Luo, you may not know, but Suo Suo certainly does. Ask her how much Nan Sun spends each month.”

"Clothes, cosmetics, bags, various expensive musical instruments, hair styling, beauty treatments, dining out, living expenses... all kinds of daily expenses, ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per month, and sometimes 30,000 to 50,000 yuan."

“Nan Sun is still in school and has no income. Do you think Zhang Anren, that poor wretch, can afford to support such a large expense?”

"Nan Sun has never experienced hardship since childhood, so she doesn't know what it feels like to suffer. She got carried away and thought that love is everything. Is that really the case?"

“Poverty-stricken couples face endless sorrows. Nan Sun’s hands are for playing the zither, not for washing dishes. Nan Sun should live in the spotlight, be admired like a princess, and live a life of wealth and elegance, instead of spending her days in the kitchen cooking and washing clothes for Zhang Anren like an old maid.”

Seeing the furious Jiang Pengfei and listening to his loud complaints, Li Mu understood. From Jiang Pengfei's perspective, as a father, Jiang Nansun's choice was indeed hard to accept.

"Uncle Jiang, don't be angry. Nan Sun just acted impulsively and will understand your good intentions in the future. Besides, Dr. Zhang Anren has graduated and I heard he will stay at the university to teach. His qualifications are actually quite good compared to ordinary people. Don't worry too much. I believe Nan Sun will make his own judgment."

Jiang Pengfei agreed with the first half of the statement, but he did not agree with the second half.

"Zhang Anren is outstanding? Just him? He might be considered outstanding by ordinary standards, but compared to Nan Sun, what is he? Does he even deserve her?"

"With his meager salary, after paying the mortgage, it's not even enough for Nan Sun's allowance. How can he support a family? How can he afford a nanny?"

"Do you think my carefully nurtured little princess is going to marry him to become a maid, doing his laundry and cooking? Does he deserve that? Nan Sun has never suffered hardship or lacked money since she was a child. If she's with him, she'll have to scrimp and save and help him pay off the mortgage in that run-down place called Sanlin on the outer ring road, spending several hours commuting to and from get off work every day."

"Can Nansun handle it?"

"Don't let her current impulsiveness fool you; she'll regret it someday. Do you think I'd just watch her jump into a fire pit?"

Li Mu nodded, understanding Jiang Pengfei's concerns.

"Uncle is right. Nan Sun has been protected by you too much and has not experienced the trials of society. She does not understand your good intentions."

Jiang Pengfei nodded: "Mr. Luo, you are a wise man, it's good that you can understand. Nan Sun has had too many good days and doesn't know the hardships of life."

The two were chatting when Jiang Nansun came running down the stairs carrying a pile of clothes and bags. Her eyes were red as she glared at Jiang Pengfei and threw everything at his feet.

"Here you go, I'll give it all back to you. Go find some rich second-generation playboy. I can like whoever I want, and I'm willing to suffer and live a poor life."

Hearing his daughter's words and seeing a pile of luxury bags and clothes thrown on the ground, Jiang Pengfei was furious and couldn't help but raise his hand, but Li Mu quickly pulled him away.

"Uncle, Nansun is angry right now. Calm down. Impulsiveness won't solve anything."

"Nan Sun, don't stay at home. Go find Suo Suo. Go wait by the car, and I'll take you there in a bit."

Jiang Pengfei was just going through the motions, and he lowered his hand. Jiang Nansun snorted and stormed out.

Jiang Pengfei pointed at her retreating figure and said, "Look at her, look at her... She's so stubborn, she's been spoiled rotten since she was little. With this kind of personality, can she endure hardship with Zhang Anren? Can she be happy?"

Li Mu advised, "Uncle, don't be angry. After all, we are father and daughter. Let's both calm down."

Jiang Pengfei sighed, "Mr. Luo, with her temper, she won't turn back until she hits a brick wall. What do you think I should do? There are plenty of excellent men out there. What's so great about Zhang Anren that she chose him?"

"Sigh! Mr. Luo, I did all this for Nan Sun's future happiness, why can't she understand!"

Li Mu comforted him, saying, "Uncle, Nan Sun is too young and has been protected too well by you and Auntie. She doesn't know the hardships of life or the complexities of society. She will understand your good intentions in the future."

Jiang Pengfei sighed, "Later... it will be too late. Look at her now, she can't wait to marry Zhang Anren. I really don't know what she's thinking."

“Mr. Luo, you are all young people, do you have any ideas? Give me some suggestions, I will definitely thank you properly.”

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Nan Sun's personality is such that you can't force her; the more you force her, the more rebellious she'll become. I think it's better to guide her than to block her. Since she wants to date Zhang Anren, you shouldn't stop her..."