Dinner didn't end until after ten o'clock in the evening. The men drank a lot, but they were still sober. Li Dewen and his friends didn't say anything wrong, and the whole atmosphere was peaceful.
"Xiao Li, take this. Brothers Xiami and Xiaofei have been busying around for me lately. This is a small token of my appreciation."
Comrade Lao Du took out an envelope from his arms and was about to hand it to Li Dewen.
"Brother Du, that's not necessary! Du Chen has already given it to you!"
Li Dewen quickly declined. He had anticipated this matter from the beginning. If you say no, Comrade Lao Du will definitely refuse. If you say yes, it will be difficult to explain to Du Chen. It would be better to just put the blame on Du Chen. How the two of them, father and son, argue about it is their business.
"Second brother, did you give it to Xiao Li?"
Comrade Lao Du asked Du Chen doubtfully.
"Well, Dad, I've already given it to you, you don't have to worry about it!"
Du Chen could only continue speaking, otherwise they might have to linger at the hotel entrance for a long time.
"That's good, but we can't let your Uncle Li and his friends work in vain!"
Comrade Lao Du was a little drunk now, and he patted Du Chen on the shoulder and said to him.
"Dad, how come Brother Li became Uncle Li in just one meal..."
Looking at the tipsy Comrade Lao Du, Du Chen felt helpless, but fortunately, Comrade Lao Du never drank too much and the world was his, at most he would just brag.
"Xiao Li calls me Brother Du, and you call me Dad! If you don't call him Uncle Li, what should you call him? You have to call him Uncle too, just like Jiji and the others! Do you hear me? Call him Uncle!"
Comrade Lao Du started to scold Du Chen. Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao on the side covered their mouths and almost laughed out loud.
"And you, Du Bin, what are you laughing at? You have to call me uncle too! Come here, stand still, and call me uncle!"
Comrade Lao Du became even more excited when he felt the cold wind. He pulled Du Bin over and stood with Du Chen, ready to let the two brothers call each other uncle one by one.
"Brother Du, no need for that, let's just talk about our own affairs! If we really can't do that, we'll just call you uncle!"
Li Dewen looked at Du Chen's completely miserable face and quickly stopped Comrade Du's behavior. If he called him uncle, Du Chen would not know how to deal with them in the future. Li Dewen was well aware of Du Chen's methods. Wasn't Lu Wen a ready-made example?
"Yes, yes, Brother Du, we brothers still have to get along with each other in the future. Let's talk about our own affairs. If it really doesn't work out, we can just call you uncle from now on!"
Although Xiami drank a lot, he was still nervous and quickly spoke to Comrade Lao Du.
"Old Du, you've had too much to drink, so just calm down! Why are you meddling in the affairs of the younger generation?"
Ren Surong looked at the drunk Comrade Old Du and said impatiently, didn't he see that Li Dewen and the others' faces turned green? Although he didn't know why they didn't want Du Chen to call them uncle, Ren Surong thought that they should respect the opinions of Li Dewen and the others.
"oh……"
What surprised Li Dewen and others was that as soon as Ren Surong finished speaking, Comrade Lao Du just said "Oh" and said nothing else. He glanced at the others and found that Du Chen and others did not show any surprise at all. In an instant, Ren Surong's status in their hearts jumped up again.
"Xiao Li, you guys should go back slowly. Let's go out for drinks next time when we have time!"
Comrade Lao Du also felt a little embarrassed, so he spoke to Li Dewen and others.
"No problem, no problem, Brother Du, Brother Ding, sister-in-law, then you guys go slowly, we will go back first!"
Li Dewen greeted Comrade Lao Du and others, then turned and went to the office. Tonight, the four grown men had to rest in the office. Li Dewen felt a little sad for a moment. Under the influence of alcohol, Li Dewen turned around and shouted to Ren Surong and Jia Xiaomin.
"Sisters-in-law, remember to introduce me to someone! I've already prepared the red envelopes as a thank you!"
"Haha... Okay, okay, no problem. Just go slower on your way back!"
Ren Surong and Jia Xiaomin burst out laughing and nodded to indicate that they should remember this.
"Wife, you didn't even bother to save some face for me in front of outsiders..."
On the way back to the community, Comrade Lao Du muttered to Ren Surong.
"Face? You've lost all your face yourself. Why don't you ever mention losing face in front of Old Ding?"
Ren Surong rolled his eyes at Comrade Lao Du, while at the same time criticizing him.
"Hey, isn't there an outsider here? Old Ding is not an outsider, sorry, Old Ding!"
Comrade Lao Du said to Lao Ding in a casual tone.
“…”
Old Ding was silent for a while. He didn't know how to answer Comrade Lao Du. Although the words were pleasant to the ears and there seemed to be nothing wrong with the relationship between their two families, he always felt that the words were weird, and he felt that Comrade Lao Du was taking advantage of him.
"Du Chen, why do I feel like there's something strange going on between you and Li Dewen and the others? And Xiami and the others seem a little afraid of you?"
Lao Ding is worthy of being a policeman. Just now at the dinner table, Lao Ding felt that the relationship between these people and Du Chen was weird. At the dinner table, Du Chen was basically communicating with Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao, but Xiami and the others seemed to always look at Du Chen intentionally or unintentionally, as if they were reading Du Chen's eyes.
After hearing what Lao Ding said, Comrade Lao Du and others also looked at Du Chen. Although they didn't notice anything, they all looked at Du Chen with the idea of watching the fun.
Du Chen's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. What was Old Ding thinking about instead of just drinking his own wine tonight? Du Chen felt like there were always some unscrupulous people trying to harm him!
"Uncle Ding, didn't you? Did you see it wrong?"
Looking at Old Ding who was also a little tipsy, Du Chen tried to get away with it.
"Hey, are you questioning my professionalism?"
Old Ding was not convinced.
"Uncle Ding, you're overthinking it. I never questioned you!"
"But it seems I was the one who provided the clue about the theft of the railroad tracks and iron shoes from the living quarters back then..."
Du Chen muttered the second sentence in a "low voice", but Du Chen's "low voice" was heard clearly by everyone around him.
“You really are…”
Lao Ding pointed at Du Chen helplessly, unable to speak. He didn't know why, but every time he fought with Du Chen, Du Chen basically had the upper hand, which made Lao Ding very concerned.
"Hey, Uncle Ding, you might not be afraid of me. I think they're just afraid they'll need me for something in the future. Who knows, maybe one day they'll be short of money and come to me for a loan? So they might have paid a little more attention to me, leading you to misunderstand!"
After teasing Lao Ding, Du Chen had already thought of how to answer Lao Ding's question. While Lao Ding was unable to say anything, Du Chen told him the reason he had just made up.
"Oh, second brother, I forgot to ask you just now, how much did it cost to ask them for help?"
Comrade Lao Du remembered the question he had just forgotten and asked it directly, but he might have forgotten it again later.
"Dad, I gave them a thousand dollars."
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