Chapter 365: A Twist of Fate 2
This afternoon,I have been staying in Mi Cai's office and never left,I slept happily for a long time,When dusk was about to come,Mi Cai woke me up,Then I offered to buy a decent dress,Mi Cai said no,Today is just an ordinary family banquet,Not a business banquetγ
I don't need these red tape, of course I can't ask for it, and immediately walked out of the office with Mi Cai, and when I walked through the high-rise special passage, I happened to meet Fang Yuan, who had just gotten off work, and after greeting each other, he smiled and said to me: "Zhaoyang, I rarely see you come to the company to pick up Mr. Mi from work, are you going to enjoy the world of two people with Mr. Mi tonight?" β
I responded with a smile and said, "I'm going to go to Shanghai right away." β
Fang Yuan's expression was a little puzzled, but because Mi Cai was by my side, he didn't ask much, just emphasized that he had a business banquet to attend later, and then said goodbye to us.
After leaving Zhuomei, I went to the parking lot to drive the car, and when I was about to go straight to Shanghai, Mi Cai asked me to go to the nearby cake shop first, and I was puzzled and asked, "Isn't your uncle already celebrating his birthday this year?" What other cakes to buy? β
"Today is Mi Bin's 26th birthday"
I subconsciously replied, "Her birthday? So the main purpose of our visit to Shanghai today is to celebrate her birthday? β
"What do you think?"
"I want to ask you, what can I say about this?"
"This time I went to Shanghai, I didn't plan to talk to my uncle about anything, just go with the flow!"
"A good sentence goes with the flow"
In the face of my complaints, Mi Cai just smiled indifferently, then took my arm and walked over to the parked car across the street
The distance between Suzhou and Shanghai was so close that I was driving, just thinking about one thing in my mind, and I had already passed through several lively neighborhoods to the luxurious villa where Mi Zhongde lived, and after I honked the horn, the door was opened, and Mi Zhongde, who I had not seen for a long time, had already walked out of the house, looking like a gesture of greeting, because he had a slight smile on his face.
I stopped the car and walked out of the car with Mi Cai, and at this time Mi Zhongde was already walking towards us with a smile on his face, Mi Cai called him uncle first, and I was stunned for a moment before calling him uncle with Mi Cai.
This time, Mi Zhongde's attitude towards me changed dramatically, patted me on the shoulder, and motioned for Mi Cai and me to follow him into the house, I was a little unaccustomed to his change, so that Mi Cai took several steps before me before I came back to my senses and kept up with her.
It was still the spacious and magnificent hall, I sat on the sofa under the instruction of Mi Zhongde, the nanny brought me a pot of hot tea, Mi Zhongde personally poured a small cup for me, and said with a smile: "This is the best Longjing tea I photographed at the Shanghai Tea Culture Festival last time, you taste it!" β
I took a sip and said to Mi Zhongde for a long time: "This sip is hundreds of yuan of tea, except for fear, I really can't taste anything else." β
Mi Zhongde smiled, picked up another cup of tea in a purple clay pot, took a sip, and said to me: "No matter what kind of tea you taste, you must be calm, in fact, there is no distinction between high and low tea, the key is the person who tastes tea."
I frowned slightly and asked, "You mean, there are high and low people?" β
"There is no distinction between high and low, the so-called expensive or cheap, lies in your attitude towards life, if you have an enterprising heart, your life and the number of gas, can be worthy of this "expensive" word! β
I didn't have words, because I didn't quite understand what he was saying to me for.
Mi Zhongde said: "I have heard of a series of actions in business recently, the inns, restaurants and bars operating in Xitang and Suzhou have very distinctive commercial characteristics, as Xiaocai's uncle, I am very happy to see an enterprising heart in you, and I am glad for her father!" β
I looked at Mi Cai, she still looked calm, just waiting, to see how I would respond to Mi Zhongde, but suddenly I was affirmed, and I was not mentally prepared at all, so I was a little unable to respond
Mi Cai seemed to see my embarrassment, looked around and asked Mi Zhongde, "Uncle, where is Mi Bin, why hasn't she come back yet?" β
"I've already rushed from Nanjing to Shanghai, and I should be there soon" After a slight pause, he said: "Xiaocai, you and Zhaoyang will sit for a while, I'll go to the back garden for a walk, and we'll have dinner when Xiaoyang comes back." β
Mi Cai nodded, and Mi Zhongde then got up and left, looking at his back, I asked Mi Cai in a low voice, "Will the four of us eat tonight?" β
"And my aunt."
I asked again with confusion: "I didn't see your aunt last time your uncle had a birthday, I thought they were divorced!" β
"Don't talk nonsense, their relationship is very good, but the last time my uncle celebrated his birthday, my aunt happened to go abroad for academic exchanges, and she couldn't come back."
"What does your aunt do?"
"University professor."
I nodded, I couldn't help but envy Mi Cai's family, if Mi Zhongde could really abandon the business battle and let Mi Cai integrate into his family, what a happy thing it would be for Mi Cai, after all, as his own uncle and aunt, he could replace his parents' love in a certain way.
But at this time, I became more and more curious about Mi Cai's mother, whom I had never met, but Mi Cai was reluctant to mention it, and what was even stranger was that no one around me had mentioned it
Although I really wanted to know the truth, I couldn't help but ask, because the last time I asked, Mi Cai had already expressed great rejection, and there must be a secret in this that she didn't want to mention, so I should choose to respect her.
While talking to Mi Cai, there was a sound of a car engine outside the house, and after a while, I saw Mi Huan, who I hadn't seen for a long time, I still remember the last time we met, she was messing around with Fang Yuan, and then she was slapped hard by the grumpy Jane Wei I don't know what kind of mood she will have when facing me again at this time!
Mi Yu threw his handbag on the sofa very casually, and then walked towards me and Mi Cai, but completely ignored my deposit, and after sitting down next to Mi Cai, he took her arm and said: "Sister, I thought you were busy lately and didn't have time to come to Shanghai to celebrate my birthday!" β
Mi Cai smiled and said, "No matter how busy you are, you have to make time for your birthday Happy Birthday, Happy!" β
Mi Huan was like a coquettish sister, Chong Mi Cai stretched out her hand and asked, "Sister, don't you have any gifts for me?" β
Mi Cai nodded, then took out a delicate gift box from her handbag and handed it to Mi Bin, Mi Hao took it from her hand, and did not rush to open it, looked at me, and asked in an aggressive tone, "Why are you here too?" β
I replied without any affection: "Come to celebrate your birthday." β
"Oh, I'm just asking, I always think it's a bit redundant for you to sit here!"
I smiled indifferently and said, "Talk politely to your future brother-in-law, don't be naughty!" β
Mi Bin glared at me fiercely, but did not choose to have a seizure, and then ignored me, picked up his handbag, and walked to the room upstairs
After waiting for a while, Mi Zhongde, who was taking a walk in the back garden, returned to the house with a middle-aged woman with a noble temperament, Mi Cai got up to greet him, and said to the noble woman: "Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you been busy lately?" β
The woman came to Mi Cai's side, held her hand, looked at it, and said with some distress in her words: "Xiaocai, you are thin again!" Usually pay attention to diet and rest, work should be put down, after all, it's a girl's house! β
I can't hear the woman's advice, whether it is really for Mi Cai's body, or whether it is an implicit reminder that Mi Cai should not be too antagonistic to Mi Zhongde, so I pay more attention to Mi Cai's answer.
I saw Mi Cai smile and said, "Auntie, don't worry, I will combine work and rest." β
The woman looked at Mi Cai again, the distress in her eyes, she didn't fake it at all, and repeated Mi Cai, this detail made me believe that her concern for Mi Cai was from the heart, and maybe she didn't care about the power dispute between Mi Cai and Mi Zhongde.
After chatting with Mi Cai for a while, the woman looked at me, her face was a little puzzled, and I didn't wait for Mi Cai to introduce, so I smiled and said to her: "Hello Auntie, my name is Zhaoyang, and I accompanied Mi Cai to Shanghai today to celebrate Mi Cai's birthday." β
"Oh, welcome, welcome." After the woman responded to me politely, she looked at Mi Cai again, obviously thinking that the relationship between me and Mi Cai was not so simple.
Mi Cai took my hand and said to the woman, "Auntie, he is my boyfriend, and we are already planning to get married!" β
The woman looked at me again, but she didn't react as violently as Mi Zhongde at the beginning, and said to Mi Cai: "Auntie believes in your vision, and when you set a wedding date, you must be the first to tell Aunt SΓΉ, and Auntie will buy you a dowry." β
"Thank you, Auntie."
During this conversation between Mi Cai and the woman, I subconsciously looked at Mi Zhongde, who had been standing next to me and did not speak, this time he was very easy-going, and did not raise any objections to my marriage with Mi Cai.
I gradually relaxed in my heart, but I didn't let my guard down because of this, because Mi Zhongde's temporary compromise was likely to be for commercial purposes, and of course, there is also a possibility that while he has a commercial purpose, he also sincerely hopes that Mi Cai can have a happy home emotionally, after all, people are complex, and I can't always stare at his dark side
In the evening, Mi Zhongde's family, as well as Mi Cai and I, celebrated Mi Bin's 26th birthday in a fairly kind atmosphere, but during the banquet, Mi Zhongde and Mi Cai did not mention the word "Zhuomei", and it was not until the end of the dinner that Mi Zhongde said to Mi Cai: "Xiaocai, you haven't played Go with your uncle for a long time, and you will play a few games with your uncle later." β
Mi Cai looked at the time and said, "Uncle, we are going back to Suzhou soon, and I will accompany you next time I have a chance." β
"It's okay, you and Zhaoyang will stay at your uncle's house tonight, and I'll go back and ask the nanny to arrange a room for you."
Her aunt chimed in and didn't let us go, Mi Cai looked at me and asked for my opinion, I said: "Then you can accompany your uncle to play a few games of Go, we will go back to Suzhou later, it's nothing, anyway, it's close, so I won't stop bothering my uncle and aunt!" β
Mi Cai understood my intentions, and finally nodded to Mi Zhongde, and I knew very well: when the two of them play chess later, it is likely that there will be a final showdown on the issue of Zhuomei.
I used to promise to write an extra story of Chen Qingyi, but today I happened to see the ending of the best girlfriend, and when I saw Zhang Yixi recalling the days when I was with Chen Qingyi, I felt very emotional, and I felt that Chen Qingyi was the woman I owe the most in my pen
I was going to write an extra on the website.,But the best girlfriend has been over for too long.,I'm afraid I won't find the original feeling.,Ruined the integrity of the whole book.,So this extra is not going to be published on the website...... So I'll post it in WeChat's feed...... It is expected to be a short story of 50,000 words, which will be updated from time to time.
The nickname is "The Lost Coffee Shop", which is an extra, and I plan to break away from the number of online articles and write it in a stream-of-consciousness way. In the third person, I also counted one of my writing wishes......
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