Chapter 160: Counter-Tease

Chapter 160: Counter-Tease

Chapter 160: Counter-Tease

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is close to National Day, so there are a total of ten days off.

Originally, Xu Mingyuan planned to go back directly during the holiday, and he had already agreed with his old classmates to reunite in Nanxi.

However, Tao Changming came to Jiangcheng and asked Tao Shuxin to take him to dinner.

Xu Mingyuan was not interested in the dinner, but he was a little confused because Tao Shuxin was going.

Tao Shuxin herself didn't know why her father came to Jiangcheng, but since he was going to have a meal, she just went.

After the October 1st holiday, the temperature in Jiangcheng was about to drop. Xu Mingyuan carried a suitcase back, while Tao Shuxin took even more things, not only a suitcase, but also a backpack and a clothes bag.

"Are you moving?"

"Don't you see that I change my clothes every day? You're not like me, you don't change your clothes for three days."

"It's not dirty. I'm not as vain as you."

"You said I was vain, but aren't you very happy to see me?"

"Clothes are just external things, icing on the cake. They look good even if you don't wear them."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

There were people coming and going around, including many parents of students. Tao Shuxin's pretty face turned red. She couldn't do anything as she was holding the things, so she could only glare at him angrily.

"Aren't I praising you?"

"Say it again!"

"No more."

Seeing her pretty face start to turn red, Xu Mingyuan gave up the idea of ​​teasing her.

"Do you think that young man is Director Xu?"

A middle-aged woman said to her husband beside her.

"It looks like Hai A55666, it really is."

The couple followed all the way and saw Xu Mingyuan loading luggage into the car, and finally confirmed it.

"Director Xu? It's really you."

The middle-aged man hurried over and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Hey, you're welcome. Hello, hello."

Although Xu Mingyuan didn't know him, he still stepped forward and shook his hand.

"My name is Li Jianguo, and this is my wife Wang Xia..."

The couple were both dressed rather simply and were carrying luggage. Following behind them was a quiet girl wearing glasses who was looking at him curiously. She seemed to be a parent who came to pick up their child.

After a brief introduction by the two, Xu Mingyuan nodded.

The man is a team leader of Sailing Technology, and the woman is also an employee of the company. Both are former employees of Junxing Electronics.

Xu Mingyuan is strict in managing the company's middle-level managers, but he always greets grassroots employees with a smile. When he happens to meet one of them, he will enthusiastically ask how he is doing in the company.

Sailing Technology, which works in two shifts, is usually very busy, but the overtime pay and holiday subsidies are still not small, and the salary and benefits are still very good in Jiangcheng. Now if you want to enter Sailing Technology, you still need to find connections, so the couple has no problem complaining about insufficient salary.

As they got to know each other, the woman pushed the girl next to her and asked her to come up and say hello.

"Hello, Brother Xu. I'm Li Rui, a junior in the law department."

"Hello, Sister Rui. I just came to Jiang University. You can just call me junior."

Xu Mingyuan smiled, and when he saw her extend her hand, he shook it.

After chatting for a few minutes, the man helped load the luggage into the car despite Xu Mingyuan's reluctance.

Xu Mingyuan waved goodbye and was watched as he left.

Tao Shuxin's little face was very complicated, and she looked at Xu Mingyuan's profile in deep thought.

I usually see him being unruly, but today I suddenly discovered that he is no longer the same as his peers and is no longer from the same world.

Hearing a sigh beside him, Xu Mingyuan turned his head and glanced at her. Seeing that she was thinking about life with a melancholy look on her face, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Am I really stupid..."

Tao Shuxin sighed again.

"You're not stupid. Your score is much higher than mine." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Tsk." Tao Shuxin looked unhappy, "You say one thing and mean another..."

"No, weren't you very happy when you left school? Why are you so listless now?"

"Oh, sorry to bother you. If I hadn't been here, the uncle and aunt would have begged you to be their son-in-law. I think that girl is very satisfied with you too..."

Since entering university, Tao Shuxin found that people around her have become very realistic. The focus of their conversation has changed from who is handsome to who has a good family background.

A talented and good-looking boy like Xu Mingyuan doesn't even need to wave his hand. He just needs to show his intention and groups of young girls will come to him.

This made Tao Shuxin very upset.

"You look so sour. Okay, I'll tell the HR department to fire those two people." Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Hey, you just promised to give him priority for promotion, but now you fire him? This is too inhumane..."

"Hey, I'm just being polite to them. The company is expanding, and there's no shortage of opportunities for capable people. I don't have the time to say hello."

"How hypocritical."

Tao Shuxin said with a pout.

"Isn't this all social etiquette? If you put it that way, your father is even more hypocritical than me."

"It's annoying. Why do you always have to bring up my dad?"

"You said bad things about me, and you won't let me find a reference?" Xu Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Get out of the way, huh!"

Tao Shuxin didn't want to pay attention to him anymore.

After asking for directions several times, Xu Mingyuan found the location of the restaurant and parked the car by the side of the road.

As they walked into the private room, Tao Shuxin still held Xu Mingyuan's arm.

The private room was not big, with four people in it, three men and one woman. The person sitting in the main seat was not Tao Changming, but a man older than him.

"This is my aunt. She is very kind to me."

Tao Shuxin introduced it in a soft and sweet voice.

"Hello, aunt."

Xu Mingyuan nodded.

"This is my uncle." "Hey, hello, uncle."

The remaining one was a young man in his twenties, Tao Shuxin’s cousin Zheng Haowen.

It was just a simple family dinner, and Xu Mingyuan was brought along to be recognized as a servant. He didn't mind, as it was only a matter of time.

Tao Shuxin blushed, endured the teasing, and pulled Xu Mingyuan to sit aside.

As usual, I asked the two of them how their college life was going. Xu Mingyuan and Tao Shuxin did the same, joining in the small talk.

When the dishes were served, Tao Shuxin's uncle opened a bottle of white wine. Xu Mingyuan wanted to go back to Nanxi and didn't want to drink, so Tao Shuxin helped stop him.

"What young man doesn't want to drink? Pour a glass and I'll have someone take you home. You have to drink."

Despite his daughter's angry look, Tao Changming poured Xu Mingyuan a full glass of wine.

Xu Mingyuan felt helpless. Since he had said that, if he didn't drink, he would be showing disrespect.

"I want to drink too!"

Tao Shuxin angrily took out half a cup from Xu Mingyuan's cup, took a sip, and her pretty face immediately turned red from the spicy taste of the liquor.

Wine is used to liven up the atmosphere. Judging from Tao Changming's behavior, he must have something to say, and Xu Mingyuan was waiting for him to say it.

Sure enough, halfway through the dinner, Tao Changming said, "This is my oldest nephew, he just graduated, let me take him to your internship."

Xu Mingyuan tilted his head to look at Zheng Haowen, and seeing that he still had the arrogance of a young man, he asked in confusion, "Why don't you join the system?"

"This kid doesn't want to join the system, he wants to venture out. I heard you have a lot of young people here, so I want him to give it a try."

Tao Shuxin's aunt is so worried that she even wants to invite Xu Mingyuan over. It seems like she is difficult to manage.

Xu Mingyuan was also helpless. Why should such a hot potato be stuffed into his hands?
Seeing Tao Shuxin looking at him with a blushing face, Xu Mingyuan had no choice but to ask, "Cousin, what are you studying?"

"Business management."

"Okay, that's great. Do you know what Sailing Technology does?" Xu Mingyuan asked.

"I know. It's about making MP4."

"Well, what do you think the company should do next?"

"Considering the company's current situation, I think the company should change its rules and regulations. How can a company have one manager in charge of three departments..."

Zheng Haowen spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner, and it seemed that he had learned about it from Tao Changming in advance.

In addition to management, Zheng Haowen also proposed the company's next development strategy, believing that the company has too few sales channels and should be expanded.

Listening to his high-sounding speech, Xu Mingyuan had no choice but to say: "What you said are all theoretical things. Management seems easy, but it must be done in combination with the actual situation."

"I have studied abroad, and what I am talking about are all advanced theories from abroad. The current level in China is not good enough, so you don't understand."

"Haha, okay, I heard you say that you want to open an online shopping platform, but this company can't afford it. It seems that you also know about domestic shopping websites. Then let me ask you, among the current companies such as Amazon, Dangdang, Taobao, Yigoo, and JD.com, which company do you think has a future?" Xu Mingyuan asked casually.

Zheng Haowen was stunned when he heard this and looked at Xu Mingyuan in surprise. He didn't expect that he knew so much about it after just saying it.

"Amazon, after all, is a large foreign company with advanced technology and rich experience."

"Amazon is not good enough. The Asia-Pacific manager of this company has a very poor vision and does not bother to investigate the domestic market. It will definitely be the first company to be kicked out."

Xu Mingyuan shook his head and was no longer interested in him.

Just work in any department for a while to give Tao Changming some face. A young man who is so arrogant like this will leave after a while.

"So you think it's someone?"

As if seeing Xu Mingyuan's impatience, Zheng Haowen was a little dissatisfied.

"You think you haven't heard of this platform, so you're asking?"

Xu Mingyuan raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

"..."

Zheng Haowen didn't say anything else, which was considered as his agreement.

"Uncle Tao, let him be Li Yunfeng's assistant. I just want to build a campus network. I see that you are quite familiar with the Internet, so why don't you give it a try?"

"never mind."

Zheng Haowen declined.

"Okay, you decide."

Xu Mingyuan stopped talking and continued flirting with Tao Shuxin under the table.

The atmosphere of the meal was okay. Adults would not show their emotions on the table. There was just a small incident, and Xu Mingyuan had already agreed, so there was no way he could be criticized.

After the meal, Tao Changming knew that Xu Mingyuan was also a proud and arrogant person, so he talked to him alone.

As elders, it is impossible for all the younger generations in the family to be as worry-free as Xu Mingyuan. They always have to take care of the relatives when they interact with each other.

Xu Mingyuan understood it in his heart, but didn't take it seriously.

Instead of asking Tao Changming to ask someone to send him off, Xu Mingyuan asked Liu Yang to pick him up in advance. This little cousin of Li Yunfeng's was a driver in the public relations department and he usually had nothing to do, so he just asked him to come over.

Xu Mingyuan took out five hundred yuan, stuffed it into Liu Yang's hand after some hesitation, and asked him to drive him back to Nanxi late at night. He might have to stay in a hotel outside, so it would be bad to let him make a wasted trip.

"Dad! I want to go back to Nanxi too!"

"No, let's go back together tomorrow and stay at your aunt's house for one night."

"I won't! My luggage is still in Xu Mingyuan's car!"

Under the influence of alcohol, Tao Shuxin pulled at the car door desperately and refused to get out no matter what.

After hesitating for a long time, Xu Mingyuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to Tao Changming: "Don't worry, Uncle Tao, I'll send her home. She's already in college, if I want to do something, how can you find out?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was met with a gaze that sent chills down his spine.

After a few drinks, Xu Mingyuan lost his sense of self and realized that he had said something wrong, so he turned away awkwardly and pretended to be drunk.

It was unpleasant to hear, but it was the truth. Tao Changming knew it very well and believed that this boy knew his limits, but his girl was not someone who could be easily taken care of.

"Let's go."

Xu Mingyuan was puzzled. He was not driving, so why was he in such a hurry? He urged Liu Yang to drive.

After driving a few hundred meters and turning at an intersection, Tao Shuxin started yelling and insisted that Xu Mingyuan sit in the back seat with her.

When Xu Mingyuan came to her side, Tao Shuxin took a few deep breaths under the influence of alcohol, and whispered in his ear with a trembling voice: "Mom went back to grandma's house today..."

Tao Shuxin's voice was soft, and her hot breath hit Xu Mingyuan's ears, instantly sobering him up.

No wonder Tao Changming refused to let his daughter go home no matter what, it turned out to be because of this!
"Humph! What bad things are you thinking about? Just dream on!"

Tao Shuxin pushed Xu Mingyuan away. You were allowed to tease me, but now I'm teasing you...

(End of this chapter)