Middle-aged tycoon: Twins come knocking on his door when he goes home for Chinese New Year

Looking at the three cars parked at the entrance, Li Ze knew exactly what was going on.

Those three brothers-in-law who used to dote on their younger sister must now want to skin him alive.

However, Li Ze wasn't worried at all about them beating him up.

To be honest, if getting a beating could vent their anger, it could lessen Zhang Ruoran's resentment by even a tiny bit.

He'll just have to take the beating.

After all, it was he who wronged Ruoran over the past eighteen years, and it was he who caused this family to fall apart.

Compared to the hardships and scorn that a woman like Ruoran endures raising two children alone, what are a few punches to him?

Li Mengli, who was in the passenger seat, was a clever girl. She turned her head to look at Li Ze and saw that her father had been sitting there for a long time without moving. She thought he was worried.

So she blinked and joked:

"Dad, are you scared?"

"Those are three uncles, and they used to do manual labor; they have a lot of strength."

"If you're afraid of getting beaten up, why don't you hide in the car for a while? I'll go scout the way for you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ze smiled calmly and reached out to slip the string of beads onto his wrist.

"Nonsense."

Do you think your dad would be that kind of coward?

"Back then, I dared to marry your mother right under their noses, and now I dare to stand in front of them and let them vent their anger."

With that, Li Ze chuckled and pushed open the car door:

"Let's get off!"

The father and daughter got out of the car.

Zhang Ruoran and Li Menghan had already started unloading things from the trunk of the Volkswagen.

There were kumquats, fireworks, and a huge box of unopened firecrackers.

The mother and son struggled to move the boxes, especially Li Menghan, whose face turned red as she carried two heavy boxes.

Upon seeing this, Li Ze walked over without saying a word.

"Let it sit there; we can't let you do this kind of heavy work."

As Li Ze spoke, he reached out to take the box from Li Menghan's hand.

"Get out of the way!"

Li Menghan twisted her body, dodging Li Ze's hand, and said with a look of disgust:

"I don't need your pretense."

"I'm strong enough to move it."

After saying that, he freed one hand and shoved Li Ze hard:

"Get out of my way, stay away from my mom!"

The push was quite forceful, and Li Ze took half a step back before regaining his balance.

Zhang Ruoran, standing beside him, straightened up and looked coldly at Li Ze:

"Li Ze, stop trying to curry favor with me."

"Our Zhang family's affairs are none of your Li family's business."

"If you're bored, go back to your car and cool off."

Faced with the cold words from the mother and daughter, and the son's push.

Li Ze wasn't angry at all; instead, he was secretly delighted to see Li Menghan's stubborn back.

Hey, this kid!

That temper, that unyielding spirit, is exactly like my younger self!

Not bad, really not bad.

It's definitely his child, no doubt about it!

Just then, Li Ze's phone vibrated in his pocket.

He took it out and saw that it was a text message from Lao Yi.

The content is very simple; it's a screenshot of an image filled with dense data.

At the very bottom of the image, there is a line of bold red text:

[Based on the analysis, the probability that sample A is related to samples B and C by blood is 99.99%.]

Although he already knew the answer in his heart, Li Ze was still very excited after seeing the scientific test results in black and white.

That feeling of being connected by blood finally has solid evidence at this moment.

I'm a man with a son and a daughter!

Li Ze put away his phone, his smile widening to an even more radiant degree, bordering on shameless.

Since it's confirmed that they are biological children, it's only natural for the father to help his son move things!

So Li Ze went up to her again, this time ignoring whether Li Menghan pushed him away or not, and became shameless.

"Okay, okay, you can move it."

"But this box is too heavy; it might hurt your back."

"I'm your father, if I don't do this heavy work, who will?"

After saying that, Li Ze took advantage of the moment when Li Menghan switched hands and snatched the heaviest fireworks box.

Then, he casually took the heavy bag of incense and paper money from Zhang Ruoran's hand.

"you!"

Zhang Ruoran glared at him angrily and reached out to snatch it back:

"Put it down!"

Li Ze, carrying the things, sidestepped and said with a grin:

"I won't let go."

"I paid for the things I just bought, so I have the right to use them now."

"Besides, it's only right for me, as the son-in-law, to visit my mother-in-law's and father-in-law's graves."

Zhang Ruoran was at a loss with his shameless behavior, and since it was at the main gate, she couldn't make a scene.

She could only let out a harsh snort:

"Do whatever you want! You deserve to be exhausted!"

After saying that, she took Li Menghan's hand and turned to walk into the courtyard.

Li Mengli watched from behind and couldn't help but laugh. She made a face at Li Ze, picked up two pots of kumquats, and followed him.

Li Ze, carrying the heaviest item, followed happily at the back.

The gate to this old house is small; it's an old-fashioned wooden frame door that's quite old and a bit warped.

Only one person can pass at a time, and even those carrying large boxes have to squeeze in sideways.

Zhang Ruoran and Li Menghan went inside first.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I could hear men talking inside the house.

Immediately afterwards, three middle-aged men came out from the main room to greet them.

These three men were all quite robust. Although they were all quite old, with the oldest having gray hair, they still possessed the spirit and vigor of rural men.

These are Zhang Ruoran's eldest brother Zhang Jianguo, second brother Zhang Jianjun, and younger brother Zhang Jianmin.

"Oh, Ruoran's back!"

The eldest brother, Zhang Jianguo, had a loud voice. As soon as he saw his sister, his face lit up with a smile, and he quickly came over to take her things.

"Why are you so late? We've been waiting for ages."

"Menghan and Mengli are back too? Let Uncle see them, wow, they've grown taller again!"

Li Menghan and Li Mengli quickly and obediently called out:

"Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, Youngest Uncle!"

Looking at the mess on the ground, Zhang Jianmin, the younger brother's brother, couldn't help but complain:

"Sis, why did you buy so much stuff again?"

"I already told you, the three of us brothers bought the fireworks and firecrackers a long time ago, and they're piled up in the main room."

"You work so hard to earn money, why buy so much? Isn't that a waste of money?"

The second brother, Zhang Jianjun, chimed in:

"That's right, Ruoran, don't buy these bulky things anymore. We don't need them."

"It would be better to save the money to buy yourself some nice clothes."

Hearing her brothers' concern, Zhang Ruoran felt a warmth in her heart and said with a smile:

"It's alright, this is just a small token of my affection for my parents."

"Besides, these two children are growing up, and I want to show them filial piety as much as possible."

The family was chatting and laughing together.

Just at this time.

The light at the doorway suddenly dimmed.

A tall figure, carrying a large box of fireworks, squeezed through the gate last, sideways.

Li Ze put the box on the ground with a dull thud.

Then he straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the crowd in the courtyard with a slightly ingratiating smile on his face.

In an instant, the air in the courtyard seemed to freeze.

The lively conversation abruptly stopped.

The three brothers-in-law's gazes all swept past Zhang Ruoran and landed on the last man to enter.

At first, they were just a little confused.

After all these years, Li Ze has changed quite a bit, especially his clothes and appearance.

Zhang Jianmin, the younger brother's brother, frowned and pointed at Li Ze, asking Zhang Ruoran:

"Sis, who's this?"

"Is he here to help move things too? Or is he your hired driver?"

The eldest brother, Zhang Jianguo, is the oldest and has the best eyesight.

He stared intently at Li Ze's face, the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed, and the more he looked, the more his brows furrowed.

He took half a step forward, squinted, and muttered to himself:

"No...it can't be him, can it?"

The second brother, Zhang Jianjun, also figured things out by this time. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, and his tone became somewhat unfriendly:

"Big brother, you noticed it too?"

"Those eyebrows, those nose... who else could it be but that bastard?"

The three men's expressions slowly changed.

What began as doubt turned to shock, and finally to uncontrollable anger.

At this moment, Zhang Ruoran sighed.

She knew she couldn't avoid this hurdle.

She turned around, pointed at Li Ze with an annoyed expression, and said to her three older and younger brothers:

"Brother, you didn't see wrong."

"That is Li Ze."

Upon hearing Zhang Ruoran's confirmation, the atmosphere in the courtyard instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Zhang Ruoran quickly added, afraid that her brothers would misunderstand:

"But don't overthink it."

"It wasn't my idea to bring him back."

"We ran into him at the train station because he insisted on following us back, no matter what."

"I can't get rid of him no matter what I do, he's like a piece of dog skin plaster."

Upon hearing the words "It's Li Ze,"...

It's like pouring a ladle of cold water into a pot of hot oil, causing it to explode instantly.

The faces of the older men immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Yes, it really is him!"

Zhang Jianguo roared, and the veins on his neck bulged.

"That heartless bastard disappeared for eighteen years, and he actually has the nerve to come back?!"

"Damn it, I wanted to beat him up back then!"

The hottest-tempered uncle, Zhang Jianmin, was even more direct, grabbing a shovel from the corner of the yard.

The three burly men, their faces grim and eyes blazing with fury, approached Li Ze step by step.