Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

This is the first time Laurent has been to the villa in so many days in Los Angeles.

"Dad, you are finally here. Where have you been these past few days?"

"It's an emergency that needs me to deal with, and there's nothing I can do about it." Laurent said helplessly: "Fali, your belly is so big, sit down quickly."

"Dad, haven't you already retired? What else needs you to deal with?" Fali asked in confusion.

"private matters."

Laurent and Chen Zhao hated each other no matter how much they looked outside.

But in front of Fali, the two of them always appeared to be so in love with each other.

Chen Zhao doesn't intend to hurt each other with Laurent these two days.

Because the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, no matter what the reason is, Chen Zhao wants to have a happy holiday with Fali.

However, before New Year's Eve, Chen Zhao still had to live according to the customs of the Chinese people.

For example, give red envelopes to your subordinates, and then visit relatives and friends on the first day of the new year.

Chen Zhao called Felwood Cisco again, and then went straight to the construction site on the beach.

After Felwood Cisco's experience last time, he no longer panicked and thought that Chen Zhao was looking for trouble.

Even because of Chen Zhao, Felwood Cisco also learned about Chinese culture.

I know that these two days are the most important traditional festivals for Chinese people, the Spring Festival.

"Mr. Felwood, I'm sorry to interrupt your construction."

"Mr. Chen is joking. I think everyone in the construction team will welcome you. If you don't believe me, just ask them."

The workers behind Felwood Cisco had excited smiles on their faces.

After all, they quite like having such an employer.

During the Spring Festival, red envelopes are given out, called lucky money to the younger generation.

Literally, it can be understood that the elders hope that the children will grow up slowly.

What is given to the subordinates is called good luck, which is actually a blessing.

Chen Zhao still handed out red envelopes to the workers on the construction team himself.

Most people in the construction team recognized Chen Zhao.

Because the amount of work this time is larger than last time, some parts are newly added.

They didn't know Chen Zhao yet, but they were still very happy when they knew they could have a lot of money.

When he was assigned to the Indian, Chen Zhao remembered it clearly.

"Hey man, you okay."

"Mr. Chen, thank you." The Indian looked at Chen Zhao with sincere eyes.

He really needed some money, and Chen Zhao's red envelope did bring him a lot of help.

In the American empire, Indians were actually treated far worse than other races.

Although the U.S. imperialist legislation protected Indians, most Indians still stayed on their own reservations.

A few people choose to blend into the larger environment, like the Indian in front of me.

Chen Zhao didn't know the etiquette of the Indians. In fact, the etiquette of each Indian tribe was different.

So just shook the Indian worker's hand.

The Indian nodded his forehead, and then scratched Chen Zhao's palm.

"May Azu hold you, kind man."

"Blessings to you too, friend."

After Chen Zhao handed out the red envelopes, the workers went about their business.

Felwood Cisco came up and said, "Mr. Chen, do you have any other requirements for engineering?"

"No, I just hope it can be completed quickly, of course, on the premise of ensuring quality."

"I will supervise the whole process." Felwood Cisco said.

Generally speaking, as the boss of an engineering company, Felwood Cisco does not need full supervision.

But this list is really important to him.

He had to supervise the whole process. He didn't want any mistakes to occur, which would affect Chen Zhao's sense of him.

On the way home, Chen Zhao suddenly remembered that there would be fireworks on New Year's Eve.

However, there are no fireworks sold in the supermarket here. There are specialized stores selling fireworks.

Chen Zhao picked up his mobile phone and searched it, and found a fireworks supermarket.

After half an hour's drive, Chen Zhao took a detour to the fireworks supermarket.

There were two or three Chinese people in the supermarket buying fireworks, and the cashier at the supermarket was also Chinese.

Chen Zhao started shopping in the supermarket.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Chen Zhao."

Chen Zhao turned his head and saw a familiar but unfamiliar face.

Chen Zhao remembered that the woman in front of him of the same age as himself was his classmate in high school.

Moreover, she was the class beauty at that time, but Chen Zhao really couldn't remember her specific name.

"Forehead……"

"It's really you, Chen Zhao. I thought I made a mistake." The class beauty looked at Chen Zhao with a smile: "Did you not remember my name?"

"Zhou Bingbing?" Chen Zhao asked tentatively.

Banhua rolled her eyes: "You really forgot, I am Li Qiong."

"Haha... I was joking with you, how could I forget, class beauty." Chen Zhao laughed awkwardly.

"Why did you come to the United States?" Li Qiong looked at Chen Zhao.

She was really surprised to meet Chen Zhao here.

Of course, Chen Zhao was also surprised.

"We can no longer live in the country, so we come out to cause harm to the American people."

"When I was in school, I never thought you were so naughty."

"How are you? Are you here to work? Or are you an immigrant?"

"Immigrated. After graduating from high school, I immigrated." Li Qiong said.

"I didn't expect it. Do you have a child now?"

"not yet."

"single?"

"Single, what, do you want to chase me?"

"Just ask, I already have a family." Chen Zhao laughed: "But you are so beautiful, why are you still single?"

"Have you forgotten the rumors about me in high school?"

"Forehead……"

Chen Zhao really hasn't forgotten the rumors about this class beauty.

It is said that Li Qiong once said that if she wants to find a husband in the future, she must find someone who is rich, talented and good-looking, both of which are indispensable.

You know, it was in China, and it was still in high school.

So Li Qiong's reputation in the school was not very good at that time.

"There is no way, it is really difficult to find a satisfactory man in this world." Li Qiong said with self-pity.

But this is also because Li Qiong is beautiful, to put it bluntly, she is a natural beauty.

In addition, my family background is good, otherwise I would not have been able to immigrate abroad ten years ago.

She is the only daughter in the family, so she is like a little princess at home.

But after graduating from college and starting to work, her arrogance disappeared.

After all, this is America, not the rural middle school where she and Chen Zhao attended.

There are many people here who are better off than her and more beautiful than her.

Even her family here can't give her much help.

However, habits developed since childhood are not so easy to change.

Even when she called Chen Zhao to stop, she felt a bit proud and wanted to show off in front of Chen Zhao.

"By the way, what are you doing now?"

"Teach." Chen Zhao said.

"Teaching, that's good." Li Qiong said with a smile.

In California, teachers earn an average of more than $70,000 a year and nearly $80,000 a year.

"I can't tell. Your academic performance in the past seemed to be average. I didn't expect that you could become a teacher abroad."

"The level of foreign children is low and they are easy to fool."