Yi Anguo had just picked up Hu Qian when, on the very next evening, Li Sisi, after making a great effort to please him, dropped a piece of news. Her parents and two younger sisters were coming to Shenzhen, and she asked him what they should do. She also wanted to know if he had a house available for her family.
Yi Anguo couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Your parents and both of your sisters are all coming? What's going on?"
Li Sisi hesitated for a moment before replying, "I've graduated from college now, and my parents want me to go back home to take the civil service exam. I don't want to go back, so I told them I already have a formal job here—and that it's a civil service position at the Local Taxation Bureau."
"I also lied and told them that you and I have already registered our marriage," she continued. "After hearing that, they decided to come see you, their new son-in-law, and check on how I'm living."
