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Chapter 1276 I never thought I'd see this! He Chen actually started praising Lu Tao!
Lu Yaxun, under the name He Chen, rose to prominence at home, disciplining his wife and educating his children, finally living a decent life that a normal man should have.

Meanwhile, Lu Tao, seething with anger, went to submit his resume and look for a job.

A magical scene happened.

Fresh graduates should have found internships by graduation. If they miss that time, it becomes very difficult to find a job. Some people say they don't want to work for others, but they just can't find a good job. They end up with jobs like those in Africa that they don't want to work at all. This delays them. They stay at home and date, which makes it even harder for them to find a job.

But quite suddenly, he found a job at a top design firm in the industry and became an architect there.

This made Hua Zi, who was still struggling to start a small business, and Xiang Nan, who was working honestly and hoping to earn more money to rent a nice wedding house, extremely envious.

As three hard-working guys, and even the same major and dormitory, how come Lu Tao's work efficiency is just like that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, able to teleport upwards as fast as teleporting?
Does that mean the agonizing process in between simply disappears?

This is nothing like an ordinary person cultivating immortality!
In the original storyline, although they were envious and jealous, it was normal for Lu Tao to receive such treatment, as he was the most handsome and talented among them.

But ever since they saw Lu Tao constantly being roasted by He Chen, they were constantly reminded while watching the show, and their thinking was broadened. When they saw this completely unreasonable behavior that seemed like cheating, they naturally didn't think it was reasonable as in the original story, but couldn't help but think more about it.

Did Lu Tao's biological father, Xu Zhisen, make the request?

Or was it Lu Tao's adoptive father, Director Lu, who put in a good word?
Or perhaps it was Mi Lai's father who greeted her?

It couldn't be that Lu Tao's daughter, whom he met through Xu Zhisen, took a liking to him and that's why her wealthy father put in a good word for him.

Ah!
That's right!

Now, in their eyes, Lu Tao has lost that mysterious and powerful aura of an absolute protagonist. All that remains is the 'social power' that makes them ponder, or more accurately, the power of being a kept man!
However, these innermost thoughts were only shared between Xiang Nan and Hua Zi when they were drinking alone behind Lu Tao's back. They wouldn't actually say them out loud, otherwise they were worried that Lu Tao would get angry.

The only thing that comforted them was that Lu Tao's hard work and dedication to his job was at least not as unacceptable as the past when he simply followed in his father's footsteps and became a billionaire.

That counts as hard work, at least.

Ah!
How can it not count!
"What? He's coming too? Hua Zi, what do you mean by this?" That day, after get off work, Lu Tao met up with his friends. When he heard Hua Zi mention He Chen again, he exploded.

"Don't you know we're sworn enemies? Why are you inviting him?"

That's right!

Although people in Beijing value face, it would be somewhat undignified for him to tell his friends that he and He Chen were irreconcilable enemies under these circumstances, but he couldn't care less about that now.

Seeing that they couldn't save face with He Chen, they decided to avoid him altogether and at least minimize their loss of face.

But if Hua Zi and the others still bring up He Chen when they get together with him, that would be really unfair!

"No need for that!" Hua Zi chuckled. "It's been so long, why do you still remember this? Besides, you've been doing well lately, you're really going to work, working just like us ordinary people, why are you afraid to see him?"
If he's going to criticize you for this, then we'll definitely help you!

"Really?" Lu Tao looked at Hua Zi with suspicion, then at Xiang Nan.

"It couldn't be more true!" Xiang Nan echoed, "When I was running errands last time, I ran into Uncle Lu and chatted with him for a bit. He even told me very proudly that you've been doing well lately."

He told me that when he talked about this with He Chen, He Chen praised you, saying that if you can be patient and take things one step at a time, you might very well succeed!

"He's just trying to curry favor!" Lu Tao said angrily. "He knows what Lu Yaxun is thinking, so he says it all!"
He knows what you're thinking, and he says it all!
How could he possibly want me to be happy!

Let alone genuinely praising me!

As he thought about it, he became more and more convinced that he had guessed the truth, and he grew angrier and angrier: "If he really knew what I did at work, then what he said was just him deliberately mocking me!!!" "Lu Tao, don't get agitated!" His girlfriend, Xia Lin, knew what her boyfriend was talking about.

My boyfriend recently started working a regular job at a top design company in the industry. Logically, his starting point is much higher than Hua Zixiangnan's, so he should be satisfied. However, after working there for a while, he started to revert to his old ways. It's not that he's complaining about how great it is to be a wage earner, but rather that he feels like he's being underutilized.

He's so talented, how could he only design public restrooms for the company?

What he wanted to design was a landmark building in Beijing, not to mention a world-class, at least a national-level, or even a large-scale urban building complex!
What's with all these toilets?

He even felt like he had a certain aroma.

She was already very dissatisfied and kept complaining, let alone now that He Chen was 'praising' her. To her boyfriend, this sounded like malicious mockery!

He Chen is so successful, and her boyfriend is just a toilet repairman. When will he ever be able to achieve success?

Not to mention her boyfriend, even she felt that He Chen was deliberately humiliating her. This attempt to curry favor was deceptive, and he was doing it on purpose to gain more support.

In this regard, she and her boyfriend are both very knowledgeable.

After committing such despicable acts against their lovers, befitting the inhumanity of Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing, didn't they skillfully use this method to unite their friends and make the feelings of the victims, Mi Lai and Guan Peng, fade into oblivion?

Now that He Chen is clearly imitating them, how could they not know?

However, while it's clear, it's best not to say it too explicitly, lest things get too ugly and they get exposed as well.

As for the effects, you'll know once you use it.

It worked well for them back then, and it will work just as well for He Chen now that he's using it.

Didn't you see that Lu Tao's adoptive father, as well as his best friends Hua Zi and Xiang Nan, were all won over?

no way!
Men still prefer rationality and focusing on the issue, not the person.

Yang Xiaoyun should have understood them, but unfortunately she was bewitched by He Chen's face and hands and became the number one infatuated woman. She was the first to confront Lu Tao: "He Chen praised you, what more do you want? You have to think the worst of him. Is he bad or you bad?"

You should be satisfied!

At least you could get He Chen to praise you. Look at my Xiang Nan, he also goes to work, and he works even longer hours than you. According to He Chen, this is exactly what it means to work hard, and work even longer hours. But why hasn't He Chen praised him?
What more do you want?

"Who said He Chen never praised me?" Xiang Nan disagreed when his wife said such a thing and started to argue with her about how good he was.

The bickering between the two allowed Lu Tao to calm down and, with Xia Lin whispering in his ear, understand his current situation.

Rationally, he should have accepted He Chen's praise as praise, which would have made him feel better and perhaps made He Chen, who harbored malicious intentions, feel worse.

It's just putting on an act in front of friends. They were able to put on a brilliant performance in the cheating and betrayal drama back then, and they can do it now too. Compete with He Chen for friends and see who has the better acting skills!

But they are all emotional people, they can't be that rational!

So I'm still really angry!

(End of this chapter)