Enlightenment (Part 2)

"Dad, why are you here too?!"

"Why can't I be here?" Wei He smiled.

Watching his wife Bilian bring over the cream-fried eggs, he stood and took them from her, setting them down in front of each of the three seats.

"You're allowed to bring your girlfriend home for the night, but I'm not allowed to come home early and rest?" Wei He teased.

"No. Dad, I was just... surprised." Wei Heng's face reddened, and he did not know what to say.

"Wei He, weren't you supposed to make a trip to the Defense Department? Are you not going on that mission to the White Elephant No. 7 Star System?" Bilian asked softly as she poured milk for the three of them.

"Not going. There have been other changes at the last minute," Wei He replied.

"That's good. Oh, right, someone from my family came by yesterday to borrow money again. I turned them down. My mother also told me not to go soft-hearted. If anyone comes to borrow money from you, don't lend them any either. Don't go soft just because they're my family."

"Mm, I understand."

"And last month's noodle shop business statistics are on your computer. Remember to look at them. Also, Wei Heng has graduated. I think we can let him intern at the noodle shop first. What do you think?"

"I think that's good. It's our family business, after all. Letting him familiarize himself with it from the bottom up, step by step, would be a good thing too." Wei He nodded.

"I'm not going to the noodle shop!" Wei Heng could not hold back any longer. If he went to the noodle shop, then when he went out with Marys in the future, Marys would have a bright future ahead of her, while as