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Chapter 473: Covering one’s ears and stealing the bell

Su Mingcheng was undoubtedly the most excited tonight. After all, his years of searching had finally paid off. He immediately called his older brother Su Mingzhe in the United States and said, "Brother, I found our dad."

"What? Where is our dad now?" Su Mingzhe on the other side of the ocean also became excited.

"Brother, our dad is at my house now, right next to me." Su Mingcheng felt it was a little unreal as he spoke, and he actually started touching Su Ning.

"What's wrong with you?" Su Ning pushed Su Mingcheng's hand away with a look of disgust.

"hey-hey."

Looking at Su Mingcheng talking on the phone and laughing foolishly, Su Ning realized that he needed to resolve the Su family's affairs as soon as possible, otherwise it would hurt both himself and others.

"Mingcheng, was that our dad just now? Let him answer the phone quickly." Su Mingzhe on the other end of the phone probably heard the noise here, and asked excitedly.

"Okay! Big brother, wait a moment." Su Mingcheng put away the phone and looked at Su Ning expectantly, "Dad, my big brother wants to talk to you."

"Well, just press the hands-free button." Suning kept fiddling with his cell phone because his three women were about to explode.

If you ask why there was a sudden outcry, it was because Suning had never spent the night outside. They all speculated that Suning had another woman outside, and then Cai Min and Liu Qingqing united as a front to make trouble with Suning.

"Dad, is that you?" Su Mingzhe's voice on the other end of the phone trembled with excitement.

"Yes, Mingzhe, it's me."

"Dad, we finally found you." Perhaps Su Mingzhe felt that it was too tiring to remotely command Su Mingcheng and Su Mingyu to find someone, so he couldn't help but burst into tears, "Wuwuwu"

"Hey! Have you cried enough?" Listening to Su Mingzhe crying for a long time on the phone, Su Ning was also annoyed by his crying.

"Ah? Dad?"

"Su Mingzhe, if you have time in the United States, please come back to China as soon as possible so that we can clarify things as soon as possible."

"Ah? Dad, are you still leaving?" Su Mingzhe on the other end of the phone looked incredulous.

"Let's talk about it when you come back. Remember to inform Su Mingyu so that we can sit down and have a good talk as a family."

"Okay! Dad, I'll inform Mingyu."

"Well, that's it!" Suning said and hung up the phone.

Su Mingzhe, who was on the other side of the ocean, was holding the phone and listening to the busy tone. He felt unwell and only came to his senses when Wu Fei came to his side.

"Mingzhe, didn't you find our dad? Why are you still so unhappy?"

"Hey! Dad still has to leave, and he asked me to go back as soon as possible."

"Ah? What on earth is our dad thinking?" Wu Fei also felt incredible.

"Ah! He's over sixty years old, but he's still not a worry at all." Su Mingzhe said his famous saying again.

"Mingzhe, when are you planning to go back?"

"I'll buy a plane ticket now and go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Mingzhe, you'd better leave a few days later. I'll take a leave and go back with you." After hearing Su Mingzhe's plan, Wu Fei took the initiative to ask.

"Alright! Let Xiao Mi meet her grandpa too."

In Suzhou, Su Mingcheng looked at Su Ning in disbelief, "Dad, are you still going to wander around?"

"Su Mingcheng, I'm doing well outside, you don't need to worry about me."

"Dad, you are 62 years old today. You are no longer a child. You should consider the issue of retirement." Su Mingcheng looked at Su Ning with a wry smile.

"I told you, you don't need to think about it."

"Dad, my eldest brother has proposed buying you a new house in Suzhou and hiring a nanny for you. No one will harass you in your life."

"Mingcheng, just live your own life. I don't need you to buy a house."

"Dad, if you don't want to live in the new house, then just go back to the old house. We will renovate it for you and it will be very comfortable to live in." Su Mingcheng thought that Suning didn't like the new house, so he proposed again.

"Su Mingcheng, when your mother and I divorced, I left the house empty-handed, so the old house belongs to you three siblings and has nothing to do with me."

"dad"

"Okay! I'm sleepy! Let's talk about this after Su Mingzhe and Su Mingyu come back." Su Ning was really annoyed at this time, so he got up and went back to the second bedroom to rest.

Seeing that Su Ning went straight back to the bedroom, Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li were very helpless. They felt that their father, whom they had not seen for ten years, suddenly became much more unfamiliar.

"Mingcheng, I just washed your dad's clothes and found that they are all famous brands, even his socks are Armani." Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li returned to the master bedroom and lay on the bed. Zhu Li looked at Su Mingcheng in surprise. "And what's more! I found that the mechanical watch your dad is wearing is a Patek Philippe. I just checked online, and this Patek Philippe ref. 6300A is worth million."

"Tsk! Isn't this obviously a high-end imitation? Would my dad have 16 million to buy a purely handmade mechanical watch?"

"But what about that designer clothes?"

"What brand?"

"I don't know! They're all top clothing brands anyway. I only know a pair of Armani socks."

"Juli, the material of the clothes must be slightly better, not necessarily some international brand. Besides, how expensive can a pair of Armani socks be?" Su Mingcheng looked at Zhu Li with a wry smile. He would never believe that Su Ning would become rich overnight. "Besides, do you know what my dad was eating when I met him at the noodle shop?"

"What to eat?"

"Vegetarian noodles? The cheapest kind, at that! He even refused to give up the soup. Is that something a millionaire would eat?"

"Ah? Could that outfit really be a high-end imitation?"

"Juli, a man in his fifties, divorced his wife, and then suddenly became rich overnight. Do you think this is believable?" Seeing Zhu Li's face full of disbelief, Su Mingcheng asked with a wry smile, "This is real society, not some fantasy world in a novel or a legendary movie."

"That's not necessarily true!" Although she knew it was too fantastical, Zhu Li still didn't think she had mistaken the brand. She then refuted Su Mingcheng, "Didn't Zong Qinghou and Ren Zhengfei both start their businesses in their forties? Didn't they become top tycoons in the mainland business world?"

"Zong Qinghou? Ren Zhengfei? Aren't these the only two elites in China with a population of 1.4 billion?" Su Mingcheng was almost amused by Zhu Li's bizarre thoughts when he heard her mention these super celebrities. "I know why you think that. It's because you've never seen how timid my dad was when he was controlled by my mom. It's really hard to put into words."

"Huh? Did I really see it wrong?" Julie began to feel unconfident at this time.

"Julie, some high-end imitation products nowadays are not much different from real international brands. At most, they don't have the reputation of international brands."

After hearing Su Mingcheng's analysis, Zhu Li began to doubt herself again, and then she stopped thinking about it and went to sleep directly with the quilt.

"Julie, I'm very happy today. Let's have a small meeting!" Su Mingcheng suddenly became interested.

"Ah? That's not so good!" Julie was also a little moved.

"Hehe, it's rare for me to be happy, Julie, just obey me!" Su Mingcheng looked at Zhu Li with a smirk on his face.

At this time, Suning, who had just laid down to rest in the next room, was contacting his family and could easily hear the "meeting content" of Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li in the next room. Suddenly, he felt that he was worse than death. This was too tormenting for Suning.

The next day, Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li woke up refreshed, only to find Su Ning sitting on the sofa in the living room playing with his phone. They exchanged a surprised look and asked, "Dad, why don't you get some more sleep?"

“As I get older, my sleep quality is average.”

"Haha, then I'll go make breakfast now." Julie said with an awkward smile.

"No need! I know you young people don't like breakfast, so just go to work! I'll just go out and grab a bite to eat later."

"Dad, that's impossible! I'd better stay with you today." Su Mingcheng insisted.

"No need! Don't worry, I won't leave. I will wait until all three of you brothers and sisters are together, and then I will explain everything to you before I leave." Su Ning knew what Su Mingcheng was worried about, and then assured them.

"dad"

"Go! Go to your job! Don't let me make you lose your job."

"Dad, I'll take a day off today and go shopping with you for clothes." Su Mingcheng still insisted.

"Mingcheng is right. Just let him stay with you for a day." Zhu Li wanted to call him dad at first, but thinking of Suning's indifference last night, Zhu Li finally did not say it out loud.

Soon Zhu Li went straight to work. Su Mingcheng called his unit to ask for leave, and then accompanied Suning to the street. The father and son first went to a breakfast shop to eat shengjian, and then went straight to the commercial street to buy clothes for Suning.

"Dad, how about I take you to the Armani store? The clothes there are of better quality." Su Mingcheng thought of Julie's entanglement last night, and suddenly he had an idea and started to ask.

"Well, just ordinary clothes will do. I'm used to wearing ordinary clothes, and they feel quite comfortable." Su Ningke had no idea of Su Mingcheng's evil intentions, and directly rejected Su Mingcheng's proposal.

"Ah? Dad, the clothes you changed out of last night were a famous brand, right?"

"No! I bought it in a high-end imitation store. How about I take you there to pick out a few pieces?" Su Ning quickly recovered and looked at Su Mingcheng meaningfully.

"Haha, forget it! I'll just buy it in the nearby commercial street."

Then Suning and Su Mingcheng went to a nearby commercial street, bought two sets of old man's clothes, took off Su Mingcheng's clothes, and put them in a bag.

"Dad, it's almost noon, shall we go eat?"

"Okay! I'm a little hungry too."

Then Su Ning and Su Mingcheng came to a noodle shop. Su Mingcheng looked at Su Ning with a conflicted look on his face, "Dad, why don't we go to a better restaurant?"

"No! This is fine! I'm used to eating noodles."

"Huh? Okay!"

Su Ning and Su Mingcheng casually ordered two bowls of noodles and two vegetarian dishes, and then they started eating. Looking at his father Su Ning wolfing down the food, Su Mingcheng suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

"Dad, slow down! How about I order you another bowl?"

"No! One bowl is enough."

At this time, an old man walked towards the father and son who were eating noodles. When he saw Su Ning, he showed a surprised expression, "Su Daqiang? It really is you!"

"Who are you?" Su Ning looked up in confusion.

"Uncle Nie?" Su Mingcheng recognized the old man and reminded Su Ning with a smile, "Dad, he's Uncle Nie from the library, your former colleague!"

"Oh? It's been too long, I forgot." Su Ning responded casually and continued to eat noodles with his head down.

"Oh! Old Su, it seems you are a forgetful person! You don't even recognize your old colleagues."

"Uncle Nie, my dad left Suzhou over ten years ago, so I'm sure he doesn't recognize many of his old friends anymore. Please don't mind!"

"Haha, it's okay! I don't mind." Old Nie smiled at Su Mingcheng nonchalantly, then looked at Su Ning who was eating noodles again, "Old Su, let's find a chance to call out all our former colleagues and sit down and chat together."

"Not interested in."

"Huh?" Old Nie was also choked by Suning.

"Uncle Nie, this is my dad's temper." Su Mingcheng was standing by to ease the awkwardness of the situation.

"Haha, this is my phone number. Old Su, if you suddenly become interested one day, just call me." Old Nie seemed to have a good temper, or he had long been accustomed to the previous Su Daqiang. Instead of getting angry, he took out a pen and wrote down his phone number on the consumption receipt.

"Uncle Nie, goodbye." Su Mingcheng quickly stood up and saw off Old Nie.

"Haha, you guys eat! I'm leaving first."

After Old Nie left the noodle shop, Su Mingcheng looked at Su Ning with a wry smile, "Dad, weren't you and Uncle Nie your best friends before?"

"I don't even want my own children anymore, so why should I still keep in touch with my old colleagues?"

"Huh? Dad, what are you thinking? We are all your children!" Su Mingcheng looked at his father Su Ning with a wry smile.

"Su Mingcheng, you are all grown up and have your own families. There is no need to get entangled with me anymore." Suning looked up at his filial "son".

"Dad, how can this be called entanglement! You are our father, and we should provide for you in your old age!"

"Su Mingcheng, I have my own life, and you all have your own lives. I don't need your support at all." Su Ning suddenly looked at Su Mingcheng seriously.

"dad"

"Besides, when I divorced your mother, I made it very clear that we would have no relationship in the future."

"Dad, can't you understand the feelings of us as your children?" Su Mingcheng looked at his heartless and ungrateful father with a wry smile.

"Su Mingcheng, your brother isn't necessarily doing well in America, is he?" Seeing that Su Mingcheng still didn't understand what he meant, Su Ning wasn't going to let them continue to pretend they were cheating. "It's not like ten years ago now. Unemployment is commonplace in America. There are many people who have no jobs and end up washing dishes in Chinese restaurants."

"Let's talk about you again. On the surface, you have a stable job, but your expenses are also very high. Your wife, Julie, wears all designer clothes. If it weren't for your mother secretly supporting you, you and Julie would have been unable to make ends meet long ago, right?"

"I"

"Su Mingyu has been doing quite well in recent years, but it's not as easy as you think for a girl to fight alone, so you'd better face reality."

"dad"

"Su Mingcheng, I don't need your support at all. You just need to live your own life well."

(End of this chapter)