Difficult to return

The family sat at three tables, and the men who wanted to drink sat at the main table.Lu Mingchen and Song Shuhua were originally sitting next door, but Song Erbo dragged them to the main table next to Father Song.

Apart from Song Shuhua's two uncles, there are also his cousins ​​at this table of men.Most of them are cousins, and there is only one cousin, Song Qingxue, the eldest son of Song Ershu.Song Qingxue is also a boss, and opened a labor service company in City A, doing security and cleaning outsourcing.

He and Song Shuhua were similar in age, and under the shadow of Song Shuhua's excellent character and learning, he hated this mother-in-law's cousin the most when he was young.It wasn't until the news that Song Shuhua was gay spread throughout the family that he suddenly became the benchmark for the elders to educate the younger brothers.But I didn't expect that a man who made money for the whole family was found behind this bitch, and he pushed him down again.

New and old grudges add up, in short, he just can't understand his uncle's family.

If you don't like it, you want to compare them even more. Lu Mingchen didn't want to take over the younger generation in the family, so he took the initiative to propose to the third aunt to let Xiaojun follow him.At this moment, he also took the initiative to take out some good cigarettes, one for each uncle, and two packs for each of the younger brothers.

"It's not that the special cigarettes cost more money, but the main reason is that they are not available in the market."

As soon as these words were uttered, there was a wave of compliments of "still Qingxue is capable" and "big brother is awesome".

The men on the table began to puff, and seeing that Lu Mingchen hadn't opened the cigarette, Song Qingxue offered to hand it over, as if to light it for him.

Lu Mingchen waved his hand, saying that he doesn't smoke now.

"What's the matter, Mr. Lu thinks our cigarettes are too bad and unqualified?"

Lu Mingchen glanced at the husband next to him, stretched out his hand and pushed him away: "Ah Hua can't smell the smell of cigarettes, so I quit."

When he said this, everyone else at the table was a little embarrassed.The one who was about to light a cigarette stopped, and all the lit cigarettes were silently extinguished.

Song Qingxue originally wanted to put Lu Mingchen on the stage, so that he could not get off the stage, but he never thought that the other party would simply say that he was the one who brought shame on himself.Damn, don't you just share some money with you every year? Everyone has become a dog's leg, a bunch of money-seeking things.

Song Qingxue snorted coldly, and said to Song Shuhua, "You're not a woman, so you also control men smoking? When your sister-in-law was pregnant, you didn't control her men smoking. This is the rule of our Song family."

Everyone at the table was silent for a moment, Song Shuhua just tightened his fingers holding the soup spoon, did not speak, and did not look up.

The second uncle pulled his son away: "After two glasses of wine, you're drunk again? You bastard who can't spit out ivory, what kind of nonsense did you say, I apologize to your brother."

There was a moment of stalemate during the dinner, Father Song said in a deep voice: "Shuhua, you don't smoke or drink, go and sit at your mother's table."

Song Shuhua took the bowl and silently changed the table.

Lu Mingchen was a little angry, but he couldn't get angry because of Father Song's presence.He looked back at his husband frequently, and found that his face was still calm and gentle, and it was not against his harmony to blend in with the group of women, as if he was unaware of his cousin's insult.

But he is not the character who swallows his anger.

When the dinner was over, Song Qingxue became drunk and shrank under the dining table.He drooped his head, vomited all over himself, and was dragged out of the yard by his wife and mother like a dead pig, leaving behind a lot of filth and a series of laughing and cursing.

Lu Mingchen turned his head to look at the next table, his husband was no longer there, and there was no scene of his cousin making a fool of himself.

Lu Mingchen, who was dizzy from drinking, felt a sense of loss.His stomach was overwhelmed, he supported the table and went all the way to the bathroom.After vomiting, I saw my husband standing in the cold wind in the yard.

"Why are you standing here?"

The man was a little startled, and turned his head: "It's nothing...the plum blossoms in the yard are blooming very well."

"Do you like plum blossoms?"

"...No, let's go in."

He followed behind her husband, walking in a straight line with restraint, without showing any signs of drunkenness.

Go back to the house and listen to the Song family chatting.Song's father suddenly said: "Xiao Lu, the company is doing well now, and you are getting more and more busy. You should also ask Shuhua to help you. He is also a postgraduate graduate and has experience in working in the company. He can help you more or less. Get busy."

"Dad is right." He looked at her husband again, "Ah Hua is responsible for taking care of our house, and it is usually very hard. I don't want him to be too tired."

Song's father knew his son well, but he believed his son-in-law's words.He looked at his son with serious eyes: "If a big man doesn't go out to work hard, he just walks around at home every day, so what's the point.

"You really want to help Xiao Lu, instead of cooking two meals and washing two clothes for him, you have to share the pressure for him in your career. It's great for the two of you to work hard together. I think you will be useless at home sooner or later."

"A Hua also has a job, he teaches students in an art school." Lu Mingchen explained for him.

"That's considered a serious job? Let me tell you, after the Spring Festival, you can go back to the company for me. Your surname is Song. Don't let Xiao Lu do all the work of our family by himself."

It was only here that Father Song said the main point of these words - don't tie the fate of the company to Lu Mingchen alone, his surname is Lu after all.The other Song family members present also understood a little bit, and helped to persuade them.

Song Shuhua didn't speak the whole time, but nodded at the end and said, "I see."

When driving back, the night has gradually opened.

All the street lights on both sides of the road were lit up at a certain moment.Today, Song Shuhua was driving, and Lu Mingchen was sitting in the co-pilot. Streetlights flashed over their heads one by one, lighting up their faces repeatedly, and then turning them off again and again.The silence in the carriage was depressing, and Lu Mingchen turned on the stereo.

Eason Chan's voice came - those who can't get it are always in commotion, those who are favored are confident... Lu Mingchen turned down the voice to the background sound.

"Dad said to let you start the company for a few years, do you have a favorite position?"

Song Shuhua shook his head: "I haven't worked for several years, and I'm not familiar with the company's current business."

"I just need an assistant, want to try?"

General assistant, compared to the position of manager and director, is not enough weight, but it is actually the most important hub to connect and coordinate the general manager and the departments below. It needs to have the same proficiency as the general manager in controlling the entire business of the company .This is a position that allows people to understand the company and participate in decision-making as quickly as possible, and it should best meet the old man's expectations for his son.

It's not that Lu Mingchen doesn't know what the father-in-law is thinking, and Song Guoqiang's worries are not groundless.Since he was hospitalized for cerebral infarction five years ago and spent more than half a year in various recovery treatments, he was unable to return to work, and the company was fully in the hands of Lu Mingchen.

He carried out drastic reforms and business updates, introduced many of the most advanced machinery and equipment, hired senior technicians with high salaries, and upgraded the business from ordinary technical processing to precision instrument processing.With technological innovation, customers have also undergone essential changes. Song Guoqiang's old customers accounted for less than 5.00% of the company's annual sales.

Even if Song Guoqiang didn't want to see him any more, he would be kicked out by several members of the board of directors who united with his Song family.Lu Mingchen could completely start anew and take over all the clients from the current company, leaving an empty shell for the Song family.

But he never intended to do so.Song Guoqiang was kind to him, and the small factory of the Song family was also the foundation for him to flex his muscles. Without the Song family, he would not be where he is today.Moreover, Song Guoqiang also handed over his son to him. He couldn't betray him just because of his heart.

He made a proposal that would satisfy everyone, but he didn't expect Song Shuhua to say suddenly: "Mingchen, I can't do this job."

"It won't be hard, I'll show you how to do it."

The car slid quietly in the night, and Song Shuhua had been brewing for a long time.In the end, his emotions seemed to be a little broken, but finally he mustered up his courage and asked timidly: "Mingchen, I really can't do such a job..."

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The silence gradually spread, and Lu Mingchen could somewhat understand what her husband meant.

He has almost no social life on weekdays, let alone friends.Social skills are also based on the principle of advancing and losing. He has been dealing with children all year round, so he naturally finds it difficult to communicate in the adult world.

Lu Mingchen had no intention of forcing him: "I know, I will go and talk to Dad."

"Thank you."

It was obvious that the husband was relieved, and strangely, he was also relieved.

It may be that there is no turning back for such things as cheating, once done, it will be branded forever.Whatever the reason, he had stained their marriage forever by breaking his wedding vows.Others don't know it, but I know it. I won't do it again in the future, but the fact that I did it in the past will not change.

Lu Mingchen suddenly discovered that when facing his husband, he would never be able to be justified, even though the other party might never find out this fact.

But that doesn't matter.Obtaining extra things also requires paying an extra price, which Lu Mingchen had already figured out when he first chose to cheat.Of course, this price also includes guilt and the torture of suffering from shady secrets.

"Ah Hua, I proposed to you back then, why did you agree so quickly?"

"Ok?"

"I mean when I proposed to you back then, I thought you would refuse."

After asking this question, Lu Mingchen found it strange that after so many years, he only thought of asking for the first time today.

Song Shuhua smiled and said nothing.