bookbashuk Chapter 469: Victory in One Move
Chapter 469: Victory in One Move
In the afternoon, the sun was high in the sky.
A black M9 was speeding on the national highway.
inside the car.
Tang Yixiong gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, humming leisurely to the rhythm of the music.
"I am just talking to myself. These are simple thoughts. To you, they are just a joke. So I am sad, even though your fragrance still lingers on my hands."
Deng Deng——
Entering the chorus, the rhythm was so passionate that Tang Yixiong couldn't help but slap the steering wheel.
"If you didn't know how many cups I drank that day, you wouldn't understand how beautiful you are, and I wouldn't believe that I fell in love with you so easily the first time I saw you!
But I believe in the feeling in my heart, it comes so quickly and so directly! Even if my heart is wild and I can't put out the fire, I still believe that it is God who made you and I meet! If I hadn't smelled your perfume left in my hand..."
Tang Yixiong was just about to raise his voice and howl when Zhao Huijuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pressed the pause button without hesitation.
"What are you singing! It's so awful!"
Tang Yixiong immediately closed his mouth, not daring to refute at all, for fear of causing an argument.
After being married for more than 20 years, if he still couldn't see that Zhao Huijuan was in a low mood, then he was a fool.
Zhao Huijuan rested her right elbow against the bottom edge of the car window, supported her head with her palm, and watched the scenery passing by outside the window without saying a word.
Two or three minutes passed.
Tang Yixiong glanced at Zhao Huijuan carefully, but he only saw the back of her head and could not judge her current emotion from her facial expression.
After thinking for a moment, Tang Yixiong turned down the volume and tentatively restarted the music.
[I will never toss and turn and have trouble falling asleep, just thinking about your beauty, smelling your fragrance, struggling and wandering in the passion of ice and fire! ]
Zhao Huijuan did not react, and Tang Yixiong also relaxed.
An angry woman is the most terrifying, especially when the person who made her angry is not you. She is like a frightened hedgehog and it is impossible to coax her.
"Oh, it's New Year's Day, why are you angry? Smile more, it will prolong your life."
"Ha!" Zhao Huijuan did laugh, but it was a cold laugh. She retracted her right hand and looked forward with a cold look in her eyes, "With relatives like your eldest brother and second brother, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to laugh even if I won the first prize in the Mark Six lottery."
"It's only tens of thousands of dollars, and we're not in a hurry to use it, so why should we care too much about it?"
"Tens of thousands?" Zhao Huijuan turned her head and narrowed her eyes. "Are you sure you didn't miss a cross between the tens and the tens of thousands? The first time, she said she wanted to do a prenatal checkup for her child, so she borrowed eight thousand and left. The second time, she had a caesarean section and had to be hospitalized for surgery due to heavy bleeding, which cost her fifty thousand. The third time, she wanted to hire a confinement care team, and she asked for another fifty thousand. I didn't hire a confinement care team when I gave birth to Jing and Wanwan, but they did.
Then they found all kinds of excuses and asked for tens of thousands of dollars. Do you think our house is a bank ATM? And you are a complete fool. They dare to borrow money, and you dare to give it to them without even writing an IOU. You might as well go to Leshan and tell the big Buddha to go away and let you be the pawn."
Tang Yixiong was so shocked that he dared not breathe.
A few years ago, Tang Yixiong had just paid off his mortgage, his career was booming, and the balance in his card was increasing. Due to social etiquette, he thought it would be no problem to lend out a few tens of thousands of yuan. However, who would have expected that he would borrow more and more, and not be able to get it back.
Zhao Huijuan paused for a few seconds and continued, "If I hadn't discovered in time that the money on the card was decreasing instead of increasing, you would have lost all the savings in the family sooner or later. Hundreds of thousands, big brother! Jing hasn't spent so much since he was born!"
Tang Yixiong looked embarrassed. Although he had realized how stupid his previous behavior was, he still tried to make excuses.
"We are family after all. If they ask me for help when they are in trouble, I can't just stand by and watch, right?"
"A family? What a family!" Zhao Huijuan sneered, "Since the year we stopped lending money, have they ever invited us to their house to drink a sip of water, let alone a meal? And the land that our father left us, they always say they will return it to us next year, but what's the result? Year after year."
Tang Yixiong sighed inwardly and said nothing more.
On one side is your blood brother, and on the other side is your wife who you share the same bed with. It's really difficult to be caught in between.
Besides, Tang Yixiong subconsciously favors Zhao Huijuan. After all, no one likes to have a vampire crawling on them.
Tang Yixiong still remembers that when he was young, his two brothers were very kind to him. They took him to the river to catch fish and climb trees to pick fruits. Later, when they dropped out of school and went out to work, they would bring him gifts when they came back.
I just don't know why he has become so selfish and mean.
Perhaps because she had vented out the words that had been pent up in her heart for a long time, Zhao Huijuan felt much better, like a clear sky after rain.
"It's a pity for your eldest brother's child. He's not ugly and has bright eyes, but he was born in the countryside. He has a brainless mother, an ignorant grandfather, and an unknown father. He has lived like this all his life."
Tang Yixiong frowned. His thoughts regarding his nephew-grandson were the same as Zhao Huijuan's.
Although they could have had a better future, they were shackled by their original family and were trapped in the quagmire, unable to extricate themselves.
"Can you think of a way to help him?"
Zhao Huijuan shook her head and said, "He's too young! Junior high school and high school are fine, but how can you help a child who has just started elementary school and can't take care of himself? Give money? I'm afraid your eldest brother will swallow it all and not a penny will fall into his hands. Change the guardian? Your eldest brother's family just ignores him, but they don't abuse him. It's unreasonable and unethical to change him."
Tang Yixiong fell silent again.
There are so many things in life that go against one’s will, and we may not even be able to help others.
"I hope he can be self-reliant! When he grows up, I'll give him a helping hand if I can." Tang Yixiong said helplessly.
At this time, a blue road sign appeared in the field of vision.
Yangchengjie
"We're in Yangcheng now. Let's go to the market and buy some vegetables." Zhao Huijuan said.
"it is good."
"Also, I won't go back to the countryside with you in the next few days. I'm annoyed when I see your elder and second brothers. Don't tell outsiders about Wanwan's love affair, especially Xiao Lu's identity. You must never let your elder and second brothers know."
"I know."
……
The rat-headed creature holding a steel fork threw the Buddha head in its arms into the sky, and then waved the steel fork vigorously.
A strong wind mixed with yellow sand swept in from the sky.
[With the divine wind, who in the three realms can defeat us! 】
Lu You controlled the character to slowly retreat a distance and pressed the button.
A golden light lit up.
The strong wind died down, and the rat-headed creature stumbled back a few steps.
[You can calm my wind, but you can't calm my steel fork! ]
Followed by.
Da da da--
Ding--
Dang Dang Dang——
The sound of breaking glass was heard.
Da da da--
shhhhh--
Then, the settlement screen of the game appeared on the TV.
Lu You put down the controller, drank a sip of water calmly, and said, "The second chapter is finished, and it's time for the third chapter."
Tang Jing, who was standing by, was dumbfounded. "No, brother-in-law, aren't we playing the same game? Why is it that I have to work so hard to defeat the Great Sage of Yellow Wind, but you can easily beat him with one life right from the start, without even drinking from the gourd?"
Lu You pressed his left shoulder, flexed his slightly calculating muscles, and replied, “Maybe I’ve watched other streamers play before, so I’m familiar with the mechanism.”
“I watched it too, but I was still abused.”
Lu You thought about it and said seriously: "Maybe it's the difference in talent."
Tang Jing was speechless for a while, "If you were uglier, my sister would definitely not like you."
Lu You smiled slightly and did not comment.
“The strawberries are washed!”
Tang Wan walked into the living room carrying a fruit plate filled with bright red strawberries.
She put the fruit plate on the coffee table, sat next to Lu You, picked up a strawberry and put it into her mouth.
Seeing the controller lying on the sofa with no one paying attention to it, Tang Wan asked curiously, "Aren't you going to continue playing?"
"I just finished playing and am now watching the chapter animation." As he said this, Lu You also tasted a strawberry.
The flesh is slightly firm and juicy, 70% sweet and 30% sour. Overall, it deserves a delicious rating.
The chapter animation of the game is a puppet show, and the opening scene is a scholar saving an injured nurse in a snowy day.
Normally, Lu You would hardly go to see puppet shows, but this time he was able to calm down and enjoy it.
In the last scene, the scholar walked out of the wooden house with a fox skin around his neck, and then stepped into the snow.
Then the screen went black, the chapter name appeared and disappeared, a prosperous picture slowly unfolded, and an old man's voice muttered to himself with background music.
【You have walked through the wind and sand, have you ever found the ancient country at the end of the sky? Have you ever encountered a tiger falling off a cliff or a stone fighting? I am afraid that you have become deaf and confused. The more you seek perfection, the less you can find it. Rats and tigers are the same, they have no destiny but they don't accept it. Listen, little monkey, the sounds coming from the wind are all the sounds of wanting but not getting. 】
The scenes of exploring the game according to the game guide kept flashing through his mind. Lu You couldn't help but rub his arms, feeling a chill in his heart.
Is this a conversation between characters in the game, or are the game developers talking to the players?
Lu You couldn't tell the difference, but he thought it was both.
Tang Jing, who was standing by, let out a long sigh, leaned back in his chair, and said with emotion: "This game is really amazing. Not only is the content huge, but the text quality is also excellent. It is deeply integrated with Chinese culture. Playing it gave me goose bumps! I hope that domestic games will have the same level in the future."
Lu You recalled the shock brought by the game plot and said, "I dare not think about it either. I think it's amazing if it's half as good as this. The success of Black Myth, in addition to its own strong level, is also inseparable from the successful game selection. With the current sluggish game market and national policy support, it is basically impossible for latecomers to replicate it."
"Yes! The well-known Journey to the West story background, polluted by LGBT, rotten foreign game manufacturers, and ideological and cultural output, the buffs are stacked up!"
Although Tang Wan also plays games, she only plays them and knows nothing about the news in the gaming circle.
"What is the LGBT you are talking about?"
Lu You considered his words and replied, "A group of people with cerebral palsy who use the slogan of equal rights but actually run around seeking privileges to satisfy their own selfish desires, and whose hearts are dirtier than sewer rats."
As if afraid that Tang Wan wouldn't understand, Tang Jing continued, "It's just some half-human, half-ghost stuff. Don't take it too seriously. It's not presentable."
"Forget it, let's not talk about these disgusting things and continue playing our game. Who will go first in the third chapter?" Lu You asked.
"Let me do it!" Tang Wan picked up the controller and said, "The beginning of a chapter is usually not difficult, so you can play longer with one life."
"That's not what you said when you were shot to death by a rat in Chapter 2." Lu You teased.
"I won't fall into the same pit twice."
……
As evening approached, the sun began to set.
Zhao Huijuan walked into the house carrying two plastic bags and shouted, "I'm back. Have you cooked yet?"
Lu You was concentrating on instructing Tang Wan in fighting monsters. When he heard Zhao Huijuan's voice, he stood up without saying a word and greeted her respectfully.
"Happy New Year, Auntie."
"Huh?" Zhao Huijuan was also surprised to see Lu You, "Why are you here?"
"I came to visit you." Lu You turned his gaze to Tang Yixiong, who was one step behind, and shouted in the same voice: "Happy New Year, uncle."
Tang Yixiong frowned slightly. He really didn't like the man who had taken his daughter away.
However, it is a good idea not to hit someone who smiles at you. Lu You has already taken the initiative to show goodwill, so there is no reason for him to ignore him.
Tang Yixiong nodded and replied indifferently: "Happy New Year."
Zhao Huijuan's attitude is opposite to Tang Yixiong. Whether in terms of appearance, personality, family background or future, Lu You is more than qualified to be her son-in-law.
"When did you come here?" Zhao Huijuan asked with a smile.
"Eleven o'clock this morning." Lu You answered truthfully.
"You didn't even tell me before you came, so I could buy some more food to treat you."
"It was just a spur-of-the-moment decision."
After chatting for a while, Zhao Huijuan called Tang Wan and Tang Jing to the kitchen to help cook dinner, leaving only Lu You and Tang Yixiong in the living room.
When spending time with his elders, Lu You naturally couldn't continue playing games. His brain was working rapidly, thinking about what kind of conversation to have.
Tang Yixiong turned on the coffee table, opened the lid of the kettle, and pressed the smart water boiling button.
The machine started running and water flowed into the kettle.
"Which tea do you want, Pu'er or Tieguanyin?"
"I usually drink Maojian."
"I don't have such high-end goods at home."
"Yes." Lu You pointed to the left side of Tang Yixiong.
Tang Yixiong tilted his head and saw two gift bags on the coffee table.
He dragged the gift bag printed with green mountains and green scenery in front of him, took out a gift box from it, and examined it carefully.
"This packaging is quite high-end."
Tang Yixiong put the gift box on the coffee table again, opened the lid, and inside lay two fat sky-blue porcelain jars.
"Looking at the appearance, I'm afraid it's not cheap, right?"
Lu You smiled but said nothing. The tea was given to him by his grandfather, and he didn't know much about tea, so how could he know the price?
Tang Yixiong took out a teapot and removed the lid. Before he could get close to it, the rich aroma of tea wafted into his nose.
Tang Yixiong closed his eyes, his face showing an intoxicated look.
"Smells, it smells so good!"
Tang Yixiong only hated himself for not being educated enough to speak elegant poems.
Just at this moment, the machine issued a reminder that the hot water was finished.
Tang Yixiong couldn't wait to pour a handful of tea leaves into his palm.
The tea leaves are long and thin, slightly curled, and their dark green color resembles the rust on bronze ware.
Tang Yixiong uses a teapot made of heat-resistant glass with an inner liner.
Tang Yixiong sprinkled tea leaves into the inner pot, then poured hot water on it until it covered the tea leaves, leaving it one-third of the way from the bottle mouth.
The tea leaves roll in the hot water and gradually expand. The deep color fades away bit by bit, turning from dark green to emerald green.
After waiting for a while, the originally transparent hot water turned a light yellow turbidity, and the refreshing tea fragrance spread in the living room.
Tang Yixiong picked up the teapot, poured himself a full cup, and then looked at Lu You.
Without waiting for Tang Yixiong to speak, Lu You understood and pushed Tang Wan's mug forward.
"Thank you uncle."
Looking at the cartoon kitten pattern on the mug, Tang Yixiong's newfound fondness for Lu You due to tea suddenly disappeared by half.
This brat is so annoying!
Even though he cursed in his heart, Tang Yixiong still poured tea for Lu You.
They both picked up their cups and took a sip.
Lu You was used to drinking Maojian tea at home and thought it was just ordinary and nothing special.
Tang Yixiong's face was filled with relaxation. After taking a sip of tea, he felt refreshed and happy. He felt as if he had been sublimated. All the pores on his body relaxed and the fatigue accumulated from driving disappeared.
"Good tea, really good tea!"
Lu You blew away the rising hot steam and said with a smile: "If uncle likes it, I will give you two more cans next time."
"Have a heart."
Tang Yixiong took two more sips of tea and asked, "How was your college life?"
Lu You was secretly glancing at Tang Wan who was busy in the kitchen. Hearing this, he came back to his senses and said, "Very good."
"Are you usually busy?"
Lu You paused for a moment and replied, "I had to publish a paper last semester and also had to take care of my classes, so I was a bit busy."
"What's the final grade?"
"The average score is 95, I forgot the decimal point, and I'm ranked first in my major."
"Yes, Not Bad."
Although Tang Yixiong looked calm on the surface, his heart was actually in turmoil.
What does an average score of 95 mean?
Tang Yixiong also graduated from university, so he naturally understood its value. Especially since Lu You studied at Capital University, it would not be an exaggeration to describe him as "a beast among beasts, a pervert among perverts."
With this score, you are 100% guaranteed to get a scholarship. If you can maintain that score until your junior year, and with a few more awards and papers to embellish it, you can get into any Ivy League school you want.
"Do you have plans to go abroad?" Tang Yixiong asked again.
Lu You shook his head and said, "I have considered this before, but given the current international situation, there is no need to go abroad. I plan to pursue a Ph.D. right away at this university."
Tang Yixiong nodded but didn't ask any further questions.
He knew about the Lu family's business, which was not listed on any stock exchange and was not well known to the outside world. Its main businesses were in manufacturing and construction, and it also had interests in agriculture and energy, and was extremely strong.
As a member of the Lu family with such a background, it makes no practical difference whether Lu You goes abroad or not.
However, Lu You's idea was completely different from Tang Yixiong's. He was interested in academics, and the Lu family background helped him, but it was limited. After all, mathematics was something that you could do if you knew it, and you couldn't do it if you didn't.
Even if you have a powerful background, you will not be able to achieve results if you don't have the ability.
For Luyou, going abroad has two purposes: one is to accumulate knowledge, exchange ideas, and improve academic level. The other is to make friends and accumulate academic connections.
Lu You had already accomplished the former in his previous life, and with the help of Xiao Liang, a big shot who had returned from Princeton, for the latter, it would not be a problem for him to publish a few more high-quality papers in the future.
The two chatted for another ten minutes until Tang Wan came out and called them to eat.
Tang Yixiong had a clearer idea of Lu You in his mind.
He has a good family background, good looks, and a bright future. He is introverted and not very talkative, but he has high emotional intelligence and is polite to others, so chatting with him will never be boring.
Inside the restaurant.
Lu Youluo sat next to Tang Wan, facing Tang Yixiong.
There were five dishes and a soup on the square dining table.
Steamed chicken, stir-fried large intestine with green peppers, fried bean cakes, noodles with soy sauce, stir-fried leeks and a pot of chicken soup.
It’s just ordinary home-cooked food, not very sumptuous, but it’s enough to fill my stomach for dinner.
For those who are saving money every month, it is important to drink soup first to wake up the stomach and intestines, and then eat.
As soon as Lu You finished his soup, Tang Wan enthusiastically snatched the bowl from his hand, saying that she was helping him serve rice.
Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, Lu You let her go.
A bowl full of white rice was returned to Lu You, and Tang Wan eagerly picked up two pieces of bean cakes, saying that she wanted him to try her cooking.
Later, Tang Wan brought chicken legs, chicken wings, and large intestines one after another.
Tang Yixiong on the opposite side felt more and more aggrieved and angry the more he watched. Every time Tang Wan picked up a dish, it was like giving him an eye drop.
Even I, as a father, have never enjoyed such treatment. Why should you, a foreigner, enjoy it?
Of course, the real Lu You has nothing in common with Huang Mao.
After the meal, the slight good impression Tang Yixiong had for Lu You vanished.
After dinner.
Lu You, Tang Wan, and Tang Jing continued their unfinished game, while Tang Yixiong helped Zhao Huijuan clean up the aftermath of the meal.
Tang Yixiong put all the pots and pans into the kitchen, wiped the table, and then went to Zhao Huijuan to help rinse the detergent off the dishes.
"I've talked to Xiao Lu. Do you have any ideas?" Zhao Huijuan asked.
Tang Yixiong scrubbed the dishes with a dishcloth under running water and replied, "I don't like him."
Zhao Huijuan grinned and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't like it. I like it, and my daughter likes it too."
"Why are you asking? Are you trying to make things difficult for me?" Tang Yixiong felt increasingly annoyed.
Zhao Huijuan's eyes were as sharp as torches, as if she could see through Tang Yixiong's heart. She smiled and said, "Don't I know what you are thinking? You are almost 50 years old, but you are still jealous of your son-in-law. You are really amazing."
Tang Yixiong angrily threw the dishcloth into the sink and said angrily, "What son-in-law? How can he be a son-in-law when we're not even married yet?"
"They have met their parents and lived together for more than a year. They have done everything they should and shouldn't do. Apart from not having the red certificate, what is the difference between them and a married couple?"
Tang Yixiong had nothing to refute, picked up the dishcloth and continued to wipe the dishes.
"It's going to rain, and my daughter is going to get married. Accept the reality as soon as possible! Besides, you owe the two children the most, so how can you interfere with their emotional choices?"
Tang Yixiong felt even more upset.
But there was no way. Back then, the opportunity was there, and I had to choose between family and career. If I chose family, I wouldn't have the living conditions I have today, and if I chose career, I would inevitably be alienated from my children. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Even if Tang Yixiong were asked to choose again now, he would still choose his career.
You can suffer yourself, but don’t let your children suffer.
After cleaning up and turning off the lights in the kitchen and dining room, the couple walked into the living room.
"We are going out for a walk. Does anyone want to join us?" Zhao Huijuan asked.
"No!" Tang Wan and Tang Jing replied in unison.
Lu You touched the key in his pocket, an idea popped into his mind, and he stood up and walked to Tang Yixiong.
"Uncle, can we talk about something?"
After what Zhao Huijuan said earlier, although Tang Yixiong was unable to completely let go of his prejudice against Lu You, he began to try to accept it.
Besides, since his wife and daughter both like the same person, even if he has any objections, it is almost the same as not having any.
"what's up?"
Lu You pointed to the balcony and motioned for him to go out and talk.
The two came to the balcony.
Lu You was the first to ask, "Uncle, do you like Maybach?"
Tang Yixiong was full of doubts and didn't understand the meaning of Lu You's question, but he still answered truthfully: "Of course I like it. It's high-end, calm and luxurious. It's a man's dream car."
"Would you like to play?"
Tang Yixiong chuckled, leaned against the balcony handrail, and said, "Can you open it for me if I want to?"
Lu You raised the corner of his mouth and took out his car keys.
Tang Yixiong stood up straight suddenly, his eyes shining with gold.
"I was wondering why there was a Maybach I had never seen before in the community. Did you drive it here?"
Lu You did not answer, but asked: "Maybach S680, do you want to try it?"
"Lend it to me, aren't you afraid of bumping into something?"
"You have honed your driving skills over decades, so I think you will be better than me."
Tang Yixiong took the car keys, patted Lu You's shoulder with his right hand, and said with a smile: "I have always thought that you are the best match for my daughter. Now it seems that I was right!"
If Zhao Huijuan heard this, she would probably roll her eyes to the sky.
I didn't like it before, but I was won over by a Maybach experience card.
"Uncle, take Auntie for a ride."
"I know!"
As soon as he returned to the living room, Tang Yixiong excitedly pushed Zhao Huijuan out the door.
Originally, Zhao Huijuan wanted to wash her hair, but she had to change her plans temporarily.
Tang Wan poked Lu You's waist and asked, "What did you say to my dad? He looked so happy?"
"No big deal, I just lent him the car."
"What car do you drive?" Tang Jing asked curiously.
“Maybach S680.”
Tang Jing was silent for a while, then asked, "Can you let me have some fun too? I don't have to drive out, just sit in the driver's seat, touch the steering wheel, and step on the accelerator twice."
"of course can."
"What a good brother-in-law!" (End of this chapter)