Chapter 69: Why should I follow his ideas? Dream on!

No one knows how disappointed Shi Xiaomei will be when facing Cheng Yang's attitude, but Shi Xiaoai must be so happy to receive this money!

Seeing his wife's eyes curved into crescents with joy, Cheng Yang felt very happy. Even the depression he had just felt because of the past events became insignificant in the face of this happiness.

Just because Cheng Yang doesn’t want to mention it doesn’t mean Shi Xiaoai has forgotten it.

She put the money away and then asked about the phone call: "Who did you answer just now, and what did they say?"

Cheng Yang's expression immediately turned from sunny to cloudy.

Shi Xiaoai raised her eyebrows and patted the back of his hand: "What's wrong? Is there something bad happening?"

"No, just a little annoying."

"What's going on? Don't beat around the bush and tell me."

Shi Xiaoai finally realized that this person may appear to be a decent person in front of others, but in reality he is like a child, the more he wants to be coaxed when he is around his own people.

It's obvious that he was waiting for me to ask!

Sure enough, Cheng Yang grinned when he heard this.

He glanced around to make sure his children were not around, then stepped forward and hugged Shi Xiaoai, resting his head on her shoulder. He said aggrievedly, "My boss bullied me."

Shi Xiaoai: "..."

She slapped the man on the back: "Stand still! What's going on?"

Cheng Yang stood up straight, pounded his waist, and said, "I'm so tired! I ran such a long way back and forth all afternoon, and I didn't even dare to rest in the middle because I was afraid you would worry. I came back and you didn't even say you felt sorry for me. You kept asking me all sorts of questions. Do I have such a small place in your heart?"

Shi Xiaoai: “?”

If she hadn't known that the chemical plant was only a few stops away, she would have almost believed it!

But she also noticed that Cheng Yang must be in a really bad mood.

Otherwise he wouldn't keep avoiding the issue, talking about this and that and not wanting to talk about it.

She looked at the man and said in a slow voice, "Go sit in the hut for a while. They're playing chess there. Go and watch them. I'm going to cook. We can talk after dinner."

"I'll go with you." Cheng Yang grabbed her hand.

Shi Xiaoai did not stop them, and the couple went to the kitchen together.

In the morning, Cheng Yang weighed two pounds of pork ribs when he went shopping for groceries. At noon, Xiao Ai stewed it with kelp into soup.

The soup had been simmering on the stove for half the afternoon. By now, the soup was thick and the meat was tender. As soon as you entered the kitchen, you could smell the rich aroma of meat.

Because the man looked a little tired, Shi Xiaoai didn't make anything complicated. She just added some noodles to the pork rib soup and each of the four of them had a big bowl.

Delicious food always makes people feel better. After eating a big bowl of noodle soup, Cheng Yang's complexion looked much better.

After dinner, Mingrui and Mingxi insisted on going to their grandma’s house to play, saying that their grandpa had promised to make shuttlecocks for them tonight.

Shi Xiaoai knew that the grandfather they were talking about was Uncle Wang, so she personally sent the two children over.

The Wang family was still having dinner, so Shi Xiaoai didn't stay long. The two kids were used to running back and forth between the two families, so no one thought it was inappropriate for them to be there while they were having dinner.

Shi Xiaoai put them down and left.

When she returned, Cheng Yang had already cleaned up the dishes.

Knowing that Xiao Feng would come to work soon, Cheng Yang didn't act pretentiously this time and said directly: "I told the chief of staff that I would not return to the capital, and he scolded me."

Shi Xiaoai had actually guessed that this was the reason, but she didn't quite understand why this person just didn't want to go back.

She asked directly.

Cheng Yang was silent for a moment, then said, "I've told you a little about my family's situation before..."

Shi Xiaoai didn't know the situation at that time, and there was no hint at all in the synopsis.

She waved her hand. "I can't remember what you said before. As the saying goes, pregnancy makes a woman stupid for three years. When you said that, I was pregnant and knew you were leaving. My mood was at its most volatile.

After having a child and going through all sorts of things, I no longer remember what you said. Please tell me again from the beginning."

Hearing her say this, Cheng Yang held her hand with heartache, and then told her about the past of his family in detail.

Cheng Yang said, "Yesterday I asked you if you wanted to return to the capital, and you said no. I was actually very happy. Xiao Ai, you don't know, when I asked you this, I was very nervous, as if I was being sentenced by fate.

If you want to go back, I will go with you without hesitation, but if you don't want to go, I'm really happy. I don't want to go back to that place at all.

I don't want to go back to the capital. I don't want to go back to that life where I can see the end of it.

Of course, the most important thing is that I knew my dad had asked the Chief of Staff to discuss this job with me. It must have been arranged by him, and I don't want him to arrange my life."

When Cheng Yang said these words, his eyes were very dark, and it was obvious that he was filled with deep dissatisfaction.

From Cheng Yang's narration, Xiao Ai learned that Cheng Yang and his father had always been at odds.

Because Cheng Yang's mother had a bad background, his father was afraid that it would affect his career, so he forced his wife to divorce him despite her serious illness.

Even on the day the divorce procedures were completed, she was asked to move out of the house immediately.

At that time, Cheng Yang's mother was sick and couldn't even get out of bed, and she had to move to a small, dark and cold room with no heating.

In anger, Cheng Yang wrote a notice severing his paternal relationship with his father and posted it at the gate of their family compound, then moved out with his mother.

Such behavior made Cheng Yang's father furious!

But he is the eldest son, and no matter how angry his father is, he will not agree to let him live with his mother.

After being angry for a few days, he finally compromised and went to see him several times in person. He tried every method, including threats and inducements, but it was of no use except making the relationship between them worse.

Cheng Yang was only fifteen years old that year.

Later, his father stopped looking for him and started looking for Cheng Yang's mother again and again.

When his mother started forcing him to go home, Cheng Yang went straight to his father's workplace and embarrassed him again.

His father was also a military man, and although he had already retired to the local area, his reputation was still as important to him as his life. After confirming that his son was completely at odds with him, he completely gave up on Cheng Yang.

She remarried the following year and soon had another son.

Including the person who later got Cheng Yang a place to join the army was his father's wife, who had nothing to do with Cheng Yang's father.

Of course, there was a reason for that, but seeing Cheng Yang's mood, Xiao Ai didn't ask any further questions.

Xiao Ai could tell from Cheng Yang's words that even after so many years, there seemed to be no possibility of repairing the father-son relationship between him and his father.

She didn't ask any further questions, but directly asked: "Then why did your Chief of Staff Xiong you? Because you didn't want to return to the capital and he felt that he hadn't completed the mission?"

"That's not the case."

Cheng Yang said, "The Chief of Staff used to be a soldier under my father, so he actually knows a little about our family situation. Although he would speak up for my father, he wouldn't force me on his behalf. He thought my anger over my career was unnecessary and impulsive."

Cheng Yang sneered self-deprecatingly: "I'm just angry, so what? He ignored me before, probably because he thought I was of little use.

Now he wants to intervene in my life again. Maybe he feels that he is too old to step down, and thinks that I, his son, can still be useful and continue his dream? Why should I let him have his way? Why should I follow his ideas? Dream on!