[Rebirth to the Future] Diplomacy

After Gao Jingting walked out of the study, he ran into Le Tang.

He paused and said, "You have a good brother."

Throwing down such a sentence without beginning or end, Gao Jingting walked out of Rong Pei's house without looking back.

Le Tang, who was left by Gao Jingting, waited by the door for a while, and finally saw Rong Pei open the study door and come out.

He was still dressed neatly as usual, and even his expression was not much different.

Le Tang's heart has been going up and down for the past few days. Seeing that he finally found a chance to be with Rong Pei, he threw himself into Rong Pei's arms: "Brother...I seem to have screwed up..."

Rong Pei let him hug him: "Don't worry, it's all settled."

"It's all settled."

Instructor Xu's voice came from the stairs. He held the key of Rong Pei's house in his hand: "Gao Jingting asked me to return it. He may not come again. Congratulations, you have come true."

Le Tang suddenly opened his eyes wide: "What?"

Rong Pei smiled lightly: "Gao Heng is coming here in three months, you should be in time, right?"

Speaking of Gao Heng, Instructor Xu's eyes froze slightly.

Gao Heng is Gao Jingting's fourth cousin. He has been very well-connected with his elders since he was a child, and at the same time he is very popular among his peers.He has a generous temperament and is very defensive. When Gao Jingting is bullied, he is always the first to stand up.

After graduating from university, Gao Heng went to the east. His extraordinary talent gradually revealed, and he has become the most valued third generation of the Gao family.

These are superficial things.

Instructor Xu knows Gao Heng's character best. He is the kind of person who has a strong purpose in doing things, such as "protecting" Gao Jingting: If he hadn't stood up so ostentatiously and shouted "protecting" Gao Jingting, maybe Gao Jingting would have become a "fool." "Things would not spread in the capital, forcing Gao Rongcheng to send Gao Jingting to Yunlaigang.

Instructor Xu said with a cold face: "That has nothing to do with you."

Rong Pei smiled slightly: "Speaking of which, this Gao Heng and Instructor Xu are still... old friends. If he becomes the heir, you, Instructor Xu, should have a good life too."

Facing Rong Pei Dongche's eyes, instructor Xu felt that this person was very dangerous for the first time.

Gao Heng and him are indeed old friends, but they broke up ten years ago.According to Gao Heng's personality of vengeance, I am afraid that he will immediately free up his hands to settle old grievances after he takes office.

Instructor Xu chose to interrupt the conversation, turned and left.

Rong Pei played with the key returned by Instructor Xu.

He wasn't worried about whether Gao Jingting could survive the next storm, with the help of those around him, it was impossible for Gao Jingting to play off.

Seeing his happy expression, Le Tang shouted: "Brother..."

Rong Pei put away the keys in his hand, and brushed his soft hair: "Come in, I have something to tell you."

The inside of the study was very tidy, and it was not at all obvious that it had just experienced a love affair.Rong Pei took out the tea leaves and started to make tea, Le Tang immediately sat aside obediently when he saw this.

His elder brother used to love tea art very much, and he was very proficient in it. He was the one who taught Le Tang to make good tea.

At that time, my brother was very busy and didn't spend much time at home. Usually it was only him and his father at home.He taught his elder brother for more than half a month, and went to offer treasures to his father happily.

Father was very happy at first, but when he found out that Rong Pei taught him, his expression became unsightly.

That night his father seemed to have talked to his elder brother, and since then Le Tang has never seen his elder brother touch the tea set again.

Later, he couldn't help asking why, only to find out that his father thought Qin, tea, calligraphy and painting were all tricks, and he didn't like his brother to touch them.

My father has always been strict with my brother.

Le Tang was a little lost.

At this time, Rong Pei had already handed the soaked "Xianfeng" to Le Tang.

In fact, in some respects, Rong Pei and his father are a bit similar, at least their preferences are very similar.

Le Tang clutched his cup and took a sip of tea, hesitantly said, "Brother——"

Seeing his hesitant appearance, Rong Pei smiled and said, "Le Tang, do you think of going to study elsewhere."

Le Tang was taken aback: "I've already finished college..."

Rong Pei said, "It's not a university."

Rong Pei never forgot to leave a way out, and he had imagined the current situation: after all, Gao Jingting is not a puppet at the mercy of others, if things don't go as expected, the first thing he will do is to help Le Tang get out.

Rong Pei would never let his younger brother stay in the dangerous vortex.

He took out three paper documents from the drawer: "Recently, my old friend sent me three letters of recommendation, one is to go to the Sauder Empire to study cooking, for two years; the second is for three years, In the south of Baizhou, it is also relatively far away, but the culinary knowledge there is profound and has a long history. , it’s not too far from Yunlai Port. I think it’s all good, you’ve never left Yunlai Port, it’s time to go out and see it. You can think about it these few days, and it’s okay if you don’t like it.”

Le Tang stared blankly at the three recommendation letters.

He is very clear about how difficult it is to study in these places, because before he agreed to associate with Gao Jingting, he often paid attention to the news in this area, and told a few friends about his yearning for these places—and at the same time, many times Complain about the high demand for places and the fierce competition.

——How did my brother get these recommendation positions?

His brother is not Gao Jingting, who is delivered to him whatever he wants, nor is he Qu Ze, who has a strong father. He only holds an ordinary green card in his hand. In the eyes of many people, he is just insignificant and insignificant. One of the green streams!

But he will always strive for the best for his family.

Le Tang tried hard not to let the tears overflow his eyes: "I'll go, I'll go to Baizhou."

Baizhou is a paradise for diners and a paradise for chefs. Le Tang has long wanted to go, but Father Rong still disagrees.

Thinking of the resistance from his father, Le Tang raised his head worriedly, "Dad..."

Rong Pei rubbed his hair: "Let me talk about Dad. He has something to go out of town for a few days, so let's cut it first and then play it."

Le Tang said: "Is this really possible?"

Rong Pei nodded firmly.

The next day he put Le Tang on the train to Baizhou.

In fact, things did not go as smoothly as Rong Pei said.

When Father Rong found out about this, Le Tang had already become an official member of the Baizhou Culinary Society.

Le Tang, who has always been obedient, has a rare encounter with stubbornness and refuses to come back.

Father Rong called Rong Pei home angrily.

As soon as the father and son met, Rong's father slapped Rong Pei in front of his stepmother, Liang Xuping.

Liang Xuping stepped forward to persuade in shock, but Rong Pei calmly sent her outside the door: "Mom, I'll talk to Dad."

When he turned his head, Father Rong was staring at his palm in a daze, as if he couldn't believe it.

Rong Pei could only call out first: "Dad."

Father Rong's anger still persisted: "Le Tang is dating Gao Jingting, what are you thinking about sending him away at this critical moment!"

Rong Pei's face was in pain, but his tone was very calm: "Gao Jingting knows."

Father Rong was stunned: "Know what?"

Rong Pei said: "Engagement. Gao Jingting found out that I am engaged to him."

Rong's father never thought about this possibility. All along, Rong Pei never made mistakes in what he was going to do. How could he lose the chain on Gao Jingting's matter?He was stunned for a while, then asked: "He broke up with Le Tang?"

Thinking of Gao Jingting begging himself to kiss him, Rong Pei said: "Well, I'm not sure what he will do next after this happened, and the Gao family will send Gao Heng over soon. At that time, the Qu family will also It can be predicted that Yunlaigang will soon become their battleground, and I don't want Le Tang to get involved. Dad, believe me, I don't want to see Le Tang get hurt more than anyone else."

Father Rong was shocked by his calm gaze.

The hand he hit Rong Pei trembled a little: "A Pei, Dad just..."

Rong Pei said: "I know, Dad is just worried about Le Tang. I have already found a few friends to help take care of him, Le Tang will be fine there."

Father Rong's lips moved, but his throat seemed to be stuck in something, and he couldn't make a sound.

When he just heard that Rong Pei sent Le Tang away, Rong's father thought it was Rong Pei's long-standing grievances that finally broke out, but he didn't expect that Rong Pei still made this decision for Le Tang's sake.

Seeing his son's flushed face, Father Rong felt extremely regretful, but he couldn't say anything else.

This is his son, the best and most mature and sensible son ever, he never makes people worry, as long as he hits it once, he will never make the same mistake again.

Precisely because this son is so good, he subconsciously placed all the expectations on him that he hoped he could do but never did.

However, the relationship between their father and son has become more and more indifferent these years. It is obvious that his son is still respectful to him, and he still puts them first in everything, but it just doesn't feel right.

He knows better than anyone else how much his son attaches importance to his family. No matter how busy the work is or how bad the weather is, he will always return home on time to spend every rest day, every holiday, and even everyone’s birthday with them.

Naturally, such a son would not intentionally alienate himself...

Then the problem is probably... I'm afraid it's on me!

Rong Pei saw all the changes on his father's face.

Perhaps the most difficult thing for him to let go of being a human being in two lives is: it's not that they don't love him.

Just like his mother in the previous life said in tears before she died: "I'm sorry, Ah Pei, I'm sorry... let me take a look at you, Ah Pei, I want to take a look at you, let me take a look at you."

It's not that they don't love him, it's just that there are always other things in front of him.

Just like the mother's hatred for his father in the previous life, just like the father in this life wants him to be like his third uncle, hoping that he can revive the Rong family's obsession.

Rong Pei has always been very aware of this point, so he never felt that there was anything to complain about. After all, he didn't want much in terms of feelings, as long as he had a thought, it was enough.

He smiled slightly, and comforted his guilty and regretful father: "Dad, this is not your problem. It's because I didn't do well enough that I let you down more and more."

Father Rong trembled all over.

He felt that the ugly monster in his heart finally showed its ferocious and terrifying fangs, biting his heart frantically, as if it wanted to wring his whole heart to pieces before he was willing to do so.

That's it!

That's it!

His son looks so much like his younger brother!

It was clearly not his fault, clearly not his responsibility, clearly not something he needed to bear, but they always took it on them without hesitation.

They are all equally good, they are all equally good, always able to easily achieve what others may not necessarily achieve in their lifetime.

They can always do everything perfectly, even when it comes to coaxing people, they are absolutely flawless.

For example, he and his ex-wife have been in love for five or six years, but it was only on the eve of divorce that he realized that the love he thought was a "fateful encounter" was only obtained by relying on his outstanding younger brother.

Father Rong still remembers the last words his ex-wife said to him: "Do you know why I filed for divorce at this time? Because I look down on you, Rong En. You have always been unwilling to be overwhelmed by your brother, so when you heard about your brother's accident When you heard the news, your first reaction was not to run for him, but to take over everything from your brother—but Rong En, no one will buy you except your brother! Without your brother, you are nothing. "

The blow from the ex-wife was just the beginning.

After facing the pressure from all sides and all kinds of provocations and ridicules alone, Father Rong understood the true meaning of "Without your brother, you are nothing".

He felt like he couldn't make it through the day.

So Rong's father took his son and newborn nephew away to Hong Kong.

What he didn't expect was that his son became more and more similar to that younger brother.

But my younger brother's son just happens to be like me.

At some point, that ugly monster began to lurk in his heart, spying on his every mood swing, instigating him to hurt his son over and over again.

——Because I am not reconciled!

He was not reconciled.

He wanted everyone who looked down on him to see what an excellent son he had.

Therefore, his demands on Rong Pei were so harsh that they were almost cruel, and he never took Rong Pei's feelings into consideration.

Finally found the crux of the problem, Father Rong felt that his heart no longer belonged to him.

The shame and regret that spread in his heart were almost the same as when his ex-wife saw through his dirty thoughts back then.

Rong Pei is his son... his son.

Father Rong controlled his choked voice: "Apei, Dad is going to go abroad for exchange and study, and go with your mother, what do you think?" All he can do is try not to drag this son down as much as possible. , Don't try to tie his hands and feet, don't interfere with his future, don't... hurt him.

Rong Pei paused and said, "I'll help you arrange it."

Father Rong said: "No, no, I can get the recommended seat myself. I will tell you when the date is confirmed, and I will call you home for dinner."

Rong Pei laughed: "Okay. Tell Mom for me, I want to eat the Eight Treasure Soup she made last time."

Father Rong really wanted to continue the conversation like a normal father and son, but he felt that his heart was so painful that he couldn't restrain himself, and he couldn't open his mouth no matter what.

Love is the most precious thing, and it can never be treated lightly.

Because once it cracks, it can never be restored.