Chapter 16 Chapter 16 "You sleep here too"
"Wait for me here, his father will be here soon." Tan Du said.
"Um."
Qiao Zhuo took a moment to relax, wait for the intensity to subside a little, wiped the sweat off his face and walked out.
Two figures approached at the end of the corridor. The tall one was pulling the shorter one. Their clothes were sticking to their bodies. They must have fallen into the water. Zhao Feifan had no strength to struggle and was dragged away like a chick.
Just as Qiao Zhuoyi's heart was about to calm down, a gust of wind suddenly blew past him, and the man grabbed Zhao Feifan and swung his fist straight at Tan Du's face.
“Be careful!”
Tan Du took a step back, twisted the man's wrist and pulled him behind him, looked at Qiao Zhuoyi and said in a deep voice, "Call the police."
The police came with Zhao's father. They had just solved one case when they took on another one. They tried to persuade the two sides with kind words, hoping that they would reconcile.
"I don't accept it," Tan Du said, "This isn't his first time."
After understanding the situation, the police turned to Zhao's father and lectured him: "You are a father, how can you still be so confused? You have wronged someone twice in a row. Do you have the nerve to apologize to him?"
Zhao Feifan changed his clothes and walked out. Zhao's father immediately glared at him and clenched his fists. The police stepped in between him and asked, "Do you still want to hit someone in front of us?"
Father Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
Tan Du was still dripping with water, so Qiao Zhuo handed him a bathrobe and said, "This is all I have. Put it on first."
"How's your arm?" Tan Du asked.
"It's okay." Qiao Zhuo moved a little, "No bones are broken."
"Sure?"
"I'm not that squeamish."
Tan Du smiled and went into the bathroom.
"The money has already been transferred to you." Father Zhao looked at Qiao Zhuoyi and uttered, "Thank you, and... I'm sorry."
Qiao Zhuo snorted coldly: "This is not a good way to talk."
Zhao's father glared at him, and Qiao Zhuo glared back: "It's no use apologizing to me. I wasn't the one who reported the case today."
Tan Du came out, and the policeman hurriedly said, "Let's go into the small room and talk."
Father Zhao said to Zhao Feifan, "You stay here!"
Zhao Feifan leaned against the wall and remained silent. The sound of conversation continued in the small room. Hearing Tan Du's firm attitude, he turned to Qiao Zhuo hesitantly, "Boss Qiao, can you please not sue him?"
"Who?" Qiao Zhuo asked.
"My dad."
Qiao Zhuo looked at him and asked, "Don't you want to become a pilot?"
"I wanted to," Zhao Feifan whispered, "but since he wants me to take the exam, I don't want to anymore."
Qiao Zhuo looked at him for a moment and asked, "Why?"
"I hate him," Zhao Feifan said. "Why should I do whatever he tells me to do? He never listens to me."
Qiao Zhuoyi was well aware of his father's disobedience, but this was not the same thing.
"Ruining your own future for someone you hate? Who do you think should be punished?"
Zhao Feifan gritted his teeth, his voice a little tearful: "I just don't want him to get what he wants!"
"I hate my dad too. He insisted that I study art," Qiao Zhuoyi said. "I don't want to do what he wants."
Zhao Feifan looked at him: "So you..."
"So I learned it." Qiao Zhuo turned a corner.
"Ah?" Zhao Feifan was caught off guard.
"Luckily I learned it. A foundation in art is the icing on the cake for tattoos. I can use the money of someone I hate to study a major I love, do what I love, and then piss him off." Qiao Zhuo raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that cool?"
Zhao Feifan's eyes were red and he said blankly, "Cool."
He lowered his head and said, "Boss Qiao, you're really cool. If it were someone else, they would definitely tell me to listen to him because he's doing it for my own good."
Qiao Zhuo turned his arms and said, "I'm not someone else. Besides, do you think it's easy to be a pilot? It's not certain whether you can pass the exam."
Zhao Feifan's expression changed slightly, and he looked quite dissatisfied.
Qiao Zhuoyi added, "It would be cool if you pass the exam and then tell your dad you don't want to study. Of course, if you want to study, then go ahead. Flying a plane is so cool. Don't let your anger make you regret it."
Zhao Feifan was quite good at grasping the key points: "Brother Qiao, do you think I can do it?"
"Don't try to get close to me." Qiao Zhuo paused. "If you have the ability, take the test and show yourself."
"Okay!" Zhao Feifan showed his big white teeth.
"Wow, he's laughing. It seems he's having a better chat than us." The policeman came out, followed by Zhao's father, who looked a little softer.
As Qiao Zhuo walked into the small room, he saw Tan Du lowering his head to re-tie his belt, and quickly turned his back.
Tan Du smiled and said, "It's a little loose."
"oh."
Qiao Zhuo turned his attention outside and heard Zhao's father say awkwardly, "I'm listening to what you want to say."
Zhao Feifan: "Ah?"
"Hmm?" Qiao Zhuo muttered, "Has your personality changed?"
Tan Du walked up to him and whispered, "The condition for reconciliation is that he learns to listen to others."
"Such a big guy, can he treat the boss as a child?"
"Yeah, coercion and inducement." Tan Du smiled.
"Where are your glasses?" Qiao Zhuoyi finally realized what was wrong. "Can you see clearly?"
"I fell into the bathroom," Tan Du tapped his fingers on the bridge of his nose, "I'm not nearsighted."
“…” Qiao Zhuo glanced over and his pupils shrank slightly.
Tan Du understood: "If you don't wear it, it will look fierce, right?"
"...It's okay." Qiao Zhuo turned his head. No wonder Zhao Feifan didn't dare to look at him just now.
At least the father and son seemed to be able to communicate calmly. Tan Du agreed to the settlement, and it was already late at night when the matter was resolved.
Qiao Zhuoyi yawned, and tears of rationality welled up in the corners of his eyes.
Tan Du looked at him and said, "It's too late. Let's stay in a hotel tonight. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
"You're not sleeping here? Why are you going out in a bathrobe?" Qiao Zhuo pointed at him.
Tan Du laughed: "I almost forgot."
"I'll bring the two little ancestors up and get another room. You can sleep here too."
"Excuse me, Boss Qiao."
Children who don’t have to go to school always wake up very quickly. The next morning, before the alarm clock rang, the two little ones crawled over from the crib, one riding on their uncle’s neck and the other sitting on their thighs. Fortunately, they managed to send their uncle away.
Qiao Zhuo helped them wash with his eyes half open. Just as he was about to ask the two of them to go next door to call Tan Du, there was a knock on the door.
Tan Du smiled and said "Good morning". Seeing that Qiao Zhuoyi was drowning in sleepiness, he said that he would take the children to have breakfast first.
"What can I bring you?"
"Whatever." Qiao Zhuo's voice was vague.
"Okay, then we won't come up after we finish eating. See you in the car."
Twenty minutes later, Qiao Zhuoyi floated into the car. The fragrance of red dates wafted at his nose. His mouth moved before his brain did. He took a bite and ate a mouthful of the paper bag.
Tan Du had not expected this man to be like this in the morning. He smiled and tore open the bag, revealing the red date cake, and handed it over.
Qiao Zhuo took it without changing his expression, and pushed his back teeth hard. A sentence floated through his mind: My brain must be rusted.
After finishing his breakfast, his brain started working, and he said, "I'll open it."
"Hmm?" Tan Du turned to look at him while holding the steering wheel.
Qiao Zhuoyi turned the rearview mirror and said, "Look at your face. I still want to live a few more years."
Tan Du smiled and switched places with him. Qiao Zhuoyi asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
The man supported his temples with one hand and said lazily, "I'm not used to sleeping outside."
After a while, he continued, "I heard from Xiao Luo that Guiyi's small room has been given to him for study. Boss Qiao can come upstairs for an afternoon nap. The small room next to the warehouse has a bed and air conditioning."
Qiao Zhuoyi: "No need."
Tan Du half-closed his eyes. "I only stayed there tonight because I had something to do. I changed the sheets last time, so the bed is very clean."
"Can I fall asleep there?" Qiao Zhuo tapped the steering wheel lightly with one finger.
"That doesn't count as outside." Tan Du lowered his voice and shrank back into his seat.
Qiao Zhuoyi adjusted the air vent and said, "Yueyue, Lele, keep your voice down."
The two children put their index fingers between each other's lips and laughed secretly with their necks shrunk.
The car drove to the villa and as soon as it stopped, Blanket rushed over.
Tan Du opened his eyes: "Are we there yet?"
"Well," Qiao Zhuoyi said, "Well, I'll take them to change clothes. You go first."
Tan Du saw that he didn't want to go to the old street with him, so he smiled and didn't expose him.
Qiao Zhuo hesitated for a while before setting off. He parked the car next to the off-road vehicle. When he got out, Zhou Jue came up to him. Seeing Qin Yue's disheveled hair, he was heartbroken: "Fortunately, Yueyue has such a face. I'm not saying anything, Boss Qiao, you should at least comb our hair."
Qiao Zhuoyi was speechless. He was afraid that someone would damage his soft and fine hair.
"Oh, these clothes are all askew. I was wondering why Brother Tan asked me to come to the store first today..." Zhou Jue said, holding the two children. "Come, sister will tidy them up for you. Boss Qiao, I'll bring them up to you later."
"Thank you." Qiao Zhuo ran upstairs as if escaping. After a while, he returned with two new children and a cup of iced latte.
When Xiao Luo came back to work and saw the two children, his jaw almost dropped.
"Brother, I haven't come for just one day, and you've already given birth to your child?!"
"You're stupid just because I didn't come for one day?" Qiao Zhuo glared at him.
"No, these eyes, this nose..." Xiao Luo exclaimed in amazement, "They look exactly like you!"
"Uncle——" Qin Yue turned her head back and forth, "Silly brother."
Qin Le hid behind his sister and nodded heavily.
"Is it Yueyue and Lele?" Xiao Luo clapped his hands, "Brother is not stupid, brother will buy you some candy."
"Hmm?" Qiao Zhuo turned around while biting his lollipop. "Say it again?"
"Uh..." Xiao Luo covered his mouth.
Qin Yue said angrily, "Brother, you are so stupid! You have to buy candy secretly!"
Qin Le whispered: "Steal, steal, it!"
"You two!" Qiao Zhuo pointed warningly, turned back to rummage through the box, and asked, "Where is the old coil machine?"
"Isn't it there?" Xiao Luo thought for a moment, "Then it should be on the third floor. I'll go find it for you."
"No, I'll go by myself," Qiao Zhuoyi transferred a red envelope to him, "Take them to the market to play. They can buy all the toys they want, but they can't eat any junk food."
“Okay—”
After the people left, Qiao Zhuo lifted his sleeve and took a look. His arm was a little red and swollen. Zhao Feifan had hit him quite hard yesterday. It had gotten better after a night's sleep, but driving for such a long time in the morning had brought out the dull pain again.
He rubbed it and went out to the third floor.
Uncle Qiang just came down from upstairs and asked with a stern face, "What are you doing up here?"
Qiao Zhuoyi: "Looking for something."
"What are you looking for..." Uncle Qiang said halfway, then remembered that it was his territory, and said, "Don't touch the things in the grain and oil store!"
Qiao Zhuoyi ignored him and went upstairs by himself. He was so angry that he stomped his feet loudly. He took out the coil machine and could be heard complaining to Tan Du.
Qiao Zhuo leaned forward to say something, but when he saw the meat in Boss Tan's hand, he silently shrank back.
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