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Chapter 1261 What can He Chen do to me?
Charlene's heart began to pound with anxiety.

This isn't like the original storyline where, with a thick skin and a few tricks, no one in their social circle talked about their adulterous affair, allowing her to very naturally replace Mi Lai in her original position.

With He Chen constantly mocking and humiliating her, she can't even forget about it.

My boyfriend often says that his adoptive father is very old-fashioned and that he is very similar to He Chen, liking to stand on moral high ground and criticize others.

Seeing her boyfriend's adoptive father like this, she was naturally more nervous than in the original storyline.

It's one thing to see He Chen, it's just in her circle of friends, if you don't want to see her, you can see her less or not at all. But if her boyfriend's adoptive father is like this, how can they live like this, or even should they continue living like this!

"Don't interfere in my business with Xia Lin!" Lu Tao didn't share Xia Lin's complicated feelings. He impatiently interrupted his adoptive father's accusation that he had betrayed Mi Lai.

What does my adoptive father know about relationships?
Even He Chen only acknowledged that her adoptive father's career was not a failure, but he looked down on her adoptive father's romantic relationships.

Not to mention him.

With such a failed relationship management, how dare he accuse his adoptive father of having an affair? Does he want to teach him how to date?

Seeing this, Lu Tao's adoptive father could only helplessly change the subject. He really didn't have much confidence in teaching his adopted son about matters of the heart.

That's right!

He is very clear about the success or failure of his relationships.

After all, to reach his position, one's intellect must be absolutely first-rate, far surpassing the so-called genius persona of an adopted son; he is the true genius.

But he resisted external corruption and persisted for decades.

However, the cultural and ideological collapse of the overall environment has left even the more confident Chinese people still troubled by it, let alone now.

So the distorted ideas that were deliberately implanted abroad, such as the idea that being a cuckold is true love, still affected him.

After all, it wasn't just a simple implant; it also incorporated traditional ideas such as men should treat women well and good men don't fight with women, making it very deceptive.

He's trapped in it, and he can't get out of it anymore.

At fifty, one knows one's destiny!
Even if I knew, the sunk costs were too high, so I accepted my fate.

So he sighed and stopped asking about his adopted son's colorful love life. Otherwise, the more he paid attention, the more he would see the shadow of his past in his adopted son.

He was a painful loser!
After answering his adoptive father's questions for a few minutes, Lu Tao got down to business. Sure enough, upon hearing this, his adoptive father immediately refused and began to lecture him with grand principles.

At that moment, he vaguely saw He Chen.

Because these lessons are too similar.

The same logic applies to saying things like "ordinary people have it tough" and "real estate developers with any conscience shouldn't do this."

However, the adoptive father would not talk about how he was pulled and corrupted by the mother and son.

Lu Tao had never thought much about this before, but now he couldn't help but wonder if his adoptive father was thinking the same thing, though it was hard to say.

Then he exploded: "Do you think we're dragging you down and damaging your reputation for integrity? Do you think we're trying to harm you?"

"No." Lu Tao's adoptive father hadn't expected his adopted son to get angry because he disagreed. There had been too many conversations like this in the past, and he was used to it. But he still didn't expect Lu Tao to react so strongly and say such extreme things this time.

"Why would you say that?" Could it be that Xu Zhisen said something about him behind his back, or that Xu Zhisen, his biological father, has returned, and Lu Tao and his mother are eager to leave him?
Thinking of this, Lu Tao's adoptive father showed a look of disappointment and sadness.

"No? If not, why won't you even help me with something?" Lu Tao shouted. "You've been like this since I was a child. Don't you just think I'm not your biological son?"

So you're holding back from me!
Now you understand why I only call you by your name?
I'm not stupid!
How you treat me, I will treat you!

This favor is up to you, take it or leave it!
I don't care!
To avoid being reported for abusing your power for personal gain, which would damage your reputation of being the only one who is sober and clear-headed in a world of fools for so many years!

After venting his anger, Lu Tao didn't wait for his adoptive father to say anything more. He stormed off with Xia Lin, leaving his adoptive father speechless and his biological mother who came over to comfort him.

His adopted son rebelled and threw tantrums, while his wife was gentle and compliant. These two opposing forces have been at his mercy for over twenty years. It's already quite remarkable that he has endured this without compromising.

But now, as his adopted son's words become increasingly harsh, his wife, though not saying much, is increasingly agitated by his frequent meetings with his ex-boyfriend.

He could still maintain a facade, but his inner strength and resolve had been gradually crumbling without him realizing it.

He'll be retiring in a few years. Does he really have to stick to this for the rest of his life, only to end up with his wife and children separated from him?

His colleagues, on the other hand, all have wealthy families, harmonious marriages, and loving parents and filial children. Is his persistence really meaningful?
These distracting thoughts constantly battered the dam in his heart.

In the original storyline, he had already softened at this point.

He initially refused outright, but softened when Lu Tao turned and left, sighing that he would look into it.

At his level and position, any message can be conveyed tactfully, and asking around is practically the same as offering help.

Subordinates and colleagues will immediately understand, without needing to say anything more.

Although she still refused to his face every time and strongly reminded her adopted son that what he was doing was wrong, she still helped him out repeatedly afterwards.

In the end, he pulled off that bizarre scheme where he gave a call to his adopted son's biological father, who was actually his love rival, and made an extra 8000 million yuan.

Lu Tao, who had stormed out of the house, was stopped by Xia Lin who asked, "Did you talk to your uncle? Did you remind him?"

"I already said it!" Lu Tao said matter-of-factly, explaining that his adoptive father was afraid of being reported and should leave him alone. He knew Xia Lin thought he was being evasive and downplaying He Chen's clear threat, but he just didn't want to say anything more about it.

As long as the adoptive father sets a good example, he will not forget his father if he succeeds in the future, and he will be able to call him "Dad" again.

Compared to this, not making things clear now, deliberately saying only half and leaving things unsaid, is no big deal at all!

What more could a foster father want?

Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as his adoptive father is willing to help him this time, he will naturally help him in the future.

I'll tell my adoptive father later, so he can be on guard and handle things more carefully.

He is not stupid!

Besides, he's not really unfilial!
He wouldn't harm his adoptive father!
Xia Lin also saw through her boyfriend's thoughts and plans. Although she still felt uneasy, worried that He Chen's threat would not be so easily overcome by her boyfriend, she didn't say anything at this time, lest her boyfriend think that she was boosting the enemy's morale and diminishing her own, and that she was suspicious and thought that she was treating him like Guan Peng and He Chen like him.

Lu Tao's adoptive father was coaxed and softened by Lu Tao's biological mother all night, but the next day at work, he still felt weak in the knees and soft in the heart, and struggled with whether to go and inquire about it.

(End of this chapter)