Chapter 51: The leader of the pack?
"You're back for two months over the holidays. You'll be spending a bit more time at home, won't you?" Su Licheng asked at the dinner table. In the few days since Su Can had come home for the holidays, Su Licheng had come home for meals on time every day despite having to work. Zeng Ke said this was quite rare. Normally, Su Licheng had engagements most evenings. Some he could turn down, but others he could not, especially those involving provincial or municipal officials at the deputy mayor level or above. Often, his driver did not bring him home until after ten at night, and sometimes he reeked of alcohol.
Su Can's return had changed their usual routine somewhat. Zeng Ke was in high spirits, and the question she asked most often the day before was what Su Can wanted to eat tomorrow: chicken stewed with squid, cold chicken salad, fish in chili bean sauce, and so on. "I really would like to spend more time at home. How about this? If something comes up, I'll come straight home the second I've dealt with it," Su Can said with a smile.
"You're getting better and better at sweet-talking," Zeng Ke said. "You need to keep your wits about you when dealing with people out there. There are especially a lot of swindlers in business. Starting a business through hard work isn't easy. It would be such a shame to lose your money."
It seemed that no matter how old he was, or how well he did in the world, his parents always spoke as though he were still immature and had not grown up. That was normal, too. Parents everywhere liked to invoke the authority of their years. They were all afraid