First spoiled, then love

Chapter 520 Oh Captain, My Captain!

Zhu Lan.

It turned out to be Zhu Lan who appeared at the gate of their community.

Did she come to see them on purpose?
Chen Qingrong and Tang Xiaoru looked at each other, and Tang Xiaoru subconsciously slowed down the car.

Just then, they saw a young girl running out of the community. She pounced towards Zhu Lan. The two hugged each other happily, chatted a few words, and then left hand in hand.

Chen Qingrong breathed a sigh of relief. "Huh, it seems that Zhu Lan has a friend living here, so she came here to look for her friend. I thought she found out that we also live here."

"It's hard to say that she hasn't investigated our address privately." Tang Xiaoru's opinion was not optimistic. She pouted, "But it doesn't matter. Even if she really has ulterior motives, we are not afraid of her. Anyway, we have reconciled with her on the surface. If she still wants to make trouble, she will just start a war herself."

"Besides, I'm sure she won't dare to take the initiative to cause trouble again. After all, you still have the "handle" on her in your hand."

"Hopefully."

After driving the car into the garage and parking it, the couple took the elevator back home.

As soon as she got home, Tang Xiaoru took off her shoes first. After sitting on a chair, she bent over and took off the small socks on her right foot. Chen Qingrong clearly saw that the skin on her little toe was slightly scratched.

"What happened to you? How did you get your leather scratched? Are these shoes uncomfortable for you?"

This made Chen Qingrong feel so distressed that he quickly squatted down, held Tang Xiaoru's little feet in his hands, and blew on them.

Tang Xiaoru blushed and said, "It does not fit my feet very well, I will not wear it next time, and you don't have to act like I'm hurt, it's just that my toes are a little rubbed, it's not a big deal."

Chen Qingrong said with a straight face, "How come it's not a problem? Your foot is injured. It's like someone stabbed my heart. I'm very sad."

Tang Xiaoru was speechless. "Then I might as well just chop off my feet, so you don't have to think about doing bad things every day."

"That's not necessary. If you chop off your leg, you'll have to sit in a wheelchair and use crutches. Then I'll spit in your face and you won't be able to catch up with me."

"roll roll roll!"

Tang Xiaoru pulled her feet back from Chen Qingrong's hands and snorted, "Honey, go get some hot water from the bucket at home. I want to soak my feet."

"it is good."

Chen Qingrong did as he was told, but what Tang Xiaoru didn't expect was that Chen Qingrong actually put his feet into the bucket and soaked them with her.

Fortunately, the bucket is quite big, otherwise it really wouldn’t be able to fit all four of their legs.

"Seeing that Furong and Bingbing have a better relationship, I am genuinely happy. This is how it should be. We girls should be friendly to each other." Tang Xiaoru said with emotion.

Chen Qingrong said, "I don't think it's good for her to get along so well with Yang Bingbing. What if they secretly create a small group to scold you behind your back? Isn't it said that there are eight groups of six people in the girls' dormitory?"

Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes, "You are just prejudiced! I admit that there are such things, but not every girl group is like that, okay? We girls just get together to play, don't you boys do the same?"

Chen Qingrong shook his head, "At least we boys don't hold hands when we go to the toilet."

"But you boys will go to the bathroom to smoke together. When I was in high school, the boys in my class did that."

"That's the boys. It has nothing to do with me. I've known Lao Sun, the chain smoker, for so many years, but I didn't develop the habit of smoking. I only learned to smoke later. I remember the first time I smoked in front of Lao Sun, he was very surprised."

When mentioning Old Sun, Chen Qingrong felt a pang of sadness in his heart again.

It is always difficult to let go of people who have passed away prematurely.

You said that if he died in his sixties or seventies, he had lived a full life. But he passed away before he was thirty, which was indeed too early.

Tang Xiaoru saw that he was lost in reminiscing about the past again, so in order to make him feel better, she took the initiative to change the subject, "How about I take you to visit my alma mater this weekend? But not the one where I went to college, but the one where I went to high school."

Chen Qingrong was stunned. "Your high school was open to anyone. I thought only universities allowed outsiders to enter. When we were in high school, it was a closed management system."

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "It's true that you can't just go in casually, but if I go in under the pretext of visiting my former class teacher, then he won't have anything to say."

Chen Qingrong was a little surprised, "You are still in touch with your high school class teacher?"

"Yes." Tang Xiaoru nodded, "If I remember correctly, she is still unmarried."

"Hiss, your high school homeroom teacher should be in her forties now, right? Why hasn't she gotten married yet?"

"She should be fifty. She is a very gentle person. The reason why she has never married is that she had a boyfriend when she was in college, but their parents disagreed with them being together and forced them to separate. The guy then drank pesticide and committed suicide. She has always been resentful and has never married."

Chen Qingrong sighed after hearing this. "Some parents are really weird. They don't let their children date when they are in school, but when they graduate from college, they start to urge their children to date. Isn't this contradictory? It's really sad."

"It's quite sad." Tang Xiaoru took out her phone and said, "I asked my former homeroom teacher if she was still teaching at the same high school. Although I have her WeChat, I haven't contacted her for more than a year."

Thinking of this, she started sending messages to her high school class teacher, who responded quickly.

"Ah, she has resigned and is now developing in her hometown of Hainan." Tang Xiaoru looked very regretful after reading the news. "I wanted to take this opportunity to go back to my alma mater to visit her, but now it seems there is no chance."

Chen Qingrong comforted her, "It's okay. Didn't we say that we would travel around the country while we were still young? When we have the chance to go to Hainan, we will visit her then."

"Well, that's the only way."

After soaking their feet together, the couple went to bed and lay down.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter now. Although there is no air conditioning at night, Chen Qingrong has started to sleep without clothes. In his words, it makes it more convenient to do things.

Tang Xiaoru didn't understand what he meant. She was a little more respectable than Chen Qingrong. At least she would sleep in her underwear.

Chen Qingrong was chatting with Zhou Tianyi at this time.

Zhou Tianyi told him that since that day, Sasha never showed up again. Instead, she informed the HR of her resignation on WeChat and was too embarrassed to even go to the company to collect her salary.

Chen Qingrong, "That's good, but it's a pity that I didn't give you a chance to fight back."

Zhou Tianyi, "Sweating, mainly because I don't know how to fight. Even if I am given the chance, I don't think I can do it."

Chen Qingrong, "You've never fought with anyone? Not even when you were in school?"

Zhou Tianyi, "No, is this rare, Brother Chen?"

Chen Qingrong, "In my worldview, this is really strange. Even a good guy like me had fights with others when I was in school, but you have never had one? Are the students in your school so well-educated?"

Zhou Tianyi, "Cute, cute."

Chen Qingrong got a headache when he saw this cute expression.

When they were in Chenzhu, Tang Xiaoru would always add a cute emoticon at the end when she scolded him on WeChat.

For example, Yin Yang is not good at doing things.

So much so that after they were together, every time he saw Tang Xiaoru making this expression, he would subconsciously respond, always feeling that this cute expression was more sarcastic than the smiling expression.

"Husband~"

Tang Xiaoru shouted in a sticky voice and turned over to face him.

Chen Qingrong put down his phone and asked her, "What's wrong? Did you raise the baby?"

"Go to hell!" Tang Xiaoru blushed and punched him hard on the chest, "I want to talk to you seriously!"

Chen Qingrong rubbed his chest muscles in a painful manner and said, "Just talk, don't hit my chest. What if you break a bone?"

"You're not that fragile. Besides, seriously, I've thought about it. Once Bingbing's house is renovated, we can take a long vacation and travel."

"You want to travel again? Where to?"

“How about going to Korea?”

"Is it that chicken, duck, fish and meat are no longer fragrant, or that Sichuan, Guangdong and Shandong cuisine are no longer delicious, that makes you so depressed that you travel thousands of miles to Korea to eat kimchi?" Chen Qingrong sneered as soon as he opened his mouth.

He could never muster the slightest respect for the country of South Korea.

Tang Xiaoru pouted, "How about we go on a trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand?"

Chen Qingrong scratched her chin, "That's good, but even if Yang Bingbing's house is renovated, there is still the new airport project and Mr. Liu's project to supervise, and we also have to renovate our own house. Can you leave all these behind?"

Tang Xiaoru said helplessly, "I have to leave it behind even if I can't. Since we agreed to get pregnant by the Chinese New Year this year at the latest, I have to go out more before I get pregnant. Otherwise, after I get pregnant, I really don't want to go anywhere."

"The new airport and Mr. Liu's two projects are currently being steadily advanced. Even if we go out to play, communication is convenient now. We can contact each other via video or phone at any time. As for the decoration of our new home, it won't be too late to do it during the Chinese New Year."

Chen Qingrong felt sorry for her. "If you are so afraid of losing your freedom after getting pregnant, then we should not rush to have a baby. We can wait a few more years."

He doesn't care about spoilers at all now.

Anyway, there has been experience of changing the spoiler plot before. As long as they don't do anything bad, even if it happens when the spoiler mentions it, it's impossible for a pair of twins to appear out of thin air in Tang Xiaoru's belly, right?
Tang Xiaoru gently put her head on his chest, "That's not the case. Seeing Bingbing complaining happily every day, I am actually very envious. Besides, now even Xiaoyuan is pregnant, I also want to have a baby with you."

"The most important thing is that I will be thirty next year. Like my mother said, it is more risky for a woman to have another baby after the age of thirty. We have to get this done within this year."

Chen Qingrong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, since you want to go to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, then I agree to your request. However, we have to wait until after August 15th to at least celebrate the reunion festival with my parents."

"it is good."

Tang Xiaoru just finished speaking when she suddenly realized, "No, honey, although the Mid-Autumn Festival is on August 15th, it is not on the 15th of this month. If I remember correctly, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is combined with the National Day, right?"

"Ah?" Chen Qingrong was stunned. "Is that the case? Actually, I really don't pay attention to this. I only know that August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"That's the lunar calendar, idiot." Tang Xiaoru felt that her IQ had also been lowered by Chen Qingrong. She quickly reached for her phone and checked the calendar. "Look, the 15th of this month is not the Mid-Autumn Festival at all. Let me check it out. The Mid-Autumn Festival is in October, and it happens to be during the National Day. I guess the two holidays will be on the same day this year."

Chen Qingrong scratched his head in embarrassment. "I was confused. Frankly speaking, I really can't tell the difference between the lunar calendar and the lunar calendar. Take my birthday for example. I have always celebrated it according to August 11th, but my mother told me that I have a different lunar birthday. What day was it? I can't remember. Anyway, I think August 11th is easy to remember."

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "We are the same in this respect. I only celebrate one birthday, but Bingbing seems to have three birthdays."

"Yang Bingbing is going to celebrate three birthdays?" Chen Qingrong was shocked. "Old Yan is in trouble. Three birthdays, three surprises and three gifts. His CPU must have burned out. I really feel sorry for this kind and gentle old man."

"Are you sure you're saying this in a nice way?" Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes at him.

Time passed quickly and soon it was August 10th. Tomorrow is Chen Qingrong's birthday, and what a coincidence, his birthday falls on Saturday.

Tang Xiaoru did not deliberately hide the secret from Chen Qingrong, but instead pulled Xiao Yuan Tianyi and others into a large WeChat group to discuss organizing a birthday party for Chen Qingrong.

Chen Qingrong said weakly, "Can you guys talk behind my back? At least give me a surprise."

Gao Qiang, "Huh? Lao Chen, you're here too?"

Xiao Yuan, "Huh? Lao Chen, you're here too?"

Zhou Tianyi, "Huh? Old Chen, you're here too?"

The group started to flood the screen with comments.

Chen Qingrong was speechless.

After get off work in the evening, Lin Yue called them and asked them to go home for dinner. When they arrived home, they found that Lin Yue had prepared a big birthday cake.

"Xiao Chen, happy birthday. Your dad and I knew that you and Xiao Ru would definitely go out with your friends alone, so we celebrated for you in advance. Xiao Ru did the same thing last year. Am I right, Lao Tang?"

"I remember correctly."

Tang Chengshan chuckled, walked up to Chen Qingrong and handed him a beautifully wrapped gift box, "Here, Xiao Chen, this is my birthday present for you."

"Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom." Chen Qingrong also took it obediently.

"There's also mine." Lin Yue also came over and gave him a gift box, saying, "Open it and take a look. Open mine first."

"Ah good."

Although it was a bit impolite to open the birthday present in front of others, since his mother-in-law had said so, Chen Qingrong could only do as she said.

After he opened the gift box sent by Lin Yue, he found two plane tickets inside.

"This is a ten-day tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand?" Chen Qingrong was a little surprised.

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Yes, I heard Xiaoru said that she wanted to go abroad with you. It just so happens that I don't know what gift to give you, so I will cover all the expenses for you. You can just go."

"Mom, I love you so much!"

Tang Xiaoru excitedly hugged Lin Yue and kissed her.

Chen Qingrong also smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom. Xiaoru and I will definitely have a good time."

Tang Chengshan coughed lightly, "Ahem, there's also mine, you can open it and have a look too."

Chen Qingrong did as he was told.

"Dad, what is this? Grandpa's wish-granting voucher?"

Chen Qingrong picked up the handwritten voucher and felt a little confused.

Tang Chengshan smiled and said, "You already have a house and a car, so I wanted to give you something unique. With this coupon, when you two have children, no matter what my precious grandchildren ask for, I will definitely meet their requests."

Chen Qingrong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "This isn't a birthday gift just for me. Dad, you're so stingy."

Tang Chengshan rolled his eyes. "What birthday present do you, a grown man, want? Every year on my birthday, your mom just blows me a kiss, and I never say anything. Besides, the highlight should be on Xiaoru."

"Oh, that's true."

The gift-giving session was over, and next Lin Yue put candles on the cake and asked Chen Qingrong to make a wish.

Chen Qingrong closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, made a wish, then opened his eyes and blew out the candles.

"Eat, eat."

……

The couple left at ten o'clock in the evening.

As soon as they got in the car, Tang Xiaoru couldn't wait to ask him, "What wish did you make?"

Chen Qingrong was speechless. "If I tell you everything, will it still work? Anyway, it's related to us, so don't ask for now."

"Okay." Tang Xiaoru suddenly reached out and pulled a long object from the back seat. "Here, this is your guitar."

"You really bought it?" Chen Qingrong was very excited and asked, "When did you put it in the car? How come I didn't know?"

Tang Xiaoru said proudly, "It was when you were drinking and playing finger-guessing games with my dad. Actually, I got it yesterday and kept it in the trunk of the car. I was going to give it to you after I got home, but then I thought, it's also good to give it to you now."

"Thank you Baby."

Chen Qingrong kissed her, then unzipped his bag and took out the golden guitar.

"Fuck, it's the golden legend!" Chen Qingrong shouted exaggeratedly.

He pulled out the entire guitar and looked at it carefully. To be honest, this was the first time in his life that he touched a real guitar. He couldn't help but strummed it a few times.

"Why is the sound not good?" Chen Qingrong seemed very confused, and then he became logical, "Oh, it seems that it needs to be tuned. Besides, my fingering is not right. It's normal, normal."

He looked at Tang Xiaoru again, "Baby, how much is this guitar?"

Tang Xiaoru said casually, "It's about ten thousand yuan. It's a very famous brand in China. I asked Bingbing to ask a big name in the entertainment industry who plays musical instruments. It was recommended by that big name. Actually, I wanted to buy you an electric guitar at first, because then you can sing "Glorious Years" with an electric guitar like Beyond."

"But the boss said he doesn't recommend it. He said that beginners should just play this kind of ordinary guitar. Electric guitar is not something that ordinary people can play well."

Chen Qingrong nodded in approval. "Well, you are worthy of being called a boss. You speak with great insight. Even if you give me an electric guitar, I really wouldn't dare to play it. If there is a leakage of electricity, it will become a burden in a minute. It's too scary."

Tang Xiaoru blushed, "Watch your choice of words. What kind of metaphor are you using?"

Chen Qingrong smiled obscenely, "Hey, don't be shy, the thing I mentioned is not useless to you..."

"Shut up, you!"

Tang Xiaoru quickly reached out to cover his mouth and said fiercely, "You forced me to use it, not voluntarily. Do you understand?"

Chen Qingrong quickly nodded to show that he understood.

Tang Xiaoru then let go, but her little face was still red and very cute.

Speaking of that dancing thing, it was originally bought by Chen Qingrong and said it was for entertainment. At that time, Tang Xiaoru was very puzzled, because that thing was basically used by girls to entertain themselves, so why would Chen Qingrong, a grown man, buy it for her?
Doesn't he think this would undermine his dignity as a man?

But after hearing Chen Qingrong's explanation and the way he played, Tang Xiaoru called him a pervert among perverts.

She once again concluded that Chen Qingrong must have watched too many porn movies when he was single. Otherwise, how would he know so many strange ways to play?

Chen Qingrong changed the subject again and asked, "By the way, isn't there another mysterious gift? Let's take it out now." Tang Xiaoru looked regretful, "Alas, I originally prepared it, but later I thought it was not appropriate, so I gave up."

"What mysterious surprise were you planning to prepare for me?"

"Well, it's a recipe I saw on Xiaohongshu, called the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup. I was planning to make a table of it for you myself and give you a surprise when I got home in the evening. But it turned out to be too complicated to make, and I don't have any talent for cooking, so I gave up."

Tang Xiaoru stuck out her tongue awkwardly when she said this.

Chen Qingrong was happy. "What is this Ten-Herb Tonic Soup? I've only heard of it online. It sounds very difficult. You will definitely fail if you try it. It's okay. I've already eaten cake tonight, and you also bought me a guitar. I'm already satisfied. Let's go home."

"uh-huh."

When she returned home in the evening, Tang Xiaoru gave Chen Qingrong a massage for the first time, and even stepped on his back with her feet. When she stepped on his back, she could hear the bones in Chen Qingrong's body making crackling sounds.

If Chen Qingrong hadn't said that he could bear it, Tang Xiaoru would have really worried that he would break her bones.

The time soon came to eleven twenty. Tang Xiaoru yawned and said, "Honey, I'm a little sleepy. I'm going to the bathroom first. Let's go to bed when I come back."

"Okay." Chen Qingrong nodded, and then took another look at the guitar leaning against the wall. He couldn't help but say excitedly, "I'll find time to start taking guitar lessons. When we go to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, I'll play it for you at the beach."

"By the way, when are we leaving?"

"a week later."

"One week, um, enough time to arrange company matters. I'm going to the bathroom now."

After saying that, Tang Xiaoru got out of bed and went to the bathroom.

Chen Qingrong was so bored while waiting for her that he took the guitar to the bed again. He didn't know how to play it, so he just plucking it roughly with his fingers, making a tapping noise.

After waiting for about sixteen or seventeen minutes, Xiaoru still hadn't come back.

Chen Qingrong thought to himself, is baby Xiaoru having diarrhea? Why hasn't she come back for so long?
Just when he was about to send a WeChat message to Xiaoru to ask, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open. He looked up and was stunned.

Tang Xiaoru was seen dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, with a knife hanging around her waist, and walked in majestically.

Chen Qingrong was stunned. The next second he stood up and shouted passionately, "Oh captain, my captain!"

This is a famous line from the movie Dead Poets Society.

It just corresponds to Xiaoru's outfit at the moment.

Swish!
Tang Xiaoru pulled out the knife, which was shining with a cold light. Although it was not sharpened, it was not a plastic prop knife.

"Is he handsome?" Tang Xiaoru asked him.

Chen Qingrong's eyes were shining. "So handsome, so handsome, but why did you dress up as my favorite captain?"

Pirates of the Caribbean is Chen Qingrong's favorite movie, and Captain Jack Sparrow in it can be said to be one of his favorite characters in all these years of watching movies. In his heart, the only one who can compete with this character is Tony Leung in Chungking Express.

He really didn't expect that Tang Xiaoru would cosplay herself as Captain Jack.

This is completely different from her previous cosplays of a nurse, a schoolgirl, a perverted tutor, and a bullied stepsister.

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "You've told me more than once that you like Captain Jack, so I want to cosplay as Captain Jack and play with you."

At this point, her expression became serious. "Now, my dear crew, we are facing danger ahead, but don't worry, with the great Captain Jack leading you, any danger will be easily overcome!"

Chen Qingrong fell to his knees with a plop, raised his arms and shouted, "Praise the Captain!"

Tang Xiaoru took off her boots and walked onto the bed. She kicked Chen Qingrong lightly in the face. The latter immediately fell backwards in enjoyment. Tang Xiaoru even stepped on Chen Qingrong's chest with her foot.

"Dear crew, our ship is now lacking power and has reduced its speed. Would you be willing to contribute to the ship's endurance?"

"I do, my dear Captain!"

"Oh boy, I knew you would say that. Now, give your energy to the captain!"

That night, the creaking sound from Tang Xiaoru's bed (actually the bed in the bedroom) almost never stopped.

Of course, after midnight, Chen Qingrong's mother also sent him a red envelope to celebrate his birthday, but he was busy adventuring on the sea with Tang Xiaoru and did not receive it immediately.

On August 18th, Chen Qingrong and his wife went on a ten-day trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Before leaving, she explained everything that needed to be done by the company and also gave instructions on the two major projects. During the ten days she was away, Tang Xiaoru kept her cell phone on 24 hours a day, and she would hold meetings with the management of the head office and the branch company in the evening.

Even if Gao Qiang had a fever, he would report the situation to Tang Xiaoru on time at nine o'clock in the evening. His professionalism was so unbelievable that even Chen Qingrong could not believe it.

Yang Bingbing was so envious of Tang Xiaoru's trip out that she asked Tang Xiaoru to take a lot of videos and photos for her every day. Fortunately, Ren Furong would go to play with her whenever she had time, which helped her relieve some of her loneliness.

On the evening of the ninth day, the couple rushed to the airport to catch a flight back to Shanghai.

Before they even arrived at the airport, Ni Shengnan called Tang Xiaoru excitedly. She told Tang Xiaoru that her parents had already given in and said that as long as she was willing to go home and stop being a stinky Taoist priest, they would let her do whatever she wanted and would not urge her anymore.

Tang Xiaoru was also happy for her, "This is a good thing, it proves that your efforts have paid off. So are you going back to the Magic City now?"

Ni Shengnan said cleverly, "No, I told my parents that I need to think about it. I'm afraid that if I agree too straightforwardly, they will realize that this is my trick. I have to pretend to be very embarrassed and agree to them reluctantly."

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "You're putting on a full show, right? You're quite cautious. When you return to the Magic City, we can get together again. By the way, you can also tell me what it's like to be a Taoist priest in Longhu Mountain."

"It's not that fun, and there's a senior fellow student from the same sect as me who secretly wants to pursue me. I no longer believe what others say about monks being selfless. That senior fellow's eyes sparkled when he saw me wearing a Taoist robe. That's bullshit about being selfless."

"Haha, that's the nature of men, normal."

When Tang Xiaoru said this, she glanced at Chen Qingrong, who was originally playing with his mobile phone. After feeling a strange gaze staring at him, he looked back in the direction of the gaze. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaoru stopped looking at him as soon as her eyes made contact with his.

This made Chen Qingrong feel uneasy.

Did I do something wrong again?
After arriving at the airport, the couple followed the flow of passengers to check in.

After getting on the plane, Chen Qingrong looked at the time and it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

"After we return to the Magic City, it will be tomorrow morning, right?"

"It's about two in the morning, not counting the morning."

Tang Xiaoru took out the pillow she had bought and put it around her neck so that she could sleep more comfortably.

Chen Qingrong stretched comfortably and said with emotion, "I never thought that our two big bosses would abandon such a big company and go abroad for ten days. When I think about having to start working again after returning, I am a little reluctant to leave this beautiful place."

“Is this the so-called withdrawal reaction?”

"You just came back from Iceland too, right?"

Tang Xiaoru thought of the many videos with similar copywriting she had seen on Douyin before, and couldn't help but make fun of him.

Chen Qingrong pouted, "I'm not going to a place like Iceland where there's no one around. To put it bluntly, if I get killed there and thrown into an ice hole, the police won't be able to find me."

"Ah, can't you say something auspicious?" Tang Xiaoru glanced at him and became a little worried. "But we didn't buy too many souvenirs this time. It's okay for my parents and your parents. The key is that I promised Bingbing to buy her some souvenirs with local characteristics. This time I only bought her a fan with ethnic style. Do you think she will like it?"

Chen Qingrong said casually, "If she doesn't like it, just find a fruit store in Shanghai and buy her a few coconuts. Just say that they were brought back from Thailand. They're not as cheap as a fan."

"Do you think Bingbing really becomes stupid for three years after pregnancy?"

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking. Get some sleep. It'll be almost time when you wake up."

"Just go to sleep, don't put your hands on my legs."

Tang Xiaoru lowered her voice and scolded.

Chen Qingrong's hand was on her thigh, stroking it, making her feel itchy.

It's my legs that are itchy, please don't get me wrong.

He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I suddenly remembered the plot I saw in the movie before. Some people would do bad things in the bathroom of the airplane. Do you think we should give it a try?"

Tang Xiaoru snorted, "Why don't you just find a stewardess to do bad things with you?"

"Hey, you read a lot!"

"I haven't seen anything!"

After getting off the plane and arriving home, it was almost three in the morning and the couple was exhausted.

Traveling is fun, but also tiring.

Especially when you return home after traveling, the feeling of being suddenly pulled out of the traveling mentality makes you mentally and physically exhausted.

"I think I won't be able to go to the company during the day. I have to adjust to the jet lag." After Chen Qingrong put his suitcase away, he started complaining.

Tang Xiaoru was both angry and amused, "We're not going to France or Europe, there's no time difference to adjust to. If you're lazy, just say so."

"Well I'm just too lazy to go."

"No, the lazier you are, the more you need to be pushed. Many people who don't work often gradually lose the ability to work. You can't degenerate into that."

Tang Xiaoru said seriously.

Chen Qingrong was speechless. "I just plan to take a day off. There's no need to make it so serious."

Tang Xiaoru rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'm just thinking about danger in times of peace."

However, Chen Qingrong was too sleepy and tired at the moment, and had no energy to argue with her, so he went into the room and fell asleep.

When he was half asleep, he felt a hand hugging his waist, and then the hand suddenly slid down.

Chen Qingrong, "..."

Little greedy cat, you're really greedy, right?
The next day, when Chen Qingrong woke up, he was dumbfounded.

The sun is shining brightly outside. When I look at the time, it's already 11 o'clock in the morning.

"Damn, overslept?"

Chen Qingrong rubbed his hair in confusion. Only then did he realize that Tang Xiaoru was no longer in bed. Not only that, he went to the living room to look for her, but Tang Xiaoru was not there either.

Did Xiaoru go to the company without telling me?

How disloyal.

Chen Qingrong quickly returned to the bedroom to get his cell phone, then called Tang Xiaoru.

beep.

After a busy tone, Tang Xiaoru finally answered the phone, "Hello, husband, are you awake?"

Chen Qingrong frowned, "Where are you now? Why is it so noisy over there?"

Even through the phone he could hear that it was very noisy over there at Tang Xiaoru's place, with the sound of an excavator working and all kinds of noises.

"Wait a minute." Tang Xiaoru said first, then walked a distance away and continued, "You can't hear the noise now, right? I'm at the construction site now. Oh, it's the construction site near the new airport."

Chen Qingrong complained, "Why did you go to the construction site by yourself? At least wake me up, so I can go with you."

Tang Xiaoru teased him, "Your snoring is so loud, how can I bear to wake you up? If I really woke you up, even if you don't say anything, you will definitely scold me in your heart."

"You deserve to be scolded, you little brat."

"Humph!"

"What are you doing at the construction site near the new airport so early in the morning? Is there a problem?"

"That's not the case. The main reason is that this project is in cooperation with relevant departments, and it represents the reputation of the relevant departments in Shanghai, so I keep a close eye on it. On the way here, I also went to Gao Qiang's branch. You know what, Gao Qiang and Tianyi are getting more and more adept at managing the company now, and the project they negotiated has also seen profits."

"Very good." Chen Qingrong was very pleased and said, "Then I will come to find you now."

Tang Xiaoru said, "Don't come all the way to see me. It's too far. I'll go directly to the company later. We'll meet at the company. Oh, I've brought your car here. You can take a taxi to the company."

"to make."

Chen Qingrong hung up the phone, quickly went to wash up, took some shachima for breakfast, and then took a taxi to the company.

When he arrived at the company, Tang Xiaoru had not arrived yet.

"Mr. Chen, you're back from your trip to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand? Was it fun there?" Xiao Yuan saw him come in and hurried over to ask.

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "Not bad, everything is good, but there is one thing I am not happy about. Thailand is full of Chinese people. I once thought I had not been abroad. I did not have the sense of immersion that comes with being abroad at all."

"When you and Qingyun go traveling, you can also choose to visit Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, especially Malaysia. I highly recommend it."

Xiao Yuan touched her belly helplessly, "I guess I'll have to wait until I give birth to the baby. Now that I'm pregnant, I really don't want to travel far."

Chen Qingrong asked with concern, "How are the results of your recent prenatal checkup? Is the baby healthy?"

"very healthy."

"Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?"

"I don't know about that yet." Xiao Yuan pouted. "Originally, my father-in-law wanted to ask his connections to check, but Qingyun didn't want to. He said that it would be better to have a sense of surprise like opening a blind box. If you know in advance whether it is a boy or a girl, then there will be no sense of surprise. I agree with this."

After chatting for a few minutes, Chen Qingrong let Xiaoyuan go about her business.

He also sat down and began to revise the plan and write the PPT.

But after waiting for another hour, his stomach started to growl. Xiaoyuan and other employees had started to go for lunch one after another, but Chen Qingrong still hadn't seen Tang Xiaoru come back.

He was worried, so he sent a WeChat message to Tang Xiaoru, but she didn't reply. Then he called her, but she didn't answer either.

Where did Xiaoru go?
Chen Qingrong was very worried and got up, planning to go out to look for her, but at this time Tang Xiaoru walked in from outside.

"Mr. Tang, you're back."

"Good afternoon, Mr. Tang."

"Mr. Tang..."

"Xiao Ru, why did you come back just now?" Chen Qingrong also went over to greet her, "I sent you a WeChat message but you didn't reply, and I called you but you didn't answer, didn't you hear me?"

Tang Xiaoru's face was very ugly. She looked at him first before saying, "Come into my office and talk."

"it is good."

Chen Qingrong had an uneasy feeling in his heart and followed her into the office.

After entering the office, Tang Xiaoru first took off her coat and put it on the chair, then sat down on the sofa. Chen Qingrong came and sat next to her, and lifted one of her legs and put it on his own leg.

"What happened?"

"I almost died just now."

Tang Xiaoru never stops until she says something shocking.

Chen Qingrong's face changed drastically, "What do you mean? Did you have a car accident or something? Don't scare me!"

Tang Xiaoru smiled bitterly, "It wasn't a car accident, it was a madman I met. Do you remember Du Pengpeng? When I was on the way back from the new airport, I happened to run into him. He asked his bodyguard to drag me into his car."

"What?" Chen Qingrong was furious. "This beast, is he looking for death? I'm going to BR and kill him now!"

"Calm down, he didn't do anything to me." Tang Xiaoru held his hand first, then said, "I was scared at the time, but he was very calm and told me not to worry. He said he didn't expect to meet me and just wanted to talk to me."

"What the hell can he have to talk to you about?"

"It's the same old story. He said Zhu Lan has stopped pretending and has started to take action against him. He feels that his position as vice president is in jeopardy. He also said that he knows that Zhu Lan gave in to us because you have some leverage over her. He wants us to hand over this so-called leverage to him. He wants to use it to create a big public opinion storm and force Zhu Lan to step down, or even kill her."

Chen Qingrong frowned, "This grandson is really a lunatic, what did you say?"

Tang Xiaoru said helplessly, "What else can I say? We don't have that thing at all, how can I conjure it out of thin air? I can only use a delaying tactic. I told him to give me some time to think about it. We won't do anything too risky and with little benefit. He agreed verbally and let me go. However, when he let me off the car, he threatened me secretly. He told me that Jason, who helped Zhu Lan before, had been bought by him and became his dog. Jason hated us very much, and he might do something radical."

Chen Qingrong laughed angrily, "Are you planning to use Jason as a knife to stab us? This grandson is really a waste. He can't beat Zhu Lan himself, and he asks us to do something with this attitude. There is no need to give in to him, just call the police directly."

"It's useless to call the police. We have no evidence, and he didn't hit me or do anything to me. What would I say if I called the police? Say he threatened me? He can totally deny it." Tang Xiaoru saw through it very clearly, and added, "I think that since there is no way to stay out of it, if I have to take sides, I should take the side with a greater chance of winning."

Chen Qingrong's pupils shrank. "You mean, we should join forces with Zhu Lan to deal with Du Pengpeng? I'm afraid Zhu Lan won't believe us so easily."

(End of this chapter)