Chen Pei saw that he had been defending Du Xiaoyu, frowned and said, "Lu Tao, don't get me wrong, I don't want to provoke the relationship between you and Du Xiaoyu, and I don't think Du Xiaoyu is misbehaving. Like you, I think Du Xiaoyu is simpler, kinder, and beautiful, gentle, smart and sensible, so I gave you sincere blessings yesterday. You know that I am not a hypocrite, and that my blessings to you are from the bottom of my heart, and I do wish you and her happiness.

"However, now I want to take back my blessings to you, and I hope that you and Du Xiaoyu are just ordinary friends, not in love and married. I advise you like this, not because I am jealous of Du Xiaoyu, but because I am thinking about your political future. If you are just a mediocre and ambitious person, who only has material pursuits and wants to be the son-in-law of a wealthy family, then you and Du Xiaoyu are undoubtedly the most correct choice to fall in love and get married. However, you are not that kind of person, in my opinion, you still have ideals, pursuits, and still want to do a career.

"If you marry the daughter of an underworld leader and become a member of their family, even if you don't go along with them and don't do anything that violates discipline and law, you have already been branded as the 'son-in-law of the underworld leader', and you can't wash it off for the rest of your life. Moreover, underworld forces like the Liu family will not exist for long, and sooner or later they will be cracked down on and eliminated by the government. When that day comes, even if you don't have any discipline and law violations, your political future will definitely be over, and you won't want to do anything in your career in this life. I'm not alarmist, but I've learned from the past, and I hope you'll give it serious consideration to my suggestion. ”

Lu Tao wanted to tell her that he had decided to break up with Du Xiaoyu, but after thinking about it, he felt a little inappropriate, so he replied vaguely: "Thank you Peipei, I will think about your suggestion and solemnly handle my relationship with Du Xiaoyu." ”

Chen Pei originally wanted to chat with him, but seeing that his attitude was vague and ambiguous, he thought that he was still infatuated with Du Xiaoyu, so he didn't want to say any more, so as not to misunderstand him, he turned around and walked into the box......

After eating, Zhou Yihong smiled and asked Lu Tao's mother: "Sister-in-law, do you want to wash your hair or soak your feet at night?" If you want to go, I'll let Xiao Feng arrange it." The "Xiao Feng" in his mouth is his secretary Feng Antu, who was eating together in the box at this time.

Lu Tao's mother said a little shyly: "I am a rural woman, I am not used to going to the store to wash my hair and soak my feet, wait a minute, let Xiaoping and his wife accompany me to go shopping, and I will go back to the hotel to sleep after a while." ”

Chen Pei hurriedly said: "Auntie, I will also accompany you to go shopping, it just so happens that I also want to see the night view of Songshan City." ”

Zhou Yihong saw that Lu Tao's mother and Chen Pei both wanted to go shopping, and he was not reluctant, so he turned his head to Feng Antu and said, "Xiao Feng, you go to the teahouse on the fourth floor to arrange a private room, and I will go up with Xiao Tao to have a cup of tea and chat." ”

Lu Tao saw that Zhou Yihong offered to go to tea with him, and he was in the middle of it, and began to secretly plan in his heart how to talk to him about Li Weijun's problem......

Half an hour later, Lu Tao and Zhou Yihong sat in a small box in the teahouse on the fourth floor. After taking a few sips of tea, Zhou Yihong suddenly asked: "Xiao Tao, I heard Pei Pei say that you have found a girlfriend and are ready to cut off relations with Pei Pei, what is going on? When Pei Pei told me about this in the afternoon, tears came out. It can be seen that she has deep feelings for you, even if you hurt her, she didn't complain, just said that the girlfriend you are looking for now is a very good person, but her family has some problems, which may affect your future political future, let me advise you to think carefully. But when I asked about the girl's specific situation and family problems, she refused to say in detail, and asked me to come to you to understand the situation, so I asked you to come here for tea and chat. ”

Lu Tao saw that he asked directly about breaking off his relationship with Chen Pei, and he was a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before he said: "Uncle Zhou, the problem between me and Pei Pei is more complicated, mainly because her mother has a deep prejudice against me and thinks that I am not worthy of Pei Pei, so she resolutely opposes me to have a relationship with her——"

Zhou Yihong raised his eyebrows, interrupted him in surprise and asked, "Pei Pei's mother is resolutely opposed to you dating her? How do you know? Could it be that she personally talked to you about this issue?"

Lu Tao nodded, and told Zhou Yihong about the last time Chen Pei's mother and Yang Zhitang went to the hotel to negotiate with him in the provincial capital.

After hearing this, Zhou Yihong frowned and thought for a moment, and asked: "After Peipei's mother and Yang Zhitang negotiated with you, why didn't you communicate with Peipei herself as soon as possible? Why did you choose to escape without saying a word? You left the provincial capital that day, and you didn't consider Peipei's feelings at all? She likes you and loves you so much, but you suddenly cut off contact with her, and don't give her any reason, if it's you, can you stand it?" Fortunately, Pei Pei is a strong and generous girl, if it is someone else, no matter how much she likes you, no matter how hard you are, if you do such a resolute and ruthless thing, you will definitely hate you to the bone - have you considered such consequences?"

Lu Tao blushed and defended: "Uncle Zhou, although it is inappropriate for me to do this, as you said, there is unspeakable suffering. First of all, I promised her mother that I would never contact her again, and I had to keep this promise, and secondly, I knew that it would be difficult for Pei Pei to let go of this relationship, and if I didn't take decisive measures, it would be difficult to break off the relationship with her completely, so I had to do that. ”

Zhou Yihong sighed and said sharply: "Xiao Tao, you seem to be self-respecting and proud, but in fact, you have a little inferiority complex in your heart. In your subconscious, you may feel that there is a gap between your identity, status and even talent with Pei Pei, and this gap is irreparable, so no matter how much Pei Pei likes you and loves you, you don't dare to accept her feelings. It is precisely because of this inferiority complex in your subconscious that when Pei Pei's mother came to you in person and mercilessly pointed out the gap between your status and Pei Pei, although you were angry and angry, you actually agreed with her point of view in your heart, which is also the key to your choice to escape this relationship - am I right?"

Seeing that Lu Tao was speechless, Zhou Yihong continued: "If you are really a man with backbone and self-esteem, the more others look down on you, the more confident and courageous you must be to change their opinions. For example, you and Pei Pei, in fact, you know very well in your heart: Pei Pei likes you very much, and she has a strong personality and is very assertive, as long as she identifies you and is willing to marry you, it is estimated that no matter how much her parents object, it is useless, and in the end you can still marry her and start a family. At that time, you can make a career out of your own efforts to show her parents, so that they will finally recognize you and accept you, instead of blindly adopting an evasive attitude like now. ”