Tea city.

Beicheng District.

Institution compound.

Almost all those who live here are family members of cadres.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, when Hou Jiaqi returned home, she found her parents were already eating.

"Dad, mom, why don't you wait for me?"

She suddenly complained dissatisfied.

"Have you not eaten?"

In fact, the parents are also very surprised.

Art classes don’t have to go to self-study at night. It’s just that the dear girls always like to come back after eating at school for some reason. They are accustomed to this, so they did not deliberately wait. How can they know that my daughter did not seem to have dinner today?

"Nope."

Hou Jiaqi threw the schoolbag on the sofa and walked to the dining table.

The house allocated by the government is not very big. It has two bedrooms and one living room, plus a small restaurant. The total area is about 100 square meters, and it is enough for a family of three.

Although the decoration is not luxurious, it is pretty good in the tea city.

"Girl, why are you willing to go home for dinner today?"

Hou Mo had a fatherly smile on his face.

He is a deputy director-level cadre in the urban construction department.

This is definitely a senior official in Tea City.

After all, you have to know that as a quasi-prefecture-level city, the mayor of Tea City is only at the deputy department level.

"Why? Not welcome?"

In the work unit, Hou Mo might say one thing is the same, but at home, his precious girl didn't give him any face, and suddenly lost her eyes.

Hou Mo didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction, he still smiled, looked at his wife, and gave orders: "Aren't we serving our princesses?"

The most proud thing in his life is not the beauty in his career, but the birth of such a beautiful girl. Many leaders in the unit are thinking of marrying him.

It’s just a bit of a pity for him that his skin is darker and his daughter is genetically inherited. Otherwise, if she inherits her mother’s white complexion, he is probably not just a schoolgirl from No. 2 Middle School, but their tea city. 'City Flower'!

As a full-time wife, Zhong Ai served her daughter a bowl of rice.

It can be seen from Hou Jiaqi's appearance that her mother's appearance is certainly not bad, and she was also a famous beauty at the time, otherwise it would not be possible to attract college students to Hou Mo, who had a promising future in the institution.

Even though he is over forty now, he looks like he is in his thirties, and looks dignified.

"Thank you mom."

Hou Jiaqi's attitude towards her mother was significantly different, and she immediately showed a sweet smile after receiving the meal.

This made the old father jealous, sitting next to him, sighing.

"Dad, discuss something with you?"

As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there will be demons.

Hou Jiaqi came back for dinner today, it was definitely not without reason, her eyes quickly moved to Hou Mo.

"what's up?"

Hou Mo said casually.

"I want to ask you a favor."

His daughter's polite tone made Zhong Ai a little strange.

"May I help?"

Hou Mo couldn't smile.

"Ok."

Hou Jiaqi nodded solemnly.

Upon seeing this, Hou Mo pondered for a moment, his smile narrowed, and he put on a formal appearance, "Let's listen."

"Statement in advance, this is definitely a good thing."

After some preparations, Hou Jiaqi squeezed the chopsticks, and then said: "I have a classmate whose home runs a commissary, and he was smashed by someone not long ago. The loss was huge. That commissary was their only source of income. , So Dad, can you help them catch the person who smashed the shop earlier."

Hou Mo froze for a moment.

What did he think it was.

"Dad is not a police investigation, and this busy dad can't help. Just ask your classmate to call the police."

Hou Jiaqi said anxiously: "But that's too slow! Dad, just a little effort, you can do it?"

"Girl, what are you doing in such a hurry? That classmate has a good relationship with you?"

Mother Zhong Ai asked curiously.

My own daughter, I know, she rarely asks her dad.

"No, just an ordinary classmate."

Hou Jiaqi immediately shook her head and quickly denied.

"Mom, didn't you make me grateful and willing to help others since I was young? Their family is really miserable, let's help them!"

Hou Mo looked at his daughter. Although he didn't say anything, he seemed to see through everything.

"It's no use telling me this, you have to find your dad."

Hou Jiaqi quickly looked at her father again, her big eyes floating full of expectation.

"Dad? Help, it's just a sentence."

Hou Mo was noncommittal and asked abruptly.

"Is that the kid named Ouyang Qing that the store was smashed?"

Hou Jiaqi was taken aback when she heard the words and looked at her father blankly.

How did the father know?

"Ouyang Qing?"

Zhong Ai frowned slightly, feeling that the name was a bit familiar, and thinking about it in his eyes.

"Isn't this the senior student in your school who often takes exams? But he seems to be in a science class. How did you meet?"

Zhong Ai stared at his daughter suspiciously.

Hou Jiaqi looked embarrassed, her lips moved, but she didn't know what to say.

"This is a favor, I can help."

Hou Mo opened his mouth and looked at his daughter. There was no smile on his face, and the majesty of father and officialdom suddenly spread.

"But I have something to say in the front, forget it before, but in the future, you are not allowed to go so close to the kid, what is your identity, what is his identity? You are not the same."

Hou Jiaqi's face suddenly changed.

"dad!"

"Don't look at me like that."

Hou Mo did not compromise this time, and said bluntly: "This is for your good."

"Who do I make friends with is my own business! Why do you care about me?"

Sixteen or seventeen was the period of rebellion, especially for a girl like Hou Jiaqi who had never been wronged. Her father's sudden dominance and coldness made her a little unacceptable for a while.

"You are my daughter, why do you say I care about you?"

Hou Mo frowned, no longer showing the old, obedient father.

"Dad won't hurt you, you will understand later."

"You are unreasonable!"

With tears in her eyes, Hou Jiaqi slapped her chopsticks on the table with a snap, wiped her face and ran towards the bedroom.

"Jia Qi!"

"boom!"

The door was slammed vigorously.

"What are you doing? Can't you say something?"

Zhong Ai looked at her husband dissatisfied, "She hasn't eaten yet!"

Hou Mo sighed.

"This matter can't be said properly."

"What's going on? What happened to the kid named Ouyang Qing?"

Hou Mo looked at his wife.

"Unfortunately, you are still a mother, and you are with your daughter every day. Don't you know that your daughter is in love?"

Zhong Ai was taken aback, surprised: "You said Jiaqi likes that..."

Hou Mo nodded.

"I have investigated the child, and his character learning is indeed very good, but the family is too bad, and I can't make my daughter suffer."

"Are you a bit extreme?"

Zhong Ai hesitated: "I heard that the child, the teachers said that he will definitely be admitted to a prestigious university, even if his family is close, he may not be able to break into the sky in the future."

"What do you know."

Hou Mo shook his head.

"It's hard to get a good son from a poor family. Do you really believe in the idea of ​​not bullying the young and poor? Now the times are different, unlike our time, where opportunities are everywhere. Even if he was admitted to a prestigious university, even if he was admitted to Tsinghua University, Peking University, but then again How is it? Tsinghua Peking University came out, still can not find a job. Well, even if he has better luck and is more successful, he found a high-paying job after graduation, but at most it is nothing to worry about. In that case, why should I? Let your daughter go gambling with him?"

"A lot of people have already introduced me. Excluding the physique, many of the family assets are calculated in 100 million units. If you were, how would you choose for your daughter?"

Zhong Ai suddenly stopped talking.

Hou Mo looked at the closed door.

"Even if she hates my father now, I must act arbitrarily once. My daughter, Hou Mo, must lead a carefree life."