“Buddy, you sure are impressive!”

Knowing that Tao Mu had finished his filming and returned to China, Long Tianao made a phone call and insisted on calling Tao Mu out to catch up.

So the two made an appointment at a newly opened Sichuan-style hot pot near the headquarters of FlyNews.com. When Tao Mu pushed open the door, Long Tianao had already ordered all kinds of Sichuan hot pot ingredients including shrimp meat, fish balls, beef slices and green vegetables.

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Even the dipping sauce was prepared for Tao Mu, and he even very thoughtfully ordered a plate of fruit.

“Over here!” Long Tianao greeted Tao Mu with a smile. He set the tableware and seasoning with great care and poured Tao Mu a glass of beer. His movements were skilled as if he had done this all before.

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “Have you been to dinner meetings a lot lately?”

“Ai. Didn’t I borrow your light?” Long Tianao waved his hand, not caring about Tao Mu’s teasing. He sat down and said: “The cooperation with FlyNews.com has made a lot of money for Summer Star Entertainment. My uncle is now on my heels about helping Summer Star’s business. He always takes me with him to various dinner meetings to socialize. He said that it’s to expand my connections. I tell you, that group of old men do not like to have waiters wait by the side when they talk about things. I am the only junior at the whole dinner table, and so pouring tea and water became my job.”

“Let me tell you, I’ve now become even better than those top waiters.” Long Tianao said while simmering various ingredients in the pot. Then he used the public chopsticks to pick some into Tao Mu’s plate: “Try my craftsmanship. It’s just right and extremely delicious. Not even a second delay.”

Tao Mu looked at the ingredients on the dish with some doubts. They were all things that were simmered in the pot, what kind of craftsmanship was there?

“Thank you.” Tao Mu took a bite of shrimp and said with a smile, “You’re right, it’s really good.”

Long Tianao looked at Tao Mu’s slow and proper way of eating, and said with a smile: “I said before that I wanted to introduce you to my gang of friends. After all, although we are all just second-generation rich kids who don’t produce value, no one can look down on our connections. But who knew that you are that capable, and in less than a year, FlyNews.com has made such a big splash, and you even made so much money in the stock market. And now also cooperating with Xiaoheng Capital on several projects, an obvious business wiz in the making. My gang of friends can’t compare any longer.”

“You’re exaggerating too much——” Tao Mu was about to say a few words of humility, when he heard Long Tianao continue: “Didn’t I say it before, I want to introduce you to my little sister. I don’t know how it happened but my family found out. Good grief, they now all blame me for my inefficiency in doing things and letting go of a golden son-in-law candidate like you. My little sister is your face fan, so she was particularly annoyed with me. Saying that I cut off the highest achievement she could achieve as a fan.”

Long Tianao said jokingly: “I’m practically a sinner in our family now. In order to save your buddy, how about considering my sister?”

Tao Mu smiled and shook his head. After pondering for a moment, he eventually vaguely confided, “I already have someone.”

Long Tianao was instantly shocked, his chopsticks almost falling into the pot, and subconsciously asked, “Who is it?”

Thinking of Tao Mu’s short half-year itinerary, he frowned and asked, “From Hong Kong? In the entertainment circle? I tell you, if she is from the entertainment circle, don’t get too serious. Those little stars are not necessarily reliable. “

Long Tianao spoke faster than his brain: “You just entered the entertainment industry, and you don’t know it yet. In fact, some celebrities look bright and beautiful on the surface, but in our eyes, they are no different from high-end prostitutes. Do you know that a menu is passed around us? It lists the prices of these stars. How much is a meal and how much is a night. If you’re serious, tell me as soon as possible, and I’ll go back and find out if the girl has any past records.”

In Long Tianao’s eyes, Tao Mu was obviously different from those little stars. He was part of their circle. It’s fine if he was just playing around, but if he was serious with marriage in mind only for the girl’s rich history in the past coming to light. That would be such a loss of face!

“Not from the entertainment circle.” Tao Mu frowned. He had long known that Long Tianao’s private life was rather chaotic, and he knew even more of Long Tianao’s arrogant temperament of a hedonistic rich playboy. But listening to Long Tianao’s contemptuous comments on his lover, even though he knew that Li Xiaoheng could never be that kind of person, it was still a little uncomfortable.

So Mr. Tao, who felt very uncomfortable in his heart, decided to scare Long Tianao a bit. He immediately raised his chopsticks, and while putting green vegetables into the pot, he said calmly, “It’s Li Xiaoheng.”

With a “smack”, the pair of chopsticks in Long Tianao’s hand did not escape its fate after all, and they were dropped into the steaming hot pot.

“Who, who?” Long Tianao was so frightened that his voice trembled. He actually compared the Li family’s eldest son to a prostitute. F**k! When did he become so brave? Where did he get the balls? No wonder he always felt his heart pounding abnormally fast these past few days. He had thought it was a result of staying up late too often. Turns out!

“Uh——” Long Tianao coughed a few times and carefully discussed with Tao Mu: “Can we just turn the page over and pretend it never happened. Just like the steam from this hot pot, let it disappear without a trace. Okay?”

Yo, actually speaking so poetically?

Tao Mu squinted at dumb-dumb Long Tianao, and said with a smile, “Why? I think it’s funny. I’ll mention it to CEO Li. Maybe he’ll find it funny too.”

“Don’t you think that with Mr. Li’s face, body, and temperament, if he really went on a menu, just a meal with him would cost at least five million yuan?”

Long Tianao swallowed his saliva and said in his heart, just that face, I won’t be able to afford even fifty yuan!

Long Tianao’s wheels turned and after a long time he finally came back to his senses, and exclaimed in a high voice: “You’re with Li Xiaoheng? The Li Xiaoheng from the family? From Xiaoheng Capital?”

Thanks to this hot pot restaurant for not skimping on materials when it was renovated. This private box was able to keep all noises from traveling in or out.

Tao Mu glared at Long Tianao in annoyance: “You can open the door and shout again, so that the entire Beijing City can hear it.”

Tao Mu was secretly annoyed with himself. He must have gone crazy to reveal his relationship with Li Xiaoheng. How could he talk about this kind of private matter with an idiot like Long Tianao? Was he really that eager to show off?

Long Tianao smiled sheepishly, raised his paw and swore, “Don’t worry, I will definitely not tell others. If I do, then I curse myself to be impotent for the rest of my life.”

Yo, this poisonous oath was very sincere.

Tao Mu really believed it.

Long Tianao drank half a bottle of beer to suppress his shock. Then, he looked at Tao Mu nervously: “Are you two serious?”

“Yeah.” Tao Mu replied. Picked up a piece of meat and ate slowly.

Long Tianao moved his lips and wanted to ask something. In the end he didn’t speak. He just kept using the chopsticks to put Tao Mu’s favorite ingredients on his plate for him, with the kindly care of a doting old father: “Eat more.”

What do you mean by that!

Tao Mu glanced at Long Tianao and asked directly, “Why did you call me out?”

“Oh, yeah, I asked you to come out for something serious.” Long Tianao patted his head. Tao Mu’s revelations just now were so shocking that Long Tianao almost forgot serious business.

“Didn’t our weekly drama “Fashion Storm” sign with Mango TV. Mango TV knows that this drama is invested in and filmed by the three of us. They also know that you are the producer of this drama. So before the TV series is released, they would like to invite a few leading actors to appear on their variety show to promote it. They also want to invite you to join as well. On one hand to promote the drama, and on the other to promote Mango TV through your FlyNews.com. Isn’t the war film that you participated in scheduled to broadcast during the National Day holiday on the national channel? You can also do some publicity for that TV series as well.”

Long Tianao felt it was a win-win situation for all sides: “You can also use this variety show to promote FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com.”

“Don’t look down on them for being just a local station. In fact, the ratings are quite high. Comparable to the national station’s ratings. Moreover, the audiences watching this variety show are between 12 and 25 years old, which is similar to the age group of netizens in our country. So your clients are quite overlapping. It will be good for both parties to promote each other.”

Tao Mu furrowed his brows, and was indeed a little tempted: “It sounds good. But with what status do I use to go?”

“Didn’t I say it? The producer of “Fashion Storm”! The host will give you some screen time at that time, enough for you to promote FlyNews.com and your war drama.”

“As the producer of “Fashion Storm”, I’m going to promote “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”? How does this sound right?” Tao Mu pondered a little, and said, “Let’s do it this way. You discuss with Mango TV, and I’ll bring the two casts from “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and “Fashion Storm” onto the variety show. What do you think?”

Long Tianao hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “Okay. I’ll ask for you.”

Tao Mu added: “Just tell them that I’m in the middle of helping to promote “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood”. I will do an open screen promotion on FlyNews.com. If Mango TV agrees, I can reveal the news during the open screen promotion that the “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” crew is going to Mango TV to record a variety show.”

This way it also promoted Mango TV.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Mu explained to Longtian what FlyNews.com’s open screen was.

Long Tianao was stunned. He immediately patted his chest and assured: “That’s definitely no problem. This publicity is too powerful.”

And it was also simple and straightforward, blunt and clear. As long as you used FlyNews, it was impossible to pretend that you could not see it.

Long Tianao blinked his eyes and asked secretly, “So uh, does your FlyNews open screen accept business?”

Although Long Tianao’s ideal was to be a particularly idle rich second generation who could live without production and get dividends every year. But now that he was bound by his uncle on the ship of Summer Star Entertainment, he naturally wanted to help his company and its artists get more publicity.

Long Tianao was keenly aware of the promotion power of FlyNews’s open screen, so he wanted to cooperate with FlyNews.com.

But Tao Mu had no intention of ​​doing business related to this: “We also need to see the acceptance level of the netizens. If it is too frequent, it will arouse the resentment of netizens.”

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Therefore, Tao Mu’s current plan was to open the screen for publicity only when FlyNews.com’s own projects were launched. For example, “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and “Fashion Storm”, another example was the online shopping platform that would be launched before school starts at the end of the summer vacation.

In short, fertilizer and water would not flow to outsiders’ fields. Let the netizens of FlyNews.com support its own business, and so long as he paid attention to the frequency and the proportion. It was estimated that everyone would not reject this promotion mode.

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Like a thunderclap from the clear sky, Meng Qi’s hand holding the coffee visibly shook and he subconsciously asked, “And then?”

After a pause, Meng Qi asked hesitantly, “Does his family disagree with you two being together?”

“Well, no.” Tao Mu thought about it for a while, and then relayed to Meng Qi the words that Li Xiaoheng had used to comfort him earlier. At the end, he said: “Today, I went to see the new house with Li Xiaoheng. Li Xiaoheng called the designer of Fengxing Group to help us draw the decoration design. The designer said that Chairman Li knew that I was going to decorate the house, and so he specially waived my decoration fee and design fee.”

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Meng Qi put the coffee cup on the table, walked over to Tao Mu and sat down, discussing seriously: “It sounds like the Li family at least doesn’t reject the relationship between you two.”

Having said this, Meng Qi smiled again: “But that’s natural. Our Tao Mu is so handsome, young and wealthy. Polled as one of the best diamond bachelors of the year by fashion magazines at just the age of nineteen. And also selected by the financial magazines as the most anticipated business wiz in 2008 and the most valuable business partner. And to a certain extent, you are also considered to have parents who passed away, a car and a house. Simply the perfect son-in-law candidate in the hearts of mother-in-laws.”

“Even if the Li family wants to find a business marriage alliance, they might not even be able to find one with better conditions than yours.”

Thinking of this, Meng Qi instantly calmed down. He didn’t feel that Tao Mu’s personal conditions were not worthy of Li Xiaoheng. After all, Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng’s earnings in the international financial market were there for all to see. Even if the Fengxing Group had strong capital, it might not be able to earn tens of billions of dollars within a year. What’s more, the projects that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng cooperated in had far more than monetary benefits. So even if it was purely for the sake of commercial interests, Meng Qi didn’t think the Li family would object to the two being together.

Meng Qi was just worried about whether the Li family really accepted Tao Mu or not. In addition, he was worried about whether the Li family would accept him and Liu Yao, the two adoptive fathers. Especially him. After all, Meng Qi’s past…..was indeed a little unpresentable.

Meng Qi was a little worried, but was too embarrassed to mention it in front of Tao Mu, so he could only probe tactfully, “What do you think about Li Xiaoheng’s proposal for you to visit the Li family’s house?”

“I don’t really want to go.” Tao Mu frowned. “We’ve only been together for three months. Wouldn’t it be too soon to visit our parents like this?”

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Tao Mu and Li Xiaoheng really hadn’t been together officially for long.

“Then wait some more.” Meng Qi looked at Tao Mu hesitatingly but didn’t say anything in the end. He just made up his mind secretly, if the Li family really couldn’t accept his past, it was not a big deal, he would just have less contact with Tao Mu in the future.

Tao Mu didn’t notice Meng Qi’s hesitation and worry. Because in Tao Mu’s heart, Yao Dad and Xiao Qi Dad were the most perfect people in the world.

Tao Mu’s sophistication and socializing skills were taught by Meng Qi, and the sense of security and family that Tao Mu needed most was also given to him by Meng Qi and Liu Yao. In Tao Mu’s heart, the most important family members that he could not give up were Liu Yao, Meng Qi, Mr. Song and Dean Tao; the most important friends were Da Mao and Xiao Pang; and the most important brother was Feng Yuan.

As for Li Xiaoheng, his position in his heart was gradually approaching that of his brother and friends, but if there was a day when Li Xiaoheng and his family needed to be weighed on the scale, Tao Mu’s choice need not be said. So he didn’t notice Meng Qi’s entanglement at all, and he changed the topic and discussed the promotion of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” before its release, as well as the shooting of “Fashion Storm”.

Because it was a weekly drama in which filming occurred alongside broadcasting, the most commonly used filming method in China was obviously not feasible. So Tao Mu was going to prepare several shooting venues before shooting. For example, the headquarters of the website start-up business of the male protagonist and his entrepreneurial partners, and the headquarters of fashion magazines, photo studios, various office buildings, recording studios, and catwalk venues took up a large part of the script.

Because there were too many scenes needed, and most of them were commercial places. He needed to book a shooting time in advance. And because of the script setting, some scenes needed to be reused more than once, and it was very troublesome to go back and forth. Just the transport fare and prop set up would be a headache.

“This is the troublesome aspect of weekly dramas. If you can’t finish the filming in one go, you need to set up various scenes repeatedly. If there is really no choice, I’ll build a film and television city myself.”

This was also Tao Mu’s first time coming into contact with weekly dramas. The idea was very good before, but when he really began preparations, he felt all kinds of headaches: “If there is really no choice, I’ll arrange for our production team to go to South Korea for inspection. I think their weekly drama production system is quite mature.”

Meng Qi smiled and said: “Don’t worry. I have already sent the staff of BulletScreen.com to South Korea for inspection. When I was in Hong Kong to discuss the broadcasting rights of film and television dramas, I found out that the cost of purchasing film and television dramas is actually quite high. We only bought old dramas and already spent so much money. If we want to buy new dramas or new movies, we must at least have to pay tens of millions. Moreover, our website is a new type of platform, and its competitiveness is not comparable to traditional TV stations. Many producers are reluctant to contact us. So I want to have BulletScreen.com set up a production team of our own. Just like the production of “Fashion Storm” this time, we can also produce our own TV series in the future to support newcomer stars. If done well, not only can we attract sponsorships and advertising fees, but we can also sell dramas to TV stations.”

The most important publicity tools were FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com. They could promote new stars at almost no cost.

Tao Mu looked at his Xiao Qi Dad in surprise. Unexpectedly, Meng Qi learned the advantages of self-made dramas all by himself so early on. As expected of his Xiao Qi Dad.

“This idea is really great.” Tao Mu gave his Xiao Qi Dad a thumbs up in praise. Celebrities who would be very popular in the next ten years were quickly reflected in his mind. If he could sign half of them under the label of BulletScreen.com, that would practically be sitting on a pile of money.

Meng Qi also smiled slightly when he saw his little cub’s enthusiasm and immediately put the matter of the Li family behind. Forget it, no matter what problems arise in the future, they could just leave it for later.

On the other side, when Li Xiaoheng returned to Xiaoheng Capital’s office building in Beijing, he was not surprised to find Chairman Li who was waiting for him in the CEO’s office.

The serious-faced Chairman Li sat crossed legged on the leather sofa. When he saw his eldest son pushing the door in, he nodded very reservedly.

Li Xiaoheng closed the door, ignoring his chairman father, and went to the desk to turn on the computer.

Chairman Li couldn’t hold back any longer, coughed twice and asked, “When you accompanied Mr. Tao to see the house, did the designer say anything?”

Li Xiaoheng was expressionless, and said calmly: “He did. Mr. Tao is particularly grateful for your generosity. And also said to me that he didn’t expect you to be so generous to my business partners. He was deeply moved and promised to definitely work hard in the future, finding better investment projects and investment directions for Xiaoheng Capital.”

Chairman Li couldn’t hide his disappointment with an “oh” and couldn’t help asking, “That’s all?”

“That’s all.” Li Xiaoheng nodded. Long fingers tapped the keyboard.

Chairman Li secretly observed his eldest son. He was also unclear whether the relationship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu was just a business one or a further intimate relationship. If it was only the former, then didn’t that mean their Li family was being too conceited?

Chairman Li rubbed his chin and continued to subtly inquire about Tao Mu’s reaction: “Didn’t I ask you to invite Mr. Tao to have a quick meal at home? What did Mr. Tao say?”

“Mr. Tao didn’t agree.” Li Xiaoheng continued to stare at the computer with a blank expression, continuing with his work with great resentment.

With just this sentence, Chairman Li picked up a certain flavor.

If the two were really innocent and had no ambiguous relationship, then as Li Xiaoheng’s most valued business partner, why would Tao Mu refuse to come to their house for a light meal? Unless Tao Mu had a ghost in his heart——ah no, worries in his heart, and felt that it was inconvenient to come to their door.

Chairman Li’s eyes flickered slightly, and he lifted his eyelids and glanced at his eldest son. He asked slowly: “You didn’t talk to him about our family? You didn’t talk to him about me and your mother, both of whom are very reasonable and enlightened parents?”

Li Xiaoheng’s hand tapping on the keyboard paused slightly, and the clacking sounds stopped abruptly.

“He has some worries in his heart.” Li Xiaoheng revealed this to his father in a very subtle way.

Li Xiaoheng pondered, not knowing how to explain Tao Mu’s reaction to his family.

Unexpectedly, when Chairman Li heard his son’s words, he nodded as a matter of course, and said, “Understandable.”

Li Xiaoheng suddenly looked over. Chairman Li met his son’s sharp eyes and said calmly: “I looked at the information. This Mr. Tao just turned 19 in July. The young man is very handsome, and is so young. And also working in the entertainment industry, an environment where handsome men and beautiful women can be seen everywhere. You say, you are twenty-six years old but dress in stuffy suits and leather shoes every day like an old-fashioned thirty-six year old. You also don’t know how to speak or have fun. Even the money you make depends on his vision and analysis.”

“It’s normal for Mr. Tao to not be attracted to you.”

“So, the reason why he doesn’t want to come to visit is probably because he feels that seeing your parents will give him pressure.” Chairman Li put on an expression that said “I understand him very well”. He shook his head sighing: “After a year and a half, when he thinks you are too boring and want to break up, it will be a little embarrassing if he has already officially met your parents.”

Listening to his old father’s words, Li Xiaoheng felt that every word was like a knife stabbing him into his heart.

After a few words, Mr. Li was practically stabbed with holes all over, no longer able to maintain a blank expression when looking at his father.

Chairman Li straightened his clothes as if nothing had happened, got up and said, “I won’t disturb your work any more. You can work hard now. Anyway, with your temper, it is estimated that you can only treat your work as your wife in this lifetime.”

“Keep an eye on the projects you have collaborated with Mr. Tao. Even if after a year and a half he dumps you, you could at least keep these projects. It’s actually quite a hefty breakup fee.”

“Mr. Tao is truly a generous person.”

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“Young, handsome, talented, fun, and generous young people like him are welcome everywhere. He is only nineteen years old this year, and will only be twenty-nine in ten years. Not even thirty and at the age of full bloom. Of course he is not in a hurry.”

Chairman Li picked up his cane and glanced at their eldest son: “How old will you be in ten years. Rounding up, a forty-year-old middle aged man!”

Chairman Li clicked his tongue twice and shook his head meaningfully. Carrying his cane, he walked away swiftly.

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“Have you told your family about the two of us already?”

During lunch, Tao Mu appeared a little worried. He was uncertain whether Chairman Li’s instructions were based on his status as his son’s business partner, or his status as his son’s life partner…..

“No.” Li Xiaoheng replied without any pause: “I won’t rashly speak to my family without your consent.”

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After a pause, Li Xiaoheng added: “However, my family has always been concerned about my love life, and they know my sexual orientation. I have lived for 26 years, and this is the first time I have been so close to someone else, even bringing back the gifts you bought for my family. They must have guessed.”

“En.” Tao Mu replied softly. His chopsticks poked at the rice grains, not having much appetite.

“Don’t be too worried.” Li Xiaoheng warmly persuaded: “My family members are all very amiable. They won’t hurt you.”

Li Xiaoheng picked up some celery and put it in Tao Mu’s bowl, and said with a smile, “clearing heat and removing fire, reducing fat and blood pressure.”

“Are you laughing at me?” Tao Mu admitted that he did have quite some worries. However, the Li family was an affluent family, and Tao Mu’s impression of parents was that they were all very old-fashioned and focused on carrying on the family line. Even an ordinary family like Zhuo Yan’s couldn’t accept that their child found a same-sex partner, let alone a wealthy family like the Li family?

“How could I bear to laugh at you?” Li Xiaoheng placed his chopsticks down and looked at Tao Mu tenderly: “I’m comforting you. My family is very good-natured, and they are very satisfied with you.”

Tao Mu raised his eyebrows, not convinced.

Li Xiaoheng smiled and said, “Think about it from another angle. My family has always known about my sexual orientation, and they have also known how chaotic the same-sex circle is. Before, I was busy with work and didn’t find a partner, they were all worried about whether I would bring home a same-sex partner who had a gender identity disorder or a rich relationship history. Then they found out that I might be with you——a business wiz who is only 19 years old this year, and created the website FlyNews.com in your freshman year of college, which now already has more than 150 million registered users, and also helped me earn at least tens of billions of dollars in just one year of cooperation, and has never been in a relationship before being with me.”

“Such great conditions, even if I agreed to a marriage alliance, I might not even find anyone similar. What could they be dissatisfied with?”

“So they will definitely not object to us being together. On the contrary, my parents should be worried that you are so young and would get bored of me after being with me for a few years, decide that I am too old-fashioned and boring, feel that there is no longer any passion in being with me, and then dumping me for a younger, more handsome and more interesting lover.”

“How is that possible?” Tao Mu laughed out loud: “Who said you are old-fashioned and boring? You are actually quite men sao, alright?” (TN: refers to people who look quiet, cold or even dull outside, but inside they are volatile, charismatic, hot and sexy)

Li Xiaoheng smiled: “You’ve said that I’m men sao. So how could anyone else know about what I’m truy like except you?”

Li Xiaoheng spoke righteously, he was not a casual flirt. Besides his lover, who else could he flirt with?

Tao Mu chuckled, and suddenly thought of one thing: “Is your family the same as you?”

“Are you saying that in front of outsiders, we look like a normal person, but in front of close ones we are actually quite unrestrained?” Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows, touched his chin with his hand and pondered for a moment, then said, “My dad is even more men sao than me.”

“En?” Tao Mu was a little surprised that Li Xiaoheng actually described his father like that.

“My dad is the kind of feudal patriarch who keeps his face serious and unsmiling even in front of his children.” Although he rarely spent time with his family, when Li Xiaoheng mentioned his family, he couldn’t help but smile: “Always appearing very serious. But in fact, inside he is quite gossipy with very rich inner emotions.”

“My mom is a very normal full-time house-wife. Her daily schedule includes playing eight rounds of mahjong with her friends. During this period, she would exchange gossip about the families in their social circle. She also likes to pretend to be sick and trick me into going home to attend blind dates. The blind dates also include both men and women. And because I’ve never been interested in anyone before, she even worried that I’m not even gay, but asexual.”

When Li Xiaoheng said this, he paused for a moment and broke the news to Tao Mu: “Did you know? The most outrageous thing my mother did was to bribe a boy to sneak into my hotel room to test if I had any response.”

Tao Mu: “…..”

Seeing Tao Mu’s expression of disbelief, Li Xiaoheng smiled slightly: “So you know. How much my parents want to marry me off.”

“My older little brother is only 22 years old this year. He just graduated from college but is already dragged by my mother for a round of matchmaking. The twins, my youngest siblings, just graduated from high school, and my mother is urging them to find a boyfriend/girlfriend in college. By the way, the twins are also your brainless fans. Using your fandom terms, my sister is probably your face and fashion fan, and my brother is your technical and aesthetic fan.”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaoheng frowned, and couldn’t help but complain: “Seriously, I must really be too old and have a generation gap with them. I just can’t understand, they like you as a person, but why do they split their likes into different camps? Can one even divide their likes for a person into different versions? Unlike me, I like everything about you.”

Suddenly receiving a confession, Tao Mu’s hand holding the chopsticks froze slightly, and he glanced at Li Xiaoheng helplessly.

This was the first time Li Xiaoheng mentioned his family in front of Tao Mu. Probably because the words Li Xiaoheng used to describe his family’s antics were just too humorous, Tao Mu actually felt that the Li family was not so scary after all. But he was still a little reluctant to meet the Li family. And Li Xiaoheng didn’t rush him either.

After lunch, Tao Mu said he wanted to go back to FlyNews.com headquarters to have a look. Li Xiaoheng dropped him off at the company headquarters, and he also planned tp return to his company to handle his workload. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell Tao Mu, “Wait for me to pick you up at night.”

Tao Mu waved at Li Xiaoheng then turned around and entered the building.

Since the number of registered users had exceeded 150 million, and the talent search activity, “National God and Goddess”, jointly organized by FlyNews.com, Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment was also coming to an end, the entire headquarters was very busy.

Tao Mu first went to the CEO’s office to find his Xiao Qi Dad. Only to find that Meng Qi was not in the office, and the secretary told Tao Mu that Mr. Meng was in the conference room, discussing with the representatives of Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment about the matter of the contestants signing contracts after the talent show ended. There were also specific matters about gathering the top 20 contestants in the country to film an idol drama.

The script of the idol drama came from the outline drawn by Tao Mu, who then hired a team of screenwriters to expand and adapt it.

It mainly told the story about a fashion editor who was deeply aware of the development trend of new online media, and suggested that his magazine should also develop an online APP, but the proposal was rejected, and he was laid off because of the economic crisis. In a rage, he joined several programmer friends to develop an online fashion APP and online shopping platform. The heroine of the story was a rookie model who had just stepped into the fashion circle. Because she didn’t want to succumb to the unspoken rules of the industry, she was slapped by reality and ended up hitting walls wherever she turned. In the end, she was selected by the male protagonist because of her sweet image and humorous personality to became the spokesperson and new anchor of the fashion APP, and so the hero and heroine harvested success in both career and love.

——That’s right, in order to promote his own FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com, Tao Mu also described in the script how BulletScreen.com could support Internet celebrities for live broadcasts, and how the anchors could bring goods to online shopping platforms.

Tao Mu drew on the real cases of later years and wrote several storylines involving e-commerce war in the script and then mixed it with all kinds of dog blood and conflict. And because the background of the script was the fashion circle, a lot of gossip and industry secrets in the fashion circle were also added. Tao Mu had also invited major international luxury brands to be sponsors of the idol drama, most of which agreed because of Tao Mu’s reputation in the fashion industry.

Coupled with the strong partnership of Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment, the A- and B-list artists under the two companies would directly make cameo appearances in the TV drama. The production team of this drama was also headed by the Taiwanese team that was best at shooting idol dramas. The director was Ren Yating, who filmed the popular idol drama “King of Pop” two years ago.

And as for the fashion consultant of this idol drama, Tao Mu did not need anyone else, he himself could handle it easily. When he was writing the script, he also included character designs, and the images of the male and female protagonists and important supporting characters had been set in advance. Many of the set clothes had appeared on seasonal catwalk models of major international brands. Tao Mu had communicated with the major brands in advance and borrowed them all.

All in all, Tao Mu really wanted to make this idol drama a classic of business warfare plots. And in order to cooperate with the launch of the online shopping platform, Tao Mu also wanted to make this drama a weekly broadcasting drama. Both broadcasted on TV and on BulletScreen.com at the same time to maximize the enthusiasm of netizens and audiences.

However, weekly broadcasting dramas were still quite rare in China now. When TV stations buy dramas, they were more inclined to buy completely filmed dramas. In addition, Tao Mu’s FlyNews.com had just been established for a year, and had no connections in the TV station circle. Therefore, the task of negotiating the purchase of their drama by TV stations was directly handed over to Longteng Entertainment and Summer Star Entertainment.

Don’t know how the negotiation was done, but they finally sold the first-round broadcast rights of this idol drama to Mango TV. And the broadcast time was every Saturday night at ten o’clock, two episodes a week.

Meng Qi was talking with representatives of the two companies in the conference room. Tao Mu wandered outside for a while, then returned to Meng Qi’s office to wait obediently.

After more than an hour, Meng Qi, who had sent the representatives of the two companies off, returned to the office, where Tao Mu was lying on the sofa without any care for his image, answering the phone.

Meng Qi smiled and made a cup of milk tea for Tao Mu. After waiting for Tao Mu to hang up, he asked with a smile, “Who called?”

“Director Zhou Hong. The post-production of “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” has been completed, and it has been sold to National TV. It is going to be broadcast on the evening of September 28 so it can also be considered a National Day gift. Director Zhou discussed with me whether we should also do some publicity before it is shown.”

As for the previous life, “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was released without any publicity. After all, “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” was just a poor crew at that time. The filming budget was so tight that they could only hire two horses. The filming was almost unable to be finished towards the end. Even the post-production money was squeezed out by the director from the salary of the several leading actors (asking the leading actors to help fund in advance, and then pay them back with a share of the money after the TV series was released), so how could there be any energy left to talk about doing publicity?

Besides, in the thinking of Director Zhou’s generation, there was little promotion for such things as war dramas. Unlike those idol dramas where the cast could go on several variety shows before the broadcast, and a group of young people play games or something. They were a group of middle-aged and elderly people in their 40s and 50s. Even if they go on those kinds of variety shows, there was a generation gap. Besides, the audiences were of different age groups, so even if they did publicity, it might not work.

And the way of publicity of the national TV station was just to put out a trailer during the advertising period.

Relatively speaking, the promotion method was quite simple and boring. But when it came to Tao Mu, things were completely different. Just a simple National Day gift, Tao Mu was able to create huge hype. Last year, FlyNews.com’s military uniform photo activity was very publicized and caused a lot of hype. Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhou Hong decided to hand over the promotion side of things to Tao Mu.

After all, Tao Mu was also an investor in their crew!

Meng Qi was particularly interested when he heard that Tao Mu’s TV series was about to be released: “Can we get the film source so we can watch it in advance?”

Meng Qi smiled and said, “Just the episodes in which you appeared.”

Tao Mu smiled: “It just so happened that I was going to ask Director Zhou to cut out a trailer first. I’ll ask for the film source then.”

Speaking of the pre-release promotion, Meng Qi remembered another thing, and told it to Tao Mu as a joke, “Did you know that the martial arts movie Shen Yu and Yan Sheng made together was released?”

Before Tao Mu could speak, Meng Qi continued: “When you were hanging out with those big celebrities in Hong Kong, didn’t the fans of Shen Yu and Yan Sheng complain that you deliberately excluded their idols? Shen Yu’s fans were angry, saying that as the CEO of FlyNews.com, you disrespect other fans very much, and were clamoring to cancel their FlyNews account and move to Weibo instead. Only to find out after going there that its liveliness and publicity level couldn’t keep up with our side, so they came running back pathetically.”

Meng Qi didn’t know about this at first, but it was Shen Yu’s fans who couldn’t help themselves and carried out another slapstick operation, somehow making their embarrassing actions of unregistering then re-registering shoot to the top of the hot search. Just in time for the film’s hot release period, Yan Sheng’s popularity and box office ability were still remarkable. The film had been released for two weeks and still dominated the weekly box office charts. So Shen Yu’s fans began to swipe the topic “Yesterday’s me, you like to ignore, but today’s me, you can’t even reach” on FlyNews.com.

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Meng Qi laughed: “I believe that when you promote “The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood” and when you attend the launch conference of “Fashion Storm”, there will definitely be reporters asking you about topics related to them. Prepare yourself.”

Tao Mu wiped his face, not wanting to talk about a certain someone at all. He said to Meng Qi, “The Li family seems to know about my relationship with Li Xiaoheng?”

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“My family was very happy when they received your gifts. My dad also invited you to come over to the house for dinner when you are free.” In the bedroom on the second floor, Li Xiaoheng leaned on the head of the bed, looking affectionately at Tao Mu on the other end of the video call.

Tao Mu did not answer. His eyes flickered, and he deliberately changed the subject: “During dinner tonight, Dean Tao told me that she wanted to open a takeout canteen to deliver meals to nearby office buildings.”

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“I did a search online and found that there are actually many platforms related to food, clothing, housing and transportation on the Internet. For example, group purchases, food delivery, travel websites for online booking of train tickets, plane tickets, hotel rooms and scenic spot tickets, online car hailing services…..I think in the next few years, these Internet platforms that could facilitate the daily life of netizens would definitely have great potential for development. If Xiaoheng Capital wants to invest in the domestic IT industry, you might as well consider these companies.”

As Tao Mu spoke, he sent several online platforms that he remembered would be very popular in the next few years with stock prices that soared after the listing to Li Xiaoheng, and exhorted without blushing: “These are all companies that I think have great potential after looking them over. You can ask the venture capital department to do relevant research, and if there is no problem, you can then talk about investing.”

Li Xiaoheng raised his eyebrows: “Isn’t FlyNews.com the most active Internet platform in China. With FlyNews.com’s user base, wouldn’t it be more profitable if we developed related projects ourselves?”

“But FlyNews.com doesn’t have that many people.” Tao Mu smiled and said, “And I don’t have that much energy either.”

Tao Mu actually preferred acting, and he was willing to put more energy into his acting career. If it weren’t for the miserable experience of being slandered by the whole Internet in his previous life, Tao Mu wouldn’t have developed lingering fears and insisted on planning ahead and creating his own voice channel. He wouldn’t even have bothered with FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com. And even so, Tao Mu didn’t preside over FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com every day. Currently, the day-to-day management of FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com, Tao Mu had long since passed on to his Xiao Qi Dad.

“To be a boss, you only need to know how to use people, and just be in control of the overall direction. You don’t have to keep your eyes on the company every day.” Li Xiaoheng knew Tao Mu’s ideals and career plans, and said with a smile, “If you think these platforms have potential for development, there’s no need to think about capital injection. We can directly acquire it along with the people. You can just be responsible for giving the general direction of the business plan, and as for the specific project management, you can leave it to the people below.”

Tao Mu was slightly taken aback. Only then did he think of the several platforms in his memory, which were only just now in their infancy. Of course Li Xiaoheng would not know how popular these platforms would be in later years. With the status and background of Xiaoheng Capital in the investment world, of course, it was too lazy to pay attention to such small projects. How could it be as troublesome as Tao Mu thought. And investing? Naturally, a direct acquisition was far more expedient. In fact Li Xiaoheng didn’t even need to personally come forward, and could just send a project manager to negotiate.

Tao Mu chuckled: “Okay. After a few years, you can tell the netizens across the country that you have already contracted the online clothing, food, housing and transportation business of the entire Internet.”

Li Xiaoheng didn’t quite know what was the point of humor in this remark. But he looked at Tao Mu who was laughing to himself in the video, and said warmly, “Shall we go to see the new house tomorrow?”

“Ah?” Tao Mu didn’t react at first.

“Didn’t Uncle Yao buy you a new house? Let’s take a look at the house tomorrow, hire a designer to discuss the decoration plans, and then we can go shopping for building materials and furniture. How about it?”

As if visioning of the good days of living together in the future, Li Xiaoheng’s expression became more gentle, and his voice became more and more low and sexy: “I want to decorate the new house we will live in for the rest of our lives together.”

He even especially emphasized the pronunciation of the last word. Making it look like they were getting married soon.

Tao Mu’s face burned slightly, and he couldn’t help scratching his ears: “Do you have time? Aren’t you busy with the online shopping platform?”

“Just a day or two away makes no difference. Besides, I’m paying so much to hire staff and top management, they can’t just wait for me to do everything.”

Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu with a warm smile, and softened his voice: “Why don’t we go together tomorrow? Don’t you want to see what the new house looks like?”

Of course I do!

When Tao Mu thought of how he could have his own home soon, his heart softened in a puddle of goo.

“Then let’s go together.”

As a result, early the next morning, Tao Mu was awakened by Li Xiaoheng’s phone call at six o’clock. It was August, and even at six o’clock in the morning, the sun was shining high. Tao Mu had closed the curtains tightly, and originally wanted to sleep in.

But who would have thought that Li Xiaoheng actually drove across more than half of Beijing City, and was waiting at the entrance of the alley.

He didn’t even get up so early on a weekday!

“Is something wrong with you?!” Mr. Tao, who was controlled by his early morning temper, said rudely: “Why are you here so early? Don’t you even sleep in on weekends? What time did you get up? Aren’t you sleepy?”

Li Xiaoheng listened to the series of complaints from their family’s boss Tao on the phone, and apologized in a gentle voice: “It’s all my fault…..I’m just too excited…..I especially want to go to see the new house with you…..I couldn’t sleep at all last night…..how about you sleep a while more and I’ll wait for you outside?”

How could Tao Mu be willing to let Li Xiaoheng sit in the car and wait for him to finish sleeping?

Naturally, he had to extremely painfully get up from the bed, wash up and put on clothes with eyes still half closed.

Mr. Song, who had gone out for a morning walk and came back long ago, even making breakfast as well, looked at his precious grandson who got up early for once on a weekend, and couldn’t help laughing: “Why did you get up? Didn’t you say you wanted to sleep in and won’t wake up until noon, and told me not to call you for breakfast?”

“Li Xiaoheng is here, waiting for me at the entrance of the alley!” Tao Mu sat at the dining table and drank porridge and ate buns. Speaking of which, there was absolutely no flaw to speak of about the craftsmanship of their old man.

Tao Mu finished eating, and took half a thermos of porridge, and then stuffed ten steamed buns and a few side dishes into a food carrier. He grinned, “We’re going to see the house today. Grandpa, wanna go with?”

Song Daozhen was indeed interested in Tao Mu’s new house. But he didn’t want to be a third wheel. Even if he was in his seventies this year, he could not do this kind of mood dampening thing.

“I’m not going. It’s too hot. It’s like taking a sauna in Beijing City now. And I don’t like using the air conditioner.”

After tactfully refusing, he asked Tao Mu again, “Are you coming back for dinner?”

“I don’t know either.” Tao Mu hurriedly walked out with the heat preserving food carrier, and said as he walked, “Wait for me to call you.”

Mr. Song stood on the steps, looked at the back of their stinky boy walking off in large strides, smiled and shook his head. He walked slowly back into the kitchen. It was too hot today, so he was going to make some cold cakes as a late-night snack for their stinky boy.

On the other side, Tao Mu walked to the entrance of the alley with his good carrier, and at a glance, he saw the especially arrogant looking Aston Martin which was quietly parked on the side of the street.

The neighbors who passed by turned back to look frequently as if they were looking at a rarity. Tao Mu walked to the side of the car, bent his fingers and knocked on the window: “Boss, your takeout is here.”

Li Xiaoheng looked at Tao Mu who was standing outside the car with a heat preserving food carrier like a food delivery boy with an authentic accent to boot.

“Authentic made by Song Ji, with imperial cooking craftsmanship. Please have a taste, mister.” Tao Mu got into the car, stuffed the food carrier into Li Xiaoheng’s arms, and said, “Eat first, and then drive after eating.”

Li Xiaoheng asked Tao Mu, “How do you know that I didn’t have breakfast?”

“I guessed.” A person who was so excited that they haven’t slept at all, how could they still remember to have breakfast before coming out?

Tao Mu asked Li Xiaoheng, “Why didn’t you go in? The mung bean porridge and bean curd buns made by my grandpa is very delicious.”

Li Xiaoheng bowed his head to eat breakfast, and smiled without saving anything. He wanted to snatch away someone’s grandson to live with him. If the old man didn’t see him, then could forget it, but if he did he would definitely remember to be angry. So Li Xiaoheng planned to take his parents to Song Ji one day to meet the old man, Liu Yao and Meng Qi. Let Tao Mu’s family know that the two did not plan to live together casually without any status. It was also to reassure Tao Mu’s family.

“When are you going to have a quick meal at my house?” After breakfast, Li Xiaoheng put the food carrier on the back seat, and discussed with Tao Mu: “I want to tell my family about our relationship. This way after the house is renovated, we can live together justifiably.”

Tao Mu was stunned when he heard these words, and stared blankly at Li Xiaoheng.

Noticing Tao Mu’s moment of panic, Li Xiaoheng patiently reassured: “Don’t be afraid. I think my family has mostly already guessed it. They already know my sexual orientation. Yesterday, when they received the gifts you bought for them they were very happy. My dad also took the initiative to invite you over for dinner.”

“They might just think I’m your business partner.” Tao Mu pursed his lips. Suddenly he remembered that in his previous life, after he was with Zhuo Yan, he had also met Zhuo Yan’s parents. Zhuo Yan’s parents didn’t know their relationship at first and were very polite to him. But after Zhuo Yan came out of the closet, their attitude changed drastically. Not only were they strongly opposed to them being together, but also used harsh words to scold him.

Although Tao Mu didn’t want to mind, it was still quite upsetting.

So in this life, when Li Xiaoheng mentioned the matter of visiting the Li family’s house and coming out to the Li family, Tao Mu felt a bit nervous in his heart.

He didn’t dare to see Li Xiaoheng’s family, and he didn’t dare to listen to how they would scold him. Tao Mu could bear it himself, but he was afraid that his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad and their old man would suffer. He didn’t want any unpleasant things to happen when the two sides met.

“That’s, it’s fine like it is now.” Tao Mu frowned and searched for an excuse: “I’m an actor after all, and I don’t want to make my private affairs so high-profile. Besides, the Li family is an affluent family, and might not agree with you being with a man. You don’t want them to be sad, do you?”

Li Xiaoheng wanted to say something, but looking at Tao Mu’s heavily guarded appearance, he didn’t say anything in the end.

The two sat silently all the way to the new house.

Considering Tao Mu’s future celebrity status, the new house Liu Yao bought for Tao Mu was in a newly built high-end residential area near Chaoyang Park. The greenery and public facilities in the community were particularly well done. Tao Mu’s house was a 220-square-meter four bedroom apartment. There was also a large terrace outside the floor to ceiling windows. The apartment was very good indeed.

“…..It can be equipped with a master bedroom, a guest bedroom, a study and a dressing room, and the kitchen can be open style——”

“Make it closed.” Tao Mu interrupted the designer’s suggestions and said, “We’ll be cooking often, and if the kitchen is open style, all the fumes will drift into the rest of the rooms. It won’t be practical long term. “

“Okay.” The designer was a top domestic home designer specially transferred over by Li Xiaoheng from the Fengxing Group’s real estate company. However, Li Xiaoheng did not give the designer much freedom to show his talent. Instead, he instructed the designer to make design drawings strictly according to Tao Mu’s preference.

Although the designer was also very curious about the relationship between Li Xiaoheng and Tao Mu——actually so close that they could discuss the decoration of a new house together. But after all, he knew the rules of the workplace well, don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask, don’t look at what you shouldn’t look at, and don’t talk about what you shouldn’t talk about.

Especially in front of their big boss. Don’t be too gossipy.

Tao Mu explained his needs and ideas to the designer one by one, and Li Xiaoheng added: “I will choose the building materials and furniture decorations with Mr. Tao personally. You are familiar with this area, write up a plan, and we will go have a look ourselves.”

The designer nodded obediently, held the notebook and said, “I will write a report when I go back and send it to Mr. Tao’s inbox.”

“Send me a copy too.” Li Xiaoheng was practically brazenly showing off: “Mr. Tao will discuss the decoration plans with me.”

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The designer blinked and agreed with a smile. Then he pushed up his glasses and said calmly, “When Chairman Li learned that I was going to design a new house for Mr. Tao, he personally ordered that the design fee and decoration fee to be waived as a housewarming gift for Mr. Tao. “

As soon as these words came out, Tao Mu was shocked.

AN: Small skit——

Chairman Li: It is a well-established rule that one family pays for the house and the other pays for the car and renovation. Truthfully, I want to pay for the house!

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Tao Mu’s character was originally very rigid and stubborn, and it was after years of experience out in society that he had become much more tactful. But if something really touched a nerve, then the Yao family was the best example.

Dean Tao looked at Tao Mu’s fierce appearance, and didn’t say anymore. She could only sigh silently. They were all children raised by her, and both the palm and back of the hand was flesh. Although she liked Tao Mu, she also couldn’t bear to watch Cao Miao suffer hardship outside either.

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Liu Yao still felt that something was weird about Cao Miao, so he called Da Hui and had Da Hui find out what Cao Miao had done before: “If he really violated the law, then who knows, I might be a well-meaning member of the masses.”

Dean Tao was also thinking about this matter: “It really should be investigated. If Cao Miao really did something he shouldn’t have done, he should be punished by the law. If he didn’t do anything illegal, I can also rest assured. “

Dean Tao planned to keep Cao Miao in the orphanage for a while, and let him leave when Cao Miao found a new job.

In fact, many children have left the orphanage over the years, most of them were like Cao Miao, they would not come back after they go out. There were even fewer people like Tao Mu who still thought about the children and always sent back money and things. So Dean Tao didn’t blame Cao Miao. This world was inherently difficult. Those children who have graduated from junior high school have to go out to work hard. They had no education or background, and they had to work hard to support themselves. It was not easy at all. So it was normal to not want to bear the burden of the orphanage anymore.

But because of Tao Mu’s invaluable noble character, Dean Tao didn’t want people like Cao Miao to drag him down. Now that Tao Mu had done well for himself, it was conceivable that there must be many people like Cao Miao who would rush back to hug his thighs. Dean Tao couldn’t help elsewhere, but if the children who walked out of the orphanage wanted to drag Tao Mu down, she had to think of a way.

“If nothing else can be done, then just let him stay in the orphanage as a helper.” Dean Tao thought this way: “Before, the orphanage had no money, but since Xiao Mu donated more than one million yuan to build a charitable education fund, and had Xiaoheng Capital help us manage the accounts and help us make investments, now there is a balance of more than 2 million in the orphanage account.”

“I plan to take the money and start a small business. Just open a shop at the gate of the orphanage and sell some lunch boxes. We can also deliver meals to nearby office buildings.”

As Song Ji’s signboard became more and more famous, Mr. Song was tricked by Tao Mu to take over the training school as the principal, so the restaurant here was no longer open as often. Those two helpers were also sent to the training school as apprentices by Mr. Song. Nearby neighbors and white-collar workers often complained to Dean Tao that they could no longer find a good place to eat.

Dean Tao listened to these words often, and came up with the idea to discuss with Mr. Song about recruiting a few apprentices from the training school, and let them make boxed lunches as practice cooking, and then deliver meals to the nearby office buildings.

“Cao Miao came at the right time, so let him help deliver the food. We will give him a basic salary, and give him a commission of one yuan for each takeaway. As long as he works hard, he can earn at least three or four thousand yuan a month. I asked around and heard that this is what a white-collar worker sitting in an office building would make in a month.”

Liu Yao sneered disapprovingly: “Dean Tao, your thinking is quite good. But would that kid agree?”

Liu Yao didn’t say anything else, just by looking at that kid’s dishonest eyes, he knew that he wasn’t a person who would be easily satisfied.

“Then what does he want to do?” Dean Tao asked with a smile: “He came to ask Tao Mu to take him in, and kept saying that he wanted to find a job. He also came out of the orphanage. Now the orphanage has something for him to do to make a living. The salary is also quite fair, so why wouldn’t he not want to do it?”

Liu Yao was stunned for a moment. The several people looked at each other and suddenly realized.

Dean Tao planned to use this job to block that kid’s mouth!

Dean Tao smiled slightly. She knew that she had been used to being a good person all her life, and after something like that happened before, everyone was worried that she would be soft-hearted and would be deceived.

But being a person was all about learning life lessons and growing one’s wisdom. Dean Tao just had a good heart and was willing to see people under the best light. But she was not stupid. She also learned a lesson. So on the matter of Cao Miao, she felt that she could help Tao Mu find a solution. Since Cao Miao raised the banner of being raised in the orphanage to ask Tao Mu to help him find a job. Then Dean Tao would give Cao Miao this opportunity.

As for whether Cao Miao would accept it, it was not within the scope of Dean Tao’s consideration.

Don’t think that honest people couldn’t play word game either. She just didn’t want to be too scheming when she interacted with people. If games were to be played, wasn’t an experienced old lady in her 60s better than a young man in his 20s?

Dean Tao could suppress Cao Miao speechless just by using her identity as the orphanage dean who raised him.

Seeing the large group of people looking at her in astonishment, Dean Tao said with a smile: “Don’t always think that I am just a good person. Even if I really feel sorry for Cao Miao, I won’t put such an unstable factor by Xiao Mu’s side to hurt him.”

Before, Dean Tao really wanted Cao Miao to enter Song Ji’s training school to learn some craftsmanship. But then she thought about it again, since she herself knew that there might be some problems with Cao Miao’s character, how could she force Song Daozhen to accept this hot potato. Besides, it was not only Song Ji’s training school that could teach cooking skills, there were many cooperative related parties under Song Ji. If Cao Miao really wanted to learn cooking, he could also choose those related cooking schools. After he learned some true skills, he could then come back to Song Ji for assessment.

The reason why Dean Tao decided to let Cao Miao be responsible for delivering meals was to temper Cao Miao’s temperament. Teach him to not be so impetuous and to be more down-to-earth. If Cao Miao really changed, it would not be impossible to let Cao Miao manage the orphanage’s boxed lunch business in the future.

All parents had far-reaching plans for their beloved children. It could be said that Dean Tao really helped Cao Miao figure out his future path. If Cao Miao could do it in a down-to-earth manner, even if there was no great wealth and great prestige, it was also certain that he would live a stable middle class life.

But Cao Miao was not a down-to-earth person by nature. That night, after hearing Dean Tao’s arrangement, Cao Miao didn’t say anything, but in his heart he was very angry.

He felt that Dean Tao also looked down on him. They all came from the same orphanage. Why should Tao Mu be a big boss and a big celebrity while he could only be a food delivery boy?

But a person like Cao Miao, no matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart, would never show it on his face. Not only did he not show it, but he acted especially grateful and thanked Dean Tao profusely.

However, Dean Tao had lived 60 plus years. Even if she didn’t know how to judge people well, she was very clear on the temperaments of her children. Cao Miao left the orphanage for so long, but his temperament had not changed much.

Seeing Cao Miao like this, Dean Tao couldn’t help thinking of what Meng Qi said as a joke.

——He said that a person like Cao Miao was a little bastard with a bad bone in his body. He was naturally petty and prone to jealousy. Was it possible that he might put poison into the boxed lunches when he was delivering the meals just because he hated Tao Mu?

Dean Tao had laughed at Meng Qi’s joke. But looking at Cao Miao’s current state, Dean Tao was not sure now.

Dean Tao was a good person, but she had also seen the most greedy and despicable side of the human heart. She couldn’t guarantee what Cao Miao would do. Out of good nature, Dean Tao was unwilling to think too bad about Cao Miao. But she didn’t want to put Song Ji and Tao Mu at risk because of her momentary soft-heartedness.

“If you don’t want to deliver meals, you can stay in the shop to help with the business. I’ll leave the bill collection and accounting to you. What do you think?” Dean Tao pondered for a moment, and changed her mind.

What else could be done?

When Cao Miao returned to Beijing, he wanted to hug Tao Mu’s thigh. Unfortunately, Tao Mu ignored him, and Dean Tao also sent him off with such trivial matters. Of course Cao Miao was not happy.

How much money could a small restaurant selling boxed lunches make even if the business was booming? Cao Miao came to Tao Mu with the hopes of making a lot of money. Dean Tao and Tao Mu actually used this kind of small business to brush him off perfunctorily, how could Cao Miao be satisfied.

Not mentioning how annoyed Cao Miao was. On the other side Tao Mu, because of Dean Tao’s remarks, recalled a food delivery system that was particularly popular in later years.

After washing up, Tao Mu lay on the bed in the east room, picked up his mobile phone, and subconsciously dialed a video invitation, wanting to chat with Li Xiaoheng.

At this time, Li Xiaoheng was at home showing off the gifts Tao Mu had bought for them with a group of family members.

Mother Li looked at the very fine quality jade bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile, “Mr. Tao has really spent too much. We haven’t even met in person, yet he actually gave us such precious gifts.”

Father Li was not in a hurry to put on the Patek Philippe watch that Tao Mu gave him, but said with a smile: “This Tao Mu is your valued partner, the one you mentioned before, right? You two shorted the international market together, and even worked with the police to establish the Skynet system, and now also partnered to build an online shopping platform. It seems you two are doing quite well for yourselves and are working together quite happily. In that case, when you have the time, invite him over for a light meal at home. Such a young talent, it is good to have more exchanges in the future.”

“That’s right, that’s right.” Little sister Li, who had just tried on the evening dress, said very excitedly: “I’m also one of Mu Mu’s brainless fans. When Mu Mu arrives, I must ask him to sign an autograph and take a photo with him.”

After speaking, she turned around again and said excitedly: “Our Mu is indeed a man who leads the fashion trend he has such good tastes. He chose this black evening dress especially to complement my skin color. And it makes me look especially thin and like I have very long legs. Ai, say, when Mu Mu comes, I wonder if he would be willing to do my makeup for me? Do you think he will agree?”

“How could he agree? Do you think you’re Guo Yaning? Our CEO Tao only does makeup for big beauties. You’re just a little beauty at best.” Little sister Li’s older twin brother seemed to be Tao Mu’s aesthetic fan. He rudely poured cold water on his little sister.

“What did you say?” Little sister Li was furious when she heard these words, and she threw herself at him.

While the two were happily fooling around, Li Xiaoheng’s cell phone suddenly rang. Looking at the video invitation above, Li Xiaoheng said subconsciously, “You guys talk slowly, I’ll go upstairs first.”

Everyone in the Li family looked at the back of Li Xiaoheng slowly going upstairs, and suddenly sat up straight. Little sister Li lowered her voice and asked mother Li: “Mu Mu bought us such an expensive gift for no reason, and eldest brother even showed it off so proudly. Do you think the two of them…..”

Little sister Li gently pressed the tips of her index fingers against each other.

Mother Li also sighed worriedly: “I don’t know either. Your eldest brother never likes to tell us about his private affairs.”

When mother Li said this, she suddenly looked at her husband and asked eagerly, “How about you go and ask?”

“What am I asking!” Chairman Li said with a stern and composed face, as if he was holding all the cards: “Find a time to invite him over for a meal, we’ll be able to observe the two ourselves.”

Have him go upstairs and ask? What if his son refused to answer, and just looked at him coldly. Then as the father he would have no face!

When everyone in the Li family heard these words, they could only look at each other.

After a long while, little sister Li’s twin, her third brother, asked embarrassedly, “Then, what if eldest brother is really with CEO Tao?”

“Then they’re together.” Before father Li and mother Li could speak, little sister Li said indifferently: “Eldest brother is gay. Even if he doesn’t date CEO Tao, he would never marry a woman. I feel that with eldest brother’s temper, that he is able to find a same-sex partner as handsome and capable as CEO Tao, he must have burn a lot of incense, okay?”

“But two men together, what about children?” Second brother Li couldn’t help scratching his head. Did that mean eldest brother would never have his own children in this life?

“And you call yourself a child of the Li family. You can’t even calculate such a simple economic account.” Little sister Li rolled her eyes at him, and said naturally, “Tao Mu and eldest brother do business together. Their shorting of the crude oil market has earned them tens of billions of dollars. Not to mention the Skynet system and online shopping platform, even the Fengxing Group has benefited. The company’s shareholders practically worship Tao Mu as the god of wealth, put him on a pedestal and pay incense three times a day.”

As little sister Li said, she drew a “basin” shape in the air with a particularly starry-eyed expression: “My Mu is now a cornucopia. How many people are crying and shouting that they want to marry their daughters to him. You have to admit that other than giving birth to children, what can’t my Mu accomplish.”

“You can think of it this way.” Little sister Li clapped her hands and gestured with her left hand: “My Mu partnered with eldest brother to do business, and has earned tens of billions of dollars at once. When the two of them were still shorting the international financial market I heard that Xiaoheng Capital’s monthly profit in the overseas investment department could reach at least one billion. How much does finding a surrogate cost abroad?”

Little sister Li’s right hand stuck out two fingers: “It’s only 200,000 dollars. 200,000 dollars for one child, 400,000 dollars for two children, 600,000 dollars for three children. As long as you have money, what need is there to be afraid of not being able to have children?”

“Besides, what’s so good about children? What else could they do besides crying and making trouble? Do you think everyone is like our parents? Giving birth to so many children even if they had to pay fines and lose their jobs? I think if eldest brother can be together with my Mu, even if he’s a DINK in this lifetime, it’s really not so bad. I remember that my Mu don’t seem to like children. Looking at eldest brother, he probably doesn’t like children either. Then the two of them are simply a match made in heaven.”

Father Li and mother Li, who were ridiculed by their daughter, looked at little sister Li at the same time, their eyes deep and grievous: “Twenty thousand yuan, do you have any dissatisfaction with us, your parents?”

When the twins, little sister Li and third brother Li, were born, because their births exceeded the One Child Policy, the Li family paid 20,000 yuan just for the fine. At that time, the monthly salary of ordinary workers was just a little over 100 yuan. One could imagine the heavy price that father Li and mother Li paid to give birth to these two children.

Little sister Li’s expression froze, and she immediately said with an ingratiating smile: “No, no. If it wasn’t for father and mother’s persistence, how could third brother and I have appeared in this world. And even be able to live so well. I just want to say that mother and father really had foresight and gave birth to so many children. Even if eldest brother does not have children in the future, there are still people in our Li family who are willing to have children. Right, second brother?”

Second brother Li, whose birth was also fined, raised his eyebrows. He then saw mother Li turn her head and asked him worriedly, “One thousand yuan, when will you find a girlfriend?”

Second brother Li looked at his mother expressionlessly: “I’m only twenty-two years old. I’m not in a hurry to find someone. And Mom, could you stop calling me by my nickname?”

——Second brother Li’s birth caused father and mother Li to be fined 1,000 yuan when he was born, so his nickname was 1,000 yuan.

Father Li and mother Li, who dared not urge their eldest to get married and have children, could only pin all their hopes on their second child: “Then you must hurry up and find a girlfriend. Look at your classmates and friends, they all found girlfriends when they were in college. Only you didn’t find one. You wouldn’t happen to be like your eldest brother, would you?”

“I’m not, I don’t. I’m just busy with my studies and have no time to find a girlfriend.” Second brother Li denied with exasperation. Don’t know why his parents were so anxious. Did they think it was that easy for him to graduate with a high grade at Cambridge? Actually saying something like looking for a girlfriend. If he could go to bed at 3am every night then he was already quite fortunate, okay?

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Why must he be urged to marry by his family when he was only twenty-two, when his eldest brother was twenty-six and could take his sweet time dating?

Second brother Li rolled his eyes helplessly and slumped on the sofa without any care for his image. #planting mushrooms#.

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The large group of people all went into the courtyard. Cao Miao followed behind with an embarrassed expression. Just as he was about to step through the threshold, old man Song, who was walking at the front with Tao Mu’s support, suddenly turned his head: “Did you not hear what Tao Mu said? This is a private residence, and you are not welcome.”

Tao Mu was not a person who could keep his temper in check since he was a child. Back then when Cao Miao said such things to him, the child Tao Mu couldn’t swallow it down, walking around with a belly full of anger and looking for someone to vent on. Resulting in him beating up all the hooligans in the nearby alleys. When in the kitchen cutting vegetables, the kitchen knife was also chopped loudly. Old man Song knew that something was wrong with his cub, so he secretly asked Feng Yuan to inquire about it, and only then did he know that Cao Miao, this little bastard, had done such an ungrateful thing.

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Old man Song still remembered that every time Tao Mu brought food from Song Ji back to the orphanage, it was that kid who grabbed the food the fastest and ate the most. He even came to find him behind Tao Mu’s back, pretentiously asking to become a disciple of Song Ji, and saying that he was willing to support him in his retirement. With a swipe of his eyes, Mr. Song knew that this child was a bad apple. Besides, that kid was clumsy and didn’t have this talent.

Mr. Song did not agree at that time. Cao Miao also begged him not to tell Tao Mu about this, saying that he was worried that Tao Mu would get angry and would beat him, and would not give him food in the future. Mr. Song didn’t like Cao Miao’s sneaky character. In fact, if he really asked Tao Mu to help him honestly, even if old man Song didn’t like Cao Miao, for the sake of Tao Mu’s face, he at least could let Cao Miao be an apprentice at Song Ji and learn the craftsmanship honestly.

Too bad Cao Miao had his own petty thoughts and couldn’t trust Tao Mu. Naturally Mr. Song would not be polite either and treat it as business. No talent was no talent.

Afterwards, old man Song also laughed at Tao Mu’s bad eyes. After all these years of bringing him delicious food, he was afraid that it all went to the dogs. Tao Mu was even quite upset with him. In the end, everything followed as he predicted.

Back then, everyone was a child, and there were good and bad, justices and grievances. Anyway, Tao Mu didn’t suffer, so Mr. Song didn’t want to quibble over the matter. But now Tao Mu was his own grandson, and also their direct disciple of Song Ji. In terms of feelings and reason, old man Song must protect him and vent that old grievance for their little cub!

Cao Miao did not expect that Song Daozhen, this old bastard, still had such a nasty temper after so many years. He still remembered that when he saw Tao Mu having a good relationship with Song Ji, every day there was delicious food and drink, and he could even bring some back, he also wanted to become the old man’s student. He also offered to give the old man who was a stranger to him elderly support. But the result was that the stinky old man was very arrogant, and even scolded him very badly. Not only did he not agree to accept him as a disciple, he even informed Tao Mu. Don’t know what this old bastard said, such that Tao Mubfound him and beat him up very severely.

Now that beating had really hurt! Cao Miao swore at that time that he would be better than Tao Mu in the future. Make a lot of money by himself, eat whatever he want, wear whatever he want, and never look at other people’s faces just for a bite of food.

So when he left the orphanage after graduating from junior high school, he really wanted to work hard and make a career for himself in society. But he didn’t expect that this society was not that easy. He had no education and no background. He had some cleverness but couldn’t bear hardships. Relying on ingratiating himself to a contractor, he thought he could make some money. Who knew that the contractor was reported for stealing materials at the construction site, and someone was sent to investigate. Because the evidence was solid, the contractor and a group of construction workers were all convicted, almost even implicating him.

Cao Miao fled the construction site that evening. While waiting for the train at the train station, he saw Tao Mu’s news on the big screen. Only then did he know that after just a few years, Tao Mu not only got admitted to a prestigious university and became a celebrity, but also created a website by himself and was now worth billions of dollars.

Cao Miao was immediately envious and jealous. He felt that God was too unfair. They were both orphans, but Tao Mu was not only handsome, he also had the brains, and had always been liked by adults since he was a child. Even if he was returned to the orphanage by his adoptive parents, he was able to coax his neighbors with sweet words, and he never lacked for good things since he was a child.

He was clearly two years older than Tao Mu, but he had to pinch his nose and call Tao Mu big brother. When Tao Mu was in a good mood, he gave them food and clothing, as if beckoning cats and dogs. If he was in a bad mood, it was a beating. Cao Miao had been unconvinced since childhood. But he couldn’t beat Tao Mu, and he was greedy for Tao Mu’s good things, so he could only follow Tao Mu as a sidekick.

But he didn’t want to be Tao Mu’s sidekick all his life. When he left the orphanage after graduating from junior high school, his most urgent wish was to get rid of Tao Mu. Get rid of the shadow of being just a sidekick. That’s why when Tao Mu and Feng Yuan traveled across most of Beijing City to find him, he put on a rich man’s attitude, treated Tao Mu to eat, and deliberately used words to humiliate him.

Tao Mu was indeed angered, and flipped the table on the spot. He also got punched by the several brothers he found.

Seeing the backs of Tao Mu and Feng Yuan leaving in a pathetic manner, Cao Miao felt that he had finally avenged the grievances from back then and could now raise his head. He also vowed to do better, climb to a height that Tao Mu, that little bastard, could not even reach. To be a big boss.

But Cao Miao did not expect that before he even made something of himself in society, Tao Mu was already several steps ahead of him. Relying on his good looks, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy and became a celebrity. Then he created FlyNews.com. Cao Miao also played FlyNews. He thought this website was really fun. But he never thought that this website was actually created by Tao Mu.

Moreover, Tao Mu not only founded FlyNews.com, he also learned to trade stocks. He heard of the current crisis in the stock market, and that the stock market was not doing well, many people have lost money. But Tao Mu made a lot of money and became a partner of a multinational financial company. Only big bosses and big stars surrounded him and he actually even brought down the Sheng’an Group himself.

It was only when Cao Miao saw this news that he realized that the old man he looked down upon since he was a child had such an impressive background. Just that shabby signboard of Song Ji, could actually be worth hundreds of millions yuan? But the key was that such a valuable signboard that was worth several hundred million, the old man actually gave it to Tao Mu?

Cao Miao couldn’t believe it when he searched Tao Mu’s news online. Was such an impressive person really the orphan he had known since they were children? But the facts were there, and Cao Miao couldn’t help but believe it.

After thinking about it, Cao Miao could only blame Tao Mu for having a better life than him. Because Tao Mu was handsome, he was admitted to a prestigious film university. Because he was admitted to university, he created FlyNews.com, and speculated in stocks.

If it were him, if he had the opportunity to go to university, Cao Miao might not do worse than Tao Mu.

Thinking of this, Cao Miao not only hated Tao Mu, but also hated Song Daozhen who refused to accept him as his apprentice. He even hated Dean Tao. Because Dean Tao let Tao Mu go to high school, but she didn’t let him go.

He came out to work right after graduating from junior high school!

Everyone was a child of the orphanage, so why should they be treated differently? Was it because Cao Miao was not as popular as Tao Mu?

Cao Miao felt indignant. But he also knew that he didn’t have the confidence to compete with Tao Mu ever since they were still children. So after thinking about it, Cao Miao finally decided to pack up and go to Tao Mu.

Cao Miao had imagined that he would be humiliated when he bowed his head to Tao Mu. He guessed that Tao Mu would sneer at him, predicted that Feng Yuan might stop Tao Mu from taking him in to avenge what happened in the past. But Cao Miao was confident that he knew Tao Mu very well, and he felt that with Tao Mu’s temper, he would eventually accept him back.

It was no big deal, just losing some face, but in today’s society, how much was face worth?

However, what Cao Miao didn’t expect was that even though he had prepared himself to be humiliated by Tao Mu. When Tao Mu saw him again, he would be so heartless. Completely disregarding their friendship from back then, not even letting him say a second sentence, and simply just kicked him away?

That old bastard even fanned the flames, adding fuel to the fire!

“Dean Tao…..” Cao Miao took a deep breath and looked at Dean Tao eagerly: “Please help me ask for forgiveness. I really know I was wrong. I came back this time hoping Brother Mu can take me in——”

“You, you are not allowed to, to call brother Mu! Is brother, brother Mu something you deserve to call?” Feng Yuan stepped in front of Dean Tao and interrupted Cao Miao’s words. He glared at Cao Miao and said, “Go away!”

“What’s going on? Who is this person?” Liu Yao asked impatiently.

When Cao Miao left the orphanage, Tao Mu hadn’t gone to work at Night. Therefore, Liu Yao and Meng Qi did not know about this issue at all.

So old man Song explained the backstory in a succinct manner. Liu Yao’s eyebrows were instantly twisted into a knot: “F**k, it turned out to be an ungrateful white-eyed wolf. Seeing Tao Mu doing well for himself so you came back to hug his thighs. F**k off, our little cub is not lacking in sycophants. Go back to wherever it is you came from. I warn you, this is a private residence. If you take one step further, I will call the police to arrest you!”

Liu Yao was originally just talking casually, but Cao Miao’s face changed immediately. He indeed took two steps back sheepishly, looking at Dean Tao pitifully: “Dean, please help me.”

Dean Tao looked at Cao Miao, then at Tao Mu, but didn’t say anything in the end.

The human heart was made of flesh. Although Dean Tao also felt bad that Cao Miao did not have it easy over these years, she felt more distressed for Tao Mu. She knew very well how much suffering Tao Mu had endured over the years and how difficult it was to get to where he was today.

Cao Miao was brought up by her. She knew that Cao Miao had a bad personality since he was a child. The entertainment industry was so complicated, and with Cao Miao’s temperament, if he followed Tao Mu, he was sure to cause trouble. As for FlyNews, only top students who had graduated from key universities were hired, so it was useless for Cao Miao to go.

Therefore, Dean Tao’s intention was to discuss with Mr. Song about sending him to Song Ji’s training school as an apprentice. If he learned a craft, he would be able to support himself in the future.

But in front of so many people, it was not easy for Dean Tao to explain anything further. After all, Tao Mu and the others had just returned, and they didn’t even drink a sip of water yet.

As Dean Tao thought this, she could only persuade: “Cao Miao, you go back to the orphanage first. Tao Mu and the others have just returned, and we can talk about it later.”

Dean Tao originally wanted to take things steady. Who knew that because of this little delay, Cao Miao also directed his hatred towards Dean Tao. He felt that Dean Tao was a petty person who flattered those higher than her and stepped on those lower and just didn’t want to speak for him.

But Cao Miao didn’t show it on his face, he just smiled at Dean Tao and waved to Tao Mu, and then went back sheepishly.

Liu Yao looked at Cao Miao’s back, frowned and said, “There is something wrong with this kid.”

“When he heard that I was going to call the police, he was just like the mouse hearing the cat. Did you see how he was so frightened that his face turned white.”

“I say, this kid didn’t do something bad outside and sneaked back, right?”

When Dean Tao heard this, her heart tightened: “Then, what should we do now?”

“It’s nothing. Seeing that he dares to return to Beijing to ask Tao Mu ti take him in, even if he committed a crime, it shouldn’t be a big deal. At most, just a petty thief.” Meng Qi said casually, “But this kid’s character is not good, and if he stays by Tao Mu’s side there can only be trouble. I think it’s better to just forget about it.”

The people present were all Tao Mu’s friends, and no one would think of an outsider over him. Meng Qi’s words were naturally spoken to Dean Tao.

Dean Tao knew it well, and immediately smiled: “I think so too. So my plan was to send him to Song Ji’s training school as an apprentice. Let him learn some craftsmanship.”

“That can’t work either.” This time, it was Mr. Song who objected: “This kid has bad conduct. Moreover he is unwilling to endure hardship. He can’t be Song Ji’s apprentice.”

Don’t look at Song Ji’s chef training school only accepting apprenticeships, but in fact, Mr. Song’s recruitment was even more strict now than in the past. All apprentices had come from major chef schools and were only admitted after a series of assessments. Not only did they have to learn Song Ji’s cooking skills, but also had to learn the Song family genealogy and traditions, hotel management and foreign languages. It could be said that it was completely an elite mode of cultivation.

For a person like Cao Miao, even if he was admitted, Mr. Song was still worried that this mouse poop would ruin a pot of good porridge. How could he let Dean Tao ruin Song Ji’s name with just a few words.

Dean Tao’s face became hot, and she said worriedly: “I also know that Cao Miao’s character is not very good. But he still came from the orphanage, and now he has returned hoping Tao Mu might take him in. If Tao Mu ignores him, I am also afraid that he would go out and talk slanderous nonsense. It will affect Tao Mu’s reputation.”

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“I’m not afraid.” Tao Mu said lightly, “You can’t condone the bad guy just because he might do bad things. I work hard outside to live a good life and to be able to protect the family I care about. Not to let villains follow suit in enjoying the benefits.”

“If he is honest, I wouldn’t be bothered to pay attention to him. If he dared to stir things up in front of me…..” Tao Mu raised his eyebrows and sneered fiercely: “As if I would be afraid of him?”

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