PFC Chapter 864: Can't Hide
Chapter 864: Can't Hide
Tang Xiaofen handed the order directly to them.
"Xiaotong told you to wait for her at this address, and she'll come after she gets off work."
"Huh? She's willing to see us?"
"Yes, I put in a lot of good words for you."
"Oh, thank you, young lady. You are beautiful inside and out."
"You're welcome, you can go ahead. I don't know where this restaurant is either, you'll have to look for it for a while."
"Okay, thank you, Auntie. We'll go now."
Mr. and Mrs. Ye did not know where the restaurant was, but Yang Guangzong determined its approximate location after looking at it. He then took them on two different buses and walked for a long time before finally finding it.
Ye's mother gets carsick, and the bus drove so fast it felt like it was filtering tofu, making her feel like her internal organs were being filtered into a mess. She even vomited when she got off the bus.
He was pale and had to be supported by his father to walk to the restaurant.
"This is it. Please wait a moment while I take this and go ask around."
"Okay, you go ask. I'll just go outside and get some fresh air."
Ye Xiaotong called to book a private room. After the receptionist checked the order, she asked a waiter to take them upstairs.
Yang Guangzong hurriedly called Ye's parents, and he and Ye's father helped Ye's mother upstairs, one on each side.
The hotel lobby was luxurious, and the staircase leading to the second floor was quite large, with a red carpet.
They'd spent their whole lives farming; they'd never seen anything like this before. Their expressions were priceless.
"That brat, she's really made a fortune. She's living a good life on her own, not thinking about her parents at all. Humph, I've wasted my time raising her."
Ye Xiaotong chose this restaurant because it was a joint venture between Fu Leyi's company and Xingyun Group, mainly for business negotiations. They usually entertained clients at this restaurant.
The security system is good, and everyone here knows her.
She went back into the private room, where two waiters were guarding the door. They would hear her call out, so there was no fear of anything happening.
Along the way, these three have certainly learned a lot.
Seeing such a nice restaurant made me feel increasingly resentful.
The waiter served some snacks and fruit, along with a pot of tea, and then left.
Yang Guangzong checked the time and said, "It's probably still a while before I get off work."
What time do they get off work?
"The normal time is 6:30 in winter and 5:30 in summer."
"Is it winter or summer now?"
"It's summer."
"That means I get off work at 5:30, and I won't get here until 6:30, so I still have more than an hour to go."
Mr. and Mrs. Ye were very unhappy.
After being left out for several days, they can finally see their daughter, but they still have to wait.
That brat, who does she think she is? And who does she think she is?
"Hmph, even the president isn't as pretentious as her. Just you wait, I'll beat her to death in a minute."
Yang Guangzong sneered inwardly, but he didn't forget to fan the flames.
"Father-in-law, when Xiaotong arrives, you might not dare to hit her."
"Why wouldn't I dare? She's my daughter, I could beat her to death if I wanted to."
Yang Guangzong smiled and said, "That was before. Xiaotong is completely different now. If she dares to leave me, she dares to leave you too. If she dares to hit me, she dares to hit you too. Just wait and see."
"Pah! You think you can compare to me? You hit her, she hits you, that's just a couple fighting. I'm her father, have you ever seen a daughter dare to hit her father?"
Yang Guangzong smiled and said nothing, then took a sip of tea.
Mr. Ye looked down at the food on the table. "Is it edible?"
"I don't know, but since it's on the table, it should be edible."
"What if they don't give us any to eat?"
Yang Guangzong was speechless. "You ate even though they didn't want to, what can they do? Anyway, Xiaotong booked the private room, are you worried she can't pay?"
It seems so.
Upon hearing this, Ye's father grabbed something from the table and started eating.
Ye's mother also wanted to eat, but she had just vomited and had no appetite. She felt like vomiting again as soon as she put the food in her mouth.
In the end, he just held onto the teapot and drank some more water.
At the company, Lin Yuyao also heard about Ye Xiaotong's situation, and she planned to face them today.
Lin Yuyao said, "Why don't you go and meet them first? If that doesn't work, bring my parents along. My mother and your father grew up together, so they're easy to talk to."
Ye Xiaotong nodded, "We'll see. I'll go take a look first."
"Ah."
After get off work, Ye Xiaotong went to the restaurant.
Ye Lian was also wondering, "Is Xiaotong working overtime again today?"
"No, she went to see her parents."
"Huh? She went alone?"
"Yes."
“This won’t do. Those three going together won’t be any good. What if they kidnap Xiaotong and take her back to her hometown? Especially those villages in Yang Guangzong’s hometown, deep in the mountains, you can walk all day and not see a market.”
In recent years, no one is willing to marry their daughters off to people in their village anymore; more and more men are buying wives. Those bought wives are all leashed with dog leashes around their necks, and the leashes are only removed when they give birth. If they are still unruly after giving birth, the leashes are kept on indefinitely.
Lin Yuyao looked surprised.
Judging from her expression, Ye Lian thought she didn't believe her.
"You don't believe me? Tsk, it's true, everyone knows." She whispered, "It wasn't her parents who accepted the bride price; she was tricked and sold by human traffickers."
She believes it, why wouldn't she?
I never expected it to happen so quickly. It was only the early 1990s, and Yang Guangzong's village had fallen to this state.
No wonder Yang Guangzong preferred to work as a porter in the southern part of the city rather than return to his hometown to farm.
Lin Yuyao said, "These days, children are becoming more and more precious. I don't think Xiaotong's situation is common anymore."
Ye Lian nodded. "That's true. In recent years, I haven't heard of any family pushing their daughters, whom they've raised with such care, into the mountains. Although there are still families who collect dowries to marry off their sons, they'll also try to find better families for their daughters. Those with better conditions will find young men from the city."
After saying that, he sighed and said, "Family planning is good. Otherwise, people like our generation would have one child and one brood, and any family would have three or five children. Naturally, children wouldn't be worth anything."
Lin Yuyao nodded, agreeing with her statement.
"Mom, don't worry. The place Xiaotong went to is a restaurant that we funded ourselves. Everyone in the restaurant knows Xiaotong. There are so many waiters and security guards, they're not pushovers, she won't suffer any losses."
"Oh, is that so? That's alright then."
Ye Lian was relieved, and after a moment she said, "Let's see what Xiaotong says first. If it doesn't work, I'll go and try to persuade her. Ye Min has a bad temper, but he's more responsive to gentle persuasion than force. Maybe my persuasion will work."
……
After getting off work, Ye Xiaotong rode her motorcycle there, and it took her less than an hour, about twenty minutes, to get there.
The reason they took an hour in the past was because the bus was moving slowly and they took a detour, which is why it took so long.
When she arrived, the group was still chatting, occasionally letting out a curse word.
Of course, the insults were directed at Ye Xiaotong, and the voices were quite loud.
Ye Xiaotong didn't go in immediately, but stood outside the door listening.
The two waiters at the door were extremely embarrassed.
"They've been cursing for a long time, Manager Ye. Are the people inside really your parents?"