Chapter 9: Downing's Father
Originally, Tang Ning and I were already waiting for the elevator, when she answered a phone call, and after a while, she shook her head helplessly: "We can't go home, my dad has booked a hotel, let's hurry over."
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After listening to it, I don't know why, I felt a little disappointed in my heart.
"What's the matter, I see you're so lost." Tang Ning put his little hands behind his back and smiled evilly.
"No, it's good to go to the hotel, what kind of home to go back to, it's convenient to go back to school when the time comes." I hastened to argue.
"Okay, the school closes at eight o'clock, I can't go back, I'll go home and sleep then." Tang Ning said proudly.
I was a little nervous when she reminded me like this: "Damn, what should I do?"
"Hey, you see so many beggars sleeping on the overpass at night, you can go too, you can look up and see the stars, how beautiful is it?" Tang Ning winked at me and quickly ran away.
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At this time, 10,000 grass and mud horses were galloping in my heart, but I thought that if I didn't go, I would be expelled, wipe, what a bad luck!
I took a taxi to the hotel that Tangning's father had booked, and then Tangning and I entered the box one after the other, and Tangning's father had arrived at this time and was looking at his phone.
"Hello uncle". After I saw Tang Ning's father, I became nervous, for fear that I would be fired from a bad impression, and it would be a big loss.
Tang Ning's father wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a suit and leather shoes, and he looked like a big official, which invisibly added a lot of pressure to me, like I had seen the village chief in a white shirt at most before!
"Sit down". Tang Ning's father said expressionlessly, and his voice was lukewarm.
Seeing that his father's attitude doesn't seem to be very good, I sat on the chair, I only felt that my back was sweaty, and I was afraid of embarrassing Tang Ning, I remember that someone used to say that the sitting posture should be natural, so that I don't know where to put my hands now.
Sitting on the table, I wanted to put my hand on my lap, but as soon as I put it down, Tang Ning reached out and grabbed it for me, and I was so frightened that I quickly retracted my hand.
"Plop, haha!" Downing looked at the bear I was scared of, and the flowers and branches trembled with laughter.
And I looked at Downing's father awkwardly, my face was red, and I was not so restrained.
"Tang Ning, what are you laughing at?" Tang Ning's father put his mobile phone aside and began to beckon the waiter to serve the food.
"No, Dad, that, Chen An, do you want to drink something?" Tang Ning flattened his mouth and began to talk about something else.
Before I could think about it, Downing's father asked me, "Young man, can you have some wine?"
Before I could answer, Tang Ning spoke first: "Dad, he's only eighteen this year, what kind of wine do you drink?"
"Oh, what's wrong with eighteen, when I'm eighteen years old, I can drink two taels with your grandfather." Her father said.
"No, Chen An, you are not allowed to drink anyway!" Tang Ning said stubbornly.
"It's okay, since my uncle is happy, I am willing to accompany him." I interrupted her.
"Okay, let's drink some white." Downing's father looked very happy and handed a glass.
The waiter quickly served the wine, I took the initiative to pour two glasses full of politeness, in fact, I can drink some liquor, I used to practice during the New Year, relatives and friends do not leave the wine every day during the New Year.
I don't know the rules very well, I took a sip of the cup and stuffed it directly, after drinking, I only felt that my throat was like a knife, I wiped it, why is it so spicy!
After I finished drinking, I didn't feel anything other than spicy, but when I looked at Downing and her school dad, they all looked at me with surprised eyes.
"Chen An, aren't you afraid of choking?" Tang Ning glared at me, and then looked at his father's wine glass.
I laughed dryly twice, as if I understood something, and I remembered that the liquor seemed to be drunk slowly......
"Uncle, why don't you drink it?" I said embarrassedly.
Just now, Tang Ning's father was quite confident, but now it is obviously a little difficult to ride a tiger, he swallowed his breath and said: "Nonsense, your children have drunk, what can't I drink."
Saying that, Tang Ning and his father also dried it up, his face was red and white for a while, seeing his father pretending to be nothing, I really wanted to laugh, Tang Ning secretly pinched my thigh, and whispered: "Chen An!
After drinking and eating, Tang Ning and his father also began to get serious, and wanted to talk to me about school.
Through this hour of communication, I feel that Tang Ning and his father are still very easy to get along with, and they all speak quite reasonably, of course, with a hint of majesty.
"Tang Ning, you go out first, I'll talk to Chen An for a while." Downing's dad said.
After listening, Tang Ning directly refused: "Don't do it, if there is anything to say in front of me, just promise not to expel Chen An."
"Do you still want me to help him?" said Tang Ning's father with a serious face.
She was quite unhappy, looking at her father sullenly, but still didn't go out.
"Tang Ning, okay, you go out first." I looked at Downing in embarrassment and said.
With a flat mouth, Tang Ning didn't say a word, took his jeans and walked out.
When I turned my head to look at Tang Ning's father, her father was stunned, with two words of admiration written in his eyes, and I realized that I spoke better than him......
Tang Ning coughed twice, and said seriously: "Chen An, I know everything about you, it stands to reason that it is not too much for you to be expelled ten times, but I also learned about the particularity, you are the champion of your village, but in the point high school, your grades are not good?"
I frowned, Downing's father had something to say.
"I can tell the school not to expel you, because of the particularity of your matter, it can also be said that it is for Tang Ning's face, but I must tell you one thing, in addition to being the leader of the Education Bureau, I am also a father, do you understand what I mean?" Tang Ning's father said, waving me over.
As I walked over, Downing's father handed me his phone, and on the call log, I saw that Downing had made nineteen calls to his father from noon to afternoon, including ten missed calls, and that they had only had one call once in a while.
"Because of your business, my daughter has been calling me since noon, I rejected her, I said I would discuss and study and then decide, in fact, I had already decided not to fire you at that time, but she was still calling, there were ten I didn't answer, until the last call, I agreed to meet with you, she didn't call again." Downing's father said.
Holding his phone in my hand, I frowned, not knowing what to say.
Tangning's father took the phone and said: "I don't know why she has such an iron friend as you when she first arrives at school, and I don't know how you have such a big charm, but I hope that you are just friends."
Looking into his eyes, I instantly understood everything.
"Chen An, let me ask you, why did you come to me? instead of your parents? Why don't you find your relatives and friends?" Tang Ning's father said solemnly.
I only felt that my self-esteem had been hit hard, and I gritted my teeth and said, "Because you are from the Education Bureau".
"Well, you're right, this is an era of relationships, you can find Tang Ning to help you, that's your ability, but I hope that this relationship ends here, it's just to help your friends!" Speaking of this, Tang Ning's father hung a trace of irreversible seriousness.
"Oh, are you saying I'm taking advantage of Downing, or are you afraid I'm going to be in a relationship with your daughter?"
"Yes, I learned before I came, your family is rural, the conditions are very average, you are very inspirational, you are a little high, but Tang Ning has been very good at studying since she was a child, I will send her abroad in the future, can you accompany her?" Tang Ning's father's gaze was like a knife, piercing my chest.
After listening to this, I only felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and I took a deep breath: "Uncle, I thank you for your kindness."
"Well, go to school well, there must be a way out, right?" Tangning's father nodded.
"No, you fired me, in addition, I have to tell you that I am at the same table as your daughter, and the relationship is good, I haven't thought about it so much, you guessed too much, and secondly, I never thought of using her, she's fine, that's all." Saying that, thinking of Downing outside the door, I only felt a little sour in my nose, and in the real world, there was no choice but to change myself......