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

Old Wu took a sip of tea, looked at the man in front of him, and asked curiously: "Xiao Shen, what's the matter?"

In recent days, the news of Chen Tao's formal divorce has become a hot topic again. Many of his colleagues, including Lao Wu himself, are interested in his recent movements.

Chen Tao said with a jade-like face: "I want to go to Hong Kong Island to relax on New Year's Day, and I plan to come back to work on the fifth of next month."

Old Wu frowned habitually: "The fifth of next month? That is, the second, third, and fourth, you want to ask for leave? It's not that I don't want to approve it, but you also know that our unit is short of staff. If you leave for too long, many tasks may not be carried out."

The above is all bullshit, don't pay attention to it.

Chen Tao sighed, "Old Wu, this is the first time I know that I am so important in our company, so important that I can actually affect many tasks! In this case, should the leaders approve my application for a salary increase?"

Old Wu smiled awkwardly: "That needs further study. When you arrive in Hong Kong Island, you must relax and forget all the unpleasantness from before."

Chen Tao thanked him, drank a cup of tea with Lao Wu, chatted for a while, then went back to the office and started typing.

It's okay to be motivated, but it's unnecessary to pursue advancement.

Li Xiaoyue is making Hanfu at home.

To be honest, her skills are not that good, but she is not stupid and she will definitely get better with practice.

In this way, Chen Tao doesn't have to find a private tailor and can just let his virtuous wife do it for him.

After typing away until noon, Chen Tao and three male colleagues went to the company’s own canteen to have lunch.

There are five people in the entire department, including him and Old Wu, all of them men, and their yang energy is really abundant.

What’s more, two of the guys don’t have girlfriends yet, which makes things even more aggressive.

Just this morning, an older sister came to propose marriage.

Chen Tao felt that if he didn't make it official with Li Xiaoyue on the night of the 31st, he might have to participate in blind date activities after the New Year, even if it was just to make up the numbers.

After lunch, he naturally took a nap as usual.

Li Xiaoyue has not formed such a habit yet, so she saw the WeChat message sent by Na Wei, saying that Na Jun really wanted to see her tonight and hoped that she would agree.

Of course Li Xiaoyue did not agree, saying that she was in Pengcheng and had no time to return to Beijing.

Na Wei did not force it and did not think that his brother Na Jun must have her.

With Na Jun's wealth, of course, he is far inferior to that domineering CEO who likes married women and gives them 10 million at will.

But he also mortgaged a large flat with a total price of nearly 20 million yuan, has a good car, and has an annual salary of over one million. Although most of this annual salary is used to repay the loan, he also holds options in the company!

The options are worth 20 million now, but if the business goes well, it may become 40 or 50 million in ten years.

In this case, Li Xiaoyue is really not worthy of him, so why not find another woman?

Na Wei advised his brother like this.

But Na Jun was unwilling to give in.

Cricket Li Xiaoyue actually dumped him over a disagreement and didn't even give him a chance to surrender. She really looked down on him!
During this period, he was getting more and more unhappy the more he thought about it. The more unhappy he was, the more he cared about it. The pressure at work was also great, making him physically and mentally exhausted. Even his work efficiency was affected.

"You went to Pengcheng?"

After hearing his brother's account of his ex-girlfriend's whereabouts, Na Jun said uncomfortably, "She is determined to leave me! What did I do wrong? Don't I love her? I am doing this for her own good! I work hard to make money, is it just for myself? Why can't she understand me? She said I love to work, but who the hell loves to work! But if I don't work, how can I provide her with the best material conditions?"

There was some truth in what he said, but it did not stop him from thinking that Li Xiaoyue was a loser, forcing her to make progress even though he knew she was unwilling to do so.

Na Wei remained silent, thinking that his brother had low emotional intelligence, a weird personality, and was somewhat schizophrenic.

I don't like women who love money. Women who don't love money force others to make progress. Isn't this stupid? If your boss in your company asks you to make progress but tells you not to love money, how would you feel?
What feelings are like codes, to pass your test...

Which woman would like to hear such idiotic words?

evening.

As soon as Chen Tao got off work, he took a taxi to Joy City Shopping Mall.

Li Xiaoyue had already booked a table at a western restaurant and was waiting for him to have dinner together before going shopping.

They don't have to worry about being seen by acquaintances.

Na Jun had to work overtime and had no interest in shopping.

Shen Lin doesn't have to work overtime today, but she has to take care of her youngest son.

Na Wei works in the marketing department, so of course he has to socialize... In fact, he has been put on the layoff list.

After the boss Wang Ruizhi started chanting Buddhist scriptures, his wife Qin Lingling and her brother Qin Feng took over the power and could no longer tolerate him. However, he didn't know it, or he had noticed it but didn't dare to believe it.

Zhou Moufu.

Holding Chen Tao's arm, Li Xiaoyue asked with a smile: "Husband, why are you buying me jewelry again?"

Chen Tao said very straightforwardly: "I predict that the price of gold will rise sharply next year. It will be much cheaper to buy it for you now."

Li Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows: "Husband, you used to be a very honest man, so it's not surprising for you to say that. But now I think you have become a smooth-talking man. You should coax me and say: There is no other reason, you just want to give a gift to my good wife?"

Chen Tao kissed her and said politely, "There is no other reason. I just want to give you a gift because I love you so much."

Li Xiaoyue giggled as she listened to this, and together with her handsome boyfriend, attracted the attention of many passers-by.

When she returned home in the evening, Li Xiaoyue received two plain chains, two carved bracelets, two plain but heavy solid bracelets, a pair of butterfly earrings, a pair of plum blossom earrings, and a pair of rose earrings. She was in a very happy mood and did not go to bed until very late.

She is very happy now and never wants to go back to the days before when she had a boyfriend but felt like a widow.

Money is not important, and that kind of thing is actually not that important either.

What’s more important is that Chen Tao not only shares her interests, but also shares the same ideals and agrees with her ideas and lifestyle.

She even felt that she was almost spoiled by Chen Tao. Recently, she always had a dreamlike sense of unreality, especially when the official announcement was getting closer, this sense of unreality was particularly strong.

Did her dream really come true? After all these years of wandering around, did she finally find her true love?

The next day, the 29th.

Chen Tao went to work in the morning, but at noon, he went to Daxing Airport with Li Xiaoyue. This year's New Year's Day holiday is from the 30th to the 1st, and Chen Tao took an extra three days off, which is almost equivalent to the long National Day holiday.

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On the morning of the 31st, the old family was having breakfast.

Shen Lin suddenly put down her phone and said worriedly:

"Xiao Lei only talked to me for a few words on the 29th. I sent him several messages from yesterday to now, but he didn't reply. Is something wrong with him?"

During the New Year's Day holiday, since her brother didn't want to go back to his hometown in Hebei, she accepted her parents' consolation and didn't go back either, waiting until the Spring Festival.

Na Wei was somewhat speechless: "Leilei is going out to relax this time, why are you still looking for him? He is annoyed by you, so he doesn't reply to you."

Shen Lin nodded, obviously agreeing with what her husband said, but she couldn't help but feel a little worried:
"It doesn't matter if you find me annoying, as long as nothing happens to him. I always feel that something is wrong with his mood. He must still be thinking about Xie Meilan. What if..."

Na Wei interrupted immediately, "Don't scare yourself. What's the chance of that happening? He's not a stubborn person. How could he do something stupid? Just relax and wait until he returns to Beijing, then go and comfort him!"

Shen Lin hummed, and then changed the subject:
"Leilei is not a child anymore, he should hurry up and find a partner. Husband, what kind of partner do you think he should find?"

Na Wei was under a lot of work pressure and was in no mood to talk about this, so he said perfunctorily:

"He has 10 million now, so of course I have to introduce him to a young, beautiful girl whose education level is not too low!"

Shen Lin nodded in agreement: "Leilei is so good-looking. Even though he has no money, he is very popular with women. He will never have trouble finding a partner. I will pick one for him when I have time."

Na Wei advised, "He doesn't need you to arrange it for him. How many young people nowadays like blind dates? In my opinion, you should let him rest for half a year. When he adjusts his mood and forgets Xie Meilan, he will find a date on his own."

Shen Lin sighed, "Ah, this Xie Meilan, it's not good to say anything bad about her, she has been with Lei Lei for more than ten years, and they have always been in love. Now she is with a rich man, and she has brought Lei Lei 10 million in compensation. How could Lei Lei not miss her? It's all because of the money."

Hong Kong Island.

Tonight’s New Year’s Eve fireworks show has caused a sharp rise in hotel prices near Victoria Harbour, especially sea view rooms. Even ordinary rooms cost over ten thousand yuan and are still out of stock.

Chen Tao didn't book the hotel with the best location.

Li Xiaoyue couldn't bear to leave.

The Hyatt Sea View Room in Wan Chai, which is also a five-star hotel and offers a night view of Victoria Harbour, is extremely luxurious for her as she usually stays in youth hostels when traveling.

And if she booked a room with an excellent Victoria Harbour view in the Regent Hotel, she would not be able to take the official photo in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for fear that Na Wei and others would notice something. She would definitely be too upset to sleep afterwards.

Now, she has not completely changed her concept of spending money. Although she is willing to spend a lot on her favorite Hanfu and likes all kinds of jewelry given to her by Chen Tao, she cannot accept such exaggerated consumption. It will take some time.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Chen Tao leaned against the sofa, appreciating with great interest the wonderful performance of his drama-savvy girlfriend in front of him.

Li Xiaoyue first drank some water to moisten her throat, then said with emotion:

"Sister, listen to my explanation. I ran into Shen Lei by chance on the morning of the 30th. He was in a bad mood at the time. I knew it was probably due to the divorce, so I suggested that we go together to comfort him. And he didn't refuse. That night, when I was about to go back to my room to rest, he suddenly hugged me excitedly, kissed me, and said he wanted to date me. I was shocked and quickly said I didn't want to. As a result, he burst into tears and cried, blaming me for wasting more than ten years of relationship. Of course I knew that the person he was talking about was not me, but Xie Meilan. He cried so sadly! I was so soft-hearted that I simply agreed to him. I wanted to wait until he let go of Xie Meilan after a while, and then I would leave him."

Chen Tao also played the role of the cheap elder sister and said in surprise:

"Treating you to Meilan? Could it be that Leilei really has mental problems? How, how is this possible?! I don't believe it!"

Li Xiaoyue shook her head and said, "Everything is fine with him now, and he knows very well that I am not his ex-wife, but he has a strong sense of dependence on me, just like a child who feels uneasy and eager to see his mother once he has been away from her for too long. I also kept it a secret from him and consulted a doctor. The doctor said that when he was on the verge of a mental breakdown, I happened to appear and gave him a lot of care, and unexpectedly became his psychological support."

Chen Tao smiled and changed the story: "Then you are just taking advantage of the situation? No, you are my brother-in-law's ex-girlfriend. I strongly oppose you and my brother being together."

Li Xiaoyue continued, "Sister, you don't want to see your brother's condition getting worse after leaving me, right? Your family had better use eight sedan chairs to marry me, and let me be the head of the family, otherwise, hmph..."

This girl's acting talent is ridiculous. She can be good at any role. It was a waste of her talent for her to learn Chinese.

at night.

As the countdown ended, the sky was filled with brilliant fireworks, embellishing the Victoria Bay under the moon with incomparable beauty.

Amid the noisy cheers, Chen Tao took out a diamond ring from his pocket and put it on Li Xiaoyue's left ring finger in front of her extremely surprised eyes:
"My lady, marry me!"

Li Xiaoyue's eyes turned red, and she asked with emotion and curiosity: "Husband, shouldn't I be the one to propose?"

She was wearing a simple and elegant Song Dynasty Hanfu tonight, with her hair tied up in a bun. With her pure and pretty face, she looked so pitiful.

Chen Tao wore a long-sleeved Polo shirt and casual pants. Fortunately, the colors were not the gray and brown of Yamagami-kun, otherwise it would have been too murderous and would have affected the atmosphere.

At Li Xiaoyue's request, he grew his medium-length, extremely smooth and non-greasy hair into a 3:7 split. It could only be 3:7, after all, he didn't have the ability to pull off a middle part.

This style is just right, matching his figure, making him look both bookish and safe, he is truly a man of both civil and military talents.

Of course, this won’t work when he takes pictures later, and he will need to make adjustments.

He hugged Li Xiaoyue, put his hand on the girl's forehead, and explained with a smile:

"Asking you to propose to me does not mean I won't propose to you. What do you think of this surprise tonight? Isn't it very..."

Li Xiaoyue blocked his mouth.

Two and a half minutes later.

Chen Tao also put on the ring that Li Xiaoyue prepared for him, and then took the opportunity to take a photo for the official announcement.

According to the script, Chen Tao must become gloomy and lonely, as if he has been abandoned, so that he can be dependent.

This is actually not difficult for him.

Soon, a group photo with brilliant fireworks as the background was taken.

The two of them were very close, one could even say they were snuggling.

Li Xiaoyue looked at the camera, her beautiful eyes full of excitement.

Chen Tao looked at her profile with complicated eyes, revealing emotions such as admiration, attachment and desire.

Of course, he had to stop at the right time and give people a sense of restraint. He must not be so obscene that people would imagine that after the show he would sneak into Li Xiaoyue's room and ask for sex with her.

Although they had indeed only booked a sea view room with a large bed, they didn't have to wander around. (End of this chapter)