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Huang Haitao led a few waiters to inspect the wines just delivered by the manufacturer one by one at the back door of the bar, and went back to the front sweating to see that Xu You was still lazily lying on the bar, not even changing his posture .

Huang Haitao couldn't help sighing, "Let me tell you, it's rare for you to take a day off, so what's the deal with staying with me from morning till night?"

Xu You rolled his eyelids, and snorted weakly, "Going to the bar, isn't that what you want to do?"

"Still soaking?" Huang Haitao rolled his eyes at him, "Even a cabbage should be soaked thoroughly."

Xu You didn't make a sound.

Huang Haitao couldn't hold back, and sighed again.When Xu You first heard what happened, he originally thought it was a good thing.Zhuang Shaodong can be regarded as one of the most famous figures in the island city, and he is backed by the dealer.He is not an opponent with malicious intentions. To Xu You, there are only advantages and no disadvantages, and the mystery that has plagued him for many years has finally been revealed. Maybe Xu You can use this opportunity to seek forgiveness from his family... No matter how you look at it, there are only advantages and no disadvantages. It's a bad thing, but for some reason, Xu You became depressed instead.

Huang Haitao was really puzzled.

"Why exactly?" Huang Haitao changed a glass of Coke for Xu You, and asked him with a sad face, "Tell brother, you have been frowning all the time, what kind of monster are you doing?"

Xu You rested her arms on her pillow and glanced at him lazily.

Huang Haitao sighed, "Okay, okay, I won't ask any more. Just keep lying on your stomach, and I'll give you a glass of red wine when all the guests come. Well, red wine should sell well tonight..."

Xu You couldn't help laughing, "Use me as a bait to resell your fake red wine?"

"What is fake red wine?" Huang Haitao was displeased. "You are half-dead anyway, so you can't be expected to consume anything valuable. But you have occupied my brother's territory, so you have to create some benefits for him, right? Let alone you It's really like a broken relationship, so let's use the waste and put you here waiting to catch those stupid old hats who have a lot of money and love to come to soothe your wounds."

Xu You ignored him and closed his eyes again.

Huang Haitao felt a little worried when he saw his listless look.How could this person look depressed and shocked when the truth was revealed?Xu You once said that just because he is a good-for-nothing, he is at the mercy of others.Could it be that this incident made him realize his powerlessness in the face of certain changes?

In fact, we are all ordinary people, and our ancestors have never had a high-ranking official.This is the way of the world, no power and no power in any age, it is inevitable to be bullied, and being put together by the rich... It is really nothing new to say, and there is nothing to be ashamed of.Not to mention that Xu You was only tricked out of the way of the world, even if he was convicted of stealing back then and spent a few years in prison, where could Xu You go to complain?

"The people don't fight with the rich, and the rich don't fight with the officials." Huang Haitao rubbed Xu You's head, "The banker is one of the largest families in the island city, and his relatives are intertwined. I don't know how many of them are paid by the government. We are just ordinary people. It is normal for ordinary people who are not familiar with it to fight against them.”

Why doesn't Xu You understand this truth?But this feeling is really suffocating.I didn't know it at the beginning, so it's fine, but now I know the truth, but I'm still helpless.Although Xu You is no longer a young man who just entered the society, this doesn't make him feel much better.Or just put a few buckles in the dealer's device, so that their equipment can't work normally, and then affect production, and then lose money...

Xu You scratched his head in frustration, what kind of bad tricks are these? This is...

"Don't think so much," Huang Haitao comforted him, "what's the point of thinking about things that have passed?"

Xu You sighed, "I understand."

"Didn't you say you wanted to go out to play last time?" Huang Haitao suggested to him, "Call them up the mountain together. Take your little girl with you, and let's go to relax together."

Xu You's heart moved slightly, "Then why don't you just go on the National Day holiday. My family's Yingzi is in military training, and I won't be back until the end of the month."

"Then Eleventh." Huang Haitao made a decision immediately, "Eleventh is good, and there is no need to ask for leave. I have booked a room in advance, and we can just go there when the time comes."

In my current state, I really need to relax.Xu You nodded, "Okay."

Zhuang Shaodong was sitting on the edge of the flower bed, watching the young girls walking past, talking and laughing, the unscrupulous gaze reminded him of what Zhuang Liyunxin said: "Son, you can be charming The most beautiful woman in the world."

Zhuang Shaodong always hoped that what she said was sincere.

Perhaps one shouldn't view one's own mother with such suspicion, but conditioning is a terrible thing.It's like Pavlov's dog, who would salivate when he heard the bell ringing. Whenever Zhuang Shaodong heard his mother say such... such words trying to make himself feel happy, the first thing that Zhuang Shaodong thought of was not that she praised me again, But... what is she going to ask me to do?

Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly, took out the cigarette case, hesitated for a while and put it back.Looking up again, I saw a girl with a ponytail walking out of the dormitory looking around.It was Huo Ying who met once in the alley that day.Huo Ying obviously remembered him too, frowned slightly, walked over and asked, "You are looking for me?"

"Hello." Zhuang Shaodong stood up, trying his best to look more believable, "Do you have time? I want to talk to you about Xu You."

Huo Ying asked him back, "Does my brother know that you are looking for me?"

Zhuang Shaodong shook his head in frustration, "He won't answer my call."

"Oh," Huo Ying elongated with some understanding, "is it because that Assistant Song is your dealer's dog?"

Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly, "It's not that simple. Find a place to talk."

Huo Ying tilted his head and thought for a while, "Let's go, I'll take you for a walk by the lake. If you have anything to talk about, just talk about it. I only have one hour. I have an appointment with someone else."

"Okay." Zhuang Shaodong readily agreed, and asked as he followed Huo Ying to the lake: "I came to you just to ask, how is Xu You's relationship with his family these past few years...?"

"What else?" Huo Ying pouted, "The Xu family has crossed out my brother's name from the family tree. My aunt and uncle are not allowed to mention his name when we are at home."

Zhuang Shaodong felt a throbbing pain in his heart, "Aren't you answering the phone...?"

Huo Ying shook his head, with a sad look on his face, "If you pick it up, you will hang up immediately."

"I've been thinking about it for the past few days," Zhuang Shaodong stopped, and asked with some difficulty: "If I go to meet his parents and clarify this matter, what do you think..."

Huo Ying's eyes widened all of a sudden, "I thought so too. But they got angry when they heard my brother's name. I was afraid that I would mess things up, so I never thought about how to talk to them."

Hearing that she also meant the same thing, Zhuang Shaodong immediately felt confident, "I'll say it. At worst, they'll beat me up. Or I'll show them Song Shicheng's ID card. Everyone is a fake, so what you say is okay." Does it count?"

Huo Ying squinted at him suspiciously, "I think so. The question is... why are you so energetic. It has nothing to do with you."

Zhuang Shaodong choked on her questioning.Can he tell this little girl that he has a crush on his brother?

Huo Ying continued to look at him, with deep suspicion in his eyes, "And I don't think my brother is very familiar with you. None of their buddies brought you to the party."

Zhuang Shaodong smiled wryly.It would be weird if they could bring him to a buddy party.He didn't even dare to think about this wonderful hypothesis now.

"I see," Huo Ying clapped his hands, and asked almost triumphantly, "Do you... want to chase my brother?"

Zhuang Shaodong's hand trembled, and the cigarette case he just took out fell to the sidewalk with a thud.Zhuang Shaodong picked up the cigarette case in some embarrassment, and asked her with a slightly angry expression, "So what?"

"No way." Huo Ying tilted his head and looked at him with a smile, "If you don't even have the courage to admit it, then I must tell him that he is not allowed to accept your pursuit, because you are not worthy of chasing him at all."

"It's not that simple, sister." Zhuang Shaodong couldn't help laughing bitterly, "He has hated me for so many years, and he probably got used to it. There are several mountains between me and him. Don't talk about chasing me, he You don’t even bother to look at me right now.”

"This is the only way to be challenging." Huo Ying gave him half-truth and half-false encouragement with a gossipy expression of waiting for a good show, "Why are there so many mountains to be afraid of. Hey, Yugong Yishan, haven't you heard of it?"

Zhuang Shaodong shook his head, he didn't plan to discuss relationship issues with a hairy girl who was waiting to see his jokes, "Do you think what I told you is feasible? It's about going back to City C to meet his parents."

The flame of gossip in Huo Ying's eyes was extinguished a little, and there was hesitation in his eyes, "The problem is that I'm not sure whether my brother loves men or women. You see, if I go back and tell my aunt and the others what I want to say Crunchy, later they found out that my brother found a boyfriend... Isn't that even more terrible?"

Zhuang Shaodong also found it difficult, "Why don't you go back with me during the National Day holiday, and I'll be in charge of clarifying the facts, and you'll be in charge of playing the side drums for me to ease the atmosphere. Let's clarify Song Shicheng's rumors first? To improve their relationship, we have to take it step by step."

Huo Ying hesitated.

"Let them know that his son was framed by others, and he didn't even have a chance to defend himself, and his relatives were so ruthless that he was not allowed to go home for several years...Maybe the two elders will feel guilty or something, and the relationship will be eased first In the future, I will slowly find an opportunity to let them know Xu You's sexual orientation, maybe it will be easy to accept."

Huo Ying spread out his palms like a little adult and sighed, "What you said is very good, but I have to discuss this matter with my brother before I can decide. Besides, I'm going out with my brother on November, I'm afraid No time to go home."

Zhuang Shaodong asked subconsciously, "Where is he taking you?"

Huo Ying frowned and recalled it carefully, and said with some doubts: "It seems to be going up the mountain, soaking in hot springs or something. I forgot the name of the place."

When Zhuang Shaodong heard the words soaking in hot springs, he already had a bottom line in his heart.

"Then let's do this," Zhuang Shaodong rolled his eyes, expressing a pure expression on his face, "you should try to find out what your brother is talking about—don't say that I asked you! If he has that intention, Let's make a plan for the next step, what do you think?"

Huo Ying watched him take out the business card from his pocket and handed it over, hesitating for a while as if unsure, before reaching out to take it, "But, why should I trust you?"

Zhuang Shaodong patted himself on the chest, and said half-jokingly: "Just rely on my sincerity."

Huo Ying disdained, "It's the most unbelievable thing to be sincere. This is what my brother said."

Zhuang Shaodong was stunned suddenly, and then he felt sour in his eyes.This is exactly what the self said to Xu You with contempt a few years ago.

Is this...retribution?