Xu Xibo shuddered suddenly, as if someone was plotting against him. He looked around calmly, but found nothing. He smiled and handed the menu to Han Ze, saying in a flattering tone, "Uncle, menu."
Han Ze took the menu and looked at it. He seemed to be frightened by the price list on the menu. His eyebrows were furrowed. After a while, he came back to his senses and looked at Xu Xibo and said, "This, this dish is too expensive, right? After finishing this meal, it is almost half of my monthly salary. It's too expensive. Let's go to another restaurant?"
Xu Xibo's body stiffened. If he was not mistaken, Xingli's father's car was a Porsche Cayenne. How could a man who could afford a car worth more than two million yuan only have a salary of four or five thousand yuan
Han Xingli stared at his father with wide eyes, then looked at Xu Xibo, rolled his eyes and said, "My father has always been frugal. In order to save money for my sister and me to go to school, he would rather cook at home than eat out."
Xu Xibo's body became even stiffer. Han Xingli's dress and appearance did not seem like a sign that her family was poor, but Han Xingli's father behaved like this. So, is Han Xingli's family poor or rich
Han Ze looked at his daughter and said carefully, "A random restaurant outside will cost more than ten yuan for a plate of stir-fried pork and green peppers, and there's not much meat in it. With this money, I can buy half a pound of meat and some vegetables, and then go home to cook for myself. We can enjoy the food. You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if you don't run the household. If your father doesn't budget carefully, how can he send you and your brother to college?"
Han Xingli hugged his father's arm and said flatteringly, "Yes, yes, yes, Dad is the most capable."
Xu Xibo curled his lips. Is it appropriate for Han Xingli's father to be as calculative as a woman? His mother has never been so frugal. Yes, the reason why his mother is not so frugal is because his parents have a high salary and do not need her to be frugal.
After Han Xingli finished praising his father, he turned to look at Xu Xibo and asked with a smile: "My father is indeed very frugal. Don't be fooled by the fact that all the clothes I wear are brand names. In fact, they are all clothes that my father's boss's daughter didn't want and gave to me to wear."
Xu Xibo asked stiffly: "Who is uncle's boss?"
Han Xingli pursed his lips and said, "My father is the driver of the CEO of Hancheng Group, and the boss of Hancheng Group is also named Han..."
Xu Xibo looked extremely unnatural: So the Porsche belongs to Korean star Li’s father, the boss
Han Xingli added: "Uncle Han likes me very much. When he saw that I went to college and had few clothes to wear, he planned to give me some clothes. How could I ask him to give me clothes? So he gave me clothes that his daughter didn't want anymore. What do you think these rich people think? The clothes are still new. Some of them were only worn once and then thrown away..."
Han Zeshou coughed and said, "Li Li, don't talk nonsense. President Han's daughter is very good."
Of course it’s good. How can my own daughter not be good
Han Xingli came back to her senses and realized that she had said too much. She said embarrassedly, "Of course it's good to be Mr. Han's daughter. If it's not good, how could she give me clothes to wear?"
She has no embarrassment in praising herself.
Xu Xibo could hardly hold on to the smile on his face: "..."
Han Ze stood up and said, "Xu Xibo, right? Let's not eat here. It's too expensive. It's a waste of money. It's not easy for your parents to earn a little money. We can't spend it like this, understand?"
Xu Xibo stood up, his face no longer showing the enthusiasm he had at the beginning, and said, "Where are you going to eat, uncle?"
Han Ze thought for a moment and said, "There is a noodle shop opposite the hotel. Let's just go there and have a bowl of noodles."
Xu Xibo just wanted to get back to school quickly. He was in no mood to eat anything at the moment. He curled his lips and said, "Okay."
The three of them went to a noodle shop and spent more than 30 yuan each on a bowl of beef noodles. After seeing Xu Xibo off, Han Ze looked at Li Li and said, "He's polite at first but arrogant later. He despises the poor and loves the rich. How can you be interested in a boy like this?"
Han Xingli went forward and hugged her father's arm, saying coquettishly: "Dad, you still have a sharp eye. If you hadn't tempted me, I might have agreed to date him. After what happened today, he will definitely stay away from me."
Han Ze smiled and said, "Dad won't stop you from dating a boyfriend. I just want you to see clearly what kind of person he is when you agree to date him, so that you won't be deceived."
Han Xingli nodded: "Dad, I know. After what happened today, I will definitely keep my eyes open in the future."
...
When the father and daughter returned home, Grandma Han asked expectantly, "How was it, how was it?"
The father and daughter slumped down on the sofa, and Li Li said, "Not very good."
Grandma Han sighed and sat on the sofa, then comforted her, "Li Li is still young, don't rush to find a partner, you can consider this issue after you graduate from college."
Han Ze was a little dissatisfied: "Mom, why are you in such a hurry? Li Li is not too old after graduating from university. Besides, I want Li Li to come to the company to help me after graduation."
Li Li smiled and said, "This kind of thing depends on fate. If I meet someone who is suitable for me, I will consider it. If there is no one who is suitable for me, I will not go out of my way to look for it."
It seems like she can't get married.
Han Ze agreed with his daughter and looked around: "Where's Fanfan? Why hasn't she come back yet?"
Grandma Han smiled and said, "He came back. Someone called to look for him, and he took the car keys and ran away again."
Han Ze frowned: "Who are the people looking for him?"
Grandma Han didn't know who her grandson's friends were. She thought, "I usually only see him playing with the two boys from Dong Sheng's family. I haven't seen the two boys from Dong Sheng's family come to our house for a long time."
Li Li said nearby: "Dong Wenbo and Dong Wenyuan went abroad to study."
Han Ze took out his cell phone and said, "I'll give him a call."
The call was connected, but no one answered. Han Ze continued to call, and after nearly ten minutes, the call was finally connected. With a noisy voice, Fanfan said drunkenly on the other end of the phone: "Hello, who is this?"
Han Ze said in a deep voice: "Your father."
Fanfan shuddered and said awkwardly, "Dad, what do you want from me?"
Han Ze looked at his watch. It was half past nine in the evening. He squinted and asked, "Where are you?"
Fanfan hesitated, but still said, "I'm at the 99 Bar on 8th Street."
Han Ze said in a very calm tone: "I'll give you one hour. If you're not home by half past ten, you'll have to bear the consequences yourself."
Han Ze is stricter with Fanfan, after all, he is a boy.
Fanfan said unhappily: "Dad, I'm playing with my friends..."
Han Ze only said: "Explain it to them clearly. If they are true friends, they won't mind you leaving at this time."
Fanfan said sullenly: "Okay."
Fanfan put her phone in her jeans pocket, looked at the young people in strange clothes sitting there, and said apologetically, "Something happened at home, I have to go back."
A yellow-haired boy said mysteriously: "Fanzi, we have prepared good things today, why are we leaving..."
"Yes, the real show hasn't started yet. It would be a shame to go back."
Fanfan shook her head: "I have something to do at home, sorry, let's play next time." As she said that, Fanfan picked up the car keys and was about to go out.
The yellow-haired boy stood up and grabbed his arm, narrowing his eyes: "Now that you are here, why are you leaving like that? Our good stuff hasn't come up yet, and if you leave, you are not giving your brother face?"
Fanfan was startled, and said with a smile: "My family is very strict, there is nothing I can do. If I don't go back on time, Qing, just wait for my dad to punish me!"
Huang Mao stared at him: "Do you really have to leave?"
At this time, Fanfan still didn't see what was wrong. He was a fool. He said calmly: "My dad is busy with work and has been on business trips during this period. I never thought he would come back suddenly. When my dad is on a business trip again and there is no one at home to take care of me, I will definitely accompany you to have fun? Okay?"
The yellow-haired boy wanted to say something, but a young man with a flat head next to him gave him a nonchalant look, and he reluctantly let go of Fanfan's arm. When Fanfan walked out of the bar, the yellow-haired boy asked the young man with a flat head, "Brother Sheng, why did you let him go?"
The young man with the flat head looked at the yellow-haired boy, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That guy has already fallen into our trap. It's only a matter of time before he takes the bait. We can't rush him, or else he'll find out and all our efforts will be in vain."
The yellow-haired boy said flatteringly: "Brother Sheng is worthy of being Brother Sheng. He thinks differently from us."
The flat-headed young man raised his eyebrows and looked at the yellow-haired boy, saying, "Learn from this."
The yellow-haired boy nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, yes."
...
Han Xingfan walked out of the Jiujiu Bar with his heart still pounding. He got into the car, closed the door, and drove quickly away from No. 8 Street. When he arrived at his doorstep, listening to the laughter in the living room, he took a deep breath and strode towards the house.
"dad."
Fanfan sat next to Han Ze and called out carefully.
"What's the matter?" Han Ze said expressionlessly.
Fanfan sat up straighter and said, "Dad, does your promise to let me join the army still count?"
On the way back, he thought a lot. He was not interested in the family company. His father had already trained his sister to take over the company. He was not interested in other industries. He chose the sports school for university at random. Huangmao and others were introduced to him by his classmates from the sports school. He wanted to stay away from that group of people. He could not continue studying in the sports school. His father once said that he should go to the army to train for a few years, and his words came to his mind. He liked practicing martial arts and boxing, and liked the feeling of sweating. The army might be a good choice.
Han Ze looked at him scrutinizingly: "Why do you suddenly want to join the army?"
Fanfan kept her head down and said nothing.
Han Ze said sternly: "Speak!"
Fanfan's eyes were red: "Those people tricked me into eating powder, they were so secretive, they just thought I didn't find out. Uncle Dong told us about these things before..."
Han Ze's eyes narrowed, and he tried to calmly say, "What does this have to do with your military service?"
Fanfan said: "Those people were introduced to me by my classmates from the sports school. I don't want to take drugs, I want to stay away from that group of people..."
Han Ze frowned: "So, you chose to join the army. You are escaping, you know?"
Fanfan shook her head: "Dad, I like practicing martial arts and boxing. I like the feeling of sweating during training. Compared to sports school, I think I will like the army more."
At least the people in the army didn't have so many tricks, and no one tricked him into taking drugs. Okay, he did escape, but he really didn't have the courage to touch that harmful thing.
Han Ze sighed: "Have you thought about it?"
Fanfan nodded: "I've thought about it."
Han Ze smiled and patted Fanfan on the shoulder: "No matter what you do, just do it as long as you make up your mind. When you chose to go to a sports school, Dad was not optimistic about it, but it was your own choice, and Dad did not interfere too much. Now that you want to join the army, Dad still supports you. This is a one-time thing and not a two-time thing. If you want to regret it again, Dad can't agree to it."
Fanfan said solemnly: "I have thought about it carefully and I will never regret it."
Han Ze smiled and said, "Now that you have made up your mind, just review your lessons at home and take the college entrance examination next year."
"Ah?" Fanfan looked at his father in a daze. He is a college student. Can he take the college entrance examination again
Li Li laughed unkindly and added gloatingly, "With Dad's current status and position, I think it will be no problem for me to get you a place in the third year of high school. So Fanfan, just take the college entrance examination with peace of mind."
Fanfan: “… ”
Can he regret it
Han Ze sat next to him, squinting his eyes with a terrifying look in his eyes.
...
Fanfan was so dizzy from doing the test questions that he ran to the first floor to get a drink. He saw his sister lying on the sofa, watching TV and browsing her phone. His eyes were red with envy. Is there anyone as miserable as him? After studying in college for half a year, he still has to come back to take the college entrance examination? Well, why did he say he was going to join the army
"Li Li, I don't know how to solve a problem. Can you help me find out how to solve it?"
We share happiness and hard times. He was anxiously doing his test questions, but how could his sister be playing with her cell phone there? What a heartless sister.
Li Li didn't even raise her head. She fumbled around on the sofa for a long time, found a cell phone, and threw it to him, saying, "You little brat, you've grown up now. Your sister won't call you anymore. If you don't know how to do a question, look it up on your phone, or ask your tutor. I'm busy, don't bother me."
Fanfan: “… ”
Don't disturb you while you play games
The two siblings were arguing when Li Li's phone rang. It was Li Manmei calling. Li Li finally looked up at her brother and said, "It's Mom calling!"
Fanfan looked at her without saying anything, opened the refrigerator, took out the ice cream, sat on the sofa and ate it leisurely.
Li Li kicked him and answered the phone. She smiled and said, "Mom, what's the matter?"
Li Manmei said flatteringly on the other end of the phone: "Li Li, Mommy has cooked a lot of dishes that you like. Do you want to come over with Fanfan to eat?"
Li Li looked at Fan Fan, kicked him and said, "Mom asked us to go over to eat, do you want to go?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Fanfan was almost going crazy doing the test papers and she couldn't wait to go out for some fresh air.
...
Grandma went back to her hometown, and the two children called their father, and they went to their mother's house for dinner. Han Ze didn't say anything. No matter what, Li Manmei was the mother of the two children. He had no reason to stop them from seeing their mother, and he would never stop them from seeing their mother.
After Li Manmei divorced Han Ze, although she did not completely give up her gambling addiction, she also stopped gambling lavishly. She only played mahjong for a few hundred or a thousand dollars. The father and son of the Li family kept nagging her, but seeing that it was useless and she did not have tens of thousands to gamble, they just let her do what she wanted.
During this period, Li Manmei dated several people. The first one was a man from another place who was three years younger than her. She met him online. They dated for half a year. Li Manmei was cheated out of hundreds of thousands of yuan by the man.
Li Manmei was heartbroken and met a local man online. He was a college student and a sales manager of a large company. He was very handsome, but different from Han Ze. He was arrogant and looked down on Li Manmei's relatives and friends. Li Manmei liked him very much. Not long after they started dating, Li Manmei sold a house and bought him a car worth more than 400,000 yuan. They dated for three years. The man had an affair with a girl in the company. Li Manmei was heartbroken and broke up with him.
Li Manmei was very good to this man, and it was no exaggeration to say that she was very sincere to him. She was not sad at all when she divorced Han Ze, but she cried for three days and three nights when she was betrayed by this man. Since then, she did not find a partner for two years. At this time, the money she got from selling the house was almost spent by her.
Later, she met another man on the Internet, Yan Chengkun, who was average looking, a taxi driver, and had a daughter. But he was honest and family-oriented, and the two got married. Yan Chengkun gave Li Manmei 2,000 yuan a month for living expenses.
What can two thousand yuan do? It is not even enough for Li Manmei to buy a set of clothes. Li Manmei is used to living a lavish life. How can this amount of money satisfy her? She was unwilling to give up. She sold another house and got several million yuan. She was ready to go out to do business. She thought that if Han Ze could make money in business, she could also make money. In the end, the business failed and she lost money. Millions of yuan were wasted.
Li Manmei has become completely honest. She no longer goes out to play mahjong. She owns two houses, one old house where she lives herself and the other one which she rents out. She gets a few thousand yuan in rent every month. If she is frugal, it is just enough to cover her monthly expenses.
Li Manmei had just brought the food to the table when Li Li Fanfan arrived. They greeted Yan Chengkun and his daughter who were sitting in the living room with a smile.
Li Manmei smiled and said, "Go wash your hands, it's time to eat."
Li Li and Fan Fan looked at each other, wondering if their mother was too enthusiastic today. Although the two children thought so in their hearts, they didn't say anything. They went to the bathroom to wash their hands, walked out, and looked at the dishes on the table. There were indeed two dishes they liked.
Li Manmei smiled and said, "Li Li Fan Fan, you must be hungry, sit down and eat."
Li Li Fanfan didn't say anything and ate obediently with the bowl in her hand.
During the meal, Li Manmei kept picking up food for Li Li and Fan Fan. The two children were not used to her sudden enthusiasm after their mother's long-term indifference. Li Li couldn't help but say, "Mom, I can choose what I like to eat. You eat, don't just pick food for me."
Li Manmei sighed uncomfortably, picked up the bowl and lowered her head to eat.
Yan Chengkun watched the interaction between the three people, but he just lowered his head to eat and didn't say anything.
After dinner, Li Manmei peeled an apple and placed it on the coffee table, saying, "Li Li Fanfan, eat an apple."
Li Li Fanfan nodded but didn't move. They all didn't like apples, and their mother might never know what they liked to eat, or maybe she knew but forgot it over time.
Seeing that they didn't move, Li Manmei asked in confusion, "Eat it. Qun Qun likes to eat apples, and I thought you guys would like them too, so I went to the supermarket and bought the expensive ones."
Li Li held her stomach and said with a smile, "Mom, we just ate too much and can't eat any more."
Fanfan nodded and said dryly, "Me too."
Li Manmei didn't think much about it and said with a smile: "Look at me, I forgot that you just finished your meal."
Li Li Fanfan smiled but didn't say anything. The atmosphere fell silent for a while. Li Li felt a little uncomfortable. This was their home when they were young. Until now, the furniture in the house has not been changed. She still remembered that her brother often fell asleep on the sofa. She couldn't hold him, so she slept on the sofa with a quilt to accompany him. Now this house has become someone else's home, and she and her brother have become guests. Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and said, "Mom, we should go back. Grandma has gone back to her hometown. Dad will have no food to eat when he comes back at night. I have to go back to cook for him."
Li Manmei frowned: "Why are you cooking? Didn't you hire a nanny?"
Han Ze has earned so much money over the years, why does he still let his children cook? How is he a father
Li Li smiled and said, "We hired a nanny, but Dad can't get used to the food she cooks."
When she and Fanfan entered junior high school, her father hired a nanny, but her father didn't like the food the nanny cooked, and neither did she and Fanfan. So they only let the nanny do the shopping, laundry, and cleaning, and she, her father, Fanfan, and her grandmother took turns cooking.
Li Manmei said unhappily, "He can't eat the food cooked by the nanny, so he asked you to cook for him? How come I didn't know he was so hypocritical."
Her daughter is a rich lady, not a cook for a nanny.
Li Li smiled and said, "Not only do I cook, Fanfan also has to cook. We take turns cooking in our family."
Li Manmei became even more dissatisfied after hearing this and said, "I handed you over to your father, and this is how he treats you?"
Li Li didn't think it was a big deal. She said, "These are all small things. We can do them. Why can't we do them?"
Dad has been cultivating their hands-on skills since they were young. She is already 20 years old, and it is really normal for her to just cook a meal.
Li Manmei couldn't understand it. In her opinion, Han Ze opened such a big company and earned so much money, but he didn't hire a nanny to cook for the child and let the child do everything by himself. This was wrong and was a manifestation of being harsh and abusive to the child.
Li Manmei took out her cell phone and said, "I'll call your father and ask him why he abused my child."
She couldn't help wondering if Han Ze spent all his money on his lovers outside, so he didn't want to give it to her daughter and son.
Li Li said impatiently, "Mom, Fanfan and I are not rich young masters, nor are we three-year-old children. It's just cooking a meal. There's no need for you to make a fuss. When Fanfan and I were young and lived with you, didn't we solve the problem of eating by ourselves? Besides, we have grown up."
Li Manmei's face turned pale and she put her phone away. She looked at the two children with red eyes. She had regretted it over the years and was trying her best to make up for it. Although the two children were willing to see her, they were still lukewarm and not close to her.
Li Manmei lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, Mom has done a lot of wrong things in the past. I shouldn't have left you alone just to play mahjong."
Li Li sighed softly, "Mom, let's not talk about the past. Dad is very good to us and teaches us very attentively. It's not easy for him. Cooking for Dad is our wish as children. Besides, we enjoy cooking. We don't have any reluctance at all."
Li Manmei said weakly: "I, I don't know."
Li Li said helplessly: "Mom, I don't blame you."
Her mother gave birth to them and treated them like that when they were young, but she never blamed her mother, and she will not blame her now.
Li Li looked at her watch and said, "Mom, we should go now. I'll come to see you next time when I have time."
Li Manmei suddenly grabbed Li Li's arm: "Wait, Li Li..."
"What's wrong?" Li Li looked at Li Manmei in confusion.
Li Manmei licked her lower lip and asked carefully, "Your Uncle Yan's daughter Qun Qun is going to college this year and still needs a few thousand yuan for tuition. Can you lend me some money?"
Li Li frowned and said nothing for a while.
It was only a few thousand yuan. Normally, a piece of clothing would cost her more than that. However, her money was earned by her father, and it was only right for her to spend her father's money on them. She could also spend it on her mother, but she felt uncomfortable spending it on her mother's stepdaughter.
Li Manmei said in embarrassment: "It's okay if you don't lend it to me, I'll find another way..."
Li Li sighed and said, "I can lend it to her, but she has to write me an IOU. This money is borrowed by her, not by you, mom. Mom, do you understand?"
Li Manmei certainly understood that Han Ze's money was his own. She had already divorced Han Ze, and his money had nothing to do with her, let alone her current husband and stepdaughter.
She was still unwilling, but still said: "I asked her to write an IOU."
She felt bad. She didn't believe her daughter would value thousands of dollars, but she still didn't want to lend it to them for nothing. The child was not raised by her side, so she was not close to him.
Yan Chengkun didn't say anything. He wrote a promissory note and handed it to Li Li. Li Li directly transferred the money to Yan Chengkun.
After sending the two children away, Li Manmei said sadly, "I shouldn't have given the two children to Han Ze to take care of. Now they are not close to me at all."
Yan Chengkun said: "Whether you love them or not, they are still your children. You will know their true colors over time. If you treat them sincerely, they will feel it... It's because I'm incompetent that I asked you to borrow money from the children..."
Li Manmei frowned: "Quun Qun is their sister, and she has to write an IOU to borrow some money... The children have been taught by their father to be too mercenary..."
Yan Chengkun didn't think anything of it and said, "We are in trouble now. They can lend us money, so we should be grateful. Besides, they are not familiar with Qun Qun."
After all, they have formed a family, so it's normal if the relationship isn't good.
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