When Liu Jingxin and the others packed up all their equipment and drove away with regret and loss, in a corner that was not very noticeable, there were three men silently watching the direction they left and did not leave for a long time.

One of the three is tall, one is of medium stature, and the other is a middle-aged balding man who is fat enough to be out of shape.

"It seems like the first time I've seen Bao Jue smile. A tall, bronzed-skinned man suddenly let out a sigh of emotion.

A fat middle-aged man standing between the two nodded with a complicated expression: "Let's go, don't look at it." ”

The three of them walked to the side of the road not far away and entered a bright black Passat, slowly drove to the door of the factory, and after showing the pass, they smoothly entered the factory area, and drove to the factory where Tang Baoyu was located.

The factory was filled with the sound of clanging bangs, the sizzle of welding, and the shouts of workers communicating with each other.

Someone saw the fat middle-aged man and hurriedly greeted: "Call the second boss, the boss is here." ”

The fat middle-aged man took the yellow hard hat from the hands of others, walked all the way inside with a straight face, inspected the parts that had been completed and were being made very strictly, and corrected the nearby workers in a stern voice.

"You can't paint this one, the welds and welding slag are not polished, and the paint spray is like a skin disease, so quickly polish it for me and respray it!"

"Who did this air duct, told you to add flanges to the elbows and straight sections, who asked you to weld it directly? cut it, add flanges, seal it with single-sided tape, and connect it with bolts!"

"Hey, don't you know if you have to tie a safety rope over two meters? What are you doing? Acrobatics?"

“……”

The fat middle-aged man made corrections one by one according to the installation specifications with a calm face all the way, walked from the first floor to the third floor, and saw Tang Baoyu sitting on a stack of square steel in a daze.

If it had been before, he would definitely be angry, but today is different, he is a little distressed.

He walked over and sat down silently beside Tang Baoyu.

The workers next to him were welding the platform, and the tall man who followed the boss walked over quickly and called the workers to another place, and retreated without saying a word, so that only Tang Baoyu's father and son were left on the third floor of the huge factory.

"Dad, you're here. Tang Baoyu turned his head to look at his father, then looked away again, and looked down at the steel scraps under his feet in a daze, as if there was something on it that particularly attracted him.

The fat middle-aged man took out a cigarette and lit it with his son, he took a deep breath, inhaled the thick smoke mixed with the smell of electric welding into his lungs, and then exhaled a long time.

Tang Baoyu looked at the cigarette in his hand in a daze, and didn't dare to smoke it.

Don't look at him in his twenties, although he also smokes, he never dares to smoke in front of his father, he always smokes secretly in private.

"Let's smoke, I won't talk about you today, I want to have a good talk with you. Father Tang said with a kind smile.

Tang Baoyu frowned, hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and took a puff of cigarette gently. He was really worried that if he smoked this cigarette, his father would jump up and raise his hand to smoke the back of his head.

Sure enough, Father Tang raised his right hand, but instead of hitting Tang Baoju, he gently patted the helmet on Tang Baoju's head.

"Son, do you remember, when you said that you wanted to go to Kyoto to play music, I stopped you so much, and even wanted to break off the father-son relationship with you, but you still ran away secretly, ran away for several years, except for the occasional phone call to your mother, and didn't even go home for the New Year. ”

Tang Baoju smiled bitterly and said with guilt on his face: "At that time, I was too naïve and ignorant. But if I hadn't been rebellious back then, I wouldn't be so down-to-earth now, would I?"

"Do you really like this kind of steadfastness?" Father Tang suddenly asked.

Tang Baoyu was stunned, but he didn't know how to answer.

Instead of asking him if he likes the current steadfastness, it is better to ask him if he is willing to live like this.

Do you like it?

Tang Baoyu took a hard puff of cigarette and sighed: "But shouldn't everyone's life be like this?"

"Although you say so, I know that you actually hate your current life, don't you? Four years ago, you came back from Kyoto in despair, locked yourself in your room for more than a month, and your mother and I were worried that something would happen to you, and we stared at you every day. Neither of us expected that when you came out of the room, you would be a completely different person and agree to help me. Four years have passed, and I haven't seen you smile sincerely. The more Tang's father said, the more depressed he became: "In the past four years, you haven't gone to drink with friends, and you haven't gone when your relatives introduce you to girls, you have put all your mind on work, running around the country." Your mother and I thought you were career-minded at first, but then I realized that you were numbing yourself with your busy work. ”

Tang Baoyu shook his head and said, "Dad, it's not as complicated as you think, I just know where I should be and what I should do." This is something that many people can't figure out in their lifetime, and I'm lucky enough to figure it out when I'm in my twenties. ”

"Have you really figured it out?" Father Tang stared at Tang Baoyu with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through Tang Baoju's truest thoughts.

Tang Baoyu avoided Tang's father's gaze, lowered his head and continued to smoke.

After a while, Father Tang sighed and said, "Go, I'm still young, I'm not in a hurry for you to come back and take over." You're still young, go fight again. ”

Tang Baoyu trembled, and the soot from his fingertips slipped down and shattered at his feet.

"I can't go back, I didn't think about going back when I left!" Tang Baoyu said in a firm tone.

"You know what? son. It's been four years! I've only seen you really happy today in the past four years. Father Tang thought of Tang Baoju's appearance shining on the stage just now, and he felt extremely sorry for Tang Baoju.

Tang Baoju shook his head and said, "In the adult world, there is no need to be happy at all. ”

"But in my eyes, no matter how tall you are, you will always be a child. Father Tang said earnestly: "I can't watch you go on like this, this place doesn't belong to you, at least not to you now." Go ahead and do what you want. ”

Tang Baoyu was a little angry: "I wanted to go to Kyoto, but you said that you wouldn't let me, and now I don't want to go, and you are here to persuade me to go." How can you be like this?"

As he spoke, Tang Baoyu threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, got up and turned his head to leave.

But he hadn't gone far before he suddenly stopped again, and his father's slightly choked voice came from behind him.

"I really don't want to see you so sad every day!"