Peninsula: I, a chaebol! I will never follow hidden rules.

At midnight on February 25th, it was Li Zhixuan's birthday.

Li Zhixuan lay in bed waiting for the surprises his women would bring, but he waited until almost one o'clock and still nothing came.

Forget about birthday surprises, I didn't even receive a simple "Happy Birthday" text message.

This……

Looking at Park Hyomin and Park Jiyeon, who were still fast asleep beside him, Lee Chi-heon drifted off to sleep with a heart full of disappointment.

The next morning, Li Zhixuan woke up early and went downstairs to see if his wives had prepared any surprises for him.

In the end, there was still nothing; the servants made breakfast.

This……

No way? Are they plotting something? They can't possibly be this indifferent to me, can they? That shouldn't be the case. Doesn't anyone truly love me?
Even if they don't love me, and they continue to be the girlfriends of chaebols just to make me happy, shouldn't they at least prepare a birthday present for me?
Are you really that careless?

Is it because I'm too nice to them that they don't take me seriously?
No, no, that can't be. They must be holding back a big surprise.

Although that's what he thought, Li Zhixuan felt uneasy because he didn't see any surprises right away. He was genuinely worried that he would end up with nothing.

After breakfast, he changed his clothes, said goodbye to his wives, and went to work.

After watching him leave, a group of shameless women immediately started laughing loudly!
Park Jiyeon: "Haha! Oppa is really disappointed, he can't even laugh anymore."

Park Hyo-min became a little worried: "Aren't we going a bit too far? He's probably heartbroken right now, isn't he?"

Yoona waved her hand and said, "It's all about building suspense first! He's probably wondering right now if we really forgot his birthday. That way, he'll be even more surprised when he comes back tonight."

"Mmm!" Jessica Jung nodded in agreement and asked, "He's gone, shouldn't we get ready?"

Yoona said, "It's still early. Let's rest in the morning first, and then we can get busy after lunch break."

"it is good."

……

At 10 a.m., Li Zhengxian returned to his office after the meeting and instructed his secretary, "Go and call Zhixuan over."

"Yes."

The secretary acknowledged and turned to leave. She returned quickly, bowed, and said, "President, Advisor Li has gone home. He asked his colleagues in the secretariat to tell you to go home early for lunch as well."

Going home so early? Are you rushing off to celebrate your birthday?
Li Zhengxian has gotten used to it now. Except for the Lunar New Year, Li Zhixuan always goes back to the Li family mansion to spend other holidays with them first, and then goes back to his home in Chengnan City to spend them with the women.

Today is Li Zhixuan's birthday, and Li Zhengxian guesses his son still has the same plan: celebrate with his parents at noon, and then go home to celebrate with his women in the evening.

"I understand. Tell the driver to prepare the car."

"Yes."

Meanwhile, at the Li family mansion, Jin Baoying felt that it was about time, so she went to the kitchen to prepare a pot of seaweed soup for her beloved son.

In South Korea, it is almost a must to drink seaweed soup on one's birthday. It is said that drinking seaweed soup on one's birthday is to commemorate one's mother, because South Korean women drink a bowl of seaweed soup after giving birth for nourishment.

There's some seafood at home. What kind of seafood? Seaweed or kelp.

These are all lines from jokes, but in South Korea, they've become a reality. Drinking seaweed soup is considered nourishing, and it's even given to postpartum women. This is enough to make even a good person depressed!
Since they're a conglomerate, they can't just put seaweed in their seaweed soup; they have to add at least some pork and shrimp.

Li Zhixuan was preparing lunch while secretly complaining to himself when he suddenly heard footsteps. He turned around and saw Jin Baoying had arrived.

Seeing her son wearing an apron and busy in the kitchen, Kim Bo-young was completely surprised: "Chi-hyun, what are you doing here? When did you get back?"

"Mom, I just got back."

"What are you doing here? You've worked half a day, go and rest."

As she spoke, Jin Baoying quickly came over to try and take off the apron from her son's body.

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan quickly grabbed her hand: "Mom, you go and rest, I'll make lunch."

Jin Baoying wasn't as strong as Li Zhixuan and couldn't break free from his grasp, so she could only feign displeasure and say, "You, the dignified third young master of the Li family, is the kitchen a place for you? Besides, it's your birthday today, who makes the birthday person cook? Quickly give me your apron."

Lee Chi-hyun shook his head, then opened his arms and gave Kim Bo-young a hug.

"Mom, my birthday is a day of hardship for you. Thank you for bringing me into this world with all your heart, and thank you for carefully raising me."

Now that I'm going to be a father myself, I realize how difficult it is to be a parent, especially a mother, and how much suffering one has to endure to bring a child into the world.

I was so immature in the past and made you angry a lot. I'm so sorry, Mom.

In the end, Li Zhixuan knelt down and solemnly kowtowed to Jin Baoying.

There should be music here. Jin Baoying was first taken aback, then her eyes welled up with tears. She quickly pulled her son up and said reproachfully, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm your mother, and you're apologizing to me? Are you stupid?"

"Even a fool is your son! Haha!"

Seeing Li Zhixuan's playful grin, Jin Baoying was amused. She was then pulled by Li Zhixuan to rest in the living room.

About twenty minutes later, Li Zhengxian returned home. As soon as he entered the house, he saw that his wife's eyes were red from crying. He quickly asked with concern, "What's wrong? Why are you crying? Who made you angry?"

Kim Bo-young shook her head and smiled happily: "My son has grown up, I'm so happy."

After hearing his wife recount what had just happened, Li Zhengxian smiled with relief: "He's about to become a father, of course he needs to be sensible."

The two brothers, Li Zhiwen and Li Zhiwu, were both resting at the company at noon. Especially since it was Li Zhixuan's birthday today, they didn't want to go home to celebrate with him, so they pretended to have forgotten about it.

Li Zhixuan and Li Zhengxian, the couple, understood that the two brothers harbored resentment, so neither of them went to call them home for lunch. Therefore, it was just the three of them at lunchtime, which was fine.

While eating, Li Zhengxian remembered something he had wanted to say to Li Zhixuan.

"Zhixuan, Li's Electronics wants to set up another R&D center overseas. You previously said that India is not a suitable place to invest, so which country do you think would be more suitable for this R&D center?"

According to Li Zhixuan, Li's Electronics has established more than ten R&D centers in countries such as South Korea, China, Russia, and the United States, basically covering all economically developed regions.

India is not suitable in South Asia, and the remaining countries are even less suitable.

After much deliberation, Li Zhixuan felt that Southeast Asia was a suitable location to establish another research and development center.

"South Asia is not very suitable for the time being, but Southeast Asia is possible, and Annam is quite suitable. However, Annam's infrastructure is not very good, especially the lack of electricity."

However, Annam can import electricity from China, so this isn't a major problem. Besides, Lee's Electronics already has investments in Annam, so there's no need to bother with local connections.” Hearing this, Lee Jung-hsien nodded: “Yes, that's what I thought too. Annam is indeed suitable. Prepare a proposal these next two days; you'll be responsible for presenting this plan to the board at next week's meeting.”

Good grief! I've only been a consultant for a few days, and you're already making me perform at the board meeting?
"Yes!"

Since Li Zhengxian is willing to promote him, only a fool would refuse!

Afterwards, Li Zhengxian gave Li Zhixuan a few pointers on what he should pay attention to at the board meeting.

Although the Li family is in charge of Li Electronics, no one without considerable influence can secure a position on the board. If the Li family's heir cannot gain the support of these individuals, it could lead to serious problems.

Seeing the father and son getting more and more engrossed in their conversation, Jin Baoying couldn't stand it anymore: "You two have had enough. You work at the company, and even when you get home for dinner, you still have to talk about work. Aren't you tired? Hurry up and eat, the food is getting cold. It's your son's birthday, can't you even rest properly?"

In the end, Kim Bo-young gave her husband a reproachful look.

Seeing this, Li Zhengxian smiled with a hint of helplessness: "Haha! Okay, okay, let's eat."

While eating, Kim Bo-young suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way! What surprise did Yoona and the others prepare for you?"

Li Zhixuan's heart tightened, then he smiled and shook his head, saying, "I don't know, they haven't given it to me yet."

His expression was unnatural for about 0.1 seconds, but even that brief moment of unease was caught by Kim Bo-young.

Immediately, Kim Bo-young, a mother, became angry and asked, "They didn't prepare anything for you, did they?"

"No way." Li Zhengxian waved his hand and said, "None of those girls are stupid. How could they not prepare a birthday gift for Zhixuan?"

"That's one thing, but what if it is? There's a saying, 'spoiled and arrogant,' you know that, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhengxian fell silent, because it was indeed a possibility. Being arrogant because of favor is in line with human nature.

Immediately afterwards, Kim Bo-young looked at her son with anger and said, "If they really didn't prepare a birthday present for you, then don't be so nice to them in the future, understand?"
Even if you give them gifts, if the gifts aren't thoughtful enough, you can't keep being nice to them. You're nice to them because you're kind; don't let them take advantage of you, understand?

Li Zhixuan nodded: "I understand, don't worry, I'm not stupid."

Rationally speaking, Li Zhixuan believed that all his women were intelligent, even Zhao Meiyan, who seemed simple-minded but was actually quite clever.

The problem is, Li Zhixuan is losing his rationality.

He may be a womanizer, but he's also sincere towards them. If they don't even care about his birthday, it's not just heartbreaking for him, it's cruel.

So many women, and not one of them cared about his birthday. That's so cruel!
At 5 PM, Li Zhixuan finished get off work, but he didn't dare go home. He felt he might not be able to handle the blow!
His filial piety towards Lee Jung-hyun and his wife was an act, but his affection for Lim Yoon-ah and the others was genuine!
The person he loved didn't love him back, and Li Zhixuan couldn't accept this outcome. Not only did he dare not go home, he didn't even dare to call his subordinates to ask what was happening at home.

After much deliberation, Li Zhixuan parked his car a couple hundred meters away from his home.

If he doesn't receive a call urging him to come home by 9 PM, then there's definitely no surprise left, and he can go back to this house whenever he wants.

wait.

From 5:30, we waited until 6:00, and then until 7:00.

"Dingling bell~"

My phone rang; it was Yoona calling.

The phone finally rang!

Immediately, Li Zhixuan's heart started pounding with excitement, then he pretended to be nonchalant as he answered the phone: "Hello?"

Immediately, Yoona's slightly anxious voice came through the phone: "Where did you go? Why aren't you home yet?"

Li Zhixuan said calmly, "I have some things to take care of at my company, I'll be home in a bit."

"Hurry up, Jessica has a stomachache and is being examined at the infirmary."

"I know, I'll go back right away."

Jessica Jung had a stomachache, but it was unclear whether it was real or not. So Li Zhixuan rushed home.

He drove directly to the small hospital in front of his home, then ran inside and found only doctors and nurses who were bored and playing on their phones.

Li Zhixuan was even more excited. He ran all the way to the main building and pushed open the door to go inside.

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday!

"Oh my god! Happy birthday, Li Zhixuan!!!!"

Whether they were older girls or younger girls, there were a total of twenty-five people, and everyone except Park Soo-young was present!
From the moment Li Zhixuan pushed open the front door, the twenty-five girls clapped and sang "Happy Birthday."

After they finished singing, Li Zhixuan walked from the entrance hall into the living room.

Upon seeing Li Zhixuan, the celebratory cheers in the living room abruptly ceased, because they all noticed that Li Zhixuan was now expressionless.

After scanning the faces of the twenty-five women, Li Zhixuan walked towards the restaurant.

Seeing that he seemed off, the younger girls didn't dare to make a sound, and the older girls were also a little scared. They instinctively made way for him.

On the restaurant table, there was a bowl of seaweed soup, a bowl of cooked noodles, and a large table full of various dishes, sauces, and toppings.

Seeing this, Li Zhixuan went over, grabbed a bowl and chopsticks, ladled out a bowl of longevity noodles, added the broth and toppings, stirred it all together, and started eating!

He was slurping away, and if you didn't look at his expression, he seemed to be enjoying his food.

Are you angry?

The women looked at each other, and finally, four pregnant women mustered up their courage and stepped forward.

Im Yoona: "Oppa, what's wrong?"

Jeon Boram: "Myungwoo, don't scare us."

Bae Joo-hyun: "We wanted to give you a surprise, we didn't mean to make you angry."

Jessica Jung: "Can you stop being so petty? All this food and noodles was made by us all, so please stop being angry."

"Waaaaah~ You guys are bullying me so much! Waaaaah~"

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(End of this chapter)