Chapter 133 Slap in the face
Feng You was dressed very fashionably, with a short-sleeved floral shirt tucked into a denim skirt, a wide belt in the middle, and black high-heeled sandals. She attracted countless glances from passers-by as she walked on the street.
Tight denim skirts were very rare in the 1980s and showed off women's curves.
Zhou Ruowei is tall and good-looking. He wears a white shirt, black trousers, shiny black leather shoes, a shiny watch, and a black leather bag under his arm. He looks like a successful person.
When these two people came back from Kyoto, they felt that everything in Jiangcheng was so tacky.
"Ruowei, look at the roads in Jiangcheng. There are only a few cars running on them. It's not classy enough."
"Yes, Kyoto is bustling with people and cars everywhere. Jiangcheng is still a small city after all. It is far inferior to Kyoto."
“At first I thought Jiangcheng Architecture University was very big, but when I arrived at Kyoto University I realized I was a frog in a well.”
“So we have to keep moving forward and go to bigger cities to broaden our horizons.”
These two young men, who were born and raised in Jiangcheng, walked towards Tao Nanfeng's company building while complaining about their hometown.
Through the glass door, Feng You saw Tao Nanfeng sitting behind the desk.
She still has the same delicate and pretty face, but time has made her more calm and gentle. She is wearing a simple half-sleeved shirt with lace on the collar and cuffs, which is very eye-catching.
She placed one hand on the paper and used the other hand to draw a pattern with a pencil. There was a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she was thinking of something that made her happy.
Tao Nanfeng raised his head and looked into Feng You's eyes.
All the past events seem like the scenery seen through this glass door, real yet distant.
Zhou Ruowei also saw Tao Nanfeng.
When I saw her again three years later, I heard that she had become a wife and a mother. I thought she would be a little hard-working and haggard, but I didn't expect her to be still so intelligent and beautiful.
A heart beats rapidly again.
Feng You squeezed his arm and whispered through gritted teeth: "Why are you taking it so seriously? She's already married!"
Zhou Ruowei's arm ached, and he forced a smile, "How could I be serious? What does her marriage have to do with me?"
Feng You snorted: "Anyway, you are not allowed to look at her."
Zhou Ruowei raised his hands to cover his eyes: "Then I'll cover my eyes and you'll lead me as I walk?"
Feng You burst out laughing and felt a little more relaxed. The two walked side by side to the downstairs of the company, pushed open the glass door, and greeted: "Hi! Tao Nanfeng."
Yao Xiaotao saw someone looking for Tao Nanfeng, and hurried out of the reception room next door to ask, "Are you two here to see Mr. Tao?"
Tao Nanfeng looked up and saw that it was these two people, so he stood up, pointed at Tao Tingzhi who was sleeping on the sofa, and whispered to Yao Xiaotao: "Help me keep an eye on her, I'll take them to the reception room next door."
After saying that, Tao Nanfeng put a finger to his lips, signaling Feng You and Zhou Ruowei to speak in a low voice, and took them to the reception room next door to sit down.
Feng You looked back at the little girl who was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed on the sofa, curled her lips, and thought to herself that after a woman has a child, she has to revolve around the child. Even the once powerful Tao Nanfeng was not immune. Her decision to postpone having a child was indeed a wise one.
The reception room was simply furnished, with an antique tea table in the middle and a drawing table prepared for Yao Xiaotao along the wall.
Tao Nanfeng sat down at the host's seat on the north side of the tea table and said calmly, "Tell me, what are you two doing here?"
Zhou Ruowei felt familiar with the drawing table and took a closer look.
Hearing Tao Nanfeng's words, Zhou Ruowei smiled and said, "I heard that Junior Sister Tao opened a company, so I came here to congratulate her."
Yao Xiaotao, who ran over to get the drawing board, just heard this and said quickly, "How come there's not even a flower basket or any gifts for congratulations? This is too fake."
After saying that, he walked around Zhou Ruowei, picked up the drawing board and ran away.
Zhou Ruowei felt a little embarrassed by the little girl's criticism. He touched his nose and coughed, "Well, I came too hastily. I'll make up for it with a gift next time."
Feng You mocked, "As expected, a dog is like its master. This girl has no manners at all."
Tao Nanfeng raised his eyes and glanced at her and Zhou Ruowei: "I wonder which one of you is the master and which one is the dog?"
Feng You was choked by her, rolled his eyes secretly, and cursed in his heart: You are so sharp-tongued and annoying. Thinking of Tao Nanfeng's super strong fighting power, Feng You finally restrained himself a lot and dared not say a word.
Zhou Ruowei pretended not to hear the two of them bickering, dragged over the armchair next to the tea table and sat down, smelling the rosewood fragrance emanating from the tea table, and praised: "Junior Sister Tao is living a very elegant life now. The tea table in the waiting room is made of rosewood."
Tao Nanfeng smiled faintly, took the teapot beside him, brewed a pot of jasmine tea, and placed two tea bowls in front of the two of them. The tea was clear and the fragrance of flowers lingered in the room.
It was the first time Feng You drank the tea poured by Tao Nanfeng and he felt flattered. The word "thank you" kept lingering in his throat but he didn't say it for a long time.
Time can take away many things.
Feng You used to be jealous of Tao Nanfeng. He envied her for being better than himself and for having Tao Shouxin's love and attention. He wished he could trample her under his feet forever. But now, sitting in front of her and drinking the tea she handed him, Feng You felt so happy that he didn't know what to do.
Tao Nanfeng used to hate Feng You to the core, but now he can face it calmly, and even calmly make her a cup of tea and ask her what she is doing there.
It can be said that Feng You is Tao Nanfeng's touchstone. Without that ordeal, Tao Nanfeng wouldn't be as calm and composed as he is today.
Zhou Ruowei coughed, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then looked at Tao Nanfeng seriously: "Tao Nanfeng, you have changed."
Tao Nanfeng pursed her lips, lowered her head and took a sip of scented tea without responding to this sentence.
Zhou Ruowei continued, "I always thought you were too cold and arrogant before, but I didn't expect that you would become softer and more mellow after becoming a mother. If you were like this before..."
So what? Zhou Ruowei felt a little lost.
After being touched for a moment, Feng You heard Zhou Ruowei's affectionate words, and the jealousy rose in his heart again. He glanced at Tao Nanfeng and said, "Tao Nanfeng, you didn't do academic research after graduating from graduate school, but opened a small company here. Dad... Oh, does your dad agree?"
Tao Nanfeng ignored Feng You and only looked up at Zhou Ruowei: "No one comes to visit you for no reason. Just tell me your purpose."
Feng You didn't get a response from Tao Nanfeng. For some reason, her petty temper came out again: "Zhou Ruowei is my husband. Why are you just looking at him? Am I a dead person?"
Zhou Ruowei felt speechless.
Feng You is usually considerate, gentle and charming, so why did she act so sarcastic and mean when she met Tao Nanfeng today? Did she forget that the two people came here today to demonstrate and show off to Tao Nanfeng?
Tao Nanfeng glanced at Feng You and suddenly laughed.
"Feng You, when you lose your temper, you seem a bit like your true self. Isn't it tiring to pretend to be gentle and generous?"
Zhou Ruowei's heart skipped a beat and he turned to look at Feng You: "You..." Is everything you do just a disguise?
Feng You looked at him with a strange look in her eyes, and then she realized one thing: Zhou Ruowei could leave her, but she couldn't leave him. If she wants to stay in Kyoto and do real estate, she must win over Zhou Ruowei.
Feng You pulled Zhou Ruowei's clothes and said softly, "Don't listen to others' provocations. We are here for business."
Zhou Ruowei suppressed his doubts and came to his senses.
He sat upright on the square chair, deliberately showing the imported watch on his wrist, hoping to see Tao Nanfeng's envious eyes, but he didn't expect Tao Nanfeng to not even raise his eyelids.
Feng You said, "My Ruowei is now working at the Housing Construction Office under the Kyoto Construction Department, and he's already a deputy section chief. Don't you have much business to run your company now? Why don't you beg him to give you a few projects and guarantee that you'll make money."
Zhou Ruowei waved his hands proudly: "Alas, we are all alumni of the same school, why should we be so formal. Tao Nanfeng is running a company now, and he is very good at dealing with people. He must know that having more friends means having more opportunities, right?"
Feng You wore a gold ring on her hand, which was shining brightly, and she wished that the whole world would pay attention to her finger.
She raised her hand and waved it in front of Tao Nanfeng's eyes, and deliberately said in a delicate voice: "Tao Nanfeng, does it mean that women are worthless after giving birth to children? You look so plain, and your husband who is a soldier doesn't even know to give you some jewelry?"
When Tao Nanfeng heard this, he said: Oh, so you are here to show off.
She raised her slender hand and pointed at the tea bowls in Feng You and Zhou Ruowei's hands: "This is a small blue and white porcelain tea bowl with lotus pattern from the Qing Dynasty. It is an old item bought from the Jingdezhen Cultural Relics Store. The value of this one bowl is almost the same as the watch on Zhou Ruowei's wrist. Remember to handle it with care when drinking tea, and don't break it."
Feng You was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly put it on the tea table, looking at the small green patterned bowl in front of him with suspicion.
"You're using something this expensive to entertain guests? Who would believe that? Tao Nanfeng, you're getting less honest the older you get. You were a very good kid."
Tao Nanfeng said calmly, "We have a lot of valuable things at home, so we don't care. Only people who are afraid of being poor would show off their watches and gold rings outside all day long."
Hearing Tao Nanfeng's ridicule, Feng You and Zhou Ruowei suddenly felt like they had become local rich men. Their faces turned red, they raised their hands to cover their gold rings and watches, and coughed to hide their inner discomfort.
Zhou Ruowei didn't dare drink tea anymore, for fear that Tao Nanfeng would blackmail him for money if he accidentally broke it.
He said with a stern face, "Tao Nanfeng, we came back this time at the invitation of Jiangcheng Iron and Steel Plant, accompanying Zhu Hongxing, a mechanical expert from Kyoto, to deal with the construction problems in Block 17. How did you offend Director Zheng? You refused to take on a good project, and boasted that no one else could do it, and only you could find the crux of the problem and come up with a repair plan. We graduated from the same school, and your father was also my mentor. Out of friendship, I came here to remind you that if you start a company, you can't be like you, arrogant and proud, and offend a lot of people."
Tao Nanfeng nodded. So that's how it is.
Zheng Meng hit a wall here, but unexpectedly he invited foreign aid from Kyoto. Zhou Ruowei and Feng You came over, eager to slap him in the face.
Thinking of what he had seen in the 17th neighborhood, Tao Nanfeng gradually showed a confident smile: "Then you guys go ahead and deal with it, I'll wait and see."
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