Chapter 66 Help Me
Chen Ji was a new store opened by Xu Mo when she was in her third year of high school. Its decoration at that time was the best in the food street, with antique plaques, matte dark gray antique tiles, and wooden dining tables and chairs that were faintly visible between the wooden grilles.
The first time Xu Mo came here was to attend a birthday party for her junior high school classmate, and then she took note of this place. Later, when it was her birthday, Zhao Tingyu asked her where she wanted to go, and she naturally thought of this place.
From then on, this became a place they often visited.
The front desk manager saw Zhao Tingyu and approached him enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhao is here?"
Zhao Tingyu stretched out his hand and made a two-sign gesture: "Please help me arrange a window seat for you two."
"Okay."
Xu Mo followed him to a window seat. Outside the window was a large banyan tree, and sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves onto the glass. After the front desk manager left, she asked the man opposite, "When did you become a regular customer here?"
Zhao Tingyu looked up at her while flipping through the menu: "Always."
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"When we were together, you were often away on business, and I would occasionally come back to see Uncle Xu and often come to this restaurant for dinner."
Xu Mo's eyes fell on his fingers as he flipped the menu. His bony hands and slender fingertips moved across the small lines of regular script on the menu.
Zhao Tingyu handed her the circled menu for confirmation, "Take a look and see if there's anything else you'd like to eat?"
Xu Mo took a look and saw that they were all her favorites. She called the waiter and said, "These are the ones I circled. Take them and place your order."
"good."
Zhao Tingyu poured her a cup of tea. The thick black Pu'er tea slowly fell into the warm white porcelain cup, and a faint heat drifted away.
"Why did you resign so suddenly?"
Xu Mo picked up the teacup and took a sip. It was a little hot.
It would be too tragic to tell him that I found a job but someone else ruined it.
Shaking her head, Xu Mo said, "I don't want to do this anymore."
She always subconsciously lowered her eyes when she lied, and Zhao Tingyu knew she didn't want to say it.
"A lot has happened to me lately." He poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and looked out the window. "It's not just about my medical treatment, but also Liao Haizhou's divorce."
Xu Mo's eyes widened slightly: "Brother Haizhou is divorced? Didn't they just get married not long ago?"
Zhao Tingyu: "Yes, it was Xie Wan who mentioned it."
No wonder I haven’t seen Liao Haizhou recommending financial management on WeChat Moments. It turns out he’s in a bad mood because of his divorce.
"Why does Sister Xie Wan want to divorce him?" Xu Mo asked.
"Haizhou wanted Xie Wan to have a child, but Xie Wan didn't want to, saying she had just changed jobs and having a child would affect her career. Because of this, the two of them had a conflict. In addition, the pressure from Haizhou's mother also affected Xie Wan. The two of them quarreled frequently, and Xie Wan filed for divorce."
Xu Mo pursed her lips. "So that's how it is. I remember Sister Xie Wan worked in the internet industry. The pace and pressure of work must be quite high. Can't Brother Haizhou wait a few more years?"
Zhao Tingyu shook his head: "It's not just about the child, that was just the trigger. There was also the matter of the marriage, because they had a fight over money. Most of the money for Haizhou's wedding was borrowed, and he didn't tell Xie Wan until after the wedding. This matter has caused a lot of conflicts for them."
Xu Mo frowned slightly. Seeing that the tea in her cup was almost empty, Zhao Tingyu poured her another cup.
Xu Mo said: "I always thought they had a good relationship."
"Everything is beautiful before marriage, but after marriage, it involves two families, the daily necessities of life, and many conflicts are exposed."
The waiter brought the first dish, green pepper fish head soup. Zhao Tingyu took a clean bowl and scooped a bowl for Xu Mo.
Xu Mo lowered her head and drank the soup: "Hmm."
Zhao Tingyu raised his eyes and his gaze fell on the top of her dark hair: "Why didn't he come back with you today?"
Xu Mo said: "A lot of things have happened in his family recently, and he is dealing with them."
Zhao Tingyu nodded: "So how are things between you two? Did he explain clearly to you about that woman who was fighting with him in the restaurant last time?"
Xu Mo's eyelashes twitched. "Well, that's his college classmate."
Zhao Tingyu looked at her for a few seconds and handed her a piece of fish head meat: "Just explain it clearly."
The stewed fish meat sank into the milky white soup. Xu Mo looked up at him and said, "Why do I feel like you've changed a lot?"
Zhao Tingyu raised his eyebrows: "What has changed?"
"My emotions are stable now." Xu Mo said after thinking for a while.
The waiter brought the second dish, stir-fried river shrimp with green pepper rings. Zhao Tingyu handed the spoon to Xu Mo: "You've taken medicine and seen a psychologist for forty hours at a thousand dollars an hour. You should have improved a little bit."
Xu Mo: "Is it so expensive?"
Zhao Tingyu said, "Well, after a few treatments, I feel like I've finally figured out a lot of things that I couldn't get over before."
"For example?"
Zhao Tingyu's hand that was picking up the food paused slightly. He looked up at her and spoke slowly.
"Accept that you're married."
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, took a sip of tea, and looked away.
Zhao Tingyu looked at the hollow of her collarbone and said with half-closed eyes, "Don't worry. If your marriage is happy, I won't interfere with you. I have decided to focus more on my career."
The third dish is white jade loofah. The milky white flesh is cut into evenly thin slices, with a slightly jade-like luster.
Xu Mo picked up a dish with chopsticks. She had just eaten two spicy dishes, and this one was very sweet and refreshing.
She looked up at him with a hint of confusion: "Are you planning to expand your business?"
"This business was left to me by my parents, and the cash flow is strong. I'm not materialistic, and after paying for basic expenses, I still have a lot of money left over. I might as well do something else."
"I recently consulted several investors in the medical field. They suggested that I start some big health businesses that are related to my current business. Customers and supply resources can be shared to a certain extent. After the cash flow is established, I can seek more financing through an IPO."
Xu Mo nodded: "That's good. The field of big health is a sunrise industry."
"Yes." Zhao Tingyu poured her tea, "You think so too."
"Yes," Xu Mo said. "When I was working on projects before, I also came into contact with clients in the medical and health field. They have developed well in recent years. There is a company that does physical examinations and has now gone public. Now, the annual physical examinations for employees of A's company are all done by their company."
Zhao Tingyu looked into her bright eyes and smiled: "Really?"
The two of them had almost finished eating, and Zhao Tingyu went to pay the bill.
Xu Mo said she wanted to go home and rest, so Zhao Tingyu drove her home.
It's easy to feel sleepy after eating, especially in the summer. The air conditioning in the car is cool. On the way, Xu Mo was drowsy in his car when she suddenly heard Zhao Tingyu calling her name: "Momo."
"Um?"
"Now that you've resigned, would you consider coming to the company to help me?"
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