the days are still long

Chapter 70 Would You Blame If I Tell The Truth?
"No need, why bother you all the time." Su Mei politely refused.

Lin Tingting stopped in her tracks, "Mom, if you're in a hurry, go do it first, I can go home by car."

The clients from Tianjin are very important. They have cooperated once before, and this time they came here to discuss long-term cooperation. Su Mei didn’t know that the client had come, so she asked Zhao Bonian to pick up herself and her daughter.

Su Mei instinctively glanced at Zhao Bonian who was waiting on the side of the road. After hesitating for a while, she returned the schoolbag to her daughter, and took out a banknote from the bag, "It's fine, go back quickly after eating, and call me when you get home." Telephone."

After telling her daughter, Su Mei hurried to Zhao Bonian's car, opened the passenger door and got in.

"Where's Tingting?" Seeing that Su Mei was alone, Zhao Bonian asked puzzled.

Su Mei closed the car door, "She'll go back by herself, let's go, the client is probably in a hurry."

Zhao Bonian moved his lips but said nothing, started the engine and the car started slowly.

"Lin Tingting, do you dare to be at home by yourself?"

Near the campus gate, Xia Yuzhe asked concerned.

Lin Tingting also put her other arm through the shoulder strap of her schoolbag, her face was a bit embarrassed, "It's okay."

"How about I accompany you." Xia Yuzhe suggested.

Lin Tingting hesitated, "Didn't your parents come back?"

"It's okay, I'll give them a call and say I'll go to my classmate's house to do my homework together,"

Xia Yuzhe said it easily, and he reached into the pocket of his school uniform pants to touch his mobile phone while he was speaking. Both parents are "returnees", and they also learn from foreign "free-range" in terms of educating children.

After calling home, Xia Yuzhe put the phone away, "Let's go, my parents agreed."

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Zhao Bonian made a phone call to book a restaurant. For convenience, the restaurant he booked was not far from the hotel, a 10-minute drive away. After making the reservation, he drove Su Mei to the hotel to pick up customers.

Su Mei also recognized the customer who had worked with him once. After greeting him politely, Mr. Xu from the other party said with a smile, "No wonder Mr. Zhao threw the two of us into the hotel and left in a hurry. It turned out that he was picking up Secretary Su." went."

Mr. Xu meant something, and even looked at Su Mei with ambiguous eyes.

Su Mei pursed her lips, polite and decent, and stood quietly beside Zhao Bonian.

Zhao Bonian turned to look at Su Mei, took the initiative to shake Su Mei's hand, and said with a smile, "Of course."

Seeing Zhao Bonian pulling Su Mei's hand, Mr. Xu continued to joke, "Mr. Zhao, it's only been a few months since I haven't seen you, and you have already pulled this hand?"

Zhao Bonian smiled, and then solemnly introduced Su Mei to Mr. Xu and his assistant, "Mr. Xu, today I will introduce you formally. Now Su Mei is not only my secretary, but also my good wife."

Zhao Bonian held Su Mei's hand tightly, and Su Mei held Zhao Bonian's instead.

Mr. Xu and Zhao Bonian joked before, but it was only a joke, but he never thought that the two of them would come together now.

"Mr. Zhao, your speed of chasing women is much faster than your factory's processing speed. If your processing capacity has such a speed, you will be on Forbes in a few years, haha."

"Forbes, I don't dare to think about it. Just give me a few more orders, and don't let my workers and I drink northwest wind!" Zhao Bonian also joked with the customer, and then politely made a gesture of invitation.

"Let's go, let's go eat and talk while eating."

When men sit together, alcohol cannot be escaped. After Zhao Bonian poured white wine for Mr. Xu and his assistant, Mr. Xu suggested, "Mr. Zhao, pour a glass for your virtuous wife as well. In just a few months, the secretary will be promoted As a virtuous wife, you should also celebrate."

Zhao Bonian put the Moutai down, and when he turned his head to look at Su Mei who was sitting beside him, the man's eyes were full of smiles, "Let's avoid it this time, if Mr. Xu wants to celebrate, wait for me and Su Mei to be happy." Let’s celebrate together.”

"How can I do that? Secretary Su is Mrs. Zhao, so I have to have a drink anyway!" Mr. Xu turned the table, got up and poured a glass for Su Mei.

Su Mei seldom drinks, unless the family sits together on holidays and has to drink a little beer. Now, a full glass of white wine is placed in front of her, and Su Mei is scared when she looks at it.

"Old Zhao, I—"

Just as Su Mei opened his mouth, Zhao Bonian had already taken the glass of white wine. The man in his late [-]s was getting fatter, but he smiled kindly, "Mr. Xu, I will drink this glass of wine for Su Mei."

"Mr. Zhao, there is something wrong with you," Mr. Xu insisted, "I poured this glass of wine for my siblings, what are you doing?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhao, our Mr. Xu poured this glass of wine for Madam. You can't do this." Assistant Mr. Xu also sang along.

Zhao Bonian put the liquor in front of him, and said helplessly, "Mr. Xu, don't make things difficult for you. Su Mei doesn't know how to drink. I'll take care of her portion tonight."

When Zhao Bonian said this, Mr. Xu didn't insist anymore, and took the initiative to raise the wine glass, "Well, since Mr. Zhao said so, then you can't play tricks. We have one drink, and you have to drink two."

"Okay, as long as you don't embarrass Su Mei." Zhao Bonian agreed with a smile.

Su Mei was moved by Zhao Bonian's thoughtfulness, but gradually began to worry.

She thought Mr. Xu was just joking, but she didn't expect that Zhao Bonian would actually drink double after each toast. Zhao Bonian was neither old nor young. How could a man in his 50s survive drinking so much alcohol?

Every time Su Mei stopped Zhao Bonian, she smiled and said, "It's okay." Su Mei was very angry with Zhao Bonian's "sincerity". Even if he refused, Mr. Xu would not force him to drink.

Mr. Xu is also reasonable, and he went back to the hotel to rest when he was almost done drinking.

Su Mei drove Mr. Xu and his assistant back to the hotel safely, and then sent Zhao Bonian home.

Zhao Bonian drank a lot of white wine, sat in the passenger seat, and raised his hand to cover Su Mei's hand holding the steering wheel.

"Why, are you unhappy?" Zhao Bonian asked, the man in his late fifties had obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes when he smiled.

"No," Su Mei replied, her brows furrowed, she was a little angry, angry that Zhao Bonian didn't take care of her body.

"Don't be like this, isn't it funny today," Zhao Bonian sighed, and he tightened Su Mei's hand, which is a man's nostalgia for a woman.

"Don't make trouble, let's drive." Su Mei frowned and blamed.

Zhao Bonian did not let go, but pulled Su Mei's hand down, gently rubbed the back of Su Mei's hand with his thumb, and said with deep eyes, "Su Mei, move here and live with me."

In a simple sentence, how could Su Mei not understand what Zhao Bonian meant.

It is easy for a single woman to live a life, she can wash and do the housework by herself, but a man——

Zhao Bonian mentioned it suddenly, Su Mei didn't think about how to answer, so she heard Zhao Bonian say, "This way you don't have to run around to pick me up, and we can take care of Tingting together."

Su Mei was moved.

She thought that Zhao Bonian asked her to move there so that she could be by her side and take care of him conveniently, but he was thinking of himself.

Holding the steering wheel with one hand, he held Zhao Bonian's hand backwards with the other, interlocking Zhao Bonian's fingers through the gaps between his fingers.

"Old Zhao, someday I will take you to see my parents."

Zhao Bonian smiled, and tightened his grip on Su Mei, "You are finally willing to take me to meet your parents.

Samui, I'm very happy.

My parents are not here, and we will take Tingting to visit my hometown during the holiday. "

Su Mei also tightened her interlocking hands with Zhao Bonian, "Okay."

Su Mei was worried that Zhao Bonian went upstairs alone, stopped the car and quickly walked around the front of the car to support Zhao Bonian.

Zhao Bonian borrowed Su Mei's strength to get out of the car, and kept looking at Su Mei with a smile, the love in his eyes was obvious.

Su Mei carried Zhao Bonian to the door of the apartment. Zhao Bonian took the initiative to hand over the access card to Su Mei. After swiping the door, Su Mei carried Zhao Bonian into the apartment.

Entering the elevator and exiting the elevator, Su Mei did not dare to be sloppy at all. She knew exactly how much liquor Zhao Bonian drank.

After carrying Zhao Bonian into the apartment, Su Mei asked, "Old Zhao, do you want to help you into the bedroom?"

Zhao Bonian didn't speak, but when Su Mei carried him past the sofa, he suddenly fell towards the sofa.

Su Mei was unprepared and fell into the sofa with Zhao Bonian.

Before he could react, his breathing was blocked, and the hot breath rushed over, forcing Su Mei to entangle with it.

Sensing Zhao Bonian's intention, Su Mei reminded, "Old Zhao, Tingting is at home alone."

Zhao Bonian also stopped, still hugging Su Mei, panting, the eyes of the drunk man were bloodshot, he locked Su Mei tightly, and climbed up Su Mei's face with callused fingertips, Zhao Bonian sigh.

"Su Mei, move here."

Facing such an affectionate man, Su Mei, how could he bear to refuse, but——

"Old Zhao, I need to discuss it with Tingting first, and you have to talk to Xiaoyu too,"

"Lele has already acquiesced, Tingting... If she still has grievances, I will talk to her." Zhao Bonian said, with bloodshot eyes filled with unresolved passion.

Su Mei pulled her lips, "I will discuss it with Tingting,

Old Zhao, I'm going back to accompany Tingting, you should also rest earlier. "

Zhao Bonian said "OK", and then kissed Su Mei for a while before letting go.

Before leaving, Su Mei made a glass of honey water for Zhao Bonian and watched him drink it before leaving.

It was less than nine o'clock when Su Mei arrived home. The lights in the living room were on, and her daughters Lin Tingting and Xia Yuzhe were sitting at the dining table doing their homework.

Su Mei didn't expect Xia Yuzhe to come to the house.

Seeing Su Mei come back, both children raised their heads from the papers, Lin Tingting called 'Mom' and Xia Yuzhe greeted politely, "Aunt Su, you are back!"

"Well, I'm back."

Su Mei pulled her lips, and Xia Yuzhe had already closed the paper and stood up when she closed the door, "Lin Tingting, Aunt Su is back, and I'm back too."

"Okay," Lin Tingting said in a small voice, as if she was afraid that Su Mei would blame her for bringing Xia Yuzhe back secretly.

Su Mei retracted the foot that was about to reach for the slippers, "Auntie will see you off."

Xia Yuzhe put the paper and pencil case into his schoolbag, and said, "No need, Auntie, I'll call and ask my dad to come and pick me up."

"That's great. How can you make your father go through a lot of trouble if you accompany my daughter? Auntie will send you off."

Su Mei was also embarrassed to ask Xia Yuzhe's parents to come pick him up because of the situation, besides, she still had something to say to Xia Yuzhe.

Xia Yuzhe glanced at Lin Tingting and asked, "Lin Tingting, Aunt Su sent me off, are you afraid of being alone at home?"

Meeting Xia Yuzhe's gaze, Lin Tingting pursed her lips, then shook her head firmly, "Don't be afraid."

Xia Yuzhe smiled, the child's smile was sunny and bright, "That's right, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Lin Tingting nodded firmly again, 'Yes. '

Xia Yuzhe put his handbag on his shoulder and waved to Lin Tingting, "Lin Tingting, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow." Lin Tingting's voice was low, and the movement of shaking her hands seemed sneaky.

Xia Yuzhe came over with his schoolbag on his back and put on his sneakers. When he lifted the shoes, he did not forget to comfort Lin Tingting, "Lin Tingting, if you are afraid, send me a video, and I will chat with you so you won't be afraid."

"Ah."

Lin Tingting sat at the dining table, looked at Xia Yuzhe, and did not resume her homework until he walked out with Su Mei.

Xia Yuzhe is really a sensible child. After the two walked out of the door, without waiting for Su Mei to ask, they took the initiative to say, "Aunt Su, I'm sorry, I came to accompany Lin Tingting without saying hello to you."

Such a sensible child, Su Mei, is so easy to blame, she went down the stairs in front of Xia Yuzhe, "Why did you say sorry to Auntie, it's too late for Auntie to thank you for being able to come over and be Tingting's companion."

When Su Mei said this, Xia Yuzhe scratched his head in embarrassment, "Auntie, I didn't give Lin Tingting company for nothing, she even invited me to KFC."

"Really?" Su Mei answered with a smile.

Xia Yuzhe nodded, "Well, I ate two hamburgers."

After finishing speaking, Xia Yuzhe felt a little embarrassed again, "I wanted to invite Lin Tingting, but my pocket money is almost gone, enough to buy two hamburgers."

"It's okay," Su Mei replied with a smile.

The big and the young chatted casually like this, and after they had walked out of the apartment building, Su Mei opened the door of the back seat.

"Thank you, Aunt Su." Xia Yuzhe thanked him politely, took off his schoolbag and put it beside him.

"You're welcome," Su Mei also opened the door and got into the cab.Su Mei lives not far from Xia Yuzhe's house. It takes half an hour to go to work during rush hour, and there are few vehicles on the road at night, so it takes less than 10 minutes.

When Xia Yuzhe stopped downstairs, Su Mei also got out of the car. Xia Yuzhe thought that Su Mei was going to send him upstairs, and said with a smile, "Aunt Su, don't send me, I'm a boy, I don't care scared."

"Xia Yuzhe," Su Mei stopped Xia Yuzhe, "Auntie has something to tell you."

Xia Yuzhe also stopped and turned to look at Su Mei.

The boy's smile disappeared, with a cautious look.

Su Mei came to Xia Yuzhe and asked gently, "Do you like Lin Tingting?"

Xia Yuzhe pursed his lips, with a serious expression on his childish face, he couldn't help but tighten his fingers holding the shoulder strap of the schoolbag. Su Mei saw that the boy's nails were almost digging into the shoulder strap of the schoolbag.

"Aunt Su, if I tell the truth, will you blame me?" Xia Yuzhe didn't answer Su Mei's words, but asked instead.

Su Mei smiled, and raised her hand to gently touch Xia Yuzhe's head. Xia Yuzhe and Lin Tingting were about the same height, and the thin boy looked a little thin.

"If you tell the truth to auntie, how can auntie blame you?"

(End of this chapter)