Chapter 17: Passing the Torch
In the Baiyun Hotel, we ordered a large private room, and everyone sat down with joy. After the wine and food were served, I took the wine handed over by the waiter and poured myself a full glass... Over the past year, the various emotions I had accumulated need to be vented with the help of this banquet.
It seemed to be infected by my emotions. Except for Ye Huanyi, everyone drank white wine. Today is destined to be a night without getting drunk, especially Han Feng, me, and Brother Luo.
I picked up the wine glass and stood up and said to Luo Ge: "Thank you for the past two years... After drinking this glass of wine, everything will be a new beginning. Congratulations to you, Luo Ge!"
Brother Luo also got up and chatted with me, and said to everyone, "Let's come together."
Everyone stood up and clinked their glasses... The transparent wine flowed into our bodies soothingly from the glass. I drank a full glass at a time. Except for the women, everyone drank a whole cup. It was not just me who needed to vent their emotions at this moment.
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From the moment I entered the hotel, the atmosphere had never been cold for a second. Everyone was talking and laughing, talking about their own future, including me, who had long been used to silence.
I said the most things in the past year this night. After teasing Shen Man, she joked about the prince and teasing Han Feng and not letting Ye Huayi go. I seemed to have become the me I used to be, but I don’t know if it was the effect of alcohol or this is the most authentic, original me.
I held the cups and greeted each other one by one, and finally said to Xiaomin: "Xiaomin, when should I bring your little boyfriend to Brother Luo to meet...ah!"
"Uncle, what were you saying?" Xiao Min lowered her head and fiddled with the corner of her clothes a little embarrassedly.
Brother Luo and Mrs. Luo stared at Xiao Min for a long time and asked, "Are you a partner?"
Xiao Min is uneasy...
I smiled and said, "A tomboy has always been a courageous person. Besides... you have graduated from college, so it is really normal to have a boyfriend!"
I was teased by people for a while and finally got teased by everyone: "Yes, yes... Zhang Yixi, at the same time, had a dozen talks... Others talked about girlfriends, and he was a girlfriend selling them!"
Everyone laughed... I also smiled... but my mood was depressed, and I remembered Zuo Lan... But I believe everyone did not mean it. After drinking too much, they would consider less!
This is a night that should not be sad. I put away my deep emotions and smiled at Xiao Min: "When will you bring your little boyfriend to us elders to meet you... I promise to give you a big red envelope!"
"Uncle, do you hate me?" Xiao Min said, "I wouldn't tell you if I had known it if I had known it... You have a gap in your mouth!" Xiao Min said, "glazing" to me.
Han Feng echoed: "Xiao Min, as long as you bring your little boyfriend back, I promise that my red envelope is bigger than Zhang Yixi's. I must compete with him in this matter, so I will save you from saying that I don't care about you!"
I laughed "haha" and was very happy. I poured another glass of wine, drank it all, and said to Han Feng: "Okay, let's just say this today. Whose red envelope is smaller, who will be the grandson..."
Ye Huayi looked at us and said for a while: "Two nouveau riche... are so proud!"
Everyone burst into laughter and I counterattacked: "Huayi, wait for the day when your daughter is grandly released...I have to give you a grand gift!"
Ye Huayi glanced at me and said, "Is another big red envelope that demonstrates your nouveau riche's true nature?"
"Wrong...my own son gave you to be your son-in-law...How about it?"
"It's all my age and I'm still trying to get married... Are your family happy? You're good at making decisions!" Ye Huayi glanced at me again and said.
Pipi, who had been eating on his own, finally spoke: "Mom Ye, I'm willing..."
Everyone burst into laughter again... I gave Pipi a thumbs up and said, "I deserve to be my son of Zhang Yixi, so smart!"
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In order not to let everyone bring the topic to him again, Xiao Min asked me: "Uncle Xiao, tell me and Uncle Han to give me and my father a surprise? What kind of surprise is it?"
I looked at Han Feng and clapped and said, "Next, please invite Mr. Han to reveal this surprise."
Han Feng moistened his voice and said formally: "After my careful consideration of Zhang Yixi and I, we decided to transfer all of Xiluo's four stores in Nantong to Luoge's name and set up a company, with Xiao Min as general manager, responsible for the overall operation of Xiluo. Zhang Yixi and I, one by one, invested 2 million yuan as the company's start-up capital... The above content will officially take effect from the moment I announced. Everyone congratulates Luoge and Xiao Min on..."
Everyone applauded! This is indeed a good thing that adds icing on the cake.
The applause stopped, and I said to Xiao Min solemnly: "Xiao Min, Xi Luo carries our dreams. We have worked hard day and night, succeeded, laughed, failed, and cried... No matter how many industries we have in the future, Xi Luo will always be our soul and our roots... Now it is handed over to you, it is a kind of sustenance and inheritance. I hope you can manage it well and fulfill our original dreams on behalf of us!"
After I finished speaking, Xiao Min's initial disconfidence was gone. She stood up and bowed to me solemnly. Han Feng and Luo Ge said, "Two little uncles, dad, don't worry, I will carry forward Xi Luo and will never let down your trust and expectations!"
I, Han Feng, and Luo Ge nodded with emphasis. We believe that the torch will definitely be passed down.
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I drink more and more. I have vomited twice, but I still have not had fun. Today, no one has restrained me. I have been so long and haven't indulged myself so much...
It was already 11:30 at night when the dinner ended. Everyone walked out of the hotel staggeringly. I tore off my coat and threw it high in the air. Faced with the wind, shouting: "Who does the wind belong to? I borrowed it to blow it, but it blows fireworks on earth...Who does the moon belong to? I borrowed it to appreciate it, but saw many outlines... Sadness is fake, people are real, there is no cause and effect. A hundred years later, I will no longer be me..."
Everyone looked at me who was arrogant and wild, and they were silent... No one understood me at this moment, but I am sure that at this moment, there is no desert in front of me!
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This night, I tortured Chen Qingyi so much, and I vomited again and again... Chen Qingyi went back and forth between the bedroom and bathroom to clean up my vomit, but she had no complaints. She understood: Although my body was tortured at this moment, my spirit was happy... Luo Ge was released from prison and finally let me go of my worries. I have lived too heavy for the years.
After drinking a cup of hot tea, I finally woke up a little. I pulled Chen Qingyi to the bed and said to her softly: "Qingyi, let's have a child..."
Chen Qingyi smiled and joked with me: "Now? Can you still move!"
"I'm serious."
Chen Qingyi still shook her head, without saying anything, and without explaining why she disagreed.
I asked: "Is it for Pippi? In fact, he can accept that we have a baby."
Chapter completed!