Film and TV: Starting from childhood, I will give up Zhong Yi

Chapter 133 Jealous Julie

"Brother, the interview has been approved. You can book your flight ticket anytime. You don't know how excited Dad is..."

Su Daqiang was in the room. When he heard Su Mingcheng's voice, he immediately ran out, "Who is it?"

"my brother."

Su Mingcheng said with a smile that he was finally able to send this living father away, and he was no less happy than Su Daqiang.

Su Daqiang quickly answered the phone, the wrinkles on his face smoothed out, and he said with a smile:
"Mingzhe, how's the weather over there? Is it cold? Can I wear a sweater on the plane, or should I bring my down jacket? Also, how's the tidying of your room? Dad has a lot of stuff. Haha, we'll meet in America soon."

Su Mingzhe frowned, suppressed his inner tangle, took a deep breath, and said in a calm and apologetic tone:
"Dad, you can't come to the United States for the time being. I have some things to deal with here. You can only put your coming to the United States on hold for now. I have something else to do, so I'll hang up now."

Su Mingzhe had no choice. He was unemployed and under tremendous financial pressure. If he insisted on bringing Su Daqiang over, Wu Fei would probably divorce him.

When Su Daqiang heard Su Mingzhe's words, he felt as if all his strength was drained away. He was stunned, with empty eyes, and stood there in a daze.

Seeing this, Su Mingcheng quickly stepped forward, held Su Daqiang's arm, and asked anxiously, "Dad, are you okay?"

Su Daqiang's eyes were somewhat dazed, and he murmured, "I am not allowed to go to the United States, I am not allowed to go to the United States..."

Zhu Li frowned slightly, her expression solemn: "How could this happen? Wasn't this agreed upon before?"

"I'll call again." Su Mingcheng took the phone from Su Daqiang and called Su Mingzhe again, but the other end of the line received a power-off tone.

"What is this for? Everyone knows I'm going to the United States, but now I'm not allowed to go. Isn't this a rip-off?"

Su Daqiang covered his chest and returned to his room dejectedly.

Seeing that he couldn't get through to Su Mingzhe on the phone, Su Mingcheng called Wu Fei again.

Su Mingcheng got straight to the point and asked anxiously, "Sister-in-law, this happened too suddenly. My dad is in a bad mood now. What happened to my brother?"

Wu Fei sighed helplessly: "Wait a moment."

Then he walked to Su Mingzhe, handed the phone to him, and said in a cold tone: "Mingcheng's call."

Su Mingzhe cleared his throat, trying to sound normal, and said, "Hello, Mingcheng?"

Su Mingcheng asked anxiously: "Brother, what's going on? Why can't Dad go to the United States?"

"Mingcheng, my eldest brother has some things to do here, so it's not convenient for Dad to come to the United States for the time being."

Su Mingzhe is naturally concerned about his reputation. He has always relied on his status as the eldest son of the Su family. He wants to maintain his image of success and responsibility in front of his family. How could he have the nerve to tell them that he was laid off?

Hearing this, Wu Fei looked embarrassed. She couldn't understand why her husband was so stubborn and wanted to suffer in spite of himself, preferring to be blamed and hated by his father and brother rather than tell the truth.

Su Mingcheng asked: "What's the matter?"

"Don't ask me. I'll let you know when Dad can come."

"Of course I have to find out. This incident was like a bolt from the blue, brother. Dad is very upset and sad." Su Mingcheng said unyieldingly.

Su Mingzhe was furious, but he still tried his best to control himself. He raised his voice and said, "Didn't I tell you that our dad can't come for the time being? Can't you take care of him for me for a while?"

"Then can you at least tell me the reason? Besides, brother, it was you who decided to go to the United States. The old man was very happy and he treated us to a dinner in China. The news spread everywhere. Now you suddenly say you can't go. What do you want Dad to do?" Su Mingcheng became more and more excited as he spoke.

Su Mingzhe's voice also rose a few degrees: "Yes, it was me who decided it. I saw that Dad had no one to take care of him. Don't you have any responsibility? If you took good care of Dad, would he be in such a hurry to come to the United States?"

Su Daqiang often complained to him about the second brother and his wife, saying that Zhu Li was spoiled and could not be treated lightly or harshly, and whenever the couple quarreled, the second brother would take it out on him.

Although these were all Su Daqiang's one-sided words, the foolishly filial Su Mingzhe couldn't help but believe it.

Su Mingcheng was so aggrieved that he roared, "Su Mingzhe, are you sick? Why are you yelling at me? It was you who decided to go to the United States. I didn't lie to Dad. You still think you're right."

Su Mingzhe knew he was in the wrong, so he suppressed his anger and softened his tone: "Mingcheng, I'm begging you, so just help me take care of Dad for a while."

"If you don't tell me the reason, I won't care. I will buy a plane ticket for Dad and send the old man to San Francisco. You explain it to him in person!" After Su Mingcheng finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

Su Mingzhe moved his lips and whispered, "Mingcheng..." His eyes were full of helplessness and anxiety, and only a "beep beep beep" sound came from the receiver.

Because the speakerphone was on, Wu Fei heard everything clearly. Her eyes were full of disappointment, and she couldn't help but ask, "Can't you just tell the truth?"

Su Mingzhe responded impatiently: "Can you please just stop caring?"

"Is your face so important? If you had told Dad the truth earlier, would things have turned out like this?"

After hearing this, Su Mingzhe turned his head away and remained silent.

Seeing him like this, Wu Fei continued, "Then I'll tell Dad and Mingcheng. I don't believe that even if we explain it clearly, they won't understand you."

As she spoke, she reached for her phone.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe stretched out his hand to stop them. The two of them fought back and forth. During the scramble, Su Mingzhe snatched the phone in anger and threw it to the ground, then turned around and strode into the house.

Wu Fei stood there in a daze, his eyes full of pain. He looked at Su Mingzhe's back in disbelief, his face full of helplessness and sadness.

And the other side.

After hanging up the phone, Su Mingcheng was still furious and yelled at Zhu Li, "How dare you! I will send Dad to America and let him talk to him face to face. I won't bear this punishment."

Zhu Li's eyes widened, she looked at him in disbelief, and said anxiously, "Are you mentally ill? That's your biological father! If you buy a plane ticket and send your father away, what will others say about us?"

Zhu Li thought, my father-in-law is not a courier, why bother sending it to him?

Su Mingcheng was furious and shouted, "He was the one who said he wanted to take Dad to America. I don't care."

During this period, every time he and Zhu Li quarreled, it was because of this surrogate father. If Su Daqiang stayed any longer, who knows what the quarrel would be like.

And every time he wanted to create a little spark with Julie, this dad would cough and groan outside.

If we don't send Dad away, he'll get frustrated. We can't do that as a couple and then sneak out to get a room.

Zhu Li frowned and asked, "We still owe Dad so much money, do we have the right to ignore him?"

Su Mingcheng said without hesitation: "Debt is debt, and pension is pension. My brother promised to support me, so why does he go back on his word?"

Julie sneered in anger. She really couldn't understand why her husband could say such things as if it was a matter of course. Didn't he have any conscience at all?
Zhu Li walked to Su Daqiang's door and comforted him softly, "Dad, you can stay here first. When big brother is done with his work, you can go there later."

Su Mingcheng was still full of resentment and sat in the kitchen motionless, feeling that Zhu Li didn't understand him at all.

Julie didn't want to bother with him anymore, so she took her things and went out to take a taxi to the company.

When she got off work in the evening, the lights outside were already on. Julie was hungry but had no appetite, so she made an appointment with an old classmate to have coffee at a nearby Starbucks.

Her life has been very different since her mother-in-law passed away.

Financial expenses have been reduced, but family quarrels have increased.

In the past, they only had a few quarrels throughout the year, but now, they have a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. It seems that all the hidden conflicts in the past have been unsealed.

I really don't know what other terrible shortcomings of Su Mingcheng are waiting for me to discover.

Sometimes she couldn't figure out whether Lin Yuan was at work when she got angry at Su Mingcheng.

Her old classmate was experiencing the seven-year itch and was looking for someone to discuss the true meaning of relationships between men and women. She and Julie, who was experiencing family conflicts, hit it off immediately.

Julie was selective in finding someone to talk to. When two people with grievances get together, it's not called complaining, it's called discussing life.

Lin Yuan, who had been so caring towards me some time ago, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

Apart from sending her home last time, Lin Yuan has never appeared since, nor has he contacted her since.

Sometimes she thought that it might be a good thing that Lin Yuan no longer appeared, but occasionally his figure would burst out from deep in her heart.

Looking at the elegant tulip on her desk, she often thinks of what they had done together.

Zhu Li's old classmate Sun Yue picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip: "Alas, life feels more and more dull, and there is almost nothing to say."

Julie rubbed her fingers along the rim of the cup and thought for a moment: "My husband and I are completely opposite. We always have endless arguments."

"Do you think men change after they get married?"

"Maybe it's because he's good at disguising himself."

Sun Yue sighed: "Sometimes I really want to download a dating app and find some handsome guys to chat with."

Zhu Li was a little surprised: "If a handsome guy came to pursue you, would you really accept it?"

"Needless to say, she must have pretended to be reserved, and then half-heartedly agreed, haha, it's not a loss to be able to sleep with a handsome guy." Sun Yue laughed heartily and answered very straightforwardly. It seems that she has thought about this many times.

Zhu Li looked at Sun Yue with some surprise. The introverted old classmate in her memory actually had such a bold idea.

She jokingly said, "Aren't you afraid that your husband will find out?"

Sun Yue chuckled and said, "I'm just imagining it."

"Maybe someday a rich, handsome guy will fall in love with you."

Although Zhu Li was teasing Sun Yue like this, her thoughts had already drifted away. The figure of Lin Yuan emerged involuntarily in her mind. Thinking of the subtle moments when the two of them were together, complex emotions surged in her heart.

"A normal rich man has played with all kinds of women. How could he be interested in me? I'm not as pretty as you, Lili."

Sun Yue sighed softly. She actually wanted to have this kind of happy trouble.

The two chatted in the coffee shop for more than an hour, and Sun Yue took a taxi and left first.

Julie didn't want to go back just like that, so she wandered aimlessly among the shops. A college student came up to her and tried to talk to her, but she politely refused.

She had just come out of a bookstore and was thinking about whether to go to the jewelry store to have a look, when suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

She turned her head subconsciously and her heart skipped a beat.

It’s Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was accompanying a girl in choosing jewelry. He leaned forward slightly, looking intently at the necklace in the glass cabinet with a faint smile on his face, and whispered a few words to the girl beside him from time to time.

The girl has long, shiny black hair and her eyes curve when she smiles. She looks very sweet.

Zhu Li's footsteps seemed to be nailed to the ground. She watched Lin Yuan and the girl's every move, and an inexplicable bitterness surged in her heart. At this time, Lin Yuan seemed to feel someone watching him from behind. He raised his head inadvertently, and his eyes swept around, just meeting Zhu Li's eyes.

Julie quickly turned her head away and walked away pretending nothing had happened, but she couldn't help laughing at herself in her heart.

What love, what fate, it’s a waste that I still keep the tulips he gave me in the company.

"Lili." Lin Yuan's anxious voice came from behind. He actually chased out, with a hint of surprise and unexpectedness in his voice.

When Julie heard his call, she quickened her pace.

Lin Yuan quickly caught up with her and held her wrist. His hand was warm and strong.

"Lili, long time no see."

There was a hint of joy in Lin Yuan's voice that he could not hide, as if he had finally found a treasure that had been lost for a long time.

In fact, Zhu Li had no idea that this seemingly accidental encounter was actually an "encounter" carefully planned by Lin Yuan.

Recently, he often hangs around Julie's company with different beautiful girls, and he finally meets her this time.

Buddha said that it took five hundred glances in the previous life to get a chance to pass by each other in this life.

Although Suzhou cannot compare with Shanghai and Beijing, it is also a prosperous big city.

If Lin Yuan hadn't often been waiting here, the two of them would never have had the chance to run into each other so easily.

What you thought was a chance encounter was actually deliberate.

Zhu Li's face instantly turned red. She tried to break free from Lin Yuan's hand in embarrassment and said angrily, "Don't call me that."

This was near her company, and if her colleagues heard it, gossip would easily spread.

"What else should I call you? Sister-in-law? Second sister-in-law? Sister-in-law?"

The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth rose slightly, and he seemed to be getting more excited as he spoke.

Zhu Li gave him a cold look, but for some reason, after hearing all these strange names, she actually felt that "Lili" sounded better.

At this time, the girl who was next to Lin Yuan just now also chased over and looked at Lin Yuan eagerly.

"Lili, let's have a meal together. It's almost our turn in line."

This time, for some unknown reason, Julie did not refuse verbally. Perhaps she also wanted to find out the relationship between Lin Yuan and this girl.

The three of them arrived at the restaurant entrance, and watching the two people talking and laughing, Julie felt a tightness in her chest.

Not long after, I heard my number being called.

Julie and the girl sat in their own rows of chairs on either side of the table.

Lin Yuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and then walked straight to Zhu Li and sat down.

The three of them ordered several signature dishes, and soon, the dishes were served one after another.

The girl diligently picked up food for Lin Yuan with a sweet smile on her face.

"Brother, try this."

Zhu Li knew that she shouldn't and had no right to be rude to Lin Yuan, but when she saw the interaction between the two, she couldn't help it.

She forced a smile and said, "Your girlfriend is pretty, why didn't you introduce her to her earlier?"

"Lili, she is not my girlfriend." Seeing her like this, Lin Yuan couldn't help laughing, then looked at the girl opposite, "You, go back first, I have something else to do."

The girl looked at Julie resentfully, pouted and left reluctantly.

"Lili, were you jealous just now?"

Lin Yuan said with a smile as he slowly placed his hand on Zhu Li's leg.

Julie was wearing a slim-fitting short skirt today. Her long and straight legs were tightly wrapped in a layer of flesh-colored stockings as thin as a cicada's wing, which faintly revealed the color of her skin, making her look more delicate and smooth.

Lin Yuan knew in his heart that Zhu Li had been resisting his approach only because of her family.

Since she didn't refuse my invitation, I would be a fool if I didn't take the initiative to do something.

When Zhu Li saw Lin Yuan sending the girl away like this, she couldn't help but feel a hint of imperceptible joy in her heart.

Her cheeks only slightly blushed at Lin Yuan's outrageous behavior.

Zhu Li avoided answering and asked softly, "You sent her away like this, aren't you afraid that she will be upset?"

Lin Yuan's big hand continued to caress: "Lili, why bother saying such bland words? You know what I care about."

"Who is she to you then?" Julie demanded.

Lin Yuan replied nonchalantly: "She is just an ordinary girl pursuing me."

Julie didn't believe it: "If you don't like her, why do you eat with her?"

Lin Yuan smiled, looked at her for a while, and then asked, "According to what you said, you are eating with me, which means you like me."

When Julie heard this, she was stunned and bit her lip, not knowing what to say.

Then, Lin Yuan explained: "I came out with her today to discuss the compatibility of different clothes and different jewelry. You think too much."

"I didn't think much about it. It has nothing to do with me." Julie pouted her lips slightly, but the corners of her mouth involuntarily rose slightly.

"Don't mess around."

The behavior just now was just to test Julie's attitude. It can be seen that Julie is not as resistant as before.

The two continued to eat as if nothing had happened. Lin Yuan did not mention anything about the Su family. He just enthusiastically talked about some recent news hotspots and some trivial matters in his own company.

He could see that Zhu Li must have had a conflict with Su Mingcheng again, but he was not interested in asking Zhu Li about the troubles in the Su family.

Once it is mentioned, it will destroy the relaxed atmosphere that they have worked so hard to create between them and ruin their mood.

When the meal was over, Lin Yuan stood up gracefully, with a gentle smile on his face, and said to Zhu Li: "Let's go, I'll take you home."

Zhu Li's eyes dimmed. She had just had a fight with Su Mingcheng when she went out during the day.

Now she had to go back in such disgrace, her heart full of helplessness and reluctance, but she didn't know what to say when facing Lin Yuan.

The car was driving slowly on the road. Julie looked at the familiar street scene outside the window, but her thoughts drifted far away.

Suddenly, she came to her senses, looked carefully, and found that this did not seem to be the route back to Shuanghu Community.

She turned around, looked at Lin Yuan with a puzzled look on her face, and asked, "Why did you drive back to your home?"

Lin Yuan turned his head and smiled at her: "Looking at your expression, it seems like you have written 'I don't want to go back' on your forehead."

After arriving downstairs of his house, Lin Yuan continued, "Lili, I designed a new dress these days, come and try it on."

Sometimes, women just need a reasonable reason to convince themselves to do something they might otherwise hesitate to do.

When Julie heard this, she bit her lip. After hesitating for a moment, she picked up her bag and slowly got out of the car.

Although she knew going upstairs might be dangerous, she still went up.

Perhaps it was Lin Yuan’s restraint in the previous times that made her feel that Lin Yuan would not do anything coercive.

Lin Yuan opened the door. The two had just walked in and hadn't even had time to change their shoes.

Lin Yuan pressed tightly against Zhu Li's buttocks from behind, put his arms around her slender waist and kissed her neck.

"Lili~"

Julie's face suddenly turned red with shame, and her slender white neck was raised high like a swan shot by an arrow.

A slight moan came from those alluring red lips.

At the same time, Lin Yuan's hands were not idle either. He kept groping on her lower abdomen and soon found the hem of her white skirt. With a gentle pull, the skirt loosened.

In this panic, Julie still had a trace of rationality. She panted quickly, shook her head, and said in a trembling and pleading voice: "I will help you like last time, okay?"

She knew that once she really took that step, there would be no turning back.

As long as she doesn't cross the line, this is her only thought.

Zhu Li thought that Lin Yuan would not agree to such a proposal. After all, the atmosphere at this moment had been ignited to such a hot level.

However, what she didn't expect was that Lin Yuan actually agreed.

At this moment, she felt that Lin Yuan was really kind and a good person.

Lin Yuan took her hand and walked into the bedroom: "Put on this cheongsam."

Lin Yuan looked at the delicate and exquisite naked jade feet in his hands, even the white toes were curled up constantly.

While Julie was working hard, her cell phone rang.

It was Su Mingcheng who called.

When Julie saw this, she hung up immediately.

She had not yet forgiven Su Mingcheng, nor did she want to face Su Mingcheng under such circumstances.

It's just that his feet moved a little more diligently.