Chapter 76: Circle of Friends
Xia Sheng slept until three poles in the sun before getting up, and just wanted to go to wash, he received a call from Hua Tao.
"Have you read the circle of friends?" Hua Tao's voice trembled slightly.
"Didn't look, what's wrong?" Xia Sheng keenly caught the other party's emotional abnormality, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" β
"You go to the circle of friends, and then call me back after reading it." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.
Xia Sheng didn't brush his teeth, didn't wash his face, picked up his mobile phone and logged in to WeChat.
The thing that can make Hua Tao's emotions out of control must be extraordinary.
For example, aliens attack Earth.
Xia Sheng's mind was full of ideas, and when he really saw the content that was frantically forwarded in the circle of friends, he found that his imagination was still a little worse.
French kisses on the street, crazy love on the beach.
The pictures are full of pictures and texts, and the pictures are quite clear, and there is no trace of P in sight.
Xia Sheng looked at the past picture by picture, and he knew the two protagonists in it, but he never dreamed that they would hook up and commit adultery.
The person who was devastated in the face after knowing that he had a girlfriend yesterday...... Could it actually be Tao Sihua's twin sister?
No, this one in the circle of friends is the twin sister.
He had known Tao Sihua for so long, and he had never seen her show such ...... Exaggerated expressions.
Are you laughing or crying?
He zoomed in on the picture, but he couldn't see the reason anyway.
Xia Sheng dialed Hua Tao's number.
"Did you see it?" Hua Tao's voice is still excited.
"......" Xia Sheng didn't know what the hell she was excited about, "Look, your lady is going to become an Internet celebrity." β
Hua Tao ignored Xia Sheng's jokes, and said excitedly: "She actually has a boyfriend, it's unscientific." β
"Don't you say that people are beautiful women, it's weird to have a boyfriend?" Xia Sheng asked rhetorically. He walked to the bathroom, tucked his phone over his shoulder, and squeezed toothpaste on his toothbrush with his free hands.
"The problem is that she likes you, why did she empathize and stop falling in love as soon as she turned around?" Hua Tao was puzzled, and let out two sighs in a row, "The object of empathy is still Dr. Lin, when did you say they started?" β
Xia Sheng finally saw the gossip of women, a little helpless, and said vaguely with a toothbrush in his mouth: "There are many possibilities of love at first sight, it seems that she doesn't like me much, if you change your mind, you will change your mind, women are really fickle." β
Hua Tao heard the different taste in this sentence, and snorted dissatisfiedly: "Xia Xiaobald, are you still unwilling?" Do not forget that you have a Lord, and be at peace. β
Xia Sheng: "......" Why am I restless?
"I've been guarding myself since I got along with you, okay?" Xia Sheng showed his heart while brushing his teeth.
Hua Tao barely heard what he was saying, and was happy for a long time.
"What are you doing? Eating? β
"Brush your teeth, grunt." Xia Sheng took a mouthful of water and rinsed his mouth in his mouth.
Hua Tao is envious: "You didn't get up until now, it's hard for me to get up early and feel dark, tired like a dog." β
Xia Sheng spit out the mouthwash, wiped his face with a face towel, and said with a smile: "You are responsible for making money to support your family, and I am responsible for being beautiful like a flower." β
Hua Tao: "......" you can really say it.
"Otherwise, if you finish the studio, I'll raise you." Xia Sheng left the bathroom refreshingly, returned to the room and poured a glass of warm water, sat down and drank it slowly.
Hua Tao disagreed: "Do you have a job now?" What to feed me with? After finishing speaking, she immediately regretted it, she didn't mean anything else, just talking about things, but I don't know what kind of deep meaning she would hear in the ears of the noble son who has a false appearance.
She wanted to add that she didn't dislike him as a nominal president, but she felt that this would only get darker and darker, and she couldn't help but regret it.
Xia Sheng is not as glassy as she thought, after all, it has been so many years, and the people around him who know the inside story are sympathetic, ridiculed, and gloating, but there are also sincere. He silently looked in his eyes, knew it in his heart, and didn't care about those who looked at him coldly, they were just passers-by, and they couldn't walk into his life. He only remembers the people who have warmed him, and those are his friends, which are worthy of his cherishing.
"I can shoot a photo album, it will definitely sell well, and maybe I can become famous and rich." Xia Sheng said triumphantly.
Hua Tao didn't hear the unpleasant emotions from his tone, and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking of the noble son's attitude of indifferent to everything on weekdays, at first he would mistakenly think that he had no heart and lungs, but now he doesn't think so, he only feels that the person he loves is broad-minded, not a person with a small belly.
Xia Xiaobald is really good, like a treasure buried in the ground, the more you dig, the more you can find the precious treasures hidden inside.
She will hide him from anyone.
Xia Sheng didn't know that he had become Hua Tao's personal treasure, and he was still fantasizing about the future: "When I become popular, you will be my agent, hahahaha." β
Hua Tao: "......, I'll definitely hide you in the snow."
"By the way, are you still thinking about Luoluo's photo album?" Xia Sheng changed the topic and suddenly asked.
Hua Tao was caught off guard, and subconsciously opened her mouth and replied: "I have asked KK to ask Zhang Xu to help me ......" Die, this can't be said. Hua Tao immediately stopped.
Xia Sheng: "......" You still miss that little fresh meat, you don't love me anymore!
Hua Tao can feel the strong grievance on the other end through the mobile phone.
"Okay, I don't want it." For the sake of lovers, Hua Tao can only endure the pain of love.
"Yes, why not, I will personally go out to help you come back." Xia Sheng suddenly had a new idea after complaining, "Anyway, I'm about to take a photo, and I'm going to ask him for some advice and suggestions by the way." β
Hua Tao: "......, can you not say it as if it were true?"
"Can you come up with a nice name for my photo album?" Once Xia Sheng's paranoia attacks, no one can stop it.
Hua Tao said: "Don't you still need to think about it, it's called "Obscene Monk". β
Xia Sheng: "......"
"If you want to shoot, take advantage of it now, in case your hair grows again, you are not a prostitute monk, but a prisoner of labor reform." Hua Tao made up for it very gently.
Xia Sheng: "......" You must not be true love for me.
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When Tao Sihua woke up, he only felt that his back was sore and his legs were numb.
Yesterday she spent an afternoon in the sun, and her skin was black and peeled off.
When Lin Chengyan sent her back, it happened that Tao Shenglei was at home. The father frowned unhappily when he saw his daughter look embarrassed.
She was so tired that she said hello to Tao Shenglei and went back to the room, not caring how Lin Chengyan was going to face her father's questioning.
She took a hot bath and went to sleep, and dreamed all night that it was like a mass of wool that had been scratched by the kitten's paws, headless and tailless, and messy.
It must have been a bad year recently, and all the bad things that happened happened were good.
Can you still live?
After washing, I changed into a set of casual and loose clothes and walked out of the living room.
The maid saw her come out and hurriedly prepared breakfast for her.
A bowl of sticky porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, a plate of crystal full flour dumplings, and a special yellow sauce made by Aunt Zhang, the old mother, are all placed on the table, rich and exquisite.
Tao Sihua turned on his mobile phone, which had been turned off all night, and planned to eat while seeing if there were any missed calls or unread messages last night.
When the tone finally subsided, she picked up her phone again and saw that there were more than a dozen missed calls in the notification bar.
What's going on?
This is something that has never been done before, even on her birthday, the blessing messages and blessing calls have not been so outrageous.
She scooped a spoonful of hot porridge and drank it slowly, clicking on the information with one hand and reading it slowly and methodically.
- Sihua, didn't you say that you didn't have a boyfriend at the last party, it was so hard to deceive us, why don't you hide it so deeply, it's too boring.
- Weak water, look at the circle of friends, you started when you were on your last trip, remember to invite me as a matchmaker to dinner.
- Sihua, have you read the circle of friends, it's not like your painting style, have you been framed?
- Sihua, although I am sad that you did not choose me, I still sincerely wish you and hope that you will be happy from now on.
Tao Sihua: What kind of mess is ......?
She logged in to WeChat, clicked on Moments, and ...... The whole face turned pale in an instant.
One picture after another stung her eyes.
She was pressed against a tree and kissed on her face, she was forced into a car, she was dragged forward by a beast and fell down, she was picked up by a beast and was unable to break free, she was grabbed by a large reef and confessed loudly by the beast's wrist......
These embarrassing scenes were actually labeled as wind and snow.
Tao Sihua clenched his phone, as if he was going to crush it alive.
It's ridiculous.
She couldn't help but laugh.
The laughter attracted the attention of the maid, she rarely saw the eldest lady smiling, and was about to talk to her when she was in a good mood, but in the next second, Tao Sihua stood up and swept all the things on the table to the ground.
The porcelain fell to the ground, smashed into pieces, and the ping-pong smashed to the ground.
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That night, Tao Shenglei returned to the villa earlier than before.
"Is Miss back?" He asked the maid.
The maid glanced towards the second floor and whispered, "Miss didn't go out today......"
Tao Shenglei waited expressionlessly for her to continue.
"Miss hasn't come down all day, and she hasn't eaten all day."
"yes, got it." Tao Shenglei went back to the study first and put down the document bag, and then walked to his daughter's room for the first time.
Tao Sihua's room faintly heard the sound of the piano.
He hesitated, but finally knocked on the door.
The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and after a while, the door was opened from the inside, and a face similar to Tao Shenglei and equally expressionless poked out.
"Father." Her eyes fell on Tao Shenglei, not surprised, and it can even be said that she had expected it for a long time.
Tao Shenglei has always been satisfied and relieved of this daughter, her daughter is like her, calm and resolute, she has been very independent since she was a child, no one has to worry about it at all, it is rare that she has excellent grades and excellent performance, from primary school to university, teachers have praised her.
Tao Shenglei even narcissistically believes that his daughter has inherited her own genes and is a matter of course for her to excel in the crowd.
It's just that in a blink of an eye, my daughter has reached the age where her parents have to worry about lifelong events.
Knowing this, Tao Shenglei suddenly began to reflect, and it seemed that he had indeed neglected the growth of his children too much.
"You follow me to the study." The daily conversation between Tao Shenglei and Tao Sihua's father and daughter is more like a formulaic conversation between a boss and a subordinate, with more majesty and less warmth.
Tao Sihua is used to it and doesn't feel wronged. If one day her father showed her a loving expression, she would find it incredible.
Tao Shenglei's study is very spacious, with rows of books neatly arranged on the shelves on the wall, from world classics to academic books.
Tao Sihua sneered in his heart.
In addition to the study at home, his office also has several rows of books.
Although my father was not a big man, he was definitely not a learned man, and what was the case with these books, and how they are now, are still unopened, and they are still unopened, dutifully acting as a faΓ§ade for this mercenary profiteer.
The two fathers and daughters sat down facing each other, and for a while, they both felt a little uncomfortable.
When was the last time they chatted for more than five minutes?
No one remembers.
Tao Shenglei opened his mouth first, he is used to grasping the initiative, and he is the same in any situation, even if it is a rare heart-to-heart conversation between father and daughter.
"Lin Chengyan told me about you last night." The first sentence of the opening statement made Tao Sihua frown.
"What? Aren't you dating? As a shrewd businessman, Tao Shenglei is best at observing words and feelings, and he sees Tao Sihua's every move.
"Father, we don't have a relationship." Tao Sihua lowered his eyes and spoke in a dull tone.
The orange wall lamps render the warmth of the room, projecting the shadows of the Tao family's father and daughter on the wall, the elders examine thoughtfully, and the younger generations have a clear conscience.
"You mean, he's wishful thinking?" Tao Shenglei's temperament precipitation over the years makes him look not angry and arrogant, no matter who is in front of him, he feels that he is a little shorter.
Tao Sihua is not afraid of Tao Shenglei, but he has an innate awe for his father, respect is greater than fear, so what he thinks in his heart, he is never afraid to face him and say it.
"Yes, he's wishful thinking." Tao Sihua raised his head and calmly looked at his father.
Tao Shenglei nodded, picked up the mobile phone on the desk, and asked slowly: "I received a few photos today, one of which is you kissing on the street." Did you do it voluntarily, or did he force you? β