Chapter 275: Quarrel

This noon, Wang Yan was eating lunch in the cafeteria of Long Teng headquarters when the phone by his hand rang.

Taking a look at the caller ID, he answered it casually: "Hello, Master?"

A burst of hearty laughter came from the other side of the phone: "Hi, just call me Old Meng, it's been so many years and you're still so polite."

With Wang Yan's current status and position, this "Master" made Meng Zhiyuan quite comfortable. To be honest, after so many years, although he didn't see Wang Yan often, that is, eating a meal together once a year or so led by Su Mingyu, he had never opened his mouth to Wang Yan. But it was still that sentence: as long as he held Su Mingyu, if he had something to say, it would basically work.

And although he hadn't opened his mouth over these years, he hadn't not received the shade of Wang Yan, this big tree. After all, as long as a person with a heart should know who Wang Yan's wife is, where she works, and what kind of relationship she has with him, Meng Zhiyuan. Then on this basis, giving a little convenience that doesn't matter is also a matter of course.

As for Wang Yan calling him Master, it was just a title, nothing big. Of course, calling him Dad, Grandpa, etc., he still had some baggage. For more than three hundred years, he hadn't called a single one, mostly calling them "Old Man." It wasn't that he couldn't call, it was just always awkward. Recognizing a dad in every world was really annoying. It might have to wait until he married Wei Lan before he could call it out.

"It's what Mingyu calls you, I'm used to it." Wang Yan smiled: "Did Master call for anything?"

"Hi, nothing big. Isn't our Zhongcheng preparing to go public? This bunch of monsters and ghosts in the company have all jumped out. You also know Mingyu, she can't tolerate sand in her eyes. As for me, I want to clean up the company properly. If Mingyu is there, she will inevitably think too much and ruin the plan. So I thought about letting her rest for a period of time. Originally, I wanted to let her go to the United States, but considering your situation, I could only give her a vacation."

Wang Yan naturally had no objection: "That's great. I see she's always working overtime recently, not eating well or sleeping well. This time, it's just right to let her go out and relax. Then thank you, Master."

"Hey, what I mean is, this vacation has some of your meaning. Otherwise, if Mingyu comes to glare at me, I can't stand it at my age."

"Haha, of course, then it's settled. I'll invite you to dinner another day."

After exchanging pleasantries, he hung up the phone. After eating, Wang Yan followed the project as usual until he picked up Wang Lin to go home in the evening and saw Su Mingyu sitting on the sofa in low spirits.

The little girl knew how to act, called "Mom," and ran into Su Mingyu's arms to act like a spoiled child.

Wang Yan sat on the side with a smile and watched the mother and daughter interact. After a while, the little one started doing homework, Su Mingyu looked at Wang Yan, very unhappy: "It's a critical time recently, why did you call my master?"

"I just complained a few words, the company doesn't lack you alone, doesn't it turn the same without anyone?" Wang Yan asked with a smile: "How long did he give you a vacation?"

"One month." Su Mingyu rolled her eyes unhappily: "Do you know how many things this will delay?"

Wang Yan definitely wouldn't carry this pot himself. It was annoying when women lost their temper, so he hugged Su Mingyu and said: "The call was indeed made by me, but your master indeed had the intention of letting you rest for a period of time, so you can't blame it all on me."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you know the situation of your company? Your master wants to go public, and the inside of the company must be cleaned up... Finally, catch these people in one fell swoop."

"Then why didn't he just tell me directly? Why push me away?"

"Don't you know what you're like? Don't others know?" Wang Yan looked disgusted, ignored her indignation, and said: "Just take a month off this time, relax properly, isn't it good to go out and play to relax?"

Not far away, Wang Lin, who was doing homework, threw the pen and ran over: "Mom, are you going out to play?"

Seeing her daughter's positive look, Su Mingyu couldn't laugh or cry: "You still have to go to school, I can't take you, your dad and I are going together."

"Why?" The little one jumped in a hurry, pouting to express her dissatisfaction: "Daddy is a teacher, he also has to go to school, why can Daddy go, but I can't?"

Wang Yan waved his hand: "Alright, Mom is teasing you, how can we not take you when going out to play? Hurry up and do your homework."

"Really?"

"When has Daddy ever lied to you?"

This sentence was quite useful. After all, Wang Yan had never lied to her. Wang Lin nodded: "Then you can't leave me alone..." She ran back to continue doing homework with suspicion.

"I'd better stay at home, this relaxation, I don't want to move at all."

"Go, I've already promised your master not to let you get involved. You'd better stay away, try to stay away from things in the company." Wang Yan smiled: "And you haven't accompanied Linlin for a long time, just take her out together this time."

"No, she still has to go to school."

"What's the big deal about that little bit? Taking the child out to see the world is better than that. I'll make it up for her in two days."

Su Mingyu pondered, and under the gaze of the little girl behind her, she finally nodded: "Then okay, aren't you going together?"

"I'm teaching three classes of students, as a teacher, I can't delay people's future. When you are almost done playing, I will ask for a few days off, accompany you mother and daughter for a few days, and we will come back together."

"Then okay, I'll take Linlin out to play for a while, you stay at home yourself."

Wang Yan didn't look back: "Linlin, finish today's homework, otherwise Mom won't take you tomorrow."

The little one who was about to throw the pen stopped, pouted, endured the excited heart, and did her homework...

Thus, the next day, Su Mingyu and Wang Lin, mother and daughter, took a female bodyguard Wang Yan had assigned, and happily took a plane to Rongcheng. After playing there for two days, they were going to take a train to Tibet, and then fly around the world, without any planning, going wherever they thought of. Arranging a bodyguard was purely to help carry things and watch the child; there was definitely no danger.

Wang Yan was rarely quiet. After all, without the little one jumping up and down, he was happy to be relaxed and comfortable. He continued to live at the previous rhythm, enjoying it.

Nowadays, having taught for several sessions of students, he had become a famous teacher. It was mainly based on word of mouth. Under the word-of-mouth of parents, it was easy to find commonalities. The Chinese grades didn't lag behind, even the mixed-up boys would turn over a new leaf. Not to mention how the grades were, but the children always didn't grow crooked, parents worried less, and most importantly, they all liked to read books, and some outstanding ones liked to write articles when they had nothing to do, etc., etc. So it also led to the fact that those who couldn't get into key middle schools would send their children to the classes he taught.

In view of this situation, the school leaders also discussed with Wang Yan, wanting him to be a head teacher. After all, if he led the whole class, with the teaching and education ability Wang Yan showed, it would definitely be a top class, and not even worse than key schools. Wang Yan of course refused. He was already worried enough as a Chinese teacher, and he wasn't really that idle. It was just that he didn't want to stay in the lab all day, just looking for other jobs to pass the time.

On the old Su family side, after handling the visa, Su Mingcheng and his wife took Su Daqiang shopping and invited Su Daqiang's old colleagues and friends to dinner and drink, mainly to show off. Su Daqiang, who had been cowardly for most of his life, vented the depression in his chest and was happy.

And Su Mingzhe, after receiving the call, didn't hesitate, directly booked a plane ticket, and asked Su Daqiang to go over as soon as possible. He felt that Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li couldn't take care of Su Daqiang. It had only been a few days, and he was taken care of in the hospital. Su Mingyu was even less reliable. He never thought about whether it was Su Daqiang's problem, just blindly blaming Su Mingcheng and Su Mingyu.

Therefore, after preparing properly, Su Mingcheng and Zhu Li both asked for leave to accompany him at home for a day, and then went to Shanghai together to send Su Daqiang to take a plane. The purpose was to send this ancestor away properly, don't have any moths at the end, and let life return to their world of two.

Su Daqiang hugged his second son reluctantly, turned around, pushed his suitcase, and walked into the terminal with brisk steps without looking back. Two hours later, the plane from Shanghai, stopping in Seoul, and finally arriving in San Francisco took off from Hongqiao Airport, carrying Su Daqiang's free heart, rushing to the dark sky, and flying to the other side of the ocean...

Su Mingzhe had two interviews and was ruthlessly rejected again. After returning home to relieve his anxiety, he self-counseled himself to have a good mood for seeing his old father soon, and after tidying up a room, he drove to the airport to pick him up.

It was Su Daqiang's first time taking a plane, and it was a long-distance, going abroad, so everything looked fresh. Although he had never taken a plane, it was never wrong to follow the crowd in everything. After getting off the plane, Su Daqiang pushed the suitcase Su Mingcheng had bought for him, passed the security check with a bunch of chattering crowds, and successfully left the station.

Seeing Su Mingzhe waiting outside, he couldn't help but speed up his pace. That was reliance. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous on this journey. After all, it was his first time going far away.

"Mingzhe, Dad misses you..."

Su Mingzhe patted his back to comfort him: "You've arrived in the United States, you'll enjoy happiness here in the future."

"Hey, you don't know, I was eaten poorly and slept poorly at Mingcheng's, tossing me..." After the hug, he scraped Su Mingcheng and said: "Let's go quickly, Mingzhe. I just want to eat a full meal now, and then sleep comfortably. The room for me is all tidied up, right?"

"It's all tidied up, don't worry, Dad. Come, I'll take your luggage, let's go this way." Su Mingzhe took the luggage and took Su Daqiang away from the airport.

"Oh my, this United States is not bad, look how spacious it is outside." He sighed and tilted his head to ask the eldest son beside him: "Your wife didn't come, right?"

"Ah, no, she's cooking for you at home." Su Mingzhe's expression was a bit unnatural. He had estimated that Wu Fei was off work before calling, saying Su Daqiang had arrived and asking her to make it richer in the evening. After biting the bullet and being sprayed by Wu Fei, he hung up the phone. He knew it wasn't over, the real storm was still behind.

Su Daqiang smiled and asked: "Is that so? She wasn't unhappy that I came, right?"

"No, how could she be unhappy, don't think too much." Su Mingzhe shook his head and said: "Dad, it will take a while to drive home, if you are sleepy, you can rest in the car, we will be home in a while."

"Hi, how can I sleep now? This is my first time in the United States, I'm excited." Su Daqiang waved his hand with a laugh: "By the way, Mingzhe, you call Mingcheng and report peace, just say I arrived, so he and Zhu Li don't worry. Tsk, look at my brain, we have a time difference with the country, right? Calling now won't affect their rest, right."

"We have a fifteen-hour difference, it's morning in the country, it won't affect, I'll call them now." As he spoke, Su Mingzhe took out his mobile phone and called Su Mingcheng to report peace.

After another happy time, he hung up the phone. Su Mingzhe thought for a while and said: "Dad, you call Mingyu and tell her you came to the United States."

Su Daqiang didn't even think about it and shook his head repeatedly: "I won't call, you call if you want."

"Still angry about Wang Yan beating Mingcheng before?" Su Mingzhe frowned and said: "Since that's the case, then forget it. But Dad, Mingyu and Wang Yan are indeed outrageous. I have already called and criticized them severely, promising that there will not be a next time, so don't worry, Dad."

He couldn't not count, Su Mingyu had long blocked him, and Wu Fei didn't let him use his mobile phone to contact Su Mingyu. Although he could do it secretly, he had a feeling that if he really used Wu Fei's mobile phone to call Su Mingyu, even Wu Fei would be blocked. Now there was still a channel of communication, if it was gone, then the brother and sister would really be broken.

As they spoke, they arrived at the parking lot, put away the luggage, and Su Mingzhe drove Su Daqiang home. Along the way, he pointed and gestured, spitting everywhere, introducing to the excited Su Daqiang, and he was equally excited.

It was already 2017, not 1997. As a front-line city, plus the vigorous development of Long Teng in the past ten years, even San Francisco was not much more. Not to mention dirty, messy, and poor, but it was definitely not as good as imagined. It was just that Su Daqiang came for the first time, and everything looked fresh, so he felt everything was good.

Happily all the way, they arrived at a relatively remote Chinese gathering area, and Su Mingzhe's home was here. There were one-fifth Chinese, one-fifth black people in San Francisco, and many others like Koreans, Japanese, Nanyang, Europeans, etc. Being in another country, especially in such a free country, it was normal to huddle together for warmth, although the inside was filthy. Therefore, Chinese gathering areas, black gathering areas, etc., were not clearly defined, but they didn't gather together when there was nothing to do.

Arriving at the place, Su Daqiang looked at the large house in front of him: "Wow, I've seen photos before, but it's really big and imposing when I see it now. It's more imposing than our old house, let alone that apartment building of Mingzhe's."

Su Mingzhe smiled reservedly: "Dad, it's all like this here, you'll get used to it in the future, it's nothing, hurry in and eat. After eating, take a bath, and then sleep comfortably."

Su Daqiang nodded and laughed, following Su Mingzhe into the house.

Hearing the movement of opening the door, Wu Fei, whose eyes were still a bit red, controlled her emotions and greeted them with a forced smile with the child: "Dad, you're here, was the journey smooth? Mimi, hurry up and call Grandpa."

The little girl born to Su Mingzhe and Wu Fei was called Su Lan, and Mimi was a nickname.

The child hid behind Wu Fei, revealing her head and looking at the strange old man in front of her: "Grandpa."

"Smooth, very smooth." Su Daqiang bent down and clapped his hands: "Come, Mimi, let Grandpa hug you."

Mimi turned and ran away...

Su Mingzhe explained: "Dad, don't be surprised, Mimi is a bit shy."

Su Daqiang straightened his waist awkwardly: "How can I be angry with a child, that... where is the room tidied up for me, I'll go tidy it up first."

"Dad, eat first." Su Mingzhe stopped him: "Otherwise it will be cold and not delicious, after eating, Wu Fei and I will tidy it up with you."

"Eat first? Okay, then eat first, anyway, it's not urgent, right." Su Daqiang laughed, bypassed Wu Fei in front, and walked in: "Where is the bathroom? I'll wash my hands."

Su Mingzhe pulled Wu Fei, and after being shaken off, turned and pulled the luggage to the side: "Come, Dad, I'll take you, it's right here."

"This room is bright."

"This is just a small one, we are studying changing houses, Dad, this way."

Listening to the conversation, Wu Fei pouted and wiped her tears. Her face was as ugly as it could be. She was too aggrieved. She never thought that Su Mingzhe wouldn't consider her and the child's situation at all.

Now Su Mingzhe was unemployed, had to pay the mortgage every month, and had other miscellaneous expenses. There was not much savings at home. The company she worked for as a front desk receptionist paid about 3,000 yuan a month, which was not enough for such a large family expense. And she not only had to go to work but also had to take care of the child, and now another dad came, this damn...

"Feifei, what are you doing? Eat."

After a while, Su Mingzhe's voice sounded. Wu Fei wiped her tears, took a deep breath, went out, sat at the dining table, and took care of the child's meal. If it weren't for the child, she wouldn't even have cooked this meal, let alone eat it.

Su Mingzhe also knew Wu Fei was unhappy, so he tried not to provoke her, just taking care of Su Daqiang's eating and drinking.

"I said before coming here that I couldn't eat home-cooked food here and might not adapt. I didn't expect Wu Fei's cooking to be good, much better than Mingcheng's wife, not bad."

Wu Fei forced a smile: "Thank you, Dad, eat more." As she spoke, she didn't even raise her head, feeding the child.

Su Mingzhe put food for his father: "It's not that exaggerated, although it's relatively far here, everything that should be there is there, life is still very convenient, we can make whatever we want to eat ourselves."

"Mingcheng took me to a western restaurant to eat steak before I came, saying to adapt in advance, is this the same as the country, what else to adapt to."

Su Mingzhe was stunned for a moment, and after understanding the meaning, he smiled: "Dad, if you want to eat, I'll take you tomorrow. Beef is relatively cheap here, what's really expensive is vegetables."

Su Daqiang had a face full of question marks: "Vegetables are expensive?"

"Yes, Dad, because..."

Listening to the nagging of the father and son, Wu Fei ate some food hastily, fed her daughter, and after leaving a sentence "Dad, you eat slowly," she took her daughter upstairs.

Su Daqiang's old face drooped instantly, his eyes widened, he put down his chopsticks and was about to get up: "Wu Fei, she doesn't want me to come? Or should I go back! I won't cause you trouble."

He had been cowardly for a lifetime, but he wasn't old and confused. Didn't he know this bit of human sophistication? As a father-in-law, he came to the door for the first time and was going to retire here in the future. The first meal he ate, even if it was good, he should sit on the side and chat, right? There was no reason to put down the chopsticks and leave. Besides, he wasn't blind, he had seen the red eyes, and plus the three sentences from entering the door to now, how could he not know what was going on.

"Oh my, Dad, Dad, don't be anxious, she's just a bit uncomfortable today, how could she have an opinion on you, she'll be fine tomorrow after resting." Su Mingzhe hurriedly pulled his father to sit down.

"Really not because I came?"

"Really not, Dad, just settle down. Come, I'll take you, it's right here."

Su Daqiang smacked his lips and looked at his eldest son suspiciously: "Then I'll eat?"

"Eat quickly." Su Mingzhe couldn't laugh or cry, endured the annoyance, served his father to finish the meal, took a bath, walked around the house, helped tidy up things and settle down, and then hurriedly found Wu Fei who was playing with the child on the bed and admitted his mistake.

"Wife, I'm sorry..." Su Mingzhe stepped forward to pull Wu Fei, trying to use sweet words to save this mistake.

"Sorry?" Wu Fei exploded directly, but considering the child was still in front, she suppressed her anger and said warmly: "Mimi, you play with toys yourself, okay? Mom has something to talk to Dad about."

After settling the child, Wu Fei got up and walked out, went downstairs to the living room, stood still, turned her head, suppressed her voice, the blue veins on her neck bulged, and the beautiful woman instantly lost her beauty: "Su Mingzhe, is sorry useful? Huh? Did you put me and Mimi in your eyes? Have you thought about how we will live if you bring your dad over?"

"Did we agree before that we wouldn't let Dad handle the visa until you found a job? You just couldn't find a job for a while, so you bit the bullet and brought your dad over. Now that the wood is done, I can only bite the bullet and accept it. Did you put me and the child in your eyes? Did you consider my feelings?"

Su Mingzhe tried to grab her hand but was ruthlessly shaken off. He sighed and said: "Then isn't my dad coming sooner or later? It's no different if he comes early or late..."

"Different? Tell me how it can be different. Now you have no job, only my salary, we have to pay the mortgage, pay various insurances, Mimi also needs to buy things, needs to learn, you tell me, where does the money come from?" Wu Fei wanted to die, why couldn't he understand: "Even if we have some savings, have you considered me? I have to go to work, I have to take care of Mimi, I was already very tired, now your dad is here and I have to take care of him, Su Mingzhe, I am a person, I can't take care of it. If you have a job, I won't say these things, but now our home is very fragile, we can't bear it, do you understand?"

Su Mingzhe's patience was very limited, and he was very conceited. He didn't say two soft words, and he was also unhappy when he heard Wu Fei mention work: "If you don't want me to bring my dad, don't want to take care of him, you can just say it, don't always mention that I don't have a job."

"I don't want your dad to come? I don't want to take care of your dad? And don't mention work?" Wu Fei twisted her face and took a deep breath: "Can you consider the reality? You know how much savings our family has, your dad coming will increase our expenses even more. If your dad has a headache or fever, do you know how much money it will cost? Is it okay without a job?"

"Work! Work! Work!" Su Mingzhe's anger rose to his face, and his voice rose quite a bit: "I am a high-achieving student who graduated from a famous school, I don't believe I can't find a job."

"You can find it, then you go find it? It's been more than half a month, what did you find?" Wu Fei laughed angrily: "Can't you let go of your status and find a job to do first? Old Zhang took off his lab work clothes to deliver pizza, and your classmate also went to serve dishes. It's all for a living, why can't you?"

Su Mingzhe frowned: "You want me to be a blue-collar worker? Do physical labor?"

"What's wrong with physical labor? People earn no less than you did before."

"Next month is the recruitment season, I will definitely find a job. Can you stop talking? Anyway, my dad is already here, can't I send him back to Gusu? Then how can I be a son?" Su Mingzhe waved his hand impatiently, he didn't want to talk anymore: "My dad has been on a plane for a day, he is already very tired, we don't need to disturb his rest, okay?"

"Why can't you try? Having income is better than no income, don't you understand? Sitting and eating, there will be a day when we can't hold on."

Su Mingzhe was very helpless. Why didn't the woman who shared the same bed understand herself and support herself? His face was ugly, he rolled his eyes, impatiently: "Because we haven't reached the point of running out of mountains and rivers yet, why don't you believe me? There will be a day when we can't hold on? Then wait until we really can't hold on."

"Su Mingzhe, recognize the reality. The current environment is no longer when you graduated. As a programmer, your age is already very old. Do you learn new things faster than young people? Besides, with your personality, you can't be management."

"What's wrong with my personality? I worked hard from a small place to now, I won't be easily eliminated." Su Mingzhe shouted, waved his hand impatiently, and lowered his volume: "Can we stop arguing? I said, my dad is already very tired, he needs rest. Now our life is not impossible to live, you think I can't find a job and am very idle? I am also very irritable, why can't you understand me? Alright, sleep, we'll talk about anything tomorrow."

Wu Fei was liver-painful from anger, because arguing back and forth didn't solve anything, and in the end, she had to understand him?

The problem was never whether Su Daqiang came or not, it was that Su Mingzhe had no job and insisted on bringing Su Daqiang over. The point was no job, the point was money. Another thing was that Su Mingzhe didn't respect her and brought Su Daqiang over without notifying her.

Now the two of them had a quarrel, and no problem was solved, just making the already blocked heart worse.

Seeing Su Mingzhe turn and leave, Wu Fei sat on the sofa painfully rubbing her head, tired.

She and Su Mingzhe hadn't quarreled for these years. After all, the vows of love before marriage couldn't beat the firewood, rice, oil, and salt after marriage. Since the mother-in-law passed away, these recent quarrels made her understand that Su Mingzhe was a paranoid, selfish, and arrogant megalomaniac. For the sake of his own face, he didn't care about her feelings, didn't care about the life and death of their mother and daughter.

There was no such thing, how could she run into such a man? Forcing herself to calm down, Wu Fei began to recall the bits and pieces of these years... ===== CHAPTER 276 =====