A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 268 Integrating into Life

"I'm home."

Around 11 p.m., Li Mu, now sober, looked at the text message from his girlfriend and replied:

"Did your uncle and aunt say anything?"

"No, they just asked me why I was so late. I told them I took a walk with you, kept you company, and chatted with you to help you sober up."

"They won't find out, will they? Did you blush when you got home? Did you tie your hair up?"

"Hehe, don't worry, I took care of everything before going up. I didn't even wear underwear, I just threw it in the trash."

Upon seeing this message, Li Mu was speechless.

I thought to myself, "You're a big star, going home without underwear late at night like it's something to be proud of."

but……\

"Do you want to take your medicine?"

After the text message was sent, Fan Bingbing replied after about a minute:

"What do you mean?"

"I'm afraid you'll get pregnant."

This time, instead of a text message, a phone call came directly.

Li Mu connected:\

"Feed?"

"Li Mu, what do you mean?"

"Don't overthink it."

Sensing her off-key tone, Li Mu quickly explained:

"I'm afraid you'll get pregnant, but I don't mean I'm afraid you'll have a child..."

"Aren't they the same thing?"

"Of course it's different. With you, I'm open to marriage and having children."

"Can?"\

"Don't nitpick here, you know what I mean. I'm worried about holding you back, after all... if you get pregnant, you'll need at least a year off. Right? You're giving up your number one ranking? You're giving up your career?"

"snort."\

The big star on the other end of the phone snorted coldly:

"Why don't you just say you don't want to have children with me?"

Li Mu was both amused and exasperated.

"Starting to talk nonsense, huh?"

"What nonsense! It's just a child, why wouldn't I dare to have one?!"

"Yes, yes, you dare. If you're really capable of getting pregnant, then give birth!"

"Oh? What's wrong? You're really pregnant, so you'll marry me?"

"I'd marry you right now, are you?"

"Hmph!"

The person on the other end of the phone hummed a couple more times before finally saying:

"Don't worry, this requires marksmanship and a bit of luck."

"So what should we do this time..."

"No way! Don't be so confident in your marksmanship; you can't be that accurate. Hey? Speaking of which, this is the first time we haven't used protection, right? And in the car no less... I have to say, it was pretty exciting. Especially when that big truck came by just now, I... I was so nervous!"

Her soft, gentle words stirred Li Mu's heart.

If these two were together, the battle between them would reignite.

Unfortunately, this time we have no choice but to endure it.

"Don't talk about that yet, be careful not to disturb your parents."

"Hehe, I missed you... Has Sui Kuan come back yet?"

"without."\

"Good heavens, is he really hooking up with Feng Yuan from our company?"

"I suspect so. Why don't you ask around?"

"Am I crazy? Why would I ask about this? But I've met Feng Yuan a few times... Would you like to hear my interpretation?"

"What?"

"In my understanding, she's not exactly the gentle, submissive type. Think about it, this is our public relations department. For a woman to hold such a position in front of major clients, she either has exceptional ability or a knack for it. Are you sure your colleague can handle a woman like that? A good PR person needs to be incredibly perceptive and have a keen understanding of human nature. Your colleague absolutely mustn't fall for her."

"It can't be that bad..."

Li Mu recalled Fatty Sui's habit of "disappearing after being caught soliciting prostitutes in Guangzhou."

I thought to myself, he's got a carefree, reckless personality, after all.

It shouldn't be able to withstand the damage, right?

"Hehe, anyway, I'm putting my words here. Everyone in the public relations department is a shrewd person. You'd better tell him to be careful, lest he end up being henpecked."

"Being henpecked is fine too."

"Little Li, come here and wash my feet."

"Hahaha……"\

Amidst laughter and conversation, the night deepened.

They both slept very well that night.

Then, on the 15th, NetEase's "Westward Journey 2" game launch event was held as scheduled.

However, Li Mu did not go.

Although he could definitely get the news if he wanted to, he chose to stay obediently at the Golden Ring Hotel.

They stayed until noon, after which Fan Bingbing, Ding Lei, and several other NetEase executives finished their lunch.

Reporters didn't find it surprising that she became the spokesperson for "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two".

Although the game *A Chinese Odyssey* hired Zhou Xingchi as its spokesperson, it was a complete flop. So, for *A Chinese Odyssey 2*, NetEase hired a relatively unknown gamer as its spokesperson, which is understandable.

Moreover, Fan Bingbing's official photos are beautiful.

Whether a game is playable or fun... that's not something a spokesperson can decide.

We need to observe further.

At 12 noon, the servers for "A Chinese Odyssey" opened on time.

At 1:30, Li Mu received a call from his girlfriend:

"Hey, let's go."

So, Li Mu greeted Qin Liyan:

"Brother Qin, if there's nothing else this afternoon, I'm leaving."

"OK."\

Qin Liyan nodded.

The situation regarding Liu Xiaoqing's case is currently stable; everything is just waiting for the court to issue an arrest warrant after the evidence is submitted. There haven't been any surprise inspections or interviews so far.

So, after saying hello, Li Mu got into the car carrying two boxes of jasmine tea he had bought at a tea shop called "Wu Yutai".

This is said to be an old shop, with a history of several hundred years.

He quickly arrived at Modern City and didn't go upstairs, but waited for his girlfriend to get off work in the elevator corridor.

After waiting for about twenty minutes, the two met up. Fan Bingbing, still wearing heavy makeup, ran over to her boyfriend with a big smile and, taking advantage of the fact that there were no security cameras in the passageway, gave him a big kiss.

The two entered the elevator together.

"Ding Lei is asking you the same question."

"What did you say?"

"I told you you were busy tracking Liu Xiaoqing and couldn't get away."

"Yes, that's what I said to him too."

Are you nervous?

"Don't be nervous, why do you ask?"

"I'm going to start leveling up like crazy in a bit, I definitely won't have time to take care of you. Are you sure you're not nervous?"

"nerve."\

Li Mu rolled his eyes.

Then, with a hint of curiosity, he asked:

"By the way, what's so special about your account? Ding Lei didn't tell us?"

"without."\

Fan Bingbing shook her head.

She did ask Ding Lei something like, "Could you increase my account's luck stat?", but in reality, the game doesn't have a luck stat at all; everything, from getting equipment from monsters to anything else, is random.

But Ding Lei deliberately tampered with her account.

But what kind of trickery… Ding Lei didn’t say, and Fan Bingbing herself couldn’t find out either. She only knew that her account and characters were saved, including the ID “Fan Xiaobing,” and she only needed to log in.

As for just how special they are, they refused to say, no matter what.

Okay.

Li Mu didn't ask any more questions, since he had no interest in the game "A Chinese Odyssey".

Soon, the two exited the elevator and entered their home.

In the living room, Zhang Chuanmei was watching TV. She wasn't surprised to see Li Mu; she simply smiled and greeted him.

"Little Li is here."

"Aunt."\

Li Mu greeted them, while Fan Bingbing headed straight for the restroom.

Soon, after removing her makeup, she glanced at her boyfriend chatting with her mother in the living room and said:

"I'm going to play games, you two chat."

She didn't even ask where Fan Tao had gone.

"Go."

Li Mu subconsciously responded, but immediately realized something was wrong and glanced at Zhang Chuanmei.

Only after realizing the other person didn't seem to care and continued watching TV did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Li, have you considered working in Yanjing?"

"Well……"\

He naturally understood what Aunt Zhang meant.

But you can't exactly say he's waiting for his own company to go bankrupt, can you?

Then he laughed and said:

"I'm considering it, but we'll have to wait for the right opportunity."

"Yeah, that's true. Mainly because of Chengcheng... We're going back to Shandong Province the day after tomorrow, but we moved here in August."

"Is this for Chengcheng to go to kindergarten? He's only two years old, right?"

"Not yet, he'll officially turn two tomorrow."

"Isn't it true that you have to be 3 years old to start kindergarten?"

"Early childhood education classes are fine for children as young as two. Sigh..."

At this point, Zhang Chuanmei sighed:

"You know perfectly well that this girl isn't cut out for studying, but all the other kids in the family are doing quite well. Li, you're a good student yourself, you should understand that with studying, hard work can make up for lack of talent. Even though you don't learn much in kindergarten, at least let Chengcheng get used to it early, spend more time at school, and not end up like her. You don't know, when she was little, she always wanted to run away from school… Even the teachers said she was very smart but just didn't use her intelligence properly…"

"Well... okay."

Li Mu really couldn't empathize with what she said.

In his view, learning is all about self-discipline.

Remember what the teacher said.

Go home and review it again, then finish your homework.

It's not that difficult.

But he certainly wouldn't refute it; instead, he nodded repeatedly in agreement with Zhang Chuanmei's words.

"Hmm, that works too. Going to school early helps cultivate good habits."

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what your Uncle Fan and I think..."

The two chatted while watching TV, until the doorbell rang.

Li Mu instinctively stood up, and seeing Fan Tao carrying a bag of groceries, quickly went to help:

"Uncle, let me help you."

"Yes, you're here."

This time, Fan Tao didn't show any "fierce hostility."

Last night, he and his wife talked quite a bit. They shared what they'd heard from their daughter, what Li Mu had told them personally at the dinner table, including the books Zhang Chuanmei had shown him that their daughter was reading, and their "letter exchanges"... Even this morning at breakfast, he'd asked his daughter why she was reading those political books.

Fan Bingbing replied that it was Xiao Li who recommended him.

In summary...

Li Mu is a very good kid.

Whether he's a son-in-law or not is another matter, but at least I don't dislike him anymore.

"Where's Bingbing?"

"They're playing video games inside."

"..."\

Fan Tao's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything more. Instead, he said to Li Mu:

"Come on, help me cook. I'll make you something nice tonight."

Hearing this, Li Mu smiled and nodded:

"Okay."

Although we've only known each other for two days.