Chi Yue chuckled: "So it was you who wanted to go."
Zhuang Baihua blushed a little at his smile and said, "Didn't we have no chance before?"
He only remembered being taken by his parents to ordinary parks to play on amusement facilities when he was a child. Later, various large-scale theme playgrounds emerged, but he devoted all his spare time to charity work and never had time to go.
The last time Luo Zhenduo mentioned the amusement park, he was quite excited...
Chi Yue looked at Zhuang Baihua's expression, her smile deepened, and she unconsciously lowered her voice and said, "I'll accompany you this time. Wait for me to get first place."
Chi Yue's confidence made Zhuang Baihua feel more at ease about his studies. After they chatted for a while, Chi Yue was about to go downstairs.
It was time to get off work. Zhuang Baihua saw him carrying a pile of clay pots and said, "I'll take you back to school."
Now we just need to arrange a driver. This time, Zhuang Baihua wants to send Chi Yue personally and supervise her to go back to school to study.
Chi Yue was used to being sent around, so she didn't refuse and happily followed Zhuang Baihua holding the jar.
The driver drove the car and soon arrived at the gate of Chi Yue's university.
Every time Zhuang Baihua told the driver to park farther away to avoid causing trouble for Chi Yue, but this time Chi Yue was carrying a lot of cans, which was not very convenient, and Chi Yue said it was okay, so Zhuang Baihua asked the driver to drive directly into the campus.
This university is ranked quite high in the country and is the best university in the city. Considering Chi Yue's family conditions, the fact that he was able to be admitted here shows that he is really hardworking and smart.
Zhuang Baihua even began to believe that he could really get first place in the final exam.
The speed limit on campus was not high, and Zhuang Baihua's car was really eye-catching, causing many people to turn around and look at the luxury car. Under the curious gaze of everyone, the driver drove the car to the bottom of the dormitory building.
Before leaving the company, the assistant had packed the cans of supplements in bags. Chi Yue was still used to holding them. He held the things and said to Zhuang Baihua with a smile, "Bye, Mr. Zhuang."
Zhuang Baihua felt relieved when he saw Chi Yue like this.
Without the interference of paranoid people, Chi Yue is just an ordinary college student, hardworking and sunny, which is really great.
Zhuang Baihua watched Chi Yue walk towards the dormitory building, but he turned around quickly after taking a few steps and went back.
Zhuang Baihua opened the car door and asked, "What's wrong?"
Chi Yue stuffed the bag of supplements into Zhuang Baihua's arms, then pushed Zhuang Baihua into the car and said, "Hide it first."
After saying that, he closed the car door, walked forward again, and met a man head-on.
Zhuang Baihua looked out of the car window and saw that it was a middle-aged man, probably in his forties. He looked decent, but his clothes were a little sloppy, his hair was messy, and his expression was a little vulgar.
Chi Yue stood between the man and Zhuang Baihua's luxury car. The man raised his head and tried to look at Zhuang Baihua, but Chi Yue blocked his gaze with her body and spoke alone.
Zhuang Baihua vaguely guessed the man's identity, but didn't want to believe her own guess. If such a man was really the one for Chi Yue, it would be a bit unfair to Chi Yue.
Zhuang Baihua couldn't hear what they were saying, but he saw the man getting more and more excited. He even raised his hand high towards Chi Yue, as if he was going to hit her.
Zhuang Baihua frowned, put the Luo family's supplements on the back seat of the car, opened the door and walked out.
He walked up to the two people, pulled Chi Yue, and asked Chi Yue to stand behind him. The middle-aged man said, "If there is anything, communicate well and don't hit the child."
"None of your business. Who do you think you are?" The man lifted his swollen eyelids and looked at Zhuang Baihua with his cloudy eyes. He then looked at the luxury car behind him and immediately changed his tone. "Boss, what is your relationship with Xiaoyue?"
Zhuang Baihua did not answer, but asked: "Who are you?"
The man chuckled: "I'm Xiaoyue's father, my name is Chi Jingye."
Zhuang Baihua's guess was confirmed, and he became more and more disappointed, but he remained polite and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Chi. I was Chi Yue's boss during his internship. I saw that you seemed to be going to use violence against him. What's the matter?"
Chi Jingye got angry when he heard this: "Boss, please judge for yourself. How could I have given birth to such an unfilial son? Our family has always been poor. His mother and I worked hard to raise him and let him go to college. Now that he has grown up, he goes out to work. He has money in his pocket but he hides it, for fear that his mother and I will find out. Is this reasonable?"
As he was talking, he became more and more angry. He tried to pull Chi Yue who was behind Zhuang Baihua and wanted to beat his son, but was stopped by Zhuang Baihua.
No wonder Chi Yue had to hide in the park to eat snacks before. She was afraid that Chi Jingye would search her body every time she came home and would not leave her any money.
Zhuang Baihua didn't believe that Chi Yue was someone who didn't care about his parents. He smiled and said to Chi Jingye, "If Chi Yue had money, would he still be so thin? He has given you everything he could."
Chi Jingye muttered quietly: "It's not enough, it's all spent in a flash."
Zhuang Baihua has worked in the community for so many years and has seen a lot of people like this, who are lazy and like to enjoy themselves, and who love to relax and hate to work. They complain about being so poor every day, but when street staff try to help them and introduce them to jobs, they complain about being so tired and unable to work.
He has hands and feet and is in the prime of life, but he only thinks about making money.
Zhuang Baihua respects that everyone has their own aspirations. It's okay for people like this to just eat and wait for death, but they will still make trouble, either harming community members or their family members.
Zhuang Baihua's impression of Chi Jingye immediately plummeted, but he was always patient with people, and said to Chi Jingye: "Chi Yue hasn't graduated yet, his ability is limited, and he can't even feed himself, don't push him too hard."
Chi Jingye's eyes rolled around, and he said shamelessly: "You are the big boss, why don't you pay more attention to him?"
Zhuang Baihua: “…” Will you take him away again later
Zhuang Baihua gradually lost his patience: "Now is the end of the semester, it is a critical period for exams. You should ask him to review well. Only if he gets good grades can he get a scholarship and pay for his tuition."
When Chi Jingye heard the word "scholarship", he became silent. Chi Yue raised his fist and made a trembling gesture, then left at the urging of Zhuang Baihua.
After Chi Jingye left, Zhuang Baihua turned around and looked at Chi Yue.
Chi Yue had been silent just now. Zhuang Baihua thought he would be embarrassed, but he seemed to be fine. He calmly said to Zhuang Baihua: "I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Zhuang Baihua couldn't help it, he raised his hand and touched Chi Yue's soft black hair, and said: "You are the one who has worked really hard."
Chi Yue plays the role of the little white flower in the original book. As expected, the plot sets up a family background for him with deep hatred and deep suffering. No matter how miserable his life is, even though his parents are born with him, it is really unfair to him.
Chi Yue shrugged and said, "Nothing, I'm used to it." He smiled and said, "Luckily I discovered it in advance and hid the jar, otherwise he would have taken it away."
Zhuang Baihua looked at his smile, and felt even more distressed because he was pretending to be cheerful. He took out the supplements from the car, stuffed them into Chi Yue's hand, and said, "Ask Luo Zhenduo for some next time."
When Chi Yue heard the name "Luo Zhenduo", she lowered her eyes and responded softly. Then she picked up her things, said goodbye to Zhuang Baihua, and walked into the dormitory building.
Zhuang Baihua stood downstairs and watched for a long time, until the students next to him repeatedly turned their heads to look at him, then he returned to the car.
Maybe Chi Yue took Zhuang Baihua's words to heart. He has been coming to the company less frequently recently. It seems that he has really been studying hard.
Zhuang Baihua made an appointment with Chi Yue to take him to an amusement park in another city after the exam, and Zhuang Baihua didn't feel anything wrong with it.
Zhuang Baihua believed that since the plot had created a bond between him and Chi Yue, he should just go with the flow and it was his duty to take care of Chi Yue.
Besides, there is the paranoid male supporting role who is eyeing him covetously. God knows what the paranoid boss No. 3 is like. Zhuang Baihua is worried if he leaves Chi Yue alone.
It's just that Zhuang Baihua is beginning to worry about Chi Yue. After the exams, it will be summer vacation, and Chi Yue will most likely have to go back home and face his terrible parents.
Chi Yue's family background investigation was simple. Zhuang Baihua had respected Chi Yue's privacy before, and now that he had met Chi Jingye, he was no longer afraid.
Chi Yue's parents are both ordinary people. Her mother has been at home taking care of the child since she gave birth. Her father used to have a stable job, but was fired due to a serious accident. After that, he worked odd jobs.
Her mother was a full-time housewife, but she just avoided work. Her father was even more lazy, fishing for three days and drying the nets for the next day, and he also spent money lavishly. Chi Yue grew up, relying mainly on the help of school teachers and her own efforts to successfully go to college.
Not only did these parents fail to raise their children well, they also sucked their children's blood. Every time someone from outside asked Chi Yue for help, whether it was money or supplies, they would take away most of it.
Zhuang Baihua read the information and held back his swear words for a long time.
Chi Yue, the original character in the book, has to work really hard.
Zhuang Baihua wanted to help Chi Yue graduate from university. If Chi Yue was willing, she could come to work in the company and then become financially independent and away from her parents.
He was making plans for Chi Yue in his mind, but some people couldn't wait.
Zhuang's office building is high, and the possibility of the staff on the ground floor finding the president is basically zero, but there is an internal line in Zhuang Baihua's office that is directly connected to the General Affairs Department, which can be used to deal with Chi Yue's problem.
This was the monitoring mechanism that Zhuang Baihua had set up because he was worried that Chi Yue would trigger the plot, and he was regarded as "Chi Yue's exclusive insider" by people in the company.
Zhuang Baihua and Chi Yue have been on good terms lately, and they talk directly when there's something going on, so the phone in the General Affairs Department rarely rings. But today, this internal line called again.
The manager of the General Affairs Department said: "Boss Zhuang, there is a suspicious person at the door. He said he is Chi Yue's father and wants to see you."
Zhuang Baihua: “…”
Chi Yue was at school today and did not come to the company. Zhuang Baihua took the elevator downstairs and saw Chi Jingye at the door.
Chi Jingye was being stopped by the security guard, who refused to let him enter the company.
Speaking of the security guard at the company's gate, he is also a magical person. Zhuang Baihua once doubted his business ability because he looked shy, always felt inferior because of the scar on his forehead, spoke in a soft voice, and did not look very intimidating.
Zhuang Baihua was worried that he would not be able to fulfill his security duties. Unexpectedly, he casually asked Chen Wang, and Secretary Chen told him that this young security guard was ranked first in the security team during the physical fitness test.
Zhuang Baihua suddenly felt that one cannot judge a person by his appearance, and one cannot judge the depth of the sea.
It's just that this security guard was always too polite and couldn't drive people away. Because Chi Jingye claimed to be Chi Yue's father, he didn't take any action and kept Chi Jingye outside the gate. Chi Jingye couldn't break through the defense line.
Zhuang Baihua walked over, trying to maintain his demeanor, and said, "Mr. Chi, Chi Yue is not in the company now. What do you want to do?"
Chi Jingye was throwing a tantrum, but when he saw Zhuang Baihua coming, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "Boss! You really are the boss!"
Zhuang Baihua glanced at the security guard, who immediately took Chi Jingye and took him to the side of the building to a quiet place.
Zhuang Baihua followed behind, and when they arrived, the security guard let go, and Chi Jingye rushed to him and said, "I searched for you on Baidu, you are so rich!"
Zhuang Baihua: “…”
He pinched his brows and asked, "So, what are you going to do?"
Chi Jingye rubbed his hands and laughed: "I want Chi Yue to stop studying and come to work here with you. You can pay him more."
Zhuang Baihua looked at the person in front of him in disbelief. Could a father say such nonsense
"What's the point of studying? It's a waste of time and money." Chi Jingye was still talking, not paying any attention to Zhuang Baihua's increasingly gloomy face. He looked up at the tall building of Zhuang's and said enviously, "Your building is so tall, and you are so rich. There is much more hope for me to follow you."
Zhuang Baihua said gloomily, "Knowledge is a person's lifelong wealth. Chi Yue is now in college to accumulate knowledge. Only after he graduates can he have a better job and a better life. As a father, you don't support him and instead let him drop out of school. This is really inappropriate."
Chi Jingye couldn't tell that Zhuang Baihua was trying to persuade him politely, so he said, "I think he's becoming more and more unfilial. He used to save the family's money, but now he doesn't care at all and even hides things! I've raised him in vain!"
"Shut up!" Zhuang Baihua said angrily.
Chi Jingye was shocked when he was scolded, but he was thick-skinned. He showed a cunning smile and looked at Zhuang Baihua evilly: "How about this, boss, if you want Xiaoyue to continue studying, you can give me the money directly and I will save it for him."
Even the security guard next to him couldn't stand it anymore and whispered, "Too much."
Zhuang Baihua took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Mr. Chi, what you are doing now constitutes extortion, do you know that? I can call the police and have them arrest you, and then throw you into prison and have you do labor reform, where you will have to weld parts and sew buttons every day."
Of course, this was all Zhuang Baihua trying to scare him, so Chi Jingye would not go to jail.
Chi Jingye didn't take it seriously when he heard about the police call, but later Zhuang Baihua mentioned the prison and finally said that he had to work. Only then did he get scared because he was lazy.
He stammered, "I was just saying it casually. If you don't agree, forget it."
Seeing that he was still unwilling to leave, Zhuang Baihua made a phone call and immediately ten or twenty bodyguards came out of the company and surrounded Chi Jingye.
The bodyguards were all tall and strong, and Lao Chi could not withstand any punch from them.
Chi Jingye was so scared that his legs went limp: "Don't hit me!"
Zhuang Baihua rarely lost his temper: "Get lost!"
Only then did Chi Jingye run away in a panic.
Zhuang Baihua sometimes felt disgusted with himself for being too upright and always remembered to abide by the law. If it were someone else, he would have beaten Chi Jingye up and taught him a lesson.
He sighed and called the bodyguards back. After everyone else left, the security guards stood there without moving.
"Go back." Zhuang Baihua waved at him.
The security guard lowered his head, walked up to Zhuang Baihua, and asked in a low voice: "Is that man... Chi Yue's father?"
Zhuang Baihua nodded: "Yes, you just heard it. It's unfortunate for Chi Yue to have such a father."
The security guard didn't say anything else and followed Zhuang Baihua back to the company building.
Zhuang Baihua thought that if Chi Jingye came to him again, he would find someone to take Chi Jingye to do charity work, just as he had done in the past to deal with the hooligans in the community.
But Chi Jingye did not show up, and he got some peace for a while.
A few days later, Chi Yue, who was supposed to be reviewing for the exam, rushed to the president's office to find Zhuang Baihua.
The secretaries and assistants in the president's office were numb when they saw his figure. They were too lazy to ask any questions and just gave him the green light all the way.
Chi Yue entered the office, walked to Zhuang Baihua, put his hands on the desk, looked straight at Zhuang Baihua, and asked, "That person came to see you."
Although he asked a question, his tone was affirmative.
Zhuang Baihua thought about it and felt that the person should be Chi Jingye. Chi Yue didn't even want to call him "father".
"Yes, no, nothing happened. I sent him away." Zhuang Baihua was afraid that Chi Yue would worry, and he couldn't guess who Chi Yue was worried about. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "There was no fierce conflict. Both he and I are fine."
Chi Yue lowered the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't care if he dies, just be fine if you are fine."
This was the first time Zhuang Baihua heard Chi Yue swearing. Chi Yue's personality collapsed again, but he did not correct it.
After all, his father was such a weirdo, it wasn't wrong for Chi Yue to curse him occasionally to vent her anger.
Zhuang Baihua said soothingly: "How could I be in trouble? Your father hasn't had such a problem yet."
"He was obviously kidnapped before." Chi Yue silently complained, and then said, "Anyway, I'll throw him out next time I see him."
"No, he can't come to harass you recently." Chi Yue said casually, "He was beaten up badly and can't get up."
Zhuang Baihua quickly distanced himself from the matter: "It wasn't me."
Chi Yue was calm, neither surprised nor angry, and said, "I know."
It seems that Chi Yue knows who the murderer is. Zhuang Baihua frowned and asked, "Who did it?"
Chi Yue left the desk, turned around, leaned sideways, and said, "Whoever he is, he played well."
Zhuang Baihua: “…”
Chi Yue had a deep resentment towards his father.
Don't advise others to be kind without experiencing their suffering. Zhuang Baihua couldn't ask Chi Yue to be magnanimous to his father, so he could only say, "Don't take these things to heart. Study hard. Didn't you say you want to be a big boss in the future? You should work hard to prepare now."
Chi Yue finally smiled and said to Zhuang Baihua: "The first thing I will do after becoming the boss is to pay you back for repairing your car."
The child still remembers it, but he has forgotten it all.
Zhuang Baihua thought to himself that Chi Jingye didn't cherish such a sensible child. He looked at Chi Yue and said, "Hold on for a while longer. When you graduate and have your own career, you will be free."
"Before that..." Zhuang Baihua touched the tip of his nose and said sincerely, "I will help you."
He looked at Chi Yue with gentle eyes. Behind him was the large glass window of the office. Against this background, Zhuang Baihua seemed to be emitting a warm glow, which made people feel at ease.
He said to Chi Yue a little stiffly: "If you don't mind, you can treat me as your father."
"?" Chi Yue slowly put a question mark on the top of his head.