I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 238 Special Supply of Wuliangye

"Let me see, what kind of Wuliangye is this?" Su Tianyan took the bottle and examined it carefully. "Why does this look different from the Wuliangye I've ever seen?"

Su Cheng had already thought of a solution: "Dad, didn't I already tell you? This is a special supply of Wuliangye."

Unexpectedly, Su Tianyan exposed Su Cheng's lie in one fell swoop: "What special supply? I've seen this wine many times. It's obviously a private label wine."

what?
Su Cheng was surprised that the old man actually knew this.

He knew that his father had indeed seen a lot and had enjoyed all sorts of good things.

But he probably studies cigars and wine... He doesn't usually drink Wuliangye, and he rarely drinks Moutai either!
For example, at the last mid-year dinner party at Shengyue, the banquet arranged by Zhang Chengze only served Moutai as an appetizer; the main course wines were Guyuelongshan and aged Huadiao.

Seeing that her plan had failed, Su Cheng immediately feigned an innocent and aggrieved expression: "Huh? Dad? You mean I was tricked?"

"They've definitely been scammed!"

How much did you pay for this wine?

"I spent a thousand."

"One thousand a bottle?"

"No, two bottles."

"Then you were really badly scammed."

"Oh my god, someone actually lied to me! I'm going to find that liquor seller when I get back!"

Su Cheng feigned an indignant expression.

Su Cheng absolutely cannot let her father suspect that she is trying to trick him into drinking fake wine, or she will be in big trouble.

"Dad, is this fake alcohol?"

"It's not fake liquor, and it doesn't even say it's part of the Wuliangye series, but it's definitely not worth the price. I'd guess it's only worth thirty or forty yuan. Drinking it would definitely give you a headache."

"Dad, do we have any other wines at home? If not, let's drink the Moutai first." Su Cheng said, reaching for the Moutai.

"Alright, stop taking it..." Su Tianyan's original line was, "I can't bear to drink Moutai."

However, with Ye Li present, Su Tianyan had to change his words: "I have other things to do this afternoon and can't drink."

"Dad, are you really not going to drink?"

"I'm not drinking anymore, let's leave it for now." Su Tianyan gestured for Su Cheng to sit back down and eat first. "If you want to drink, then you can."

"Dad, didn't you say this is fake liquor that gives you a headache?"

Su Cheng: What do you mean?
You know it will give you a headache, so why did you still make me drink it?

"Then what should we do? Throw it away? That would be such a waste. You drink it."

Su Cheng: ???
"Dad, I can't drink either, I have to drive this afternoon."

"Xiao Li can drive, right? Let Xiao Li drive. If you want to drink, then drink some."

Su Cheng felt like she was doomed.

This is a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot.

If the old man doesn't dare to drink it, then Su Cheng certainly doesn't dare to drink it either.

Su Cheng was afraid of ruining her brain with alcohol.

His brain is incredibly valuable!
"Dad, the main problem is that Xiao Li isn't familiar with the roads around here, and she might get caught with some kind of traffic violation. It's better if I drive."

"Where in our county do we get traffic violation cameras? I don't know. You only get them in the city, right? Are you going to the city?"

"Yes, I might go to the city."

"Oh, okay then, just leave it there for now." Su Tianyan stopped urging Su Cheng to drink. "Let's eat, let's eat."

Seeing this, Su Cheng quickly brought up the matter of Ye Li's accommodation, thus changing the subject of the wine.

"Xiao Li will be staying with us for a few days, but she doesn't have a place to stay."

"So I was thinking of going to our old courtyard this afternoon to tidy it up and let Xiao Li stay there temporarily."

"Okay, no problem."

Su Tianyan put down his chopsticks, took a large bunch of keys off his waistband, and then took a small bunch of keys from the large bunch and handed them to Su Cheng.

Fortunately.

At the dinner table, Dad didn't bring up the alcohol again, but instead chatted about other family matters.

After eating.

Su Tianyan answered a phone call and then told Su Cheng and Ye Li, "I have something to take care of on my end, so I have to go over there."

"Just leave your dishes in the kitchen after you finish eating, and I'll clean them up when you get back."

After giving his instructions, Su Tianyan left in a hurry.

Ye Li almost burst out laughing at the dinner table.

Su Cheng wanted his dad to drink it, but his dad didn't.

That's not even the funniest part.

The funniest thing is that Su Cheng disliked the wine and refused to drink it.

Had a meal.

The two of them put the plates and bowls in the kitchen together and washed the dishes together.

Dad said there was no need to tidy it up, just leave it there. But if Su Cheng actually left it there, that would be inconsiderate, and Ye Li would be even more inconsiderate.

It was only then that Ye Li inquired about Su Cheng's family: "Hey, does your dad have any siblings?"

"No."

"Just your dad?"

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I was just asking." Ye Li was curious, "Your dad hasn't remarried all these years?"

"I haven't remarried... My dad loves my mom very much."

"I love you too."

Su Cheng neither confirmed nor denied it.

If it weren't for the possibility of listening devices in the house, Su Cheng would have immediately started cursing, "You bastard!"

But such remarks cannot be made.

Saying such things is tantamount to the crown prince harboring rebellious intentions and plotting to rob Xuanwu Gate.

He'll definitely be severely punished and penalized.

Ye Li didn't actually have a very good impression of Su Cheng's father, but after talking to him today, she felt that he was alright.

Su Cheng was aware of this, and he didn't want Ye Li to have a good impression of the old man.

Dad can really pretend!
"Sister Chestnut, come here."

"Ok?"

Su Cheng gestured for Ye Li to lean closer, then lowered her voice to a volume only the two of them could hear, and quietly told her, "Actually, my dad already has someone else, but he didn't tell me."

Ye Li looked puzzled after hearing this.

Ok?
Can you do this?

But Su Cheng wasn't finished yet.

“My dad didn’t just find one, he found several. They were all young and beautiful girls around my age, some even younger than me.”

Ye Li was quite shocked after hearing this.

???

!!!

If Su Cheng only said the first half of the sentence, Ye Li felt it would be considered normal.

It's only natural for Su Cheng's father to remarry after being widowed for so many years.

But if you add the second half of the sentence, the concept becomes completely different.

Doesn't this mean that Su Cheng's father found her many stepmothers outside the marriage?
Su Tianyan has an average build, with some muscle visible. Unlike most middle-aged men who have become overweight and out of shape, his physique is probably only comparable to that of fitness and bodybuilding athletes among men of the same age.

Moreover, he has a square face, which makes him look very upright.

He appears to be a kind and honest old father.

He was secretly seeing female college students outside?
And they kept it a secret from Su Cheng.

This is difficult to comment on.

Just as Ye Li was about to express her surprise and launch into a profound critique, Su Cheng quickly covered her mouth, saying, "Shh..."

Ye Li nodded, and Su Cheng then let go of her hand.

Ye Li's mouth was covered in dish soap from Su Cheng's smear: "You fucking got dish soap all over my mouth, ptooey ptooey ptooey..."

Finished clearing the dishes.

Su Cheng drove Ye Li to her rural hometown.

In the car, Su Cheng and Ye Li began to complain about Su Tianyan.

Ye Li didn't say anything harsh, after all, he was Su Cheng's father, so she had to give him some face.

Furthermore, they even offered her the keys so she could stay in their old family home. But Su Cheng was different.

What he said was much harsher than what Ye Li said.

Not vomiting, not happy.

This was the first time Ye Li had ever seen Su Cheng complain about his father to someone like this.

Good guy.

Ye Li easily deduced that Su Cheng was harboring a lot of anger.

No wonder Su Cheng always takes two bottles of fake liquor with her when she tops up her gas card.

This is pure revenge!
Ye Li also advised Su Cheng: "Cheng."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Ye Li meant that even if Su Cheng hated his father, she shouldn't do it this way, because she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.

Su Cheng understood what Ye Li meant.

She was talking about counterfeit alcohol.

Su Cheng simply nodded in response to Ye Li, and Ye Li didn't elaborate further.

It will take about twenty minutes.

Su Cheng drove to the farmhouse he hadn't been back to in a long time.

The courtyard is not small, and there are many houses.

Su Cheng designated a room for Ye Li to stay in: "This room is big, you can stay here for the next few days, I'll tidy it up for you."

"Row."

The two of them worked together to tidy up the north room, inside and out.

Su Cheng also picked up a large broom that had long since lost its bristles and swept up the fallen leaves and dust in the yard.

"Su Cheng, where do you live? With your dad or here?"

Su Cheng would definitely not let Ye Li live alone in an unfamiliar rural area; he was worried about her.

He and Ye Li brought two sets of bed sheets, blankets, and pillows with them when they came.

However, Su Cheng can't stay in her hometown forever, otherwise the pressure on her father would be too small.

“Yes, I’ll stay here too. I’ll stay in the east room, but maybe for a few days now and then.”

"Yeah, okay."

After tidying up, the two washed their hands and began making the bed.

"Whose bedding is this?"

"mine."

"Both of these are yours?"

"Yes, they're all mine. The one you have is the one I slept in when I was little."

"Oh, I see..."

……

Su Tianyan answered a phone call, pretended to have something to do, and then rode his electric scooter out.

Thirty minutes later, a message came through his earpiece: "Mr. Su, Mr. Su, the young master and Ye Li have left."

Su Tianyan then turned around and went back to the residential area.

He parked his electric scooter in a secluded spot in the shed, then walked into the building.

Su Cheng lived on the fifth floor, but Su Tianyan went straight to the fourth floor.

The apartment directly below the fifth floor is their 'war room,' similar to the command center of a detached villa in Jingzhou.

The people are the same, they've just moved to a different place.

Actually, when they joined the successor program, it was in this old operations room. When Su Cheng was in school, they had an operations room next to the university. After Su Cheng transferred to Jingzhou to work, their command center was moved to the villa in Jingzhou.

This place holds the memories of a team of experts and think tank members, including Su Tianyan and Bai Zihua.

Of course, the most abundant material is still the video footage of Su Cheng, which contains the most of Su Cheng's memories.

There are some things that Su Cheng may not remember, but they have a special database for memorizing and analyzing them, which can be accurate to a certain day or hour more than twenty years ago.

It's like a TODO list that's automatically recorded anytime, anywhere.

Su Tianyan didn't analyze the wine incident at all; he thought Su Cheng had been deceived.

Because Su Tianyan didn't believe that Su Cheng would give him fake alcohol, and he didn't believe that Su Cheng would hope that he would get sick from drinking it.

Compared to the fake alcohol, Su Tianyan was more concerned about Su Cheng and Ye Li's situation.

Why did Su Cheng bring Ye Li back to his hometown, and why was Ye Li willing to go back to Su Cheng's hometown with him?

Is there any readable information in this?

Su Tianyan asked Bai Zihua, who had returned to Yuzhou with him, "Has the report come out yet?"

"President Su is out."

Bai Zihua handed a report on behavioral motivation to Su Tianyan.

This report is not about Su Cheng, but about Ye Li, and it analyzes in detail Ye Li's psychology and motivations for returning to Su Cheng's hometown in Yuzhou.

The final result was roughly the same as Su Tianyan's prediction.

The Du Juan case gave the joint team a seven-day leave, and Ye Li had just experienced a major setback. She might feel depressed staying in Jingzhou alone, so she randomly found a place to relax.

How much money did she make?

"It's around ten million, but I might not get that much. However, after deducting all the miscellaneous fees, it'll still be several million."

Ok……

This is not surprising.

"Look at the gifts they bought for me, they all add up to several thousand yuan!"

"And look at that brat, he got me two bottles of fake liquor."

"Any liquor you buy from a specialty liquor store would be better than this."

Su Tianyan's complaint wasn't that Su Cheng brought him fake alcohol, but rather that the alcohol Su Cheng brought him was low-grade.

Even if the wine is genuine, it's still too cheap.

Ye Li was carrying Moutai and Tianye liquor!

Doesn't this brat feel ashamed?

Bai Zihua frowned.

He felt that Xiaocheng's performance this time was not perfect.

Xiao Cheng could try persuading Ye Li to bring a regular gift as well, so that it wouldn't make the wine Xiao Cheng brought look bad.

That wouldn't have warranted such complaints from President Su.

"You've made money, but you don't even bother to show some filial piety to your old man." Su Tianyan turned her gaze to Bai Zihua. "Didn't you say you'd buy me a car? Why do I have to bring it up myself?"

"Uh... this..." Bai Zihua was speechless; he didn't know how to explain it.

Su Tianyan was displeased.

Could Su Cheng really think that buying him a phone worth one or two thousand yuan, transferring three thousand yuan in cash, and bringing him two bottles of wine would be enough to get rid of him?
And this wine is fucking fake!
At this moment, a member of the expert team interjected: "Um, Mr. Su, I think there's something I need to remind you of."

"Reminder of what?"

"It's about the young master and Ye Li's relationship."

"Ok?"

"Young Master, does bringing Ye Li back this time count as bringing your girlfriend back to your hometown to meet your parents?"

Definitely not.

They were simply colleagues and friends.

Speaking of lovers...

I didn't realize they were dating.

"That's how we analyze it, but Mr. Su, we can't rule out a few possibilities."

"Is that what the young master thinks too? Or is that what Ye Li thinks too?"

"Going back to our hometown together is more or less a sign of intimacy."

Su Tianyan understood.

The expert meant that the two may not have originally intended to meet the parents but rather to relax, but after the meeting, the experience and feeling were quite good, so it turned into a real meeting with the parents.
"Yes, Ms. Su, that's exactly what I meant."

"Also, Mr. Su... if you're going to look at this from your own perspective, you absolutely have to treat this like 'meeting the parents,' otherwise your image might collapse."

Ok?
These words really reminded Su Tianyan.

That makes sense!
"So, do I have to give her a big red envelope?"

(End of this chapter)