"What?"
Li Peirong thought Lisa had finally caused some trouble and felt at ease. She instantly put on a worried expression. "She has been home all day and hasn't gone out at all."
Zi Xu could no longer suppress his excitement as he spoke in an airy voice, "The He family from the capital called me. Their fourth son is interested in her, so they want her to make a trip to the capital and meet the family asap."
"What?"
Li Peirong's heart skipped a beat. She found it unbelievable. "Did you make a mistake? How could she be acquainted with Young Master He?"
She specially introduced people to Lisa to lead her down the wrong path, so Lisa's circle mostly consisted of privileged brats or hooligans.
Li Peirong was 100 percent in control of Lisa's social circles.
Zi Xuan's heart was filled with contempt. Lisa was a good for nothing. Birds of a feather flock together, so what good could the fourth son of the He family be?
"Xu, are you sure? Does he really like Lili?"
"I'm positive. Their butler personally called me."
Zi Xu was still reeling in the joy that they were about to get to know the He family. He urged Li Peirong, "Go tell Lili to get ready. We're going to the capital tomorrow."
Li Peirong tightly clenched her hands at her sides. She felt so angry that she gnashed her teeth.
The He family from the capital was an elite family. Although their clan was important in City S, they could not compare to them. What right did that little b*tch have to marry into their family?
Li Peirong's heart contorted thinking about it, but she pretended to be happy as she said, "Okay. I will talk to her now."
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Lisa spent the day reading through the syllabus for senior high. Since she was an Interstellar Trooper with a top-level mental power, having a photographic memory came naturally to her.
Someone happened to knock on her door, after she was done finishing all the past year's papers for the college entrance exam.
Lisa walked over to open the door and saw Li Peirong standing outside.
A maternal expression radiated from Li Peirong's face. "Lili, you have spent the entire day stuck in your room. You must be really bored, right?"
Lisa looked at her with a distant expression.
Li Peirong was caught by surprise. She thought Lisa must be giving her this cold attitude because she did not help to defend her last night. A sad expression instantly appeared on her face.
"Lili, are you angry that I didn't help you last night? Your father was too angry, so I did it for your own good. If I said too much, he might have ended up even angrier."
She wanted to take Lisa's hand and continue brainwashing her.
Lisa tilted her body sideways slightly and narrowed her eyes as she asked, "Yes?"
Although her voice was soft, it felt like a crushing weight on Li Peirong's heart, so her hand froze.
"Lili..."
Li Peirong felt that Lisa's reaction was unusual. However, she could only suppress her curiosity and focus on the matter at hand, so she naturally pulled her hand back and asked, "When did you get acquainted with Young Master He, the fourth son of the He family from the capital?"
"Who's that?" Lisa felt puzzled.
Li Peirong was perplexed. "Does that mean you don't know him?"
"I don't know him."
Lisa was certain that the original owner of the body did not know the guy.
Li Peirong noticed that Lisa did not seem like she was lying, so she felt relieved. She put on a fake smile as she said, "He must have seen you without you realizing it. Since you are pretty, it's only natural that he fell for you, but..."
She swiftly got to the point. "If Young Master He wants to marry you, would you agree to it?"
Lisa looked into Li Peirong's eyes. She felt that ancient people were certainly an intriguing lot; they were such great masters of hypocrisy.
Lisa pursed her lips and said nothing as she looked at Li Peirong and waited to see what she was actually trying to say.
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Lisa was being completely abnormal. In the past, she would have kicked up a huge fuss if she encountered such problems. Why was she so quiet today?
Li Peirong's sense of uncertainty rose up in her heart once more.
She asked in concern, "Lili, are you unwell or upset? If you are unhappy, you must tell me. Don't keep it to yourself."
A knowing look swept across Lisa's eyes as she pursed her lips and looked at Li Peirong.
She was certainly a fantastic stepmother, and it was no wonder that the original owner of the body would end up such a good for nothing.
Li Peirong thought she had guessed correctly, so she thoughtfully comforted her, "It's okay. If you don't want to go to the capital, I can talk your father out of it."
"Who said anything about not wanting to go to the capital?"
Li Peirong would never allow her to marry into the He family, so the marriage proposal was the least of her concerns.
Since the examination for the Metropolis University's independent enrolment was taking place in a couple of days, she naturally wanted to go.
The moment Lisa finished speaking, she walked out of the room, past Li Peirong who was standing in the doorway, and closed the door behind her before heading downstairs.
Li Peirong frowned as she looked at Lisa from behind.
What on earth happened to her yesterday that would lead to such a huge change in her personality?
She decided to ask some of the people that she had planted beside Lisa.
Lisa happened to hear Zi Xu call out to the rest of the Zi family when she got to the staircase.
From the sound of his voice, it seemed as though Lisa was about to marry into the He family immediately and it was time to celebrate.
Lisa came downstairs to catch Zi Xuan's look of ridicule.
She spoke mockingly in a soft tone, so that it was inaudible to their father, "You are only useful for a political marriage."
Lisa pursed her lips and suddenly said, "Dad."
Zi Xu pulled the phone away as he looked at her and could not stop smiling as he said, "I will take you to meet the He family tomorrow. If you perform well and they like you, you can marry into their family and make our family proud."
Lisa looked at him with her bright and beautiful eyes. "Are you planning on selling me to obtain glory?"
"What are you saying?" Zi Xu did not see this coming at all. His face immediately flushed in fury.
He gritted his teeth as he asked, "Who told you that?"
Considering his daughter's IQ, there was no way she was capable of coming up with such a conclusion.
Lisa pointed at Zi Xuan. Zi Xuan looked on in disbelief as Zi Yi said, "She did."
Zi Xu was instantly furious.
Li Peirong was observing Lisa when this transpired. She suppressed the shock on her face as she hurried over.
She beat Zi Xu to it and scolded Zi Xuan, "How could you say that? Have you gone daft from all that studying? No dinner for you tonight. Go back to your room and reflect on what you have said this instant!"
Zi Xuan wanted to defend herself. "Mom, I..."
Li Peirong looked at her sternly. "Go this instant!"
Zi Xuan glanced at Lisa with her eyes fuming as she stood up and headed upstairs.
Zi Xu and Li Peirong brainwashed Lisa by telling her how wonderful it was to marry into the He family.
Zi Xu even promised her by saying, "If you perform well when we meet the He family, I will tell the assistant to activate your cards and you can spend the money freely."
However, with every peace offering came a threat. "If you don't do well, you can forget about taking a dime from me. Since you are a lousy student, you can work at my company."
Lisa looked at Zi Xu as she pursed her lips without answering.
Zi Xu and Li Peirong thought she was just startled.
Li Peirong said to Zi Xu, "Lili is such a good kid. How could she perform badly? Stop scaring her."
She suggested, "Why don't we go to the capital the day after tomorrow? That way I can bring her shopping for some new outfits tomorrow."
That way, she could find some way to prevent the He family from taking a liking to her.
Zi Xu finally recalled the awful clothes Lisa owned. He sensed a headache coming on and rubbed his temples. "Okay. Take her out and get her some nice clothes tomorrow."