Retreat

Going to Dihong the next day, Hong Xiangfeng didn't share a car with Li Tang and the others, but asked his driver to drive him there.

When Li Tang and Hong Minhang got into the car, Li Tang suddenly asked, "Have you thought about buying a car?"

Hong Minhang nodded upon hearing this, "I'm thinking about it, but I haven't decided what to buy yet."

Li Tang said: "I'll accompany you to have a look when I have time."

Hong Minhang responded, "Okay."

The two cars drove towards Di Hong one by one, Hong Xiangfeng asked Li Tang and the others to go ahead.When he could see the gate of Emperor Hong from a distance, Li Tang noticed a middle-aged woman sitting on the flower platform outside the gate, that was Yue Min's mother.

After Li Tang called her and told her there was nothing he could do, he didn't want to answer the other party's phone anymore. He didn't expect that she would chase after Di Hong to guard him.

Hong Minhang didn't make a sound, and looked at the figure outside the car window with his hand on his side.

Li Tang didn't choose to stop, but drove the car to Dihong's underground parking lot, and passed the woman quickly, but she didn't know that the person in the car was Li Tang.

After parking the car, Hong Xiangfeng was also getting out of his car. He said to Li Tang, "Come to my office later."

Li Tang replied: "Okay."

Seeing Hong Xiangfeng get on the elevator first and leave, Hong Minhang stood beside Li Tang and asked, "Aren't you going out to have a look?"

Li Tang took out a cigarette and held it to his mouth, "No, she doesn't need money, I can't help her with what she wants, and it won't help if I see it."

Hong Minhang suddenly took the cigarette away from his mouth, "You have been telling my dad to drink less and smoke less, so you should smoke less too."

Li Tang smiled, "Understood."

Li Tang went to see Hong Xiangfeng. Hong Minhang was alone in the office. He was standing by the window. Looking down from here, he could still clearly see the figure sitting by the flower bed.

Hong Minhang picked up the phone on the table, called the security department downstairs, asked them to bring some water to the middle-aged woman outside, and then politely asked her to leave.

There is only so much he can do, as Li Tang said, if what she needs is not money, then there is nothing they can do.

Less than an hour later, Li Tang returned from Hong Xiangfeng's place.

Hong Minhang asked what they had said.

Sitting opposite Hong Minhang, Li Tang shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

Hong Xiangfeng didn't take care of Di Hong's affairs. He said that he had something to do with Li Tang, but he just wanted to find something for Li Tang to do, so that he wouldn't be idle to think about things.Most of the things to be done are still on Hong Minhang's side. Hong Xiangfeng plans to talk to Hong Minhang in the future, and ask him to arrange work with Li Tang reasonably.

Hong Minhang said: "When I was young, I always suspected that you were my father's biological son."

Li Tang laughed when he heard the words, "How do you say?"

Hong Minhang said: "He always takes you with him wherever he goes, and praises you in everything. One year when you celebrated your birthday, I saw him give you a gold necklace."

Li Tang frowned and recalled, "I almost can't remember what you said, the gold necklace? There seems to be a very thick chain, and I have never had the nerve to wear it."

"But he can't even remember my birthday," Hong Minhang continued, "he never cares about me, no matter what my grades are, he won't bother. I remember calling him once when I was sick. You come and take me to the hospital."

Li Tang suddenly felt that the somewhat weak and pitiful Hong Minhang in his memory had returned, and he couldn't help but want to touch his head, but it was too far away to reach him, and he said, "Godfather was too busy at that time."

Hong Minhang shook his head, "Later I figured it out, he only sees the person who can help him earn money, and everyone else is probably superfluous to him, even his own son."

Li Tang said: "Don't say stupid things, it's not like this."

Hong Minhang shrugged indifferently, "Forget it, let's not talk about this."

Hong Xiangfeng appeared at Dihong for a while in the morning, and left after talking with Li Tang.Li Tang accompanies Hong Minhang to work and eats something casually at noon. In the afternoon, Hong Minhang asks him, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

Only then did Li Tang remember that he had asked Bai Xiaoqi out, and said, "I can't have dinner with you tonight."

"Huh?" Hong Minhang looked up at him.

Li Tang said calmly: "I asked Xiao Qi to have dinner together."

Hearing this, Hong Minhang smiled slightly, "Then I won't make light bulbs."

Li Tang said: "What light bulb, next time we have a chance to have dinner together."

"Okay," Hong Minhang said.

Li Tang drove to pick up Bai Xiaoqi after work.

Bai Xiaoqi works in a restaurant, and the evening is often the busiest time of the day. It is rare for the two of them to get together, and they can only take advantage of her one day off every week.In fact, it is very difficult for two people to feel in love, and Li Tang is not the kind of person who gets bored with text messages, and an occasional phone call is the limit.

Probably Bai Xiaoqi also felt anxious. Li Tang is not young anymore. As a woman, Bai Xiaoqi is also at the age when she wants to get married and settle down. She wants to work hard to improve the relationship between the two of them.

The place Bai Xiaoqi found to eat was not a high-end restaurant, she usually had a lot of contacts with people, and she was always able to read people's words. She knew that Li Tang would not like those places, but she found a small roadside restaurant with good taste.

Sure enough, after the meal, Li Tang was in a good mood, and even had a chat with the restaurant owner.

The two of them came out after eating, walked towards the parking lot for a walk, Li Tang suddenly said: "It would be great if we could open such a restaurant."

Bai Xiaoqi walked beside him and said, "It's not easy to open a small restaurant, it's very tiring."

Li Tang said: "I know, but it's a good feeling to be able to cook two dishes yourself if you want to live freely like this."

Bai Xiaoqi smiled, "Stop joking, you can't leave Dihong, how can you have the energy to manage such a restaurant."

Li Tang couldn't help but look at her, and didn't ask some questions, such as why it was impossible for him to leave Dihong?

Li Tang drove Bai Xiaoqi home, before Bai Xiaoqi got out of the car, he asked, "Would you like to sit up?"

Li Tang shook his head, "It's too late, you go back and rest early."

Bai Xiaoqi was a little disappointed, forced a smile and said, "Okay then."

Just when Bai Xiaoqi opened the door and was about to get out of the car, she suddenly turned around and kissed Li Tang on the cheek, then smiled and said, "Good night."

Li Tang was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "Good night."

When Bai Xiaoqi left, Li Tang felt that there was still a little scent on his face, whether it was the scent of lipstick or a woman's perfume, but it didn't have the burning heat left in his heart when Hong Minhang kissed him yesterday. feel.

Li Tang tilted his head back vigorously, and then started the car.

Hong Minhang finalized a car a little suddenly, went through the formalities and bought it.

After picking up the new car, he told Li Tang that he didn't need to come pick him up from work anymore. It just so happened that Li Tang also had something to run outside every day, so he couldn't stay in Hong Minhang's office. The two of them hadn't seen each other for a week or two. How to see above.

It was already the weekend, and Hong Xiangfeng suddenly said that the family should get together, and then called Li Tang, Hong Minhang, and his two younger brothers to have a meal outside together.

At noon that day, when Li Tang went to eat, he brought Bai Xiaoqi with him.He habitually arrived first, and then took the order. Bai Xiaoqi leaned against him, holding his arm.

Hong Xiangfeng and Hong Minhang came together.

Hong Xiangfeng recognized Bai Xiaoqi, and seeing her and Li Tang acting intimately, he guessed what was going on in his heart, without showing any surprise on his face.

During the meal, Li Tang formally introduced Bai Xiaoqi's identity to Hong Xiangfeng, and Bai Xiaoqi quickly stood up to toast Hong Xiangfeng, also calling her godfather.

Hong Xiangfeng didn't say anything, and drank the wine with a smile.

After dinner, Hong Xiangfeng asked Li Tang to come over to the house at night, and Li Tang nodded in agreement.

No one knew what Hong Xiangfeng meant, but Hong Minhang kept watching coldly, knowing something in his heart.

After dinner in the evening, Li Tang went to Hong's house.

Sure enough, Hong Xiangfeng didn't go out at home, but Hong Minhang hadn't come back yet.

Hong Xiangfeng said bluntly to Li Tang: "A woman like Bai Xiaoqi, if you play for fun, I won't talk about you. If you are serious, forget it."

In Hong Xiangfeng's eyes, Bai Xiaoqi's so-called lobby manager was nothing more than a wine hostess.As long as the guests came out to talk and asked her to drink with her, she had to drink, and in this kind of work, flirting with people was inevitable.

Li Tang actually didn't expect that Hong Xiangfeng would look down on Bai Xiaoqi, so he was stunned for a moment.

Hong Xiangfeng himself is self-made and has lived through all kinds of hardships. Li Tang really can't figure out why he can't look down on Bai Xiaoqi.Of course, it's possible that Hong Xiangfeng has seen too many women around him in the past two years, especially those who come out of entertainment places and are used to socializing. In his eyes, these women may not be good women.

Hong Xiangfeng said: "It's up to me, you can play if you want, if you don't play, you will stop early. When you are old and want to find a woman to marry and settle down, your godfather will help you find a good one, who is more beautiful than her and has better conditions. .”

Li Tang didn't refute anything in the end, but he thought it was absurd, and he also felt that Hong Xiangfeng had no right to look down on Bai Xiaoqi.

By the time he left Hong's house, Hong Minhang still hadn't come back.

It was already dark at this time, Li Tang drove the car, slowly came out from Hong's house, and merged into the traffic on the main road ahead.On the way, I received a call from Bai Xiaoqi. Bai Xiaoqi was at work tonight, so he took time to ask him if he had dinner.Li Tang replied: "I have already eaten, don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, there happened to be a red light ahead, Li Tang stopped the car and took advantage of the gap to look out the window.

There is a small square next to the street. Many of the shops in the square are various restaurants, as well as fast food restaurants like KFC. There is a parking lot in front of the square, just beside the street.

Li Tang noticed at a glance that one of the cars was very similar to Hong Minhang's new car, Li Tang took a second look, and then saw Hong Minhang coming out of a restaurant with a strange man.

The man was about the same height as Hong Minhang, and he couldn't see his face clearly from a distance, but his bangs fell down to cover his forehead, so he should be a beautiful man.

Li Tang clenched his fist with his right hand and pressed it lightly to his lips.

Hong Minhang got into the car with that man, and Li Tang also heard the horn of the car behind him, and found that the green light was on, so he had to start the car and leave.

Lying on the bed at night, Li Tang didn't fall asleep for a long time. After seeing Hong Minhang with that strange man, the original irritability about Hong Xiangfeng's objection to him being with Bai Xiaoqi faded away, and all he thought about was Hong Minhang's matter.

Finally unable to bear it any longer, Li Tang called Hong Minhang.

The phone rang several times before answering it. Hong Minhang's voice was a bit vague, as if he was woken up after falling asleep, and asked strangely, "Brother Li? Why is it so late?"

Li Tang asked: "Where are you?"

"Where?" Hong Minhang was stunned for a moment, "I'm at home, what's the matter? I'm already asleep."

Li Tang asked again: "Are you alone?"

Hong Minhang was silent for a moment before asking, "What exactly do you want to ask?"

Li Tang propped his forehead with one hand, "I saw you with a man today, is that yours..."

"Yes." Hong Minhang replied directly.

Li Tang said: "Min Hang..." He wanted to persuade Hong Minhang, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

Hong Minhang said: "Brother Li, you won't understand, so you don't need to say anything, I know what kind of life I want to live."

Li Tang sighed lightly.

Hong Minhang said: "It's you, Brother Li, do you really know what you want?"