46 Yeah, Youâre the Best
âBrother Li Zexuan!â Anan carried her violin and appeared in the Li familyâs courtyard again. âYou said youâd give me your autograph.â
âHey, is Lin Wan at your house?â asked Li Yanchen, squatting down to reach the childâs level.
Anan took a step back in fear and then nodded. âYes, my mom is trying some makeup on Auntie. Uncle, can I play with brother for a while?â
âOf course,â said Li Yanchen and made way for her.
Li Zexuan took the pen from Ananâs hand and signed her violin. âIs there anything else?â
The little girl stood still, admiring the autograph. âBrother, I brought momâs phone with me. Can we take a photo together?â she asked. Ananâs face turned red as she spoke.
Li Zexuan was speechless. âWere the children nowadays so mature?â She already knew to ask for autographs and photos at the age of eight.
âJust one.â Anan raised her index finger. âPlease.â
âOf course.â Li Zexuan took the phone and took a photo of them.
Anan thanked him and ran home.
âAre all little girls these days so brave?â wondered Li Zexuan.
âAre you still waiting for Ms. Lin? Has she been gone a long time?â Li Zexin asked his father. âIf you miss her so much, go and call her back.â
Li Zexin hadnât seen Lin Wan from the moment he had woken up. He assumed she really had been gone for a long time.
Li Yanchen had been exposed. âLi Zexin! What nonsense are you blabbering? You really want to be hung up and beaten, donât you?â
Li Zexin smiled. âYou really have changed, dad. You have become more talkative.â He then ran out into the yard. âI can call Ms. Lin back, if you want. The livestream is going to start in a while anyway.â
Li Yanchen picked up a slipper and threw it at his disappearing figure.
Li Zekai picked up his fatherâs slippers from the courtyard and brought it back to him. âDaddy, itâs wrong to throw things around. Did you forget how Auntie pulled big brotherâs ear when he was throwing things?â
Li Zexuan crossed his arms in front of his chest. âDad, you are quite childish.â
âAm I not the head of the family anymore?â His sons werenât afraid of him, but they used to keep their distance from him. No one dared talk back to him. But now, they could call him childish. How had he lost his position?
Li Yanchen picked up another slipper and threw it at Li Zexuan, but Li Zexuan nimbly dodged to the side.
âDaddy, Iâm going to tell Auntie that youâve been throwing things around.â Li Zekai, who had picked up the shoe, pouted.
â¦
When Li Zexin had returned with Lin Wan from Ananâs house, Li Yanchen forgot how to breathe.
Lin Wan had simple makeup on. She was clearly wearing a pair of wide-legged pants, but with a swift change, she had turned it into a tight-fitting skirt. Her black eyes were like two luminescent pearls emphasized by the eyeshadow she wore. Her thin lips were now light pink, and her hair was tied up into a high ponytail. She looked innocent yet regal. Li Yanchen looked at his floral shirt and his sandals and felt like he had aged twenty more years in front of her.
âAuntie?â Li Zekai had also never seen her dressed this way. He had told her that she looked young because she dressed like a student before.
âIâm still alive, right? Why do you all act like you have seen a ghost?â Lin Wan walked in a circle in front of Li Yanchen. She did not like to put on makeup because she was lazy and because there was no need for it. However, just as Song Jing had said, there was no point having a bare face in a makeup livestream. With Song Jingâs effort, she had turned into his. She had looked at herself in the mirror and found that she was indeed beautiful. It was a beauty that was a combination of elegance and innocence. She wondered if she would look as stunning with her European style of makeup at night.
The online speculations that he had married Lin Wan because of her beauty could not be ignored. The various media outlets had exaggerated the matter. They were just short of saying that he was a lecherous person. If Lin Wan appeared this way in front of the livestream, the netizens would definitely exaggerate everything even more.
Li Yanchen felt that Lin Wan was indeed very beautiful. Unlike the past, Lin Wan, in these past few days, had been more spirited and happier.
Before Li Yanchen came back to his senses, the broadcast system on the telephone pole announced that it was ready to start.
The five families had chosen their angles.
[itâs on, itâs on!]
[Is that Lin Wan? Sheâs actually wearing a tight-fitting dress, and she looks good.]
[Lin Wanâs put on makeup! ]
[Itâs almost nighttime. Lin Wanâs already getting ready.]
[Li Yanchen is dressed so casually. Could it be that Lin Wan canât satisfy Li Yanchen, so sheâs trying to think of another way?]n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
[Help! Is Li Yanchen really the perfect man?]
[Heâs rich, handsome, and⦠If Lin Wan canât do it, I am available!]
[Hey, only positive thoughts. Positive thoughts!]
â¦
Li Yanchen glanced at the bullet screen and nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Li Yanchen, for the first time, gave a speech. âAhem⦠Lin Wanâs makeup was done by Song Jing. She agreed to be her model for tonightâs livestream. So, Lin Wan went over to hers to try on the makeup.â
[Li Yanchen is explaining things?]
[The Li family has never replied to the comments.]
[You guys are talking too much! Youâre embarrassing Li Yanchen! Can you guys stop?]
[Weâre all adults here. Itâs okay to admit it.]
[You must be careful. The soundproofing of the old house is not good. And you already have three babies to raise.]
[â¦]
[Mr. Li, you should be careful. Youâre older than Lin Wan.]
âOlder?â Li Yanchen could not take it any longer. âI am only in my thirties! I am not that old. My body is still strong.â
[Itâs true, sisters! Li Yanchen is explaining that heâs really good.]
[Yeah, youâre the best!]
[Yeah, great!]
â¦
Lin Wan pulled Li Yanchen away from the camera. âWhat is this man doing? Doesnât he know that if he keeps explaining, they will keep blowing things up?â She was speechless. Why was he so bothered?
...
âAuntie, can we go to Tutuâs house now?â Li Zekai had been thinking about Tutuâs condition.
Lin Wan turned to Li Yanchen. âJust stay here. And donât say anything!â
âOkay.â The man was sitting upright with his back to the camera.
[Everyone! Donât joke around. The live broadcast room will be shut down if you all arenât careful. You wonât get to see Xuanxuan.]
[Positive energy. Positive energy.]
[Is Xuanxuan folding something? He looks so serious.]
[Hey Xuanxuan, are you in a better mood now?]
[Isnât that Li Zexin? Heâs handing his brother scissors. They seem to have made up.]
[They are blood brothers. How can there be lasting grudges? If there is a quarrel in the future, everyone in the live broadcast room, please donât fan the flames and stir up chaos.]
[Thatâs right. Donât exaggerate it.]
[Sure, sure! Speaking of which, everyone has to go out of the village to buy things at five in the evening. This episode is almost over. The children need to choose a gift for their parents.]
...
[Xuanxuan and the others definitely wonât give Lin Wan anything.]
[Give her sausages and compressed biscuits. It will be like a silent slap]
[Previous post. I am stealing that! The suggestion is good. It will be very painful. I will bump your comment.]
In Li Zexuanâs livestream, bullet comments filled the entire screen.