Marriage in the 1980s
The use of the private rooms in Tianyang Building is time-limited. You must leave when the time is up because the guests who have made reservations for the next period of time will use them.
They had finished all the dishes and waited for a long time. The time for using the private room had expired, but Ke Yi still did not show up to help them pay the bill so that they could leave.
Ke Zhao became more and more anxious, and blamed Ke Yi in his heart for not showing up yet. It would be too embarrassing if he had to wait too long.
"Maybe your father was delayed by something important, so he's a little late. Don't worry, he should be here soon." A classmate who usually has a good relationship with Ke Zhao comforted him.
Ke Zhao forced a smile and nodded.
A few minutes later, the service staff came in and asked them to wait in the rest area outside because they had to clean it and it could only be used after the next customer came.
The group of people could only get up and walk out. Ke Zhao's expression became worse and worse. He was already angry with Ke Yi. How could he embarrass him like this at such an important time?
The reason why Ke Yi didn't show up was that when he was about to leave home, he found that the cash he had left at home was missing. He panicked for a while, then thought that it was probably Zhao Haoyu who took it, so he went to ask him.
Zhao Haoyu directly admitted that he took the money and used it. Because Mr. Zhao's health has been getting worse in recent years, and he spent a lot of money on medical treatment. He was hospitalized again during this period. When he went to pay various expenses, he found that he did not have enough money. Zhao Haoyu remembered that Ke Yi had a lot of cash at home as a backup, so he paid it directly. He asked someone to use the remaining money to buy wine from the Xiao family winery.
When Ke Yi found out, he was furious and started a huge argument with Zhao Haoyu, asking him how he could touch his money. Zhao Haoyu, on the other hand, felt that since they were a legal couple, using some of his cash was no big deal. He would just withdraw it and return it to him double the amount once his own money arrived. Was there any need to make such a fuss?
The two quarreled more and more fiercely. In the past ten years, Ke Yi had thought about divorce, but this was the first time that she said she wanted to divorce Zhao Haoyu. Zhao Haoyu also said that divorce was fine, since they had no children together and divorce would be simple.
Ke Yi and Zhao Haoyu quarreled and wasted a lot of time, so he hurried to drive to the bank to withdraw money. However, today was a holiday and there were too many people in the bank. Several windows were full of people, so Ke Yi had no choice but to drive to Ke's house to withdraw money.
Cheng Sheng was inviting some friends and business partners to dinner today. Tao Yuan was worried that they would drink too much together, so he came along. However, he didn't come specifically to have dinner with them, but to check on some work, and then take Cheng Sheng away when the time was almost up.
Cheng Sheng held Tao Yuan's hand as they got on the elevator. Tao Yuan complained to him, "If you want to talk about business, just talk about business. If you want to chat and eat, just chat and eat. If you want to drink, just have a few drinks. You always drink so much. Do you know that a little drinking can make you happy, but heavy drinking can hurt you? If you ruin your health because of drinking, I won't want you anymore."
"Who told you to make such delicious wine that people can't stop drinking it once they start." Cheng Sheng put his arm around Tao Yuan's waist and bent down to kiss him on the face.
"So you blame me, right?" Tao Yuan glanced at him unhappily.
Tao Yuan's every move, every frown and smile, even the sidelong glance, can make Cheng Sheng feel extremely moved, so he can't help but hug his waist and lower his head to kiss him.
"Someone might see us." Tao Yuan turned his head away.
"So what if he saw it? We are legal." Cheng Sheng chased Tao Yuan's soft lips, held them in his mouth and sucked hard for a few times before letting him go and continuing to hug him with one hand.
As the elevator opened, Cheng Jing and Xiao Yu were walking out to the front desk. Turning around, they saw Cheng Sheng and Tao Yuan. Cheng Sheng and Tao Yuan immediately spotted them, and seeing the many children around them, Tao Yuan took Cheng Sheng's arm away from him.
"Dad." Xiao Yu looked at Tao Yuan and called out, then looked at Cheng Sheng and called out, "Father."
When Xiao Yu called out, all the classmates looked at Cheng Sheng and Tao Yuan, including Ke Zhao, who were all stunned.
Tao Yuan walked towards them with a smile. At this moment, Xiao Yu acted like a little child. He ran over and hugged Tao Yuan's waist, looking up and calling out "Dad."
Cheng Jing walked slowly behind Xiao Yu, stopped, looked at Tao Yuan and Cheng Sheng, and called out, "Dad, Father."
Tao Yuan smiled and nodded to Cheng Jing, then touched Xiao Yu's hair and asked, "Why did you come here to eat today?"
"A classmate is having a birthday, so our whole class came here together. We've already finished eating and are getting ready to leave," Xiao Yu replied.
"Really? Since you've finished eating, you should go home first." Tao Yuan said to Xiao Yu, then looked up at Cheng Jing and said, "Be careful on the road and ask the driver to drive slowly."
"Okay." Cheng Jing nodded.
Cheng Sheng glanced at the students standing at the front desk and asked Cheng Jing, "Do you have any questions?"
"It's not a problem. You guys go and do your work, father." Cheng Jing said to Cheng Sheng.
Cheng Sheng nodded, then took Tao Yuan's hand and walked inside. Cheng Sheng was entertaining his friends, so Tao Yuan naturally had to say hello as well.
After the two entered, the classmates immediately surrounded Cheng Jing and Xiao Yu and sighed, "Was that your father just now? He looks too young. He looks like your brother."
"Your dad is so handsome, and your father is so tall. He looks so imposing!"
"It turns out that your looks are a combination of your father's and your father's. No wonder you two are so good-looking. We all say privately that you two look like elf princes from foreign fairy tales."
"I feel like your father looks familiar. I seem to have seen him on TV and in newspapers."
"I was just about to say that. I also saw his father in the newspaper. The newspaper said his father was a philanthropist and did a lot of charity."
At this time, the elevator door opened again, and Ke Yi walked out hurriedly. Seeing so many children standing outside, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked for Ke Zhao in the crowd.
"Dad." Ke Zhao saw Ke Yi finally coming, so he called him.
Only then did Ke Yi see Ke Zhao standing aside and walked towards him quickly. "Sorry, Dad was delayed by something and came a little late."
Ke Zhao said with an unhappy look on his face, "Please pay quickly. We have been standing here for a while."
"Okay, I'll go pay right away." Ke Yi smiled at Ke Zhao, then walked to the front desk and asked how much it would cost in total.
Ke Yi took out all the money he had on him and asked the front desk to count it themselves, and refund any excess or make up for any shortfall.
After the front desk staff finished counting, they said to Ke Yi, "Sorry, we are still short of 430 yuan."
Ke Yi hadn't expected these kids to be such big eaters. He'd already brought a bit more money than he'd ordered, but it still wasn't enough. Although prices were much higher than they were ten years ago, money was still valuable. Three or four hundred yuan was enough for a month's living expenses for the average family.
"Dad!" Ke Zhao, who was standing next to him, glared at Ke Yi who had embarrassed him again. He turned around and glanced at his classmates who were looking at him. He felt anxious and angry, and almost cried.
"I left in a hurry, so I just grabbed some money and rushed over without counting how much it was. I'll call your grandfather now and ask him to send the money over. Those classmates you asked to leave can go back first."
Ke Zhao was very angry and turned away, ignoring Ke Yi's words.
Ke Yi looked at Ke Zhao helplessly, then asked the front desk to borrow a phone and dialed the Ke family's number.
After Tao Yuan said hello to Cheng Sheng's friends, he was about to go to the office. He saw the group of kids still standing in the outer hall, so he walked over.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Tao Yuan walked up to Cheng Jing and Xiao Yu and asked.
"My classmate's father is short of money to pay the bill." Xiao Yu looked up at Tao Yuan and said.
"Really?" Tao Yuan walked towards the front desk and said to the staff, "Give him a member discount."
"Yes, Mr. Xiao." The receptionist began to recalculate the bill. If there was a member discount, the price of each dish would be different.
Ke Yi put down the phone and looked at Tao Yuan in shock.
When Tao Yuan saw that it was Ke Yi, he was also a little surprised, then he smiled and said, "It's been a long time. Calculating the time... it seems like I haven't seen you and the Zhao family for ten years."
"Are you the boss of Tianyang Tower?" Ke Yi used a question to say what he was already certain of.
"My husband is the boss. I just visit the various departments occasionally." Tao Yuan looked down at Ke Zhao and said, "Is this your son?"
"Yes." Ke Yi also glanced at Ke Zhao who was still angry.
"This is the extra 560 yuan you gave me. Please keep it." The front desk staff returned the extra money based on the membership discount to Ke Yi.
"Goodbye." Tao Yuan nodded to him, then turned and walked towards Cheng Jing and Xiao Yu. "Do you want to go home? Or come with me to the office?"
"I want to go to the office with you to play." Xiao Yu said immediately.
"I want to go too." Cheng Jing replied.
"Then say goodbye to your classmates." Tao Yuan said to the two of them.
"See you at school." Xiao Yu waved to his classmates.
"Goodbye." Cheng Jing also waved.
The other students also waved goodbye to them.
Tao Yuan put his arm around Cheng Jing's shoulders and took Xiao Yu's hand as they walked into the elevator. His office was on the lower floor, as was the kitchen, so he wanted to go to the kitchen first. There was a special food elevator in the kitchen, so it didn't have to be on the same floor as the restaurant.
After Tao Yuan went to the kitchen, he took Cheng Jing and Xiao Yu to the office.
Xiao Yu told Tao Yuan what happened during dinner, and then concluded, "I really hate that Ke Zhao. He's so pretentious and shows off, but he always thinks others do the same. My brother and I are usually very low-key in school except for always getting first place in our studies. He was jealous of us and wanted to humiliate us, but in the end he was the one who made a fool of himself."
After listening to Xiao Yu's words, Tao Yuan already had a rough idea of how Ke Zhao educated his children. A child's personality and behavior are closely related to his growing environment and the education of adults. He could also predict that Ke Yi would sooner or later regret his way of educating Ke Zhao.
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