Thunder From Clear Skies

Almost an hour later, they returned home.

'Si Jianyu must be done by now,' Li Baozhai thought as she alighted the car.

Li Qin's voice interrupted her thoughts, "What are you doing here?!"

Her voice was so loud, almost like a shrew.

Li Baozhai went closer, not seeing the other cars, she knew the only ones that had arrived were her and her Third Aunt's cars.

Li Qin was just in her late thirties and she maintained her skin well so she appeared really young and beautiful.

Though, most times she was grumpy, she did not always raise her voice. She liked to pretend she was a calm and classy person especially since she was the head of the HR department.

She only showed her true personality at home. And nothing triggers her as much as her son, Zhuge Lei not studying.

Li Qin wanted her son to be successful. In fact, she favoured her son over her two other daughters. So whenever Zhuge Lei was caught playing video games, she would lose it. And that was when she would raise her voice.

Even though both Li Fu and Jia Ying had repeatedly told Li Qin to let Zhuge Lei play sometimes, she was highly against it.

It got so bad that she always monitored him. Li Fu had told her he didn't raise her up that way and that she should give Zhuge Lei a chance to grow up and not try to pressure him always.

However Li Fu's words created the opposite effect as Li Qin exploded in rage, she had told Li Fu that Zhuge Lei was her son, the only grandson of the Li family therefore she had to teach him right and Li Fu had no right to tell her how to raise her child.

It caused a lot of drama back then and Zhuge Duyi, Li Qin's husband would always do as Li Qin tells him. Against all odds, he always sided with Li Qin, perhaps that was why their relationship was so solid. So Zhuge Lei could never depend on his father's help to go against his mother.

Li Qin was very bossy and she bossed her husband around all day. And Zhuge Duyi would do all she commanded with a smile on his face.

Therefore it was quite surprising to hear her shout at someone else.

Speak of the devil!

Li Baozhai's mouth dropped open and her eyes widened when she saw who her aunt was shouting at.

It was definitely thunder from clear skies.

Truly unexpected.

She had just been thinking of him on the ride home. His presence made Li Baozhai question if she returned to the past or if she was in a different dimension.

She had noticed two oddities just today, her parents grave was already swept and there was a Willow branch on them as opposed to her last life. The second was her half brother's presence today.

Li Baozhai concluded he was the one that visited her parents grave. Her brother, Li Weizhe was the one responsible for the two oddities.

'Did he also go to their graves in her past life? Perhaps, only after they had left?' Li Baozhai pondered.

"You bastard! I knew you only wanted Elder Brother's properties. After running away for years, showing up on only their burial, now you're here. What is your plan exactly?" Li Qin continued to make a scene like the shrew she actually was.

Li Baozhai noticed Si Jianyu by the door, and the other servants had also begun to gather.

"Third Aunt, whether I'm a bastard or not, don't you know that best? Weren't you the one in charge of conducting the DNA test?" Li Weizhe's gravelly voice sounded quite stern. His almond-shaped eyes were vacant.

Although this did not occur in her past life, Li Baozhai had witnessed Li Qin taunt Li Weizhe. It appears her elder brother had grown accustomed to it that he did not even feel down.

Li Baozhai wondered if this had also happened in her past life but because she was unconscious, she was unaware of it. And no one bothered to tell her because of her condition.

"Xiao Zhai," Li Weizhe greeted her with a wave of his right hand. Totally ignoring their Third Aunt.

"Brother Zhe," she called out to him like old times. "Were you the one who swept their graves?" She directly asked him.

"En." Li Weizhe gave no other explanation.

She had expected him to say more but he did not bother to explain. Li Baozhai couldn't fault him because he had always been like this.

Li Baozhai glanced at her Third Aunt from the corners of her eyes and she could tell Li Qin was seething in rage. Zhuge Duyi was holding her hand, trying to prevent her from lashing out while Zhuge Lei watched the drama with unconcealed amusement.

"Brother Zhe, you left without saying goodbye that day, I didn't think I'd see you so soon."

"En, I wanted to check on you and besides…"

Li Qin did not let Li Weizhe finish his sentence before she interrupted him, "Am I too small that you kids can't put me in your eyes?"

Steam was coming out of Li Qin's ears because they ignored her. She hated being ignored the most.

Of course, Li Weizhe knew that so most times he ignored her and this only infuriated her.

Li Baozhai was already tired of it, "Third Aunt, Brother Zhe just returned home."

The mention of home sparked Li Qin's fury, "This is not his home."

Li Weizhe immediately mocked her, "Third Aunt, as Mrs. Zhuge, shouldn't you be in your husband's house? Why are you here again?"

"You.. you," Li Qin almost coughed blood. This was her sore point.

Her husband didn't have a family and she had promised to give him one, that was why they lived in the Li Family Residence.

When they were younger, her friends had mocked her for marrying a nobody without a family.