Chapter 7 Self-Knowledge
Two minutes later, seeing Chen Tao also asking for steak, Fangyuan couldn't help but complain:
"The last time I went out to eat with you, you invited me to eat grass, saying that you wanted to stay healthy. It has only been a few days, and you are about to break the precept?"
Chen Tao said nonsense: "I consulted experts, and they told me to maintain reasonable exercise, eat enough nutrients, and not just be vegetarian."
Upon hearing this, Fangyuan immediately thought of something and said with a smile: "Song Qian is very good at making medicinal meals. Why don't you ask her to help cook an extra portion?"
Chen Tao shook his head and said: "Serious people, who takes medicinal food every day? Do you take it?"
Fangyuan waved her hands repeatedly: "I won't eat that stuff, I'm fine!"
Chen Tao joked: "Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger. I think you may not be able to resist Tong Wenjie."
Regarding this aspect, Fangyuan would not agree. He said righteously:
"Don't look at me being trained like a grandson by Tong Wenjie all day long. When the critical moment comes, I am the one who takes care of her, and she obeys her every time!"
Chen Tao chuckled: "Tong Wenjie has such a loud voice, so much momentum, and such good spirits, but you have a sore back and neck all day long... How dare you say that you can deal with her? Just pull her down and just lie to your buddies." Don’t fool yourself too.”
In the original plot, when the college entrance examination was approaching, although Fangyuan gave Tong Wenjie an unexpected pregnancy, it did not mean that he could deal with her.
Fangyuan laughed dryly, changed the topic and said:
"What's going on between you and Song Qian? She's still not happy to see you visit your daughter?"
Chen Tao took a sip of juice and sighed:
"She is quite paranoid and controlling. Yingzi is about to be a senior in high school again. The days ahead will be very troublesome!"
Fangyuan nodded, feeling that it was not easy for Lao Qiao.
After all, matters between parents should be resolved by themselves and should not affect their children.
Why you are only allowed to see your daughter once a month is really unreasonable.
Because what Qiao Weidong made was a mistake that men might make, not a mistake as a father, even the judge would not be able to support the "only once a month" agreement.
This is why Qiao Weidong feels that he owes Song Qian a lot. Otherwise, with his ability to control his daughter, he might have filed a lawsuit and regained custody.
Fangyuan forked a piece of steak and ate it, then asked with a smile:
"Tell me something else. When are you going to marry your little girlfriend? I will definitely give you a big red envelope then."
Chen Tao shook his head: "We are still married, but I have already broken up with her!"
Fangyuan said in surprise: "It's so good, why did we break up again? Isn't she some kind of yoga instructor? She has a good figure and good looks. Why did you break up? I thought you would marry her!"
Chen Tao explained: "At my age, getting married is meaningless, so why not just mess around and get married!"
Fangyuan laughed and whispered:
"Have you found someone new? Hey, no wonder your dead tree is blooming again. You still live to understand!"
Chen Tao raised his eyebrows and sighed like a poet:
"There are new people every day, but the old times can never be returned!"
Just as he was talking, a waitress brought two bowls of mushroom soup. Under the bowl handed to Chen Tao, there was a note with a mobile phone number attached.
It's a pity that she couldn't penetrate Chen Tao's aesthetics.
"They gave it to you, why did you give it to me?"
Fangyuan read a piece of paper and retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted, and then sighed:
"I have to admit, Lao Qiao, you were really a handsome guy when you were young. No wonder Song Qian is so beautiful and proud, and she can't escape your grasp."
Chen Tao smiled and said: "To each other, Tong Wenjie is also quite beautiful, why didn't you win her over?"
The two of them boasted about each other's business, and the two young lovers next door lost their appetite.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the two of them went back to their respective homes.
In fact, according to the rules, they had to go to the KTV to sing some children's songs, but Chen Tao really didn't want to sing with a man, so he excused himself to go back early because he had something to do.
A night of silence.
***
The next morning, Chen Tao went for a stroll in a nearby park, then had breakfast at a roadside fast food restaurant, then went back to wash up, and finally drove to the company.
After not coming for a day, there was a new investment project that asked him to review and sign. Chen Tao saw that there were no problems, so he signed and handed it over to the people below to handle it.
At around 10:30, he took his female secretary out to have dinner with a client.
It is inevitable to drink some wine during this period.
So, after he had had enough wine and food, he asked his female secretary to send him home.
There was no drama that the female secretary was looking forward to. Not only was Chen Tao sober, he didn't even look at her 40-ton black stockings.
The female secretary sighed secretly and planned to continue studying the secret book "How to Make My Boss Fall in Love with Me" when she went back.
After the female secretary left, Chen Tao took another shower to get rid of the smell of alcohol on his body, and then lay on the bed to rest.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, he was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone. It was a call from Qiao Yingzi.
There are also other missed calls, such as a certain girl Lin who may be controlled by the uncle.
Chen Tao first dealt with his cheap daughter and promised to take her to dinner in the evening, and then dialed Miss Lin's phone number.
"Uncle, aren't you such a scumbag? You forgot about me so quickly and didn't answer my call?"
Miss Lin raised an army to investigate the crime.
"No way, I drank something white with my client at noon, and I have been sleeping until now, and my head still hurts!"
Chen Tao is not sick yet.
"Really? Wherever your home is, I will take care of you!"
Miss Lin was very concerned.
"..."
Chen Tao was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "No need, I feel much better now. I will have dinner with my daughter later, so you can rest for two days and I will come find you then."
Miss Lin was a little angry: "Are you looking for me just to covet my body?"
Otherwise, as an old man who doesn’t understand art, can I have anything in common with you, a top student in the art department?
Chen Tao said glibly: "I'm not coveting your body, I'm afraid that I won't be able to control myself and hurt you!"
Only then was Miss Lin satisfied and said: "Where are you going to eat, I will go over and see your daughter, don't worry, I will pretend I don't know you then."
She said so, and Chen Tao had no choice but to agree, otherwise it would be too unkind.
At half past five, Chen Tao drove to Shuxiang Yayuan.
When he got downstairs at No. 5, he didn't go up. He called Qiao Yingzi directly to ask him to come down.
After Dian'er Dian'er got on the car, Qiao Yingzi's eyes lit up and she patted Chen Tao's belly. After feeling the soft yet tough touch, she couldn't help but said in surprise:
"Dad, I didn't notice before, where is your belly?"
Chen Tao slapped her hand away and said with a smile: "I have been exercising these days, and the results are quite good."
Looking at her father's younger face again, Qiao Yingzi blurted out:
"Have you got a girlfriend again?"
Chen Tao asked back: "In your eyes, is dad just a scumbag who likes the new and hates the old?"
if not?
Qiao Yingzi felt that her father had no self-awareness.