Since he made up his mind to cut off his relationship with Chen Pei, Lu Tao has never taken the initiative to contact her, nor has he ever explained to her why he did so. Later, Chen Pei called him several times, but he didn't answer. But Chen Pei still didn't give up, and kept sending him WeChat messages one after another, asking him to explain the reason why he suddenly ignored her, and he never replied to the message.

In Lu Tao's mind, as long as she no longer answers Chen Pei's calls and doesn't reply to her WeChat, with her self-esteem and self-improvement character, she will definitely hate herself, and she will never contact herself again. In this way, she can be regarded as fulfilling her promise to her mother.

In fact, not long ago, he agreed to date Du Xiaoyu, which was also a spur to himself: as long as he established a relationship with Du Xiaoyu, he could strengthen his belief in breaking up with Chen Pei. At the same time, you can tell Chen Pei the news at the right time, so that he can completely die to himself, which can be regarded as a hundred.

Unexpectedly, before Lu Tao could tell Chen Pei about Du Xiaoyu, she suddenly rushed to Taolin County. At first, he didn't plan to answer her phone, but then he thought about it, he had already decided to date Du Xiaoyu anyway, and it would be a little impersonal if he didn't answer her phone again, so he opened the answer button......

"Pei Pei, why are you here all of a sudden? Don't you want to go to work today?" Lu Tao asked a little weakly on the phone.

"I am on a business trip today at the Matsuyama City Finance Bureau. I remember that tomorrow is your birthday, and now I came here to celebrate your birthday. ”

Lu Tao actually guessed the purpose of her coming: because Chen Pei has always remembered her birthday since she was in college, and every day on this day, she will definitely send him a WeChat red envelope. In addition, Lu Tao estimated that she also had a purpose, that is, to take the opportunity of this birthday celebration to talk to herself openly and honestly, and find out the reason why he suddenly cut off contact with her so decisively......

Because his family and relatives were together at this time, Lu Tao didn't say much, so he said, "I'm on vacation today, and I'm at home now." Do you remember the building and the unit where I lived, and do you want me to come down and pick you up?"

"No, I'm already at the elevator. You live in 902, right? ”

Lu Tao heard that she had arrived at the elevator, so he quickly hung up the phone and went out to wait for her in the corridor.

Soon, Chen Pei walked out of the elevator, and when she saw Lu Tao, she smiled at him. Lu Tao rubbed his palms and said a little embarrassedly: "Peipei, hard work! Actually, this is my usual birthday, you just need to make a phone call or send me a WeChat message like before, there is no need to rush here." ”

Chen Pei raised her eyes to stare at him, and asked faintly: "If I call you, will you answer?" Send you a WeChat message, will you reply? Since you said goodbye to me in the provincial capital last time, when did you take my call? Reply to my message? To be honest, I came to you this time because I was mentally prepared for you to refuse to answer the phone and refuse to meet, but fortunately, you still have a little conscience and did not let me eat the closed door. ”

Lu Tao smiled awkwardly, changed the topic and said, "I have a lot of relatives at home now, and the room is crowded, don't you mind!"

Chen Pei was a little surprised and asked, "Are your relatives here to celebrate your birthday?"

Lu Tao hurriedly explained: "They didn't come to celebrate my birthday, yesterday was my mother's fiftieth birthday, and she and my sister came to me, so my uncles and aunts rushed over from Qingxi County to celebrate my mother's birthday." Because my mother's birthdays and I are only one day apart, considering that my relatives in my hometown have to work on weekdays, it is inconvenient for us to come here, so after discussion, we are going to set up a few tables of wine to entertain my relatives tomorrow, and my uncle and aunt have just arrived at my house. ”

Chen Pei hurriedly said: "Auntie's fiftieth birthday, I also have to congratulate her, and I will go back tomorrow after drinking the birthday wine." ”

After entering the room, Lu Tao brought Chen Pei to his mother and introduced, "Mom, this is my college classmate named Chen Pei. ”

Seeing that Lu Tao's mother wanted to stand up to say hello, Chen Pei hurriedly pressed her shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "Auntie, you sit, you sit! I heard Lu Tao say, yesterday was your 50th birthday, I wish you a happy birthday, health and longevity!"

Lu Tao's mother saw that she was polite, gentle and amiable, and suddenly had a good impression of her in her heart, thanked her with a busy smile, and asked Lu Ping to make tea for her quickly.

Lu Tao's uncles and aunts heard Lu Tao say that Chen Pei was his college classmate, so they looked at her and saw that she was dressed plainly, thinking that she was a very ordinary classmate of Lu Tao, and no one cared too much.

Tian Guodong suddenly asked Lu Tao: "Xiao Tao, how many tables have you arranged for tomorrow's birthday banquet?"

Lu Tao replied: "It's about two or three tables, which Xiaoyu arranged for me." ”

Tian Suying immediately shouted: "What? Your mother's 50th birthday, you only set up two or three tables of banquets? Our relatives add up to almost two tables, is there no one else to celebrate the birthday?"

Tian Guodong was also very dissatisfied and said: "Xiao Tao, how did you do it? Your mother was single at the age of 30, and she worked hard to bring up your sister and brother, and sent you to college, and you are going to set up three tables of banquets for her 50th birthday?"

Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and asked bluntly: "Xiao Tao, tell your uncle the truth: Do you have a particularly bad relationship with your local taxation bureau? Otherwise, your mother's 50th birthday, why don't any colleagues in your bureau come to drink birthday wine? In my opinion, even if you don't make any friends in Taolin, your colleagues will always come to drink at the bar! Even if half of the cadres in your bureau come, there are several tables, but listening to the meaning of what you just said, none of your colleagues will come, isn't that so?"

Lu Tao's second uncle, Tian Guoliang, also said a little dissatisfied: "Xiao Tao, just now I asked you what position you are now, you said that you are still a section member, why are you so unmotivated? You have been working for more than four years, why haven't you even mixed up with a middle-level deputy position? It seems that your uncle's judgment is correct, you may have a very poor relationship in your bureau, so that no colleagues came to drink birthday wine on your mother's fiftieth birthday." When you were in college, I talked to your eldest and third uncle about you, and they all thought that you were very smart, both civil and military, and that you would definitely have a great future in the future. Now it seems that we are all overestimating you!"

Lu Tao's face was flushed when he was questioned by them, and he explained in a snort: "Uncle and aunt, you have misunderstood. I discussed with my mom and my sister the other day, and this birthday celebration is only for our family and relatives to get together for a while, and I don't inform my colleagues and friends, so they don't know-"

As soon as he said this, the mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he looked at the caller ID, it was Cai Changming, director of the county finance bureau, who called, and hurriedly opened the answer button, only to hear Cai Changming ask in a more excited and excited tone: "Xiao Lu, did Section Chief Chen Pei come to your house?" Just now, Section Chief Du of the Budget Section of the Songshan City Finance Bureau told me that Section Chief Chen came to Taolin alone to visit a college classmate, isn't that you?"