Sitting alone in the living room in a daze for a while, Qin Jiayong finally called his wife.

He had to know that her mother and daughter wouldn't come back for dinner twice. If they didn't come back, he wouldn't bother to cook and just go to a small shop outside to have a casual meal.

As soon as he answered the phone, Qin Jiayong heard a familiar and noisy chatter and laughter coming from the other end of the phone. They were the voices of people from his father-in-law's house.

Qin Jiayong knew that his wife and daughter had gone to his father-in-law's house and would not come back for dinner at night.

But the call had already been made, Qin Jiayong still asked: "Is my daughter with you, will you come back for dinner tonight?"

"Well, Tongtong is with me. Today is my eldest brother's birthday." A woman's cold voice came from the other end of the phone.

Hearing this, an indescribable and humiliating anger surged into his heart. For a moment, Qin Jiayong wanted to hang up the phone without saying anything, but thinking about his daughter who was about to be in the third grade of junior high school, and what awaited her was the high school entrance examination, in the end Qin Jiayong still

Swallowing the humiliation in his heart, he said against his will: "Today is my eldest brother's birthday. Why didn't you tell me in advance? I happened to have something to do tonight!"

"You happen to have something to do. I didn't plan to call you over so as not to disturb the atmosphere." The woman's voice on the other end of the phone became colder and colder.

"Well, that's okay." Qin Jiayong gritted his teeth and said, then hung up the phone directly.

He was worried that he would lose control of his emotions if he continued talking.

The Tao family no longer considered his son-in-law to exist, and even his wife felt it was embarrassing to take him with her, so she didn't even tell him her eldest brother's birthday in advance.

How could Qin Jiayong, who has been in the officialdom for more than twenty years, not understand this?

After hanging up the phone, Qin Jiayong sat on the sofa, smoking cigarettes one after another, and the whole living room was filled with smoke.

Usually, if his wife is at home, he can only go to the balcony or go out to smoke.

While Qin Jiayong was smoking a cigarette in a depressed mood, his cell phone rang.

Qin Jiayong picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar phone number. He thought it was an advertisement, and because he was in a bad mood, he immediately turned off the phone.

On the other side of the phone, Qin Zhengfan, who was wandering around the community, was stunned for a moment with his phone. He didn't know whether it was because Qin Jiayong was inconvenient to answer the phone or for other reasons. After thinking about it, he sent him a text message.

"Third uncle, my name is Qin Zhengfan, and I'm in Shengling City now." Qin Jiayong heard the text message prompt, picked it up and looked at it. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then felt a soreness in his nose for no apparent reason.

Qin Jiayong took a deep breath, forced down the inexplicable sadness in his heart, and then called Qin Zhengfan back.

"It seems that I was treated as a harassing call." When Qin Zhengfan saw his third uncle calling back, he smiled and shook his head, then picked up the call.

"Is it Zhengfan?" As soon as Qin Zhengfan answered the phone, he heard a strange yet familiar voice coming from the receiver.

"Third uncle, it's me." Qin Zhengfan replied.

"Are you in Shengling now?"

"Yes, I arrived in the afternoon. I remembered that Third Uncle you were in Shengling, so I gave you a call."

"Speaking of which, our uncle and nephew have not seen each other for seven or eight years. Now even if we meet face to face in Shengling City, my third uncle may not even know it is you." Qin Jiayong said with emotion.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other for seven or eight years, but if we meet face to face, I will definitely recognize my third uncle." Qin Zhengfan said.

This simple sentence made Qin Jiayong's eyes suddenly turn slightly red. He sniffed and forced a smile: "Do you have any arrangements for the evening? If it's not an important arrangement, just turn it down first. You are in your hometown.

, Third Uncle has nothing to do, since you have come to Shengling City, let Third Uncle make arrangements tonight."

"Haha, I listen to Third Uncle." Qin Zhengfan couldn't help but feel warm in his heart when he heard this and said with a smile.

"That's how it should be. Where are you now? I'll pick you up." Qin Jiayong said.

"I'm in the Yunlan Villa community now," Qin Zhengfan replied.

"Yunlan Villa?" Qin Jiayong was slightly startled, with a look of surprise and complexity in his eyes.

Because Yunlan Villa is not only one of the most upscale wealthy communities in Shengling City, but Qin Jiayong's father-in-law and several of his father-in-law's children all live in Yunlan Villa.

Because Qin Jiayong was born into poverty, he had almost no financial foundation. Even though his father-in-law gave him some help, he ultimately couldn't afford the house in Yunlan Villa and bought it in another community.

This is something that his wife Tao Qin has always been worried about.

Because of the Tao family's several children, her family was the only one unable to buy a house in Yunlan Villa.

In the beginning, the two were young and their relationship was in a sweet stage. Tao Qin did not blame Qin Jiayong. But as time went by, the relationship gradually wore away in the daily necessities of life and family chores. In addition, Qin Jiayong's official career was not going well in recent years, and even the couple

He was transferred to the clean water department a few years ago, and this incident gradually became a thorn in Tao Qin's heart.

Especially when I look at my brothers and sisters, entering and exiting high-end communities, colleagues, and husbands of friends and best friends, most of them are making steady progress in the workplace and achieving some achievements in their middle age, while my husband is retreating, and even goes to Qingshui Yamen to live early.

She lived a semi-retired life. Coupled with her sister-in-law at home, her sisters would often criticize her, saying that she did not listen to their advice and insisted on marrying a Phoenix man from the countryside. This thorn in her heart was rubbed away.

Getting sharper and sharper.

"A friend lives here, and I'm staying at his house temporarily." Qin Zhengfan saw that Qin Jiayong seemed a little surprised that he was at Yunlan Villa, so he explained casually.

When Qin Jiayong heard this, he was relieved. At the same time, he wanted to put on the airs of his elders and asked Qin Zhengfan to come and live in his house, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back, with a self-deprecating smile on his face.

If he really wants to invite Qin Zhengfan to live in his house, I'm afraid a war of the century will break out in his house soon.

"Alas!" Qin Jiayong sighed feebly, and then said: "So that's it, then I'll go to your place now. In fifteen minutes, you'll be waiting for me at the gate of the community."

"Okay, Third Uncle." Qin Zhengfan responded happily and then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Zhengfan felt relaxed and happy.

No matter what, they are still relatives, and this third uncle is also the younger brother of his second uncle. Qin Zhengfan still hopes in his heart that he will show affection to his family instead of being cold and ruthless.

Qin Jiayong rushed to see him as soon as he received his call, which is enough to show that his third uncle, whom he has not seen for many years and is in a foreign land, still misses his family ties very much.

After wandering around the community for a while, guessing that it was almost time, Qin Zhengfan strolled towards the entrance of the community without driving the off-road vehicle that Lu Wenyuan left for him.

Qin Zhengfan didn't wait long at the entrance of the community when he saw a taxi parked on the roadside at the entrance of the community, and a middle-aged man got out of the car.

The middle-aged man should be in his early forties. He has maintained a good figure and has no signs of gaining weight in middle age. He wears a pair of glasses and looks like a Confucian. However, his gray hair occurs prematurely, giving him a haggard feeling due to hard work.

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Although they hadn't seen each other for seven or eight years, Qin Zhengfan still recognized this scholar who once lived in the village at a glance.

Third uncle Qin Jiayong.

Qin Jiayong is not very similar to Qin Jiaqian except between his eyebrows.

Qin Jiayong perfectly inherited his mother's beauty, and it is said that he fascinated many girls in the village when he was young.

After Qin Jiayong got out of the car, he raised his eyes and glanced over Qin Zhengfan, then glanced back and landed on him with a hint of inquiry.

"Haha, third uncle, it seems you can still recognize me!" Qin Zhengfan saw Qin Jiayong's eyes sweeping over and back again, strode forward and said.

"Haha, it's really you! I haven't seen you for seven or eight years, and you have grown from a frail boy to a masculine and handsome man! If it weren't for your age here, I definitely wouldn't have recognized you, Third Uncle."

Seeing that it was indeed Qin Zhengfan, Qin Jiayong stepped forward and hugged Qin Zhengfan's shoulders, saying happily.

Being hugged by Qin Jiayong's shoulder, Qin Zhengfan's nose suddenly felt a little sore because he remembered that the man hugging his shoulder was his father's cousin.

His father had used his third uncle as an example to spur him on more than once, hoping that like his third uncle, he could step out of the countryside and make a name for himself.

But now his third uncle is holding his shoulders, but his father is no longer there.

Qin Jiayong seemed to feel something, and his mood suddenly became a little low, and said: "Something happened to your parents. I should have rushed back, but the journey is long and I can't get away with work."

"Third uncle, I can understand and don't say this. Where are third aunt and Tongtong?" Qin Zhengfan asked, suppressing the inexplicable emotions surging in his heart after hearing this.

"They, they happened to have something to do tonight and couldn't leave. It doesn't matter if they're not here, our uncle and nephew can just have a drink." Qin Jiayong was slightly startled, with a complicated look in his eyes, and replied.

What kind of person Qin Zhengfan is now, it can be seen at a glance that his third uncle does not mean what he says, and seems to have something unspeakable.

"Haha, then I'll see you another day. Where are we going now?" Qin Zhengfan pretended not to notice that his third uncle didn't mean what he said and said with a smile.

"Go to Yunding Hotel, their food is authentic," Qin Jiayong said.

"Okay, I'll listen to Third Uncle." Qin Zhengfan said with a smile.

"When you get here, you should have listened to your third uncle." Qin Jiayong smiled, then reached out to hail a taxi.

Qin Zhengfan got into the taxi with him. Qin Jiayong told the driver the location, and then chatted with Qin Zhengfan about the daily routine.

"Sure enough, you are a formidable young man! You are much better than my third uncle. My third uncle also graduated from a technical secondary school that year, and you have already graduated with a doctorate at such a young age!" Qin Jiayong couldn't help but sigh when he heard that Qin Zhengfan had graduated with a doctorate.

"That's different. The technical secondary schools in your era were very valuable, and only those with excellent scores in the high school entrance examination were eligible to study." Qin Zhengfan said.

"No matter how valuable it is, technical secondary school is the most valuable thing. Back then, your third uncle's family was poor. I thought that by studying in a technical secondary school, I could find some work to make money, so I enrolled in a technical secondary school. Otherwise, I still wanted to go to college seriously. Although my third uncle later also

I have obtained a university or even a master's degree, but it is always different from yours." Qin Jiayong shook his head with a hint of regret when he heard this, and then quickly put away the regret in his heart and said with a smile: "If you don't say this, the third uncle will never live in this life.
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