127: Shocked Liu Xiaoli

At Golden Culture, Ning Hao met Guo Fan, who shared his plight.

However, Guo Fan was in excellent spirits. He had participated in the filming of Legend of Sword and Fairy and followed Zhou Xiaowen to work on the TV series' post-production, providing very good suggestions for special effects.

Zhou Xiaowen liked him quite a bit and guided him through various tasks. The entire process had been very beneficial for him.

He was full of energy from this learning experience, a state of mind completely different from Ning Hao's depression.

“Hello, I'm Ning Hao.” Ning Hao extended his hand.

“I'm Guo Fan.” The two shook hands. Both were unknown figures; if they called themselves directors, someone might ask, "What are your representative works?"

Li Xiuwu rarely attended classes for a while. With Liu Yifei away, he was getting fairly well-acquainted with his other classmates.

One day, Li Xiuwu suddenly received a call from Liu Xiaoli.

“Xiuwu, after school, bring Xixi to my villa.”

“Villa?” Li Xiuwu was puzzled. The mother and daughter hadn't lived in the villa for a long time.

“Auntie, is something the matter?”

Liu Xiaoli was silent for a moment before saying, “Xixi's uncle is here.”

“Oh, should I take time off now and bring Xixi over?”

“No need, just bring her over after class.”

The call ended, and Liu Xiaoli put away her phone. Sitting across from her was a middle-aged man with a refined temperament and very good looks.

He wore a pair of rimless glasses, and the pupils behind the lenses revealed shrewdness.

“You really are lucky.”

Liu Xiaoli looked at her elder brother with dissatisfaction.

“Looking at your reaction, I guess you still don't know his background.”

“Isn't it just a chip company?” Liu Xiaoli already knew that Li Xiuwu had a chip company.

“It seems you really don't know.” The handsome middle-aged man took off his glasses and pulled an indigo cloth from his pocket to wipe the lenses.

“Do you know where the money he used to start the chip lab came from?”

“You know?” Liu Xiaoli was also very curious. There was nothing particularly special about Li Xiuwu's life, especially after 2002, when he was basically under her nose.

She just felt that Li Xiuwu had been a bit busy this year, but she didn't know what he was doing.

“Do you remember taking Li Xiuwu to a land auction this year?” The handsome middle-aged man's face was full of smiles as he looked at his younger sister with interest.

“What do you mean?” Liu Xiaoli didn't understand what her brother was trying to say.

“It means that he was the boss behind that auction. He was the one who auctioned off those plots of land. You took him there thinking you'd show him the ropes, didn't you? Hehe.” Even with his steady temperament, the middle-aged man couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Xiaoli was shocked, her face went blank, and she opened her mouth but no sound came out.

She couldn't believe it was true, but there was no need for her elder brother to lie to her about such things.

She thought back to that time when she even wanted Chen Jinfei to cooperate with her to display their financial strength.

The middle-aged man looked at his sister in this state, a smile on his face as he waited for her to regain her senses.

“I said you were lucky, but Mom didn't believe it. She said you had a unique eye and chose a good son-in-law, better than her.”

Liu Xiaoli didn't know what to say. She valued Li Xiuwu because he was good-looking, smart, and a top scholar of the college entrance examination. Most importantly, he was alone in his family and could be raised like a son. Even if his future achievements weren't very high, it wouldn't matter.

Seeing his sister's reaction, the middle-aged man said faintly: “This son-in-law you chose holds shares in several internet companies. All together, they are worth six or seven billion. He also has a game agency company of his own. Although it's only been a little over a year, its valuation is close to a billion. Under his name, there is also a chip research lab and a Chip Factory.”

As the middle-aged man listed Li Xiuwu's current assets, with every item he mentioned, Liu Xiaoli's eyes widened in shock.

The Chip Factory had already shocked her. She had been wondering if someone was investing in his name. Otherwise, she couldn't explain the source of Li Xiuwu's funds.

She hadn't expected Li Xiuwu to have so many assets under his name.

“Ten billion in assets. Our family wouldn't even dare to dream of embezzling that much, let alone earning it,” the middle-aged man lamented.

Liu Xiaoli was speechless. She suspected her brother was lying, but he wouldn't come all the way to Beijing just to tell such lies.

What did ten billion mean? In 2004, Tencent was only worth six billion. In other words, Tencent couldn't even keep up with the speed of Li Xiuwu's wealth growth.

“None of that is the most important part.” The middle-aged man suddenly became serious. “The most critical thing is that our family no longer has the authorization to check his records.”

“The higher-ups talked to me recently. I might be getting a transfer.”

Liu Xiaoli, who came from a political family, looked at her brother in shock. Although she was a novice in politics, she could still understand some basic political subtext.

“Has he already influenced you?” Her voice was tense.

“It's a good thing.” A smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face. He was being transferred from the banking system to a position in the Investment Promotion Department. Although it was a lateral move, it was a huge step forward.

This transfer was likely the province's idea. As for the purpose, it was obvious.

Liu Xiaoli was even more shocked. She no longer knew what to say.

“I'm telling you this not to force you to do anything, but even if Xixi and him don't end up together in the future, don't let things end on bad terms.”

When the background check results reached their family, his shock was no less than his sister's. No one in the family knew that their niece had made such a friend.

Liu Xiaoli nodded blankly, in a state of daze. Everything today felt too surreal to her.

Li Xiuwu, the boy who played around with her daughter every day and whom she planned to have as a son-in-law, actually had such a massive financial background.

In the evening, when Beijing Film Academy finished classes, Li Xiuwu picked up Liu Yifei.

“Auntie said your uncle is here and asked me to take you to the villa.” Li Xiuwu buckled his seatbelt as he spoke to Liu Yifei.

“Mm, Mom already called me.” Liu Yifei nodded.

Li Xiuwu drove toward Liu Yifei's villa.

“What did your uncle come for?” Li Xiuwu turned his head to look at Liu Yifei, fishing for information.

“I don't know. I only found out from Mom's call this afternoon too.” Liu Yifei shook her head. She peeked at Li Xiuwu, feeling somewhat nervous for some reason.

She wondered if Grandma had found out about Li Xiuwu and sent Uncle to take a look.

She had the nervousness of meeting the parents, even though it was Li Xiuwu meeting her family.

Li Xiuwu had similar thoughts, wondering if Liu Yifei's family had heard about a bad boy eyeing their granddaughter.

An even worse thought was that Liu Xiaoli had told the Liu family about Li Xiuwu's chip company, and they wanted to get a piece of the action.

Both were preoccupied with their own thoughts, and the car was relatively silent.

The car headed east along the North Third Ring Road. Li Xiuwu felt like he was driving particularly fast today.

At the entrance of the villa area, Li Xiuwu and Liu Yifei went to register together, then drove in and parked at the door.

The car arrived at Liu Yifei's villa. Her family's villa was very large, with a private lawn of five hundred square meters.

Although Liu Xiaoli and her daughter had been living in the Courtyard House, they still hired people to regularly clean and manage the villa, so it didn't look neglected.

“Uncle.” Liu Yifei opened the door, saw the person sitting in the living room, and ran over.

“Hello, Uncle.” Li Xiuwu went over and greeted him generously.

“Hello, have a seat.” Liu Yifei's uncle sized up Li Xiuwu. He had previously seen Li Xiuwu's image through demi-gods and semi-devils.

“I heard you're Xixi's classmate. Thank you for taking care of her.” He was very calm and didn't put on the airs of an elder.

“I should also thank Auntie for taking care of me,” Li Xiuwu said with a smile.