First spoiled, then love

Chapter 500 Brother Chen, you took advantage of me again! (11000)

Because he lost face in front of Yang Bingbing, Chen Qingrong was so angry that he went back to his study to write.

These two days, a very wealthy female reader gave him a gift worth 10,000 yuan. According to the rules of the platform, he can get 5,000 yuan.

Although he no longer needs the 5,000 yuan, he is still deeply moved by the thought behind the gift.

After the little rich woman added him on QQ, she said, "Write more bitter things."

How could Chen Qingrong disappoint his readers?
Therefore, more than half of the 3,000 words he updated today were embarrassing descriptions, and after he clicked to publish, they were directly blocked.

really.

After scanning the code, Shen He was still unwilling to let him go.

Chen Qingrong sighed slightly, copied the original text and sent it to the rich woman, then began to use ink to exchange for review reminders and started to make revisions.

drip.

The little rich woman sent me a QQ message, "lustful, lustful, good, love to read, all the poems are shown to me."

Chen Qingrong, "??? You are not a woman, right?"

Little rich woman, "I also told you that I am a woman, didn't I? You don't think that people who use a shaoluo avatar are all women, do you? Sweat."

Chen Qingrong, "..."

Spicy balls!

So there isn't a single female reader of my book, right?

"Isn't this the pervert Yan? What are you doing here?"

At this moment, Chen Qingrong heard Yang Bingbing's mocking voice and Yan Mo's awkward apology from outside. It seemed that he had come looking for him.

Yang Bingbing is really willful. She is already pregnant, but she still disappears without saying anything.

Fortunately, Yan Mo knew that she would come to Tang Xiaoru every time, so he could catch her red-handed every time.

When there are guests at home, Chen Qingrong must go out to greet them.

After he turned off the computer, he opened the door and went out, "Lao Yan, you're here."

"Well, what are you doing hiding in your room?"

"Watch the beautiful girls dancing on TikTok." Chen Qingrong smiled jokingly.

Yan Mo's face turned red, and he said to Yang Bingbing helplessly, "Why do you tell everything to others?"

Yang Bingbing crossed her arms in dissatisfaction, "Hehe, what's wrong with me complaining to my best friend? You are allowed to hurt my feelings, but I am not allowed to complain to others?"

Yan Mo, "..."

However, Yang Bingbing is not the kind of woman who is completely unreasonable. Yan Mo has come to pick her up, which is a way for her to save face. Naturally, she will seize the opportunity.

After giving Yan Mo a severe scolding in front of Tang Xiaoru and the others, he followed Yan Mo home obediently and didn't even stay for dinner.

"Why are they in such a hurry to leave? I already told you to cook." Chen Qingrong complained.

Tang Xiaoru shook her head. "Who knows? Maybe she wants to go back and warm up the relationship. Besides, are you going to cook now? I'm not that hungry."

"I'm hungry."

"You're still ashamed to be hungry?" Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes and came to his side. After lifting his shirt, she pinched the fat on his stomach with her hands. "Touch the fat on your stomach yourself. Do you still have the nerve to eat? Humph, men's blooming period is really too short. Where are your abdominal muscles? You worked so hard to train them, and now they're gone. Don't you feel ashamed and pity?"

Chen Qingrong shook his head. "What's so regretful? If I want abdominal muscles, can't I just exercise them? And honey, you can't blame me. It's not that I want to get fat. It's mainly because I've worked out before. That's the main reason."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you know? Scientific research shows that if people who have been exercising for a long time suddenly stop exercising, they will rebound very quickly and gain weight faster than normal people. This is a work-related injury."

"Tsk." Tang Xiaoru glanced at him, "Anyway, you always have endless twisted theories to tell."

After a pause, she continued, "By the way, when you were typing just now, my mother sent me a WeChat message. She asked me to tell you that the compensation for the land occupied by the road construction has been officially issued, and it will be deposited into their card soon."

"So fast?" Chen Qingrong laughed. "It seems that the efficiency of the relevant departments has improved. Did my mother tell me how much money it would cost?"

Tang Xiaoru pouted, "She didn't say anything, and I was too embarrassed to ask. If I asked, it would seem like we were counting their money. If you're curious, just ask yourself."

"And I'm telling you, Chen Qingrong, no matter how much money it is, you can't take it. Even if she gives it to you, you can't take it. Leave the money for your parents and grandma to spend. We can earn money ourselves, so we don't need their money."

Chen Qingrong was speechless. "Even if you didn't remind me, I wouldn't ask my mom for money. Since I graduated from college, I've always been the one transferring money to my parents. I've almost never asked them for money."

"Good job." Tang Xiaoru patted his shoulder with satisfaction, "A good man in the new century is one who doesn't rely on his parents."

"Thank you for the compliment, so can I cook?"

"What else is there at home?"

"Let me see."

Chen Qingrong turned to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. He then felt a little worried. "I only have Shanghai green and red cabbage moss. Do you want some?"

Tang Xiaoru asked back, "No meat?"

Chen Qingrong shook his head, "There really is no meat left."

"No, I've become addicted to meat because of you. I can't eat without meat." Tang Xiaoru pouted, "Go to the supermarket and buy some meat."

"Now?" Chen Qingrong looked at his watch. "It's already past eight o'clock. The supermarket is about to close, right?"

Tang Xiaoru put her hands on her hips and said impatiently, "Oh, Walmart is not far from our community. You can still go there now. Besides, the closer it is to closing time, the cheaper the things in the supermarket will be. It's just the right time to go shopping."

"Why don't you say that those who buy now are the ones that have been picked out?" Chen Qingrong muttered.

Tang Xiaoru was dissatisfied, "Don't talk nonsense, are you going or not? If you don't go, I won't eat, I'll go on a hunger strike to show you!"

Chen Qingrong's mouth twitched, "I'll go, I'll go, you must not go on a hunger strike, I can't bear to see you lose weight."

"Who is that?"

Tang Xiaoru was so angry at these words that she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Chen Qingrong goes wherever he says he wants.

His ears seemed to have recovered completely now, and since he no longer had hearing problems, Tang Xiaoru felt at ease letting him go to the supermarket by himself.

When we arrived at the supermarket, the classic closing music was already playing.

"enenen~enenen~Dear friends, our store..."

Chen Qingrong picked up the basket and ran towards the meat.

When he arrived, he found that there was not much meat left, whether it was the cut and packaged meat in boxes or the meat hanging on hooks, and the remaining meat looked unappetizing.

Even under the beauty lights in the supermarket, it doesn't look fresh.

"Young man, would you like some meat?" The aunt in an apron walked towards him. "I happen to have a piece of meat here that I saved for myself to take back home. It's much fresher than the one above. If you want it, I'll give it to you."

As she spoke, she went to the cupboard and took out a piece of pre-wrapped hind leg meat. After opening it, Chen Qingrong found that it was indeed very fresh.

"Auntie, don't you want it anymore?" Chen Qingrong asked tentatively.

Auntie shook her head helplessly, "My husband also works in this supermarket. That old fool reserved it in advance, so we can't have this piece. I saw you come straight here when you entered the supermarket. Obviously you came here to buy meat. Auntie won't lie to you. The remaining meat is not as good as this piece. If you want meat, I will weigh it for you now, and it's cheaper now."

Chen Qingrong said without hesitation, "Then I'll take it. Thank you, Auntie."

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

The aunt took the meat, weighed it for him, and handed it back to him.

Chen Qingrong took a look at the price. Such a big piece was less than thirty yuan. The meat was indeed a lot cheaper. It was not even as expensive as those damn fruits and snacks.

Times are developing, but prices are skyrocketing.

In the past, meat was better, but now, except for beef, pork is not even as expensive as fruit. Even if you buy some snacks, it is enough to buy a large piece of pork.

This should be considered an advancement of the times, right?

Chen Qingrong bought a bottle of soy sauce and a bottle of vinegar, and bought two bags of plums and potato chips for Tang Xiaoru, which she personally liked, and then went home with the things.

As soon as he opened the door, he smelled the familiar yet pungent smell of Chinese medicine.

Upon closer inspection, Tang Xiaoru was indeed fanning the stove on the balcony again.

"Wife, are you making Chinese medicine for me again?" Chen Qingrong put the things on the dining table and took them out one by one to show her. "This is the plum you like to eat, this is your favorite potato chips, um, this brand is in Korean, I don't recognize it, the most important one is this piece of meat, the butcher lady specially kept it for herself to take home and sell it to me, it's much fresher than the ones in the kitchen cabinet."

Tang Xiaoru glanced at him and said, "Why would the butcher sell you the meat she saved for herself? Why, is she attracted to you?"

Chen Qingrong rolled his eyes. "Don't talk nonsense. Her own explanation was that her husband had already prepared it and she didn't need it. But I personally think that it was because my appearance was too attractive to people. She saw that I looked kind, so she did me a favor."

Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes even wider than he did. "She thinks you look kind, but I think you're too thick-skinned. Stop being so narcissistic. First, take the things to the kitchen, and then go to our bedroom and get me something. It's in the first drawer of your bedside table."

Chen Qingrong was a little curious, "What is it? Why don't I remember there was anything in it?"

Tang Xiaoru urged, "Why don't you open it and take a look? Go now."

"Ah good."

Chen Qingrong took the things to the kitchen first. When he returned to the bedroom and opened the drawer that Tang Xiaoru mentioned, he was stunned.

Is this... a ticket for Xu Song’s concert in Shanghai?
VIP area?
Chen Qingrong immediately took the tickets back to the living room and asked her excitedly, "When did you buy the tickets, wife? How did you know I wanted to go to Xu Song's concert?"

Tang Xiaoru was very proud. "Besides looking at your browser history, don't I know how to look at other things? There is an app of Damai.com on your phone for no reason, so why wouldn't I click on it and take a look?"

Chen Qingrong scratched his head embarrassedly, "You are quite perceptive, but I do want to go to Xu Song's concert. After all, I was quite a fan of him when I was in college. It just so happens that his concert is being held in Shanghai this time. This is a good opportunity that cannot be missed."

After a pause, he was a little puzzled again, "But, something is wrong, wife, the tickets haven't been issued yet, right? How did you get the tickets?"

Tang Xiaoru chuckled, "I used my money counting skills and connections. It's actually quite simple. I just asked Bingbing to be the middleman and help me contact Xu Song's agency. You know, they are all people in the entertainment industry, so it's much easier for them to get things done."

"After I got in touch with them, I spent money to buy these two VIP tickets. Originally, they didn't have to pay for it. Bingbing said that she could ask the agency to give me two tickets. I didn't expect that the tickets had already been released to Damai.com, so I had to go another way and buy them from Damai.com at a higher price."

"Thank you for your hard work, my wife." Chen Qingrong walked over and squatted in front of Tang Xiaoru, then hugged her and said guiltily, "I should have bought this kind of thing and given it to you as a surprise gift. I didn't expect that, ah, compared to you, I really have no ability."

Tang Xiaoru patted his head and glanced at him, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can you be incompetent? You are very capable, okay? Besides, if I didn't know Bingbing, I wouldn't be able to buy the tickets in advance. At most, I have more connections than you, but this has nothing to do with ability. Don't underestimate yourself."

"I have the tickets now, I'm just waiting for the 25th."

"Yes." Chen Qingrong seemed very excited. "This is my first time to see Xu Song's concert. I'm really looking forward to it."

Tang Xiaoru said faintly, "Look at you, you are useless. This is not your first time to go to a concert. Didn't you go to a concert with Xiaoyuan before?"

Chen Qingrong smiled awkwardly, "Why are you still talking about these old stories? Are you still jealous of Xiaoyuan?"

"I have never been jealous of Xiaoyuan at all." Tang Xiaoru said one thing and meant another.

In order to prevent Chen Qingrong from talking too much, Tang Xiaoru changed the subject, "It's a pity that Xu Song's concert is not on the 13th of this month, otherwise, we could use this as a birthday gift and invite our mother to watch the concert with us."

Chen Qingrong said casually, "There's no way my mother would go to the concert with us. I know her. If I ask her to go to a concert, she would find it too noisy."

"Have you asked her to look at it? Do you say you know her?"

"Ah this..."

"When we were little, our parents always said they didn't like this or that. Do you dare to say they really didn't like it?" Tang Xiaoru glanced at him, "I suddenly feel that you are so unfilial to your parents."

Chen Qingrong hesitated for a moment, "Thinking carefully, I am indeed not a filial son."

"It's okay." Tang Xiaoru comforted him again, "I'm not a filial daughter. Before, when I didn't find a partner, my father scolded me for being an unfilial daughter every day. I'm used to it."

"what."

After arriving at the company the next day, Tang Xiaoru actually called Nana and tentatively mentioned what she said yesterday.

Nana's reaction was indeed very intense. "Boss Tang, I don't like hearing you say that. It seems like you don't trust our Boss Liu. Our Boss Liu has a very good reputation in Guangdong Province, right? I don't want to hear this kind of talk again. Otherwise, I will propose to Boss Liu to reconsider whether our cooperation is appropriate."

Tang Xiaoru thought to herself that it was exactly as Liu Dabin said. This woman had completely forgotten.

She followed Nana's words and said, "Ms. Nana, don't be angry. I just said it casually. If you don't like it, I apologize to you and I won't say it again in the future."

"Well, it's best not to say anything more."

A few days later it was the twelfth.

Tomorrow is Wang Xiu'e's birthday. After work in the evening, Chen Qingrong and his colleagues drove back to their hometown.

It’s my mother’s birthday, so I must go back early.

Moreover, they drove back directly without even saying hello to their families in advance.

"Wife, I promise you that my mother will be deeply moved by the gift you gave her. She has shallow eye sockets and might even cry in front of you."

"My mother also has shallow eye sockets. When I made my first money, I bought a set of clothes for my parents and my mother cried at that time."

Tang Xiaoru couldn't help laughing when she recalled what happened before.

Chen Qingrong asked, "The first money you earned, does it mean the first salary you received in Chenzhu?"

Tang Xiaoru shook her head. "No, it was a scholarship I received when I was in college. It wasn't much. I remember it was about 15,000 or something."

“You also received a scholarship?”

"What are you talking about? You don't think you're the only one who has received a scholarship, do you?" Tang Xiaoru was a little dissatisfied with his reaction. "Your wife is very smart and capable, okay?"

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "No, no, I'm just a little surprised because I haven't heard you mention it before."

"I'm just a low-key person and don't need to show off." Tang Xiaoru raised her head proudly.

After arriving at their hometown in the evening, the couple felt something was wrong before they even got out of the car.

"Why aren't the lights on in your house?" Tang Xiaoru looked at the dark house, confused. "It's only a little after nine o'clock. My parents can't possibly go to bed so early, right?"

"Yeah, they won't go to bed so early."

As Chen Qingrong spoke, he opened the car door, got out, and reached out to knock on the big iron gate.

"Mom, Dad, Grandma, Xiaoru and I are back. Are you home?"

But no matter how he knocked on the door or shouted, there was no response from inside.

Tang Xiaoru also came to his side at this time and urged, "Call your parents and ask what's going on. Is he out?"

"it is good."

As soon as Chen Qingrong took out his cell phone, he received a call from Lin Yue.

"Hey, Mom, what's going on?"

"Xiao Chen, you and Xiao Ru, come over and have dinner now. The food is ready at home, only you two are missing." Lin Yue smiled.

Chen Qingrong groaned and said helplessly, "Go now? We can't go now, Mom. It's too late."

"Why is it too late?" Lin Yue was a little curious, "You two are not at home?"

Chen Qingrong smiled bitterly and said, "We are indeed not at home. Xiaoru and I have returned to our hometown in the countryside."

"Ah? You guys went back to your hometown in the countryside?" Lin Yue was confused, and then she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Why didn't you two tell us before you went back? Now you've gone back to your hometown, right?"

"Wait, Mom, how did you know we ran out of space?"

"How should I know, because your parents and your grandmother are at our house right now. Wait a minute, I'll let your mother talk to you. Sister Xiu'e, Sister Xiu'e, look how stupid your son is. He took my daughter back to his hometown overnight, but ended up with nothing. Hahaha."

"Ah? They went back to their hometown?"

Hearing his mother's voice, Chen Qingrong breathed a sigh of relief, then the corners of his mouth twitched.

After the mother answered the phone, she told him that because tomorrow was her birthday, Lin Yue and his wife invited them to Shanghai, intending to celebrate it together. She also asked them not to tell Chen Qingrong and his wife yet, to give them a surprise.

"So that's what happened." Chen Qingrong was also drunk. "Xiaoru and I said we would sneak back to give you a surprise, but now we've come back empty-handed."

Wang Xiu'e asked worriedly, "Isn't it a little too late for you to come back now? Otherwise, you can stay at home for one night. The spare key is under the red bricks next to the gate."

Chen Qingrong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, driving overnight does make you tired. Xiaoru and I will rest at home tonight and go back tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Qingrong went to find the key to the front door of his house, opened the door, and went in with Tang Xiaoru.

"I didn't expect that my mom would actually invite your parents to Shanghai. Now, we've missed the opportunity perfectly." Tang Xiaoru couldn't help laughing as she closed the door.

Chen Qingrong shrugged, "I didn't expect that. If I had known, I should have told them in advance."

"It's okay, we're all back, just go to sleep at home tonight."

"uh-huh."

But you know what, because there are no elderly people at home, this huge yard does look a bit desolate.

This is what many people often say, where parents are is the real home.

As long as your parents are still alive, no matter how long it takes you to go back, there will be someone waiting for you. If your parents are gone, when you go back, your home will be just an empty shell.

In the evening, the couple soaked their feet in a bucket together. Chen Qingrong found a box of expired yogurt from somewhere and poured it directly into the bucket.

"Where did you get it?" Tang Xiaoru was a little surprised. "Luckily my parents and grandma are not at home, otherwise they would definitely scold you for wasting it."

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "They are all expired. I guess my grandma kept them. My parents are fine. Although they are frugal, they will never eat expired food. Only my grandma is reluctant to throw away food even if it is expired."

"Old people are all like this." Tang Xiaoru could understand. "My grandparents never lacked money, but they were just like your grandma, they liked to keep things. My grandpa even liked to pick up scraps and sell them. I was speechless."

"After all, the older generation has experienced hardships."

"Yes, the 60s were very hard. We were lucky to be born in a good era. When I was a child, my grandmother told me about how they had to go to Mo to beg for food. It made me sad."

Tang Xiaoru was filled with emotion.

Chen Qingrong was stunned. "Aren't your grandparents from Shanghai? I thought your family was from Shanghai."

Tang Xiaoru shook her head. "My grandparents were not natives of Shanghai, but my father and I were considered natives. My grandparents were from Sichuan. They were poor back then, so they followed their parents to Shanghai to beg for food, and then they got together."

"I see. No wonder I've rarely heard them speak the Mordor language. Don't they know how to speak it?"

"Yes, but I don't speak it as standard as I did when I was a kid. I'm used to speaking Mandarin now, and I don't speak dialect much anymore."

"The Shanghai dialect is not nice to listen to. It sounds like the language of aliens. It would sound better if you speak Mandarin." Chen Qingrong commented.

Tang Xiaoru was a little unconvinced, "No matter how bad our Shanghai dialect sounds, it's better than your dialect, right? Your dialect sounds like the one in Shandong and Henan, the accent is so heavy."

"That's better than your dialect. At least people here won't discriminate against you for coming from a big city."

"Forehead."

Tang Xiaoru didn't know how to respond.

It seems that I have never heard of any rural people discriminating against people in big cities. It is the people in big cities who discriminate against rural people.

"Anyway, I have never discriminated against outsiders." Tang Xiaoru said seriously, "No matter where they are from, I treat them equally."

Chen Qingrong curled his lips, "Tsk, when you say the word 'outsider', you are already discriminating."

Tang Xiaoru, "???"

Isn't this just nonsense?
If I don’t talk about outsiders, what should I say?
Foreigner?
It's not just discrimination...

Because there were no adults at home, the couple let go and sang as loudly as they could before going to bed. Tang Xiaoru no longer had to suppress her voice like before. Anyway, no matter how loudly she sang now, it would not cause any embarrassment.

"Do you know, wife, that there was a murder case in the village next to us more than ten years ago?"

Chen Qingrong hugged Tang Xiaoru breathlessly. Although Tang Xiaoru was exhausted, her little hands were still restless in the quilt.

In order to make her behave herself and also to give her kidneys some rest, Chen Qingrong decided to tell her a story to scare her.

As expected, Tang Xiaoru's attention was drawn. "What murder case? What happened?"

Chen Qingrong said seriously, "More than a decade ago, a man in his forties from the neighboring village had his head chopped off by someone who broke into his house to steal things while he was sleeping at night. That incident caused a big stir at the time, and the news even spread to our village."

"Is this true?" Tang Xiaoru was a little frightened.

Chen Qingrong nodded vigorously, "Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? The most terrifying thing is that the murderer escaped for a while, causing panic in the nearby villages. People would close their doors tightly at night, fearing the slightest sound."

Click.

As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp sound was heard outside.

"Fuck!" Chen Qingrong's reaction was even greater than Tang Xiaoru's. He quickly sat up and swallowed his saliva. "No way? It can't be so weird, right?"

Tang Xiaoru was much braver than him. She threw back the quilt and got out of bed. "What are you afraid of? I'll go down and take a look."

"Hey, don't go to my wife!"

Chen Qingrong also quickly got out of bed and chased after him, and he also took a mop as a weapon.

As a result, Tang Xiaoru opened the door and looked into the yard. Not to mention people, there was not even a ghost.

"Did you see it? There's nothing. I guess something fell on the floor. We can look for it later." Tang Xiaoru casually closed the door again and glanced at Chen Qingrong's nervous expression with contempt. "You are so timid, Chen Qingrong. I am braver than you."

Chen Qingrong's mouth twitched. "This is just a normal human reaction. Okay, forget about it. Let's go to bed."

"OK."

The next morning, the couple got up early, washed up, and drove back to Shanghai.

It was just after ten o'clock when we arrived in Shanghai, and it was less than eleven o'clock when we arrived at my mother's house.

After a whole night of trouble, Chen Qingrong finally met his parents at Old Tang's house. He was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

After seeing his mother, Chen Qingrong quickly hugged her and said happy birthday. Tang Xiaoru followed closely and took out the gift and gave it to Wang Xiu'e.

After Wang Xiu'e knew that this was the gift carefully selected by Tang Xiaoru, she was so moved that she shed tears. She hugged Tang Xiaoru and kissed her cheeks twice.

As for Chen Qingrong, he really didn't know what gift to prepare, so he just gave his mother a kiss.

A kiss from your son should be more valuable than any other gift, right?
"Oh, oh, Sister Xiu'e, I see Xiaoru is so filial to you, I, as her mother, am jealous." Lin Yue joked with a smile.

Tang Xiaoru quickly hugged her mother and kissed her twice, which calmed her mother's "anger".

In the evening, Lin Yue is going to hold a banquet at home to celebrate Wang Xiu'e's birthday. Both families will be there, but now, Chen Qingrong and his friends have to go to the company to work first.

On the way back, Liu Dabin sent a WeChat message to Tang Xiaoru. He told her that he would return to Shanghai at noon and hoped that they could meet and sign the last contract then and then they could start work.

In addition to Liu Dabin's matter, Mr. Xie also made an appointment to come to their company, so the couple was quite busy during the day.

After arriving at the company, Tang Xiaoru said hello to the employees and went into the office first.

Before entering the office, she said to Chen Qingrong, "If Director Xie comes later, please entertain him for me. If Director Xie asks about me, just say I'm still outside. If Director Liu comes, just bring him to the office to see me."

Chen Qingrong was puzzled. "Don't you want to see Mr. Xie?"

Tang Xiaoru spread her hands helplessly, "Alas, you don't know, ever since I went to their company's food tasting that day, Director Xie mentioned to me that her son was looking for a new partner, and she asked me to help keep an eye out. I'm worried that she will mention this matter again when she sees me later, and I don't want to help a scumbag keep an eye out."

Chen Qingrong smiled helplessly, "But you can't possibly never see Mr. Xie, right? We still have to go to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the hot pot restaurant. What will you do then?"

Tang Xiaoru said casually, "We'll talk about it when the time comes. I guess Ms. Xie is just in a spur of the moment mood. When the time comes, she might give up on this matter."

"Okay." Chen Qingrong grinned again, "I don't quite understand what Director Xie is worried about. Even though her son is a scumbag, he is still a rich second-generation man. How can he not find a new wife? You're worrying about nothing."

Mr. Xie and Liu Dabin haven't arrived yet, but Zhou Tianyi came first.

"Mr. Chen, I have something to tell you first."

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. We are all so familiar with each other, why do we need to be so shy? Tell me, do you want a raise or do you want to take an annual leave?"

Zhou Tianyi shook his head and said helplessly, "Neither, I just want to resign."

"Resign?" Chen Qingrong was stunned. He pulled him to sit down and asked in a low voice, "Aren't you doing well? And you will soon go to the branch company with Gao Qiang to be the deputy general manager. Why did you think of resigning? Have you told your sister Xiaoru about this?"

Zhou Tianyi smiled bitterly and said, "Not yet. I am still struggling with this. Brother Chen, my father's good friend has taken on a big project in Brazil, worth tens of billions of RMB. Now the project is short of people, so my father wants me to go to Brazil to work with that uncle."

Chen Qingrong hesitated, "How long can it last? One year or two years?"

Zhou Tianyi shook his head. "I don't know for now. I talked to my dad about it. He thinks it's easier to make money abroad, and I can also better train myself if I go abroad. My mom disagrees, so they are in a heated debate right now."

“Did they give you a choice?”

"Yes, that's why I'm so conflicted now. If I go to Brazil, my dad will definitely be happy, but my mom will be worried. If I don't go to Brazil, my mom will be relieved, but my dad will be unhappy again. I don't know what to do."

Zhou Tianyi's expression was very bitter.

"Well..." Chen Qingrong pondered for a moment before asking a very important question, "Let's not talk about whether to go to Brazil or not, do you want to leave our company?"

Zhou Tianyi said almost subconsciously, "I don't want to leave. Everyone here takes good care of me. I have a good relationship with everyone. Besides, Brother Chen and Sister Xiaoru have been teaching me skills. If I leave like this, I will definitely not be able to adapt."

Chen Qingrong laughed, "Don't you already have the answer?"

Zhou Tianyi was stunned.

Chen Qingrong said earnestly, "Have a good talk with your parents. No matter what they say, it's all for the good of the child. They will respect your opinion. In short, don't mention resigning yet. I will pretend I don't know. Even if you really can't leave, I will keep the position of deputy general manager for you."

"No matter what, I brought you up. To put it bluntly, I think I treat you like my son. I hope you can understand the mentality of an old father."

Zhou Tianyi's mouth sank, "Brother Chen, you're taking advantage of me again."

"Haha."

More than half an hour later, Mr. Xie arrived.

She came alone.

After seeing her, Chen Qingrong told her according to Tang Xiaoru's instructions. Although Director Xie was a little disappointed, she did not dwell on the matter.

The two sat in the conference room and chatted for more than an hour before Director Xie left.

There was actually nothing big about her coming here this time. She just had some doubts about the finalization of the hot pot city, so she came to discuss it with Chen Qingrong and the others.

Not long after Mr. Xie left, Liu Dabin came with Nana.

This time, Chen Qingrong took them to Tang Xiaoru's office.

After both parties signed the contract, Liu Dabin completely handed over the project to Chen Qingrong and his team.

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Liu."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Tang, Mr. Chen." Liu Dabin shook hands with the couple one after another and said, "You should find the material suppliers yourself. I will just wait for good news. However, the construction will not start until July. I still need to talk to the relevant departments. You wait for my news."

"Okay, Mr. Liu." Tang Xiaoru nodded, "We are ready and waiting for your help."

"Haha, okay, then we'll leave first."

"Mr. Liu, it's already noon. I'll treat you to a meal, so that people won't say we're stingy. We've been talking to you until noon, but we can't even afford to treat you to lunch."

Tang Xiaoru was smiling.

You know what, she was really a little hungry.

Liu Dabin shook his head helplessly. "I can't eat. I have to meet two leaders before returning to Guangdong Province tonight. Time is too tight."

"Mr. Liu is going back to Guangdong Province tonight?" Chen Qingrong was surprised. "Isn't this too hasty? Didn't you just arrive this morning?"

Liu Dabin smiled bitterly, "Yeah, I don't want to rush, but there was a problem with the casino in Guangdong Province. I've been very busy these days, running around to make connections. When I return to Shanghai next month, I won't be so busy anymore. See you then."

"Okay, I'll take you out then."

"Ah."

Chen Qingrong sent Liu Dabin and the other two away.

As soon as he returned to the company, he heard footsteps behind him. Turning around, he found that it was Miao Su coming with a shoulder bag.

"Brother Chen, good afternoon." Miao Su called out politely.

"Miao Su? Why are you here?" Chen Qingrong was stunned, then smiled playfully, "Missing Gao Qiang? You two have such a good relationship. I think even an electric saw can't cut you apart."

Miao Su blushed and was too embarrassed to respond.

Chen Qingrong called Gao Qiang over, and only then did he know that Miao Su was passing by and happened to bring ramen to Gao Qiang.

"Did you make this yourself?" Gao Qiang opened the lunch box and took a sniff. "I can smell your scent in it."

"Ugh!" Chen Qingrong pretended to dry heave and teased, "Gao Qiang, you are so greasy, I can't stand it. You two can chat slowly. If I continue to listen to you, I really won't be able to eat lunch."

"I finally found my happiness, can't I show it off?"

Gao Qiang's face was very red, but his mouth was very hard.

This is what a man is like. The hardest part of his body is his mouth.

At noon, Chen Qingrong and his friend were eating small bowls of food.

I haven't eaten this for a long time, but it still has the familiar taste and the familiar small portion.

After eating, Chen Qingrong treated Tang Xiaoru to a cup of milk tea on the roadside. He had just finished the amount for two people by himself, and now his stomach was too full and he couldn't eat anything else.

"Don't you want to drink a sip?" Tang Xiaoru asked him, "Just now you said you wanted to drink something cold, do you want it?"

Chen Qingrong shook his head decisively, "No, not to mention that I'm very full now, even if I'm not full, I won't drink yours."

Tang Xiaoru was dissatisfied, "What do you mean? Do you think I drank too much?"

Chen Qingrong quickly said, "Of course not. The main reason is that the drink you drank contains green tea. You know that I hate the taste of green tea the most."

Tang Xiaoru remembered something and smiled, "Oh, I really forgot about your fate with green tea. It seems that the bottle of green tea your mother brought you that year really left you with a bad childhood shadow."

What Tang Xiaoru mentioned was an interesting story about Chen Qingrong's childhood that he had told her.

When Chen Qingrong was in primary school, his parents would go to help other families plant rice to make money. After all, his family did not have much land, and if they relied solely on the annual income from farming, it would not be enough to build their three-story house.

When Chen Qingrong was in primary school, he saw adults drinking Master Kong green tea. He was envious every time he saw it, so he begged his mother to buy him a bottle to try.

His mother doted on him and actually bought it for him. However, he only took one sip and vomited on the spot.

The taste is so fucking weird.

To the point that until now, he can't stand any beverage containing green tea, let alone Master Kong Green Tea. The smell makes him feel nauseous.

Listening to Tang Xiaoru's ridicule, Chen Qingrong retorted, "You just talk nicely. If you were cheated by the damn green tea once when you were seven or eight years old, I guarantee you would never drink green tea again."

"I am a classic case of once bitten, you become afraid of ropes for ten years."

"If you're not good at it, practice more and stop making excuses for yourself." Tang Xiaoru showed a look of contempt, "A real man should have the courage to overcome his psychological shadow. Chen Qingrong, don't you always claim that you are a real man? Then take a sip of my milk tea now. As long as you dare to drink it, I will agree to do anything you ask me to do."

Chen Qingrong waved his hands quickly, "No, no, I admit defeat. I'm not a real man, I'm a woman, isn't that okay?"

"waste."

Tang Xiaoru sneered.

After getting off work in the evening, the couple rushed back to Xiaoru’s parents’ home.

Wang Xiu'e and Lin Yue are cooking together tonight. Although it is her birthday, she doesn't plan to sit around doing nothing.

Chen Qingrong's grandmother was eating melon seeds and watching the rebroadcast of Dream of the Red Chamber on the opera channel with Tang Xiaoru's grandparents, while Old Chen and Tang Chengshan were playing chess.

Chen Qingrong learned chess from Old Chen.

His and his father's skills are similar, and he is a complete loser at chess.

Fortunately, Tang Chengshan didn't know how to play very well, so the two old men played back and forth, fighting for the game, which was really exciting.

Chen Qingrong and his companions sat on the sofa and watched TV with the three elderly people.

Tang Xiaoru suddenly tugged at Chen Qingrong's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Did you read this version of Dream of the Red Chamber when you were a child?"

Chen Qingrong said softly, "I have seen it. It was performed by our Chen family. How can I not support it?"

Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes at him, "You can't say that he is from your Chen family just because Teacher Chen Xiaoxu also has the last name Chen, right? According to what you said, Tang Bohu is still from our Tang family."

"Didn't you say last time that Emperor Taizong of Tang was from your family?"

"It's not like his last name is really Tang."

(End of this chapter)