Ever since he made up his mind to cut ties with Chen Pei, Lu Tao never took the initiative to contact her again, nor did he explain to her why he did so. After that, Chen Pei called him a few times, but he steeled his heart and did not pick up. However, Chen Pei did not give up. She kept sending him WeChat messages, asking him to explain why he suddenly ignored her, but he never replied.
Lu Tao thought that as long as he steeled his heart and did not pick up Chen Pei's calls or reply to her WeChat messages, she would definitely hate him and never contact him again. In that case, he would have fulfilled his promise to her mother.
In fact, when he agreed to date Du Xiaoyu not long ago, it was also a kind of motivation for him to cut off all means of retreat. As long as he established a relationship with Du Xiaoyu, he would be able to strengthen his conviction to break up with Chen Pei. At the same time, he could tell Chen Pei the news at an appropriate time so that she would completely give up on him and end everything once and for all.
Unexpectedly, before Lu Tao could tell Chen Pei about Du Xiaoyu, she suddenly rushed over to Taolin County. At first, he did not plan to pick up her call, but then he thought that since he had already decided to date Du Xiaoyu, it would be unreasonable if he did not pick up her call. Thus, he swiped the answer button …
"Pei Pei, why are you suddenly here? Don't you have to go to work today? "Lu Tao asked a little guiltily.
"I'm on a business trip at Songshan City's Finance Bureau today. I remember that tomorrow is your birthday, so I'm rushing over to celebrate your birthday. "
In fact, Lu Tao had already guessed the purpose of her visit. Ever since they were in university, Chen Pei had always remembered his birthday. Every time it was his birthday, she would definitely send him a WeChat red packet. Today, she suddenly came to the peach forest. She must be here to celebrate his birthday. In addition, Lu Tao guessed that she had another purpose. She wanted to use this birthday celebration as an opportunity to have an honest talk with him and find out why he suddenly cut ties with her …
Because his family and relatives were all together, Lu Tao could not say much, so he said, "I'm on leave today. I'm at home now. Do you still remember the building and unit I live in? Do you want me to come down and pick you up? "
"No, I'm already at the elevator. You live in 902, right? I'll come up myself. "
Hearing that she had arrived at the elevator, Lu Tao quickly hung up the phone and went out to the corridor to wait for her.
Soon, Chen Pei walked out of the elevator. When she saw Lu Tao, she smiled at him. Lu Tao rubbed his palms and said a little embarrassedly, "Pep, you've worked hard! Actually, this is my birthday. You can just call me or send me a WeChat message like you used to. There's no need to rush here. "
Chen Pei stared at him and asked faintly, "If I call you, will you answer? If I send you a WeChat message, will you reply? Ever since you left without saying goodbye in the provincial capital, when have you ever picked up my call? Did you reply to my message? To be honest, I came to you this time because I was mentally prepared to be rejected by you. Fortunately, you still have a little bit of conscience and didn't shut me out. "
Lu Tao awkwardly smiled and changed the topic, "I have a lot of relatives at home right now, so the room is a little crowded. You don't mind, right?"
Chen Pei was a little surprised and asked, "Your relatives are all here to celebrate your birthday? Did they rush over from Qingxi County? "
Lu Tao hurriedly explained, "They're not here to celebrate my birthday. Yesterday was my mother's 50th birthday. She and my sister came over, so my uncle and aunts rushed over from Qingxi County to celebrate my mother's birthday. Because my mother's birthday and mine are only one day apart, and considering that my relatives at home have to work on weekdays, it's inconvenient for them to come over. After some discussion, we decided to set up a few tables to entertain them tomorrow. My uncle and aunts just arrived at my house. "
Chen Pei hurriedly said, "Aunty, it's your 50th birthday. I have to congratulate you too. I'll go back after drinking tomorrow."
After entering the room, Lu Tao brought Chen Pei in front of his mother and introduced her, "Mom, this is my university classmate, Chen Pei."
Seeing that Lu Tao's mother wanted to stand up and greet her, Chen Pei quickly pressed down on her shoulder and said with a smile, "Aunty, sit, sit! I heard from Lu Tao that yesterday was your 50th birthday. I wish you a happy birthday and a long life! "
Seeing that she was polite and amiable, Lu Tao's mother immediately had a good impression of her. She hurriedly thanked her with a smile and asked Lu Ping to quickly make her tea.
When Lu Tao's uncles and aunts heard Lu Tao say that Chen Pei was his university classmate, they sized her up. Seeing that she was dressed plainly, they thought that she was just an ordinary classmate of Lu Tao's and didn't pay much attention to her.
Tian Guodong suddenly asked Lu Tao, "Xiao Tao, how many tables did you arrange for tomorrow's birthday banquet?"
Lu Tao replied, "About two or three tables. Little Yu arranged it for me."
Tian Suying immediately shouted, "What? It's your mother's 50th birthday and you only arranged two or three tables? All of our relatives added up to almost two tables. Don't tell me that no one else came to celebrate? "
Tian Guodong also said unhappily, "Xiao Tao, what are you doing? Your mother has been single since she was thirty years old. She painstakingly raised you and your brother and sent you to university. You're going to arrange three tables for her 50th birthday banquet? "
Speaking up to here, he seemed to have suddenly realized something and asked bluntly, "Xiao Tao, tell your uncle the truth. Do you have a particularly bad relationship with your local tax bureau? Otherwise, why didn't any of your colleagues come to your mother's 50th birthday banquet? In my opinion, even if you didn't make any friends in Taolin, your colleagues would still come to drink! Even if half of the cadres in your bureau came, there would still be several tables. But from what you said just now, not a single one of your colleagues would come. Is that right? "
Lu Tao's second uncle, Tian Guoliang, also said with a bit of dissatisfaction, "Xiao Tao, just now when I asked you what your current position was, you said that you were still a staff member. Why are you so unmotivated? You've been working for more than four years. How come you haven't even gotten a middle level deputy position? Looks like your uncle's judgment was right. You probably have a very bad relationship with your colleagues in your bureau. So bad that no one came to your mother's 50th birthday banquet. When you were in university, I talked to your uncle and third uncle about you. We all thought that you were very smart. You were proficient in both the pen and the sword. In the future, you would definitely have great achievements. Now it seems that we all overestimated you! "
Lu Tao's face turned red from their questioning. He stuttered as he explained, "Uncle, aunt, you misunderstood. A few days ago, I discussed with my mother and sister. This birthday banquet will only be for our family and relatives. My colleagues and friends won't be informed, so they don't know. "
Just as he said this, his phone suddenly rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was the county's finance bureau chief, Cai Zhangming. He hurriedly answered the call and heard Cai Zhangming ask in an excited and emotional tone, "Xiao Lu, did section chief Chen Pei come to your house? Just now, section chief Du from Songshan's finance bureau told me that section chief Chen came to Taolin alone to visit a university classmate. Isn't that you? "
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