During this period, Chen Lihe disappeared, perhaps to find out the location of Chen Cheng's mother and daughter and to avoid gambling debts.
After finding Chen Cheng and his daughter, Chen Lihe harassed them many times, saying every time that he would change.
But soon after admitting his mistake, Chen Lihe would return to his original state and continue gambling excessively.
Chen Lihe took away more than half of the hard-earned money Chen Cheng's mother earned every time.
After borrowing money back and forth from various loan sharks, Chen Lihe actually owed a huge gambling debt of more than 4 million yuan.
By this time, Chen Lihe had completely disappeared.
Chen Cheng's mother and daughter also came to Hezhou to avoid gambling debts.
Who would have known that those debt collectors would start to cause trouble for Chen Lihe when they couldn't find them.
Before Chen Cheng graduated from high school, her mother died of overwork.
Later, the loan sharks in Jiangxi found a local group in Hezhou and transferred the "debt" to them, who collected the debt from Chen Cheng.
"If it weren't for you, I would still be in the alley near Huaihua Railway Station."
Chen Cheng swallowed as he spoke, "After hearing this, do you still think this person is a good person?"
"of course not."
I shook my head slightly.
"Shen Fan, promise me you will never make peace with Chen Li."
Chen Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "He was the culprit of my difficulties at that time!"
"I promise you."
I nodded slightly as I spoke, but I felt a little embarrassed.
No matter how you say it, Chen Lihe is Chen Cheng's father.
He also knew that I was hanging out with Liu Qingzhong.
If Chen Lihe gets involved, he will definitely help the rich side - Liu Qingzhong!
When you think something bad, it may become a reality. This is the famous Murphy effect.
And now, the Murphy effect is upon me.
While I was still comforting Chen Cheng, I received a call from Liu Qingzhong.
"Shen Fan, is there anything you need to do today?"
"I remember you won't go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in two days, right?"
After hearing what Liu Qingzhong said, I already thought of Chen Lihe.
"I have nothing to do here for now."
"What's wrong with Secretary Liu?"
I spoke directly, and then got the answer that was probably what I wanted, "Come to my place for a while, alone."
"Is there something important?"
I asked, wanting to confirm the answer in my mind.
"No, I just wanted to hang out with you for a little something trivial."
Liu Qingzhong still gave an ambiguous answer.
"Okay, I'll come over here."
I said and hung up the phone and looked at Chen Cheng, who was still in a state of calm.
"You come down first, I want to go to Liu Qingzhong's place."
I thought about it and said, "Let Amelia Su stay with you for a while."
With that said, I took Chen Cheng's hand downstairs and walked to Su Yu, "Please stay with Chen Cheng for a while, I want to go to Liu Qingzhong's place."
"Close the store for a while and let everyone take a rest."
After that, I closed the store door and went out through the back door.
Not long after, I arrived at the Antiques Association, knocked on the door and pushed open the door of Liu Qingzhong's office.
Just as I thought, Chen Lihe was sitting on the sofa.
"Coming?"
Liu Qingzhong smiled and invited me in, and then introduced Chen Lihe to me, "He is Chen Cheng's father. I remember you guys are getting married, right?"
In an instant, I understood that Liu Qinghua was here to make someone angry.
I no longer have any sympathy for Chen Lihe, who is under the "popularization" of Chen Cheng.
"I just heard about it too."
"Uncle Chen, I'm sorry just now."
Although there is no mercy, I still have to remain polite in front of Liu Qingzhong.
"My daughter hasn't seen me for a long time and she gets angry all of a sudden. I can understand it."
Chen Lihe said with a slight smile, "You are a good young man, you are indeed a talented person!"
His praise didn't make any waves in my heart, I just thanked him with a smile on my face.
"It's good to follow Secretary Liu."
"have a future!"
Seeing that I didn't have any substantive answers and was about to chat to death, he suddenly said this.
"That's natural. Shen Fan is very talented."
"Shen Fan, the reason why I brought you here this time is to let you talk about the wedding."
I've seen Liu Qingzhong's smile hiding a knife in his face too many times.
It was a random excuse at the beginning, but now he made a big fuss about it.
Even if I want to marry Chen Cheng, it will be until everything is stable in the future.
At the very least, Liu Qingzhong must be dealt with by me!
"I was not here before, so it was difficult for you to decide. I understand."
"But now that I'm back, I can naturally take charge."
Chen Lihe had a smile on his face, but I could only see one word in his eyes - money!
"The wedding must be decent and more celebrities must be invited!"
Before I could say anything, he had already started to "make the decision", "As for the bride price, just give me seven or eight million."
"money is not a problem."
I slowly said, "With Secretary Liu here, money has never been an issue."
"That would be great!"
Chen Lihe suddenly became excited, "How about we prepare in just two days?"
"Unfortunately, Chen Cheng and I are going to work in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
I glanced at Liu Qingzhong and said slowly, "We will think about these things again when we come back."
"Oh...in that case..."
I saw through Chen Lihe's pretending to be thinking, "Then I can only wait until you come back."
"Mr. Chen, are you staying in Hezhou now?"
"I remember you just came back, right?"
Liu Qingzhong still concealed his true intentions with a smile.
"Yeah, I had to come back in a hurry and there was no preparation."
Chen Lihe responded, "Shen Fan, how about I stay with you first?"
"I'm afraid it's not very convenient here."
I immediately refused and found out the reason instantly, "I still have to find a way to repair the relationship between you and Chen Cheng."
Then I told Liu Qingzhong about Chen Cheng’s attitude.
"Okay, I'll arrange this. I'll get a hotel for Mr. Chen to stay in for a while."
"I'll pay for it, Mr. Chen. Whatever you want, I'll try my best to satisfy you."
Liu Qingzhong patted my shoulder as he spoke, "Shen Fan, you must treat your future father-in-law well."
At this point, I understand the ins and outs.
Chen Lihe was most likely found by Liu Qingzhong, or he might have suddenly "popped out" after seeing Chen Cheng's debt repaid.
As for Liu Qingzhong's purpose... I'm afraid he just wants to use this person to restrain me and Chen Cheng.
Unfortunately, he didn't know Chen Cheng's attitude towards Chen Lihe.
"Then there's Secretary Lao Liu."
I said, bowed my hands, and left without losing dignity.
After leaving the Antiques Association, I sighed. I guess this Chen Lihe will cause me a lot of trouble in the future.
He could get close to me and Chen Cheng unconditionally, and he could learn a lot from us about things that might be hidden from Liu Qingzhong.
At the door of the Antiques Association, I shook my head. The cold wind blew and I became more awake.
I plan to ignore this matter for now and deal with Tao Ronghua first!
