First spoiled, then love

Chapter 564: Madoka's Gift (8000)

Is Xiaoru a jealous woman?

Obviously not.

That's why Chen Qingrong felt puzzled.

When a person says something that is totally inconsistent with her usual style, it can only mean that there is something fishy going on.

Tang Xiaoru said helplessly, "I'm not jealous of her, I just feel a little uncomfortable. She is now the vice president of a foreign company. I don't care whether she makes a lot of money or not. The main thing is, when I think about how she and I started from the same starting line, but now I have to lie at home every day to take care of the baby, while she is in charge of hundreds of people in a foreign company and is in charge of everything, I feel a little unbalanced."

Chen Qingrong laughed immediately. "Oh, what did I think it was? It's nothing. Don't forget that you are also the president of our company."

Tang Xiaoru said quietly, "But we are a couple. It's useless for me to show off in front of you. I just feel like I have changed from a career-oriented strong woman to a yellow-faced woman."

Chen Qingrong quickly grabbed her little hand and said seriously, "Don't say that. How could you be a shrew? I know you have sacrificed a lot for our family, and I have always felt guilty. After the baby is born, you should return to work immediately, and we will continue to move forward hand in hand."

Tang Xiaoru looked at him and suddenly smiled, "No, no, I just feel a little depressed all of a sudden. I told you before that after the baby is born, I will stay at home to take care of the baby and do other work. The company will be fully handed over to you to manage."

"Xiao Ru, you don't have to sacrifice like this."

"I'm not talking about sacrifice or not. I'm serious. Have you forgotten what I told you before?"

"I didn't forget. You said you were really tired of this job."

"Yes." Tang Xiaoru nodded, "So you don't have to take it to heart. I just said it casually. If you really let me go back to the company, I will be unhappy. Just let me make my own arrangements."

Chen Qingrong always felt that Tang Xiaoru was a little bit forbearing. He wanted to say a few words, but was interrupted by Tang Xiaoru.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's end this topic. Let's talk about Valentine's Day. What gift do you plan to get for Valentine's Day?"

"I'm still worried about what gift to buy for you." Chen Qingrong scratched his head awkwardly, "After all, this is your first Valentine's Day after becoming a mother, I want to prepare a different gift for you."

Tang Xiaoru tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, "Have you decided what gift to give me?"

Chen Qingrong sighed helplessly, "Ah, to be honest, I really haven't thought about it yet. I always feel that every gift I think of now is not quite suitable."

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "Then I'll give you an idea. Please write a song for me."

"Write a song?" Chen Qingrong was stunned. "But I'm not a professional singer."

Tang Xiaoru smiled and said, "You can play the guitar, right? Just make a melody with the guitar. This gift is much more precious than anything you buy for me. After all, you know that I don't lack anything now. Material gifts are far less stimulating to me than spiritual gifts."

You know what, Chen Qingrong actually thought that what Tang Xiaoru said made sense.

Tang Xiaoru is now like a little ancestor in the family. She can get whatever she wants by just saying a word. The gifts that can be bought with money are really not very novel.

But songwriting?
Chen Qingrong really doesn't have much confidence in this.

After all, it’s writing a song, not writing a PPT or a plan. The difference between the two is huge.

But he finally agreed, "Okay, I'll write it for you, but you're not allowed to ask me about the progress. I'll try to finish it before Valentine's Day and sing it for you then."

"And I won't write it at home, in case you hear me practicing, and there won't be any surprises."

"Then where are you going to write?" Tang Xiaoru frivolously pinched Chen Qingrong's chin with her fingers and squinted her eyes. "You don't have another family outside, do you? Huh?"

Chen Qingrong was speechless. "What nonsense are you talking about? I only have this one home, which is my happy little home with you. As for where I'm going to write, don't ask me any more."

"Okay, I'll keep looking forward to it then."

"OK."

The couple chatted for a while, and then Wang Xiu'e called Chen Qingrong from outside.

Chen Qingrong went out and brought back a big bowl of egg fried rice and a plate with pork liver and a lot of beef that he had picked up himself.

Tang Xiaoru said unhappily, "Why are you eating in the bedroom? It smells very strong. Go out and eat."

Chen Qingrong rolled his eyes, "You can eat snail noodles in the bedroom, so why can't I eat egg fried rice in the bedroom?"

"I'm pregnant, I have privileges." Tang Xiaoru acted justified, took another look at the golden fried rice, moved her throat, "Forget it, forget it, I want to eat fried rice too, bring some over for me."

Chen Qingrong chuckled, "My mom guessed that you might want to eat some, so she cooked a lot. Sit down and I'll feed you."

"it is good."

The couple ate the fried rice harmoniously and sweetly, and then prepared to go to bed.

After Wang Xiu'e and the others said good night to Xiaoru, they went back to the community across the street to rest.

Lying in bed, Tang Xiaoru suddenly asked Chen Qingrong, "How much private money do you have now?"

Chen Qingrong's expression froze, and he smiled unnaturally, "Well, if the specific amount of private money is stated, can it still be called private money?"

Tang Xiaoru glared at him and said, "Just tell me what I want you to say. Can I still ask for your money? I'm not that stingy."

Chen Qingrong pursed his lips and said a number.

Tang Xiaoru's eyes suddenly lit up and she was happy, "Not bad, Chen Qingrong, you are quite good at saving money. It seems that being stingy has its benefits. I am not as good at saving money as you."

Chen Qingrong shook his head. "You are also good at saving money, but you just haven't realized it. Otherwise, our family wouldn't have so much savings now."

Tang Xiaoru was very self-aware. "No, no, no, don't give me a way out. Our family has a lot of savings now because the company makes a lot of money. I am the kind of person who doesn't like to save money all the time. I know this very well. When I was in Chenzhu, I wanted to spend as much as I earned."

"It's a good thing that I was born in a wealthy family. If I was born in the countryside like you, I would have started borrowing online loans to support my life."

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. You might be even more stingy than I am now."

Tang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, then she started giggling.

It really is.

Living environment has the greatest influence on a person's character.

Although it was freezing cold the next day, the snow stopped and the sun came out, which was rare.

After getting up, Chen Qingrong went to the bathroom to wash up. Around nine o'clock, Lin Yue arrived carrying large and small bags of things.

"Mom, you came so early today?" Chen Qingrong was very surprised. "My mom usually came before you in the past, but today you came first."

Lin Yue said casually, "I had a quarrel with Lao Tang, and I felt upset when I saw him, so I came here first. Where's Xiaoru? Is she up?"

"Get up, get up."

Tang Xiaoru held her waist with her hands and walked out of the bedroom, asking, "Mom, why did you quarrel with my dad so early in the morning? What was it about this time?"

Lin Yue said helplessly, "It's because your dad went to gamble with someone. I told him that nine out of ten gambling cases are scams, but he insisted that it was a normal social interaction and insisted on going with them. But fortunately, your dad didn't lose his mind. He only won or lost about 100,000 yuan a night. If he gambled too much, I would definitely have to sleep in a separate bed from him."

Chen Qingrong was secretly shocked.

Isn’t it a big deal for my father-in-law to win or lose tens of thousands in one night?
It seems that the reason why the father-in-law dared to go and play was because he knew that his mother-in-law would indulge him. If it was his own father who went to gamble and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in one night, there is no doubt that his mother would have filed for divorce long ago.

Tang Xiaoru was a little worried when she heard this and said, "Mom, even though the wins and losses aren't that big, gambling is illegal after all, and it's addictive. You still have to keep an eye on my dad and make him know how to be moderate."

Lin Yue said, "Isn't it? Gambling is so harmful. So when your father comes, you have to help talk to him. If he doesn't listen to you, you can threaten him with the child and say that if he gambles again, he won't be allowed to call him grandpa. Then he will be scared."

Tang Xiaoru didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment, "Okay, okay, I am now on the path of using the emperor to control the princes."

Lin Yue rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "Your father is nothing but a feudal lord. He is not that capable."

As she spoke, she put the bag she was carrying on the table. Inside was some hot buns, some stuffed with leeks, some stuffed with cabbage and pork, and even some stuffed with wild vegetables.

"I asked someone to buy these wild vegetables for me from the vegetable market early in the morning. It's the vegetable market on a certain road. It's too far and I'm too lazy to go there."

"But this stuff is delicious when used to make dumplings. Xiaoru, Xiaochen, you two should eat more."

"Okay." Chen Qingrong was not polite. He picked one up and took a bite. His eyes lit up. "Mm~ Mom, don't tell me, it's really delicious. Xiaoru, you should try it too."

Tang Xiaoru hesitated and said weakly, "Well, Ningning and Xixi said they don't want to eat."

"what?"

Chen Qingrong was happy.

Lin Yue scolded her, "If you don't want to eat it, just say you don't want to eat it. Don't put all the blame on my precious grandchildren. You have eaten too many good things since you were a child, and you don't know how to recall the bitter past and think of the sweet past. Wild vegetables were treasures in feudal society. Many people couldn't even afford to eat wild vegetables at that time."

Tang Xiaoru pouted, "But this is not a feudal society. It's not like our family doesn't have the conditions to eat good food. Anyway, I don't want to eat it. Chen Qingrong, give me something stuffed with leeks. I want to eat leeks."

"Ah good."

Lin Yue called Wang Xiu'e and others and asked them to come for breakfast as well.

Soon, the house became lively again.

After having breakfast at home, Chen Qingrong went to work contentedly.

Breakfast is very important, especially in winter.

It’s okay to skip breakfast in spring, summer and autumn, but you can’t skip breakfast in winter. After all, winter is too cold. If you don’t eat something hot in the morning to store some calories in your body, you will not have much energy for the whole day.

After arriving at the company, Chen Qingrong was surprised to find that Chen Yun was there and chatting with a colleague.

"Chen Yun, why are you back?"

"Mr. Chen, I'm back to report." Chen Yun hurried to him and asked weakly, "You won't be unwelcome to me, right?"

Chen Qingrong asked back, "Does President Xuanyuan agree that you can come back?"

Chen Yun said somewhat embarrassedly, "I broke up with him."

"Huh?" Chen Qingrong was stunned. "You really broke up with him?"

Chen Yun twitched her lips and whispered, "After all, Mr. Chen, you also know his hobbies. If I don't break up with him, my body will really not be able to bear it."

Chen Qingrong couldn't help laughing for a moment.

He even asked curiously, "What reason did you use to break up with him? I mean, did you really find another woman for him?"

Chen Yun shook her head. "No, I lied to him and told him I was pregnant and wanted to marry him. He was scared and told me that he would never marry me. But he didn't let me suffer any loss. He gave me 50,000 yuan as compensation for mental damage and another 10,000 yuan to get an abortion."

At this point, she stuck out her tongue awkwardly, "If you calculate it this way, I actually made a lot of money."

Chen Qingrong nodded, "You have indeed made a fortune. Now that you have this money, there is no need for you to come to work in the company anymore."

"Look at what you said. Who would complain about too little money? You are a big boss, but you still come to the company, right?" Chen Yun smiled and asked worriedly, "Boss Chen, I only told you about my fake pregnancy. You won't betray me, right?"

Chen Qingrong smiled playfully, "That depends on your performance."

Chen Yun blushed, "You are not interested in me."

Chen Qingrong was very upset. "What the hell are you thinking? Go and get busy. You are already so rich. I won't give you this month's salary and this year's year-end bonus."

"No, Mr. Chen!" At noon, Zhou Tianyi came to the head office.

Chen Qingrong was quite surprised when he saw him, and quickly invited him into the office to talk.

"Tianyi, why are you here? Did you skip work?" Chen Qingrong joked with a smile.

Zhou Tianyi said, "No, Brother Chen, I have already greeted Brother Qiang, and he agreed. Besides, I came here because I want to ask you something."

Chen Qingrong asked curiously, "Is there anything you need to come and ask me in person? Tell me, I will answer you as long as I can."

Zhou Tianyi hesitated for a moment, then asked with a red face, "Um, Brother Chen, this question may be a little embarrassing, I just want to know, after my sister-in-law confirmed her pregnancy, did you two still have that kind of life?"

Chen Qingrong's face was dark. "You came all the way here just to inquire about the private affairs between me and your sister-in-law? Do you believe that I will give you a slap in the face?"

Zhou Tianyi said awkwardly, "Brother Chen, don't be angry first, listen to me first, well, Huimin is pregnant, and I don't know if it's because of excess hormones, she has been thinking about that a lot recently, but I don't dare to do it. I heard that many women have a hard time keeping their first baby, so I was worried, but Huimin told me that people on the Internet said that it's okay to do that when you're just pregnant."

"The only person of my age who has been pregnant is Sister Xiaoru, so I came to ask you. I can't ask my parents, that would be too weird."

Chen Qingrong was amused. "So that's how it is. Let me tell you, your Huimin is right. It's okay to do that in the early stages of pregnancy. As long as you two don't do anything too outrageous, nothing will happen."

"What does 'too outrageous' fancy tricks mean?"

"You have to ask this? Can't you figure it out yourself?" Chen Qingrong rolled his eyes.

Zhou Tianyi blushed, "Then I won't ask anymore. Anyway, I feel relieved with your words, Brother Chen. You don't know that Huimin is upset with me because I don't want to. I don't dare to sleep in the bedroom at night. But now with your words, Brother Chen, I can go back to the bedroom to sleep tonight."

"I must regain my manliness."

"Hahaha."

Zhou Tianyi came here this time to talk to Chen Qingrong about this matter, and he left after the conversation.

Before leaving, Chen Qingrong taught him not to come to the company for such trivial matters in the future. Such matters could be discussed privately over dinner after get off work.

At noon, Chen Qingrong ordered takeout again.

A serving of pasta, a serving of fried chicken, and the fried chicken shop also gave me a bottle of Coke.

He took photos and showed them to Tang Xiaoru.

Tang Xiaoru replied immediately, "Why do you always eat these junk foods?"

Chen Qingrong, "Roll your eyes, what do you mean by junk food? These are all delicacies!"

Tang Xiaoru: "But they are not healthy."

Chen Qingrong once said a wise saying, "Healthy food is never delicious, and delicious food is never healthy. We humans cannot be too greedy. We must always choose between health and taste."

Tang Xiaoru, "Roll your eyes."

In the afternoon, Chen Qingrong took advantage of the good weather and went to take a look at Liang Min's music classroom.

In addition to Deng Xiaoshuang, Liang Min's sister and brother were also present.

After saying hello, he asked Liang Qingyun, "Why are you here when you're not at home with your wife?"

Liang Qingyun chuckled, "Xiaoyuan is doing some handicrafts at home every day now. Her life is very fulfilling and she doesn't need me to accompany her."

"What kind of handicraft does she do?"

"It's just some embroidery and the like. She said that when Yuanyuan grows up, she wants to open her own studio. Whether it makes money or not is not the point. The main thing is to have something to do. I agreed."

"That's great. By the way, is Xiaoyuan mentally okay now?"

"It's fine now. She's completely healed." Liang Qingyun said confidently, "I can feel that she is full of energy every day now, and she doesn't need to take those antidepressants anymore."

Chen Qingrong finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

After all, Xiaoyuan is his good sister, so he naturally hopes that Xiaoyuan can get better soon. He doesn't want to see Xiaoyuan suffer from postpartum depression.

After staying here for a while, Chen Qingrong gave Deng Xiaoshuang a few more instructions and then left.

"Brother Erhu!" Liang Qingyun chased after him, "Can you come to our house tonight? Xiaoyuan embroidered a pair of dragon and phoenix pictures for you and sister-in-law, and she wanted to give it to you in person. After all, sister-in-law is pregnant with twins, so it's auspicious."

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll go to your house around six or seven in the evening. Will you be home then?"

Liang Qingyun said casually, "Even if I'm not at home, Xiaoyuan will be at home, so you can go without worry."

"to make."

When Chen Qingrong went to Liang Qingyun's house in the evening, Liang Qingyun was not there. Only Xiaoyuan and her mother-in-law were at home.

Xiaoyuan's mother-in-law is particularly doting on Xiaoyuan. Basically, as long as Xiaoyuan wants or wants to do something, she never asks for anything. In Xiaoyuan's words, she is even better to her than her biological mother.

"Yuanyuan seems to have gained some weight." Chen Qingrong came to the crib and looked at Yuanyuan, smiling, "I remember he wasn't this chubby when I saw him a while ago."

Xiao Yuan smiled kindly, "He is a big eater. He needs a lot of milk every day. It is normal for him to be fat. By the way, how is your sister-in-law now? Is she about to give birth?"

Chen Qingrong shook his head. "Your sister-in-law is in good health, but she is not due to give birth yet. I estimate it will be in May or June."

"oh oh."

Xiaoyuan didn't continue the topic, but went to get a particularly exquisite embroidery pattern.

"Brother Chen, this is the dragon and phoenix pattern I embroidered for you and sister-in-law. My craftsmanship is not very good, so please don't despise it."

"How could that be?" Chen Qingrong took it over. "Did you also embroider the small word 'Fu' below? Xiaoyuan, you can do it now. You can do such delicate work. After becoming a mother, your handicraft skills have skyrocketed."

"It just so happens that your sister-in-law is also learning to knit a sweater now. I'll ask her to knit one for Yuanyuan as a return gift."

Xiaoyuan quickly waved her hands, "No, no, no, knitting a sweater is too much work, so I'd better not trouble my sister-in-law."

"It's not a bother, it's not a bother. It's not easy for you to embroider this." To prevent Xiaoyuan from continuing to refuse, Chen Qingrong said, "I'm already at your house, and you won't even give me a glass of water? Are you so stingy?"

Xiaoyuan blushed, "Oh, I'm sorry, Brother Chen, I was so busy talking to you that I really forgot. I'll get it for you right away."

"Bring me an ice cold one."

"It's too cold. There's no ice in the refrigerator."

"Ok."

After staying at Xiaoyuan's house for about an hour and still not waiting for Liang Qingyun to come back, Chen Qingrong left first. Xiaoyuan sent him to the stairs.

"Brother Chen, do you want us to get together for the New Year this year?" Xiaoyuan asked tentatively.

Chen Qingrong smiled and said, "Sure, let's have dinner together before the New Year. The company will also hold an annual meeting, so you can come too."

Xiao Yuan said a little embarrassedly, "Brother Chen, I'm no longer in your company. Can I still attend the annual meeting?"

Chen Qingrong rolled his eyes at her. "It's meaningless for you to talk like that. As long as you are an employee of our company for one day, you will be an employee of our company for the rest of your life. You can come whenever you want, and no one will say anything to you. Just wait for me to notify you when the time comes."

"Okay." Xiaoyuan took a deep breath, "Thank you, Brother Chen, you are so nice to me!"

"Why are you being so polite to me? I'm leaving now."

"Yeah, be careful on the road. It's not safe to drive at this late hour."

"Yeah, let's go up."

After Chen Qingrong said goodbye to Xiaoyuan, he drove back home.

After arriving home, the two mothers were preparing dinner, while Tang Chengshan was being educated by his daughter.

"Dad, I'm telling you seriously, if you go gambling again, I won't let my children call you grandpa when they are born. Think about it carefully!"

When Chen Qingrong heard Tang Xiaoru say this in a very serious tone, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

She actually said what her mother told her to do.

Tang Chengshan was shocked. "Stop it, Xiaoru. I finally became a grandfather. How can you deprive me of my right to be a grandfather? Well, I promise you that I won't go out to play with my friends anymore. Okay?"

"That's pretty much it."

Tang Xiaoru said with her hands on her hips, very satisfied.

Chen Qingrong came over to smooth things over at this time, "Wife, let me show you a gift. It's a picture of a dragon and a phoenix embroidered by Xiaoyuan for you."

"Xiaoyuan embroidered it?" Tang Xiaoru quickly took it and looked at it, then said in surprise, "Xiaoyuan's craftsmanship is great. I can't do such a delicate job. I have to send her a WeChat message tonight to thank her."

You can see that she really likes it.

After the food was served, the family sat down to eat.

During the meal, Lao Chen suddenly announced a piece of news to everyone, "Well, let me say a few words. I have to go back to my hometown. There was too much snow in my hometown, and a part of the ancestral hall collapsed. The village chief called me and asked me to go back and help with the repairs. Anyway, I will definitely be back before the New Year."

Chen Qingrong quickly asked, "Dad, do you want me to go back with you?"

Old Chen shook his head. "You don't have to go. For things like this, the head of each family should go and help. You are just a junior, it is not your turn yet."

"Ok."

Chen Qingrong nodded helplessly.

He really wanted to go back to help, but since there was such a rule in the village, he had to abide by it.

Tang Chengshan said at this time, "Old Chen, I will go to your village with you when the time comes. I don't have much to do in the Magic City anyway, so I will go back with you to help."

Lao Chen hesitated a little, "The snow is thick, it will be troublesome to go into the mountains, otherwise you should stay in the Magic City."

Tang Chengshan patted his shoulder and winked at him, "It's okay, I'll go back with you. Yueyue will scold me if I stay anyway, so I might as well go with you to the village to help out, so that I can escape Yueyue's scolding."

Lin Yue glared at him, "Don't talk like I'm a bad person. If you didn't make me angry, would I scold you? Really."

Tang Chengshan smiled awkwardly.

He thought to himself, why do you scold me every day? Don't you really have any idea? Did I really do something wrong? I am too embarrassed to expose you.

In the evening, Chen Qingrong and Tang Xiaoru lay on the bed to discuss things.

Tang Xiaoru said, "Find some time to go to the bank and withdraw some cash."

Chen Qingrong was stunned. "Can't I pay with my mobile phone? Why do I need to withdraw cash all of a sudden?"

Tang Xiaoru said helplessly, "I need to spend a lot of money, but there is a limit on mobile phone payments."

"How much will it take?"

(End of this chapter)