yournovel Chapter 160: Get 9 for sure
Chapter 160: Get 9 for sure
Chapter 160: Sure Win
The drizzle had just stopped, and the wet asphalt reflected the colorful lights of the streetlights and neon signs.
Amidst the dazzling light and shadow, a Ghost car, slightly damp, was parked in front of a Bayu hotpot restaurant. Its headlights emitted an indescribable softness in the post-rain mist.
The bustling streets in the city center are teeming with vehicles.
Even the most courageous and decisive taxi drivers instinctively kept their distance from this Ghost, signaling and changing lanes from a distance in the same lane.
There wasn't even a fly within a few meters of this car.
As the wheels of the Ghost slowly turned, Luo Ruiyang leaned out from the right rear seat, smiling as he waved goodbye to his uncle and Yu Huan.
Yu Huan, carrying an umbrella in one hand and a bottle of Moutai in the other, smiled and nodded in greeting.
My uncle stood with his hands on his hips, his gaze fixed intently on the departing taillights.
After a moment, he suddenly sighed, his voice filled with emotion: "Xiao Yu, they chose their careers, while I chose my family."
Yu Huan smiled and joked, "If choosing a career makes people look like they're obsessed with wine, women, and money, then I'd rather deal with you, Uncle, who chose family."
No sooner had Luo Ruiyang left than Yu Huan, who had been enjoying both food and gifts at his place, turned around and started joking with her uncle.
Of course, this was also because Yu Huan saw that her uncle's expression after drinking was somewhat melancholy and lonely, so she deliberately teased him to cheer him up.
Uncle's face was slightly flushed with alcohol, but his smile was overflowing, and he looked extremely pleased: "Xiao Yu, sometimes I really don't think you're someone who's just entered society. What you're saying is exactly what I like to hear."
Yu Huan remained expressionless: "Uncle, you flatter me. What I said was truly from the bottom of my heart."
Uncle smiled even more broadly, patted Yu Huan on the shoulder, and stepped off the curb: "Let's go, to your father-in-law's house."
"Okay." Yu Huan nodded in agreement.
He turned his head and glanced at the Bayu Hot Pot restaurant. Through the large glass window, he could see the young man who had served the hot pot earlier taking bottle caps out of the trash can and gently twisting them onto the golden empty wine bottles.
Uh……
Great!
It seems that these wine bottles are quite valuable.
Yu Huan turned around and watched her uncle's figure gradually disappear into the distance. She could only hurriedly take steps to catch up.
At the pedestrian crossing, Yu Huan walked side by side with her uncle.
He turned to his uncle and said, "Uncle, how about I treat you to soft-shelled turtle tomorrow night? I know a restaurant that specializes in it, it's really good." As he spoke, he held up the Moutai gift bag in front of him and waved it around. "Call my father-in-law, and open this bottle of wine too."
"Eating turtle is fine, but take this bottle of wine for your grandfather." Uncle smiled and shook his head.
Seeing that the green light ahead was about to turn red, he quickened his pace: "A promise is a promise, and if we mention your father-in-law, things will take a turn for the worse."
Yu Huan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, Uncle, I'll listen to you."
The two strolled to the spacious open-air parking lot.
As the car door closed softly, they were now comfortably seated inside the BMW.
As they slowly drove toward the toll booth, Yu Huan, having not dined at Jin Xuan Shandong Cuisine Restaurant, took out a ticket from her wallet and paid the parking fee.
He gripped the steering wheel and smoothly drove his BMW into the traffic.
My uncle held a cigarette, his gaze drifting out the window.
The little BMW cruised through the brightly lit streets after the rain.
"It's so prosperous! I haven't been here for a few years, and Xingcheng has changed so much." My uncle suddenly exclaimed, glancing out the window.
Yu Huan responded with a smile: "The development of Xingcheng in recent years has indeed been very rapid. Many places have changed every year."
No sooner had he finished speaking than his uncle's cell phone rang in his coat pocket.
My uncle skillfully put a cigarette in his mouth and freed his hand to answer the phone.
He spoke with something in his mouth, making it obvious he'd been drinking: "Hey, I just finished eating... um, I had two glasses of baijiu... I'm with Xiao Yu... we're about to head to Xiao Lin's house..."
After hanging up the phone, my uncle turned around, grinning with his big gold teeth, and said, "Haha, your aunt called to check up on you."
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan couldn't help but smile, scratched his head, and chose to remain silent without comment.
In less than twenty minutes, the BMW drove into the second level of the underground parking garage in the residential area.
After Yu Huan smoothly reversed the car into the parking space, her uncle, with a hint of drunkenness on his face, eagerly pushed open the car door and looked around.
His voice was slightly slow: "This is only the second time I've come to your father-in-law's house."
After closing and locking the car door, Yu Huan asked curiously, "Uncle, when was the last time you came here?"
Uncle recalled for a moment: "Well... it was about three or four years ago, when your father-in-law moved to a new house, he came once."
After a brief conversation, Yu Huan led her uncle towards the elevator.
As the elevator smoothly ascended, it reached the fifteenth floor.
After Yu Huan rang the doorbell, the door was gently pushed open from the inside shortly afterward, and Old Lin and his mother-in-law stood at the door to greet them with beaming smiles.
After exchanging greetings and engaging in warm conversation, everyone moved to the spacious living room sofa and took their seats.
As soon as we sat down, my mother-in-law brought out a tea set from the kitchen, with an ashtray on it.
Seeing this, Old Lin immediately offered his uncle a cigarette. His uncle didn't light it.
Old Lin, however, was quite content as he brewed tea and puffed on his cigarette, since he didn't often have the opportunity to smoke at home.
The mother-in-law picked out a large tangerine from the fruit plate on the coffee table and handed it to her uncle with great enthusiasm: "Old Wei, come and try this tangerine. It was grown by Uncle Yu's family."
Uncle quickly waved his hand, a hint of embarrassment on his face: "I don't eat this, it makes my teeth ache."
His mother-in-law, however, smiled broadly and stuffed some fruit into his hand, saying, "It's sweet. Have some fruit and some tea to help you sober up."
Old Lin, who was brewing tea, smiled and urged, "Brother-in-law, I can still eat with great relish even with my teeth like this, you should give it a try."
My uncle took the tangerine, peeled off the skin, and broke the flesh in half.
He placed the larger half on the table, then carefully bit off a piece from his hand with his teeth and chewed it tentatively.
As the juice filled his mouth, a smile gradually spread across his uncle's face: "It's really good, quite sweet."
Sitting to the side, Yu Huan felt as if he were in his own home, completely shedding the awkwardness and unease he had felt during his first visit. He sank into the soft sofa, exuding a sense of ease and comfort.
Hearing his uncle's praise, he bent down and casually grabbed a tangerine from the fruit plate, and began to peel it with a contented look.
Turning to her uncle beside her, she asked, "Uncle, when are you planning to go back to Wuling? I'll be free this weekend, and I can show you around Xingcheng."
After confirming that the tangerines weren't sour, my uncle was chewing them with gusto when he heard this. He swallowed the fruit in his mouth and said, "I'll take care of the house renovation for you tomorrow, and then I have to go back to Wuling the day after tomorrow."
The mother-in-law was also peeling tangerines. Hearing this, she looked up and said, "Old Wei, why don't you stay a few more days until the weekend? We both have to work these days and can't find the time to spend with you."
"I also have a lot of things to take care of." The slight flush on my uncle's face had faded considerably.
Upon hearing this, Old Lin immediately smiled and interjected, "It seems the project negotiations are going very smoothly?"
"It's a sure thing," my uncle said confidently, nodding his head.
Seeing his confident demeanor, Old Lin nodded and joked, "Then don't blame Xiao Fang and me for not being hospitable to this rare guest who only comes once every few years."
"Oh dear, do we need to be so polite with each other?" Uncle waved his hand dismissively.
Old Lin continued, "This year we plan to go to Wuling to spend the Spring Festival with Dad."
"That's wonderful!" Uncle raised his eyebrows, a look of delight on his face. He joked, "You can come back to Wuling to spend the Spring Festival with Dad. He'll be so happy. I'll make some preparations in advance, and we'll have a good time together."
The mother-in-law said with a smile, "Old Wei, we'll have to trouble you then."
Uncle picked up the other half of the tangerine from the coffee table: "We're family, no need for formalities."
Yu Huan quickly finished a tangerine, then grabbed a tissue to wipe her nose, and suddenly interjected, "Dad, Mom, I want to take you and Uncle to eat soft-shelled turtle tomorrow night. I know a restaurant that specializes in soft-shelled turtle, and it tastes really good."
"Okay," the mother-in-law smiled brightly.
Old Lin advised, "It's fine, but don't be too extravagant. You just received your salary, so you should spend it wisely."
Yu Huan picked up the teacup on the tea tray, took a small sip, and leisurely slumped into the sofa: "Not only did I get my salary, but I also received a 20,000 yuan bonus for my act of bravery."
"A reward for a good deed?" The uncle's face was initially puzzled, but his eyes darted between the father-in-law and son-in-law, and he quickly understood. He smiled as if he had just realized something and said, "Xiao Yu, you really should treat us to a good meal."
Old Lin just laughed it off.
Time passed bit by bit.
As time passed, the hour and minute hands of the wall clock gradually overlapped at nine o'clock.
Seeing his uncle yawn, looking tired after sobering up, Yu Huan took out the Delta access key from his pocket, handed it to him, and said goodbye: "Uncle, it's getting late, you should get some rest."
Then he looked at the elderly couple and said, "Dad, Mom, I'll head back now."
The mother-in-law hurriedly got up to persuade him to stay, saying, "Xiao Yu, you can sleep in You Rong's room and come to work with us tomorrow morning."
"Mom, I haven't showered for several days, and my hair got wet in the light rain today, so it's a bit itchy. I'd better go back and take a shower to feel better." Yu Huan didn't pretend to refuse; instead, she suppressed her slight impulse and stated the facts.
Old Lin cast a concerned look at you: "Then be careful on the road and pay attention to safety."
Yu Huan smiled brightly: "It's only a few kilometers away, it'll only take ten minutes to get there."
After saying goodbye to her uncle, Yu Huan went out to the elevator lobby and stepped into the descending elevator.
The elevator car gradually descended, making it feel as if the whole person was floating in the air, until the elevator came to a steady stop on the second floor of the underground parking garage, and only then did the person feel solid ground beneath their feet.
He walked straight towards the BMW.
Yu Huan picked up the bottle of Moutai liquor commemorating the 60th anniversary of the factory from the back seat. Instead of driving, he decided to park it here.
As I walked from the garage to the outside, I noticed that a light drizzle was falling again, bringing a slight chill to my face.
Yu Huan didn't stop walking; she quickly walked out of the community gate and hailed a taxi.
At this time, there weren't many vehicles on the street. The light rain pattered against the car windows, and the experienced driver sped along, overtaking on both sides.
This caused Yu Huan to weakly grip the front handrail on the roof.
(End of this chapter)