A life of two souls traveling through time

"Master! Master!"

The sky was gray, and Ange's hurried voice came from the attic of Qingyun Garden in the Li Mansion.

"What's the matter?" Li Yunye, who was taking a deep nap, was suddenly woken up and kicked twice in the quilt angrily.

"The master is back..."

"I know, I know...The master is back?" Li Yunye responded in a daze, then suddenly sat up with a look of horror on his face.

"Yes, sir, please get up quickly." An Ge, who was still waiting outside the door, urged anxiously.

"Really? Why didn't you notify me in advance? I wasn't even mentally prepared..." Li Yunye kept muttering and complaining as he hurriedly put on his clothes and looked for shoes.

Of course, it was mainly because of nervousness and worry. It was the first time he met this nominal father. He also heard Ange say that Mr. Li was extremely strict with his son. So he thought that once Mr. Li came back, his comfortable life in the Li Mansion would probably be over.

About half an incense stick of time passed before Li Yunye tremblingly came to the front hall. The three people in the front hall seemed to be discussing business matters. Sitting on the main seat was a middle-aged man with bright eyes and a shrewd and capable look. He must be the head of the Jiangnan famous Li family, Li Xingyuan, Li Yunye's father.

As expected, he has the temperament of a successful businessman. Li Yunye's bone structure resembles his father's, but his eyebrows and eyes are not sharp at all. Instead, they are as gentle as Mrs. Li's.

"If you don't want to come out, don't come out. You come here and just stand there like a door god, embarrassing yourself? You haven't made any progress in these days!" Li Yunye, who was standing outside the door timidly, was secretly staring at Master Li and muttering in his heart. He was suddenly frightened by the scolding and hurried forward to bow.

"Father..." Jiang Siyao had privately rehearsed the situation of meeting Mr. Li countless times, but when he really faced it, his mind went blank.

Mr. Li did not respond, but just sighed softly with a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Uncle Fang..." Li Yunye nodded to the kind-looking old man standing quietly beside Master Li. Fortunately, he had Ange, a living encyclopedia, by his side, so he could recognize people by their general appearance.

"I haven't seen you for a few months and you've lost weight. It seems that An Ge hasn't been serving you wholeheartedly." Although Butler Fang was kind to Li Yunye, his eyes were as sharp as a needle when he glanced at An Ge outside the door.

"Uncle Fang, this has nothing to do with An Ge. I just spent too much money on studying during this period..."

"Oh, did I hear it right? The sun is rising from the west? Can a playboy stay at home and study hard?"

"......." Although it was true that he was so engrossed in reading some martial arts novels that he stayed up all night, there was no need for the father to mock his son in front of others.

"Shopkeeper Yuan." Li Yunye ignored Mr. Li's sarcasm and turned around to salute Shopkeeper Yuan who was sitting below.

Since Manager Yuan was the general manager of the Jiangnan branch, they had met each other once before when Ange took him to visit the Li family's shop in the city.

"How have you been lately, young master?" Shopkeeper Yuan also hurriedly stood up to return the greeting and asked with a smile.

"Very good, very good."

Li Yunye also smiled nervously, and this smile made Manager Yuan stunned: It seems that he has really grown up, and this ancestor has learned to be humble and polite.

"Master, as the saying goes, a tiger father will have a dog son. The young master was probably just young and inexperienced before, but now he is older and sensible. As long as he is willing to work hard, he will definitely be able to shoulder the responsibility of being a famous Li in Jiangnan in the future."

Although Manager Yuan's words were too flattering, Li Yunye was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

"I hope it's as you say." Although Mr. Li disliked his son, he was his own son after all, and he had the same wish for his son to become successful as all other fathers.

"Master, boss, something happened in the store!" At this time, a shop assistant ran in panting and shouted excitedly.

"What happened?" Shopkeeper Yuan and Butler Fang looked at each other in confusion. Master Li, on the other hand, was calm and asked the shop assistant in a deep voice.

"Someone ran to the store door and caused trouble..."

"It's just a trouble. Why are you making such a fuss? Let's go to the government office..." Shopkeeper Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat off his face. The trouble happened as soon as the master came back. How should he, as the manager, explain it?

"Shopkeeper, this time it's not those ruffians who are trying to extort a few dollars. The troublemakers this time are carrying a coffin, claiming to be the brother and sister-in-law of Zhang Xiaoyue, the maid who was driven out of the Li Mansion, and they want to seek justice for their dead sister..."

"Xiaoyue is dead?" Li Yunye and Ange both looked horrified.

"Oh, how come someone died?" Everyone gasped when they heard the word coffin.

"Zhang Xiaoyue? Which courtyard is this maid from?" Master Li frowned and turned to Butler Fang.

"My lord, it seems to be from the Young Master's Courtyard." Butler Fang replied in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Li did not say anything else, but the look he gave his son was like two sharp blades.

"Justice? What justice do you want?" Shopkeeper Yuan was so nervous that he was sweating coldly. He stood up and asked the shop assistant anxiously.

"They said...they said...that it was the young master who killed their girl..." The waiter looked at Li Yunye and stammered for a long time before speaking.

"You bastard, it's you who caused this trouble!" Before the waiter could finish his words, Mr. Li had already rushed to his son with a dark face and slapped him hard.

With a crisp "pa" sound, Li Yunye stumbled and fell to the ground unexpectedly, covering his beaten face and taking a long time to recover. Ange outside the hall wanted to go forward to help him but seeing the master's gloomy face, he became scared. The others inside and outside the hall didn't dare to breathe, let alone say anything to persuade him.

"It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. What are you doing as a father? You have been away for several months without any news, and as soon as you come back, you beat up your own son. It's okay for you to bully and torture me, but Yunye is your only son after all..." This scene happened to be seen by Mrs. Li who came to the living room. Seeing her son being slapped to the ground by her husband, she felt distressed and angry, and cried out the grievances that had accumulated in her heart for many years.

"Shut up!" Before Madam Li could finish her sobbing, Li Xingyuan slammed his palm on the table and said sarcastically, "Yes, yes, yes, you are the only one who loves your son. Over the years, you have spoiled your precious son into a playboy who only knows how to hang out in brothels and theaters and indulge in rouge and powder. You are a very good mother!"

"Is it my fault alone that my son has become like this? Don't you feel any guilt as a father?" Being ridiculed by her husband like this, Mrs. Li cried hysterically.

"Why should I feel guilty? Didn't I take care of him? Wasn't it you who came out to stop him every time? You are a loving mother who has spoiled her son, and you are blaming me again today?"

"You manage? What else do you manage besides beating and scolding?"

"That's better than spoiling him! Look at him now, someone has died. This is the good son you loved so much!"

Jiang Siyao, who had recovered from her shock, looked at the yet another pair of enemies in front of her and lamented in her heart: after being reborn into a new home, it is still filled with quarrels, accusations and complaints as before, it really is impossible to escape from it... Thinking about her current situation where she has no way to defend herself and no one to rely on, she felt so aggrieved that she covered her swollen face and started crying.

"You still dare to cry? Don't you think it's shameful enough?" In the hall, the crying of mother and child made Master Li even more embarrassed. He shouted angrily at Li Yunye with a dark face.

Li Yunye was so frightened that he stopped talking on the spot, covering half of his face and sobbing softly with grievance.

"What are you standing there for? Take this evil creature to the shop!" Li Xingyuan felt hopeless when he saw his son's cowardly and incompetent appearance.

"I won't go. I didn't kill the person, so why should I take the blame?" Li Yunye broke away from the guards in the mansion and shouted with tears in his eyes.

"Hmph, if it wasn't you? If it wasn't you, would people come to the Li family?" Seeing that Li Yunye was still evading responsibility at this time, Li Xingyuan became even more furious. He raised his hand again but was stopped by Mrs. Li beside him.

"Don't be afraid, sir. Let's go to the scene first and explain the matter face to face so that it can be resolved as soon as possible." At this time, Shopkeeper Yuan walked to Li Yunye, patted Li Yunye's back gently and spoke to him in a soothing voice.

"You guys go if you want to go, I don't want to go..." Although Li Yunye felt better after being comforted by Manager Yuan, he didn't want to be exposed in public because of such a scandal.

"Why are you talking to him so much? Take him away!" Li Yunye's temper at this time would only anger Master Li even more.

"Mother! Mother!" Being dragged and pulled by two big men, Li Yunye was so scared that he hurriedly asked Madam Li for help, but Madam Li could no longer save him.