Middle-aged tycoon: Twins come knocking on his door when he goes home for Chinese New Year

Just as Li Ze was holding his phone, staring at the screen and waiting for his son's reply, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried high heels behind him.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar voice, tinged with a hint of annoyance, rang in my ears:

"Li Ze! What are you doing all this so early in the morning?"

Li Ze put away his phone and turned around.

Zhang Ruoran, dressed in a smart business suit, stood before him. Although her face was filled with anger, Li Ze found a certain charm in her anger.

Li Ze straightened his suit, a gentle smile on his face, and said:

"If so, you've come."

"It's nothing serious. I just got back to the country and I've been sitting around doing nothing, so I thought I'd open a flower shop in Han City Tiandi."

"When we were choosing a location, we found out that the restaurant where you work is right across the street. I figured we're all family here, so why not do something to support you and help you get some customers?"

After saying that, Li Ze pointed to the long queue forming at the entrance of the Prince's Pavilion not far away and asked with some pride:

"How is it? Not bad, right? Do you like it?"

Hearing Li Ze's words, Zhang Ruoran laughed in anger.

She crossed her arms, looked at Li Ze, and instead of smiling, asked:

"I like it? You bring business to my store and help me boost my sales performance, so of course I like it as the store manager."

"But what were you doing, letting those customers who came to collect the flowers run up to my store and shout those shameful things at my employees?"

"Do you know what a mess the store is in right now? I'm too embarrassed to even look my employees in the eye!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ze put on an innocent expression, blinked, and asked:

"Shameful words? What words?"

"If that's the case, then you're wronging me. I only told them to collect the flowers, I didn't tell them to say anything strange."

"Tell me about it. If it's truly shameful, or if something's wrong with it, I'll go tell those people over there right now to shut up immediately and stop talking."

Zhang Ruoran was furious when she saw Li Ze's "I don't know anything" expression.

She glared at Li Ze and said:

"You arranged this event yourself, you came up with the slogan yourself, and now you're asking me?"

Li Ze shrugged and continued to play dumb:

"I really don't know. As you know, my business is quite large now, and the specific operational details of these small shops are actually arranged by my subordinates, Lao Yi and his team."

"I just told them to make sure everyone in the city knew about this flower shop and that there was a great restaurant across the street from me."

"As for the specific slogan, I really didn't ask."

Zhang Ruoran took a deep breath, clearly not believing his nonsense:

"Nonsense!"

"That guy looks like a wooden stake, I don't believe that his blockhead could come up with such cheesy things."

"Only you, Li Ze, could say something like that, and only you have such a thick skin!"

Li Ze couldn't help but laugh out loud, took a step forward, looked into Zhang Ruoran's eyes, and said:

"Okay, okay, I'll take it as what I said."

"Then tell me, what exactly did you say that makes you think it was me who said it? What made you blush like that?"

Zhang Ruoran felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze and turned her head to the side.

"Are you deliberately asking a question you already know the answer to?"

"How could I say such things in front of so many people?"

Seeing her shyness, Li Ze was overjoyed, but he maintained a serious expression and raised his hand to swear:

"I'm not asking a question I already know the answer to. I genuinely have no idea what kind of random slogans they've put up."

"If so, just tell me. If that slogan is really cheesy, inappropriate, and affects your work and mood, I'll have them taken it down right now, and I'll smash all those signs."

Zhang Ruoran looked at Li Ze.

This guy is clearly doing it on purpose, forcing her to say it herself.

If he didn't say anything, he would definitely continue to play dumb here and let those people shout at the store entrance.

To end this farce as soon as possible, and to give my ears some peace and quiet.

Zhang Ruoran gritted her teeth, her face flushed, and quickly squeezed out the sentence:

"Zeran Flower Shop, may your business endure forever!"

After saying that, Zhang Ruoran felt her face burning, turning red all the way to her ears.

She pushed Li Ze, somewhat embarrassed and angry, and urged him:

"Did you hear that? That's it!"

"Hurry up and have your men take down these nauseating slogans! And that slogan, it's forbidden to shout it anymore!"

"How embarrassing!"

Hearing Zhang Ruoran say those words herself, Li Ze felt an indescribable sense of relief.

Although I was forced to say it, it sounded so good coming from my wife.

Li Ze dropped his joking expression, and his eyes became exceptionally affectionate.

He looked at Zhang Ruoran, whose face was flushed, and said softly:

"If so."

"Although this sounds a bit cheesy and corny."

"But this is also my honest opinion."

"Wife, I hope that we will be like that in the future, for all eternity."

Zhang Ruoran's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

She looked up at Li Ze's serious eyes, and the words she wanted to say stuck in her throat.

Several seconds passed before she came to her senses and scolded playfully:

"You're such an annoying guy..."

"I'm talking to you about serious business, asking you to solve a problem, and you're taking advantage of me like this."

Although he said he hated it, his tone was still fierce.

However, Li Ze could tell that there was no real anger in her eyes; in fact, there was a hint of barely perceptible panic and shyness.

Even though Zhang Ruoran was angry, Li Ze still felt that she was really cute.

She's even more charming than that naive young girl she was eighteen years ago.

However, Li Ze is also someone who knows when to stop while he's ahead.

He also knew that Ruoran was shy and that he was still at work, so he couldn't keep arguing with her like this.

After all, my feelings have been conveyed in this way, and that's enough.

If we keep making a scene, we might really provoke her and it could backfire.

So Li Ze nodded and said seriously:

"Okay, I understand."

"Don't worry, Ruoran, these slogans are indeed a bit too direct and too cheesy."

"It's my fault for not thinking things through and causing you trouble in front of your employees and customers."

"I'll have Lao Yi handle it right now, take down those signs, and cancel the slogans too."

"From now on, I'll only send flowers, no more messages, okay?"

Hearing Li Ze agree, Zhang Ruoran finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her complexion gradually returned to normal.

She straightened her hair and said:

"Okay, you said it yourself."

"Also, if you ever do something similar again, be sure to let me know in advance."

"Even if we don't discuss it, at least let me be mentally prepared."

"This whole thing happened so unexpectedly, I wasn't prepared at all, it was really embarrassing."

Li Ze nodded with a smile:

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say. I'll definitely report in advance next time."

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Zhang Ruoran didn't want to stay there any longer, since the shop was still incredibly busy.

She turned around to go back to the restaurant.

After taking two steps, she suddenly stopped.

Although I seemed very angry just now, it was also really embarrassing.

However, as a woman, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't moved when she saw a man willing to go to such lengths and make such a big fuss for her.

Zhang Ruoran hesitated for a moment, then turned around.

She looked at Li Ze standing at the entrance of the flower shop, her eyes softening, and said softly:

"Li Ze".

"Although your words are cheesy and your actions are childish."

"But... I've received your kind intentions."

"Thank you."

After saying that, she didn't linger and quickly returned to the Prince Xuan Restaurant.

Li Ze stood there, watching her departing figure, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

"right!"

"That's right!"

"That's exactly what I've been waiting to hear!"

He mentally clenched his fist.

It seems that this first step has been very successful.

Although Ruoran always verbally refused and complained.

But it seems that Zhang Ruoran still loves him.

Hmph, what a hypocritical woman.

At this moment, Li Ze felt a warm glow inside and was filled with energy.

Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket.

Li Ze took it out and looked at it.

I discovered it was a WeChat message from my son, Li Menghan.

The message was simple and direct:

I'd like to borrow some money from you. Don't ask what it's for; I'll definitely find a way to pay you back later.

Li Ze was not surprised to see his son's message.

He thought to himself:

This kid, as expected, isn't going to change his mind and call me dad so easily.

The fact that he said it was a "borrowing" but still wants to "repay" shows that he still wants to distance himself from the money and doesn't want to take it for free.

That backbone of his is just as strong as his own.

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, he's my own son. If he asks me for money, I'll lend it to him.

And judging from his tone, he said he would have to pay him back later.

So it seems that this amount shouldn't be particularly large.

For a college student, the amount of money they can afford to repay is probably only a few thousand to tens of thousands of yuan.

Of course, Li Ze didn't care about the amount.

After all, money is just a meaningless string of numbers to him, the world's richest man.

What he was concerned about was what his son wanted the money for.

Didn't he just break up with his girlfriend? Didn't Dai Yuqian just return the phone?

Why do I suddenly need money again?

Thinking of this, the name "Dai Yuqian" suddenly popped into Li Ze's mind again.

Could it be... because of his little girlfriend again?

That woman who cheated on her husband for money and then abandoned her son?

This silly boy, could he be thinking of borrowing money to win that woman back?

Although he had a suspicion in his mind, Li Ze did not ask any further questions or expose the truth.

Young people these days won't turn back unless they hit a wall themselves.

So, Li Ze tapped the screen a few times and replied very decisively:

Okay, how much do you want?