"Dad, Uncle Gu isn't like that. He won't feel embarrassed at all. In fact, he'll probably feel incredibly proud because his daughter is so amazing..."
"..."
Watching his son ramble on, Mr. Li was speechless, a stifling frustration welling up inside him.
"Dad, you should be out entertaining the guests with Uncle Gu. Our Family Head is in the private room next door with my brother-in-law's brother-in-law. Everyone in there is a major VIP..."
"You're a grown man, how can you still be spouting such reckless nonsense?" Mr. Li quickly cut his son off.
'How did I end up with such a tactless son?!'
The Li family had some standing in the Imperial City, but they were a side branch of the main family and could only be considered mid-tier at best.
Compared to the true titans of the city, they were nothing.
The man they answered to was the Family Head of the Li family's direct line—his grandfather's cousin. Though elderly, he was the pillar of the Li family.
