"Oh, it's nothing, it's your Uncle Zhao who wants to meet you."

"See me? Why? Li Shuo was a little surprised.

He and Zhao Rongtian, chairman of Ennan Group, have only met twice, one is the first birthday banquet of Zhao Rongtian's only son, he was still very young at that time, his father and Zhao Rongtian were only general friends, once when he was writing a paper, he had interviewed several Chinese business leaders in New York, he did not go to his father to make an appointment, so he finally made an appointment, and only said ten minutes, Zhao Rongtian did not know who he was, and it is estimated that he has long forgotten about it now.

"Your Uncle Zhao's previous business was mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River area, and now if you want to expand trade in the north, you need to set up a branch in the capital and find a long-term cooperative accounting firm, don't you happen to be in the capital."

"Oh." Li Shuo smiled, "It's a good thing, then we can talk about it." "But there is no need to recall him back to the United States to talk about this matter, most of the time his parents miss him. Although he is very willing to accompany his parents, but now he really can't rest assured that Li Chengxiu, he plans to go back as soon as he sees Zhao Rongtian, and bring Li Chengxiu back with him at Christmas.

"Haven't you seen your Uncle Zhao?"

"Yes, when I was a child, but when you worked together, I was already out of the United States."

"Well, he is a very far-sighted and wise person, you can talk to him more, and you also want to thank Mrs. Zhao, she proposed to cooperate with you, it is rare for her to remember you."

"Okay."

"He had a son, do you remember?"

"I have the impression that I am old and have a son, and gold is very expensive." Li Shuo still has an impression of the first birthday banquet he attended when he was twelve years old, Zhao Rongtian, as the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and a celebrity in Manhattan, the first birthday party was held as a social ceremony. He was a little hypocritical when he was a child, he was an age when he had to talk to people about Byron at every turn, and he didn't appreciate Zhao's combination of Western and fanfare at all. I remember that several children of the same age wanted to hold the little doll to play, and one child also spoke, and the nurse of the Zhao family pretended not to understand Chinese, and the whites of her eyes were about to turn to the sky, after all, she was holding a noble son who was hard to find. He could see it clearly, although he was also curious about the pink and jade milk doll that everyone laughed at, but he didn't take a single step.

"Your Uncle Zhao sent his son to the Beijing Branch Office, and you will meet him this time, and you will be both friends and partners in the future."

Li Shuo smiled quietly: "Okay." "Zhao Rongtian and his wife are famous for spoiling their son, he really has some doubts about that person's ability, I hope it is not a difficult character, otherwise it will not be a trouble for him to be sandwiched between Zhao Rongtian and his father.

"Why are you talking about this as soon as you get home, my son hasn't eaten yet." Mrs. Li took her son's hand, "It's going to be dinner soon, I'll take you to see the little cabbage I planted first, it's growing so beautiful." ”

Li Shuo smiled and followed.

After eating, Li Shuo already felt very tired, took a shower and fell asleep on the bed.

When he woke up, it was dark, he looked at his watch, and although Li Chengxiu woke up at this time, his parents were ready to sleep.

Li Shuo took a photo of himself unshaved and sent it to Li Chengxiu, in which he looked sluggish and jet lag was really troublesome.

Li Chengxiu quickly replied with a text message: You look tired, take a good rest.

Li Shuo dialed the phone.

The phone rang for a long time before it was connected, and a soft, cautious voice rang out: "International call...... It's expensive, let's text it. ”

Li Shuo sneered: "It's okay, I want to hear your voice." ”

Li Chengxiu chuckled: "Where are you, what time is it?" ”

"It's ten o'clock at night, I wanted you to video with my mother, but she has already slept."

"Video ......," Li Chengxiu said timidly, "No, not very good." ”

"What's the matter, didn't I tell you, my parents know my sexuality, and they respect me."

"But......" The tone on the other end of the phone was hesitant.

"If you don't feel comfortable, then don't video, how about a few words? My parents are very curious about you. ”

"yes, okay."

"I'll go back to accompany you soon after I'm done, if you're bored, go and play with Xiaohui, don't be bored by yourself, okay."

"Okay."

"Cheng Xiu." Li Shuo said softly, "You will like my parents, my parents will also like you, by my side, you don't have to have any burden." ”

There was a gentle gasp on the other end of the phone, and Li Chengxiu whispered, "Brother Li, I know." ”

Early the next morning, Li Shuo went to play tennis with his father. When he was in college, he played in the National College Tennis League and reached the quarterfinals.

After exercising in the morning, I took my parents to eat at a French restaurant they frequented, and went shopping with my mother in the afternoon.

As an only child, he has been on the other side of the ocean all the year round, and he has always felt indebted to his parents, and every time he goes home, he will spend most of his time with his family.

At dusk, he returned home, changed his clothes, and Uncle Guang sent their family of three to attend Zhao Rongtian's family banquet.

Mr. Li was recently brought by Uncle Guang to like Kunqu Opera, and the two of them sang in the car, which made Li Shuo's mother and son laugh.

Zhao Rongtian lives in the heart of the Upper East Side, adjacent to Central Park, and built a small artificial lake by himself, which is the only Chinese-style mansion on the Upper East Side.

Uncle Guang parked the car at the door of the mansion under the guidance of security.

Li Shuo said: "Uncle Guang, don't fall asleep when you listen to the music, remember to leave some gaps in the car window." ”

Uncle Guang waved his hand: "No." ”

"Wait for us, good." Li Shuo smiled and patted Uncle Guang's shoulder.

Mrs. Li stepped out of the car, and Li Shuo bent down to straighten her slightly wrinkled skirt.

As he bowed his head, he heard a deep baritone calling his father's name.

As soon as he looked up, Zhao Rongtian came out with his wife to greet them, followed by a tall young man.

The moment Li Shuo saw the person's face clearly, his brain suddenly exploded.

Zhao, Zhao Jinxin?!

Zhao Jinxin glanced at him meaningfully, and then showed a well-behaved and pleasing smile: "Uncle Li is good, aunt is good, I haven't seen you for a long time, why is my aunt getting younger and more beautiful." ”

Mrs. Li smiled so much that her eyes were crooked: "Jin Xin has grown up, and her mouth is still so sweet." ”

Zhao Jinxin's gaze fell on Li Shuo, with a surprised expression: "Is this the eldest brother?" It's so handsome. ”

"Hello." Li Shuo nodded at Zhao Jinxin, the two of them seemed to have never seen each other, and he smiled generously and deductibly: "Uncle Zhao is good, Auntie is good." ”

"Ouch, what a talent." Zhao Rongtian looked Li Shuo up and down, and said with a smile, "I saw you last time I was a child." ”

Mr. Li sighed: "No, the last time you saw him, Jin Xin just knew how to climb, and in a blink of an eye, the children have grown up, and we are all old." ”

Mrs. Zhao said with a smile: "Either Jin Xin was not here before, or Li Shuo was not there, this is the first time that the six of us have a party, come into the house, let's have a good chat." ”

The four elders walked in front, followed by Zhao Jinxin and Li Shuo.

Zhao Jinxin glanced at Li Shuo and whispered, "I said, we will meet again." The tone was smiling, quite ambitious.

Li Shuo looked at his father's back without squinting, pretended not to hear, and walked quickly into the house.

In the face of this laughable coincidence, Li Shuo has turned from surprise to calm. But when he thought of the relationship between their fathers, he was worried that he would not be able to get involved with this person. He doesn't like to get mixed up with private and public affairs, and avoiding trouble is far more important than making money, and I'm afraid that the matter of cooperation will have to be reconsidered.

During the banquet, the two heads of the family chatted about the stock market, the two ladies politely showed off their sons, Zhao Jinxin and Li Shuo sat face to face, Li Shuo kept looking at his mother with a smile to avoid unnecessary eye contact with Zhao Jinxin.

Zhao Jinxin raised his glass: "Big brother, come, let's have a drink." ”

Li Shuo raised his glass elegantly and clinked the rim of the glass with him.

Mrs. Zhao covered her mouth and smiled: "The age difference between the two of you is a bit big, otherwise you must have grown up together as childhood sweethearts." ”

"It's a pity, if only I had known my eldest brother earlier." Zhao Jinxin said very sincerely.

Li Shuo smiled: "Not really. ”

"What hobbies does the eldest brother usually have? Something to do? ”

"Tennis, skiing, diving, what about you?"

"I just like them all, let's go together next time."

Li Shuo smiled slightly: "Okay." ”

"Xiao Shuo, when Jin Xin goes to China in the future, you have to take good care of this younger brother." Mrs. Li instructed.

"That's for sure." After Li Shuo agreed with a smile, he turned to Zhao Rongtian, "Uncle Zhao, I heard my father say that you plan to open up trade in the north. ”

"Yes, it's not just that you are in the capital, how reliable it is for us to cooperate with our own family." Zhao Rongtian waved his hand, "However, today we will only eat and chat, and we will go to our company tomorrow to talk about business." ”

Li Shuo nodded with a smile.

Zhao Jinxin said: "Big brother, can you eat some more beef?" ”

"Oh, no, I'm full, thanks."

"If you're done, I'll take you to the lake? Eliminate food. ”

As soon as Li Shuo wanted to refuse, his father spoke: "Go, you young people have a good talk." ”

Li Shuo wiped the corners of his mouth slowly, and glanced at Zhao Jinxin sharply, and Zhao Jinxin smiled very innocently.

Li Shuo stood up, smiled lightly and made a "please" gesture. He wanted to see what kind of moth Zhao Jinxin could do.

The artificial lake dug by the Zhao family is just on the edge of Central Park, and it is very cunning in design, not only can you have a beautiful view of Central Park, but when it is night or foggy, and the surrounding buildings are not so conspicuous, it looks like the whole Central Park is their Zhao family's back garden.

Li Shuo squinted his eyes and looked at the lake at night, the night breeze was light, and it was very cool and pleasant.

"It's a nice view." Zhao Jinxin put his hands behind his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's beautiful." Li Shuo said sincerely.

Zhao Jinxin chuckled: "I forgot how old I was when I moved here, every time I approached this lake when I was a child, someone followed, for fear that I would fall in, how could I be so stupid." ”

Li Shuo thought to himself, Zhao Jinxin is the single heirloom of the Zhao family, and Zhao Rongtian is almost forty years old, that is really their life-root-son, even if it is not strange to hire eight people to watch it 24 hours a day.

Li Shuo didn't answer, he waited for Zhao Jinxin to say something or do something. He didn't want to admit it, but he was faintly curious about what Zhao Jinxin dared to do.

Zhao Jinxin bent down to pick up a stone from the grass and threw it towards the center of the lake.

With a "bang", the small stone fell into the lake, creating a small circle of quiet ripples in the moonlight.

Li Shuo was still silent, but he was a little vigilant, after all, Zhao Jinxin had "sneak attacked" him on the plane.

"It's nice here, but I still prefer my apartment." Zhao Jinxin chuckled, "At the highest level, nearly two hundred meters from the ground, there are no taller buildings around. “

Li Shuo remembered what Zhao Jinxin said on the plane, and he couldn't help but start to have pictures that were inappropriate for children in his mind.

Zhao Jinxin was beside him: "Take off - naked in the pool, violent - exposed to the sky and sun, as if the whole world is empty, but when you look down, you can see cars on the street and children flying kites in the riverside park." But no one will see you, see what you're doing, and you'll start to feel ashamed – ashamed, but you'll be ...... very quickly."

"Alright." Li Shuo was born interrupted. He suddenly found that his train of thought was being led by Zhao Jinxin, whether it was guessing what Zhao Jinxin would do out of the ordinary, or being shoehorned into his mind by Zhao Jinxin's □□ picture, he was "invaded" by this person's mind, which is not a good thing. He paused, showing a somewhat helpless smile, "Jin Xin, your trick doesn't work for me, it has nothing to do with whether you are attractive or not." For the sake of our fathers' faces, let's just act as if nothing happened on the plane, and it's not good for us to make friends. ”

Zhao Jinxin glanced at him, and then laughed: "It really doesn't work?" I sent you the photo, like? ”

"Like, you're in good shape." Li Shuo admitted it calmly.

Zhao Jinxin blinked: "There is also a 'better', do you want to see it?" ”

Li Shuo put his hands in his pockets and shook his head with a smile: "If you can't have a normal relationship with me, then it's best for us not to have a relationship." ”

Zhao Jinxin stared at him for two seconds, and laughed: "Okay, I won't tease you." ”

Li Shuo raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "I'll go back first." "As he spoke, he was leaving.

Zhao Jinxin grabbed his arm: "What's the hurry, I'll take you to the lake to play?" ”

"No need, it's so dark......"

"It's fun when it's dark, and we can set off fireworks on the lake, which is very beautiful."

Li Shuo politely but resolutely withdrew his hand: "No need, I have limited time to come back, and I want to spend more time with my parents." He nodded at Zhao Jinxin and turned around and walked back.

Zhao Jinxin looked at his departing back, and the corners of his lips were always smiling.

It wasn't until Li Shuo's back disappeared that he took out his mobile phone, dialed a call, and said lazily: "Hey, brother, I saw him." ”

"Well, you have a good eye, and it's exactly to my taste."

"Sister-in-law's vision is not bad...... before the words fell, Zhao Jinxin kept the phone away from his ears, and when the roar was over, he said with a smile, "Don't be so fierce, just kidding, you have such a bad temper and you have to lose your life." ”

"Don't worry, brother, although it's a little difficult, but it's ......" Zhao Jinxin squinted his eyes slightly, "It's fun like this." ”