When Xia Bingbing took out the Moutai wine, Cai Changming opened another bag, which contained four "He Tianxia" cigarettes, and said to Lu Tao with a smile: "Xiao Lu, these cigarettes were also brought by me and Bingbing, keep them for you to entertain!"

It turned out that Cai Changming had just heard Lu Tao introduce that his eldest uncle was a township chief and his second uncle was a vice principal, and he knew that they must be interested in the Moutai he brought over, so he deliberately showed the gifts he brought in front of everyone......

Lu Tao originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw that several uncles were focusing on those cigarettes and alcohol, he showed a look of surprise on his face, knowing that Cai Changming deliberately showed the cigarettes and alcohol in front of them and gave himself a long face, so he dispelled the idea of refusing, and said to Cai Changming and Xia Bingbing with a smile: "Thank you Director Cai and Chief Xia, I am still worried about what kind of wine my relatives drink, these bottles of Moutai can be described as a charcoal in the snow!"

After thanking Cai Changming and Xia Bingbing, Lu Tao said into the microphone of his mobile phone: "Xiaoyu, you don't need to arrange wine over there, Director Cai and Chief Xia of the Finance Bureau brought four bottles of good wine, it should be about the same." ”

"Okay, I'll ask Brother Song to arrange a car to pick you up right away. ”

Lu Tao had just hung up the phone, and Chen Pei suddenly stood up and said, "Lu Tao, can we say a few words alone?"

Lu Tao knew what she was going to say to herself, and she was a little uneasy, but it was difficult to refuse her in front of so many people, so she had to say, "Okay, let's go to the guest room and talk!"

After the two of them entered the guest room, Chen Pei closed the door with his hand, looked directly at Lu Tao, and asked, "Explain to me now: Why did you do this to me? Did I do something wrong, or was it something else?"

Lu Tao avoided her questioning gaze and replied, "Pei Pei, you have not done anything wrong! You have always been very good to me, always helping me and caring for me, and I remember this. However, there are some things that are not subject to human will, and you are a smart person, and I believe you can guess why. ”

Chen Pei's face darkened, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "I actually guessed the reason a long time ago." Let me ask you: Did my mother come to you alone a day or two before my birthday? Did she force you to break up with me?"

Lu Tao knew that he couldn't hide this from her, so he nodded and said, "That's right, the day before your birthday, your mother and Yang Zhitang did go to the hotel to find me——"

"What? Yang Zhitang also looked for you?"

Lu Tao showed a wry smile on his face, nodded and said, "Do you remember the day you called Xia Bingbing to find me? At that time, you said that your mobile phone was missing, and you didn't remember my mobile phone number, so you had to call Xia Bingbing and ask me to transfer it, and confirm to me that you would not attend your birthday party the next day." Actually, Yang Zhitang was by my side at that time—"

Chen Pei's face changed suddenly, and he interrupted him angrily and asked, "What did Yang Zhitang tell you? I remember that you promised to attend my birthday party at that time, but I didn't expect you to leave that afternoon, what happened during the period? Did Yang Zhitang threaten you?"

"It's not a threat, but it seems to me that what he did made me angrier than a threat. He told me: You have established a relationship with Zhang Wenqing, please don't pester you anymore. Then, he took out 50,000 yuan and threw it on the table, saying that this is the compensation you gave me-"

Chen Pei's eyes widened suddenly, his face turned red from extreme anger, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Do you believe his nonsense?"

Lu Tao shook his head and said, "Of course I don't believe it. In my mind, even if you really established a relationship with Zhang Wenqing, it would be impossible to humiliate me in such a way, so I debunked his trick at that time. At that time, Xia Bingbing asked me to answer your call, and you asked me if I would go to your birthday party, so I promised without hesitation that I would definitely go-"

"Then why did you run away again? You know that I can't like Zhang Wenqing, and you know that I can't have two hearts for you, why do you want to cut off contact with me so resolutely?"

Lu Tao smiled bitterly again and said, "Because later your mother came to me in person." She told me: If I fall in love with you and get married, I may hurt you, and even your father. At that time, the family members of Li Changzhou and Zhu Shihao of the Furong District Public Security Bureau were filing a lawsuit, saying that your mother used her power to protect me, a prospective son-in-law, and also listed many of my bad deeds, such as being punished with a demerit for beating others, being arrested for soliciting prostitutes in a hotel, and so on.

"Your mother said: If I establish a romantic relationship with you, it will prove that those who complain are not groundless, and it will be confirmed that you and your mother used the power and influence of the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee to shield and protect me, a prospective son-in-law. In this way, it will not only affect the reputation of your Chen family, but also bring a devastating blow to your father's career promotion. In order to make me believe her words, she also showed me two report letters from the families of Li Changzhou and Zhu Shihao, and these two report letters were indeed what she told me. ”

When Chen Pei heard this, the angry look on his face gradually disappeared, revealing a sad and helpless expression, and looked at Lu Tao fixedly, for a long time, before he sighed, and said depressedly: "Lu Tao, I'm sorry, I didn't expect my mother to do this! When you said goodbye at the beginning, I thought you were a coward, but now after listening to your explanation, I know that you have suffered so many grievances for me, I am really sorry!"

At this point, her voice choked up, and her eyes gradually turned red.

Lu Tao was also a little sad in his heart, gently grabbed her palm and slapped it a few times, groaned for a moment, and whispered: "Pei Pei, there is one more thing I want to tell you: I have found a girlfriend now, named Du Xiaoyu, whom I met when I went to the provincial capital last time." Her hometown is also from Taolin County, and now she has left the provincial capital to return to Taolin. ”

Chen Pei's body trembled, raised her head to look at Lu Tao, and asked, "Is it the girl who called you from the hotel just now? She is now living in your house, right?"

It turned out that although Du Xiaoyu had heard of Chen Pei's name and knew that she liked Lu Tao very much, the two had never met, and Chen Pei didn't know who she was at all......

Lu Tao heard Chen Pei ask Du Xiaoyu if he lived in his own house, his face flushed, and he subconsciously explained: "No, I have known her for less than a month, and I didn't have this idea at all before, until I had dinner with her two days ago, and I decided to get to know each other, how could she live in my house?"

Chen Pei was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Is she very beautiful? At least, she is much prettier than me, right?"

Lu Tao knew that she was a very honest person and didn't like the hypocrisy of others, so he nodded and said, "She is indeed very beautiful and studied art." ”

Chen Pei said "um" and said, "In the final analysis, you still like beautiful girls! Now that you have established a relationship with her, I don't need to say more about things between us, I wish you happiness!"

When she said the last sentence, she couldn't control her emotions anymore, and large tears rolled down her eyes......