The Cui family villa began to quiet down. After the crowd dispersed, only the cleaning servants occasionally made unnecessary noises.
Cui Minhao pushed open the study door, and Secretary Yan was hunched over his desk reporting something to his mother. "Young Master, he must see it, and my subordinates can't stop it, so..." Before he could finish his words, he saw Cui Minhao.
Come in. Mother Cui raised her hand, and Secretary Yan quickly shut up.
Min Hao glanced at him, then turned to his mother, raised a plan tightly held in his hand, and asked coldly: "Should you explain to me what is going on?
"
Mrs. Cui seemed to have expected that Minhao would come. She shrugged and said: "The project plan just faxed from the UK? I don't think there are any incomprehensible problems in it. As you can see, sapphire's next step
Your plan is to fully enter the catering business, and the most effective shortcut is to marry one of Pan and Li's families. As a member of the Cui family, is there any problem in making a little contribution to raising your family at this time?"
"Marriage?" Cui Minhao sneered and threw the plan on the table, "Is this the business strategy you agree with? Selling the happiness of your children to achieve your shameful purpose? Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Shut up!" Mrs. Cui said angrily, "Do you talk to your mother like this? I tell you, this strategic plan is what I think is the most appropriate, and I will definitely implement it. What you call 'selling the happiness of your children'
', does not exist at all. Because of my arrangement, you will be happy. In this world, the law of the jungle is the eternal truth. My decision is to make you stronger, and only by becoming stronger,
Only then can you be happy. What is so shameful about such a purpose?"
"Stop being so hypocritical here. How can a marriage without love be happy? You always only think about your business and your so-called happiness. Have you ever thought about our feelings? Live with someone you don't love your whole life.
, will there be happiness?" Cui Minhao asked.
"Love or not is just talk. Young people pursue freedom and romance. If they are playful, I will turn a blind eye and pass. However, marriage is not a trivial matter. Do you think you are like that?
Will commoner women have a good ending? Only people of the same class will understand each other's lives, so that they can have a lasting marriage. Relationships can be cultivated, and it is not a problem at all." Mrs. Cui said disapprovingly.
"It's not a problem? Then do you think there is no problem in our family? For the so-called family interests, you and your father maintain a relationship that does not exist, leaving only an empty shell of marriage. Does it make sense? You are
People of the 'same class', but do you really understand each other's lives? Or have you developed so-called feelings over the years? If that were really the case, then there wouldn't be..." Cui Minhao was furious.
, and said some treacherous words unscrupulously. Mrs. Cui stared at him fiercely, her face with delicate makeup turned pale.
"Master!" Secretary Yan hurriedly wanted to stop Cui Minhao from continuing. He knew that what he said next would really be a taboo. But he suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the door.
Mrs. Cui also moved her eyes and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes standing outside the door carrying a suitcase.
"Dad, why are you back?" Huai Jin's voice came from the other end of the aisle, and soon she was seen walking over and standing next to the middle-aged man.
Cui's father raised his eyes and glanced at Min Hao, then turned to Huaijin and said: "The matter in the UK has been settled. I thought it was your birthday soon, so I booked a flight ticket at last minute."
"Then why didn't you say anything when you came back?" Huaijin said coquettishly.
"I know you are having a party tonight, and you know I don't like fun, so I don't want to disturb you." Father Cui said with a smile.
Huai Jin also smiled, but when he turned around and looked at the scene of the confrontation between Min Hao and his mother in the room, he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere. The two mother and son never relaxed when they met, which really gave Huai Jin a headache.
"Min Hao, why are you here?" This is an office after all. For someone like Min Hao who spends all day doing nothing about the company, it is rare to see him in the study room of his office.
Cui Minhao pursed his lips, glanced at the plan on the table, said nothing, turned around and walked out without saying a word.
"The decision I made will not change." Cui's mother didn't know whether to remind or emphasize.
Cui Minhao stopped and said, "I won't let you control my life."
"Unless you don't recognize me as your mother." Cui's mother said forcefully.
Cui Minhao turned around and looked at his mother with slightly shocked eyes. For the benefit of the company, she could use the relationship between mother and child to blackmail? "If you haven't been a good mother before, but now you want to use this to threaten me,
Then you may lose a family relationship that is not important in the first place. Family relationship doesn't seem to be important to you, does it?" After saying that, he walked out with red eyes.
Mrs. Cui was suffocated, said nothing, and looked at Cui's father with cold eyes.
Cui's father's eyes were filled with a hint of calm horror. He moved his lips, but still didn't say anything.
Huaijin quickly came out to rescue him and said, "Dad, I'll ask the servant to help you pack your things." As he said this, he took the suitcase from his hand and waved the servant up and down to help him.
Peace fell in the Cui Mansion in the night, and the gorgeous lights slowly went out little by little.
Cui Minhao's luxurious bedroom was still lit with lights, shining like the loneliest star in the night sky. It was extremely cold up there, perhaps including it, as if everything around him was out of his control. He slumped on the sofa, frowning and closing his eyes tightly.
His eyes showed his anxiety. Images and arguments kept flashing through his mind, forming his entire definition of "maternal love". He took a deep breath and let the cold air fill his fire-like chest.
He Xia slowly cooled down. He opened his eyes and looked out the window. He knew that under the window was the swimming pool, the sparkling blue, just like the peaceful sea on Pearl Island.
"To me, Master Bai, you are a stranger who suddenly appears like a friend. And what Min Hao means to me is the most cherishable accident in life. If it were you, would you believe the stranger who suddenly appeared, or would you?
What about the people who are by your side and can protect you with their lives?"
What Han Xiaotao said by the swimming pool echoed in his ears again. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he murmured: "Fool."
Someone knocked on the door twice outside, bringing Min Hao back to his thoughts.
"Come in." He was wondering who it was when he turned around and saw his father standing at the door.
"Can we talk?" Cui's father looked at Min Hao and said, his calm eyes also flashing with sparkling light.
Min Hao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded after hesitating for a long time.
The father and son were walking side by side in the garden. They were about the same height and had similar back figures, but they were separated by an unfamiliar distance.
Maybe because they didn't know how to speak, both of them were silent for a long time. Cui's father said first: "Time flies so fast. The boys who just came to me back then are already taller than me." As he spoke, he used
He gestured to his thigh with his hand.
Yes, Min Hao was only seven or eight years old when he left. He was just a young boy, but in the blink of an eye, he was already a handsome young man with a height of 1.87 meters. Even Min Hao himself couldn't help laughing and said: "That
At that time, was he so short? I have no impression."
"If it's something unhappy, wouldn't it be better to forget it?" Hypnotist Dad said thoughtfully.
Min Hao's eyes flickered and he lowered his eyes.
"Actually, some things may not be what you see. Love in this world, whether family affection, friendship, or love, is not as simple as it seems. Because there are so many ways to love, just like you Minhao
Just now, letting go properly is also a kind of love, isn't it?" Cui's father stopped at the edge of the swimming pool.
Min Hao was slightly stunned and looked at his father with wide eyes. Could it be that his father was here when he was talking to Han Xiaotao just now? Did he even see him? Min Hao took a deep breath and said, "Because I don't want to involve her."
It's because of these things. It would be too selfish to involve her in getting hurt because I didn't handle the family affairs well. The future that is uncertain should be determined for her first, so as not to let her get hurt.
"
Cui's father laughed softly and said, "Min Hao likes that girl very much, right? That girl looks very kind and brave. She is a real-hearted girl who can say such things to the eldest young master of the Bai family. No wonder
A proud guy like our Min Hao will also be attracted to her. She should be the Xiao Tao that Ajin mentioned to me on the phone, right? I think she should be very brave, maybe she does not need so-called protection
.”
Min Hao said in surprise: "What? Sister, did you even tell you this?"
"Do you think only your mother can install an 'undercover agent' at home?" Cui's father said with a sly smile.
"It turns out you guys have been in the same group for a long time." Min Hao continued.
"Can't father and his daughter be a team? One cares about his son, and the other cares about his younger brother. Anyway, they have the same purpose, so we have reached an agreement for the time being." Cui's father blinked.
"Sure enough, it is 'a wise son is better than his father'." Min Hao's eyes sparkled like stars.
Cui's father patted Min Hao on the shoulder and said, "Not only do you know, but you also support. If Min Hao thinks that is the world you want to pursue, you should not be shaken by anything. This is what our Cui family
's children."
Min Hao turned his head and looked at the kindness and determination on his father's face, and a warm current flowed through his heart. "Dad, do you also think that I am right to do this?"
"It's up to you to decide whether it's right or wrong. Only what you think is right has the meaning of persisting," Cui's father said.
Min Hao sighed, looked at the water ripples on the pool surface wrinkled by the wind, and suddenly asked: "Dad, did you have your own choices and persistence back then? Or, it was because you had such regrets that you understood me
Mood?"
Cui's father stared blankly at Min Hao's face, as if he saw his confused self through time. If he had such a pair of hands to support him, wouldn't some things be different? He recalled vaguely.
A face was buried in the deepest memory of the time, the green, crazy, and irreversible years. He sighed, pressed Min Hao's shoulders with both hands, as if stamping him with the seal of a brave man, and
His own unfinished pursuit gave him the shoulders of his son. He turned around and walked into the shadow of the extinguished street lamp.
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