Chapter 786 - 422: Call Her Sister-in-Law

Whether it’s choosing hope or seeking one’s own destruction, no matter what, Li Peifeng must make every effort to facilitate a meeting between the Li family and the Huang family and marry Huang Tianxuan, who is about to give birth.

This is a responsibility he must bear; otherwise, he would not only lose face in front of Huang Tianxuan but also be unable to bear the thought of his future son calling him father.

But in doing so, he seems to go against the marriage order he promised to the four women initially. So Li Peifeng plans to do it a bit more complicatedly by first obtaining marriage certificates with Wu Xu according to the order, but postponing the wedding, and then turning to hold a wedding with Huang Tianxuan.

This doesn’t completely break the promise but is somewhat self-deceptive; after a long period of persuasive work by Li Peifeng, Wu Xu barely agreed.

But Zhao Qingge, who remains silent, hasn’t expressed her opinion, and her attitude is crucial, an obstacle that cannot be bypassed.

Three or four months ago, Li Peifeng had already tested her attitude, but this only intensified the sense of crisis in Zhao Qingge’s heart. Originally cautious about having a child, Zhao Duoduo surprisingly became proactive about wanting a baby after some inner conflict.

This was partly due to her age, partly out of a competitive spirit with Huang Tianxuan, and partly in hopes of elevating her importance in Li Peifeng’s heart by having a child.

No matter what, Li Peifeng couldn’t refuse, but the topic of marrying Huang Tianxuan got shelved.

But with the New Year approaching and Huang Tianxuan’s due date drawing closer, Li Peifeng couldn’t hold back any longer. The day before going home for the New Year, he candidly discussed his plans to get marriage licenses with Wu Xu and organize a wedding with Huang Tianxuan with Old Zhao.

This directly led to Zhao Qingge’s very unpleasant mood and was the reason she suddenly warned Li Peifeng in the elevator.

A wife already pregnant, and the husband repeatedly marrying three other girls? No party involved would agree.

Even Li Qiyuan didn’t want to go to Hangzhou to meet Huang Tianxuan’s parents, to help his son put on such a big show as promised, only patting his shoulder and saying he truly couldn’t help.

"Dad, Tianxuan is pregnant, your grandchild is about to be born. If I don’t marry her, I can’t explain it to her parents; they’ve been urging all along... Can you really bear it?"

Li Qiyuan responded with a constipated expression: "Even if I can’t bear it, what can I do? Do you think I don’t want to go see? That’s my grandchild! How could I not care? But with Qingge also pregnant, both your flesh and your skin are involved, what can I do?"

"But we agreed before..."

"Yes, I did promise before, but that was under the condition that you would divorce before getting married again. If you can divorce Qingge, your mother and I will definitely meet Tianxuan’s parents... But Qingge is also pregnant now. Is she willing to divorce you? Even if she is, are you willing to divorce her?"

Li Peifeng was left speechless, and Li Qiyuan solemnly warned: "If you dare to divorce her at this time, your mother and I will never acknowledge you again, and you don’t have to recognize us as your parents. Divorce isn’t just a matter of going through a procedure at the Civil Affairs Bureau; it has more important meanings."

"...I can’t divorce."

"Since you can’t divorce and you want to marry Huang Tianxuan, you need to get Zhao Qingge’s consent, at least tacit approval. Otherwise, if I go to Hangzhou to meet Tianxuan’s parents and she gets angry and throws your marriage certificate at them... How do you clean that up?"

"..."

Li Qiyuan sighed and said: "Your mother and I do not want to visit you in prison with Yilan."

Li Peifeng believed things wouldn’t go that far; no matter how angry Zhao Qingge was, she wouldn’t reveal everything to Huang Tianxuan’s parents, because doing so would also probably expose the truth to Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin, making everything irreparable.

Even if things wouldn’t develop into the worst-case scenario, they wouldn’t get better either. Because after the conversation with Li Qiyuan, Li Peifeng suddenly realized his parents were just as unwilling as Zhao Qingge to see him married to Huang Tianxuan.

They couldn’t bear the burden on their conscience and pretend not to know about their son’s relationship status or calmly interact with two or even more families.

Putting himself in their shoes, Li Peifeng also found it excessive to let his parents bear the consequences of his troubles.

Gaining multiple wives brought him happiness; giving his parents several in-laws only brought them worry and anxiety, what else could they gain?

With Yilan just born and needing parental care, there was still much for them to worry about in the future...

But what about Tianxuan and Wenyue Manning? Especially Tianxuan, since her family already had opinions about the two of them being unmarried and pregnant.

Had Li Peifeng not promised to take his parents to Hangzhou to visit after the New Year, Tianxuan’s brothers might have already sent someone to bring him back for criticism.

Failing to keep his promise... is completely unacceptable!

Li Peifeng took a deep breath and tried to appeal to Old Li with emotion, reason, and monetary persuasion.

Li Qiyuan was principled but couldn’t resist his son’s persistent pleading and finally, after some thought, softened a bit.

"As long as Qingge has no objection, of course, I will go to Hangzhou to meet Tianxuan’s family. This isn’t to clean up after you, but mainly for Tianxuan and my grandchild’s sake. But if Qingge strongly opposes, then I can’t help it. It’s not that I don’t want to go; it’s that even if I want to go, I can’t. You should understand this."

Li Peifeng nodded silently: "I’ve made a considerable effort; she probably won’t object too much. Besides, they are both expectant mothers now; there’s no need to make things difficult for each other..."