Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 508 - 471 Speaking Out for Lu Han (1 More Update)

Chapter 508: 471 Speaking Out for Lu Han (1 More Update)

The next morning, Tang Su still ended up being dragged onto the battlefield by her unscrupulous brothers, and within two hours, she had lost twenty thousand, with Tang Feng alone winning eighteen thousand.

Tang Su was dumbfounded. It truly was a case of "keeping the wealth within the family".

After having brunch, Tang Su and Lu Han bid farewell to everyone, then gave out the New Year’s red envelopes to the younger ones in advance. This was the first year that Lu Han had given out separate red envelopes, so each child received two and was so happy they spun around on the spot.

After that, Lu Han drove to the airport.

Once the young couple had left, Tang Feng also took Su Ruoan back to Hua City. Su Ruoan had an afternoon shift and would work the next morning, but she would be able to return to the Tang Family home to join the Elders in the evening.

Since Tang Su and Lu Han were off to Beijing anyway, she had asked Tang Su to take some time to organize a New Year’s gathering with the Su Family people and have a meal on their behalf.

She truly didn’t have the time. Today was the 29th, she had to work half a day tomorrow on the 30th. Then, she had a day off on the first day of the New Year, and had to work again on the second day, so she and Tang Shengyi really had no way to return to Beijing for the reunion.

Moreover, she didn’t want to go back to Beijing.

Tang Feng didn’t want to go, either, and Su Ruoan didn’t insist.

After Tang Feng had taken Su Ruoan back, Tang Shengyi asked Tang Feng to come back for dinner in the evening. Otherwise, Su Ruoan, working alone, would still have to worry about what their son would eat.

"What’s for dinner?" Tang Feng asked.

"Hand-ground bean curd, your favorite from when you were little."

"Okay, then I’ll come back."

"You little brat..." Tang Shengyi was both amused and exasperated.

With his wife and both children gone, Tang Shengyi was suddenly left alone during the big New Year’s celebration.

Had it been any other year, he would have felt downhearted, but this year was different. Tang Bao now had in-laws to care for and support her. It was only right for her to spend the New Year with her in-laws’ family.

His son was just taking his wife to work, and would be back soon.

Besides, there were still two brothers and a sister at home, all part of the family.

And the nieces and nephews, along with the little cuties who called him "Uncle Grandpa".

What mattered most was that his wife would be coming over after finishing work tomorrow at noon.

During the New Year, aside from preparing food, it was all about gathering for mahjong, card games, and tea. There wasn’t much else to do.

Big clean-ups had already been done by hired help inside and out in previous years.

As for food, the young people these days didn’t want to cook for themselves. The Tang Family Elders were understanding. If they couldn’t manage it themselves, why obstinately insist on the youngsters doing all the cooking? It was better not to have an overabundance of food that couldn’t be finished, as leftover food over a long time wasn’t good for one’s health. It was better to order meals from a restaurant. The food was tastier, and no one had to work hard. The key was for the family to be merry and avoid conflicts.

Of course, if the daughters-in-law wanted to cook themselves, the Elders would happily accept. Whatever they cooked would be welcomed, without opinion, without complaint.

Only praise.

Their peers all envied the Elders for not being the brightest but having high emotional intelligence.

The Elders just smiled. They understood life, it had nothing to do with having high emotional intelligence or not.

As people who were halfway to the grave, why make a fuss, why get entangled?

Hong Tao, having gained Lu Han’s favor, learned that Tang Shengyi wanted to go fishing but his cousins wanted to play cards instead and weren’t keen on joining. So, he took on the task and accompanied Tang Shengyi for a fishing trip.

It just so happened that Tang Qiwen, along with her sister-in-law and brother’s wife, had arranged to take the kids to the amusement park for an afternoon. The men were excluded, so they were all too happy to enjoy a leisurely half-day.

"Great, let’s go. I’ll teach you properly how to fish today, Uncle Three."

"Mhm."

"Mom, Dad, Taozi and I are going fishing. If we catch anything, we’re having a full fish feast tomorrow."

"We’ll talk about it when you actually catch something, no empty bragging," the Tang family patriarch scoffed.

Tang Shengyi: "..."

Do they really look down on him this much?

**

When they arrived at the fish pond, the owner was pleased to see Tang Shengyi bringing the Tang Family people, serving them good tea and cigarettes. During the New Year’s period, Tang Shengyi naturally accepted the owner’s kindness.

"Owner Yu, two people, fishing for the afternoon."

Tang Shengyi handed over a hundred yuan in cash.

Hong Tao took out his phone to make a mobile payment, but the owner was down-to-earth and took the cash from Tang Shengyi.

"Let’s just take it from your Uncle Three, it’s a big holiday after all, let him treat," the owner said. He always preferred cash, as it gave him a chance to stash away some private money.

Scanning QR codes for payment, it all goes into the wife’s account.

Owner Yu always liked Tang Shengyi for being an honest and decent man in both his personal and professional life.

"Then you two take your time fishing, just give a shout if you need anything," Owner Yu said, placing the kettle down before walking away.

Hong Tao was still a bit dazed.

"Taozi, I hope you never understand his situation," Tang Shengyi said with a laugh.

Owner Yu was clearly managed too strictly by his wife.

It’s true that a man managed by his wife is a fortunate one, but being managed too strictly, to the extent that Owner Yu experienced, is unfortunate.

The wives that the Tang Family had chosen, with their perfectly balanced management style, genuinely made men respect and accept it willingly.

Wenwen was the Tang Family’s girl, inheriting her grandmother’s fine genes, so Hong Tao probably would never understand why a fish pond owner, who seemed quite impressive, liked to collect cash so much.

Owner Yu’s mother, seeing her son running the fish pond for so many years without getting rich, was quite puzzled.

After all, many of those who started fish ponds at the same time as her son had made money and moved on to open restaurants and factories in the city, yet her son, after decades, was still just a small fish pond owner.

They even consulted a geomancer, but really, for the Yu family’s situation, they didn’t need a geomancer to tell their fortune. One look at his wife’s fierce face and not even the God of Wealth would dare to visit.

It was only their fellow villagers, out of solidarity from years of living together, who still looked after their business.

Those who drove down from the city preferred the bigger fish ponds further ahead with better environments.

Even though it costs a hundred yuan per person there, more people were still willing to go.

In the whole Tong Village, no woman could outmatch Owner Yu’s wife.

She was even more terrifying than a shrew verbally assaulting the streets.

Hong Tao lit a cigarette for Tang Shengyi, "Uncle Three, our house is about to be demolished."

Having received a favor from Lu Han, Hong Tao was especially grateful to Tang Shengyi.

"Is that so? Wenwen has been mentioning it for many years, so it’s really happening now, isn’t it?" Tang Shengyi was genuinely happy for the lad.

Being a woman and a teacher, earning a salary of several thousand yuan a month is often praised, but the same position and salary would be viewed differently if it were a man.

And with Wenwen running a supermarket in town, on good months, she could earn ten to twenty thousand yuan, and even on bad months, she would still make five to six thousand yuan.

Just like him and Su Ruoan, their salaries were about the same, yet the Su family had looked down on him for many years.

The Tang Family certainly didn’t, but the concern was whether Hong Tao himself felt the pressure.

"Yeah, so last night, neither Lu Han nor I could sleep, and I asked him for advice on how to make money work for us. He added me to a stock trading group."

"Hmm?" Tang Shengyi stopped sorting the fishing net, his eyebrows raised in surprise.