Chapter 134: Lonely as a Dog

“Mom, I’m not going to be home for dinner tonight, Dad’s side of the family is calling me over, he wants to drink, and I’m afraid he’s going to get drunk and get cheated out of his pants.”

“Xiao Li, do you want to go eat a big meal with me?” Cheng Ming took the initiative to ask.

“No way, I’m staying with mommy.”

“Good daughter, good daughter, mom didn’t love you for nothing.” Li Ying touched Cheng Li’s little head and said with relief.

Cheng Ming was just asking, if his sister really wanted to follow along, it would be troublesome.

If any accidents or conflicts do occur and fall out, he and his dad, two big old men, can step in without any worries.

Dad was dressed in a cool outfit, flower shirt, beach pants, slippers, Cheng Ming is used to seeing the suit, a serious dad, for a moment actually feel awkward.

“Dad, what restaurant are we going to for dinner tonight?”

“Dragon Hill Hotel.”

“Oh, next to the first middle school? It’s kinda broad.”

It is considered one of the few hotels and hospitality hotels in Nanming City.

Although the name is a bit vulgar, it used to be a real state-run restaurant. Even now, dignitaries often come here.

In a row of official cars and luxury cars, Cheng Ming’s not-so-noble second-hand motorcycle looked out of place.

In the waiting area of the first floor hall, several middle-aged men were making tea and smoking around the table, and when they saw Cheng Hongyuan, they waved and shouted.

“Mr. Cheng, I’ve finally waited for you.”

“Good evening, Mr. Cheng.”

“Did Mr. Cheng just come back from vacation? It looks so cool.”

“Which there is no such thing as Mr. Cheng or Mr. Cheng, I have already stepped down from my post, just call me Old Cheng in the future, when there are difficulties you still need all the old brothers to help out.” Cheng Hongyuan arched his hand and smiled.

There are business cards on the coffee table, Cheng Ming glanced at them from afar, all kinds of building materials company bosses, bank ……

All of them are also dignitaries now.

Cheng Ming had thought that the farewell dinner was Dad and Ye Binsong, plus him and Ye Mei, four people in a small box to eat a meal, ostensibly to do a cup of wine to end enmity, and later on the old dead.

It’s not that simple.

“This one is ……,” asked someone looking at Cheng Ming.

Cheng Hongyuan patted Cheng Ming’s shoulder and introduced him, “My son, Cheng Ming, scored 695 points in the midterm exam and is quite competitive.”

“Hello uncles and uncles.” Cheng Ming politely greeted.

“The younger generation is fearful, or Mr. Cheng has taught his son well.”

“It’s a big deal, that brat of mine will burn a hole in his head if he can score 500 points.”

“With such a high test, why don’t you consider studying in the provincial city? City No. 1 Middle School is still a bit worse than a few key schools in the provincial city.”

Shit, can you not be so flamboyant ah, Cheng Ming wanted to cry, he is not a person who likes to be in the limelight.

“Forget it, this son of mine doesn’t want to go to the first city high school, wants to go to the second high school to study, smacks of the first high school strict control.”

Older men scattered cigarettes, lit cigarettes, and gulped each other down.

One of them handed Cheng Ming a cigarette and asked, “Cheng Ming, do you smoke?”

Cheng Ming waved his hand and refused, “I don’t smoke.”

He wouldn’t dare smoke in front of his dad.

Cheng Hongyuan snatched the cigarettes and clamped them behind his ears, saying, “Go go go, don’t teach my son.”

When a group of middle-aged men get together, their favorite things to talk about are, of course, major events at home and abroad, the stock market, and all sorts of secret information.

Cheng Ming sat obediently and drank tea, listening to the old man’s bragging was quite interesting.

Despite being a reborn, I’m far from omniscient, especially if it’s not an open secret.

“Oh, Mr. Ye is also here, here, here.”

The well-mannered Ye Binsong led Ye Mei towards Cheng Ming and the others.

Ye Mei was wearing a red plaid pleated skirt in English style, with a flowery hairpin on her forehead, her long hair was draped over her shoulders, and she was wearing black stockings and small brown leather shoes, looking like a little princess.

“Good evening Uncle Cheng ……”

Ye Mei bowed in greeting in turn.

“Hello Uncle Ye.” Cheng Ming pinched his neck and said as he forced himself to hold back his nausea.

Even if he was upset and annoyed, he had to endure it, Ye Binsong could pretend, he had to be better at pretending than him.

Cheng Hongyuan asked, “Ye Mei graduated from junior high school this year too, right? How did you do on the exam?”

“I’m angry at the mention of the midterm, this child’s mother left early, I usually work is also busy, can not take care of, the result of the test day of the English sick, usually can test a hundred and three, a hundred and four, out of the results of only half of less than.”

“Thanks to the fact that Old Cheng’s son was in the same examination center as my daughter and carried her to the medical point, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.” Ye Binsong shook his head and said.

Ye Mei sat beside Cheng Ming and asked, “Cheng Ming, thank you so much for that day.”

“Don’t thank me, you should be thanking the school nurse and the school nurse, anyone else who saw you on the floor would have lent a hand.”

Cheng Ming moved his body and pulled away from Ye Mei.

“It’s a good thing you know I carried you there.”

“Of course I know, it’s not like I’ve completely passed out.”

“Ahahaha ……,” Cheng Ming laughed dryly.

Now I’m just regretting it. I’m really regretting it. Wouldn’t it have been better if I hadn’t turned in my paper early?

“You test 695 points, so powerful ah, I only 600 out of the beginning, this score can not read the first middle school, I knew that I do not eat popsicles.” Ye Mei shook her little legs and said.

“Let your father to make some connections, pay some money to get in, really can’t, go to the private Yuhua High School is not bad, go to the first high school also have to cut short hair it, you have a beautiful long hair is gone, only so much left.” Cheng Ming wiped his neck and said.

“Am I pretty?”

Ye Mei hung her head down, her small face slightly red, grabbing a strand of long hair and rubbing it on her chest.

So good at withholding words? Or is it narcissism.

“It’s just average.”

“Can’t you even compliment a girl? So stupid.”

Ye Mei raised her head, only to realize that she and Cheng Ming were separated by half a person’s gap, moving her body to shorten the distance.

Cheng Ming followed suit and moved until his butt touched the armrest of the sofa… Oh no, there was no way back.

Ye Mei pouted her little mouth and asked in dissatisfaction, “Are you still holding a grudge about the popsicle?”

“How is that possible, I’m not that small-minded, it’s just that men and women don’t get along, you know?”

Ye Mei didn’t press any further, presumably restrained by the fact that her elders and father were around.

I really don’t know what this woman was thinking, first of all, excluding the possibility that she had a crush on herself after being saved by herself once.

Favorability is not so cheap, it can’t be that Ye Bin Song instructed his daughter to get close to him to get a word in edgewise, right?

Thinking about all the inhuman behavior of Ye Bin Song, the possibility of using his daughter as a tool is very high.

Continuing to secretly observe Ye Bin Song and discovering more of his brokenness.

Even if Dad’s side of things is settled, there’s still the matter of Uncle Lin.

That case is even more suspicious, but it is outside the circle of Shen Xiao involved, to say that there is no relationship with Ye Binsong, Cheng Ming does not believe.

Cheng Ming picked up a cup of tea and gently sipped it.

Suddenly, a playful and delicate figure flashed in front of his eyes, and the shocked Cheng Ming choked and coughed.

“Pfft cough cough ……”

“Cheng Ming, are you okay?”

Ye Mei panicked and took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of Cheng Ming’s mouth.

Chen Ziyi, why is this woman here?

After all, it was the Dragon Hill Hotel, and it made sense for her to be here.

Cheng Ming looked towards the stairs, Chen Ziyi, who was halfway to the stairs, happened to look back, and the two of them locked eyes in mid-air.

Chen Ziyi revealed a light smile and nodded slightly.

“Someone you know?” Ye Mei asked.

“Well, former classmates.”

“She’s so good-looking.”

It’s a shame to grow a mouth.

The middle-aged man beside Chen Ziyi asked, “That boy is surnamed Cheng?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Seems to have a girlfriend already.”

“His girlfriend is not that woman.”

“At a young age, his private life is pretty messy, should we lock him up for a few days?”

“Yes, that’s right, he should be locked up for a few days, he’s too arrogant.”

“Really? I’m going to call your Uncle Shaw and get him out to the police.”

“Let’s forget it, Dad, you’re messing around with your personal power, it’ll leave a legacy, and it’ll have an impact on your future.”

“You’re the one who’s heartbroken, your mom’s away on business for a month, so just relax and unwind this month, and I won’t be able to get you when she gets back.”

“Dad, you’re too much of a wimp, can’t you muster up the authority of a husband? Overpower Mom?”

“Your mom is too strong, on both sides of the fence, and that’s no way to live. Besides, I’m in the family, so I should be vulnerable. Otherwise your grandparents would have taken off their hoods every other day.”

Cheng Ming’s attention went back to the middle-aged uncle’s small talk, and seeing Chen ZiYi didn’t matter, it wasn’t like he was going to eat at the same table anyway.

“Will the secretary please come and sit at our table later?”

“It was already planned, otherwise why would we laymen come to eat at the Dragon Mountain Restaurant ……”

It doesn’t seem right up.

As the others arrived, they went upstairs and took their seats.

There were quite a few people my age, both men and women, enough to make a table.

A group of people surrounded Ye Mei, the little princess.

Ye Mei was excited to introduce Cheng Ming to the people in her circle, and emphasized that he had scored high marks in the midterm exams, and that the girls’ perception of him was generally okay.

But the boy’s side was just as hostile, and was rewarded with a snide comment.

“What’s the use of only reading.”

“That’s right, my dad graduated from elementary school and still worked his way up.”

“Look at your thick arms and legs, you can’t even play basketball.”

“Do you know about arcade? Computer games know it?cs, Red Alert, and the Stone Age …… Later I’ll take you to an Internet cafe to see the world.”

“Don’t talk to him, read every day how to know these ah, recently out of that plug-in is really good, millennium also has a plug-in, I can double open.”

“Boys just know how to chat about games, a bunch of idiots, don’t they know how to read a little more?” A girl said in reprimand, but no boy was like him, chatting about games in a frenzy.

“Cheng Ming, I’m sorry, don’t take their words to heart.” Ye Mei said as she bowed her head and apologized.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to force yourself to introduce me, go back to your friends.”

Ye Mei wanted to say something and went back to chatting with her girlfriends in a low mood.

So we’re not considered friends yet? Ye Mei was a bit deflated at the thought of this.

Cheng Ming still has to rely on this group to send money, can’t wait for them to play more games and buy more plug-ins.

Starting to serve the food, Cheng Ming noticed that a few of the seats in the main seat were still empty, was there an honored guest who hadn’t come?

But it’s already open for eating.

This group of boys changed their ways of presenting themselves, either by saying that they had been to the Longshan Hotel a few times and that they were tired of eating all the dishes over here. Otherwise, they had eaten so-and-so dishes abroad and how delicious they were.

And finally, I wanted to play the big wave and bring over the wine.

Cheng Ming ate his food silently, the hustle and bustle across the table had nothing to do with him, he just kept watching the movements of the main seat.

Dad and Ye Bin Song suddenly left the table and then led three or four people down from upstairs.

Looking at Dad and Ye Binsong’s respectful appearance it is known that the identity of this group of people is not ordinary, the middle-aged man in the middle is the one who just went upstairs with Chen Ziyi, Cheng Ming has seen him on TV.

And Chen Ziyi was standing at the entrance of the stairs, looking at Cheng Ming with a smile on her face.

Cheng Ming pretended not to see it and buried his head in his food, the gaze behind him made him feel uncomfortable.

The boy with the loudest voice slammed the table and drank, “Cheng Ming, if you’re a man, drink up this cup!”

Kindly pour Cheng Ming a full glass of beer.

“I can’t drink, I have to drive my dad back later?” Cheng Ming politely refused.

“Can’t even drink, are you still a man?”

Cheng Ming wouldn’t fall for such a simple provocation, he wasn’t interested in competing with little boys.

The noble guests who came upstairs just drank a few glasses of wine and left in a hurry without staying for a long time, Cheng Ming had thought that Chen Ziyi would follow them, but it turned out that he still stayed there.

It’s hard to get. Leave her hanging too long and she’ll get sharked off.

“I’m full, make yourselves at home.” Cheng Ming put down his chopsticks and shrugged his shoulders and said.

“Run away run away, coward.”

Ye Mei got up and shouted, “Cheng Ming, August 18th is my birthday, can you come to my birthday party?”

“New or lunar calendar?”

“New Calendar.”

“That’s still on summer vacation, sometime.”

“What’s the point of tugging, giving your face away.”

“Wouldn’t it be better if he didn’t come, to avoid bad luck.”

These cranky little boys were grinding their fists on the strength of their drinks and were afraid that they didn’t want to do a fight.

Wouldn’t it be better if he didn’t come to this meal tonight, Cheng Ming scratched the back of his head and walked towards Chen Zi Yi.

“Who is that girl? You betrayed Jingyi? I’m going to sue.” Chen Ziyi narrowed her eyes and said solicitously.

“Feel like you’re here to catch an adulterer? Sort of a childhood friend who doesn’t have much contact, she fainted on the day of the midterm and I carried her to the medical point, no more.”

If she wasn’t Ye Binsong’s daughter, Cheng Ming would have been able to treat her more peacefully, but she was.

“Oh wow, what a classic hero saves the day scenario, so she’s in love with you? No, I think it’s a crush on you, did you tell her you have a master in cow dung?”

“Why should I tell her about me having a girlfriend? It’s not like I know her well.”

“Sly, you didn’t make it clear that you were trying to hang on to her and wreak havoc with her feelings, she’s watching us right now, she must really care what kind of relationship we have, right?”

“I told you, we were in the same class, the past tense kind.”

“You have to keep your relationship with Jingyi a secret, but it’s okay to tell people about your relationship with me? It can.” Chen Ziyi gritted her teeth and said, “Cheng Ming, there is a chance to save your relationship with Jingyi in front of you now, it’s up to you to grasp it.”

“Jing and I are hitting it off without needing to be saved.”

“Oh yeah? Is it okay for me to tell Jing Yi about you and that woman smooching?”

“There’s a chance there’s going to be a bit of trouble.”

Just a little bit.

“Even if Jing Yi would forgive you, wouldn’t she have any hard feelings in her heart? It’s impossible, right? But now, as long as I hold your arm, I won’t tell Jingyi about this matter, and that woman will think that I’m your girlfriend, be ashamed of herself, be scared away by my beauty, and won’t dare to have any ungrateful thoughts about you, how’s that? Isn’t it a brilliant plan.”

“Never seen anything worse.”

Not to be denied by Cheng Ming, Chen Ziyi came over and took Cheng Ming’s arm, saying, “Seeing that you’re lonely like a dog, that’s why I’ve come to accompany you, thank me.”

“I don’t think you’re any better than a bunch of ass-kissers surrounding you.”

“This girl is a chivalrous woman who doesn’t care to be in the company of those mortals.”

“Where to next?”

“Just don’t stand here, get out of here.”

Cheng Ming was the first one who couldn’t carry it off and dragged Chen Zi Yi away, always feeling that there was a big misunderstanding.

Lin Jingyi, who was giggling on her bed at the moment, could not have imagined that in a few days there would be two girls to tell her that Cheng Ming had cheated on her.