After communicating with Shen Tuqing, Shen Tuqing said goodbye and left. However, Xu Tongdao did not get up and leave in a hurry. Instead, he continued to sit in the coffee area and took out his mobile phone to dial the number of his younger brother Xu Tonglu.
"Go downstairs! Now that you're back, come home with me! Mom even asked me a few days ago when you would be back!"
When the call was connected, Comrade Xu finished speaking and hung up the call before his brother could say anything.
Then he got up and went downstairs.
Surrounded by Tong Wen, Zheng Meng, and Sun Aizi, they came to the downstairs lobby and happened to see their younger brother Xu Tonglu walking out of another elevator next to it.
Tongdao Xu stopped and waited with a smile.
Xu Tonglu was a little surprised, then he laughed and walked over slowly, "Brother, I came back to work this time, but I can't stay at home for a long time."
Comrade Xu didn't say anything. He tilted his head at him and took the lead towards the hotel door.
While walking, he said: "I don't care about you so much. Mom misses you anyway. Since you are back today, go back and see her. If it's convenient, just stay at home for one night. I don't care how you arrange your time later."
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Xu Tonglu strode beside Xu Tongdao. After listening, he smiled and said, "Okay!"
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On the car back to Zhusiyuan.
Xu Tonglu originally thought that his elder brother would ask him if he had anyone to talk to recently. He had already prepared his words in his heart. He planned to do as Shen Tuqing said for the time being - not to tell his family until the case was over.
Can……
What surprised him was that along the way, his eldest brother Xu Tongdao didn't ask him about his relationship.
Just chatting with him.
The topics ranged from his life in the past few months to the recent international financial crisis... etc. They talked a lot, but they didn't even ask him about his relationship.
This made him feel relieved, but besides being relieved, he was also a little disappointed.
This is a very contradictory mentality.
On the one hand, he is afraid that his elder brother will ask him about his relationship.
On the other hand, the eldest brother really didn’t ask him about his relationship, and he felt disappointed. Was he angry? Was he angry that I didn’t express my stance to him on New Year’s Eve?
Or maybe my eldest brother doesn’t care about me as much as before?
Xu Tongdao didn't know the complicated emotions in his brother's heart.
It was only after New Year's Eve that he realized that his younger brothers and younger sisters had grown up and no longer listened to his elder brother in everything like before.
Therefore, he has gradually accepted this reality.
I decided that from now on, I would try my best not to interfere in the life decisions of my younger brother and younger sister.
Let them choose the life they like and the people they like.
And his eldest brother?
I'm responsible for keeping them informed.
If one day their lives are in a mess, then as the eldest brother, he will step in to cheer them up and help them.
Now, his mentality has almost been adjusted.
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Xu Tonglu's return made his mother Ge Xiaozhu very happy.
After meeting, there was a flurry of greetings, and she repeatedly confirmed that Xu Tonglu had already had dinner, and then she gave up the idea of going to the kitchen to get him something to eat immediately.
That night, Xu Tonglu did not leave and stayed at home for one night.
Early the next morning, when the whole family was having dinner together, Xu Tongdao noticed that his younger brother Xu Tonglu seemed a little abnormal.
He noticed that Xu Tonglu seemed to have dressed up specially today.
He was wearing a silver-gray suit that he rarely wore. Under the suit, he was also wearing a navy blue slim-fitting shirt and a red and blue striped tie.
Even the short hair seems to have been scratched with hair wax.
It also leaves the face oily and shiny.
Radiant and energetic.
In addition, Xu Tongdao also noticed that during breakfast, Xu Tonglu glanced at the mobile phone at hand from time to time.
Who is Tongdao Xu?
In my previous life, I changed a lot of different professions in society and worked at the bottom of society for almost twenty years. After my rebirth, I spent another ten years in the business world.
The ability to observe words and emotions has long been perfected.
It is true that Xu Tonglu's academic qualifications are much higher than Xu Tongdao's, but in terms of his ability to observe words and emotions, Xu Tonglu's flattery is not as good as Xu Tongdao's.
Anyway, Xu Tongdao noticed that Xu Tonglu was unusual today.
But Xu Tonglu didn't realize that his elder brother had noticed his abnormality today.
"Xiaolu, do you always dress like this when you work?"
Comrade Xu took a sip of porridge and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables. He asked seemingly casually.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xu Tonglu stunned, looking down at the suit on his body, his expression unnatural for a moment, then he smiled and said along the way: "Yes! We are in finance, appearance is very important!"
The conversation between the two brothers attracted the attention of Ge Xiaozhu, Wei Chunlan and others.
Wei Chunlan even smiled and praised: "Xiaolu looks quite handsome in a suit!"
Ge Xiaozhu also smiled and said: "I don't even know when I bought this suit. This brat really looks smart in what he wears."
Comrade Xu smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Xu Tonglu seemed to be in a hurry. After breakfast, he got up and said goodbye to everyone, and then left in a hurry.
Comrade Xu was still eating fried dumplings and drinking porridge leisurely. He was the president of the group, so he did not have the pressure of attendance every day. He could naturally eat and do things calmly.
He glanced thoughtfully at his brother's back as he hurried away.
His intuition told him - this kid must be hiding something from everyone.
He subconsciously wanted to send someone to follow him to take a look, but then gave up the idea.
——My younger brother has grown up, and he doesn’t want to share his privacy with everyone, which is normal.
Thinking this, he smiled casually and put the matter behind him for the time being.
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When Xu Tonglu left home, he drove away a silver-gray BMW in the garage at home.
Now that he has returned to Tianyun City, he has no intention of pretending to be poor.
Moreover, today was the day he and Shen Tuqing made an appointment to get the certificate, and it was really inconvenient to travel without a car.
After graduating from college, his registered residence moved back to Shazhou County.
Therefore, if he and Shen Tuqing wanted to receive the certificate today, they would have to go to Shazhou County to go through the procedures.
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During college, Xu Tonglu took the driving license test.
In the past few years, when he went home during the winter and summer vacations, he would drive out from time to time, so his driving skills were pretty good.
The car drove smoothly all the way to the front door of Yanhui Hotel.
Xu Tonglu parked the car, took out his cell phone and dialed Shen Tuqing's number.
The call was answered quickly.
"What's up?"
Shen Tuqing's cold voice came from the phone.
Xu Tonglu lowered the window glass, put his left arm on the window frame, and said with a pleasant smile: "Sister Qing, didn't we agree to get the certificate today? Didn't you forget? Or do you regret it? Changed your mind?"
On the other side of the phone, Shen Tuqing was silent for a few seconds, "Where are you now? When are you going to leave?"
Seeing that she had no regrets, the smile on Xu Tonglu's face became even more relaxed, "I'm waiting for you at the hotel gate now! We will leave when you come down."