Middle-aged tycoon: Twins come knocking on his door when he goes home for Chinese New Year

At this moment, in Beichen Garden.

Inside the Li family's house.

Bright chandeliers illuminated the spacious restaurant ceiling.

The large rectangular dining table was laden with freshly prepared dishes.

There was steamed sea bass, braised pork ribs, stewed black chicken soup, and several brightly colored vegetarian dishes.

These were all prepared by professional chefs arranged by Li Ze, and they tasted excellent, with steam rising continuously.

Li Ze sat at one side of the dining table.

Zhang Ruoran was sitting opposite him.

Li Mengli sat to the side of the two of them.

The whole family was already seated at the dining table.

Li Mengli held her chopsticks, looked at Zhang Ruoran, and showed a very surprised expression on her face.

She asked, "Mom, what brings you home for dinner today?"

Li Mengli knew the nature of her mother's work, and continued:

"Shouldn't this be the busiest time of day for your store? You used to not get home until after 10 p.m.

Zhang Ruoran picked up a piece of fish and placed it in her bowl, smiling as she said:

"I don't know what happened. This afternoon, a new store manager suddenly came to my shop. She's a woman in her thirties, and she came straight to me."

Zhang Ruoran recounted the events in detail:

"She took out personnel documents from headquarters and said she was now taking over as store manager. Then she told me that the headquarters leaders felt I had been working too hard recently and needed to rest immediately. She told me to pack my things and come back. I originally wanted to stay and hand over my work to her, but she kept urging me to leave. I couldn't refuse, so I had to come back."

Hearing this, Li Mengli put down the bowl in her hand, even more surprised and delighted:

"Really? There's such a good thing. When I was interning outside, if a restaurant changed managers, there would be meetings for several days and they would check the accounts. Mom, you can come home and rest without having to worry about anything. This is so great."

However, Zhang Ruoran's expression was not so relaxed; she frowned slightly, looking somewhat worried.

"What good news? Think about it, it's the Lunar New Year holiday now, everyone's out having dinner and treating others, it's the busiest time of the year for the store. Headquarters sent a new store manager, and even during the busiest time, they let me come back and rest, and don't let me do any work."

Zhang Ruoran took a sip of water and continued to express her concerns:

"I'm worried that the bosses are planning to replace me as store manager. I still have to pay my mortgage every month, and I also have to pay living expenses for you and your brother. If I suddenly lose this job, I really don't know where I'll find another job with such a high salary."

Hearing her mother say this, Li Mengli's smile disappeared, and she became somewhat worried, nodding and saying:

"Yes, now that you mention it, that's certainly possible. Nowadays, many companies simply send their employees home to rest when they no longer need them, and then notify them of the termination of their contracts."

However, seeing her mother's low spirits, Li Mengli immediately added words of comfort:

"Mom, don't worry. You've worked at that restaurant for so many years, working your way up from the lowest-level waitress to manager. You always leave early and come home late, and your sales performance has always been the best. I don't think your boss would fire you. He probably just thinks you're working too hard, so he's giving you a few days off to rest. He'll definitely let you go back to work in a few days."

Zhang Ruoran sighed and said, "I hope so."

Li Ze sat beside her, eating his food while quietly listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter.

Upon hearing this, the protagonist smiled inwardly.

In fact, he arranged all of this.

He watched Zhang Ruoran stand in the shop from morning till night every day, busy greeting customers and handling various disputes.

He just couldn't bear to see Zhang Ruoran so tired.

Therefore, he directly ordered his subordinates to have the personnel department arrange for a very experienced new store manager to replace Zhang Ruoran.

Anyway, his plan was to directly promote Zhang Ruoran to be the regional manager of the entire catering group.

That position doesn't require you to stand in the store every day; you just need to sit in the office, look at reports, and manage the store managers below you.

Now is the perfect time to let the new store manager take over the store and familiarize himself with the environment.

This way, Zhang Ruoran can leave work earlier to rest and spend more time with the children.

Of course, the most important thing for Li Ze is that Zhang Ruoran doesn't have to get off work after 10 p.m. every night.

He was able to see Zhang Ruoran sitting across from him at this time, having dinner together.

Li Ze spoke to Zhang Ruoran:

"If that's the case, Mengli is right. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Just rest at home for a few days and treat it as a vacation."

Zhang Ruoran nodded and didn't continue talking about work.

She looked around the dining table and realized that one person was missing.

Ruoran asked Mengli, "Daughter, where's your brother? I didn't see him at dinner."

Upon hearing this, Mengli burst out laughing and said:

"Mom, you don't know this, do you? My brother was all the rage at school today."

Mengli recounted what had happened that day:

"He took the money and bought a red used sports car, a Ferrari. He drove it to school today, and a lot of classmates were staring at him. After buying the Ferrari, he was so happy he didn't even know who he was anymore. He must feel incredibly proud; he's probably driving it around somewhere now, too busy to even come home for dinner."

Upon hearing the word "Ferrari," Zhang Ruoran immediately understood.

She didn't need to ask to know that the money must have come from Li Ze.

Li Menghan's meager earnings from delivering food weren't even enough to buy a car tire.

Zhang Ruoran turned her head and glanced at Li Ze.

She thought to herself that her son had been very stubborn just two days ago, saying he would never spend a single penny of Li Ze's money.

How come she took the money Li Ze gave her to buy a car so quickly? Has her son forgiven Li Ze so quickly?

Although for the past eighteen years, even when Li Ze had just returned, she had always hoped that her son could get along well with Li Ze and not always harbor hatred.

After all, Li Ze is his biological father.

However, now that she sees her son actually taking Li Ze's money and getting along well with him, she feels a little disappointed.

She felt that she had raised her son with great difficulty, and that her son had always listened to her.

Now that Li Zeyi is back, he used the money he earned from buying a car to change his son's attitude.

She felt that the hard work and companionship of the past eighteen years seemed insignificant in the face of money.

She really didn't know what was going on in her head, why she was having such contradictory emotions.

Li Ze noticed Zhang Ruoran's silence and understood a mother's thoughts.

Li Ze then said with a smile:

"Haha, that's just how young people are. How many boys this age don't like cars? It's better for him to be willing to drive around and make friends than to ride an old electric scooter out in the cold all day delivering food. Delivering food is too unsafe. I give him the money because I hope he can live a better life and not suffer so much."

Mengli nodded immediately and said:

"Dad is right. My brother used to be too frugal. Now that he has a car to drive, he must be very happy. This is a good thing."

When Zhang Ruoran heard Li Ze say that he felt sorry for his son, the slight disappointment in her heart slowly dissipated.

She knew that Li Ze genuinely wanted to make it up to the child.

Ruoran smiled with relief and said, "Let him be, as long as he's careful."

Seeing Zhang Ruoran smile made Li Ze very happy.

He looked around the spacious and bright restaurant.

Although Ruoran is still insisting on living separately, she still goes back to her old house to stay after dinner every night.

But judging from the current atmosphere, the three of them are sitting together eating and chatting, discussing their son's situation.

This really feels like a family.

This is the life he most wanted to achieve during the eighteen years he spent working hard to make money abroad.

Just then, the phone on the dining table suddenly rang.

"Ring ring, ring ring."

The phone's ringtone was very clear in the restaurant.

The protagonist, Li Ze, put down his chopsticks and reached out to pick up his phone.

He glanced down at the lit screen.

The caller ID clearly displayed three words: Bai Qianyue.

This was the name that was automatically added to his phone's contact list after he received those text messages.

Now, that name is flashing on the screen.