sinovels Chapter 41: Chapter 41
Chapter 41: Chapter 41
When Zhou Guanbei approached Zhou Qiaonan, he wanted his brother to recommend a place for dinner.Their team made a small breakthrough today, everyone was happy, and decided to celebrate, eating and singing along the way.
Zhou Guanbei estimated that he would have to play until very late, so he decided not to go back, so he made a report to his brother by the way.
Zhou Qiaonan told him Suiyuan Restaurant and other restaurants he frequented, approved his application for staying out at night, and told him to pay attention to safety.
If Zhou Guanbei didn't go home tonight, Tan Zhihuai's mind became active, and he stuck to Zhou Qiaonan, saying that he would invite him to a candlelight dinner.
Zhou Qiaonan himself was a little moved and agreed.
The two chose to confirm the restaurant, and Tan Zhihuai was about to make a reservation, but Tan's mother's call came in.
After Tan's mother met Tan Zhihuai at Chen Yanxin's wedding, she had no contact with him.That time she was very angry, Tan's father was indifferent to Tan Zhihuai again, and Tan's mother gradually stopped persuading Tan Zhihuai to go home.
It's just that since that wedding banquet, she always felt that Father Tan and Tan Rui's attitude towards her had become more distant than before, which made her a little at a loss.
After Tan Zhihuai left the Tan family, Tan's father returned to the company to take over the overall situation.Tan Rui also joined the company, took the title of vice president, and studied with Tan's father.
When Tan Rui first returned to Tan's house, Tan's mother had a very happy time.
Although this "biological" son didn't grow up by his side, the blood relationship made them have a natural kindness, and he was almost obedient to her, making Tan's mother just want to compensate him with the best.
She arranged the dinner and let her son show his face among the noble ladies in Haigang City; she took her son back to his natal family to recognize his relatives, and made all the relatives of his natal family who were engaged in politics become his backing; The girl introduces the son to know...
However, Tan Rui was so obedient at the beginning, and now he is perfunctory. No matter what Tan's mother asked him to do, he would no longer agree to it. But he still rejected all her requests because he was busy with the company, which made Tan's mother angry. Can't give birth either.
Tan's mother doesn't know much about business, and she only vaguely understands from the two father and son that the company seems to be in serious trouble, so they are too busy to separate themselves. Tan Rui also didn't come home for almost a month.
Sitting alone in the deserted home, Tan's mother couldn't help but recall how Tan Zhihuai circled around him when he was a child.
Tan's business is always busy. Even when Tan's father was young, he was rarely able to accompany her at home. Before Tan Zhihuai entered school, she was her biggest joy. The mother and son were always at home with laughter.
Originally, she could actually have another child. When Tan Zhihuai was four years old, she found out that she was pregnant again, and the whole family was overjoyed.
It's a pity that when she was four months pregnant, she took Tan Zhihuai out for shopping, and was knocked down by a passerby from the steps. The child was gone, and the doctor diagnosed her that it would be difficult to conceive in the future.
Tan Zhihuai became her only child and the sole heir of the Tan family.
At that time, little Tan Zhihuai saw her mother lying on the hospital bed for the first time. She was so frightened that she cried for several hours, and she didn't stop until she was tired of crying and fell asleep.
Tan's mother recalled the past, and Tan Zhihuai's love suddenly came to her heart bit by bit. After the child grew up, although he was not as clingy to her as he was when he was a child, he was always gentle to her. Her favorite; when the weather turns cold, tell her to keep warm; no matter how busy she is at work, she always remembers to come back to have a meal with her, unlike Tan Rui...
Thinking of this, Tan's mother couldn't help but feel melancholy. Tan Rui's indifference to her was due to lack of nurturing for decades, right?But Tan Zhihuai, who has been raised for decades, can no longer be alienated because of a little thing.
So, after a long absence, she took the initiative to call her son. Fortunately, Tan Zhihuai's number did not change, and she was connected not long after.
She called on impulse, and when she heard Tan Zhihuai's voice coming from the other end of the phone, she didn't know what to say for a while.
Mother Tan stammered and called her son's name, then asked him carefully if he had time to come back and have a meal with her?
Tan Zhihuai heard something was wrong from his mother's hesitant tone, and asked her, "Where's Dad? Aren't you at home to eat with you?"
Mother Tan got the care of her son, and the grievances that had been suppressed for a long time seemed to find a breakthrough, and she poured out all of a sudden: "Your father has been on a business trip abroad for a long time, and he hasn't called me a few times. How can he accompany me for dinner?"
"Then... what about Tan Rui?" Tan Zhihuai guessed that Tan's father probably went abroad because of the few projects he handled.
"Xiaorui... the company is busy, and I haven't been back...for a long time." Tan's mother didn't dare to say more, worried that it would arouse Tan Zhihuai's sadness, "Zhihuai, mom doesn't ask for anything else, just ask you to accompany me for a meal, OK?"
The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then said: "Yes, but I don't want to go back, come out, I'll take you out for dinner."
"Hey." Mother Tan hung up the phone happily, and ran back to the room to change clothes.
On the other side, Zhou Qiaonan shrugged regretfully when he heard Tan Zhihuai's last words: "The candlelight dinner is over, you can go eat with your mother, I'll go back first."
But Tan Zhihuai stopped him, and said firmly: "I'll take you with me, we're going to have dinner with mom."
"You don't want to eat with her, but you want to piss her off." Zhou Qiaonan shook her head disapprovingly, "You don't know how your mother treats me. You must be unhappy to see me appearing with you. You are not being filial to her. , is fuel to the fire.
All right, I won't be angry, you mother and son haven't seen each other for a long time, you can have a good meal with her. "
The lover is so considerate, how can Tan Zhihuai keep making him angry?
"It's impossible to change what happened between me and you. Whether she wants to or not, she has to face this fact." He took Zhou Qiaonan's hand and continued, "I don't allow you to hide in front of my family." Hiding in hiding, you have never been shady, why bother to back down in every possible way?"
Zhou Qiaonan was overwhelmed with emotion when he heard it, and after hesitating for a moment, he agreed to go with Tan Zhihuai to see Tan's mother.
Tan Zhihuai chose a Cantonese restaurant this time, which suits Tan's mother's taste.At the appointed time, when Tan's mother saw Zhou Qiaonan who appeared together in the small private room, as expected, the curvature of the corners of her mouth retracted visibly to the naked eye, and she even turned slightly cold towards Tan Zhihuai.
"Zhihuai, what do you mean? I asked you to have a meal with me, but you brought him to anger me?"
Regardless of his mother's questioning, Tan Zhihuai settled Zhou Qiaonan, sat next to him, and then said: "Qiaonan is my lover, you are my mother, I brought him to eat with you, is there anything strange? "
"You are trying to piss me off!" Mother Tan sat back heavily in her original seat, forming a triangle with Tan Zhihuai and Zhou Qiaonan, "Why is it not strange to be with a man? You are the son of the Tan family, how can you be with me?" A man who can't get on the stage is mixed up? Mom has been talking to you for so long, why don't you listen? "
"Mom, I'm now...not the son of the Tan family." Tan Zhihuai glanced at Tan's mother calmly, and kept pouring tea for himself and Zhou Qiaonan, "The Tan family doesn't recognize me, and I've already Leaving and staying with anyone will not affect the reputation of the Tan family, and the Tan family... will never have any influence on me.
I have dinner with you today because you are my mother. We have been a mother and son for nearly 30 years. This relationship is not fake. I always respect and love you in my heart, so I hope you can recognize my lover. "
Tan's mother was stabbed in the heart by these soft and hard words, and she felt sore in her heart.
Originally, everything was fine in her life, except for her son's marriage, but she always thought that as long as Tan Zhihuai reached the age, he would naturally follow her wishes, marry a gentle and pleasant wife, and give her a few more children. A big fat grandson teases.
Unexpectedly, not only could she not wait for this day, but the news that Tan's father brought her was like a bolt from the blue, which disturbed her so that she had no room to think. When she regained her senses, everything seemed to have settled down. Rui was brought back, Tan Zhihuai was forced to leave, and even Mrs. Tan couldn't stay...
Now hearing his heartfelt words, Tan's mother just feels relieved to have found an ally.
During the days when she was lonely in the Tan family, Tan Zhihuai also felt uncomfortable wandering outside. Thinking about it this way, it seemed that the unhappiness of seeing Zhou Qiaonan was not so serious.
"Zhihuai, mom is just... just worried about you, this road is so difficult, why do you..." Mother Tan's momentum also weakened with the change of her mood.
Tan Zhihuai saw that she was loose, and begged her with a smile, and said, "Mom, this time, just pretend that your son brings an ordinary friend over and have a meal with us, okay?"
Tan's mother looked at Tan Zhihuai and then at Zhou Qiaonan, but she didn't agree or object.
Zhou Qiaonan had known for a long time in several confrontations with Tan's mother that she was a person who could not be fiercer than three seconds. Facing things that didn't go well, she always rushed over aggressively at the beginning, but as soon as someone refuted a few words, her aura would immediately fade away. It will be scattered so that there is no shadow to be found.
Today is no exception.The silence at this moment is the best proof.
But seeing the mother and son are both silent... Zhou Qiaonan lowered his head and smiled, and decided to give Tan's mother a step down.
He opened the menu and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Auntie, why don't you see what you want to eat first? I'll ask someone to come in and order."
Tan's mother took the menu, and said "Yes" indifferently, she acquiesced in the matter of eating at the same table with Zhou Qiaonan.
Tan Zhihuai was very happy that his mother could help him.
They are all very important people in his life. He doesn't ask how harmonious the relationship between Tan's mother and Zhou Qiaonan can become, but he can't make it difficult for him to be on edge every time.Now being able to sit down and have a meal together with peace of mind is considered the most ideal state in his mind.
After eating a meal for two hours, the three of them carefully avoided mentioning the relationship between Tan Zhihuai and Zhou Qiaonan, and they ate the meal happily.
After dinner, Tan's mother took the initiative to ask her son to send her back to her natal home. Tan's house was destined to be another empty house tonight. She didn't want to go back to face the lifeless house, so she decided to go to her natal home to visit her parents and live there for a while.
Tan Zhihuai sent Tan's mother to the door, just in time for his uncle to return home after socializing.
The uncle smelt of alcohol, but he was sober. When he saw his nephew, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he warmly invited him in for tea.
Tan Zhihuai declined his uncle's kindness, and only asked him to greet his grandparents on his behalf.
The uncle naturally agreed, and only then did he notice Zhou Qiaonan who came with Tan Zhihuai.Tan Zhihuai hurriedly introduced him to his uncle—without shyness as a lover.
After all, the eldest uncle was in a high position and had seen big winds and waves, so he exchanged greetings with Zhou Qiaonan without changing his face, and asked many questions in the attitude of an elder.
Zhou Qiaonan answered one by one, trying to make a good impression on the elders.
Several people stood at the door and talked for a while, then Tan Zhihuai and Zhou Qiaonan bid farewell and left.
When their car was far away, the eldest uncle turned and entered the door, sighing as he walked: "I don't want such a good son, but I want an idiot. He deserves to be a dead son with the surname Tan."