Zhao Yao actually didn't know how to explain to Pei Mingzhan that his aunt told him to go home for dinner. First of all, the relationship between him and the Zheng family seemed very close to outsiders, but in fact, apart from his childhood memories, he had no idea how to explain it to Pei Mingzhan. In fact, the Zheng family didn't have much feelings, so facing such a warm Zheng family, he would inevitably feel a little embarrassed when he thought of his previous estrangement.
For the Zheng family, Zhao Yao couldn't tell what it was like. He was indeed not a good person in his previous life, and he didn't understand the Zheng family's friendliness, so he pushed the Zheng family to another situation. When he came to visit the Zheng family, he did not expect to receive such a warm welcome, and the Zheng family didn't mind his previous estrangement at all, and even invited him to stay for the New Year.
Including now, when he heard that he and Pei Mingzhan were out to play, he invited them to have dinner at home in the evening.
"She is very enthusiastic and said that she wants you to have dinner at home at night." Zhao Yao was silent for a while, "You can refuse."
Sitting beside him, Pei Mingzhan unscrewed the water bottle and drank a couple of sips of water, then asked, "Why should I refuse? I should come to visit."
Zhao Yao paused slightly.
Pei Mingzhan continued on his own, "Let's go shopping after shopping for a while. Although I brought some things when I visited in the morning, I can't go there empty-handed when I come to eat..."
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After Zhao Zhikai learned about Bai Chengxue's matter, he asked someone to deal with it immediately, but Zhao Changshuo had already made the first move, and he would only make himself dirty if he did other things. He didn't pay attention to Bai Chengxue's mother and son at first, Bai Chengxue is just a fool with a beautiful skin, otherwise his elder brother would not have brought such a person into his home.
The fact that the leader of the Zhao family has three wives has attracted much attention from the outside world, but few people really dare to talk about it. His elder brother's first two wives were not simple, especially Zhao Yao's mother, who is a strong woman who is different from her appearance . Zhao Zhikai still remembered how this lady was strategizing in the Zhao Group back then. She was an admirable person who should not be underestimated. Even his elder brother was a little jealous of her. Unfortunately, he died of illness at a young age.
Because of Zhao Yao's mother, when his eldest brother married his third wife, he chose a woman like Bai Chengxue who put her thoughts on her face and could be seen through by anyone. The Zhao Group does not need a woman who will endanger the chairman's position, but a woman who can be taken out to banquets and parties only for the sake of fame.
Bai Chengxue is such a person.
He thought that Bai Chengxue would only buy bags to hold parties, at most he would collude with people inside the group to help his son Zhao Qizhen open the way, but he didn't expect that one day he would be wrong, since Bai Chengxue took advantage of his own convenience to open a big party outside The company, and even this company also involves confidential documents within the group.
If there is a problem with funds, he can still help solve one or two. Starting a company is only a trivial matter, but the problem is that Bai Chengxue has affected the interests of the group. These problems are in the current situation. If he takes action to protect Bai Chengxue, he will actually be fighting against the shareholders who are still not firm. Zhao Changshuo has already gained a great advantage. If this incident makes his advantage more obvious, then He completely lost all initiative.
Zhao Zhikai dropped the ashtray, and said with a gloomy face, "Bai Chengxue, an idiot, since he did these things, don't let anyone catch him. Now he not only sent himself in, but even almost took Zhao Qizhen."
There were several other people standing in the office, and one of them said: "Boss, we have checked this matter, and the affairs within the group were indeed handled by Zhao Changshuo, but before that, Bai Chengxue had someone use this company to deal with Zhao Changshuo." Yao, but it didn't work."
Another person also said: "We followed this line and found that the main market pressure that Bai Chengxue faced came from the Zhao Group. Could it be that Zhao Yao told Zhao Changshuo this time?"
"Furthermore, the company is currently facing an internal crisis, and some people in the market are considering acquisitions. We also investigated and found that it has something to do with Zhao Yao's mother's asset agency team."
Others felt that there was such a possibility, that Zhao Changshuo had such a great prestige, but there was actually Zhao Yao behind his back. Earlier, they wanted to use Zhao Qizhen to intensify the conflict between Zhao Changshuo and Zhao Yao, but they didn't expect that the two could hold their breath so calmly, and even took advantage of Bai Chengxue's loophole to do such a big thing.
"Do you think your self-righteous methods can deal with Zhao Yao?" Zhao Zhikai looked at the subordinates who were discussing below, and his heart became more and more irritable. Zhao Yao's team can be found out so easily? Zhao Yao obviously didn't want to hide it. He didn't show his relationship with Zhao Changshuo before, and now he's blatantly asking you to check him. He's smarter than anyone else."
Zhao Zhikai watched Zhao Yao grow up. Among the three sons of the Zhao family, Zhao Yao is the most suitable person for this position. The person who was the easiest to compete with Zhao Changshuo, did not expect that Zhao Yao would quit the competition early on and quit the competition to engage in the ridiculous entertainment industry.
But thinking that Zhao Changshuo's swift and resolute methods during this period may have traces of Zhao Yao's guidance, Zhao Zhikai was a little bit afraid. In the original observation, Zhao Yao was a young man who was a bit smart and almost tempered, but now he showed his thoughts. His methods are exactly like an old fox who has been in the mall for many years. He is not afraid of provocations, but those who provoke him have never had good results.
Bai Chengxue was an example, and it was also an example that Zhao Yao used to shock everyone.
He didn't cover up all the traces of his planning in this matter, in order to let those who found out about this matter know what happened to Zhao Yao who provoked him one after another.
This is a young man who is not yet twenty-five years old. The accumulation of capital around him is still shallow, but he can use the existing resources and contacts to maximize the effect. Zhao Zhikai is suddenly a little lucky. The person he is dealing with is Zhao Changshuo and not Zhao Yao. If Zhao Yao is still in the group and supported by him, it will be even more difficult for him to take over the power of the Zhao family from Zhao Yao's subordinates in the future.
"Boss, shall we let this matter go now?"
Zhao Zhikai frowned slightly: "Don't get involved in Bai Chengxue's matter, find a way to get Zhao Qizhen out, and put the blame on Bai Chengxue. As for Zhao Yao, you can't use simple methods to deal with him, let me think again."
He also has a Huang Wenjun buried in Zhao Yao's team. To deal with Zhao Yao, he can't deal with Zhao Yao step by step, but defeat him in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, with Zhao Yao's ability, once he is allowed to seize the opportunity, counterattack will have immeasurable consequences.
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Zheng Leqi was quite entangled with his cousin's affairs at first, but seeing his parents so calm, he felt that he was making a fuss. He watched as Uncle Wang, who came with his cousin, was helping to make dumplings, while his mother was working on the other side in an apron. He couldn't help asking his brother: "Isn't it the New Year's Eve dinner tonight, mom has been busy so early?"
In the past, their family would give their servants a holiday for the Chinese New Year, and his mother would cook for the New Year's Eve dinner, but it was two days before the Chinese New Year, so why did his mother start to think about it? up.
My brother was sitting on the sofa playing games, and when he heard Zheng Leqi's question, he responded sloppily: "She said that my cousin is going to bring someone over for dinner at night, and she wants to cook something by herself. I just started to get busy after watching vx."
Zheng Leqi paused: "Is it Pei Mingzhan?"
My brother hummed twice, "Didn't you get your autograph in the morning, and I'll help you go there in the evening."
It was night in the blink of an eye, and my aunt asked Zheng Leqi to go out and have a look outside more. People should be coming soon. Zheng Leqi put down his phone and went out, and saw a strange car parked in front of his house. Pei Mingzhan pushed open the door and walked down to hand the key to the door bodyguard. His cousin got off the passenger side with a scarf on, and his face looked a little bit sleepy.
Zheng Leqi hurried over, and when he saw someone, he called out cordially, "Cousin, Brother Pei."
Pei Mingzhan remembered this kid, and stared at him in the morning, "Hello."
Zhao Yao nodded slightly, looking at the lively scene in Zheng's house, even his uncle was wearing an apron, as if the whole family was busy. Such a lively scene made him immediately think of Yao Bai's house, which was also so lively before and after the Chinese New Year, but Yao Bai's house was a friend's house after all, and Zhao Yao was more envious.
But when he saw the situation of the Zheng family, he also had an inexplicable feeling, which was strange, but he didn't hate it.
The uncle soon came over to ask how the two of them were playing today. Pei Mingzhan handed the gift to the uncle and said seriously, "Uncle Zheng, I'm sorry."
Seeing this, my uncle said, "Why do you still bring something with you? Just treat it as your own home."
Pei Mingzhan smiled slightly and said, "It should."
Zhao Yao and Pei Mingzhan were sitting outside, while the people on the other side seemed to be almost done. Zhao Yao noticed that Zheng Leqi's eyes had been lingering on him and Pei Mingzhan, so he asked aloud, "What's wrong with Le Qi?"
At this time, the elder brother who was sitting next to Zheng Leqi said: "Cousin, Xiao Qi wants to ask Brother Pei for his autograph, so I don't have the nerve to ask."
Zheng Leqi glared at his brother, and Pei Mingzhan smiled and said, "Is this the case? Do you want to sign now?"
Zheng Leqi had no choice but to go back to his room and take a piece of letter paper. While Pei Mingzhan was signing for him, Zhao Yao on the other side talked to his uncle about the market again. He didn't understand the terms. Seeing that Pei Mingzhan had finished signing for him, So he asked in a low voice: "Brother Pei, are you a couple with my cousin?"
Pei Mingzhan paused slightly, and said with a smile: "You can ask your cousin about this."
Zheng Leqi took the signature and turned his head to look at his cousin.
Several people were talking about the market, but Zheng Leqi didn't understand. When the time was almost up, the servant at home came to remind him that he could move to the restaurant. This is the first time Pei Mingzhan has come to the Zheng family since he was an adult. He used to visit the Zheng family often, but only to the old house in the Zheng family. Now that he is here to see the attitude of the Zheng family and his wife, he thinks that the Zheng family is still the same as before. Nothing changed.
"Looking at the two of you always reminds me of when you two were young, when you were just kids, and you've grown up so much in a blink of an eye." Uncle said with nostalgia, "I heard that you two cooperated to set up a live broadcast platform, I heard from my friends that this is a new industry, but the prospects are good, and young people should support each other when they start their businesses, and if they encounter any troubles, they can also ask their elders.”
My aunt also said: "Nowadays young people know more than you."
Uncle smiled and said, "That's right, come on, uncle toast you."
The wine glass in front of Zhao Yao's table was replaced with tea, he raised his glass in return, and heard his uncle mention another matter.
The uncle put down his wine glass, and seeing the younger generation, he asked a little cheerfully: "Xiao Pei is not young anymore, now that he leaves the circle and comes back here, he should consider the matter of a partner when his career stabilizes, right? Do you have a date?"
My aunt touched my uncle's arm at this time, "This young man is busy starting a business, so he doesn't have time to think about it, right Xiao Pei, your uncle likes to talk about it when he drinks, don't worry about it."
The uncle said again: "There is no rush to get married, but this person can be settled first, and so is Xiao Yao. It is important to start a career and start a family. Someone needs to support each other."
Zhao Yao paused slightly after hearing the words: "Actually, I have a partner."
The uncle and aunt were taken aback when they heard the words, and then the aunt reacted: "Why don't you come here together during the Chinese New Year? Which girl is it, and how did you know each other?"
Uncle was happy, he raised his glass and was about to have another drink: "Good thing, good thing."
"I brought it here today." Zhao Yao hesitated for a while, and then said: "I forgot to introduce, Pei Mingzhan is my boyfriend."
Pei Mingzhan smiled slightly when he heard the words: "Yes, Uncle Zheng, I'm dating Xiao Yao."
The Zheng family and his wife were stunned when they heard this, the aunt was very surprised, and the wine glass in the uncle's hand was almost unsteady.
On the other side, Zheng Leqi's elder brother was stunned, while Zheng Leqi looked at his parents suspiciously, no, didn't his parents already know about it? In the morning, they said that the two of them had been fine since they were young. Why does it feel a bit strange
Although the Zheng family couldn't react for a while, they didn't talk too much about the child. They had also heard about the two men being together, but they were still very surprised when they thought it was Zhao Yao and Pei Mingzhan. But children's emotional matters are beyond their elders' interference, and the Zheng family has never cared about their children's emotional issues.
But thinking that these two children are actually together, the Zheng family and his wife felt a little dazed. They suddenly thought of the rumors on the hot search on the Internet, and thought of the circle of friends that Zhao Yao posted earlier when he went shopping. It seemed that they were two good brothers together. Going out to play, substituting it now, it seems like a date.
The uncle asked cautiously, "How long have you been together?"
Zhao Yao said: "It didn't take long, the decision was made some time ago."
The atmosphere at the dinner table became awkward for a moment. Seeing that her husband was stunned, the aunt went on to say: "It's good. It's good for young people to fall in love. If you encounter any problems with this relationship, you should communicate with each other. Don't talk about it." Keep it in your heart. By the way, Old Zheng, I'll bring you the bottle of wine you said you wanted to open last time, and it happens that Xiao Pei is here, and you two drink it."
Uncle suddenly came back to his senses, "Yes, yes, bring me that wine."
This sound back and forth broke the embarrassment on the field. Zhao Yao originally thought that his uncle and aunt might ask more questions, but they didn't say anything else. After confirming that the two children were really in love, they briefly talked about the issues that need attention, and stopped talking about this topic, but Turning to the matter of the New Year.
On the other side, Zheng Leqi's elder brother has long been dragging Zheng Leqi to ask what happened. After a meal, everyone has their own thoughts, but the only focus is on Pei Mingzhan and Zhao Yao's relationship!
It took a long time to eat a meal, and the dinner table was considered to be over when my uncle got a little dizzy from drinking. Pei Mingzhan drove here by himself, and he couldn't drive after drinking, so his aunt said to stay and live.
Pei Mingzhan said, "It's okay, just ask for a substitute driver."
My aunt asked the driver at home to take Pei Mingzhan back.
Zhao Yao walked out with Pei Mingzhan, the oncoming cold wind blew away the smell of alcohol on Pei Mingzhan's body. Zhao Yao was a little worried when he smelled the wine, "After you go back, take a shower and rest early, don't catch a cold when the weather is cold."
Pei Mingzhan stretched out his hand slightly and pulled him into his arms, "Let me hug you, and do nothing else."
Seeing that the man was still sober after drinking, Zhao Yao still hugged him. Pei Mingzhan likes rubbing against his shoulders very much recently, usually he has a light mint scent, but today it does smell a bit strong of wine. Zhao Yao hadn't drunk alcoholic beverages for a long time, and the first time he rubbed him like this, he felt a little hot all over his body.
Zhao Yao didn't wear a scarf when he came out, and his exposed skin was a little chilled by the cold wind, and it was a bit out of control when he clashed with Pei Mingzhan's smell of alcohol.
Both of them are young and vigorous, and they are very sensitive to each other's bodies, but this is Zheng's family after all, he was worried that something would happen between the two of them, so he reminded: "Don't move around, I'm a little hot. "
Pei Mingzhan laughed lowly twice, but he didn't speak. Instead, he leaned slightly against the person, looking a little quiet.
Zhao Yao asked: "Pei Mingzhan? Are you drunk?"
Pei Mingzhan said: "I'm not drunk, I don't want to go back."
Zhao Yao suddenly felt that Pei Mingzhan looked like a coquettish child when he was drunk, "Then stay here?"
"No." Pei Mingzhan said after a while, "We'll live together when we return to City S. You can come to my place or I can go to yours. I can see you after get off work."
Zhao Yao was also a little dizzy from the faint smell of alcohol on Pei Mingzhan's body. Pei Mingzhan's hand rested loosely on his waist, as if the whole person was leaning on him, but Zhao Yao knew that Pei Mingzhan did not With complete relief, he stretched out his hand slightly to grab Pei Mingzhan's wrist, and quietly inserted his fingers into his sleeve, getting more excited by the hot temperature inside.
He tilted his head slightly to kiss the side of Pei Mingzhan's face, and then kissed along the corner of his mouth.
The confused smell of alcohol scattered around the two of them, and in the gap between lips and teeth, Zhao Yao said: "Okay."
The driver did not know when he drove here, and silently turned off the engine and waited. Pei Mingzhan was worried that if they kissed again, the two of them would really kill each other, so he slowed down his voice in Zhao Yao's ear before putting it on Zhao Yao: "Xiao Yao, your uncle and aunt are very nice people, sometimes you don't want Push yourself too hard."
Zhao Yao paused and didn't speak again.
Pei Mingzhan then said: "After the year, I will pick you up to my house, and then take you to see the old countryside?"
Then he let go of Zhao Yao, and walked to the door of the car parked beside him, "Go in quickly, it's cold outside."
"Be careful on the road." Zhao Yao said.
Pei Mingzhan got into the car, and the driver drove away quickly.
Zhao Yao stood at the gate of Zhao's house for a while, watching the car gradually disappearing into the night, and did not come back to his senses until the taillights disappeared from sight. He pulled down his collar a little, and Pei Mingzhan's breath seemed to have not dissipated.
He suddenly felt that falling in love is really a wonderful thing, the feeling of being cared for by a young man whose mind may be younger than his, and an indescribable sense of dependence.
On the other side of Pei's house, Pei's mother heard that Pei Mingzhan would not come back for dinner at night and asked the elder brother of the Pei family to find out that if he didn't come home, he went to Zheng's house for dinner. Mother Pei felt a little bit at a loss when she thought of this. It was also a meal, so why didn't she come to eat at home.
When Pei Mingzhan came back from Zheng's house, Pei's mother had been sitting in the living room and looked at Pei Mingzhan. When she saw someone coming, she asked, "Did you buy clothes with Xiao Yao in the afternoon? Why didn't you bring him home for dinner?"
After she finished speaking, she smelled the alcohol on Pei Mingzhan's body, so she hurriedly asked someone to prepare hangover soup.
The eldest brother of the Pei family was sitting next to him looking at the documents. He was a little surprised to see Pei Mingzhan like this, "I don't know, but I thought you were drinking away your worries. How did you go to have a meal and drink so much? Are you broken in love?"
Although Pei Mingzhan drank a lot, he was still a little sober. He took off the scarf, "How did you lose your relationship? I'm going to see my parents."
The eldest brother of the Pei family was taken aback when he heard the words. He knew that Pei Mingzhan was interested in Zhao Yao, but when he heard his words, he immediately reacted: "Are you catching up? When did it happen?"
Everyone in the Pei family knew about Pei Mingzhan's sexual orientation. In the beginning, when there was a lot of trouble, going to the entertainment industry was only part of the reason. The bigger part was that Pei Mingzhan came out to his family. When Pei Mingzhan was young, he was dishonest and loved to cause trouble, but as he got older, his personality gradually stabilized. At first, everyone in the Pei family thought that Pei Mingzhan would go to work in Pei's family step by step according to the family arrangement, but things changed. Zhan declared that he likes men, and then went to the entertainment industry to develop.
The eldest brother of the Pei family knows what kind of person his younger brother is. At least when Pei Mingzhan was a teenager, he was so innocent that he didn't even have a girlfriend. How could he suddenly like men? So he sent someone to inquire, but he didn't inquire about Pei Mingzhan's boyfriend. The source of this coming out of the closet was also nonsensical.
The Pei family is not a person with a lot of traditional concepts, and they will not have other ideas because of Pei Mingzhan's sexuality. At first, they really couldn't figure it out, but later Pei Mingzhan chose to leave home to develop in other circles. This matter of coming out of the closet It gradually faded away. Later, for some reason, the eldest brother of the Pei family knew that Zhao Yao might be the reason why Pei Mingzhan came out, and later because of the accident that happened to the crew of "Mission", he knew that Pei Mingzhan was chasing Zhao Yao.
"It's been a while." Pei Mingzhan had a headache, and said after a while: "I'm still there, and I originally planned to wait for him to come to the door."
When Pei's mother came over, she happened to hear the two brothers talking, and she paused slightly while holding the hangover soup, "What are you doing? Which of you is dating?"