This time Su Mingyu didn't forget to call Su Daqiang and asked if she had a good meal. The old man on the phone was very happy, so she felt relieved. After get off work, she chatted with Meng Zhiyuan for a while about the company's recent attempts to poach her. There were rumors that Liu Qing was going to marry her son-in-law into a competitor's company. After finishing her work, she went to have a meal at the Meat Eater because there was an old man at home who was worried and she couldn't finish what she had not finished last night with Boss Shi. After checking out, we drove home.
However, when she opened the door and walked into the living room, she was stunned by the scene in front of her.
Scattered around the dining table are melon seed peels, peanut shells, candy wrappers and other peeling paper scraps. On the table are chicken bones, fish bones, rice residue and oil stains. A lunch box containing unknown vegetables was lying crookedly. The vegetable juices flowed everywhere and stretched into a long string. It fell from the corner of the table and spread into a circle of sewage on the ground. There were also several empty wine bottles under the table. Some were placed upside down and still rolling left and right.
There was a disgusting stench in the air.
There were seven or eight people sitting in the living room. Some were sitting cross-legged on the sofa in socks, some were crossing their legs and holding a cigarette in one hand while chatting, letting the ashes fall to the floor. Some were drinking tea from her special cup. , and Su Daqiang was standing with his back to her, showing off to his old buddies how rich his daughter was, how upscale the decoration here was, and how advanced the facilities were.
"I saw that the dining table we just ate on is not marble, and there are those cabinets, the brown one. The oven, freezer and dishwasher are all in it. Do you know about the dishwasher? We don't have heating in Suzhou in the winter. It's winter for everyone. You've all washed the dishes before, that guy is just digging holes in the ice. This is great. Just put the used dishes inside, and you don't have to worry about washing, drying, and disinfecting. By the way, there's this TV... …television……"
Su Daqiang was getting excited when he suddenly heard a loud roar coming from the door: "Dad..."
Everyone turned their heads after hearing this. He, the librarian of the library where Su Daqiang worked before, said with a strong smell of alcohol: "Old Su, this is your daughter Mingyu, she is really good, she is beautiful, and she is capable. My daughter knows how to go home and eat and drink with us. She also said that our two pensions are worth tens of thousands, and we are saving them. Sooner or later, we have to leave them to her. It is better to spend them all happily together as a family. Well, you see, this is the idea... Jie Lao has made sense. If she is half as smart as your Mingyu, it would be worthwhile for me to die now."
Su Mingyu was the one who was praised, but now she is not only unhappy and dissatisfied, but her heart is full of 10,000 grass and mud horses, not only because what Lao He said reminded her of Su Mingcheng, but also because she is tired enough from work. I was thinking about going home, taking a bath and sleeping comfortably. I had to deal with the Hong Group matters tomorrow, but when I walked in I found that my home had turned into a pig's nest. How could I feel better?
People are like this. When you are poor, you can sleep soundly even if you live in a garbage dump. But once you have money, your quality of life and pursuits will also improve. Although you usually eat and drink, the service in hotels and restaurants with stars is so good. , how high-quality the guests are, not like them...
"Mingyu, come here, let me introduce to you. These are my old leaders and colleagues. No, I heard that your mother left. She was afraid that I would be lonely alone. Come here to see me." Su Daqiang Pretend to be the head of the family and proudly introduce them to them.
Su Mingyu suppressed her nausea and walked over, trying her best to squeeze out a smile.
At this time, Lao Song, who was diagonally across from him, said: "Otherwise, Lao Su has a good life. Look at his three children. The eldest son, Dr. Stanford, has settled in the United States. The younger daughter is a leader of a big company. She lives in a villa and drives a luxury car. Although the second son is not so good, But he is filial, careful, and kind to the elderly. Just say this time, if he hadn't told us that you don't like being alone, and ordered your favorite food and wine in advance, and asked us to bring them over to accompany you, we wouldn't be able to chat so happily. .”
"Hahaha, that's right, my children, in Tongli... they are all recognized as outstanding." Su Daqiang felt that Beier had a reputation. The younger daughter gave him a face, and the second son helped him create opportunities to pretend to be sexy. This feeling is so good.
He felt so good here, but Su Mingyu couldn't contain her anger anymore, and she arched upwards.
"What did you say? Su Mingcheng asked you to come?"
"Ah." Lao Song didn't notice the change in Su Mingyu's attitude, and said happily: "How attentive is this child? Not only did he prepare wine and food, he even prepared cigarettes, fruits and so on. He also gave the address here. Send it to my WeChat and tell me that he will know where he is as long as he shows it to the driver. If my son is as considerate as him..."
Maybe it was because of the drunken feelings, the circles under his eyes were red when he said this.
"Old Song, Old Song, look at you, why are you so sad?" Su Daqiang's vanity was greatly satisfied. He was oppressed by Zhao Meilan at home for half his life, and worked cowardly in school for half his life. He is getting old. , taking advantage of his children, he stood up for a while in front of these people who had looked down on him.
Over there, Su Mingyu was already on the verge of going berserk. Her big mouth twitched slightly, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the smile on her face quickly faded, replaced by a gloomy and surly look.
As the director of the library, Lao He has always been the most observant and noticed Su Mingyu's change in attitude. Although what happened at the funeral has not yet spread to the faculty and staff of the school where Su Daqiang worked, he didn't know what was going on with the Su family. But this does not prevent him from making correct judgments.
"Oh, it's getting late. I have to go back, otherwise my wife will get angry at me again." He winked as he spoke.
Several colleagues understood this and made excuses to leave.
Su Daqiang said cheerfully: "Let's get together again in a few days."
"sure."
Several people talked about the scene and left, smelling of alcohol and cigarettes.
I don’t know whose feet were stained with vegetable juice, and the footprints led from the living room to the front door.
"Oh, you said that old friends like me are quite friendly. Knowing that your mother is dead, you are worried that I will be irritated, so you want to come over and talk to me..."
"Su Daqiang, let me tell you, don't bring these people to my house again!"
Su Mingyu speaks harshly. She is not Su Mingcheng. She will persuade tactfully and use a gentle way to resolve the conflicts between parents and children in their living habits.
Yes, there is a cleaning service in the villa, but based on her living habits, it is enough for her aunt to come and clean up once a week. Thinking that Su Daqiang will go to the United States in a few days, she did not hire a nanny. She and Shi Tiandong messed up on the first day. She had done something passionate and left the house in a mess the next day. She couldn't bear it anymore.
In the past, Su Daqiang was a little afraid of Su Mingyu, but after drinking today, drinking makes people bold.
"Mingyu, you promised Mingzhe to take good care of me. Shouldn't Lao He and the others do this?"
"Su Mingcheng!"
Su Mingyu did not answer his questions directly, and became more and more angry about the situation at home. Finally, she was so angry that she picked up the phone and dialed her enemy's number.
"Su Mingcheng, what do you mean?"
"what do you mean?"
"What are you pretending to be? What do you mean by bringing Lao He and the others here?"
"Su Mingyu, are you fucking sick? You are busy working all day long, and you live in a remote place. I asked some of Su Daqiang's old buddies to go over and talk to him to relieve his boredom, right? Don't you think that taking care of the elderly means giving Is it the end of the world if you stutter and starve to death?"
"..."
Su Mingyu responded to this sentence and didn't know how to fight back. It was certain that Su Mingcheng was deliberately disgusting her. However, whoever was asked to comment on this matter could not say that he was wrong and had to give a thumbs up. A good son is filial.
She has more experience than anyone else with the indescribable feeling of suffocation caused by the mute eating Coptis chinensis, and this underhanded method, because she has used it on others in the past, and she never thought that one day she would taste the same bitter fruit.
"Okay, Su Mingcheng, I remember it, let's see."
Dudududu~
As soon as she finished speaking, the phone was hung up.
Taking two deep breaths in a row, she suppressed the hatred in her heart and was about to go to the bathroom to take a bath and go to sleep. After taking two steps forward, she vaguely heard Su Daqiang's voice, which seemed to be calling someone. She listened for a while and understood.
The old man was complaining to Su Mingzhe, asking him to pick him up as soon as possible, saying that he was afraid of her, that she wouldn't let him get together with his good friends, that this big villa was like a big prison, and that she looked very similar when she lost her temper. Zhao Meilan.
Su Mingyu was so angry. It was obviously the old guy's fault for turning her house into a pigsty, but the villain complained first.
At this moment, the conversation in the bathroom stopped. Not long after, her mobile phone screen lit up, showing that a call was coming in. The contact person was none other than Su Mingzhe.
She hesitated and chose to answer the phone.
"Hey, big brother."
"I'm Mingyu, what's the matter with you? I told you when I left that I asked you to take good care of dad these days, and you agreed. But as a result, dad was starved and embarrassed. You said How did you become a daughter?”
"Brother, if you don't understand the situation, can you stop blaming me the first time?"
"Then according to what you say, dad has wronged you?"
"Brother, you were not here. If you were here, you would understand that what happened today was Su Mingcheng's revenge on me."
"Mingcheng is taking revenge on you? You are busy at work, and he has to go to work. I am abroad now, and no one can care about dad. But mom just died. It is normal for the old man to feel lonely. What's wrong with asking a few old colleagues to accompany him? Mingcheng even I helped buy the food, wine, melons and fruits, but he didn't do a good enough job? His kindness turned out to be revenge on you, Mingyu, it's not the elder brother who said that to you, look at what you have become in the past few years."
"Brother..."
Su Mingyu's hatred was really because she was afraid of something happening. These people had brought such trouble to her family, but in the end it became her fault.
"Look, if this doesn't happen, I'll help Dad get a visa as soon as possible. And you, can you ask your boss for two days off, relax with Dad at home, and have a good time."
"Brother, my unit is very busy..."
Of course she couldn't agree. Now Vice President Sun was launching a fierce offensive against her and Liu Qing. If she asked for leave to accompany her father at this time, the whole Zhongcheng might be ruined.
"Mingyu, at this juncture, which one is more important, work or dad? I don't know if you have heard of the term widowhood effect."
Widowhood effect?
She had never heard of it, but she could guess what Su Mingzhe wanted to express.
"Brother..."
"Mingyu, you've already missed your mother's business once, don't make the same mistake again and again."
Was she wrong about Zhao Meilan?
She didn't think she was wrong. Su Mingcheng had poor academic performance and bullied her since she was a child. He was just like a villain in TV/movies. Just because he could coax his parents, Zhao Meilan was partial to his protection and continued to provide money to support her. She Well, hardworking, self-improving, motivated, upright, he is exactly the protagonist in TV/movies. Even if he is disliked by his mother, he never ignores family affairs after getting rich. Now, isn't he taking Su Daqiang to his side to take care of him? Why did Su Mingzhe say that she was the one who did the wrong thing?
It's Su Mingcheng. It's all Su Mingcheng's fault. It's all his fault for his fallacies.
"Mingyu..."
In anger, she hung up Su Mingzhe's call.
Su Daqiang happened to come out of the toilet and met her eyes. He had sobered up for seven minutes, shuddered and then retreated.
"Su Mingcheng, just wait for me..."
Su Mingyu stood there for a while, gritting her teeth. She didn't even take a shower and went straight to her room to sleep.
The old man sat on the toilet for a while and couldn't hear any sounds from outside. Then he opened the door a crack and found that Su Mingyu had gone into the room to sleep. He tiptoed back to his room, took off his clothes and went to bed. As for the messy living room... Anyway, his daughter had For the money, just hire a cleaner to clean it tomorrow.
The next day, Su Mingyu got up and saw the chaos in the living room. When she entered the bathroom, she saw that Su Daqiang and others had made the toilet so dirty. She felt so angry that her face turned red. She didn't say much, but took pictures on the table as before. He left with two hundred yuan.
Assistant Xiaoxin saw that she looked bad and asked her if she didn't sleep well last night, but she hit a brick wall. Liu Qing came over to ventilate her feelings and kicked her out. In the afternoon, Vice President Sun and Vice President Zhang of the group asked her to report on the business development of Jiangnan Company in the southwest region. She irritated those people again.
When she returned to the office, the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she became. The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became, so she asked Xiaoxin to help book a ticket to Chengdu. She also called the housekeeping company and hired a temporary nanny to come to No. 4001 Yulong Bay, and then returned. After a trip home, he left a thousand yuan for Su Daqiang, then went to the airport to catch a plane and rushed to Chengdu to find Mr. Hong of the Hong Group in order to continue the previous business negotiations.
…
At the same time, San Francisco, USA,
One day ago, Su Mingzhe let go of his boss because of his mother's funeral. As soon as he arrived at class, he was called to the human resources department to talk, and then the dismissal process began.
That's right, this top graduate from Stanford was laid off just like that.
Su Mingzhe's wife saw a cardboard box on the table as soon as she entered the door. The personal belongings inside and the photo frame with a photo of the three of them showed one thing: her husband was unemployed.
Thinking about her father-in-law coming to the United States soon, and the old grudge that her mother-in-law didn't come to take care of her during her confinement period, which caused her mother to lose a lot of pension money, and thinking about the current family's tight financial conditions, she almost collapsed. .
"Feifei, I have to take my dad over as soon as possible. He can't stay in the country like this. I don't feel at ease."
"Why can't dad be able to survive? He has lived in China for 60 years, and now he can't survive as soon as mom leaves?"
"You don't understand what I mean. I mean, I'm worried about my dad following Mingyu. When I went home and heard Mingcheng talking about it this time, I realized that Mingyu never came back home after he went to college, and he even broke up with his mother. The relationship between mother and daughter has even been touched. With her stubborn temper, do you think dad will have a good life if he follows her? Just say this morning, some of dad's old buddies heard that mom was gone and they were worried about dad's spirit. In his current state, he thought about going over to chat with him and have a few drinks. This is human nature and he means well, but what did Mingyu do? He humiliated people when he entered the door. After doing this, will dad still have face? In the future How should we face those old buddies?"
They are all women, and they all love to be clean. Wu Fei feels that she can understand Su Mingyu's mood: "Then you can go out to eat and drink. She probably thinks that dad and his old buddies have messed up the house."
"Can't you just ask the housekeeper to clean it after she made a mess? Do you have to stop dad from coming? I see that she is still angry with her parents. No wonder dad said he was afraid of her before and said she looked like mom."
"Isn't it that Mingcheng has a very good relationship with his parents? Then let Mingcheng take care of him."
"Did you not listen to a word I told you that day? Why did Mingcheng prefer to sell the house and pay back the money? It was because Mingyu was picky and said that his parents were too partial, which made him angry. Dad was the same, so he turned to Mingyu Yu spoke and watched Mingcheng sell the house. Now that the two of them have the same starting point, do you think Mingcheng will not use the time and energy spent taking care of his parents for more than ten years to calculate an account other than money? This is why I want to sell the house as soon as possible. The reason why dad took me back."
"This Mingcheng is too ignorant. Mingyu is treated like that. Isn't it right to get emotional? As for him, as an elder brother, he has no tolerance at all. What's the point of getting angry about this? It's good now. The whole family is being treated by him. It's so confusing." Wu Fei pondered for a moment and raised her eyebrows slightly: "No, I won't allow you to bring your father to the United States until you find a new job."
"What are you..."
"I am the only one working in our family now. Do you think it is enough to bring your dad here to support three adults and one child with that salary? Does your dad have insurance here? In case he has a headache or a fever. With the medical expenses in the United States... if you look at what the second child is doing, if something happens to dad, will he be able to let it go?"
"Feifei, how can you think so? Is it time to consider the consequences now? As the eldest son of Su..."
"Su Mingzhe! I told you not to bring your father to the United States until he finds a new job."
Wu Fei dropped these words, took Xiaomi's hand and went upstairs, leaving behind a depressed and embarrassed Su Mingzhe.
He promised to take Su Daqiang to the United States for retirement, and promised Su Mingyu to prepare visa documents as soon as possible. Now that his wife is so emotional, what should he do? This is really... a dilemma.
…
Su Mingyu arrived in Chengdu and went straight to Hong's Group after getting off the plane. However, Hong Su'an didn't want to see her and kept asking her assistant to find excuses to delay time. Su Mingyu started from the bottom of sales, so she was naturally very thick-skinned. She was not in a hurry, nor was she He was so angry that he actually used the rest area of the Hong Group as an office. While spending time with Hong Su'an, he also handled the business of Jiangnan Company under the Zhongcheng Group. He stayed here for two days.
On the other side, Su Daqiang received a call from Lin Yue and met him at the braised meat shop diagonally opposite the Welfare Lottery Center, which was familiar to Delhi Zuo Street.
"Why did you call me here?"
Lin Yue handed him the Xiaomi phone that he had upgraded before: "Last time I saw you were using an older phone. That one is outdated now. Here, use this one."
Su Daqiang took the box and opened it. He turned it over and looked at it a few times. He liked it very much, but...
"I'm not used to this."
"Just practice more." Lin Yue said: "You were bullied by Su Mingyu two days ago. If she does this to you next time, take a photo and send it to me and my eldest brother. Only with evidence can we help you. Take it out, otherwise that woman will always make excuses to her advantage, saying that water from afar cannot quench the thirst of a nearer person without us."
"Yes, Mingcheng, you are so thoughtful." When Su Daqiang heard this, he put the smartphone away and put it in his pocket.
"Okay, I have to go to work, let's go."
After saying that, he started the Jeep on the street and drove away.
Su Daqiang watched the flash of red merge into the traffic in front. He first went to the lottery shop and bought a hundred yuan of scratch-off tickets. After doing so for a long time, he was all "Thank you for your patronage". He stopped playing and said it was bad luck. He left the store and moved forward. After walking two steps, I saw the duck necks in the display case of the braised food store. I thought I hadn't eaten this for many days, and I felt greedy, so I bought a box for 30 yuan and planned to take it home as a snack.
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Thanks to Xu Zimo for the 6500 starting coins, Mo Xue Yiyun, Tu Mu Tan, Fu News for the 500 starting coins, Lonely Mountain Island, the book friend whose tail number is 5547, and Long Yu for the 100 starting coins.
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