Li Xuehai came back to his senses, smiled slightly and said, "Dad, Mom, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I'll pick you up at the station."

When the people in the room heard Li Xuehai's words, they all looked over and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.

The old man glared at him and said with dissatisfaction: "Why, I have to report in advance when I come to see my grandson!"

"Dad, I didn't mean that. Come in." Li Xuehai smiled awkwardly.

He stepped aside to let a few people in, and at the same time said to An Yunxin behind him: "Yunxin, this is Ahao's grandpa, grandma, uncle, and cousin."

An Yunxin was a little embarrassed, but tried to stay calm and greeted his ex-wife's parents and brother with a smile.

The old lady looked at her coldly and said nothing.

Li Xuehai noticed the tense atmosphere. He tried to ease the situation and steered the conversation towards Ahao.

However, the old man was unwilling to give up. He asked directly: "Xuehai, we heard that you remarried, is it true?"

Li Xuehai nodded and said frankly: "Yes, Dad. Yun Xin and I are already married."

The old lady immediately interrupted: "How could you do this? Are you worthy of my daughter?"

Her eyes swept over An Yunxin with scrutiny and dissatisfaction.

Li Xuehai's face darkened. He knew that this question could not be avoided.

He said firmly: "Mom, I know you feel bad, and so do I. But life must go on. Yunxin and I are truly in love, and she is very good to me and Ahao. I hope you can accept her and give us a chance to start over."

After hearing what Li Xuehai said, the old lady did not respond immediately. Instead, she sat on the sofa, staring at him with eyes like knives, and said in a cold voice: "When my daughter left, you said you would support us for her. Do you still mean it?"

Li Xuehai did not avoid the old lady's gaze. He nodded and said seriously: "Mom, I will definitely do what I promised you. I will support you on behalf of Ahao's mother."

The old lady snorted coldly and glanced at An Yunxin with a bit of criticism and dissatisfaction in her eyes.

An Yunxin smiled and said to the old lady, "Uncle, aunt, you haven't eaten yet, right? It's a good opportunity for us to eat together." Then, she turned around and went to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks and put them on the table.

Li Hao also echoed: "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, cousin, let's eat together!" He walked to the old lady, took her hand, and tried to ease the tense atmosphere.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was still somewhat subtle.

The old man and the old woman looked at An Yunxin with critical eyes from time to time, but An Yunxin tried her best to remain polite and smile, and not to confront them head-on.

Li Xuehai sensed the undercurrent between them, and he calmly adjusted the atmosphere, turning the topic to relaxed family matters.

"Are you her daughter?" The old lady looked at An Ran.

An Ran nodded politely.

The old lady's expression remained cold. She continued to ask, "Where do you work?"

"I work for Future Technology Company." An Ran replied in a calm tone.

Li Hao's cousin suddenly seemed a little excited: "Is it the future technology company that just went public a few days ago?"

An Ran nodded again, said nothing more, and continued to eat with her head down.

"Do you have original shares? Did you make a fortune?" Li Hao's cousin became more and more excited as he spoke.

Li Hao glanced at him and frowned in dissatisfaction, "What does it have to do with you?"

An Ran shook her head. "I have only been in the company for a short time, so I don't have any."

When Li Hao's cousin heard this, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but then he thought of something and asked, "What position do you hold in there?"

"Secretary." An Ran replied calmly.

Uncle Li Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this. He slapped his thigh and immediately said, "Oh, it turns out that he is someone close to the boss! That's great! An Ran, can you talk to your boss and arrange a position for your cousin in the company? He happens to be looking for a job recently."

An Ran frowned slightly.

"I am not responsible for the company's recruitment work. There is a special recruitment page on the company's website where you can check suitable positions for you and submit your resume."

She went on to add: "You are capable enough, I believe you will pass the interview."

Li Hao's cousin was very emotional and raised his voice, saying, "I just asked you to help, but you kept making excuses. I think you clearly don't treat us as a family."

An Ran put down her chopsticks, raised her head slightly, and looked at her cousin Li Hao calmly.

"You and I don't seem to be a family."

Cousin Li Hao widened his eyes, as if he couldn't believe An Ran would respond like that.

The old lady suddenly dropped her chopsticks with a bang and glared at An Yunxin.

He rebuked loudly: "This is the daughter you raised!"

"Is she wrong?" An Yunxin put down her chopsticks and looked at the old lady. "You are the family of Lao Li's ex-wife. It is natural for him to take care of you. But, what right do you have to say anything about my daughter?"

The atmosphere was tense for a while, and Li Xuehai felt a strong smell of gunpowder, so he immediately put down his chopsticks.

He took a deep look at An Yunxin, then turned to the old lady and said in a calm but firm voice: "Mom, you are the elder, and Ahao and I have the responsibility and obligation to take care of you. But please don't challenge my bottom line and principles."

The old lady's face turned pale, and the atmosphere at the table instantly became extremely tense.

She was so angry that her hands were shaking. She pointed at Li Xuehai's face and scolded him, "Well, you married a new wife and treated us like this. My daughter is so blind. How could she marry someone as heartless as you? You and this woman must have been together for a long time. You must have pissed my daughter off to death!"

Then he looked at An Ran and said, "This daughter is not a good girl either. She looks so coquettish!"

The atmosphere at the table instantly dropped to freezing point, and everyone's face turned ugly.

Li Hao took a deep breath. He knew very well how his father and Aunt An got together.

"Grandma, can you please be reasonable? You were there when Mom was sick, and we didn't even know Auntie An at that time."

"Ahao! You and we are related by blood! How can you be so ungrateful?" The old man gritted his teeth, and the flesh on his face trembled with anger.

Li Xuehai was so angry at their words that his face turned red. "Dad, Mom, Ah Hao is telling the truth. Yun Xin and I only met after your daughter passed away. We have never done anything to let Ah Hao's mother down. Please stop making groundless accusations and slanders against Yun Xin and An Ran!"

Li Hao's cousin glared at An Ran and said sarcastically, "Why are you putting on such an attitude? You're just a lousy secretary. You must have been slept with by so many men."

The dirty and insulting words fell into An Ran's ears, and her anger instantly reached its peak.

She took a deep breath, slowly picked up a dish of vegetables on the table, and placed it directly on Li Hao's cousin's head. The leaves and juice slid down his hair and cheeks, dripping stickily on his face...

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