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

Chapter 136 Chewing Gum

In the car, Su Daqiang was in high spirits and asked cheerfully, "Xiao Lin, what are our plans for today?"

"I'll take you to see a tea ceremony performance first, and there will be Pingtan in the afternoon." While driving, Lin Yuan glanced at Zhu Li in the back seat through the rearview mirror. Zhu Li just winked at him playfully.

"Good good."

Lin Yuan tilted his head slightly and asked gently, "Uncle, why don't you want to live with Mingyu? I heard that Mingyu is the general manager of a large company and manages hundreds of people. If you live with him, you will definitely not be wronged."

Su Daqiang sat up straight: "Is Mingyu so powerful?"

In his previous understanding, although he knew that Mingyu had some money and lived a pretty good life, deep in his heart, the deep-rooted patriarchal thinking and the long-term neglect of Mingyu made him never really understand the heights of Mingyu's career.

After hearing Lin Yuan's words, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have always underestimated his daughter.

"Yes, you might go to the United States someday, why don't you stay with Mingyu for a while."

After hearing these words, Su Daqiang couldn't help but feel shaken.

But he hadn't contacted Su Mingyu for a long time, and he had rejected her request last time. He didn't know how to tell Su Mingyu for a while, so he could only find another opportunity later.

The three of them drove to the quiet and elegant Meiwu Teahouse. The garden was filled with the fragrance of tea and the atmosphere was quiet. It was a rare place to relax.

A traditional tea-tasting event is being held in the manor. In the quaint tea room, the tea artist demonstrates the tea-making skills with graceful and skillful movements, and the aroma of rare tea leaves permeates the air.

Su Daqiang's eyes were full of interest. Seeing this, Lin Yuan smiled and suggested that he go to participate. Su Daqiang was more than happy to do so and agreed happily.

After Su Daqiang sat down to taste the tea, Lin Yuan seized the opportunity, gently took Zhu Li's hand, and quietly walked towards the outdoor tea garden like two cats stealing fish.

They found an empty corner and kissed passionately.

About half an hour later, Su Daqiang walked out with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Zhu Li had already tidied up her messy and wrinkled clothes, but there was still a faint blush on her pretty face. Su Daqiang just thought it was caused by the cold wind and didn't think much about it.

For Julie, the turmoil in her heart at this moment was like returning to her youthful high school days, when a handsome and somewhat evil boy, under the noses of her teachers and parents, took advantage of her tacit consent and secretly did some small things to her.

“Although the prices in this store are cheap, the food tastes really good.”

After tasting the tea, Lin Yuan took Su Daqiang to an inconspicuous little restaurant and ordered some home-cooked dishes.

"Uncle, try this shrimp. It's good for your health and can lower your blood pressure." Lin Yuan said as he picked up some food for Su Daqiang.

Then, he turned to Zhu Li, picked up a piece of cod meat, and said softly: "Li...eat some of this, sister-in-law, this will help you prepare for pregnancy. You and brother don't have children, so I have to help you."

Lili was used to calling him that and almost called him that in front of Su Daqiang.

Zhu Li was a little flustered when she heard this, but fortunately Su Daqiang didn't realize anything was wrong.

Su Daqiang just smiled and nodded: "Eat more, this is a good thing."

Lin Yuan quickly agreed, "I guess my sister-in-law will give me a big fat boy next year."

As he spoke, his foot gently touched Julie's high heels under the table, and then he calmly wrapped his arms around her stocking-wrapped calves, with a barely perceptible smirk on his face.

Zhu Li was shocked but had to keep calm. She didn't dare to move too much for fear of arousing Su Daqiang's suspicion. She could only glare at Lin Yuan quietly, signaling him to behave himself.

Su Daqiang was kept in the dark and did not realize that Lin Yuan had hidden meaning in his words. He even laughed along.

At first, because Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li were both very playful, they had never thought about having children. But now, they are both not young anymore, and it is time to make this plan.

"You are not young anymore, so you should plan to have a baby. But let me make it clear that I may not be able to help you take care of the baby. I can go to the United States at any time."

After hearing these words, Julie felt ashamed and angry.

The embarrassing thing is that Su Daqiang's words sounded as if Lin Yuan, who was sitting opposite him, and himself were a loving couple who were about to welcome a new life.

What makes me angry is that Su Daqiang is still as irresponsible as ever. He avoids family responsibilities whenever possible. It's true that like father, like son.

"Uncle, I'll offer you a cup of tea instead of water. I wish you a quick trip to America."

Zhu Li blushed. She was the only one who understood the deeper meaning of Lin Yuan's words.

After Lin Yuan finished eating, his left hand quietly dropped down and gently stroked his thigh.

In this cold weather, Julie wore a short skirt with only a thin layer of flesh-colored stockings, which could help her keep warm by rubbing against them.

The three of them sat in the corner, and Su Daqiang was concentrating on eating with great relish, not noticing the subtle movements between the two of them.

The food on the table had been mostly eaten when a small old man of medium build appeared.

He wore a beret and a pair of sunglasses. He walked forward a few steps and patted Su Daqiang on the back.

This sudden scene made Lin Yuan, who was doing something under the table, quickly pull his hand back and sit up straight.

Julie's eyes were filled with moisture, revealing a hint of charm.

Su Daqiang turned his head with a puzzled look on his face, only to see the old man taking off his sunglasses and revealing his face.

"Why, you don't recognize me?" the old man said with a smile.

"Old Nie!" Su Daqiang stood up excitedly when he saw who was coming, and the two hugged each other tightly.

"Sit down, sit down, come on." Su Daqiang enthusiastically pulled Old Nie to sit down next to him, "It's been a while since we last met."

"Yes," Old Nie nodded, looking concerned, "I heard that my sister-in-law passed away quite suddenly. Please accept my condolences."

Su Daqiang sighed slightly: "It's good, it's not painful to leave."

Old Nie asked again, "I heard you were going to America, weren't you? Why are you back so soon?"

Su Daqiang's eyes dodged for a moment, but he still had a smile on his face, and he skillfully made up an excuse: "I was about to leave, but my youngest son and daughter were reluctant to let me go, so I just delayed it. Look at me, my children follow me wherever I go every day."

Naturally, Lin Yuan and Zhu Li would not expose him.

"You are so lucky. Oh, these are your two children."

Old Nie pointed at Lin Yuan and Zhu Li opposite him, and was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that Su Daqiang's two children would look so outstanding.

"Hi, the two kids are busy today and can't get away. This is my daughter-in-law, and this is Xiao Lin," Su Daqiang approached Old Nie, half covered his mouth with one hand, and said in a low voice, "This Xiao Lin is interested in my daughter."

This naturally could not be hidden from Lin Yuan's ears, but Lin Yuan did not want to clarify. Although he had no idea about Su Mingyu, in order to have more contact with the Su family, he did not mind letting Su Daqiang misunderstand.

Old Nie murmured in his heart, this is quite interesting, the daughter-in-law and the future son-in-law are accompanying the father-in-law for a stroll.

Old Nie cleared his throat and asked casually, "Which city in the United States is your eldest son in?"

"San Francisco, I think."

When Old Nie heard this, he became excited and started to show off: "San Francisco, there is the Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, and Fisherman's Wharf..."

"Stop, stop, Old Nie, it's as if you've been there before."

Old Nie stiffened his neck and described vividly: "Of course I have been there. My daughter is in the United States. Last year, she took us on a self-driving tour of the United States. We have been to all the larger cities."

"Xiao Ping went to America?"

"Marry an American husband, right in New York." Old Nie raised his chin slightly, with a bit of pride.

When parents reach their age, the only ones they can brag about are their children.

The more successful your children are, the more face they will naturally have in front of a group of old friends.

Su Daqiang's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Then we can be companions when we get to America tomorrow."

Old Nie raised his eyebrows and asked, "Okay, the question is when are you going?"

Su Daqiang was stumped by the question and could only respond vaguely: "I'll see when my youngest son lets me go."

Lin Yuan knew clearly that Old Nie and Su Daqiang were of the same kind. They had never been to the United States and were simply exaggerating their American experiences.

He just wanted to show off in front of Su Daqiang, make himself look more powerful, and have more topics of conversation and a sense of superiority.

Lin Yuan raised his lips slightly, and asked calmly, "Uncle Nie, which cities in the United States have you visited by car?"

Old Nie puffed out his chest and said confidently, "I've been to so many places. I've been to New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas, etc."

"So it seems you've been to Route 66, too?"

"of course."

"Which city did you start from on Route 66?"

"It seems so..." Old Nie rolled his eyes and stammered.

"Which famous towns have you been to over there?"

"Uh, this..." Beads of sweat appeared on Old Nie's forehead and he was speechless for a moment.

Su Daqiang felt relieved when he saw this, and couldn't help but teasing, "Old Nie, you haven't been there before, have you?"

"How could I not have been there!" Old Nie's face flushed red as he defended himself, "It's just been a long time, so I can't remember some of the details clearly."

Su Daqiang didn't expose her, but just said with a smile: "Don't you remember the Golden Gate Bridge very clearly?"

"Haha, foreign names are hard to remember. You'll know once you go around."

Old Nie felt a little embarrassed that his boasting was exposed so quickly.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Lin Yuan smiled and tried to smooth things over: "Foreign names are indeed hard to remember, uncle. I only bought two tickets for this afternoon's Pingtan show. I wanted my sister-in-law to accompany you to watch it. This is perfect. Let Uncle Nie go with you."

Old Nie waved his hand quickly: "No, no, I have something else to do."

"Hey, Old Nie, just come along."

At this moment, Su Daqiang was thinking about showing off in front of his old friends, and Lin Yuan's arrangement was exactly what he wanted.

Lin Yuan handed Su Daqiang two tickets for the Pingtan performance and reminded him, "Don't forget the time for the 2 o'clock performance. I'll pick you up after the performance." Zhu Li also said, "Dad, I'm leaving too. I'm going back to see my parents today and I won't be back tonight."

After Lin Yuan and Zhu Li said goodbye to the two old people, they walked towards the car side by side.

Zhu Li could no longer suppress her curiosity. She blinked her lively eyes and asked, "How do you know that old man is bragging?"

Lin Yuan deliberately said jokingly: "Because I am good at judging people. Just like I can tell at a glance that Su Mingcheng is not worthy of you."

Zhu Li sat in the back seat, and Lin Yuan drove steadily and slowly came to the downstairs of Zhu's father's house.

He parked the car, quickly returned to the back seat, and gently held Julie in his arms.

He was intoxicated by Julie's gentle and beautiful temperament.

His big hands gently covered her snow-white and delicate skin. He lifted her small chin slightly and then kissed her affectionately.

After a long time, Julie's body seemed to melt, and she became soft and weak. It was not until he accidentally touched her sensitive part that she regained consciousness for a moment. She pressed down his evil hand and whispered, "I suddenly feel guilty and think I'm a bad woman."

Lin Yuan looked at Zhu Li's shy yet charming appearance, his eyes full of teasing and love, and said softly: "But I just like to see you unable to control yourself like this, it's so cute."

Zhu Li was also a little dazed. She had only known Lin Yuan for a short time, so how could she become like this in front of him?

She bit her lip slightly and said with a hint of resentment: "It's all your fault. I'm not like this originally."

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault." Lin Yuan said as he exerted a little force on his hands: "Lili, after you give birth to the baby, this will be bigger."

"It's not good to be too big, and it's not convenient."

"Hey, you can't say that."

After a moment of tenderness and caressing, Zhu Li raised her head slightly, looked at Lin Yuan tenderly, and asked softly, "The company gave me a bonus of 20,000 this month, and I plan to return it to my father-in-law."

"Hmm." Lin Yuan just responded softly.

"What do you think?"

"According to me, of course I won't give it to you. You didn't owe him anything in the first place, so why should you pay for Su Mingcheng? And Su Daqiang has scolded you in front of me more than once. Why are you so nice to him? If he hadn't asked you out openly, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to him."

He has no good feelings towards these people in the Su family.

"Then I'll keep it for now and pay it back later. After all, I spent some of the money he borrowed."

Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You are not asking for my opinion, you are asking for my consent."

"Be gentle, you're pinching me." Zhu Li glared at him coquettishly and spat, "Don't bully me all the time."

Lin Yuan stroked her pink lips with an ambiguous smile in his eyes: "Lili, do you know that it is possible here..."

"I'll bite you to death." Julie really bit his hand, leaving a faint tooth mark. This guy bullied her in different ways all day long. "Can you think of something healthy?"

Although I am still sticking to my bottom line, it is really all I have left.

"Lili, you can't do this. I just clearly..."

Lin Yuan was about to explain, but Zhu Li quickly stretched out her fair and slender hand and tightly blocked his mouth, preventing him from continuing.

Time flies, it's already around five o'clock and the sky has darkened. I haven't realized how long I have been hanging out with Julie.

"I want to go back." Julie blushed slightly and raised her hand to tidy up her messy hair. There was still some tender affection in her eyes.

Lin Yuan produced two pieces of chewing gum like a magic trick and handed them to Zhu Li.

"what is this?"

"Chewing gum, to freshen your breath." Lin Yuan blinked and said seriously.

Zhu Li understood instantly, her cheeks flushed, and she reached out her hand in embarrassment and twisted Lin Yuan's waist hard, convinced in her heart that this guy must have planned this.

She gave him a look that seemed half angry and half displeased, and did not rush to open the gum. Instead, she leaned forward and kissed Lin Yuan gently.

But soon, Lin Yuan gently pushed her away, "Lili, you can kiss me, but there's no need for that."

Zhu Li scolded: "You know it's disgusting, next time you do this, I will smear it all over your face."

"You dare to threaten me, Tian Gang." Lin Yuan lowered his voice and whispered in her ear, "Believe it or not, I will kill you right here."

Zhu Li shrank back and begged for mercy: "Is it not okay if I don't say anything?"

Then he opened two pieces of chewing gum, put them in his mouth, and started chewing them quickly.

Zhu Li slowly stretched out her hand and gently pushed open the car door. Just as she was about to get up and get out of the car, her eyes inadvertently glanced outside the car. She hurriedly sat back in the car and closed the door forcefully.

Lin Yuan was ready to get out of the car and returned to the main driver's seat. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong?"

Julie raised her chin toward the car window and said, "I saw my parents."

From the outside, the car window looks like a dark black mirror, quietly hiding everything inside the car.

But those in the car could clearly see the scene outside through the window.

Zhu's mother was holding Zhu's father's arm and walking slowly towards the apartment building.

Lin Yuan also met these two elderly people at Zhao Meilan's funeral. Their every move exuded a refined and elegant aura. They were worthy of working in the education sector. Their intellectual and elegant temperament was outstanding.

Lin Yuan stopped teasing Zhu Li. He knew that it was not appropriate for him to appear in front of Zhu's father and mother at this time.

After waiting for half a minute, Zhu's father and mother disappeared at the entrance of the apartment building. Zhu Li then got out of the car again and walked towards home.

Lin Yuan returned to the theater and took Su Daqiang back. If you want to act, you should perform it in full, at least on the surface, no one should be able to see any clues.

After Su Daqiang returned home, Su Mingcheng asked curiously, "Where's Lili?"

Su Daqiang said as he changed his shoes, "You've returned to your mother's house. You and her are sulking every day. Do you think I can't see it? Lili has been spoiled since she was a child. Go and coax her tomorrow."

"I won't coax you." Su Mingcheng said this, but he was secretly thinking in his heart that it was obvious that Zhu Li was really angry this time, and he had to find a suitable time to give in.

The days passed quickly.

Su Daqiang called Lin Yuan and said, "Xiao Lin, I recently came across a big project that can make money. Do you want to invest with me? If you invest, you will make money."

Su Daqiang has been dazzled by the so-called "financial returns" recently and feels that he has mastered the way to make money.

In his heart, Lin Yuan was a young man who took good care of him on a daily basis. Now that he had found a way to make a fortune, he had to drag him along so that Lin Yuan could also benefit from it.

Originally, he wanted to bring his second son Su Mingcheng with him, but Su Mingcheng ridiculed him for scratching the lottery ticket, which made Su Daqiang very angry. He simply didn't tell him about it and waited until he made money to see what his second son would say.

Lin Yuan knew the answer in his heart, but he pretended to be ignorant and asked curiously, "Really? The investment risk is not small. Is this reliable?"

"Needless to say? I invested 10,000 yuan, and guess what, I got 12,000 yuan back in a flash, a 20% rate of return. I invested another 60,000 yuan the day before yesterday. Xiaolin, let me test you, how much can I get in the future?"

Lin Yuan found it funny in his heart, but he replied calmly: "Well... I think it's about 70,000."

Isn't this a classic Ponzi scheme?

They trick you into investing money little by little. The scammers use the funds from new investors to pay the returns to early investors. When they make enough money or the capital inflow is insufficient, the scammers will run away with the money.

"That's right." Su Daqiang shouted happily.

In just a few days, he was able to earn more than 10,000 yuan, which greatly boosted his self-confidence.

Like father, like son. It seems that Su Mingcheng's talent for financial management was inherited from his father Su Daqiang.

"Didn't you discuss this with Mingcheng and Mingyu after investing so much money?"

"What are you discussing? I'll spend my money however I want. I've told you that."

"Okay then." Lin Yuan hesitated for a while, "I happen to be free, I'll go with you to take a look."

Su Daqiang readily agreed: "Okay, okay."

Lin Yuan drove to pick up Su Daqiang, and Old Nie, whom he met last time, was also here.

It seems that as expected, this investment was driven by this old Nie.

The three of them chatted and laughed all the way until they arrived at the building.

Especially Lao Nie and Su Daqiang, they are still immersed in the joy of making money.

After exiting the elevator, the two old men walked straight toward the office of "Hao Fu Financial Management" as if they were familiar with the place.

"Hey, why is it closed today?"

Old Nie was a little confused. Logically speaking, today was a working day and he shouldn't be taking a break.

"What's going on?" Su Daqiang leaned on the glass door, watching what was going on inside.

Lin Yuan asked the cleaning lady not far away, "Auntie, has this financial management company moved away?"

"I don't know. It wasn't open yesterday either. I was wondering too."

Su Daqiang panicked a little, banging on the glass door, his voice trembling, "Old Nie, make a quick call and ask what's going on?"

Old Nie hurriedly took out his cell phone and called Xiao Jin, the consultant he had contacted before, but a cold voice came out of the phone: "The number you dialed is invalid."

"Why is the number out of service? It usually goes through when I call it." Old Nie was still a little confused and didn't know what was going on.

Of course you can get through before because you have been scammed, but now the leeks have been harvested.

Lin Yuan said calmly: "You may have been deceived."

When Su Daqiang heard this, his eyes widened and he could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.

Sixty thousand yuan, this is all his pension money now, and it’s all gone in an instant.

(End of this chapter)