Due to the hand injury during this time, Xu Mengzhou's work efficiency has slowed down. In order not to delay the progress of teaching, he had to work overtime to prepare lessons and write lesson plans. Leave work later than other teachers.

Fortunately, Lin Yushan has helped him share some paperwork in the past few days, otherwise he would really be too busy.

During this time, the two of them may have had more time on the phone than in the past three years combined. Xu Mengzhou himself didn't realize that the way they get along with each other now has quietly changed compared to before.

Because of his deeds of helping students to get himself injured, the students in several classes he led miraculously performed better in class, even if his speed of writing was a little slow, the students were waiting for him, and the discipline in the classroom was exceptionally good, which made him feel quite gratified.

The large mass of gauze wrapped around his hands had been removed somewhat, leaving only small pieces of cotton wrapped around his knuckles. The joints are still unable to bend hard, the most seriously injured middle knuckle has not yet had the stitches removed, and the itching pain in the joints when writing and typing on the keyboard is a sign that the wound muscles are growing.

Xu Mengzhou was correcting the test papers for this monthly exam in the office, and the phone at hand rang. He glanced sideways, and it was his father's call.

Pick up the phone. Father Xu didn't seem to care whether he was listening or not, and said to himself: "Today, you come to the company after work, and I have something to ask you." Father Xu's tone was unmistakable. At the end, he added: "Just come by yourself, you don't need to tell Huang Ying." I'll have a meeting later, so I won't tell you more. ”

Before he could respond, Xu's father hung up the phone.

Xu Mengzhou put down his mobile phone, he didn't have to think about it to know what his father called him to do.

As if with great determination, he picked up his phone and looked at the time. The sun was shining through the windows outside the office, and the teachers were leaving for work. He insisted on driving out of the school gate until he finished the lesson plan for tomorrow.

Xinneng Group is located in the Economic Development Zone of the outer ring of Jingzhou City, after nearly six years of development and expansion, it has gradually squeezed out other competitors in the same industry and has become the largest power equipment supplier in Jingzhou City and even the province.

Xu Mengzhou drove into the group's underground garage, entered the elevator and pressed the floor, and the elevator door slowly closed.

The elevator doors opened again a moment before they closed completely. I saw a female employee in professional clothes standing outside, who was holding a large stack of materials and preparing to go upstairs, but saw that Xu Mengzhou was also in the elevator, and did not dare to step forward, showing a slightly panicked look.

"Xiao Xu is always ......" The employee whispered a greeting, did not look up and whispered: "You go up first, I'll wait for the next elevator." ”

Xu Mengzhou reached out and pressed the button to prevent the elevator door from closing again. "It's okay, let's go up together."

"Thank you, Mr. Xu." The female employee timidly got on the elevator, put down the information, found a corner and stood still, silently observing him.

Somewhat different from the descriptions of his colleagues, he was surrounded by a faint sense of brokenness, gentle and mournful.

She had long heard her colleagues discuss it quietly in private. Mr. Xu has a son who is extremely outstanding in appearance and temperament, who is very gentle in life, and got married early just after graduating from graduate school. I don't know why I didn't take Mr. Xu's class, but I went to be a teacher.

She has only joined the company for a short time, and when Xu Mengzhou came to the company before, she had only seen it once from afar, and she didn't see it very really. Now that the legendary son of Mr. Xu is standing in front of her, she can't help but sneak a few glances. While watching, I guessed endlessly, I don't know who is so lucky to marry such an outstanding man.

"Ding-dong-" The door opened, and both of them got off the elevator on the same floor.

The female employee picked up the stack of materials from the ground, but unexpectedly, the center of gravity was unstable and the paper was spilled on the ground. Xu Mengzhou heard the sound and looked back, and the female employee was embarrassed and hurriedly smiled at him; "Mr. Xu, I'm sorry to make you laugh, you can go first."

Xu Mengzhou's eyes were messy, he took off his backpack and stuck it in the middle of the elevator door, squatted down, and helped her pick up the information page by page. When the two of them were almost tidy, he stood up and handed the paper he had collected to the female employee.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Xu, I ......" The female employee really didn't expect Mr. Xu's son to be so humble and polite, and to help himself as a small employee, all kinds of words were blocked in his mouth for a while, but he didn't know what to say, looked up and thanked him again, and his face turned red to the back of his ears.

"No thanks, it's just a small thing, so many materials, it's difficult for one person to move." He said softly, "You should be a newcomer soon, the company has a trolley, and you don't have to work hard to move it next time you use this." I don't work here, so you don't need to call me Mr. Xu. ”

After speaking, Xu Mengzhou nodded at her slightly, picked up the backpack, and turned around and walked out of the elevator.

The female employee looked at the stack of documents she was holding and found that the part of the information that Xu Mengzhou handed her was even sorted out for her in order! She froze in place, staring blankly at the elevator entrance for a while, and couldn't help but have questions in her heart.

Does such a person really exist in this world?

Walk through the hallway of the office area. When the employees saw Xu Mengzhou appear in the company, they called him "Mr. Xu". There were even some young girls, whispering in twos and threes, and their eyes were full of enthusiasm when they looked at him.

Xu Mengzhou was a little uncomfortable being called like this, and still nodded politely to the person who greeted him. He quickly walked through the busy office area and went straight to the door of the chairman's office at the end of the hallway, knocking on the door.

"Enter."

Pushing open the door, Xu's father was talking to the company's department director. Seeing him come in, the department director withdrew first.

The huge chairman's office was cold and lifeless, with only a trace of smoke remaining.

"What's the matter with me?" Xu Mengzhou didn't put down the bag, nor did he go to sit on the sofa opposite, just looked at his father quietly.

Xu's father leaned his head back on the leather office chair, and when he saw his son coming, he turned around, squinting his eyes and looking Xu Mengzhou up and down. "I've said it many times, you are my son, the future successor of the company, how can you reflect your identity in front of outsiders with such casual dressing?"

"My identity?" Xu Mengzhou chuckled, "My identity is a teacher. ”

"When you came to the company today, did you drive your broken Mercedes-Benz that hasn't been replaced for five years? Didn't I change you to a Lamborghini before? People of our status have to reflect the difference between them and ordinary people, you are simply ashamed of me. ”

"Not everybody agrees with your values. I said I was a teacher and that the car was not suitable for work. ”

"What other values do you talk to me about? I advise you to say less things that I don't like to hear, I think you're stupid to teach in school. When I graduated from graduate school, I shouldn't have let you be a teacher, not only did not take my class, but also brought back a useless oil bottle. ”

"You have something to say directly, don't bring irrelevant people."

"Huh." Father Xu's eyes were full of calculations. "How is the relationship between you and Huang Ying recently? Did I tell her what I asked you to say? ”

Xu Mengzhou was already busy with school work and subject research, and he had guessed that his father had called him over to inquire about his family privacy, and now he really began to knock on him.

He didn't want to explain too many details, so he replied lightly: "It's the same as before." ”

"Same as before? Do I have to make things clear? "Father Xu didn't expect him to choke with himself as soon as he entered the door." Do you know the company's recent business status? He lit a cigarette, and the sparks between his fingers flew in the tone of his voice.

"Do you want me to help you speak in front of Huang Ying's parents?" Xu Mengzhou frowned slightly, and there was a faint anger between his eyebrows, "I have nothing to say." ”

"I won't talk to you about any scenes, to tell you the truth, now there are fewer and fewer purchase orders placed for us from above." Xu's father continued to tell him, "In the past, the largest order was given to us every year, and this year it was signed for our rival company!" You know, the company mainly relies on the above to buy bulk equipment from us, and now all of a sudden it says that the purchase volume is reduced. Do you think that the company can continue to play just by supplying small companies with small profits? ”

The smoke from Xu's father's fingertips was blurred, and he couldn't see his expression clearly in front of him. "Huang Ying's father is the boss of the procurement above, if it weren't for his instructions, would the top leave us and sign a procurement contract with another company in private, isn't this just a slap in my face?"

"There are so many project managers and employees in the company, can't they go out to talk about projects and cooperation, why rely on the power of Huang Ying's parents? Have you ever thought about what you should do and what the company should do if one day it is no longer your backer? In the face of his father's unreasonable accusations, Xu Mengzhou still responded calmly.

Father Xu stood up from his office chair, "It seems that you usually don't say good things for our own family in front of Huang Ying!" I told you a long time ago, you have to get along with her and your parents-in-law, and the company has lost so many orders all at once, guess why? After six years of marriage, I didn't have any children, and not only did I want to hold my grandson, but her parents also wanted to hold my grandson. It's good now, the relationship between your husband and wife is getting worse and worse, and you can't see any hope of having a child, how can you let the above unconditionally place an order for our company? ”

"Have you thought of me?" Xu Mengzhou raised his voice a few points hoarsely. "Back then, when your company couldn't receive orders and almost collapsed. Why are Huang Ying's parents willing to marry their daughter into a merchant family like ours with the background and power of Huang Ying's parents, do you think I don't know? ”

Father Xu's face sank, and he said suspiciously: "...... You got it? ”

"That's you, you don't see me as a human being at all. In your eyes, I'm just a bargaining chip that can be exchanged for benefits. Xu Mengzhou suddenly calmed down, as if he wasn't talking about himself. Don't think you're going to be right from me. I know all about Huang Ying's past. ”

Father Xu was silent for a moment, he didn't expect that Xu Mengzhou had already known his plan.

Father Xu was a little embarrassed for a while, but it only took a moment to disappear.

"So what, it's rare to have such a good opportunity to climb up, why don't others pick up our house? You also said that we are a merchant family, and since ancient times, we have been the first in the ranks of Shinong and industrialists. Marriage with a family like theirs is a real benefit for us! If it weren't for their help over the years, how could my business be as big as it is now? You just have too shallow eyelids, how can you have the same sour smell of a scholar as your mother. ”

"Do you still want to mention my mother? The biggest mistake in her life was to marry you. When the company first started, it was she who gave you the first pot of gold; Later, when the business couldn't go on, she was still by your side to accompany you through the difficulties. She's just like me, just a pawn to be used by you. ”

Xu Mengzhou's tone was extremely cold, and there was no trace of anger in his eyes. "I'm here today to tell my father that I don't want to be a link in the chain of interests in your company. Huang Ying and I have long had no relationship, and I will divorce her. As for what will happen to your company, it has nothing to do with me, and I don't want this home without the slightest human touch. ”

"Bang!"

Father Xu slapped the table and stood up, the muscle texture on his face trembling with anger. "You dare? Don't pretend to be high in front of me. Xu Mengzhou, you figure it out, you are nothing without me and this home! When you were studying, you had to do some geological research, and then you insisted on being a teacher and refused to enter the company, and I had no choice but to take you. But my place has to be taken by someone! Before you give birth to a child, you and Huang Ying don't want to divorce! ”

Although he knew what his father was planning for a long time, but now that he heard him say it clearly to him, Xu Mengzhou's heart was still in pain like a blunt knife cutting flesh.

When Xu's father said that he was excited, he softened his tone again, trying to impress him: "You should help me, I have paid most of my life for the company, and there is also your mother's credit for this." Are you just watching the cause we've put so much effort into without a successor? ”

"You can find someone else to inherit this company."

Father Xu glanced at him, turned his back and said, "You are really different from before now, and your temper is getting more and more stubborn." He changed his words, "I think you don't have a good relationship with Huang Ying, mostly because of that wild girl in Lin Yushan." Have you been with her for a long time and have been influenced by her? ”

"I didn't."

"Really?" Father Xu put out the half-smoked cigarette between his fingers in the ashtray. "Nothing?"

Xu Mengzhou was speechless for a while.

"Okay, I just want to tell you today, don't think about delaying the child's affairs any longer. The two of you should check the check, and take the medicine when you should take the medicine! Father Xu turned around and sat down in his chair. I don't have to ask about the private affairs of your husband and wife, it's just that the company has a problem now, as long as you have children. The problem of the company's orders can not only be easily solved, but also the company's development will be succeeded in the future, you go back and think about it. ”

"Even if I have a child in the future, I won't let him become a second me." Xu Mengzhou was about to leave, took a few steps towards the door and said sideways: "I've been very busy at work recently, just call if you have something, instead of looking for someone to be a microphone, it is more efficient to come to the door in person to please their family." ”

"You!" Father Xu was furious, picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it to the floor, the porcelain pieces scattered in all directions, and shattered to the ground.

Hearing the sudden harsh movement in the office, the secretary pushed the door in to check the situation, only to see that the atmosphere of the two people in the room was awkward, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, and squatted down without saying a word to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.

He gave his father a cold look and rushed out of the door.

went downstairs, Xu Mengzhou went to the underground garage to pick up the car non-stop, and prepared to go home to continue to deal with work.

The car was speeding down the highway, and he was so distraught that he suddenly saw an unidentified object leap out of front of him and cross the highway. He couldn't dodge it, so he had to stop with a hard brake. Fortunately, there was no car behind me for the time being, otherwise I would have been rear-ended today.

When he stepped on the accelerator again, he caught a glimpse of the co-pilot's air vent, where a small cloud of gray-white cigarette ash suddenly fell.

But he never smoked in the car.

Xu Mengzhou turned his head slightly to observe.

His eyes went from doubtful to bright, and finally sharpened.