Chapter 10 Chapter 10 "If I get hurt, what will you do...
Ye Xiuming pretended to be confused and looked at Su Ting, tears streaming down his face as he said, "What should I do, Dad? Why am I so careless..."
As he spoke, he used his hands to pick up the broken pieces of porcelain. After witnessing his foolish actions, Su Ting shouted loudly, then strode over to him, took the broken pieces from his hand and threw them away, advising him: "There are plenty of bowls at home, there is no need to hurt yourself."
Ye Xiuming's entire body was itching from these words, a numbness reaching his heart, causing him to hurriedly ask, "What would you do if I got hurt?"
Su Ting had never thought about this question.
"As a guardian, I have the right to minimize the possibility of you getting hurt."
Ye Xiuming seemed to be touched, and for no reason, he thought of his real biological parents.
His mother was a little confused. She didn't find out she was pregnant until the late stages of pregnancy and gave birth to him without thinking. Her concern for Ye Xiuming was always superficial, as if she cared more about her own life.
Ye Xiuming's father, if he could still be called a father, was an extremely irresponsible boss. His food, clothing, housing and transportation must be taken care of by someone else. It was almost a fantasy to expect him to care more about his son.
In short, Ye Xiuming received very little attention, whether necessary or unnecessary, which made him sensitive, introverted, and overly stubborn.
If he could find one or two people who were truly kind to him, even if he died at the hands of others, it would not be a pity.
Su Ting would never know about this psychological journey, so he was both infuriated and amused by Ye Xiuming's stunned expression. He asked, "How are you doing in school? Have you found friends your own age?"
Ye Xiuming said "Huh?", feeling that the topic had changed a bit too quickly.
Su Ting forced him to wear a college-style cashmere coat. His long fingers hooked around his horn buttons and slipped through the silver buckle. Ye Xiuming paused for a moment before saying, "Not yet. I'm still adapting to the school's rules and regulations."
What Ye Xiuming didn't say was that this private school was at the top of the pyramid, mainly attended by the descendants of the powerful, the wealthy, and entrepreneurs, and the hierarchy was roughly in this order. After learning that he was merely the adopted son of a rising entrepreneur, his classmates revealed just the right amount of contempt that was not easily observed.
This made Ye Xiuming feel a little unfair.
It’s not that he was treated differently, but that Su Ting was looked at through tinted glasses.
Judging from the desolation that flashed across Ye Xiuming's face, he did not find the friend he wished for. Su Ting immediately sent a message to Zhou Xubai.
—Find out who is bullying him at school and why.
As usual, Threshold employees lined the streets to welcome Su Ting. A manager-like figure took advantage of Su Ting's visit to tremble and report the quarter's financial statements to him from several levels away. Su Ting took Ye Xiuming's hand, looked at the manager with a glare, and said, "Do you want to disturb my meal?"
The manager's breath was soft: "No, I dare not..."
"So you're dissatisfied with your current job?"
Of course the manager wanted to go to the headquarters, which was close to Su Ting and would be a good place for promotion. Su Ting was the ladder for him to move up, and he wasn't a weird person, so he nodded and said, "I want to go to the Feihe Group headquarters."
Su Ting was probably in a good mood and didn't fire him on the spot. After giving him a string of English letters and an email address, he said, "Send your resume over and I'll take a look."
The manager immediately memorized it in his mind and walked him to the elevator with a smile on his face.
Perhaps because Su Ting's concern for him was more obvious tonight, Ye Xiuming regained his sharp tongue and said, "Dad Su, you're not kidding him, are you? Is that really your email address?"
Su Ting had a smile on his lips, "What's your reason for thinking it's not?"
"Because he did the wrong thing at the wrong time, and you hate having your private time interrupted the most."
Su Ting said "Oh?" and said, "Are you observing me?"
"No, no," Ye Xiuming quickly denied, "I'm not blind, I can see it."
Su Ting, who firmly believed that Ye Xiuming was observing him, did not give him the chance to order this time. He pointed at the menu with a bright smile and observed Ye Xiuming's uneasiness in return.
"You've changed a lot since the first time you ate here."
The same location, the same red clouds rising, but the difference is Ye Xiuming's state of mind.
Su Ting was puzzled: "Among the things that happened during this period, there must be something that you are still brooding over. Can you be honest with me for once?"
Ye Xiuming's eyes met his briefly, then they shifted away awkwardly. He touched his neatly trimmed hair and smiled awkwardly.
Xu Yu said: "Dad Su, can you hit people?"
Su Ting looked a little doubtful, and smiled slightly crookedly: "No, never."
Ye Xiuming said "Oh", "That's good."
"Have you ever been beaten by your parents?"
"Well... I have. Maybe there are many things about me that make them dissatisfied. I always fail to meet their expectations."
"Was it a serious beating?" Su Ting put down the menu and asked solemnly.
"My dad was a bit rough with his blows. He was probably the one who hurt the most." Ye Xiuming took a sip of the mint water provided to moisten his throat. "My mom is fine, but she didn't help me when my dad beat me."
Su Ting's face showed a subtle distress. He held Ye Xiuming's hand with his bony hands and said, "Don't worry, I don't have such a bad habit."
Su Ting didn't expect that an ordinary dinner would reveal so much about Ye Xiuming's family. He was much better than that loser Zhou Xubai.
As Su Ting was thinking about this, he tilted his head to order the main course, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Fu Xici's pair of white pants and white shoes that hadn't changed for a thousand years.
He showed up a little earlier this time, holding a pale yellow sparkling white wine. Fu Xici said, "This time it's from the Godelion Winery, with a rich fruity flavor. Godelion, as you know, continues the winemaking tradition of Burgundy since the Greco-Roman era."
Su Ting said lightly: "I don't know."
Fu Xici gave an awkward smile on his stern face and said to Ye Xiuming beside him, "What kind of children's meal would you like to order this time?"
Ye Xiuming gritted his teeth, glanced at him unkindly, and then quickly looked away.
"He loves meat and eats more than adults, and he never orders a children's meal," Sutin said.
"You have a son this big who just showed up. Have you done a paternity test? Is he really your biological son?" Fu Xici asked, "What if one of the women you played with saw that you were doing well and made it up?"
It seems that Fu Xici wants to win over Su Ting's heart this time. Su Ting, who thought that he could ward off bad peach blossoms by pulling Ye Xiuming in, now has to face up to Ye Xiuming's real role - almost nothing.
When Ye Xiuming was unable to stop these beautiful women, he asked himself, does Su Ting still want to carry such a burden?
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