Chapter 121: Drowning Sorrows in Alcohol (1/2)

Zhao Qingfeng slept soundly.

The crisis that seemed so significant in the eyes of others was as if nothing to him.

On the other side, Qingfeng’s mother also wanted to sleep but couldn’t.

After school, Shen Lingyao came to report that Brother Qingfeng was taken away by an unknown business car, saying he was going to make a lot of money.

This made Qingfeng’s mother restless.

She worried whether her son was being scammed by some so-called business deal in the provincial city.

Zhao Qingfeng had previously mentioned something about fifty thousand yuan.

At that time, Qingfeng’s mother was half-doubtful.

Now, not having received the money and her son giving up the exam during the mock test period to go to the provincial city, all these made her uneasy.

“Sigh…”

Qingfeng’s mother sighed.

The closer it got to the university entrance examination, the more uneasy she felt.

Just when she was feeling down.

Someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Upon opening it, she saw Shen Lingyao.

Qingfeng’s mother hurriedly let her in, “Lingyao, why have you come over so late?”

Shen Lingyao was in an unusual state.

Her pretty face was taut, and there were two clear tear tracks visible.

Qingfeng’s mother thought someone had bullied her, and she didn’t want to tell Shen Kuo, so she quickly picked up the phone to call Huang Hao and Feng Biao.

Not that she wanted Huang Hao to beat someone up.

But previously, Huang Hao had made it clear that if there was any issue at home, they must inform him, and he would help solve it through reasonable means.

“Aunt Feng, no one bullied me. It’s my dad, I don’t know what happened to him, he’s throwing a drunken tantrum at home…”

Shen Lingyao wiped the corner of her eyes, sat on the sofa holding a teddy bear, her face full of sorrow.

Old Shen had drunk too much.

An hour ago, after being scolded for no reason by Manager Zhang, his mood immediately turned very bad.

He cursed Wang Tieshan for being too hasty, while also worrying that the business deal wouldn’t go through.

Thinking about the scorn and mockery from an old rival over the phone.

Having no one to confide in, he drowned his sorrows in alcohol, drinking seven or eight bottles of beer.

Ding Xiang tried to persuade him a few times, but Old Shen wouldn’t listen at all.

Ding Xiang got anxious, wanting to know what exactly happened, but Old Shen wouldn’t say, leading to a fight between them, and Ding Xiang took a taxi back to her parents’ house in a huff.

Shen Lingyao also tried to persuade him.

But as soon as Old Shen saw her, he thought of Zhao Qingfeng.

Although he always treated Zhao Qingfeng like a son, he still didn’t want the two kids to end up together.

He said a lot of things.

Like how a man must be successful to provide happiness for a woman, and so on.

Shen Lingyao felt very uncomfortable listening to it.

That’s why she ran to Qingfeng’s mother for comfort.

“Then you stay here tonight. I’ll call your Uncle Biao to come back and have a good talk with your dad.”

Qingfeng’s mother hugged Shen Lingyao, prepared Zhao Qingfeng’s bed for her, and let her stay for the night.

“Okay…”

After Shen Lingyao went into the room and closed the door, she wasn’t in the mood to sleep. Looking at the messy room, she first punched the teddy bear a couple of times, then started to clean up.

At this time.

Feng Biao and others just came back to deliver a stove.

Hearing about Old Shen’s outburst, Feng Biao immediately brought over a case of beer and some peanuts and went straight to visit.

Old Shen was just in a bad mood.

He didn’t like to talk about his feelings with women, but he could with men.

After having a couple of drinks with Feng Biao, Old Shen slowly started to talk about his frustrations with the business.

“Hahaha!”

Feng Biao laughed loudly, ” Bro Shen, you’re the office director of a big factory, earning twenty or thirty thousand a year, with a happy and harmonious family, why bother thinking about investing and making more money?”

Old Shen glared at Feng Biao.

He was really not feeling good inside.

He had kept the secret for too long, and if he didn’t speak up, he felt like he might explode.

He sighed deeply and told everything about the rival’s phone call.

Feng Biao laughed even harder upon hearing it.

“I say, Bro Shen, it’s just a phone call. He called you, not my sister-in-law Ding Xiang. Why let a phone call trouble you so much? You’re thinking too much, aren’t you?”

Feng Biao was always straightforward. Having lived in the county city for a while, he had almost forgotten about the village’s affairs.

But Old Shen was not the carefree type.

Seeing Feng Biao carelessly drinking beer and eating sunflower seeds, he habitually started arguing.

“Biao, why are you laughing.”

“You haven’t even figured out your own land issues, and you have the nerve to laugh at me!”

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