Zhutian: Since I was a child, I have been happy to be a father

Chapter 761 He is sick

One day in late April.

At 9:30 in the evening, after leaving the Donghai Factory, Chen Tao did not return to the city to accompany his adoptive parents and daughter Xiaoyin, but returned to his home to accompany his wife.

When Cheng Kaiyan saw him come back, a look of joy appeared on her face. But when he went straight into the bathroom to wash up, and then looked tired and didn't want to talk, she became unhappy!

In the past half month, her husband rarely came home, and when he did, he hardly talked to her, as if she was a invisible person!
I want to get some benefits for my brother, what's wrong with that? If you are in trouble, then don't help me, then don't help me, why are you angry with me?

But I am your wife, your kitten!
Is there any other reason why you ignore me except that you have someone else outside?
If my dad hadn't told me to coax you first and let go of the fact that my brother called you an ungrateful person, I would have gone to the factory and caught you in the act!

Cheng Kaiyan thought angrily.

She really wanted to catch the non-existent mistress now, but the last drama that was messed up by her brother had not yet been forgiven by Chen Tao. If something went wrong again, it would be all over.

Neither Song Yunhui nor Mr. Chen now has any leverage held by the Cheng family.

In fact, divorce is a good option now, although it can indeed be considered a big stain, but if you want to be an idealist, there is no need to progress to that extent.

The reason why Chen Tao is still waiting is that he is waiting for the Cheng family to make a mistake. He wants a divorce, but he also wants to kill them and destroy their hearts.

The Cheng family needs to realize who needs whom more and who is the boss.

Don't end up being labeled as Chen Shimei, that would be very unpleasant.

A quarter past ten pm.

Chen Tao dried his hair, put on a loose pair of pajamas, and walked into the bedroom.

Cheng Kaiyan followed her husband's gaze until he sat beside the bed, then she asked:
"Xiaohui, why didn't you go to accompany Xiaoyin tonight?"

Chen Tao put aside his gold-rimmed glasses without prescription, and said to her in a listless manner, showing that he had no intention of completing the task:
"No matter how much I miss my daughter, I can't go there every day. I have to go home."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Kaiyan immediately started to tremble:
"You also know that I have a wife at home? I thought you didn't know! I know very well that you have a lot of opinions about me, but don't you think you are wrong? My brother is not very smart and shouldn't scold you, but can't you be more tolerant?"

Chen Tao pretended to be angry and said, "Then can you tell me, if your brother has no brains, how can he be so capable? Was it wrong for me not to help?"

No matter whether my brother is capable or not, since you are his brother-in-law, you should find a way to help!
Cheng Kaiyan dared to think so in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it out loud for the time being.

She held Chen Tao's hand and comforted him:

"Xiaohui~ It's my brother's fault. My parents have often advised him to apologize to you. Can you please stop arguing with him for my sake?"

Chen Tao sighed, "If it weren't for you, if he wasn't your brother, I wouldn't have helped him be the deputy secretary of the workshop and let him criticize me."

After saying that, he pushed Cheng Kaiyan away, lay down at the end of the bed, and covered himself with a quilt.

Cheng Kaiyan got under the quilt, came to Chen Tao, hugged him and said flatteringly:

"Xiaohui, you're the best. I know you care about me."

Chen Tao turned his head and said, "Turn off the lights. I want to rest."

Cheng Kaiyan did not respond, but touched his belly and asked curiously:
"Xiaohui, are these abdominal muscles? You are so busy at work, do you still have time to exercise? Let me see."

After saying that, he got back into bed.

When the rain stopped outside the window, Cheng Kaiyan finished admiring her husband's abdominal muscles and suggested:
"Xiaohui, Section Chief Sui and I have a very good relationship. Tomorrow night, our two families can have dinner together!"

Chen Tao said dissatisfiedly: "So you have other purposes?"

"no!"

Cheng Kaiyan explained: "We haven't had any for a long time. I really wanted to, so I just mentioned it by the way. If you don't have time, I will go back to them!"

Chen Tao sighed, "Okay, it's just a meal. If there's anything else, I'll be very angry."

Cheng Kaiyan smiled again: "Don't worry, there is absolutely nothing else!"

How could there be nothing else?

If I don't let Sui Chunfeng and her husband Jin Changxiao feel that they can be my lackeys, how can they care about your brother and sister-in-law?
If we ignore them, why would they spend money to buy raw materials before signing the contract, and end up with them rotting?
"That's good, go to sleep!"

"Wait, tell me first, why do your abdominal muscles seem to have grown bigger?"

"You're wrong."

"No way? Let me take another look."

"..."

Just watch it, anyway, for the sake of your parents and brother and sister-in-law, you must get a divorce.

The next evening.

Chen Tao left the factory and drove to pick up Cheng Kaiyan.

She also dressed up specially and wore a jade bracelet on her right hand.

Chen Tao asked knowingly: "Where did you get this bracelet?"

Cheng Kaiyan said calmly: "I gave Sister Sui a silk scarf before, and this is her return gift to me."

"Scarf for bracelet? Kitty, I suggest you return it. It's hard to repay a favor."

"I...Xiaohui, why do you always take things so seriously? Sister Sui and I are very good friends, and it's normal to give each other gifts! Didn't you also tell me to get along well with my colleagues?"

"..."

Chen Tao stopped talking and drove directly to Xuefu Hotel.

Cheng Kaiyan also turned her head away, angrily keeping silent.

He was so nice last night, but now he has such a stern face again. He looks so bad!

The hotel entrance.

Mr. and Mrs. Jin Changxiao and Sui Chunfeng greeted us with smiles.

Chen Tao didn't respond, but waited until he finished his meal and returned home before finding the packaging box, taking out the six thousand three price tag, handing it to Cheng Kaiyan, and questioning:
"Tell me the truth, do you know that Jin Changxiao is Sui Chunfeng's lover? Sui Chunfeng gave you a jade bracelet worth 6,300 yuan. What else could it be for, other than wanting me to support her husband in managing the docks? This is bribery!"

"I...I really don't know!"

Cheng Kaiyan said aggrievedly: "Why are you so mean to me? Besides, this is just your own guess. Did they ask you for help during the meal? You are always like this, magnifying a small matter. Why don't you take me and my family to heart? My parents have not helped you enough, and that is also bribery? I really didn't know that Lao Jin was from your factory! Can you believe me for once?"

"I believe it, but the bracelet is too expensive, you have to send it back!"

"I, Xiaohui! I've been wearing it for several days. I see Sister Sui every day now. If I return it to her, she will be embarrassed?" "Are you worried that she will lose face? Okay! Tomorrow I'll ask your director to come over and help you return it. I guarantee she will be very proud."

"Wow, wow, wow~ I'm still here, I'm still here, isn't it okay?"

"Why are you crying? We should have a lot of savings at home. I'll go with you to buy a gold necklace when I'm free in a couple of days. Gold not only maintains its value, but it can also appreciate in value in the future. It's more worthy of being a family heirloom than that jade bracelet."

"Really?"

"Really? Buy one for my daughter too."

"Okay, I still... Xiaohui, you are so nice to the kitten~"

Haha, instead of giving all the savings to your brother to fill his hole, you might as well give a part of it to my daughter to buy a necklace.

***
The next day, at ten o'clock in the evening.

Cheng Kaiyan, who was waiting for her husband to come back, smiled and asked for credit when she saw Chen Tao coming in:

"Xiaohui, I have already returned the bracelet to Sister Sui. In fact, the bracelet is not valuable at all. Sister Sui bought it at a tourist attraction in Yunnan. The price was randomly marked and can't be taken seriously."

Chen Tao said unhappily, "If it's fake, you can't take it. The price is unknown, and it's hard to explain the favor."

"I didn't want it!"

Cheng Kaiyan stamped her feet and said, "You said so much last night, how could I dare to ask for it?"

It's not surprising that she doesn't want it.

The reason Chen Tao punished her last night was to tell her not to take any advantage, otherwise she would be in a passive position.

As long as she didn't reach out, Sui Chunfeng would find another way to drag her into the water, such as getting Jin Changxiao to sign the contract for Cheng Qianli to sell raw materials to Donghai Chemical Plant at a high price.

Don't say it's impossible. People like Sui Chunfeng look at people with a bad eye and think everyone is bad. After all, at the dinner table, Chen Tao not only did not express disgust towards them, but also taught her husband to revise the optimization plan. What does this show?

Could it be that Song Chang, who was in a high position at such a young age, couldn't see what she was planning?
The reason why he didn't let Cheng Kaiyan accept the bracelet must be because he thought the benefit was too little!
When the daughter-in-law of the Cheng family came to her house and wanted to make huge profits by reselling raw materials, Sui Chunfeng would be able to confirm her idea:

"What's a bracelet? Reselling is the real profit. This Song factory is too greedy! You pretend to be a decent person, but you don't even think about it. You have become the second in command of Donghai at such a young age. Only a fool would believe that you are a clean person!"

"Really? Don't lie to me."

Chen Tao sat on the sofa and asked seriously:

Cheng Kaiyan said coquettishly: "How could I lie to you? I already have a necklace, why do I need a bracelet?"

"I haven't bought it yet! I know you like bracelets, too. When you have money in the future, you can buy it."

"Xiaohui, you are so nice~ By the way, my sister-in-law will come to Donghai to see me tomorrow and apologize to you again."

"No need to apologize. I will be accompanying a Japanese delegation for the next two days. I will probably be staying in the factory and will not be going home."

"Are you hiding from my family?"

"Do I need to hide? Can you please stop thinking so badly of me! I, Song Yunhui, know how to repay kindness and treat everyone well. Except for the people of your Cheng family, who else would think that I am an ungrateful person? You are greedy and yet you blame others for not helping you. It is unreasonable."

"You, you can't say that!"

"Then tell me! What exactly did your sister-in-law come to Donghai for? I don't believe she came just to see you."

"I do not know."

"Haha, you don't know? Fine, I won't ask. I don't have time to meddle in other people's business. I'll go to Xiao Yin's place."

"Xiaohui~ I really don't know! Don't you know my sister-in-law? Last time, she must have forced my dad to ask you for help."

"Well, she was the one who forced your father, and she was the one who used your brother's mouth to scold me, but I don't care. I just hope that if she has any trouble in the future, she won't come to me, a jerk."

"You are prejudiced against them."

"Well, I admit that I don't know much about your family and I have some prejudices. Then can you tell me honestly whether your father is sick or not? If you are willing to tell me the truth, how could I have any prejudices?"

"Yes, he is sick!"

"You won't lie to me? Promise."

"I, I promise!"

"Okay, I believe you because you are my wife. I'm going to take a shower and you should go to bed early."

"Come together, I haven't washed either."

"..."

Two days later.

Director Ma’s office.

Chen Tao, Ma Baoping and Liu Yuhai were holding a small meeting.

With Chen Tao around, Ma Baoping did not ask Liu Yuhai to support Lao Jin, but just asked the two of them seriously, whose plan did they think was better?

Liu Yuhai was calm and composed, seemingly maintaining strict neutrality, but his mind was completely on Chen Tao.

Chen Tao did not say that Lao Jin's plan was not feasible like Song Yunhui did, but what he said was even more thrilling to Ma Baoping:
"Old Ma, to be honest, I don't think highly of Old Jin. It's not because I know a lot about shipping and think his proposal is bad, but because Old Jin has some problems with his character. You probably don't know that my wife got the Advanced Award when she just went to the Education Bureau, and this Advanced Award was given to her by Old Jin's wife despite all the opposition! After that, she invited me to dinner and gave me a jade bracelet worth 6,300 yuan. My wife is ignorant and likes jewelry very much, so she accepted it. It took me a lot of persuasion before she returned it to the other party. It's a shame to say that I am always busy with work and have been very negligent in building family traditions. I must strengthen it in the future!"

Liu Yuhai was confused, not because of Old Jin's defection to the enemy, after all, he had known that the old man had ulterior motives.

He was surprised why Chen Tao said this?
Old Ma looked calm, but he hated Old Jin in his heart: How dare this bastard, he is a traitor?
Chen Tao continued, "Of course, this is all my personal speculation, and it may not be the real situation. Maybe the bracelet is really worthless as his wife said, and it was just a return gift to my wife; maybe I really wronged this good comrade. But I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid that my family will mess around in my name and have some kind of deal with Lao Jin and his wife."

Having said this, he turned his gaze to Liu Yuhai and asked:

"Lao Liu, you must be careful when reviewing the purchase contracts these days. If there is any problem, you cannot pay. My sister-in-law quit her job and came to Donghai, but my wife refused to tell me why she came. I am worried that there will be a big hidden danger here."

Old Ma said in a deep voice: "Song Chang, what do you mean?"

Chen Tao nodded, and then talked about serious matters:
"Regarding the dock, I still think we should consider the long-term. It would be best if we could merge it into a 300,000-ton port and also upgrade its level to the branch level. Because our East China Sea port has great potential, it is likely to be no less than the Magic City Port in the future, and it can also obtain a higher asset evaluation. Old Ma, what do you think of this proposal? If it is feasible, you will submit a report and apply to the department for professional talents to manage it, and I will sign it."

Lao Ma is not the Lao Ma in the original novel who was designed by Song Yunhui to learn special Japanese when he went to Japan for tourism and inspection, which led to his resignation.

This person is a conservative, but he also hopes that the Donghai factory will be better so that he can realize his personal value and progress.

Worth uniting.

(End of this chapter)