In the name of father

Xiao Mo looked at Xiao Yan who was not far away and sent Lisa to the car. He didn't follow. Instead, he immediately took out something from his pocket the moment the car door was closed—it was probably the phone. Something like that... Xiao Mo stood on the opposite side of the road and looked at his eldest son until the green light above his head turned on, and then the man raised his foot and crossed the crosswalk together like many passers-by among the crowded crowd, as if From the very beginning, he stood there in a daze just to wait for such a green light.

When he came to his car parked on the side of the road, Xiao Mo unhurriedly took out the phone that had been vibrating from the beginning from his pocket. It wasn't Xiao Yan who called this time. The man thought about it. After thinking about it, he directly pressed the call button, looked at the tall and straight back of his eldest son who was standing not far from him, and slowly put the phone to his ear: "Hello, son."

"What are you doing? It took me so long to answer the phone." On the other side of the phone, Xiao Yan's voice was as usual.

However, for some unknown reason, Xiao Mo always felt that he could hear a little nervousness—the corners of his lips curled up and he sneered silently. The young master of the Xiao family, who was within sight, seemed to feel a certain gaze behind him. When he turned around hesitantly, at the same time, the man withdrew his gaze, bent down and sat back in his car.

"I was driving just now, and now I'm free to answer the phone," Xiao Mo said calmly, "But I just wanted to tell you that there is an impromptu meeting at Night Dance tonight, so we can wait another day to treat your brothers to dinner gone."

Xiao Mo never missed the opportunity to reunite with his brothers just because there was a meeting to be held.

This time, it was the first time that I turned down the appointment with them because of business.

Sitting in the car, the man saw very well the handsome young man standing at the door of the hotel lobby who was blowing the wind, frowning because of his words. The cold wind blew Xiao Yan's hair a little messy. In the car, Xiao Mo imagined his son's fingertips that were frozen and red while holding the phone, but there was not much emotion on his face, he just said lightly: "It's cold outside, remember to wear more clothes when you come out of the hotel later." , the weather forecast says that there will be a cold snap in the next few days, and it will rain and snow tonight. This kind of weather is the easiest to catch a cold. You don’t just want the wind and not the temperature..."

"Xiao Mo."

The man was interrupted by the other end of the phone halfway through his speech.

So Xiao Mo also quieted down, put the phone close to his ear, and said a quiet "um" to indicate that he was listening.

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, but Xiao Mo couldn't help but make his heart beat faster due to such a strange silence - when facing Xiao Yan, he rarely felt this uneasy mood now, after all, the eldest son has always been very obedient , and he is also very accommodating to his father's willful thoughts that occasionally come out of nowhere. Over the years, they have almost never had any disputes.

Although Xiao Yan didn't talk much, he seldom stayed silent on the phone like this. When they called, they only kept to the point and hung up the phone after speaking—because both Xiao Mo and Xiao Yan felt that since they were close people, , then of course follow the most intimate approach - this is the customary habit of the two of them.

But today, Xiao Yan seemed a little abnormal.

While the other party was obviously contemplating something, Xiao Mo could almost hear the sound of his heart beating, and his thoughts were unfolding very quickly—now it had arrived. If Xiao Yan told him later, he and Lisa How should he respond to the words that we are officially together? Should he say with a smile, "It's good when you guys are going to get married" or just hang up the phone?

The latter behavior is what Xiao Mo tends to do, but it doesn't seem like something a father should do anyway——

Well, to be precise, they have done all the things that shouldn't be done between father and son.

Should not care about such a thing.

Thinking of this, the hand holding the mobile phone couldn't help exerting a little force. After a pause, Xiao Mo reluctantly said with a smile: "Speak up if you have something to say, don't be so silent, I can't guess you What are you thinking?"

Xiao Yan was silent for a while, and then said a series of words on the phone: "I met Lisa when I was having dinner with Gao Yang last night. She booked a room in our hotel. Lisa is considered a little famous now, so when we came back together last night, there may have been some photos taken by the paparazzi entering the hotel together, and those third-rate newspapers may scribble, you If you see it, don't believe it casually."

"Oh," Xiao Mo said, "Is that so?"

"Well, that's it."

Xiao Yan answered on the phone, and his voice sounded very calm, as if he really just lived in two rooms in a hotel with Lisa, and then made an appointment to check out together this morning.Xiao Mo believed that what Xiao Yan said was true, but unfortunately, sitting in the car and staring at his son's back, the man found that the oppressive feeling in his chest hadn't diminished at all——

To him, the words "Lisa is a little famous now" are completely like Xiao Yan speaking for that woman, and showing off his great achievements by the way-Lisa's popularity is not because of the recent A movie, and she was able to appear in this movie, not because Xiao Yan spent a lot of money behind it.

Brat, you've really been raised to be a good person, and you can only avoid important things and ignore minor things when talking. Isn't the point now that you spent a lot of money behind your mother's back to become a star? ——Fortunately, the box office of the movie was good and did not cause any losses. Otherwise, the head of the Xiao family would spend a large sum of money privately. Telling such a thing would kill you hundreds of times!

Xiao Mo felt uncomfortable——

But he decided to blame it on meeting money, and it was difficult for him to simply let go of this fault, which had nothing to do with anything else.

Probably because Xiao Mo hadn't spoken for a long time, Xiao Yan vaguely sensed that something was wrong. The young master of the Xiao family on the other end of the phone called the man's name again—and this time, Xiao Mo was really too lazy to talk to him again. He was talking nonsense, he just repeated the question about the cold weather, and then said that he wanted to find a restaurant on the side of the road to eat something, and he was going to a meeting later, and he wanted to hang up the phone.

The man's attitude was a bit firm, so Xiao Yan couldn't say anything more, he stood not far away with his back to the man - Xiao Mo looked at him and seemed to nod seriously, if this behavior of nodding to the phone was normal Xiao Yan would Mo probably thinks it's a bit cute, but now in Xiao Mo's opinion, it may be difficult for him to find a bright spot in his two sons for the time being.

Xiao Yan on the other end of the phone didn't seem to want the man to hang up so quickly: "Do you want me to accompany you to the meeting?"

"No, the end of the year is coming soon, I just want to adjust the leadership team of Night Dance, and let them go to the new venue you opened in the downtown area of ​​the new city to take care of it." The man said lazily, "I will give them a salary increase." , Everyone’s position will be adjusted upwards and downwards, they will go if they go, and if they don’t go, get the hell out of me.”

Ye Wu is the most profitable place under the Xiao family. Of course, they will not be happy to let those leaders leave for a change of water - but the man's words sound very firm, and the plan of salary increase and promotion sounds like There was nothing wrong with it, and Xiao Mo was still in charge of the Xiao family, so Xiao Yan didn't have much objection, and he didn't think too much about letting experienced employees take care of the new place. , is indeed a good method.

"Then drive carefully, take your time, the road is slippery." The young master of the Xiao family said simply, "Eat less at roadside stalls, it's unhygienic."

Xiao Mo listened, hummed in his heart and hummed on his lips, and then hung up the phone with a little eagerness.

Then he just drove around and drove all the way back in the direction of the neighborhood that Xiao Yan would never see—not only did he not follow the elder son's advice to "take your time", but he was more like showing his face than driving along the way. The sliding car drove much faster, and he didn't really eat on the side of the road, but drove all the way to Yewu, jumped out of the car, Xiao Mo immediately informed Xiao Qi to let all the management come over and let him take care of this whim will.

There is a reason for the man to be so hot and furious—now Xiao Yan seems to be just carefully guessing whether he, the father, is in a bad mood. If it is possible, it will immediately prove the conjecture in my heart.

If he was smarter, he might have guessed that the man's next move was intentional.

In fact, Xiao Mo had intentions.

And this "intent", he does not intend to let his two sons know.

Xiao Mo seldom presides over meetings in person, so when Yewu’s executives are sitting at the conference table, they all look at each other in dismay—for fear that they will be dealt with if they have done something wrong recently... When doing things in the entertainment venue, there will always be some innocuous and sneaky things that happen. For example, for safety or to avoid people from other areas deliberately coming to make trouble, according to the rules, the princess of the night dance is not allowed to be taken out of the venue, but if the customer gives money Too many, the bustard will let go...

If this kind of thing is discovered by Xiao Mo, of course it will be a good punishment.

The people below were very careful and did not dare to go too far. Those bosses who allowed the princess to appear on the stage were also carefully controlled within the scope of some powerful and powerful people, so they didn't know, Xiao Mo had already known about the "cooking" they earned, so he turned a blind eye.

Sitting in his seat, Xiao Mo looked at some senior executives who were older than him. Seeing him was like a mouse seeing a cat. He couldn't help but feel amused. He didn't want to scare them when they were older than him, so he directly explained his intention of coming. ——

At first, when the high-level people heard that they were going to be transferred, they all seemed to have been sentenced to death, but when they looked up and saw Xiao Mo's gentle face without any intention of censure, their high-hanging hearts relaxed a little. ——It doesn't matter where you go, what you fear most is being expelled from the North District. Without the protection of the Xiao family, these high-level people will inevitably offend many people in other districts, so they will really die ugly.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was beaming with no sign of an attack at all, they felt relieved a bit, and after a while, they heard that they were transferred to the new district and got a promotion and salary increase, and finally a little joy appeared on the faces of those dead people ——Although it is said to be a new urban area, everyone knows that K City has already developed there in recent years. The price is high, the scale of the newly opened venue is about the same as that of Night Dance, and the facilities are new enough. In the two months since it opened, the turnover has been going uphill at a rapid pace, so when they go there, how should they make money? .

All are happy.

When the meeting came to an end, people looked at Xiao Mo as if they saw the God of Wealth descending to earth.

After arranging the people on Ye Wu's side, after the meeting ended, Xiao Mo thought about it, and called Xiao Qi again, asking him to bring the materials of all the venues under Xiao's family, and the man sat in the armchair and read them one by one. , Randomly picked a few companies with the highest turnover, and made a leadership exchange like a night dance with the venues in the new city.

The business content of these places Xiao Mo selected is different, some are specialized in casinos, some are for saunas, and there are also normal nightclubs and bars.

After doing all this, the man refused Xiao Qi's inquiry asking him if he wanted to take him home. The man walked downstairs alone, drove to the food stall in the North District, ordered a plate of green vegetables, and ordered another bowl of seaweed Soup, he solved his dinner in a simple way—it only cost ten yuan in total—this is usually only enough for the price of half a bowl of white rice in the restaurant Xiao Mo is used to going to.

But the man was very satisfied, and didn't feel any discomfort - after all, although he had been a big boss for more than ten years, in his bones, he had been a poor young man in the market for more than twenty years.

After the meal, the man drove away in his car, which was big enough to buy ten such food stalls, under the astonished gaze of the food stall owner.

……

Xiao Mo drove the car back to Xiao Yan's apartment as usual, and went home as usual.

When I went home and opened the door, I saw the twins of the Xiao family sitting on the sofa, the TV was on, and some talent show was going on lively, but no one was watching, their postures seemed to be like As if it had been like this for a long time, when Xiao Mo walked into the room to change his shoes, he could almost feel two beams of eyes that could see the hairs on a person's back piercing his back.

But the man behaved calmly.

Anyway, it wasn't him who did something wrong.

Even after changing the shoes, the man teased in a good mood: "Aren't you two brothers very busy tonight, come back so early?" In a word, in order to avoid a bloodbath, Xiao Mo swallowed it honestly.

"Father, where are you going, so late?" Sitting on the sofa, the eldest young master of the Xiao family stared at the man standing at the door with his amber pupils, watching him slowly put on his furry clothes. slippers, "I called Xiao Qi, and he said that the meeting had ended long ago."

"I'm going to eat late at night, and I drive very slowly. The road you said is slippery, so let me drive slowly." Xiao Mo raised his head, and smiled gently at his eldest son as usual, "But I didn't know you were at home, Otherwise, I’ll pack some for you guys, that family’s... abalone and shark’s fin are very good.” Xiao Mo said, while thinking about the seaweed and egg drop soup for dinner, he laughed at himself silently in his heart.

"What do you mean if you don't answer the phone?" Xiao Yan asked, the anger in his words was very disappointing--once he heard it, he knew that it was not just a matter of Xiao Mo not answering the phone.

"Oh, you guys called me?" Xiao Mo's smile remained unchanged, he reached into his phone, pretended to glance at it, and said, "I turned on the conference mode during the meeting, but I forgot about it after the meeting. Canceled... oops, fifty missed calls, why did you make so many calls?"

Fifty missed calls, each of which rang until the service desk automatically hung up, and then continued to call non-stop - of course Xiao Mo knew, in fact, when he was eating happily, he used these silent calls Struggling on the screen of his mobile phone, the caller ID of the person who served dinner, watching the phone screen change from the name of the eldest son to the name of the younger son, and then from the name of the younger son to the name of the eldest son, Xiao Mo only felt that it was caught in the bowl. The taste of stir-fried vegetables with oil consumption has become a little bit better.

Xiao Mo's acting skills are very good, and his excuses can be said to be watertight.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan couldn't say anything more.

Xiao Mo stepped on slippers and sat between them. The man was carrying a chill brought back from the outside, but none of the two brothers complained that he was cold. On the contrary, Xiao Yan easily grabbed the man's hand. Covering it in the palm of his hand... Seeing his brother's behavior in his eyes, Xiao Yan was silent for a while, then glanced at Xiao Mo's face, then stretched out his hand, stopped the man's waist, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Today I and When Gu Yazi went out, it was actually—"

"Have you two had dinner yet?"

Xiao Yan's words were interrupted by Xiao Mo. Knowing that the man did it on purpose, the handsome young man's face darkened, and the hand on the man's waist tightened a little. He was about to attack, but at this moment, he received a warning from Xiao Yan. His eyes—the younger brother naturally died down, and fell silent with a black face, barely maintaining the seemingly harmonious atmosphere at the scene.

"Didn't eat." Xiao Yan said gently, "After talking with you on the phone in the afternoon, I came back directly."

"What about you?" Xiao Mo smiled and turned his head to look at his youngest son—the look of not feeling anything wrong with the atmosphere made Xiao Yan almost bleed out.

"I didn't eat it," Xiao Yan said, "I can't eat it."

"You still have to eat dinner." Xiao Mo stood up, and silently left the seemingly firm bondage of the two brothers, "You watch TV yourself, there are vegetables and eggs in the refrigerator at home, I'll cook two bowls of soaked food for you noodle."

Saying that, without waiting for the two brothers to refuse or express any opinions, Xiao Mo went straight into the kitchen - watching the back of the man opening the refrigerator door and reaching for the vegetables inside, Xiao Yan's amber pupils sank, Unable to restrain himself, he wanted to stand up, grab the man back and press him back to speak clearly, but unexpectedly, before he could move, he was grabbed by Xiao Yan who was beside him - he glanced at his brother with a terrified expression, but Xiao Yan Surprisingly, Xiao Yan also found a hint of eagerness to move in his eyes, but the older brother still shook his head quietly, signaling to his younger brother not to act rashly.

During the phone call between the two brothers in the afternoon, Xiao Yan did not tell Xiao Yan that something was wrong on his side.

Looking at Xiao Yan's expression now——Xiao Yan suddenly gloated a little and realized that he might not be the only one who offended his father.

No wonder the man just ignored him in the afternoon, but actually pushed away his Xiao Yan's dinner together.

With a companion, Xiao Yan was not in such a hurry. He thought in his heart that if he couldn't coax a man by himself, he really couldn't do it. Together with a man's heart, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan, they couldn't handle it together. Thinking this way, Xiao Yan took a sip of the cold tea on the tea table, narrowed his eyes slightly and calmed down.

Not long after, Xiao Mo brought two bowls of noodles to the dining table and greeted the two brothers to come in. The kitchen is open, so the two brothers sitting in the living room can easily see the expression on the man's face. Smile—it's a pity that this smile made the two brothers feel uneasy. After exchanging a look, they both stood up and walked towards the direction of the man.

When Xiao Yan opened the chair next to the dining table, Xiao Mo had already sat down first, wearing the ugly bib with a face that looked like a rabbit at the scene of a car accident. The man propped his chin with one hand and asked with a smile: "Just now You seem to have a lot to say to me, now I will give you a chance to talk, let’s talk.”

The man's direct words made Xiao Yan, who was about to sit down, almost fall to the ground.

Xiao Yan's movement of holding the chopsticks also paused.

Only Xiao Mo's smile remained unchanged: "Speak."

"Going out with Gu Yazi in the afternoon, that woman is going abroad, so she wants to see me for the last time - no, damn it, that's not the point, whoever she wants to see is none of my business, it's just that she seems to want to talk about Xiao Qi , I agreed to go out to see him." Xiao Yan sat down firmly, and said with an ugly face, "Who knew that she would not talk about it for three and four, and suddenly burst into tears, telling me what she said so that I would hug her. -"

Xiao Mo listened and looked at his youngest son with regret.

It's like watching an idiot with a desperate IQ.

Xiao Mo: "Xiao Yan, your IQ doesn't look like you're about to be fooled around by women."

Xiao Yan: "..."

The man's talk has reached this point, all Xiao Yan can do is keep silent - at this moment, what else can he say?Is it true that I am such an idiot?

Xiao Mo shook his head, and turned his head towards Xiao Yan. After the latter was silent for a while, a trace of struggle appeared in his eyes... The hesitant look in Xiao Yan's eyes made Xiao Mo's heart skip a beat. For a moment, the man He even felt that he was looking forward to it... However, after a while, he heard his eldest son simply ask, "Did you read those newspapers?"

"..."

Xiao Mo was silent.

He lowered his eyes, using long and thick eyelashes to hide the disappointment in his eyes.

After a long time, the man raised his head again, looked at the eldest son and smiled: "I see, but don't worry, although I'm not very happy to see these, I won't take them to heart, they won't become my object. Reason for your anger."

"kindness."

"As long as you guys don't lie to me about what you do, I won't be angry." Xiao Mo said slowly, looking at the sons sitting in front of him with black pupils, "You should know that I treat you My tolerance is very high, no matter what you do, just don't lie to me."

After Xiao Mo finished speaking, he closed his mouth.

He looked at Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan, as if expecting them to say something to him.

However, no.

The two brothers were just silent, and finally nodded silently.

Xiao Mo looked at them and nodded, suddenly laughed, and then pushed the two bowls of noodles in front of them to their hands, telling them to eat them quickly——Xiao Mo cooked the noodles well, the taste was very good, and the noodles were also delicious. Knowing where the man learned it from, the twins thought it tasted good and they were really hungry, so they really lowered their heads and ate it seriously.

During this period, Xiao Mo still maintained the posture of supporting his chin with one hand, and spoke to them in a very normal tone. He told Xiao Yan about the transfer of high-level officials in the venue today, and then asked his son to read the information in detail, so as not to It will be inconvenient to deal with things in the future; then he turned around and asked about the police station of his youngest son, whether the work was going well, whether the kidnapper who was being arrested was caught, and whether the police station did anything because he was a gangster in the North District. It's hard for the boss's son to give him little shoes...

A series of trivial chores like this.

Regarding the unhappiness that happened today, the man never mentioned a word again.

After dinner, Xiao Mo went to take a bath first, then made a glass of milk for the two brothers with his own hands, and then watched them drink it.

That night, Xiao Mo still slept between the two of them—allowing Xiao Yan's strong arm to rest on his waist, and allowing Xiao Yan's back of his hand to be lightly pressed against his.

until waking up the next morning.

The twins of the Xiao family found an empty piece in the middle of the huge bed - they seemed to sleep relatively deeply last night, they didn't know when the man woke up, and the bathroom seemed to have been used, thinking that men have always had the habit of doing morning exercises, brother The two of them didn't think much about it, and each sent a text message to Xiao Mo's mobile phone telling him about his itinerary for the day today, and they each took a shower and dressed before going out——When picking up the clothes, Xiao Yan even took extra care to read them. After a quick glance, all the important documents of the man were kept in the drawer, and there was no lack of clothes in the closet.

This is almost an ordinary morning.

Until Xiao Yan drove to the parking lot of Yewu, the security guard told him that his parking card expired and needed to be renewed.

Sitting in the car, the eldest young master of the Xiao family took out his leather armor from his bag with a paralyzed face, opened it, and was about to withdraw cash to pay the parking fee, but when he saw the situation inside, he froze in place.

The leather armor was empty.

Thousands of dollars in cash all disappeared.

Seeing the young master of the Xiao family sitting in the driver's seat in a daze, staring at the leather armor in his hand, the security guard who asked him to top up was embarrassed himself—in any case, it couldn't be because of that. A few dollars will keep the boss out of the door, right?He scratched his head and squeezed out a smiling face: "Mr. Xiao, why don't you forget this time, wait until you next time—"

"Need not."

Xiao Yan closed the leather armor with a cold face, threw it aside, and called someone to come down and take over his car.

Then, under the astonished eyes of the security guard, the young master of the Xiao family opened the car door and jumped out of the car, holding the mobile phone in one hand, and then ran out at a speed of sprinting [-] meters without looking back.