Chapter 090 Chapter 90
Chapter 90
"Ping'an - Pingyuan, you are here. Your shoe covers are here and your clothes can be hung here." Zhu Fengxin looked at the man in a high-end suit and coat. His words were not as friendly as before, but rather a little reserved towards his guests.
Seeing that Xie Pingyuan was a little overwhelmed by the Jiang family, which had changed so much, she kindly guided Xie Pingyuan to hang up his coat and put on his shoe covers.
Xie Pingyuan looked at the shoe covers that were only worn on guests' feet in the past, and now they were on his own feet. He felt it looked awkward no matter how he looked at it.
"Mom, I came back to see you and Dad. I was busy with work this year and didn't come back to pay New Year's greetings."
However, Xie Pingyuan did not say it, but handed the gift in his hand to Zhu Fengxin, and apologized for not coming back for the New Year due to work.
Zhu Fengxin became more and more reserved as she looked at the gift in Xie Pingyuan's hand. She hadn't seen Xie Pingyuan for almost a year.
Ever since the name was changed, Zhu Fengxin felt that the child was no longer hers, and the fact that Xie Pingyuan had not come to the Jiang family for almost a year further deepened Zhu Fengxin's thoughts.
——Especially in comparison with Xie Yuanzhi.
Zhu Fengxin looked at his son who was becoming more and more unfamiliar to him. The courage he had to knock him on the head disappeared, and only an awkward atmosphere remained.
Xie Pingyuan didn't know what was going on with Zhu Fengxin. He saw that he looked embarrassed, while Jiang Facai and Jiang Zhiyuan were also silent. Only Xinxin looked a little curious.
However, Xinxin, who was already a grown-up child, did not rush forward. Instead, she hugged her father's arm and whispered something in Jiang Zhiyuan's ear.
Xie Pingyuan felt a little embarrassed when he saw Xinxin. He only remembered to bring things for Jiang's parents when he came here today, but actually forgot about his niece. Fortunately, Jiang Zhiyuan didn't care about it and didn't say anything.
The atmosphere at the scene became even more awkward.
It has been almost a year since they last met, and both the Jiang family and Xie Pingyuan have changed a lot. Xie Pingyuan has become accustomed to the glamorous world of fame and fortune, and the people who come and go have natural and good manners, which is in sharp contrast to the casual posture of the Jiang family, causing Xie Pingyuan to frown unconsciously.
The Jiang family also felt uncomfortable seeing Xie Pingyuan. Xie Pingyuan looked like he had just come down from a banquet hall. He was extremely refined from head to toe, so refined that he did not fit in with the Jiang family who were just having a family dinner.
The conversation between Jiang Facai and Xie Pingyuan also seemed so awkward.
"You're doing fine lately." "Yeah, not bad."
"I saw you on TV last time. That new energy project was on TV." "Fortunately, it's all supported by the government."
Xie Pingyuan felt like he couldn’t continue the conversation. It had only been almost a year since he came back, so why had the Jiang family become like this?
Finally, Xie Yuanzhi couldn't bear it anymore and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, Dad, Pingyuan just negotiated the new energy project a while ago, and now he's busy. You finally come home and you're still telling him this? Let him have a good rest."
After Xie Yuanzhi rescued Jiang Facai from the predicament, his beautiful black eyes turned to Zhu Fengxin again and he said with a smile.
"Mom, Ping Yuan finally came home today, you have to show off your skills."
Zhu Fengxin then left the sofa as if he had been pardoned, and Jiang Facai also followed Zhu Fengxin to the kitchen as if he was escaping for his life.
When Jiang Zhiyuan saw that he was the only one left, he quickly got up from the sofa under the pretext of taking care of his daughter.
He was the one who was most sensitive to the change in Xie Pingyuan's status. It was because his wife had previously switched to Gan Xing. Xie Pingyuan's achievements in the past year and his status in the Xie family made Jiang Zhiyuan subconsciously a little restrained.
If Xie Pingyuan was still the same as before, Jiang Zhiyuan would be more comfortable, but unfortunately...
Now Xie Pingyuan's demeanor and aura made Jiang Zhiyuan not know how to get close to him.
His younger brother might have really changed, Jiang Zhiyuan thought with a complicated expression.
No, maybe it has changed since two years ago.
Jiang Zhiyuan brought Xinxin to the study and was about to let the child play on the computer when he heard Xinxin say.
"Dad, is that Xie's uncle outside?"
Xinxin asked curiously. She hadn't seen her uncle for almost a year. When he changed his name before, Xinxin didn't attend at all because she had a cold and fever. Now, seeing her uncle who had changed a lot, she was naturally curious.
"...Yes, he is Xie's uncle."
When Jiang Zhiyuan heard Xinxin's address, his expression paused, but finally he agreed with his daughter's statement.
Yes, Xie Pingyuan already considers himself a member of the Xie family.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be so reserved like a guest today.
Jiang Zhiyuan's mood was quite complicated, and Xie Pingyuan in the living room also had a complicated mood.
He hasn't been back to the Jiang family for only a year, why has the Jiang family changed so much?
"...Yuanzhi, did my parents renovate the house this year?"
Xie Pingyuan hesitated for a long time before he spoke to Xie Yuanzhi and asked.
Xie Yuanzhi nodded and said after hearing what Xie Pingyuan said, "Yes, it happened in July or August last year. My parents lived in my house for a while at that time."
Xie Yuanzhi smiled when he said this: "There just happened to be a large flat that was vacant. It would be a good opportunity for my parents to move in and help increase the popularity of the place."
Xie Pingyuan looked at Xie Yuanzhi as if it was his due, and suddenly remembered that he had snatched the love of Xie Qiping and Yu Caiwei several times before to provoke Xie Yuanzhi. Xie Yuanzhi always looked sad on the surface, but he returned to normal after a few days.
At that time, he thought Xie Yuanzhi was just pretending to be strong, but now thinking about it...
I wonder if Xie Yuanzhi will turn around and seek comfort from the Jiang family!
Xie Pingyuan's face suddenly turned a little ugly, but the topic had already begun, and it was not up to him to decide when to end it.
"...Didn't Taoduoduo start online grocery shopping recently? Mom opened a shop there, and with the online and offline business, she made more money than before. The money for the renovation came from here."
Speaking of this, Xie Yuanzhi still supported his chin with his hand, as if he was thinking about something. The jade ring on his beautiful thumb looked so conspicuous.
"After that, I realized that it was no wonder that my mom didn't want me to pay for the renovation. It turns out that I feel more confident spending my own money."
Xie Pingyuan looked at the surroundings, which were not high-end but were decorated in Zhu Fengxin's style, and subconsciously asked, "How did you tell that?"
"When mom was directing the renovation team, the original design drawings were all based on her own preferences. Dad didn't dare to say anything. He even backed off when he wanted a place to smoke at mom's glance. Now dad has to go downstairs to the community to smoke."
As Xie Yuanzhi spoke, he couldn't help but smile, and the intimacy between him and the Jiang family made Xie Pingyuan feel a little uncomfortable.
This... should be his line.
"What about mom? Have you ever thought about what she would think?" Xie Pingyuan said in a somewhat aggressive tone.
It was as if he was helping Yu Caiwei punish the child who had two minds.
"…This online function is equivalent to a virtual vegetable market. Mom doesn't seem to have any business in this area recently."
Xie Yuanzhi looked at Xie Pingyuan, whose childishness had faded, but whose clear eyes were still filled with helplessness.
Xie Pingyuan began to feel embarrassed again, but even though he felt embarrassed, he still felt somewhat unconvinced in his heart.
He has only lived in this house for more than 20 years, and he is the original owner of this house.
Isn’t it?
Xie Pingyuan had just come up with this idea, but when he saw Xie Yuanzhi skillfully taking out various nut snacks from the coffee table, all of which were expensive snacks that the Jiang family had been reluctant to buy before, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
He had never thought that Jiang's parents needed a career. At most, he thought about letting Jiang Zhiyuan come to work.
Maybe it’s not too late now?
Xie Pingyuan was thinking about it, and he immediately brought up this matter while eating.
"...Brother, are you still working at your original company? The prospects of that company are really not very good. If you come to work here, I will directly arrange a department manager for you."
Xie Pingyuan's tone was calm but quite proud. Just listening to his tone it sounded like a male peacock spreading its tail.
The Jiang family, who were originally having a happy meal, became restrained when they heard Xie Pingyuan's words.
Jiang Zhiyuan was just about to tell Xie Pingyuan tactfully that he didn't need to go to Ganxing for the time being when he heard his precious daughter Xinxin say.
"But Uncle Xie, Dad has been working at Taoduoduo for more than a year, and he is now the president of the branch company, right?"
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High EQ: Xie Pingyuan comes home drunk and happy when he knows Jiang Zhiyuan is successful in his career.
Low EQ: Jiang Zhiyuan changed jobs and worked under Xie Yuanzhi for more than a year, but Xie Pingyuan didn't know about it, so he drank alone and got drunk.
Zhu Fengxin felt a little frightened when he saw Xie Pingyuan drinking alone, but then he couldn't help but soften his heart.
"...You haven't come back for a whole year, and now you just drink alone. What were you doing before?" Zhu Fengxin couldn't help but say in a reproachful manner.
But Xie Pingyuan, who was already drunk, didn't know this.
In the end, Xie Pingyuan was carried back to Xie's house by the driver. As for Xie Yuanzhi...
"Master Yuanzhi said that Tao Duoduo has something to do and will have to work overtime tonight."
The driver supported Xie Pingyuan, handed him to the housekeeper and spoke to Yu Caiwei.
When Yu Caiwei heard the driver's words, a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes.
"Yuanzhi has been staying at the company for several days and doesn't want to go home. Is he jealous?"
Thinking of this, Yu Caiwei's expression relaxed a little. It was rare for Yuanzhi to show some emotions, which was quite cute. After sending Xie Pingyuan back to the room and asking the housekeeper to look after Xie Pingyuan, Yu Caiwei returned to the room and spoke to Xie Qiping.
"... Yuanzhi is actually jealous. This is the first time I've seen this. But it's hard for Yuanzhi. He has always been well-behaved. Pingyuan can talk to everyone, but he is only used to the business world."
Yu Caiwei sighed as she spoke, but Xie Qiping didn't care.
"Anyway, it's enough for one of Yuanzhi and Pingyuan to succeed Qianxing. Yuanzhi is stable, Pingyuan is progressive. Now it seems that Pingyuan is better. It's just right to let Yuanzhi be the CEO. When the time comes, the brothers will work together and the effect of one plus one will definitely be greater than two."
Yu Caiwei said jokingly, "Then I have to mediate between Yuan Zhi and Ping Yuan, and don't let Yuan Zhi get jealous like he did today."
Xie Qiping frowned when he heard this. Yuanzhi's emotional control has been a little poor recently, but when he thought that Xie Yuanzhi was only 25 years old this year, and that Xie Pingyuan was even more emotional than Xie Yuanzhi, he didn't say much.
But this still left a thorn in Xie Qiping's heart.
When Xie Qiping learned that Xie Pingyuan had drunk too much at Jiang's house and was now in his room, he didn't say much.
Xie Pingyuan has been too tense lately, so it's okay for him to drink a little more.
Xie Qiping was completely unaware that during the recent New Year, Xie Yuanzhi had to deal with Taoduoduo's affairs as well as Ganxing's affairs, and was also a little nervous.
Since Xie Qiping felt so, Xie Pingyuan naturally felt the same way. He even felt that he was quite wronged.
With the help of his housekeeper, he vomited. After emptying his stomach, his mind finally became clearer, but he was still in a drunken state.
Xie Pingyuan waved his hand and drove the housekeeper out of the room.
The housekeeper had no choice but to wait at the door, but his eyes were fixed on Xie Qiping's vital signs on his tablet, fearing that something might happen to him.
However, Xie Pingyuan in the room did not do anything life-threatening.
——He just made a voice call to Ruan Luo.
"...Ruan Ruan."
Ruan Luo was a little confused when he received the call. Wasn't Xie Pingyuan going to the Jiang family today? He should have gone to receive the Jiang family's worshipful and respectful eyes.
The original novel describes the Jiang family as a family that is used to being poor and has completely different attitudes towards Xie Pingyuan and Xie Yuanzhi.
No matter how much money Xie Pingyuan made outside, he still had to wash dishes at the Jiang family. On the contrary, Xie Yuanzhi didn't have to do anything when he went to the Jiang family.
Although the author wrote that this was the Jiang family's closeness to Xie Pingyuan, Ruan Luo always felt that it was a blasphemy to Xie Pingyuan's hands that could make tens of millions of dollars every minute.
Could it be that Xie Pingyuan called me now because he had suffered some injustice in the Jiang family?
Thinking of this, Ruan Luo gently asked Xie Pingyuan what happened, and Xie Pingyuan, under the influence of alcohol, naturally told him everything he knew.
"...Ruan Ruan, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I feel like the Jiang family is no longer my home, but Xie Yuanzhi's home. Ruan Ruan, I have no home anymore."
Xie Pingyuan spoke with a choked voice.
Ruan Luo was horrified when he heard Xie Pingyuan's voice.
In the original text, the Jiang family will always be Xie Pingyuan's backer!
Even though Xie Pingyuan and he had their credit cards suspended because of the Xie family's opposition in the original text and no one wanted to get close to Xie Pingyuan, Jiang's parents still gave Xie Pingyuan some money.
——Although Xie Pingyuan, who was very successful in the financial industry, did not use it.
What is happening now.
Jiang Zhiyuan did not join Ganxing but went to Taoduoduo? And Jiang's parents also made a lot of money from Taoduoduo's online vegetable market?
On the contrary, because Xie Pingyuan was busy with Xie family and government affairs during this period, he became estranged from the Jiang family?
Ruan Luo was in disbelief. He first comforted Xie Pingyuan for a while, and then wondered in his heart what on earth was wrong in this world.
'Could it be that my time travel caused the Gate to the Otherworld incident? And because of the Gate to the Otherworld, the real estate project that originally made Xie Pingyuan famous had to end abruptly. Because of the butterfly effect that I avoided him, Xie Yuanzhi did not compete with Xie Pingyuan, but instead opened up another battlefield, which led to the current situation of the Jiang family?'
Ruan Luo's brain was about to explode as he thought about it.
Sometimes he was afraid that the plot would change and he would no longer have the advantage of being a foresight person. Sometimes he felt that it would be fine as Xie Pingyuan was the protagonist. He was also worried about the change of the plot. Fortunately, Xie Pingyuan was drunk now, otherwise he would definitely have heard the fear in Ruan Luo's tone.
"... Pingyuan, don't be like this. Isn't the Xie family your home too?" Ruan Luo tried to comfort him, suppressing his fear.
"...Xie family? This is not my home. I try to please Xie's parents like a dog, and they will look at me with kindness. If I don't do well, I will be ignored like Xie Yuanzhi is now. If I get upset, they will think I am immature."
Xie Pingyuan took advantage of his drunkenness to say everything he had not dared to say before.
He never thought that the Xie family, which was as exquisite as a cage, was his home. What normal parents would treat their child like this?
Although Xie Yuanzhi has a fundamental conflict of interest with him, he has to admit that Xie Yuanzhi is really at the ceiling level when it comes to being a child.
If the child he and Ruan Luo adopt in the future is half as good as Xie Yuanzhi, Xie Pingyuan will be very lucky.
...However, Xie Yuanzhi's parents were not satisfied with him.
Xie Pingyuan looked at him with disgust in a drunken state.
"But... didn't Taoduoduo's African route get cut recently? Why is there still a lot of cheap goods for sale on Taoduoduo? Is it inventory?"
Ruan Luo suppressed his fear and said a few soothing words on the other end of the phone before hanging up.
The plot is different again.
It shouldn't have been so early for Xie Pingyuan to realize this. It should have been after the new energy vehicles were fully launched that Xie Pingyuan realized that the Xie family was not as harmonious and happy as he thought.
Under the strong offensive of new energy vehicles, Xie Yuanzhi's fuel vehicles were defeated, and it was at this time that the Xie family showed their utilitarian side.
Seeing Xie Yuanzhi disappear from the mouths of the Xie family, and only Yu Caiwei would mention Xie Yuanzhi, Xie Pingyuan suddenly became frightened. This is why he finally chose Ruan Luo.
Only from Ruan Luo can Xie Pingyuan feel the feeling of family.
——But definitely not this early!
Ruan Luo bit his fingernails anxiously. What exactly happened in a place he didn't know?
And with so many butterfly effects, will the original plot still appear?
*
"Host, host, the next plot point is Xie Yuanzhi's. You have avoided the ordinary face-slapping plot points before, and you also harvested a wave of emotional points. But now is the key plot point, so host, have you thought about how to deal with it?"
777 asked curiously.
Gu Youxing listened to 777's words while flipping through the original text in his hand.
In the original text, Xie Yuanzhi wanted to get involved in new energy, so he prepared a bid and a PPT for this purpose, but he and Xie Pingyuan gave their speeches one after the other.
Xie Yuanzhi's idea was to share new energy vehicles, but he was denounced as a fantasy. On the contrary, Xie Pingyuan directly brought the prototype of the new energy vehicle he had already researched and directly won the project.
And Xie Yuanzhi could only leave in disgrace.
Looking at Xie Yuanzhi who was considered to be whimsical in the original text, Gu Sen raised the corner of his mouth and said.
"I've thought about it, let's follow the original plot."
This surprised 777: "Host, in the original text, you were slapped in the face in a very embarrassing way. It seems to be the opposite of our goal."
Gu Youxing calmly said that it was nothing.
"First suppress and then praise, it can actually gain more emotional points, and it's not certain whether it will be a slap in the face or not."
Gu Youxing shrugged and casually opened his personal panel.
Personal panel
Name: [Gu Youxing (Number of activated avatars: 6)]
Age: [28]
Current identity: [Xie Yuanzhi (25)]
The plot world: ["After rebirth, I reached the peak of my life" (click for original text)]
Task progress bar:
- Overall mission: [Get rid of cannon fodder status and reach the pinnacle of life]
- Current mission: ["Surpass the protagonist in career"]
- Mission objective: [Become richer than the protagonist]
- Mission Progress: [0/100]
- Current sentiment value: [547589245]
- [Store Entrance]
System summary: "You are not actively doing the task, and you are already showing signs of failure."】
The system summary was still so frivolous. Gu Youxing frowned and turned around to pick up the letters sent by the base. Two years had passed, and although Gu Youxing still hadn't replied to a single letter, the base's interest in expressing gratitude had never stopped.
This also gave Gu Youxing some comfort in this strange world.
After all, it is psychologically stressful enough for an ordinary person to disguise himself as another person. Fortunately, Gu Youxing disguised himself as 6 people in one breath and he has not gone crazy until now, just a little bit irritable. Even 777 had to marvel at the host's mental tenacity.
——Especially when none of these worlds are quite normal.
Country A's violent law enforcement, multiple genders, a country controlled by capital, even the people can be used for experiments...
The feudal ethics of the ancient world exploited the common people, women, and everyone - although it is a little better now, Pei Muchu can still see some old antiques jumping around in the daily memorials.
Not to mention the world of cultivation, where the law of the jungle prevails, and even Gu Youxing, who returned there by chance, felt that it was not a civilized world, but some kind of Gu breeding arena - it was so familiar that it felt like returning home.
Sometimes Gu Youxing felt that he was probably the only normal person in the world.
Fortunately, these letters allowed Gu to recover his san value.
——It also strengthened Gu Youxing’s determination to establish new rules.
Gu Youxing thought about it and started to look up the recent situation of Xie family's new energy. He found that Xie family already had a new energy vehicle research department, which made Gu Youxing blink.
Xie Yuanzhi knew nothing about this R&D department.
Is this the Xie family starting to be wary of him or is this Xie Pingyuan's idea?
"By the way, host, Xie Pingyuan seems to have discovered something wrong with Tao Duoduo, but he is now calling Ruan Luo to complain. However, the Xie family is so good to Xie Pingyuan, but Xie Pingyuan still thinks that the Xie family is not his family?"
777's tone was full of disbelief.
He repeated the general meaning of what Xie Pingyuan and Ruan Luo said, and then said: "... Xie Pingyuan, the male protagonist, is really awkward. The Xie family is not his family, but he tries to please the Xie family's parents. The Jiang family treated him so well, but he didn't even think of giving some money to help the Jiang family with the decoration."
Gu Youxing wrote a plan for the Xie family and said, "Xie Pingyuan has complicated feelings towards the Jiang family and the Xie family. In the original text, Xie Pingyuan always showed off every time he went to the Jiang family. After the Xie family cut off his credit card, he saw the Xie family clearly and began to care about the Jiang family."
"...But he just noticed something strange about Tao Duoduo? The clues I revealed at the dinner table today are enough to start a horse racing business, right? Jiang Zhiyuan also noticed something was wrong."
Gu Youxing said with a twitching mouth as he recalled the scene where Jiang Zhiyuan hinted at him not to smuggle.
"Xie Pingyuan is sad today, but host, you let me know that there is something wrong with the supply channel, but why did you let me leave some traces in such a lame way?"
777 asked curiously.
The young man with a red mole on the corner of his eye paused when he heard this and put down the plan in his hand - the word "praise and kill" written on it was extremely conspicuous.
The young man said with a smile.
"Of course, it's to give some people a clue to follow."
Otherwise, how could they imagine how powerful the monsters they were facing were?
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