After finishing the business, Mr. Luo pulled Tao Mu to chat again. He also handed Tao Mu the apple that Luo Xi had peeled for him, and complained unhappily: "You let me eat apples every day. I hate eating fruit the most in my life. What's so good about sweet fruit? I said I wanted to eat braised pork, but you didn't even make it for me."
When Mr. Luo said this, he glanced at Luo Xi and Old Madam Luo and snorted heavily.
"That's what the doctor said. He told you to eat more apples, bananas, blueberries, melons and cherries. He said it's good for your health. Just listen to the doctor." Old Madam Luo looked helplessly at her husband who was looking more and more like a child as he got older. Then he said to Tao Mu: "Xiao Tao, there are bananas and melons here, take whatever you like."
"Thank you, Auntie." Tao Mu thanked her with a smile. Pick up the apple and eat it with a crunch. Mr. Luo was more and more satisfied with her unreserved behavior.
"That's how it should be." Mr. Luo said with a smile, "Young people should have this kind of vigor. Unlike some people, who have lived together for so many years, their every move is still so restrained. They dare not stand or sit. When you give him fruit, he always holds it in his hand and dares not eat it. He is trembling like a little wife, as if someone in the room can eat it. It makes me uncomfortable to see it."
Luo Xi blushed. Old Madam Luo quickly said, "Why are you saying these things in front of Xiao Tao?"
Mr. Luo said nothing more. He glanced at the time and asked Luo Xi to turn on the TV. The national TV station was playing a rerun of The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood, and it happened to be the scene where Su Dingbang, played by Tao Mu, played the piano at the cocktail party.
Inside the Su Mansion, there were elegantly dressed people. A young man in a white three-piece suit was sitting at the piano, playing gracefully. The smooth sound flowed from his slender fingertips. Because of the transition from panorama, mid-shot, close-up and close-up, the audience in front of the TV can clearly see that Tao Mu played this part himself. Instead of posing and post-editing.
"You can also play the piano?" Mr. Luo said with a smile, "You acted really well. When you first appeared on stage, your every move and the emphasis you used when speaking really had the flavor of a student studying abroad during the Republic of China period. Who did you learn from?"
Tao Mu smiled and said, "I used to work in a piano store. That kind of piano store not only sells pianos, but also teaches children to play the piano. The teacher saw that I was handsome, so he would teach me when he had nothing to do. As for the image of a student studying abroad in the Republic of China, I also asked the teacher at Beijing Film Academy to introduce me to an old man who had studied abroad in that era. I studied with him for a few days."
"Sure enough." Upon hearing this, Mr. Luo suddenly sighed, "I would be very lucky if my unfilial son could be half as smart and hardworking as you."
Mr. Luo favors boys over girls, which can be seen in his daily words and actions. Mr. Luo really wanted to train his only son to be the next successor of the Luo Group. Therefore, he was trained according to the most elite model from childhood to adulthood, and the degree of effort and care was comparable to the Li family's training of Li Xiaoheng. Unfortunately, the son is a good match for the father. Old Man Luo really hopes that Luo Yang can become a pillar of the country, but Luo Yang really doesn't want to live up to his expectations. He learned all kinds of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling when he went abroad, but he didn't learn what he was supposed to learn.
Now he is even learning to be jealous. The key point is that he got his legs broken because of jealousy. Whenever Mr. Luo thought of this incident, he felt so angry that he couldn't even speak.
Tao Mu was afraid that the old man would be too excited, so he quickly advised: "I think Miss Luo is as capable as a man. Old man, you have such an outstanding daughter, what else can you be dissatisfied with?"
Hearing this, Mr. Luo turned his head and looked at Luo Xi, then smiled: "You are right. There is a saying that it doesn't matter whether you have a boy or a girl. Women hold up half the sky. My son is immature, but my daughter is very caring."
Luo Xi had never been praised like this by the old man before. She looked at her father in surprise and joy, and then looked at Tao Mu with great emotion.
Tao Mu chatted with Mr. Luo for a few words, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he said goodbye and left. So that the old man can rest in peace. Madam Luo and Luo Xi sent Tao Mu out the door. Madam Luo took Tao Mu's hand and said with a smile, "Xiao Tao, it's just right that you're here. Please persuade Xiao Yang for me. This time, Lao Luo was so angry about Xiao Yang that he had a seizure, and Xiao Yang was also scared. When Lao Luo was operating, Xiao Yang was limping on one leg and waited outside the operating room for more than two hours. Later, Lao Luo got angry and wanted to send Xiao Yang to the army, and Xiao Yang was angry with Lao Luo about this matter again."
"Don't think that Lao Luo is scolding Xiao Yang all the time. He actually cares about Xiao Yang very much. There is no way that a father and son can hold a grudge overnight. Please help Auntie persuade Xiao Yang and make him understand things better."
Tao Mu actually doesn't like to talk to Luo Yang, and Mrs. Luo is also aware of this. But Luo Yang doesn't have many friends who seem reliable: "...Xiao Yang actually admires you very much. He told me privately that among all the people he knows, you and Li Xiaoheng are the most serious ones. Auntie thinks that if you advise him, he will definitely listen."
I have to say that Tao Mu still admires Mr. Luo's character. What's more, Mr. Luo had just found a good project for him, and it might be possible to connect with the military and the Propaganda Department. It was not reasonable for Tao Mu to refuse Mrs. Luo's request. Besides, he could go to visit Luo Yang and ask him some questions.
Seeing this, Luo Xi asked Mrs. Luo to go back and accompany Mr. Luo, and she accompanied Tao Mu to see Luo Yang.
Luo Yang's ward is on the third floor of the orthopedics department. While waiting for the elevator, Luo Xi suddenly said, "My dad has always looked down on my husband. You know this, right?"
Tao Mu didn't expect Luo Xi to suddenly talk about this matter, and he was a little surprised.
Luo Xi smiled bitterly: "I want to divorce him. But my father suddenly got sick and I didn't have time to tell him. My mother doesn't know that he is looking for a woman outside."
Tao Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss Luo, I'm not a talkative person."
Luo Xi said: "I know you won't meddle in other people's business. I just..."
When Luo Xi said this, there was a "ding" sound and the elevator door opened. A man inside was walking out carrying a thermos bucket. When he looked up and saw Luo Xi, he was stunned.
"Xiao Xi," the man called out anxiously, his eyes fell on Tao Mu, his face suddenly changed: "Who is he? Is he the blind date your family introduced to you?"
Before Luo Xi could speak, the man sneered and said sarcastically, "I think your Luo family is too anxious, aren't you? We haven't even divorced yet, but you've already found a new partner. It seems that your father is still lying in bed -"
With a "snap", Luo Xi retracted her hand angrily: "You really make me sick."
The man rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand and sneered, "I'm disgusting? How are you better than me? Luo Xi, don't think I don't know. You are the same as your family. You all look down on me. You think I'm incompetent and a gigolo. I live like a dog in front of you. Every day I think about how to make you happy and how to make your family happy. Your father was in the hospital for surgery, and I was thinking about making soup for him at home to nourish his body. But he is so eager to cheat on me——"
"Sir," seeing someone in the corridor looking over his shoulder to pay attention to the movement here, Tao Mu frowned and interrupted the man: "I'm very curious, what prompted you to think of such a special role positioning of a blind date when you saw your wife standing in front of the elevator with another man in public, or more precisely, at the door of your father-in-law's ward, and maintaining the distance that social etiquette should have?"
The man was stunned when he heard this, and then he became angry and asked: "Who are you?"
"You don't recognize my face?" Tao Mu raised his eyebrows: "Then you don't go online, or watch TV? Or, you don't work at Longteng Entertainment?"
The man's face changed, and he asked back with some embarrassment and guilt: "What do you mean? You think you are young and promising, and you are great because you have made your fortune from scratch. So you look down on a loser like me who lives off me?"
"It seems that this gentleman still knows me." Tao Mu smiled slightly and commented: "That's right. As an employee of Longteng Entertainment, if you can't even recognize the most important partner of your company. Then I really think that there is nothing I can respect about people like you."
"you--"
Before the man could speak, Tao Mu continued, "Since you know me, I have to ask you, what kind of mentality do you have to slander me in public, in front of so many people, as the blind date that Mr. Luo found for Mr. Luo in front of the hospital bed?"
"Given that you and Mr. Luo are still married, can I understand that you are fully aware of my and Mr. Luo's identities, but you are disregarding the facts and logic and making up rumors at random, trying to discredit me as the third party who destroyed someone else's marriage. Are you intentionally damaging my reputation? Or, are you trying to use my reputation to implicate the reputation of Feixun.com?"
"You, don't talk nonsense!" The man's face changed with fear. As Luo Xi's husband and also a middle-level manager of Longteng Entertainment, the man certainly knew Tao Mu's identity. I also know that Feixun.com's legal department has nothing to do recently and is sending out lawyers' letters in batches. A man doesn't want to receive a lawyer's letter for no reason.
"Since you know you can't say anything careless, I hope this gentleman can apologize to me and Mr. Luo." Tao Mu said this, raised his arm, and politely waved to the passers-by standing across the corridor who had already taken out their mobile phones to record the video: "I also hope that when you upload the video, you can put the complete video online. Instead of cutting off the beginning and the end, taking it out of context, and maliciously arousing speculation and attention from netizens. Don't spread rumors or believe in them. Otherwise, Feixun.com's legal department will be happy to communicate with you."
A few passers-by who were holding up their phones to record videos smiled awkwardly and came up to say hello: "Tao Mu, we like you very much. And we have been watching "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" recently. The overseas young man you played in it is so handsome. No, it should be too gentlemanly and elegant. We like it very much. May I ask if this character will really become bad in the end?"
"The trailer has already revealed more than half of the plot." Tao Mu said with a smile.
"Well, can I take a photo with you?" A little girl held up her cell phone, eager to try.
The floor where Mr. Luo lives is full of private wards. All the patients and their families were either rich or noble, which resulted in not many people on the entire floor. There were only three or four people surrounding Tao Mu. Tao Mu thought about it, and agreed to the little girl's request for a photo.
Seeing this, several other passers-by also came forward and asked for photos. After finishing his work, Tao Mu did not forget to ask Luo Xi's husband to apologize to him. And recorded it myself with my mobile phone.
Luo Xi's husband originally just wanted to take advantage of the situation to vent his anger, or at least make Luo Xi feel guilty in front of him. But I didn't expect Tao Mu to be so difficult at such a young age. In the end, you end up looking humiliated and losing all your dignity and face.
Several other passers-by who had also watched the whole incident hid aside and whispered to each other. Sporadic words floated over, all expressing their pity that Luo Xi had found such a man. It turns out that free love is not as reliable as a blind date with someone of equal social status.
Luo Xi stood aside with an expressionless face. She couldn't understand why she fell in love with such a cowardly and incompetent man who liked to have an affair behind her back.
Tao Mu didn't want to comment on Luo Xi's family affairs. After teaching Luo Xi's husband a lesson, she nodded at Luo Xi and said, "Let's go."
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