MTL - Wildfire-Chapter 21

"Brother Dong, are we really not going?" Huan Ge moved a small stool, sat in front of Tao Xiaodong, and looked up at him.

Tao Xiaodong looked down at the manuscript and said, "No."

"Is it bad?" Huan Ge blinked and asked in a low voice.

Tao Xiaodong said, "It's all right."

"Oh." Huan Ge nodded, "Okay."

Huan Ge leaned over to look at the manuscript in Tao Xiaodong's hand, and asked, "Whose is it?"

"Anton's."

Huan Ge praised: "It looks good."

He hasn't gotten started yet, and he can't understand the pictures. He thinks all the pictures in the store are beautiful. Tao Xiaodong glanced at him, smiled and said, "Study hard."

"Study hard." Huan Ge said obediently.

What they were talking about just now was a tattoo exhibition. They will hold a large-scale exhibition next month. The scale is not small and the action is big. The organizer is a tattoo artist from Beijing with a strong background. This is Tao Xiaodong's territory. He came here to hold an exhibition, so he had to say hello to Tao Xiaodong out of emotion and reason. I did say hello, and I contacted them very early, and wanted to make a joint exhibition.

Tao Xiaodong didn't respond, saying that he was too busy recently and couldn't spare time, so he didn't delay their business.

Tao Xiaodong didn't plan to go this time, not to mention he didn't plan to go, he didn't plan to let anyone in the store pass by. This is not going to join in at all. This shouldn't be the case, Tao Xiaodong gave him all the face, and he didn't lightly support people from other places, let alone the ones at his doorstep.

It hasn't been long since Huan Ge came, this time he didn't understand what his brother Dong was thinking.

Tao Xiaodong is definitely not a dispensable role in the domestic tattoo circle, so if he does not go to the exhibition at the door of his house, the organizer will not look good. The other party quickly contacted again. The last time it was a person who claimed to be a manager. This time, the owner directly called Tao Xiaodong's number.

When the call came, Tao Xiaodong had something to do, so he didn't take the phone, so he answered it directly with the headset: "Tao Xiaodong, who is it?"

The other party smiled and called "Mr. Tao".

Tao Xiaodong didn't recognize who it was, so he said "Hello" and asked again: "Who is that?"

On the phone, he still smiled and said, "I haven't had a chance to contact you before. I'm Feng Lei."

"It's Mr. Feng," Tao Xiaodong greeted politely, "Hello."

Tao Xiaodong understood the purpose of the other party's call without mentioning it. When the other party spoke, he would respond with "um, um, you say" from time to time. He didn't stop moving his hands and kept working.

Then he said: "Well, Mr. Feng, I still have something to do here. I'll call you back later?"

"Okay, you are busy."

After the other party hung up the phone, Tao Xiaodong continued to work without raising his head. It stands to reason that Feng Lei is also a well-known tattoo artist in Beijing, and many people call him a "master". No matter what, Tao Xiaodong should show his face and save face.

However, this time Tao Xiaodong said he would not go, but he didn't go, and he didn't show up in the end.

Many tattoo artists from other places also came here this time. When they come to Tao Xiaodong, they must meet and have a drink. Familiar people got together twice in private, asked Tao Xiaodong at the wine table, and asked him if he had any problems with Feng Lei.

Tao Xiaodong shook his head and said, "No, I don't even know him."

"Then you are shameless this time? People laughed at themselves and said that you thought he was not good enough, so they didn't invite you."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Tao Xiaodong smiled shamelessly, maddeningly, "He really can't please me."

This is too crazy to say, it will not do Tao Xiaodong any good to spread the word. But Tao Xiaodong was not afraid of offending that person from the very beginning, he was not a particular person, even though Tao Xiaodong had a wide circle of people, he was picky.

Others don't know the history of Mr. Feng, but he does know a little bit, a bad guy who took away other people's library and put his name on it. Tao Xiaodong looked down on such a person and would not even give him a look.

At the end of the exhibition, the tattoo artists left one after another, and Tao Xiaodong had some free time. Although I haven't been busy with major things recently, I have too many entertainments, and I have to go out to eat and drink almost every day.

It has been almost two months since I came back from Gansu last time. During this period of time, I was either busy or not.

However, he and Tang Suoyan haven't contacted each other since they came back, nor have they met each other again. Neither of them took the initiative to contact anyone, and although they didn't deliberately avoid it, neither of them thought about making a phone call or anything.

The conversation that night made the two of them have a rough understanding in their hearts.

Tao Huainan asked questions from time to time, mentioning Dr. Tang in front of his brother. Ask his brother when he will meet Dr. Tang again, and he can take him with him if he eats.

Sometimes Tao Xiaodong was so annoyed by him that he called Chi Cheng to take him away. Tao Huainan was still not reconciled, he thought for a while and said, "Then I have to check, my eyes are not feeling well recently."

"Don't lie." Chi Cheng said to him, "Speak as you say, don't lie."

"You're so annoying." Tao Huainan got up angrily and walked away stroking the wall.

According to Tao Xiaodong's plan, he really didn't plan to contact Tang Suoyan in a short time, let's talk about it later. However, I don't know if it was God's will or what, the two still met.

As soon as Tao Xiaodong arrived at the store that day, the school called and asked him to come over.

Tao Xiaodong asked worriedly, "What's the matter, Mr. Lin?"

The homeroom teacher comforted me on the phone: "Don't worry, it's nothing serious." Then he answered: "Chi Cheng got into a fight again."

Tao Xiaodong felt relieved when he heard this, he got better in the past two years, he was too used to fighting twice in three days when Chi Cheng was in junior high school. Moreover, Chi Cheng has practiced his skills over the years, and he can't suffer any injuries in general fights. His force value is quite high, and he can count on his hands. Tao Xiaodong is quite satisfied with this.

When Tao Xiaodong arrived at the school, Chi Cheng was standing in the dean's office, and the other's parents hadn't arrived yet.

Chi Cheng called out "Brother".

Tao Xiaodong said "um", and glanced at him, relieved to see that he was fine. Chi Cheng's eyes were a little red, maybe it was because of a fight.

It's time to lose money, it's time to apologize, Tao Xiaodong has already mastered this set of procedures. After entering high school, Chi Cheng has become much more peaceful, and he hasn't left any background in this school, and the school also meant to calm things down, so he didn't give any punishment.

The school asked the parents of both parties to take the students back to calm down and come back to school tomorrow. Chi Cheng left and Tao Huainan couldn't go to school anymore, so he simply picked them up together.

Tao Huainan babbled about Chi Cheng in the car, thinking he was fighting again.

Chi Cheng has always been silent, neither saying why nor explaining. Tao Xiaodong doesn't need him to explain, Tao Xiaodong is used to children.

It was fine in the morning, but Tao Xiaodong was startled when he saw Chi Cheng again in the afternoon. Chi Cheng's left eye was very red and congested.

Asked him if it hurts, he just said nothing, no feeling.

Tao Xiaodong frowned and took a photo of his eyes, and sent it to Tang Suoyan without much thought.

—Brother Yan, the younger brother may have touched his eyes during the fight. Is this serious?

At this time, Tang Suoyan was about to leave work, and before Tao Xiaodong called him, Tang Suoyan called him first.

Tao Xiaodong answered the phone and called "Brother Yan".

Tang Suoyan asked him, "What touched the eyes?"

Asked Chi Cheng and said it was an elbow.

Tang Suoyan said: "It should be fine, it's congested, but you still bring it here for me to have a look."

"Are you leaving get off work soon?" Tao Xiaodong asked.

"It's okay," Tang Suo said, "Come here."

Now Tao Xiaodong became more polite, thought for a while and said, "Why don't you get off work, and if there's nothing else, I'll go to the emergency room normally."

Tang Suoyan didn't speak at first, but after two seconds he smiled, his voice was tinged with that smile, and said to him: "Hurry up, why are you being so polite here, just take your time."

Tao Xiaodong also laughed when he finished speaking, and said, "I'm not afraid of delaying your get off work."

Tang Suoyan laughed again and told him to hurry over.

Tao Huainan couldn't see, but when he heard that Chi Cheng's eyes were wrong, he was too frightened to speak.

As a little blind man, what he fears the most is hearing someone around him complain that his eyes are uncomfortable. How important are eyes.

Seeing that his face was ugly, Chi Cheng told him, "Don't think about it, it's okay."

Tao Huainan frowned: "I told you not to fight, but you didn't listen."

"Yeah." Chi Cheng responded with a sound, saying that he should fight next time.

Tao Huainan was really worried, so he stopped talking. Seeing Dr. Tang was no longer excited, but kept frowning and sat obediently on the side.

Tang Suoyan was waiting for them in the outpatient area. There was no one in the outpatient clinic and they were off work.

Chi Cheng's eyes were stimulated by external forces, the capillaries were broken, and the conjunctiva was hemorrhaged, it's not a big deal.

Tang Suoyan said to Tao Xiaodong: "You don't need to take medicine. You can go back later and buy anti-inflammatory eye drops, such as levofloxacin. I'll take pictures after two days."

Tao Xiaodong nodded and said yes.

A simple small inspection, and a few more explanations, and it's over.

Tang Suoyan has already left work and finished changing his clothes. Several people went downstairs together, and there were only four of them in the elevator. It was a little quiet for a while, and Tao Xiaodong hadn't reacted when Tang Suoyan spoke suddenly.

"This is the birth."

Tao Xiaodong turned to look at him.

"Next time if you are so polite again, don't call him Brother Yan, but call him Doctor Tang. Is that Mr. Tao?" Tang Suoyan said.

Tao Xiaodong was overjoyed, put his hands in his pockets, and walked out of the elevator together and said, "Don't embarrass me."

Tang Suoyan glanced at him, and the two met their gazes. Tao Xiaodong touched his nose and asked, "How about having dinner together? Do you have anything else to do?"

Tang Suoyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Bring me to dinner? Thank you for leaving get off work late?"

"Oh my God..." Tao Xiaodong couldn't speak for a while, and begged for mercy with a smile, "Really, I just want to have a meal with you, is that okay?"

Tao Huainan and Chi Cheng walked in front, Tao Huainan's pace was quite fast, and whispered to Chi Cheng: "Hurry up, hurry up."

There was quite a distance between the front and back, Tao Xiaodong smiled and asked again: "Is it okay?"

Tang Suoyan nodded and said yes.

Tao Xiaodong asked him what he wanted to eat, and Tang Suo said whatever he wanted. Tao Xiaodong decided on a place, and the two of them drove their own cars. While driving, Tao Xiaodong didn't know what he thought of, and shook his head with a smile.