Chapter 660: Parent-Teacher Meeting
Chapter 660: Parent-Teacher Meeting
Ding Yi and Zhang Gaolei got directly into Huang Xiaochuan's van, while their car followed behind.
More than ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of the main branch of Huahong Hotel, which was also the place where the three of them would usually get together. However, nowadays all three of them are busy with many things, and they can only get together a handful of times throughout the year.
Tang Jianhua had already received a call from his brother-in-law. After seeing the familiar van arrive through the glass window, he personally went out to the restaurant entrance to greet the three of them.
"Uncle!" Tang Ruixuan ran out of the hotel with her father.
"Hey! Xuanxuan! What are you doing here?" Huang Xiaochuan was happy to see his niece, but still asked.
Tang Ruixuan explained the reason to her uncle: "I graduated from elementary school, so my parents took me to Jinjiang Amusement Park today. We just arrived."
Huang Xiaochuan affectionately patted his niece's head. He had raised her since she was a baby, so they were very close.
Huang Xiaochuan casually asked, "Where's your mom?"
Tang Ruixuan pointed inside the restaurant: "My mom is looking at the accounts in the finance office."
Huang Xiaochuan nodded to indicate that he understood. It was quite normal for his elder sister, Zeng Hong, to come and take a look at the accounts of her own store.
Then Huang Xiaochuan said to Tang Jianhua, who came to greet him, "Brother-in-law, why make such a fuss? You even came to greet us personally. We're just here for a meal. We're all family, no need to be so polite."
As Tang Jianhua ushered Huang Xiaochuan and the others inside, he said, "Now that you're here, I need to make sure everything is arranged personally before I feel at ease."
After speaking, Tang Jianhua greeted Ding Yi and Zhang Gaolei.
They were already quite familiar with each other. Ding Yi and Zhang Gaolei knew about Huang Xiaochuan's relationship with his two older sisters, so they greeted Tang Jianhua warmly: "Brother-in-law!"
Xuanxuan politely addressed Ding Yi and Zhang Gaolei as "uncle".
After responding to Xuanxuan, Ding Yi said to Huang Xiaochuan with an envious look, "Girls are so considerate! Look at your niece, and then look at my nephew, sigh."
Huang Xiaochuan knew Ding Yi's nephew; the kid was very mischievous. He was a year younger than Xuanxuan, but he was already quite unruly at such a young age, which gave his parents a lot of headaches.
Tang Jianhua led the three to a side room with its own courtyard. This side room was not open to the public and was reserved for Huang Xiaochuan.
The air conditioning had been on in the room for a while, and it was very cool inside.
At this moment, Ding Yi said to Tang Jianhua, "Brother-in-law, I'm hosting today, so please sit down and join us. As usual, you can arrange the dishes. You know me, I'm only good at eating, not at ordering."
"Hahaha," they all laughed.
Tang Jianhua laughed and said, "I'll arrange the food. I won't stay with you. I've already told my daughter that I'm taking her to the Red House tonight."
"Alright, then I won't keep you any longer." Seeing that Tang Jianhua was going to spend the evening with his daughter, Ding Yi didn't insist any further.
After Tang Jianhua made arrangements for the three of them, he said goodbye and left. He also took the waiter with him, leaving the three of them a private space to chat.
After Tang Jianhua left, the three of them started eating and chatting.
chatting and chatting,
The conversation naturally turned to Zhai Xi's son. After drinking a glass of wine, Zhang Gaolei said, "Xiao Chuan, I'm leaving the hospital arrangements to you. We'll split all the costs equally, as we agreed before."
Huang Xiaochuan was about to speak when Zhang Gaolei cut him off: "We know you have money, but this isn't just your business, and Zhai Xi isn't just your classmate. This matter is settled."
Ding Yi agreed with Zhang Gaolei's words, patting Huang Xiaochuan on the shoulder: "Yeah! Old Zhang is right. Good things like this shouldn't always be enjoyed by you alone; everyone should get a share! What, trying to take it all by yourself? To make yourself look richer than us, huh?"
Huang Xiaochuan was incredibly frustrated! He hadn't even considered it, but these two bastards were standing on their moral high ground, behaving arrogantly. It was truly unbearable.
Huang Xiaochuan immediately retorted: "Dream on! Who told you I was going to bear all these costs by myself? I don't want someone to help me pay. Am I stupid? My money doesn't grow on trees."
Hearing this, the two were dumbfounded. This wasn't like a big spender at all! Had this guy changed his ways? Zhang Gaolei cautiously asked, "So what were you originally going to say?"
Huang Xiaochuan glared at the two of them, annoyed, and said, "What's the point of saying anything more? You two have already said everything."
At this point, Ding Yi quickly changed the subject and asked, "There's a parent-teacher conference at school tomorrow afternoon, right?"
"Yeah! What's wrong?" Huang Xiaochuan didn't understand Ding Yi's meaning.
"You have two kids, how do you and your doctor Yu divide the work?" Ding Yi asked again.
Huang Xiaochuan rolled his eyes at Ding Yi: "Of course, we'll each be responsible for one. She'll go to my son's parent-teacher conference, and I'll go to my daughter's."
The next afternoon, Huang Xiaochuan wore a baseball cap and a trendy Montblanc t-shirt. Since this shirt, whether real or fake, was everywhere, the chances of bumping into someone wearing the same thing were very high. With this outfit, unless someone knew him very well, most people wouldn't recognize him. Besides, the news about him being Asia's richest man had been out for two or three years, and with Huang Xiaochuan's deliberate low profile, he gradually faded from the public eye.
Forbes originally included him in its rankings, but through a series of maneuvers, Huang Xiaochuan managed to remove his name from the rich list, and eventually, no one remembered him anymore.
After arriving at the classroom, he found Huang Ruiying's seat according to the names on the desks. After sitting down, he casually glanced around and saw that about half of the parents had arrived. The desk next to her had Ding Xiaojia's name written on it. This little guy was Huang Ruiying's deskmate. The little devil often came home and told his parents what Ding Xiaojia had done today, so Huang Xiaochuan had a deep impression of him.
I didn't hear Ding Yi say he was coming to the parent-teacher meeting last night; he said it was his sister Huan who was coming.
Just then, someone came in from outside the classroom, stood next to Huang Xiaochuan, and said rudely, "Excuse me, parent, could you please stand here for a moment and let me in?"
Huang Xiaochuan looked up and exclaimed, "Damn it! How come this guy is here?"
After Ding Yi sat down, Huang Xiaochuan asked him, "Why are you here? Didn't you say yesterday that your sister Huan was coming?"
Ding immediately made up an excuse: "Qi Huan's superiors are coming to inspect their branch office, and she can't get away, so she asked me to come instead."
Huang Xiaochuan, unsuspecting, simply said "Oh!" to indicate that he understood.
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