Never Meeting Again In Our Next Life (Living Life Over) - Volume 2 (44)
Chapter 44 Men
The Mid-Autumn Festival was originally a day for family reunion, but this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Xia was very unhappy because neither her son nor her eldest grandson could go home to spend the festival with her.
Before dinner, Mrs. Xia complained to Xia Liang in a WeChat video: “You said that both of you, father and son, are not at home. Do you mean to make me angry? It’s better for Xiao Lin to know that he will bring the boy from the Song family back. Celebrate the holidays with me, an old woman.”
While Xia Liang apologized to the old man, he subconsciously covered his stomach.
In the past few months, he had been eating well and his belly had grown a lot. Fortunately, there was no clue about it just by looking at his face, so he only dared to show his head in the video.
”I can’t help it because I’m on a business trip,” Xia Liang lied without changing his face, “I’ll go home to be with you as soon as I finish all the projects I’m working on.”
”You always have endless projects on your hands!” Old Mrs. Xia didn’t agree with him. “I haven’t seen you for several months. You can tell me when I can do it.”
”Well…” Xia Liang made some calculations and said with a guilty conscience, “Maybe we have to wait another two or three months.”
Then he quickly changed the subject: “By the way, where’s dad, why isn’t he at home?”
”He received a call two days ago, saying that there was something wrong with the branch in the United States, so he hurriedly went abroad.”
Xia Liang’s expression condensed: “What went wrong? Why didn’t you hear Dad mention it to me?”
”Maybe it’s not a big problem,” Mrs. Xia said. “The last time I called him, he kept saying it was fine and that he would be back after a few days of treatment.”
”Oh.” Xia Liang knew that Mrs. Xia was not very interested in business matters and didn’t know much about it. She didn’t ask any more questions at the moment, but secretly became interested in this matter.
After the video call ended, he immediately called Father Xia.
When Xia’s father answered the call, he seemed to be busy explaining something to the people around him, and he was a little distracted: “Xiao Liang, why are you calling me now?”
Xia Liang said: “Dad, happy Mid-Autumn Festival.”
”Oh…oh,” Xia’s father was stunned for a moment before he reacted, “That’s right, you are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and I almost forgot about it.”
”Dad, I heard from grandma that there is a problem with the branch in the United States. Is it okay?”
Father Xia pondered for a moment and sighed: “Xiao Liang, since your grandma is not here, I won’t hide it from you. Actually… the situation is not very optimistic.”
When Xia Liang walked out of the study, she felt a little heavy. But there were guests at home, so it was hard for him to show his worries completely on his face.
At this time, Du Lanze and Wen Ping were sitting in the living room, tasting the mooncakes made by Zhou Shuo himself, and were full of praise for Zhou Shuo’s craftsmanship.
”If you ask me, Zhou Shuo’s cooking skills are definitely one of the best among Alpha.” Du Lanze said.
Wen Ping smiled and agreed: “I agree with this. An Alpha like Zhou Shuo who is gentle, considerate and has cooking skills really hopes to give me a dozen.”
Zhou Shuo was a little embarrassed by the praise. He stood aside and just smiled. When he saw Xia Liang coming, he handed him a freshly baked mooncake as if it were a treasure: “Brother Liang, try it. It’s my first time.” When I make mooncakes, I don’t know if they taste good, but they all say they taste good.”
After Xia Liang finished eating the moon cake, he commented concisely: “It’s a little sweet.”
Zhou Shuo immediately corrected himself humbly: “Then I will put less sugar next time.”
”Oh, I shouldn’t have chosen today to come here,” Du Lanze exaggeratedly covered his eyes, “This dog food… is going to choke me to death.”
However, Wen Ping was more attentive and saw that Xia Liang seemed to have something on his mind, so he made an excuse and took Du Lanze to leave.
After seeing the two of them off, Xia Liang had no intention of hiding it anymore. He turned around and said to Zhou Shuo, “Zhou Shuo, I hope you can make a trip to the United States for me.”
Zhou Shuo was startled: “What’s wrong?”
”Several branches in the United States were tricked by someone, and they were heavily in debt overnight. Dad has rushed to the United States to deal with it, but the current situation… is really not optimistic. I’m worried that he will get sick from exhaustion as he gets older. Come on, I originally had to go there in person, but now there are many things that I can’t do in person, so…”
”I understand,” Zhou Shuo said without waiting for him to finish, “Brother Liang, don’t be anxious. I will leave tomorrow. Just rest at home and leave the rest to me.”
Xia Liang has been getting heavier recently, and he originally started to fall asleep as soon as nine o’clock in the evening. But that night, he was thinking about the branch office, and he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
He listened to the sounds of Zhou Shuo pacing back and forth outside the door, making phone calls, packing luggage, until finally he fell into silence.
The quieter it was, the more upset he felt. He couldn’t help it, so he got out of bed in his pajamas. When he opened the bedroom door, he saw Zhou Shuo sitting cross-legged on the sofa in the living room, holding a laptop in his hand. , was looking down at something with his head down.
Hearing the noise, Zhou Shuo raised his head, met Xia Liang’s eyes, was surprised for a moment, and asked, “Brother Liang, why aren’t you asleep yet?”
”Can’t sleep.” Xia Liang replied lightly, walked to sit down next to Zhou Shuo, and asked, “What are you looking at?
”I’m checking the news of the Ne|son family in recent months.”
Xia Liang glanced at him in surprise: “What a coincidence, you and I thought of going together.”
Zhou Shuo seemed to be inspired and became more energetic: “You also suspect that Ying Mohua is responsible?”
”There is no conclusive evidence yet, just an intuition.” Xia Liang said, “If it is really what the other party did…”
Zhou Shuo stretched out his hand and shook Xia Liang’s somewhat cold fingers: “Don’t be afraid, Brother Liang, if the soldiers come to block it, the water will come to cover it. This is what you taught me. As long as the other party has an agenda, he will definitely reveal his flaws.”
Under the dim light, Xia Liang looked at Zhou Shuo quietly for a long time.
It wasn’t until this moment that he suddenly realized that the boy he had been watching grow up had the appearance of a mature man with sharp edges and firm eyebrows.
