224. Funding
Zhang Siyi had expected all kinds of reactions from his parents, either blaming him for being too hasty, or being proud of him, and even mentioning the Haikou he boasted back then, indicating that they would not pay... But he didn't expect that their first reaction would be I am worried that my tuition will not be enough. Search: \(????) Watch fine literature for free
The kind of love from the heart to satisfy his son's dream moved Zhang Siyi in a mess.
Especially Zhang's father, not only did not sneer at Zhang Siyi's impulsive actions, but also asked Zhang's mother in a panic: "How long is the wealth management fund that our family has saved, and can we take it out now?"
Zhang's mother slapped her thigh: "Hey, it's been saved for a year. It's only been a few months since I put it in. I don't know if I can get it in advance. I'll go to the bank and ask tomorrow!"
Zhang Siyi hurriedly said: "Mom and Dad, you don't need to pay for this money, someone will pay."
Zhang's mother and Zhang's mother heard the words and said: "Who is out?"
Zhang Siyi honestly said, "Gu Xiao."
The faces of the two elders were different, Father Zhang just frowned, but Mother Zhang's face flashed a few emotions in a few seconds.
She asked suspiciously, "Why did he pay you tuition?"
Zhang Siyi told his parents the excuse he had discussed with Gu Xiao long ago: "He said it was a talent investment. He went abroad with me and opened a firm together after graduation. At that time, I would have to work for him for a few years for free."
This reason is quite reasonable, and Zhang's father and Zhang's mother could not find any loopholes for a while.
Zhang's mother thought for a while, and then asked: "Isn't Xiao Gu already a registered architect, or a design director, what is he doing abroad and still studying?"
Zhang Siyi: "Learning is never-ending, good or bad. I told you all, the University of A is very powerful. Every year, many architects go there to study."
Hearing what he said, Father Zhang felt relieved and nodded, "It would be good to go with Xiao Gu, that child is reliable."
Mother Zhang is not as stupid as Father Zhang. As a rotten girl, her sensitivity has already begun to stir, and no matter what she thinks, she feels that something is not right.
After dinner in the evening, Zhang's mother said again: "Sisi, my mother thinks about it, asking others to pay for the tuition is always not enough. We don't lack that money, and we can make it together from the family. Why do you need others to invest? You and Gu Xiao Said, you can study together, but we will pay for your expenses for you."
Zhang Siyi was stunned when he heard this. Zhang's father held up his chopsticks, and he was a little confused: "Isn't it good that Xiao Gu is willing to invest in him?"
Zhang Siyi followed up: "That's right, keep your money and spend it yourself. You two are about to retire. If you feel unwell in the future, you will need to see a disease and take medicine. There are places where you need to spend money."
Zhang's mother rolled her eyes at her son: "Bah, bah, what's wrong, my father and I are both healthy!"
Zhang Siyi surrendered and said, "I made a wrong analogy, isn't it? Then you should always go on a trip in the future. If you have a million dollars, you can travel around the world with your father. You can buy whatever you want, that's not good. Is it?"
He is twenty-four, and he doesn't want to burden his parents any more. Seeing his parents come back from a trip during the Chinese New Year, he looks good and in a good mood, and Zhang Siyi is also very happy.
A rich economic base can greatly improve their quality of life. The money for going abroad will not be spent at home, and they will not have to live in poverty because of "the son still needs to study".
Mother Zhang: "But..."
Zhang Siyi interrupted her and said, "Don't be so, I already said that you won't spend your money after graduation, so I'll do what I say. By the way, don't bother buying me a wedding room or anything, myself. will buy it."
Faced with such a mature response from their son, Zhang's parents had mixed feelings.
Zhang's father first expressed his position: "It's not that your parents are unwilling to give you more money. You are our only son, and we keep all the money we keep for you? I asked you to make that determination just to exercise you. , I hope you don't think of relying on your parents whenever you encounter a problem, that way you will never grow up. I think you have matured a lot in the two years since you returned to China, and you are like an adult. Dad is very pleased. Yes. This time you and Gu Xiao are going abroad together. Since you have reached an agreement on the cost, I am also willing to respect your decision."
Zhang's mother suddenly said: "Didn't you always be a sucker for oil and salt? Gu Xiao is not investing a small sum of money in your son, but millions. Why don't you think that this might be a disguised form of flattery? Wan What should they do if they find you on the back of their family, can you help?"
Zhang Siyi never thought that his mother, who has always been reasonable and admired Gu Xiao, would have such a conspiracy theory. He was impulsively trying to refute, but Zhang's father spoke first: "You didn't remind me last time that Gu Xiao is the senior engineer Gu Mingfeng. My son? Gu Mingfeng and I have known each other more than ten years earlier than they have known each other. Over the years, half of the municipal projects in Ningcheng, large and small, have been approved by me, and Gu Mingfeng participated in eighty-nine out of ten. But do you see if he has contacted me because of his official or private affairs? Today, I want to change someone to support Zhang Siyi, and I may still think about this person's mind, but that is Gu Mingfeng's son, I can tell at a glance that he is with him Dad is the kind of person who does things down-to-earth. Don't worry, even if I see the wrong person, Zhang Siyi has grown so much with his work in the past two years, and I am happy to sell him this favor. "
Mother Zhang: "… "
After listening to Zhang's father's words, Zhang Siyi changed his view on his father more and more. He always thought that he and his mother were the same. It seems that at the critical moment, the head of the family can control the wind direction!
Father Zhang ate a few bites of food, and then said: "Young people have the way of cooperation with young people. Gu Xiao's investment in Zhang Siyi is not a white investment. Didn't they say that Zhang Siyi would work for him for a few years after graduation? This means that your son He also has the ability to make him fancy. On the other hand, knowing that the qualification for education is exchanged for labor in the future can also make it better for children to cherish the opportunity to learn... "
The more Father Zhang talked, the more he felt that this arrangement was in line with his heart, so he kept nodding his head and said, "I think it's pretty good anyway."
Zhang's mother was speechless, but her heart was so anxious that the alarm bell kept ringing in her mind... Oh, old Zhang, there are many things you don't understand! You are selling your son!
Father Zhang was unaware of his wife's concerns, and thought it was her fault for hurting his son again, ignoring her protesting eyes, and continued to ask Zhang Siyi: "But I think Xiao Gu is young, just to get a little salary, Where did you get so much money to invest in you?"
Zhang Siyi hurriedly told Gu Xiao's "Guan Rong deeds", and finally concluded: "His working capital is enough for us to study abroad. The two houses in the capital are still charged rent, and the combined rent is higher than my salary. , I’m not afraid to sit and eat when I go abroad.”
Zhang's father clicked his tongue and sighed: "Look at the same young man in his thirties, how capable is Xiao Gu? I saw an article shared by Lao Qi next door in the circle of friends that day, saying that this young man has stepped into society. The next great blessing is to follow the right leader, and the right tie can change the fate of this young man's life, I think it is quite right, we Zhang Siyi are the right person!"
Father Zhang sighed with emotion, and his face showed a look of wanting nothing in his life.
Zhang Siyi: "…"
Mother Zhang: "… "
When Zhang's father sighed, Zhang Siyi and his mother suddenly met eyes. Zhang's mother's eyes seemed to understand everything, and Zhang Siyi was a little hairy. He hurriedly lowered his head to eat rice to hide his guilty conscience.
But he still couldn't escape for long. Before falling asleep that night, Zhang's mother knocked on his door.
At that time, Zhang Siyi was lying on the bed making a video call with Gu Xiao, and he told you and me that the love was too disgusting. When he heard the knock on the door, he hurriedly said hello to Gu Xiao and hung up the phone first. .
Zhang's mother pushed the door in and said with a smile, "Who are you calling? I can hear you at the door and you are so happy."
Zhang Siyi didn't know how long his mother had been eavesdropping at the door, and said stiffly, "No, no one, just friends."
Zhang's mother didn't ask any further. After sitting down beside the bed, she asked Zhang Siyi about some trivial matters, when she was leaving, when she was going to apply for a visa, and when she was going to officially go abroad.
Hearing Zhang Siyi say that they will set off directly from Haicheng at that time, Zhang's mother frowned and said, "The family won't come back?"
Zhang Siyi was reluctant to give up: "I came back from home, but I have to go to work until the end of July. I have to pack my luggage and leave in August, and I don't have time to come back for a long stay."
Zhang's mother's expression was a little sad, Zhang Siyi concealed something in his heart, and felt inexplicably guilty. He comforted his mother and said, "We will be back for Christmas. You and your father can also go to England to play..."
Just as he was talking, Zhang's mother suddenly interrupted him and said, "Sisi, tell your mother the truth, why does Gu Xiao help you to study? You are not the best in your company, who can't be supported by him, why? Why do you help you? It's not that your mother thinks you are not good enough. If you are dating Yaoyao, your mother can still be Gu Xiao because she wants to cultivate you as a brother-in-law, but you said that Yaoyao has a boyfriend... Are you, aren't you... and Gu Xiao…”
Zhang's mother paused and did not dare to speak any further.
Just now, she carefully recalled the experience of Zhang Siyi and Gu Xiao's acquaintance and interaction. From the two children living together in Yuanshan Garden, Gu Xiao invited Zhang Siyi to go home for the Chinese New Year, and Zhang Siyi hinted at the mate selection criteria afterwards, including the ambiguous little gesture in the car, and now, the two suddenly said that they would go abroad together...
Zhang's mother also hopes that she is just looking at Renji, but there are so many signs that the relationship between her son and Gu Xiao is not easy, how can she hold back and ignore it
She grabbed Zhang Siyi's hand and held it tightly, and looked at her son, trying to see something from the other's expression—and she did.
Zhang Siyi was so nervous that his face turned pale, he was not good at lying, and when he was tested by his mother, he immediately showed his feet, his eyes were dazzled, and he couldn't speak clearly: "What are you thinking about, I, we are nothing."
Mother Zhang understands everything without asking any more. She knows her son best.
If not, Zhang Siyi will be furious and angry, but it will never be such a guilty reaction.
Her heart gradually sank, and her mind was filled with an unbelievable sense of absurdity and a deep sense of guilt... How could this be, did the books she hid in her son's room affect him
Zhang Siyi continued to lie in an attempt to cover up: "Don't think wildly, have you read too much?"
Zhang's mother was in a hurry, opened the cabinet suddenly, pulled out a book, and started to tear it up. As she tore it, her eyes became red and she began to cry.
Zhang Siyi was frightened by his mother's actions, and grabbed her hand to stop him: "Mom, what are you doing!"
Mother Zhang murmured while crying: "It's your mother who hurt you, and your mother hurt you...
Zhang Siyi was confused, hugged his mother, dared not hide it, and blurted out: "Mom, it has nothing to do with you!"
Mother Zhang's hands trembled: "So, so you are real..."
"Well..." What else can Zhang Siyi say? Before, he had complained that his mother was so slow as a rotten girl, but now that the storm came, he found that he was ready to bear it.
Afraid that his mother would change her opinion on Gu Xiao, Zhang Siyi's first reaction was to shield Gu Xiao first: "I liked him first, and I also chased him first, Mom, don't blame him."
He hoped that Gu Xiao was still a beautiful and shining person in the eyes of his parents, but it was himself who was wrong.
Mother Zhang covered her face, shrugged her shoulders and cried, God, how did she explain to the old Zhang family!
Zhang Siyi lightly folded his mother's torn book and put it back into the cabinet. Seeing his mother was still crying, he said in pain: "Mom, don't do this... I, I am very happy with him, he is very happy with him. I'm very good, very good, we fight together, work hard together, but we can't get married in the future... I'm sorry, Mom, I don't know what to do, I really like him, but I dare not tell you..." He said , followed by red eyes.
Zhang's mother trembled, she is a rotten girl, can she not be touched? She believes that love has nothing to do with gender, but that's inside, and when it comes to reality, she still can't get over that hurdle in her heart.
At this juncture, the door was suddenly knocked again, only to hear Father Zhang's voice from outside: "What are you two doing inside?"
The mother and son were shocked at the same time, and in the next second, Father Zhang pushed the door and came in.
Zhang Siyi was almost scared to pee, and looked at his mother with a pale face. With the tacit understanding between mother and son, who had been comrades-in-arms for more than 20 years, he believed that his mother understood what he meant - can't say it!
Seeing that the eyes of both of them were red, Father Zhang frowned and said, "This is the case, don't cry in the middle of the night. Isn't it because your son said he was going to go abroad and you cried?"
Zhang's mother turned her head and snorted softly, and Zhang's father couldn't help laughing and crying: "It's not that he just went abroad, and it's not that he hasn't been there. Why are you two girls with such poor psychological quality!"
Mother Zhang: "… "
Father Zhang looked at Zhang Siyi with red eyes again: "You too, your mother cried and you cried too. Are you a little girl?"
Zhang Siyi: "…"
Father Zhang coughed lightly: "It's alright, alright, don't be sentimental, get down and go to bed quickly." After saying that, he turned his back and went downstairs first.
Zhang Siyi broke out in a cold sweat, exhaled slowly, and looked at his mother pitifully, and was about to ask his mother not to tell his father first, when he saw Zhang's mother wipe away her tears, and said sternly: "Listen, you must never do this. Don't let your dad know, or he'll have a stroke!" gd1806102