Chapter 34
Nouveau Riche Cheating Dad 8
(Word Count: 4735)
Xu Xibo shuddered unexpectedly, as if someone was plotting against him secretly. He looked around calmly, but didn’t find anything. He smiled and handed the menu in his hand to Han Ze, and said in a flattering tone: “Uncle, menu.”
Han Ze took the menu and looked at it. He seemed to be frightened by the price list on the menu. His brows were frowned, and he came back to his senses after a while and looked at Xu Xibo, and said: “This, this dish is too expensive, right? After finishing this meal, it’s almost half a month’s salary for me. It’s too expensive, too expensive. Let’s go to another restaurant?”
Xu Xibo’s body froze. If he was not mistaken, Xingli’s father’s car was a Porsche Cayenne. How could someone who could afford a car worth more than two million have a salary of only four or five thousand?
Han Xingli stared at her father, then at Xu Xibo, and said, “My father has always been frugal. In order to save money for my sister and me to go to school, he would cook at home instead of eating out.”
Xu Xibo’s body became even stiffer. Han Xingli’s dress did not seem to indicate that her family was poor, but Han Xingli’s father behaved like this. Is Han Xingli’s family poor or rich?
Han Ze looked at his daughter and said carefully, “A random restaurant outside would cost more than ten yuan for a stir-fried pork and green pepper, and there is not much meat in it. With this money, I can cut half a catty of meat, buy some vegetables, and cook at home. We can eat delicious food. You, if you don’t run the household, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are. If your father doesn’t budget carefully, how can he support you and your brother to go to college?”
Han Xingli hugged his father’s arm and said flatteringly, “Yes, yes, yes, Dad is the most capable.”
Xu Xibo pulled the corner of his mouth. Is it appropriate for Han Xingli’s father to live like a woman, haggling over every pound? His mother has never been so frugal. Indeed, the reason why his mother is not so frugal is because his parents have high salaries and do not need her to be frugal.
After praising his father, Han Xingli turned to look at Xu Xibo and asked with a smile: “My father is indeed very frugal. Don’t be fooled by the fact that all the clothes I wear are branded. In fact, they are all clothes that my father’s boss’s daughter didn’t want anymore and gave to me to wear.”
Xu Xibo asked stiffly: “Who is your uncle’s boss?”
Han Xingli pursed his lips and said: “My father is the driver of the president of Hancheng Group. The boss of Hancheng Group is also surnamed Han…”
Xu Xibo looked very unnatural: So the Porsche belongs to Han Xingli’s father’s boss? Han Xingli said again: “Uncle Han likes me very much. Seeing that I went to college and had nothing to wear, he planned to give me clothes. How could I ask him to give me clothes? He gave me clothes that his daughter didn’t want anymore. What do these rich people think? The clothes are still new. Some of them are only worn once and then thrown away…”
Han Ze coughed and said, “Lili, don’t talk nonsense. Mr. Han’s daughter is very good.”
Of course, she is good, how can her own daughter not be good?
Han Xingli came back to her senses and realized that she had said too much. She said embarrassedly, “Of course Mr. Han’s daughter is good. If she is not good, how can she give me clothes to wear?” She was not embarrassed at all to praise herself.
Xu Xibo could hardly keep the smile on his face: “…”
Han Ze stood up and said, “Xu Xibo, right? Let’s not eat here. It’s too expensive and a waste of money. It’s not easy for your parents to earn money. We can’t spend it like this, understand?”
Xu Xibo stood up, his face no longer as enthusiastic as at the beginning, and said, “Uncle, where are you going to eat?”
Han Ze thought for a while and said, “There is a noodle shop opposite the hotel. Let’s just go there and have a bowl of noodles.”
Xu Xibo just wanted to get back to school quickly. He was in no mood to eat anything at the moment. He pulled the corner of his mouth and said, “Okay.”
The three of them went to the noodle shop and spent more than 30 yuan for a bowl of beef noodles each. After seeing Xu Xibo off, Han Ze looked at Xiang Lili said, “He is respectful at first but arrogant later, he despises the poor and loves the rich. How can you like such a boy?”
Han Xingli went forward and hugged her father’s arm, and said coquettishly, “Dad, you still have a sharp eye. If you hadn’t tempted me, I might have agreed to date him. After what happened today, he will definitely stay away from me.”
Han Ze smiled and said, “Dad won’t stop you from having a boyfriend. I just want to see clearly what kind of person he is when you agree to date him, so that you won’t be deceived.”
Han Xingli nodded vigorously, “Dad, I know. After what happened today, I will definitely keep my eyes open in the future.”
…
The father and daughter returned home, and Grandma Han asked expectantly: “How was it, how was it?”
The father and daughter slumped on the sofa, and Lili said: “Not very good.”
Grandma Han sighed and sat down on the sofa, then comforted: “Lili is still young, don’t rush to find a partner, you can consider this issue after you graduate from college.”
Han Ze was a little dissatisfied: “Mom, why are you in a hurry? Lili will not be very old after graduating from college. What’s more, I want Lili to come to the company to help me after graduation.”
Lili smiled and said: “This kind of thing depends on fate. If I meet someone suitable for me, I will consider it. If there is no one suitable for me, I will not go out of my way to look for one.”
It seemed as if she would never be able to get married.
Han Ze agreed with his daughter and looked around: “Where’s Fanfan? Why hasn’t he come back yet?”
Grandma Han smiled and said: “He came back. Someone called looking for him, and he ran away with the car keys.”
Han Ze frowned: “Who were the people looking for him?”
Grandma Han didn’t know who her grandson’s friends were, and thought: “Usually I see him playing with the two boys from Dong Sheng’s family. I haven’t seen the two boys from Dong Sheng’s family come to our house for a long time.”
Lili said from the side: “Dong Wenbo and Dong Wenyuan are studying abroad.”
Han Ze took out his mobile phone and said: “I’ll call him.”
The call was connected, but no one answered. Han Ze didn’t give up and kept calling. After nearly ten minutes, the call was finally connected. Accompanied by noisy voices, Fanfan said drunkenly on the other end of the phone: “Hello, who is this?”
Han Ze said in a deep voice: “Your dad.”
Fanfan shuddered and said embarrassedly: “Dad, what do you want to talk to me about?”
Han Ze glanced at his watch. It was 9:30 in the evening. He squinted and asked: “Where are you?”
Fanfan hesitated, but still said: “I’m at the 99 Bar on 8th Street.”
Han Ze’s tone was very light: “I’ll give you one hour. If you are not home by 10:30, you will have to bear the consequences yourself.”
Han Ze had to be stricter with Fanfan. After all, he was a boy.
Fanfan said unhappily: “Dad, I’m playing with my friends…”
Han Ze only said: “Explain it to them clearly. If they are true friends, they won’t mind if you leave at the last minute.”
Fanfan said sullenly: “Okay.”
Fanfan put his mobile phone in the pocket of his jeans, looked at the young people in strange clothes sitting there, and said apologetically: “Something happened at home, I have to go back.”
A yellow-haired boy said mysteriously: “Fanzi, we have prepared good things today, why are you leaving…”
“Yes, the good show hasn’t started yet, it would be a pity to go back.”
Fanfan shook his head: “Something happened at home, sorry, let’s play next time.” As he said that, Fanfan was about to go out with the car keys.
The yellow-haired boy stood up and grabbed his arm, squinting his eyes: “Since you are here, why do you leave? Our good things haven’t come up yet. If you leave, you are not giving face to your brothers.”
Fanfan was startled and smiled: “My family is strict, there is no way. If I don’t go back on time, I will be punished by my dad!”
The yellow-haired man stared at him: “Do you have to go?”
At this time, Fanfan still didn’t realize what was wrong, so he was a fool. He said calmly: “My dad is busy with work and has been on business trips during this period. I never thought that he would come back suddenly. When my dad is on a business trip again and there is no one at home to take care of me, I will definitely accompany you to have fun? Okay?”
Huang Mao wanted to say something, but a flat-headed young man next to him gave Huangmao a nonchalant look. Huang Mao reluctantly let go of Fanfan’s arm. When Fanfan walked out of the bar, the yellow-haired boy asked the flat-headed boy: “Brother Sheng, why did you let him go?”
The flat-headed boy looked at the yellow-haired boy, patted him on the shoulder and said: “That kid has already entered our circle. It is only a matter of time before he takes the bait. We can’t rush it, otherwise he will find out and it will be a waste of time.”
The yellow-haired boy flattered: “Brother Sheng is worthy of being Brother Sheng. He thinks differently from us.”
The flat-headed boy raised his eyebrows and looked at the yellow-haired boy, saying: “Learn something.”
The yellow-haired boy nodded and bowed: “Yes, yes, yes.”
…
Han Xingfan walked out of the Jiujiu Bar, his heart still pounding. He got in the car, closed the door, and drove away from No. 8 Street quickly. When he arrived at the door of his house, he heard the laughter in the living room, took a deep breath, and strode towards the house.
“Dad.”
Fanfan sat next to Han Ze and shouted carefully.
“What’s the matter?” Han Ze said expressionlessly.
Fanfan sat up straighter and said, “Dad, does what you said about letting me join the army still count?”
On the way back, he thought a lot. He was not interested in the family company. His father had already trained his sister to take over the company. He was not interested in other industries. He chose the sports school at random. Huang Mao and others were introduced to him by his classmates in the sports school. He wanted to stay away from that group of people. He couldn’t continue studying in the sports school. His father once said that he would go to the army to train for a few years. His words came to his mind. He liked practicing martial arts and boxing, and liked the feeling of sweating. The army might be a good choice.
Han Ze looked at him scrutinizingly: “Why do you suddenly want to join the army?”
Fanfan kept his head down and said nothing.
Han Ze said sternly: “Speak!”
Fanfan’s eyes were red: “Those people tricked me into taking drugs, they were so secretive, they just thought I didn’t find out, Uncle Dong told us about these things before…”
Han Ze’s eyes narrowed, he said calmly: “What does this have to do with your military service?”
Fanfan said: “Those people were introduced to me by my classmates from the sports school. I don’t want to take drugs, I want to stay away from that group of people…”
Han Ze frowned: “So, you chose to join the army, you are escaping, do you know?”
Fanfan shook her head: “Dad, I like practicing martial arts and boxing, I like the feeling of sweating during training, compared to the sports school, I think I will like the army more.”
At least the people in the army didn’t have so many tricks, and no one will trick him into taking drugs. Okay, he did escape, but he really didn’t have the courage to touch that harmful thing.
Han Ze sighed: “Have you thought it over?”
Fanfan nodded: “I have thought it over.”
Han Ze smiled and patted Fanfan on the shoulder: “No matter what you do, just do it as long as you are determined. When you chose to go to a sports school, Dad was not optimistic, but that was your own choice, and Dad did not interfere too much. Now you want to join the army, Dad still supports you. This is a one-time thing, and if you want to regret it again, Dad can’t agree to it.”
Fanfan said solemnly: “I have thought it over, and I will never regret it.”
Han Ze smiled and said, “Now that you have made up your mind, just review your lessons at home and take the college entrance examination next year.”
“Ah?” Fanfan looked at his father blankly. He is a college student. Can he take the college entrance examination again?
Lili laughed unkindly beside him, and added gloatingly, “With Dad’s current status and position, I think it will be no problem for you to get a high school enrollment. So Fanfan, just take the college entrance examination with peace of mind.”
Fanfan: “…”
Can he regret it?
Han Ze sat beside him, squinting his eyes, and the look in his eyes was terrifying.
…
Fanfan felt dizzy while doing the test questions, and ran to the first floor to get a drink. Seeing his sister lying on the sofa, watching TV and browsing her phone, his eyes were red with envy and jealousy. Who is as miserable as him? After studying in college for half a year, he still has to come back to take the college entrance examination? Yes, why did he say he was going to join the army?
“Lili, I don’t know how to do a question. Can you help me see how to do it?”
We share happiness and difficulties. He was anxiously doing the test questions, how could his sister play with her phone there? What a heartless sister.
Lili didn’t even raise her head. She fumbled around on the sofa for a long time, found a cell phone and threw it to him, saying, “You little brat, you’ve grown up. Your sister won’t call you anymore. If you don’t know how to do a question, just look it up on your phone, or ask your tutor. I’m busy, don’t disturb me.”
Fanfan: “…”
Don’t disturb you playing games?
The two siblings were arguing when Lili’s phone rang. It was Li Manmei. Lili finally looked up at her brother and said, “Mom called!”
Fanfan looked at her without saying anything, opened the refrigerator, took out the ice cream, and sat on the sofa to eat it leisurely.
Lili kicked him and answered the phone. She smiled and said, “Mom, what’s the matter?”
Li Manmei said flatteringly on the other end of the phone, “Lili, Mom has made a lot of dishes you like. Do you want to come over with Fanfan?”
Lili looked at Fanfan, kicked him with her foot, and said, “Mom asked us to go over for dinner. Do you want to go?”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Fanfan was almost going crazy doing the test paper, and she couldn’t wait to go out for some fresh air.
…
Grandma went back to her hometown. The two children called their father and they went to their mother’s house for dinner. Han Ze didn’t say anything. After all, Li Manmei was the mother of the two children. He had no reason to stop them from seeing their mother, and he would never stop them from seeing their mother.
After Li Manmei and Han Ze divorced, although she didn’t completely quit gambling, she didn’t go gambling. She usually played a few hundred thousand yuan of small mahjong. The father and son of the Li family kept talking about her, but it didn’t work. She didn’t gamble tens of thousands of yuan, so they just let her do it.
During this period, Li Manmei talked to several partners. The first patner was a man from another place, three years younger than her. She met him online. The two dated for half a year, and the man cheated her out of hundreds of thousands.
Li Manmei was heartbroken and met a local man on the Internet. The man was a college student and a sales manager of a large company. He was very handsome, a different type of handsomeness from Han Ze. He was arrogant and looked down on Li Manmei’s relatives and friends. Li Manmei liked him very much. Not long after they dated, Li Manmei sold a house and bought him a car worth more than 400,000 yuan. The two dated for three years, but the man was entangled with a young girl in the company. Li Manmei was heartbroken and broke up with him.
Li Manmei was very good to this man, and it was not an exaggeration to say that she was very sincere. She was not sad when she divorced Han Ze, but she cried for three days and three nights when she was betrayed by this man. Since then, she has not found a partner for two years. At this time, the money she got from selling the house was almost spent by her.
Later, she met another man on the Internet, Yan Chengkun. Yan Chengkun looked average, was a taxi driver, and had a daughter at home. But he was honest and family-oriented. The two got a marriage certificate, and Yan Chengkun gave Li Manmei 2,000 yuan a month for living expenses. What can 2,000 yuan do? It’s not enough for Li Manmei to buy clothes. Li Manmei was used to a lavish life. How could this money satisfy her? She was unwilling to give up, so she sold another house and got several million yuan. She was ready to go out to do business. She thought that if Han Ze could make money in business, she would definitely make money too. As a result, the business failed and she lost money, and millions of yuan went down the drain.
Li Manmei became completely obedient. She no longer went out to play mahjong. She had two houses, one old house for herself and the other house was rented out, and she gets several thousand yuan in rent every month. If she saves a little, it is just enough for her monthly expenses.
Li Manmei had just put the food on the table when Lili Fanfan arrived. They smiled and greeted Yan Chengkun and his daughter who were sitting in the living room.
Li Manmei smiled and said, “Go wash your hands and eat.”
Lili and Fanfan looked at each other. Wasn’t their mother too enthusiastic today? Although the two children thought so in their hearts, they didn’t say anything. They went to the bathroom to wash their hands, walked out, and looked at the dishes on the table. There were indeed two dishes they liked.
Li Manmei smiled and said, “Lili, Fanfan, you must be hungry, sit down and eat.”
Lili and Fanfan didn’t say anything, and ate obediently with the bowl.
During the meal, Li Manmei kept picking up food for Lili and Fanfan. The two children were not used to her mother’s sudden enthusiasm after a long period of indifference. Lili couldn’t help saying, “Mom, I will choose what I like to eat. You eat, don’t just pick up food for me.”
Li Manmei sighed uncomfortably, holding the bowl and lowering her head to eat.
Yan Chengkun watched the interaction of the three people, and he lowered his head to eat without saying anything.
After the meal, Li Manmei peeled an apple and put it on the coffee table, saying, “Lili and Fanfan, eat an apple.”
Lili and Fanfan nodded, but did not move. They both disliked apples, and their mother might never know what they liked to eat, or maybe she knew, but she had forgotten it over time.
Seeing that they did not move, Li Manmei asked in confusion, “Eat it. Qunqun likes to eat apples, and I thought you might like it too, so I went to the supermarket to buy expensive ones.”
Lili covered her stomach and said with a smile, “Mom, we just ate too much and can’t eat anymore.”
Fanfan nodded and said dryly, “Me too.”
Li Manmei did not think much about it, and said with a smile, “Look at me, I forgot you just finished your meal.”
Lili and Fanfan smiled, but did not speak. The atmosphere fell silent for a while. Lili felt a little uncomfortable. This was their home when they were young, and now, the furniture in the house is… She still remembered that her brother often fell asleep on the sofa. She couldn’t hold her brother, so she slept on the sofa with him. Now this house has become someone else’s home, and she and her brother have become guests. Thinking of this, she couldn’t sit still and stood up and said, “Mom, we should go back. Grandma has returned to her hometown. Dad has no food to eat when he comes back at night. I have to go back to cook for him.”
Li Manmei frowned: “Why are you cooking? Didn’t you hire a nanny?”
Han Ze has earned so much money for so many years, why does he let his children cook? How is he a father?
Lili smiled and said, “We hired a nanny, but Dad can’t get used to the food cooked by the nanny.”
When she and Fanfan went to junior high school, her father hired a nanny, but her father didn’t like the food cooked by the nanny, and she and Fanfan didn’t like it either. So, she only let the nanny buy groceries, wash clothes, and clean the house, and she, her father, Fanfan and her grandmother took turns to cook.
Li Manmei said unhappily: “He can’t eat the food cooked by the nanny, so he asked you to cook for him? How come I didn’t know he was so hypocritical?”
Her daughter is a rich lady, not a nanny who cooks.
Lili smiled and said: “Not only do I cook, but Fanfan also has to cook. We take turns to cook.”
Li Manmei was even more dissatisfied after hearing this, and said: “I handed you over to your father, and he treats you like this?”
Lili didn’t think there was anything wrong. She said: “These are all small things. If others can do it, why can’t we do it?”
Since they were young, their father has cultivated their ability to do it themselves. She is already 20 years old, and it’s just normal for her to cook a meal.
Li Manmei couldn’t understand it. In her opinion, Han Ze opened such a big company and made so much money. He didn’t hire a nanny to cook for his children. He actually let the children do everything by themselves. It’s not right. It’s a manifestation of being harsh and abusive to children.
Li Manmei took out her mobile phone and said: “I’ll call your father and ask him why he abused my children.”
She couldn’t help but wonder if Han Ze spent all the money he earned on his lovers outside. So he couldn’t bear to spend it on her daughter and son.
Lili said impatiently: “Mom, Fanfan and I are not rich kids, nor are we three-year-old children. It’s just cooking a meal. You don’t need to make a fuss. When Fanfan and I lived with you when we were little, didn’t we solve the problem of eating by ourselves? Besides, we have grown up.”
Li Manmei’s face turned pale and she put away her phone. She looked at the two children with red eyes. She had regretted it for so many years and was trying her best to make up for it. Although the two children were willing to come and see her, they were still lukewarm and not close to her.
Li Manmei lowered her head and said: “I’m sorry, Mom has done a lot of wrong things in the past. I shouldn’t have left you alone just to play mahjong.”
Lili sighed softly: “Mom, let’s not talk about the past. Dad is very good to us and teaches us very carefully. It’s not easy for him. Cooking for Dad is our wish as children. Besides, we are very happy to cook. We are not reluctant at all.”
Li Manmei said weakly: “I, I don’t know.”
Lili said helplessly: “Mom, I don’t blame you.”
Mom gave birth to them and treated them like that when they were young, but she didn’t blame her mother, and she won’t blame her now.
Lili looked at her watch and said: “Mom, we should go. I will come to see you next time when I have time.”
Li Manmei suddenly grabbed Lili’s arm: “Wait, Lili…”
“What’s wrong?” Lili looked at Li Manmei in confusion.
Li Manmei licked her lower lip and asked carefully: “Your Uncle Yan’s daughter Qunqun is going to college this year. She still needs a few thousand yuan for tuition. Can you lend me some money?”
Lili frowned and didn’t speak for a while.
Only a few thousand yuan, she usually spends more than that on a piece of clothing, but her money is all earned by her father, and it is right for her to spend her father’s money on them, and she can also spend it on her mother, but she feels uncomfortable spending it on her mother’s stepdaughter.
Li Manmei said in embarrassment: “It’s okay if you don’t lend it, I’ll find another way…”
Lili sighed and said: “I can lend it to her, but she has to write me an IOU. This money is borrowed by her, not by you, mom. Mom, do you understand?”
Li Manmei certainly understood that Han Ze’s money was his own money. She had divorced Han Ze, and his money had nothing to do with her, let alone her current husband and stepdaughter.
She was still unwilling, but still said: “I asked her to write an IOU.”
She felt very uncomfortable. She didn’t believe that her daughter would value thousands of dollars, but she still didn’t want to lend it to them for nothing. The children were not raised by him, so they were not close to him after all.
Yan Chengkun didn’t say anything, wrote an IOU and handed it to Lili, and Lili directly transferred the money to Yan Chengkun.
After sending the two children away, Li Manmei said sadly: “I shouldn’t have given the two children to Han Ze to take care of them. They are not close to me at all now.”
Yan Chengkun said: “Whether you are close to them or not, they are your children. People’s true heart will be revealed over time. If you are sincere to them, they will feel it… I am incompetent and asked you to borrow money from the children…”
Li Manmei frowned: “Qunqun is their sister, and they have to write an IOU to borrow some money… The children have been taught too much by their father…”
Yan Chengkun didn’t think it was a big deal, and said: “We are in trouble now, they can lend us money, we should be grateful, not to mention that they are not familiar with Qun Qun.”
After all, they have formed a family, and it is normal if the relationship is not good.
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