Chapter 252: Cowardly Father and Disgusting Stepmother (nearly 6000 words) "Yu Xian, it's time to go through security." Just when Chen was shocked at how weird Xian's father was, Tong Lan reminded him that it was time to board the plane. "Director Chen, Xiaoyu, I'm leaving now." Yu Xian hugged her boyfriend and good friend reluctantly, then hesitated and finally spoke to her father. But it wasn't for anything else, but to remind her: "Grandma is home alone, remember to walk around from time to time." "I know." Old Yu still timidly handed over the envelope of money and said anxiously, "Take this with you." "I do not want!" Yu Xian flatly refused again, then left his last smile to Chen Zhuo, and gradually disappeared in the crowd of people going through security check with Professor Guan. Yu Xiaoliang was standing alone outside the ticket gate with an envelope in his hand, looking a little pitiful.

But now there are only four people left. Judging from their destination, Tong Lan and Wu Yu should be traveling together. But out of politeness, Principal Tong still asked, "Chen Zhe, do you want me to stop by Zhongda to give you a ride?" "I……" Chen Zhu glanced at Yu Xiaoliang and thought, according to the rules, don't you have to talk to me? Professor Lu heard that I had an affair with Song Shiwei and rushed to my front. Sure enough, Old Yu was still a normal person in this respect. He said to Tong Lan, "Let me take you there. I just have something to say." "Row!" Tong Lan could understand, and said with a smile: "Then you two should have a good chat." The word "father and son" made both Chen Zhe and Lao Yu feel a little awkward, although considering their relationship, there was nothing wrong with such a more intimate name. After Tong Lan and Wu Yu left, Chen Zhuo also followed Yu Xiaoliang to the parking lot. Before he even took two steps, Yu Xiaoliang asked the most classic first question: "How long have you been talking?" "More than half a year." Chen Zhuo replied as he had expected. "Oh." Yu Xiaoliang nodded and looked at Chen Zhe again. Just now, probably because there were too many people around, he didn't feel comfortable observing. Now, he carefully looked at his "son-in-law" and nodded slightly with no change in his expression. From the looks of it, the appearance has been passed. "They said they would send you to Zhongda University." Yu Xiaoliang asked again: "Are you from Zhongda University?"

Academic nerds like Chen have never been afraid of their relatives asking them questions like "how many points did you get in the exam, what's your ranking in the class, how do you solve this math problem" since they were young. Because we are strong, we are fearless! Now that I am in college, I never worry about people asking me, "What college did you go to?" "Yes." Chen replied calmly: "From Zhongda Lingyuan." Forget about CUHK (the little Tsinghua University for people from eastern Guangdong), and it’s from Lingnan University, so I won’t talk about its value. "There should be another question below." Chen thought about it. As expected, Old Yu was surprised and asked naturally, "Are you from Lingyuan? Then what was your score in the college entrance examination?" "652." Chen said modestly that now the only thing missing from his chest was a red scarf, otherwise it would have been floating brightly in the air. After hearing this, Yu Xiaoliang was silent for a while, and calculated in his mind. This time the silence lasted for more than ten seconds. Perhaps a college entrance examination score starting with "6" is relatively rare in Lao Yu's circle, which shows that this son-in-law should have no problem with his intelligence. However, the aura of his "son-in-law" as a top student was too dazzling, and Old Yu began to feel a little uncomfortable. It was not until he sat in the car that he remembered his identity as the "father-in-law". "that……" Yu Xiaoliang decided to be more assertive. While starting the car, he asked a third question: "What do your parents do?" "My father is a civil servant in Guangzhou, and my mother is a doctor in a tertiary hospital." Chen looked straight ahead and tried to keep his tone calm. The "father-in-law" who was driving suddenly had a tremble in his arm, and the car instantly deviated from its original route, causing the driver behind who was about to overtake to honk the horn a few times in dissatisfaction. Chen thought to himself, don’t blame me, you were the one who started it first (you were the one who asked first). Fortunately, Lao Yu did not continue to ask about Chen’s performance in school, otherwise, if Chen had just casually said something, who knows if the car would have overturned. After all, with Chen's current comprehensive conditions, he could even pass the test of Song Zuoming from CITIC, let alone a middle-level leader of a property management company. Yu Xiaoliang was really a little nervous now, because his "son-in-law" was almost flawless from inside to outside. In China, a relatively harmonious relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law: That is, the son-in-law must do better than his father-in-law, so that he can slightly make up for the heartache of his daughter's marriage. After all, he can comfort himself with the reason of "enjoying a good life in the past". If the son-in-law is not as successful as his father-in-law, a normal man might feel depressed because his wife's family will really look down on him. The simplest and most realistic expression is that during festivals and dinners, the father-in-law may not necessarily wait for his son-in-law. But Chen is too outstanding, and the gap between him and his father-in-law is too big, which will also bring some invisible pressure. We are all men, why are you doing much better than I did when I was young!

Fortunately, there is Yu Xian. Yu Xian has been praised since he was a child. When he was in his hometown in Sichuan and Chongqing, the first thing that anyone who was not blind would say when seeing Yu Xian was "This kid is so beautiful." Later, when I was studying in Guangzhou, my schoolbag was filled with snacks every day starting from elementary school, and in junior high school, it was filled with love letters. high school…… Her mother died when she was in high school, and she remarried later. She has no idea what her daughter is doing in school. "My little one is very beautiful!" When Yu Xiaoliang mentioned Yu Xian, he felt a little more confident. No matter how outstanding you are, you are still the youngest daughter's boyfriend. When she goes out to study, you have to go to the airport to see her off. However, Chen Zhuo frowned slightly when he heard this: "I like Yu Xian, not because of her appearance." Yu Xiaoliang was a little stunned, or rather, a little confused. So Chen expressed it more clearly: "Yu Xian's appearance may be the least praiseworthy one among her countless advantages." Chen spoke very seriously and Old Yu was quite shocked. It was the first time he heard someone praise his daughter like this. After a while, Xian's father seemed to have realized what was happening, and he quickly said, "Of course, my youngest son can cook, do housework, and draw..." This compliment was a bit perfunctory, and Chen Zhuo did not respond. The car was speeding along the airport highway, and soon the tall buildings in the city came into view. During this period, Chen Zhuo didn't talk to Yu Xiaoliang. Old Yu was probably also digesting some information about his "son-in-law". In short, everyone fell silent tacitly. After leaving the toll station on the airport highway, the number of vehicles in the city increased significantly. In the rhythm of the cars stopping and starting, Chen suddenly said, "In fact, Yu Xian's senior year in high school must have been quite hard." Yu Xiaoliang's expression froze for a moment, and then he said helplessly: "I gave her living expenses, but she didn't want it." "is it?" Chen smiled, with something meaningful in it. "Yes!" Yu Xiaoliang seemed to be afraid that others would say that he treated Yu Xian badly, and his emotions suddenly became agitated: "I called her many times and wanted to go to the school to see her, but she always said no; and I also gave her money, and every time I prepared an envelope like today, she also said no..." "You can't blame me for this!" Old Yu asked Chen back, his voice a little loud and his tone a little aggrieved. Chen had a calm face. He always felt that when there was a disagreement between the two parties, one could express anger, but not express it in anger. The angrier you are, the more it shows that your defense has been quietly broken. "Uncle Yu." Chen Zhuo said calmly: "I don't have a strong personality like Yu Xian, but if I put myself in his shoes, I wouldn't want it even if you gave it to me in this way."

"What do you mean?" Yu Xiaoliang glanced at Chen Zhe, he didn't quite understand. "It's very simple. Your heart is simply not sincere." Chen Zhuo said, "If I were in your situation...if I really wanted to see my daughter, I wouldn't call her in advance and would just go to school to find her. If I really wanted to give her money, I would just stuff it into her bag and leave. How could she refuse it?" "But……" Yu Xiaoliang became excited again and wanted to say something. "No buts!" Chen Zhuo did not give Lao Yu a chance to refute and further analyzed: "Your current wife, Tang, doesn't allow you to give Yu Xian living expenses, right? Otherwise, she will make a scene and quarrel." "But Yu Xian is your biological daughter. To ease the guilt in your heart, you always pretend to give her an envelope. In fact, you know very well that with Yu Xian's personality, she would not even bother to accept it." "But if you do this, you will feel comforted. It's not that I don't care about her, but my daughter Yu Xian doesn't accept my care." "In fact, Uncle Yu, you cherish your current stable life too much, so you selfishly gave up Yu Xian, but you are hypocritical and dare not face it directly, and try your best to pretend that you still care about your biological daughter." …… These words were like a sharp dagger, digging out the darkest, most selfish, and filthy parts of Yu Xiaoliang's heart, and then exposing them to the sun. Even Yu Xiaoliang himself did not dare to face these thoughts, and never dared to reflect on them. He didn't know why Chen Zhe could see them. It’s very simple. Chen Zhuo has developed three things within the system. The first is the level of official documents, the second is the level of people, and the third is the mentality when encountering emergencies. The things that Yu Xiaoliang did, such as rushing to the airport to see him off this morning and pretending to give him money, even fooled himself, but he did not fool Chen Zhe. Hypocritical people always see hypocritical behavior with a sharp eye. Yu Xiaoliang's face turned pale, and his already cowardly eyes were filled with many subtle expressions, such as guilt, helplessness, heartache, sadness... which flashed across his face. However, the reason why Chen Zhuo wanted to expose these things was not to judge his "father-in-law", but to take the initiative in the future when the two of them get along with each other. Because Chen Zhuo must break the custom of returning to Sichuan and Chongqing to erect a monument next year, he needs the right to speak and needs to hold Yu Xiaoliang's handle - Make him afraid of me and dare not refute my suggestion of "holding the monument erection ceremony in Guangzhou". "I'm wondering, if Yu Xian suddenly accepts the money in the envelope one day." Chen continued to dig deeper, his tone full of sarcasm: "Will Uncle Yu be a little surprised? I was just pretending, how could you accept it? Then I will never owe you anything again in the future..." "Creak!!!" In front of a traffic light, Yu Xiaoliang almost crashed into the car in front because he was distracted. He stepped on the brakes hard, and the tires of the car left a shocking black skid mark on the road. "Hoo~ho~ho~" Yu Xiaoliang was breathing heavily because he was frightened by the near car accident. Or maybe it was because Chen Zhu saw through him completely that he seemed so panicked.

After catching his breath for a while, Yu Xiaoliang found that his hands and feet were still a little weak, but for a college student he was surprisingly calm. He sat calmly in the passenger seat, looking through the windshield at the rear bumper of the car in front of him so close, with an indifferent expression. "That was a close call. We almost collided." Old Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said. "Well." Chen nodded. In fact, he was a little scared inside, but he didn't show it. This has everything to do with his experience. When he was in office, he was fully responsible for the grave relocation work. The people who were outraged by public opinion pointed a steel fork at his neck. Chen's heart almost jumped out of his chest at that time. However, he still managed to calmly tell the police station not to escalate the conflict, and then he vowed to the people: "Please trust the organization and the government, we will never let you suffer any loss..." Rebirth is just an opportunity; it doesn't guarantee that you will become the richest man. Chen Zhuo had experienced so many trials and tribulations in the past, and his mental quality and vision were both top-notch. Even after his rebirth, he had to constantly broaden his horizons and make many friends to achieve his current little success. "Pull over to the side of the road and take a break." Chen Zhuo suggested. "it is good." Yu Xiaoliang tried hard to drive the car to the side of the road and stopped it, then he closed his eyes and leaned back in the seat. Chen Zhuo knew that this "father-in-law" probably didn't smoke, because there was no smell of smoke in the car. In this regard, both fathers-in-law had the same good habit. Of course, Chen Zhuo himself didn't smoke either. After calming down for a moment, Lao Yu opened the window slightly to let in a cool breeze. After a while, he sighed deeply and said tiredly: "You are right, I may just be a father who loves my daughter on the surface. I don't even have the courage to quarrel with my current wife for her. I just want to muddle through like this..." “Isn’t this just a waste of time?” Chen thought to himself that middle-aged people can also give up. Young people's laziness means they are not passionate about their work and stay up late at night out of revenge because they don't want to sleep. However, if they can go out for a trip and see poetry and distant places, their enthusiasm may return. The manifestation of middle-aged people's decadence is that they have no interest in anything, let alone traveling, they have no interest in sex life. They just want to live a peaceful life every day, especially someone like Yu Xiaoliang who is weak in character. In order to avoid quarrels, he simply listens to his current wife in everything. His wife asked him to hand over his monthly salary, so he did. His wife told him not to give living expenses to his ex-wife's daughter, so he deceived himself by putting it in an envelope and put on a show in front of Yu Xian. This way he did not violate his wife's orders and he also fulfilled his "responsibility" as a father. Anyway, I gave it to you, and it’s none of my business if you don’t want it. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Yu Xiaoliang would miss his biological daughter Yu Xian, but he didn't dare to think too much about it, for fear that if he reflected on it for too long, he would become disgusted with his cowardly and incompetent side. Just close your eyes and have a good sleep. When you wake up the next morning, the day will have passed just like another day of rest. So when Chen revealed his selfish face, Yu Xiaoliang not only did not refute, but he also spoke out his guilt towards Yu Xian, his dissatisfaction with his current wife, and his longing for his ex-wife without hiding anything.

Chen watched coldly. The father-in-law just wanted to have an audience to talk to about his stress, but he didn't have the courage to make any changes. If Old Yu had one-tenth as aggressive as Yu Xian, his life wouldn't be like this. Maybe after returning home, he became that timid and cowardly man who just wanted to live a quiet life. However, from Yu Xiaoliang's narration, Chen learned that his current wife is Tang Xiangyue, and they work in a property management company. Tang Xiangyue also has an older brother who works in a foreign trade company in Guangzhou. His brother-in-law often feels that Yu Xiaoliang has no future and cannot earn 30,000 or 50,000 yuan a month like himself. Tang Xiangyue's daughter with her ex-husband is named Liu Ye, and she is now in the third grade of primary school. …… Maybe it was because he had been holding it in for too long, Yu Xiaoliang said a lot, and maybe he even had the idea of ​​subconsciously defending his behavior, but it was not understandable from Chen Zhuo's perspective. Chen still felt that a man must have absolute control over the environment around him. How could he be deprived of the right to care for his own daughter just for his own safety? But Lao Yu was indeed a good man. Even though Chen Zhuo stripped him naked, he still drove a few more kilometers and sent Chen Zhuo back to Zhongda. "Uncle Yu." Chen waved his hand and said, "We will see each other again." Yu Xiaoliang's heart started pounding when he heard this. This was a young man who made him uncomfortable, and it would be better for him to disappear if possible. But this is impossible. He is still Yu Xian’s boyfriend, and they will have to deal with each other sooner or later. He returned to his workplace in a somewhat depressed mood. Yu Xiaoliang was indeed the property management manager of a residential community in Guangzhou. His wife, Tang Xiangyue, was working on a financial report on the computer. When she saw her husband, she immediately asked unhappily, "Why haven't you been seen all morning? Where have you been?" Yu Xiaoliang naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, so he lied, "The owner's committee is going to be replaced, so I went over to talk to them." Tang Xiangyue had no doubts. First, the owners of the community had indeed been changing recently. Second, her husband had a mild temper and looked good, so he was quite popular among the owners of the community. "Don't flirt with some of the divorced women in the neighborhood." Tang Xiangyue was also in her forties. She looked good, but her cheekbones were a little high and her lips were a little thin, making her look a little sour and harsh. She sternly warned her husband: "Some slutty women are almost eyeing you. They are so shameless that they want to seduce men even though they are about to go through menopause..." Yu Xiaoliang was immune to all these words, but he didn't make any noise. He sat at his desk in silence and read the newspaper. The property management office of a residential community does not require a large area, and the conditions are average, with only a few employees. Lao Yu actually wants to be in charge of the management of the commercial building the most, as the environment there is good and the hidden income is high, but the head office has not made any arrangements. Tang Xiangyue rambled on for a while, and when she realized her husband wasn't paying attention, she turned around and asked, "Have you told Yu Xian about Xiaoye's tenth birthday?" Yu Xiaoliang mentioned it at the airport, but was rejected by Yu Xian. At this time, he could only vaguely say: "Let's talk about it when we have time." "It's not like she has to come, but she can't be seen usually." Tang Xiangyue said to her husband in a shrill voice, "In two years, Xiaoye will go to junior high school, and she needs a house in a better school district. I want to ask you in person if her current house can be temporarily transferred to your name, and then returned to her after Xiaoye finishes junior high school. After all, Xiaoye is her sister."

"Hey~" Yu Xiaoliang finally put down the newspaper and said in embarrassment: "That was left to her by her mother. Can you stop thinking about that house?" Although Yu Xiaoliang is cowardly, he is not stupid. My wife doesn’t need a house in a school district for her schooling; she just likes the house left by Yu Xian’s mother. "What do you mean by 'thinking about me'?" Tang Xiangyue glared at him and scolded him without any politeness, "You are really useless. When her mother died, you didn't even know to pass the house to your own name. You even followed the will and left it to Yu Xian. She is a girl and will definitely get married in the future. Why give it to an outsider?" The corners of Yu Xiaoliang's mouth twitched. He really wanted to say, "Won't your daughter have to get married in the future?", but he swallowed the words back because he would be scolded if he said them. "Yu Xian has a boyfriend." Finally, Yu Xiaoliang persuaded her: "The boy's family is well-off and he won't pay too much attention to these things." "Have a boyfriend?" Tang Xiangyue was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't she get your consent before she started dating? Aren't you her father? I also want to introduce my nephew to her, so that our two families will be closer." "Your nephew?" Yu Xiaoliang sneered in his heart, your brother's son looks so shabby, is he worthy of my daughter? Seeing her husband's look of contempt, Tang Xiangyue was about to get angry, but then she remembered that her nephew was indeed not very presentable, so she could only pout and give up. Even Tang Xiangyue had to admit that the daughter of that dead woman was indeed beautiful. "It doesn't matter who you marry." Tang Xiangyue changed her mind again: "The betrothal gift will definitely be needed. Didn't you say that the boy's family is well-off? If the betrothal gift is less than 10... less than 20, forget it!" ······ (End of this chapter)