A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

"Oh no! Brother! We're doomed!"

"Ah!!! Why is your phone off?!"

"Brother, my dad's going to hit me!"

"Brother Li! Help! Help! Help!"

Upon arriving in Guangzhou and seeing the message on the phone, Li Mu thought for a moment and decided to pretend he hadn't seen it.

What does it have to do with me if your dad hits you?

I can help your dad beat you up?

Wouldn't that be going against the Heavenly Gang?

Stop joking, bro, we're not that close.

Bless yourself.

He went straight to the parking lot and started driving back.

Once I got home, I turned off my phone and went to sleep.

He ignored the poor guy who was crying for help all night.

Even when he woke up early in the morning and saw seven or eight text messages like "Why is your phone off?", "Are you hiding from me?", and "Let me tell you, you surnamed Li, you're not going to live even if I die," he continued to play dead.

Its main selling point is irresponsibility.

After arriving at work and clocking in around 8:30, he found a corner and dialed his home phone.

I got home too late last night; my parents must have been asleep by now.

Today is the perfect time to hit it.

"Beep beep... Hello, third brother?"

Upon hearing Li Dajiang's voice, Li Mu smiled and said:

"Dad, are you in the fields yet?"

"It's right here in the field. I just watered it. It's been dry these past few days, so watering is essential."

"Are you alright, Mom?"

Those who have never farmed may not know that watering the land in the summer is a very arduous task. You have to set off before dawn, compete with others for wells, and then, under the scorching sun, irrigate the crops. That kind of hardship... is truly unbearable for most people.

"I have something to say."

Li Dajiang's voice was very calm.

I've worked all my life, watering the fields is nothing.

"Your mom and your second aunt are chatting. What's up?"

"...Dad, don't I send you money every month? If this land isn't good, just rent it out. Why make yourself suffer like this?"

He now sends his parents 3,000 yuan a month instead of 2,000.

That's over 30,000 a year.

Let alone farming... even if you went out to work, you might not earn that much in a year.

His parents had asked him if he had enough money and why he needed so much. Li Mu's response was simple:

"I earn more, so I'll give you both a bit more."

My parents can live well now without farming.

It's really not worth ruining your health over this little bit of land; that would be truly forcing yourself to suffer without effort.

But Li Dajiang remained quite calm:

"It's not that we can still work, but when we can't, we just rent out the land."

"...Alright, it's hot, you two be careful. If you can't handle it, we'll just hire someone, we have money anyway."

"Ugh... is that money being wasted like that?"

The old father started rambling on and on.

Li Mu waited until he finished lecturing him before speaking:

"Dad, I bought a house."

"..."

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

After a few seconds, Li Dajiang said:

"Okay, how much do you need? Your mother and I have 110,000 yuan, we'll mail it all to you."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu quickly said:

"That's not what I meant, Dad. What I meant was... I've already bought the house."

He knew without even thinking that of the 110,000 yuan his father had, about 50,000 to 60,000 yuan was his own savings of 2,000 yuan a month for the past two years, while the other part... was entirely accumulated through farming and selling grain, and through his frugal lifestyle.

Even though he always told his parents that he was rich, and even falsely reported the prize money of the National News Award, telling his parents that the country had given him 200,000 yuan so that they wouldn't have to work so hard.

Ugh……

After letting out a sigh, he continued:

"Dad, Bingbing wants to marry me, so I thought about it and bought an apartment in Yanjing. The apartment is quite expensive, over 7,000 yuan per square meter. But I've had a lot of bonuses these past two years, and I also started an internet company with a friend, the one I registered with your ID last time, and it's doing pretty well now. So I had a few hundred thousand yuan on hand, so I just bought an apartment in Yanjing."

"...You really bought it?"

"Yes, you really bought it. You don't need to worry about the house. Just keep the money you have for yourself."

"Then you need to renovate. I'll transfer the money to you. You should renovate it properly. She's a celebrity, she earns a lot of money, so you can't skimp on the renovation."

"No need, that house is a second-hand house, it's already renovated. I can move in right away."

"Why did I buy an old house!"

"This isn't an old house. The owner renovated it but never lived in it, and then it was sold... Don't worry about it. I called today to let you know I've bought the house. As for the rest... I'll take her home to meet my mom and dad whenever she has time. But... Dad, we need to make this clear first, her identity is quite sensitive, so you two shouldn't talk about it. Even when we get home, we'll talk behind closed doors. Otherwise, if all the relatives find out, it'll affect her career."

"I know that."

Li Dajiang is quite clear about his identity as the "future daughter-in-law".

After all, the jade carving in the house is still there.

The principle of "not flaunting wealth" was proven true in the village after many people saw the jade carving, when rumors circulated that "Li Mu has become a gigolo."

If his son hadn't later won a national award, dispelling the rumor, Li Dajiang might have had to go and reason with others while carrying a hoe.

So after this incident, the jade carving that was originally placed in the most prominent position in the living room was moved to his son's room.

It was covered with a cloth.

He truly realized how terrible rumors can be.

"Whenever you bring her, just go straight home. You don't even need to tell your sister."

With his father's assurance, Li Mu felt at ease.

"We'll see about the details later. I'll definitely let you know in advance... Okay, Dad, that's all. Anyway, you don't need to worry about anything here. I've taken care of everything. Just eat and drink as usual at home."

"...Did you really buy a house in Yanjing?"

"ha."

Seeing that his father still didn't believe him, Li Mu laughed.

"Dad, don't worry, your son is doing well now. You two don't need to worry about him!"

Henan Province, on the vast expanse of yellow earth.

Upon hearing his son's words, the elderly father, his bare, dark-skinned upper body hunched over with his spine bent like a hunchback, the only shade he received from the sun being the small patch of a straw hat on his head, instinctively gripped the phone tightly with his large, bony hands.

……

8 month 8 number.

Friday.

Li Mu submitted a fieldwork request, explaining that he was going to interview the recently popular TV series "Pink Lady," which has achieved an average viewership rating of 14%.

Lin Naichen approved the application immediately after seeing it.

So, with the fieldwork form in hand, Li Mu left his workplace in the morning and flew directly to Yanjing.

The interview with "Pink Lady" was just a pretext; what he really wanted to do was go to Yanjing to sign the contract. Guangfa Bank had already approved his mortgage, and he was just one step away from getting the keys.

So, around 2 p.m., he arrived in Yanjing and got into Fan Tao's car.

"You..."

Looking at the grinning Li Mu, Fan Tao was speechless.

"Why were you so impulsive? Such an expensive house, you just bought it like that?"

Faced with Uncle Fan's questioning, Li Mu's response was also very simple:

"She liked it, so I bought it."

I must say, that was a high-EQ response.

These words put Fan Tao in a great mood, no matter how much he complained about Li Mu's wasteful spending.

It's not about the price of the house, but about this attitude.

Even if the house really wasn't worth that price in his mind.

After signing the purchase contract and receiving the house keys, he went to the 30th floor with Xiao Li and saw the large duplex with a usable area of ​​over 500 square meters. He had to admit that the house was indeed big.

Everywhere is bright and spacious.

The decor doesn't look bad either.

Standing in the empty living room of the house, he gazed into the distance and said to Li Mu beside him:

Have you told your family about buying a house?

"I already said that."

Li Mu nodded:

"I already talked to my dad about it on Monday. Uncle... I was just about to tell you, if things are a bit less busy at the end of the year, I'd like to take her home to visit. Would that be convenient for you?"

"no problem."

Fan Tao agreed very readily:

"But have you two discussed how you're going to get married?"

"We've talked about it. She means... we can get the marriage certificate first, but there's no rush to hold the ceremony. Her career is going well, and if news of her marriage were to spread now, it would have a significant impact."

Upon hearing this, Fan Tao subconsciously turned his head to look at his future son-in-law:

"What...is that attitude?"

"I'm fine with either."

Li Mu, on the other hand, was quite frank:

"Let her do whatever she wants. I'm fine with it."

Fan Tao was speechless again.

I thought to myself, "Why do you spoil her so much?"

I couldn't help but say:

"Xiao Li...you need to have your own opinions. How can you listen to her in everything? She has a reckless temper and has been spoiled by me and her mother. You can't indulge her like this."

"Hehe, Uncle, it's okay. You guys can spoil him all you want, I'll just keep spoiling him."

"..."

Fan Tao did indeed quite like those words.

But the more he did this, the angrier he became.

No... how did I end up teaching such a thing?

Is the upbringing of the Fan family so utterly lacking in manners?

Thinking of this, he turned his head back, looked out the window, and let out a cold laugh:

"Heh, it's nothing. I'll deal with her when I get back."

"..."

Li Mu's lips twitched.

I thought to myself, I didn't say anything, why am I going to get beaten up again?

But no matter what, the moment the house was bought, the young couple's relationship was settled.

Fan Tao's opinion was simple.

After Li Mu took his daughter to his hometown, he and his wife waited for Xiao Li to bring his parents to visit in person.

It's not that he's arrogant, but rather that the ancient customs surrounding weddings and funerals are still there.

The man's parents will definitely come to the woman's house to propose marriage.

Li Mu agreed.

However, the timing is still uncertain.

There are some things that the two children cannot decide on their own; they can only wait for both sets of parents to meet, sit down, and have a detailed discussion.

The only pity was that our family members couldn't join us for this chat, so the two families had to close the door.

But the fewer people there are, the less there is to do.

That's not wrong.