Hearing the boss"s words, Wu Liang was immensely surprised.
Wu Liang secretly used a trust card and said sadly: “Brother Han Xu was very kind to me. He used to visit my convenience store. He was in high school at that time and I was just in elementary school.”
“At that time, he always bought ice cream, that too, the most expensive kind we sold, a box of twelve dollars. He would treat me to ice cream since my Dad wouldn"t allow me to eat such expensive ones.”
“One time I was bullied by junior high school students. They s.n.a.t.c.hed my pocket money and it was Brother Han Xu who helped me get it back.”
“Later he went to college, and he rarely visited our convenience store, but every time we met, he still invited me to eat ice cream.”
“I haven"t seen Brother Han Xu since then. I always thought he was too busy with his studies.” At this point, Wu Liang"s eyes were red and his voice hoa.r.s.e with emotions. “Brother Xu was such a good person.”
Wu Liang drank a gla.s.s of sake and said: “Uncle, tell me what you know of Brother Han Xu"s story. I miss him a little.”
The boss also followed him by drinking a gla.s.s of sake. He looked into the distance, caught in memories, and slowly recounted: “That kid…”
The boss"s surname was Zhao, and the young customers often called him Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao and Han Xu first met eight years ago.
That day, Uncle Zhao sent the last guest away, cleaned the shop, and when he was about to go sleep, Han Xu came in and asked Uncle Zhao if he could cook something, anything.
There weren"t many ingredients left in the shop. Uncle Zhao made Han Xu a plate of salmon fried rice and a thick egg roast.
Han Xu ate a clean meal.
As a thank you, when Han Xu settled the bill, he asked for a whole bottle of sake, but he was rejected by Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao told Han Xu that since he did not want to drink now, he might as well go to the online flagship store and buy it soon. The price would be much cheaper than the one he had in store. If he didn"t have a wine warmer, he should bring the wine over when he came for dinner next time. Uncle Zhao would heat it for free.
Han Xu looked at Uncle Zhao in surprise, his eyes brightened. “Uncle, you are really different from my dad.”
Uncle Zhao did not understand Han Xu"s meaning, so he just smiled gently.
Since then, Han Xu often came to the restaurant for dinner, and occasionally invited good friends. More often, he came alone and deliberately came late. They would warm up a pot of sake, and he"d chat with Uncle Zhao.
Slowly, Uncle Zhao learned that Han Xu"s parents were not ideal parents.
Han Xu"s father started a company in Shencheng and was very wealthy. Han Xu"s mother worked as a senior executive in a foreign-funded company and traveled abroad mostly.
When Han Xu was still young, he always saw his father come home with a different woman. At that time, he didn"t understand anything and let the nanny take him to the video room to watch cartoons.
Gradually Han Xu grew up. In the noisy quarrels between his mother and father, Han Xu gradually realized that his mother was so angry because his father had derailed.
Although Han Xu didn"t know what derailment meant, he always remembered that his mother held herself in her arms and didn"t stop crying.
It wasn"t until high school that Han Xu understood his father"s betrayal, the women who were led home by his father when he was young and understood everything.
His father and mother never divorced.
The reason was nothing but the problem of property division.
Although it was his father who made the mistake, he did not want to pay the corresponding price. On the contrary, he did not want to give his mother even a penny.
His father remained greedy.
Han Xu was ashamed of having such a father who was unfaithful to his wife. He loved money more than anything else. He was selfish, hypocritical, shameless, and despicable.
In his father, Han Xu saw the bad qualities of many people.
Han Xu did not want to be like his father.
Sincerity, kindness, selflessness, and loyalty, these beautiful qualities are what Han Xu had always pursued. He wanted to be such a person and also be attracted by such people.
Han Xu saw sincerity and kindness in Uncle Zhao"s body, so he always liked to come to the store alone and chat with Uncle Zhao.
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