Chapter 26
In the shantytown on the outskirts of Wenhua City, Tao Jiangang had just had a quarrel with the landlord who was demanding rent. For the past few days, he has been renting this tin house of less than 10 square meters. He goes out to look for work during the day, but has not been able to find any.
There are many rural people from other places who come to work like him in Wenhua City, but he has no advantage in competing with those young and middle-aged migrant workers.
Without academic qualifications and any useful skills, one is destined to struggle at the bottom of the city.
Tao Jian only had two or three hundred dollars left in his hand. He squatted at the door, fretfully took out his last cigarette, lit it up and took a long puff.
He thought that he still had to go find Tao Xi, and he had to get the money this time no matter what.
With a cigarette in his hand, Tao Jian stood up from the bumpy ground and prepared to catch the bus to Wenhua No. 1 Middle School, but he saw a young woman in a white suit walking towards him.
She wore delicate makeup, had neat short hair, and was wearing a pair of high heels. She looked as if she had walked out of the most expensive office building in the city center. Everything about her was out of place here.
Tao Jian looked at her for a few times, feeling a little strange. When he was about to pass by, the woman stopped and asked him, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Tao Jian?"
Tao Jian was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously.
"Hello, I'm Su Yun, the assistant to the chairman of Ruize Group." Su Yun showed a formal smile, "Can we find another place to talk to you in detail?"
What happened next was far beyond Tao Jian's imagination. He was taken by this woman named Su Yun to a coffee shop he had never been to before. After two cups of coffee that were equivalent to several days' meal expenses were served, Su Yun directly explained the purpose of their visit:
"I'm here mainly to help Mr. Tao solve his work problems." She took out a document from her briefcase and placed it in front of Tao Jian. "This is a security position at a property subsidiary of Ruize Group. Food and accommodation are provided. You can start work today."
Tao Jian looked at the job description on the document in disbelief. The salary level above was something he had never encountered in all his years of working.
But there is no such thing as a free lunch. He looked at Su Yun suspiciously and asked, "I don't know the chairman of your group. Why are you offering me a job? There must be some conditions, right?"
He had just been cheated out of money by a so-called fellow villager and was wary of everything, but he couldn't figure out what else was worth being cheated of now, as he was almost penniless.
Su Yun took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "Of course there are conditions. The condition is that you cannot disturb your son Taoxi for even a minute before he graduates from high school."
Tao Jian's eyes suddenly widened. He had sensed something strange about this matter and said unhappily, "I am his father, so it is only natural for me to look for my son. As an outsider, why do you care about the affairs of a father and his son?"
Su Yun chuckled and said slowly, "Since my young master is his sponsor, everything he does while studying at Wenhua No. 1 Middle School will be under my young master's care."
Tao Jian's face turned livid. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "What are you planning to do to my son?! I tell you, even if I don't have a penny, I will never allow you rich people to do anything dirty to my son!"
He had been wandering around and working outside for many years, and had heard about the peculiar habits of the upper class people. He was wondering how Tao Xi was suddenly sponsored to study at Wenhua No. 1 Middle School. It turned out that someone had ulterior motives towards Tao Xi.
Su Yun frowned, disgust in her eyes. It was obvious that Tao Jian's malicious speculation offended her. She sneered:
"My young master is about the same age as your son. He is kind enough to support your son. What could be his ulterior motive? It is you, as Tao Xi's father, who still has to rely on his son for support, which is a shame."
Although she didn't understand why her young master cared so much about a poor student from another place, she would never allow anyone to slander him.
Tao Jian was so angry that he almost overturned the table, but he finally endured it.
This woman is right. He still has to rely on his son for support. He is indeed a coward.
"But I'm his father. Can't I just go to school to see my son?" Tao Jian took a step back and asked with raised eyebrows.
Su Yun said calmly, "I don't think your 'just take a look' is a good thing for high school students who need to concentrate on their studies."
Not long ago, her young master gave her a surveillance video taken at the gate of Wenhua No. 1 Middle School and asked her to check it out. It was obvious that the father did not have sufficient manners and had no concern or love for his son.
She paused and said seriously, "Your son will be admitted to a very good university and have a life that is completely different from yours. If you really want to do good for him, not disturbing him is the most useful thing you can do."
Tao Jian was silent for a long time after hearing this.
He finally agreed to this condition and signed the contract that Su Yun brought out. Before Su Yun left, she said coldly, "Remember to abide by the rules. Also, you can't tell Tao Xi about this."
Tao Jian waved his hand irritably.
Tao Xi soon received the new money from the school and remitted most of it to Guo Ping for Tao Le's medical expenses. In addition to living expenses, the remaining money also included money intended for Tao Jian.
He thought that when he grew up, he would no longer care about the lives of these two people except Tao Le.
But Tao Jian never came to see him. He thought that maybe Tao Jian had finally found a job and no longer needed to ask him for money.
Tao Xi no longer took this matter to heart. He had one most important thing to do, which was to invite Lin Qinhe to dinner on Sunday.
He has been researching for a long time these days and has initially selected five restaurants near the downtown business district.
"Take a look at this seafood restaurant in Ode Plaza. What do you think? My roommate said it's delicious." Tao Xi came up to Lin Qinhe during the break and showed him her phone, which showed a restaurant listed in a review app.
In fact, he had never eaten seafood and wanted to try it.
Lin Qinhe said: "I don't eat seafood." He is allergic to seafood.
"Okay, I'll change."
Tao Xi didn't notice that he was too close to Lin Qinhe. He leaned close to Lin Qinhe and lowered his head to look through the favorite restaurants on his mobile phone.
Lin Qinhe was looking down from a high place and could clearly see Tao Xi's fair and slender neck. The part extending downwards was due to the thin and slightly protruding spine. The part below was hidden by the collar of the white shirt and he could only smell the faint scent of peach-scented shower gel.
"What about this hot pot restaurant? I see it has a pretty high rating." Tao Xi raised his head and asked Lin Qinhe, blinking his eyes.
"I don't eat spicy food." Lin Qinhe said calmly.
"Okay." Tao Xi lowered his head and looked at his phone again.
"What about this Southeast Asian restaurant? I think the environment in the picture is pretty good." Tao Xi looked up and asked.
"Too far."
Tao Xi had no choice but to lower his head and look for other restaurants, but after he asked in all five restaurants in turn, Lin Qinhe always had a reason to say no, so he could only lower his head and look for it again and again.
Tao Xi thought that rich people were too difficult to please.
Finally, he couldn't help but ask directly: "So what do you like to eat?"
Lin Qinhe retracted his gaze and said, "Whatever, I'm fine with it."
"???"
Tao Xi glared at Lin Qinhe.
Can you do whatever you want?
He was a little angry, narrowed his eyes, bent down and moved closer to Lin Qinhe, stared into Lin Qinhe's eyes, and asked: "Lin Qinhe, are you teasing me again?"
Lin Qinhe lowered his eyes and looked into his eyes, saying casually, "Yes."
Tao Xi never thought that this man would actually admit it. He didn't find the right expression for a moment. With his rosy lips slightly opened, he stared at Lin Qinhe in a daze, forgetting how to fight back.
But the next second he felt a hand grabbing the back of his neck, neither lightly nor heavily, and pulling him backwards. He subconsciously shrank his body, like a cat being bitten by the back of the neck and lifted to the side.
"What are you doing?!" Tao Xi couldn't help but tremble, and hurriedly covered the back of his neck with his hands, his eyes widened.
He never knew that the back of his neck was so sensitive. Where Lin Qinhe's fingers touched, it felt like an electric current was rushing down his spine, and even his heart couldn't help but tremble.
He pretended to be angry, trying to hide his red face and ears.
"You're too close to me." Lin Qinhe said lightly, and gently twisted his thumb and index finger.
Tao Xi suddenly felt that her heart was about to jump out.
He slammed the table in panic and shouted in a strong voice: "I don't care, Sunday evening at 6:30, Cantonese and Hong Kong Tea Restaurant in Ode Plaza, you have to come!"
Lin Qinhe raised the corner of his lips slightly and said, "Okay."
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