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"Yanyan, you look good."

Lu Changbai smiled at me. He was wearing a well-tailored light-colored suit coat, with a refined appearance and a tall and straight figure. Except for the slightly gray temples, the spirit of his whole body could not be seen as a person over fifty years old.

The middle-aged man next to him was already fat, his face was swollen from excessive drinking, and he was not at the same age as Lu Changbai.He spoke with an obvious Liao province accent: "Mr. Lu, this is?"

Lu Changbai is about the same size as me, and he hugged my shoulders in a friendly and natural way: "My son, named Junyan, has been studying and working in the capital. Yanyan, this is Mr. Li of Hongrui Group, call him uncle."

"Hello, Uncle Li."

I smiled and reached out to shake hands with the middle-aged man. He looked me up and down and praised me: "Isn't Lu Junyan? The young man looks as handsome as your father! He has a future! If he takes your father's class in the future, he will definitely do better The better."

"He is too young, and he doesn't know how long it will take to practice before he can get started. I'm afraid he can't count on it."

"No way, Mr. Lu, you are too modest. Junyan is a talent at first glance, unlike my kid, who hangs around outside every day."

Like an ordinary father, Lu Changbai said a few words of modesty, which instead attracted more compliments from President Li.This Mr. Li has a heroic and generous personality. For some reason, he seems to be very optimistic about me. Before saying goodbye, he repeatedly patted my shoulder and told me to come and play with him when I was free.

Lu Changbai asked his assistant to leave first, then turned around and asked me, "Did you drive here by yourself?"

"Put the driver in front, my leg is hurt...can't drive."

"I think so, but if you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see it." His tone was gentle, and his eyes glanced at my disabled leg, "I will find some experts to help you treat it another day, Yanyan, you It’s not good to delay this problem for a lifetime.”

I felt a little uncomfortable, but I didn't want to refute out of politeness, so I led him in the direction of parking.After sitting in the back seat, I asked Lu Changbai: "Would you like Chinese food or Western food for lunch?"

The two of us don't meet very often, and it's always a bit reluctant for me to open my mouth to call you father or father.But after all, the relationship between father and son is there, and I can't call him Teacher Lu like Su Wan or Lu Jingfan, so I have to be vague like this.

Lu Changbai leaned on the back seat and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He opened his eyes when he heard what I said, and said slowly: "Whatever! Eat some home-cooked food, I'm tired of the banquets these days."

I nodded and told the driver to drive to a famous private restaurant.The owner of that restaurant has a deep friendship with Yin Wenjun. I have eaten with him a few times, and I think the taste is good, so I became a special guest under his influence. There is always a reserved box, and there is no need to call in advance to reserve a seat.

Seeing the driver turning around, I sat back in my seat, and the slowly rising baffle separated the rear seat into a separate space.Lu Changbai glanced ahead: "Is this your man?"

"I don't care much about these things...all are arranged by Song Cheng."

I didn't want to talk about these things with my biological father, but I didn't expect to be able to hide after all.Lu Changbai sighed, shook his head and said, "Don't use someone else's driver! Yanyan, do you need others to teach you this kind of thing?"

"I don't usually go out, and I don't use the driver much." I defended myself in a low voice, "And it doesn't have to be picked up by the driver, so it shouldn't affect anything."

The air was quiet for a few seconds. I didn't want the atmosphere to be too rigid, so I took the initiative to find a topic and said, "Mr. Li was very enthusiastic just now."

"His father is from Liao Province. He has been in business there for decades, and his family has some influence. I don't know him very well, but we have cooperated a few times before more than ten years ago. It's just a friendship. I didn't expect that at this meeting Encountered, it seems that the cake in the education industry is indeed getting bigger and bigger, and even laymen want to get a piece of it.”

Lu Changbai pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at me with a smile: "However, I probably understand why he favors you so much."

He stopped at this point, accidentally bought a pass, like a funny father chatting with his son.Showing appropriate curiosity, I asked, "Why?"

"He has an eldest daughter who is estimated to be in her early 30s this year. A few years ago, I heard people say that his daughter is over 25 and stays at home and refuses to marry. Not only that, he also drove away four or five blind dates, forcing So he had to recruit a son-in-law within the scope of Liao Province, and I don’t know what the result will be. Looking at it now, I’m afraid that the daughter’s marriage has not been settled, otherwise he wouldn’t have green eyes when he looked at you!”

After finishing speaking, Lu Changbai looked at me jokingly: "Yanyan, what do you think?"

"I don't have any idea." I couldn't laugh or cry at this speculation, shrugged my shoulders, and said intentionally, "Liao Province is his territory, and I'm not familiar with the place where I was born. If I become a door-to-door son-in-law, I'm afraid I will be beaten by that Miss Li every day. "

"No." Lu Changbai hooked his lips, looking like he was sure of winning, "How can there be a really strong woman? 90.00% of them are pretending to scare men, making you think that they can't be easily subdued. In fact, once she grasps it, she's afraid Smaller than a little girl, you can only rub it with me."

Seeing that the direction of these words was not right, I thought of the fact that he once asked Lu Jingfan to marry the daughter of a certain company. I was afraid that he would really be moved, and said: "There is no such thing, maybe Mr. Li will go back and inquire about it." If you hear the rumors that I am in the capital, you will immediately back away from me."

Lu Changbai's tone was flat: "What are you afraid of! It won't be so easy to be known by others. Usually, who would think of this. Besides, even if he hears a little bit of wind, you can still explain it. Anyway, the person who spread the word can't produce conclusive evidence. People are not Bai Changbai. With one mouth, as long as you put your heart into it, it is possible to say black things into white things."

"But it's not good after all..." I said, "It's all about disappearing, it's going too far."

He probably saw my reluctance, and chuckled lightly: "Look at you, I'm just joking with you. I'm your father, would I sell you?"

I forced a few laughs, and Lu Changbai pointed out the window: "Is this near your elementary school?"

"Huh?" I looked over there and vaguely recognized a few familiar shops. "It should be the road behind the playground... A lot of places have been newly built in recent years, and I can't recognize them unless I look carefully."

I turned on my phone and looked at the location, and it turned out that not far away was my elementary school alma mater.I was surprised that Lu Changbai could point it out accurately, and he smiled slightly: "At that time, I wanted to see you, and I came here many times. Unfortunately, I finally saw you, and it seemed to scare you a lot."

Our first meeting was really not pleasant. I said: "I don't remember very clearly. When we first met... I was too young."

"Yeah, you're only that tall, you didn't reach my thighs, and your face turned red from crying." Lu Changbai made a gesture, and his tone was somewhat sad, "At that time, I hadn't found a job to eat, so I wanted to take you away. I was afraid that I would not be able to support you well, and I also felt that at least your material conditions in the Xu family would not be bad, so I dispelled this concern."

"Grandpa... Mr. Xu treats me well." I said after thinking about it, "I haven't been particularly harsh on basic necessities of life."

The Xu family wants to save face, no matter how much they hate me, it is impossible for a child to starve.And I'm in the same school as Xu Yucheng and Xu Yuzhong, if my elder brother is glamorous and my younger brother is disheveled, it will be harmful to their reputation.

Lu Changbai sighed: "After gaining a firm foothold in City S, I considered whether or not to bring you here. I thought about it a few times, but finally gave up. The situation over there is a bit complicated, and Jing Fan can't wait to follow me. I was tied up and walked through it a few times, although in the end there was no danger, but I don't want you to live such a life of fear."

Hearing this, I could only smile, not taking it seriously.

Maybe he once really had a fatherly heart, but what does that have to do with me?Now I can also claim that I have always been full of admiration and yearning for my biological father, and I planned to drop out of school to find his whereabouts, but it didn't happen—after all, it didn't happen, so naturally I can make up various tricks.

The car drove steadily, and the buildings near the elementary school were quickly left behind, getting farther and farther away.Lu Changbai folded his hands on his knees and looked at me sideways: "I saw another person yesterday. Yang Shechuan's son, Yang Chen, is one of your boyfriends."

His voice was soft, but it made me colder and more embarrassing than slapping me.

I heard from Yang Chen that Lu Changbai could have called other people to come this time, but he insisted on going in person. I don't know what his intention is.At the moment, I put up all my energy to deal with it. The more nervous I was, the more calm I became: "Really? What is he going to do?"

"His family is one of the organizers, so of course he will come forward. I haven't seen this kid for a while. He looks exactly like him when he was a child. He is smart, but it's a pity that he has rebellious bones. It won't be a big deal if he doesn't smooth it out." Lu Changbai's face Calmly, the corners of his mouth even curled up, "He should have known that I was coming, I thought he would tell you!"

I lowered my eyes: "Yang Chen and I... seldom see each other, nor do we talk about business matters."

"Oh, it's normal." Lu Changbai's voice was calm and seemed to have some meaning, "Yanyan, your character is pitiful and cute for a woman, but it's too soft for a man."

Seeing that I didn't answer, he continued: "But it's also good. A good child is painful. Teacher Su likes sensible and filial children. Ever since I met you, he has been talking about it every day, asking me to arrange you to work by my side and do something good. Eat to help you replenish your body. Thanks to her reminder, I owe you a lot of birthday gifts when I was not with you before! This time I came to the capital to make up for you. Whatever you want, just ask me."

I hate birthday celebrations from the bottom of my heart, but Lu Changbai did it out of good intentions, so I can only politely decline: "It's enough to have this intention, I'm not a child, I don't have anything I want."

"Yanyan, what you said is wrong. Adults want much more than children. Money, power, beautiful cars and beautiful women are never enough. In my opinion, you can't even have your own driver now. No, relying on others everywhere, what does it look like? I have a few foreign companies in my hand, and the income is very good, I will give it to you, okay?"

He won't give me the companies with those cards, will he?If this is really the case, wouldn't I have reached the sky in one step?But... is this sincere, or is it a temptation after noticing Yang Chen's actions?

Forcibly steadying my mind, I lowered my head and made a hesitant gesture: "Thank you... Dad. It's just that I'm not good at business, and I don't have the courage to do it, so forget it."

"You can ask Jing Fan for help." Lu Changbai smiled at me, "I see that you are getting very close, he seems to like you quite a lot."

A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on the back, and that seemingly gentle smile also looked like a ghost in my eyes.

Before he had time to think about his intentions, the car had already arrived at its destination.Lu Changbai patted me on the shoulder, calm and breezy, as if what he said just now was purely on a whim: "Okay! Eat first, and then think about it. You are my son Lu Changbai, and you cannot be compared by others in terms of worth. Yes or no?"

I nodded stiffly, and slowly loosened my clenched hands.