Chapter 177 177 An unexpected surprise

Jiang Lili's hesitation lasted only two seconds before she changed the men's watch she had originally planned to wear into a couple's watch, and even took off the old watch from her wrist.

"Sister Lili, is this a couple's watch?" Jiang Qitong's eyes moved back and forth between the two watches with curiosity.

"It should be. Do you think it looks good?" Jiang Lili said as she showed her the new watch on her wrist.

Jiang Qitong nodded. "It looks great. Now that we've bought the gifts, where should we go?"

"Go eat something first, I'll take you back later." Jiang Lili glanced at the time and estimated that Lu Hongzhe should be here soon.

"Then let's go eat Ken Yeye." Jiang Qitong felt that this was a very pleasant day as she got her favorite hairpin and was able to eat Ken Yeye.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Jiang Lili smiled and took her to the nearest Kenyeba nearby, and sent a message to Lu Hongzhe by the way.

Lu Hongzhe wasn't at the company at the moment, but at the airport. Lu Liangxu and Li Shuhua, who had just gotten off the plane, couldn't help but frown when they saw him alone: ​​"Where's Lili? Didn't she come with you?"

"She doesn't know you're coming yet." Lu Hongzhe looked at them and felt a headache. His previous worries were indeed correct.

"It doesn't matter if she didn't come. We're too rushed today. Your dad and I will visit her home tomorrow and discuss your matters." Li Shuhua said to herself.

"Mom, Lili is still in school, and we are just in love now. You will scare her by doing this." Lu Hongzhe reminded.

"Really?" Li Shuhua was stunned for a moment after saying this, and then began to reflect on herself.

"Of course, love is a matter between the two of us. We don't want to develop it to the stage of being parents yet. Do you understand what I mean?" Lu Hongzhe said.

"That won't do. You have to at least let Aunt Jiang see your sincerity." Li Shuhua looked disapproving.

"Mom, this is a new era. Being in love doesn't mean we will get married in the future." Lu Hongzhe said bluntly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shuhua slapped him on the back: "Any relationship that is not aimed at marriage is just a hooligan, Lu Hongzhe, is this what I taught you since you were a child?"

Seeing this, Lu Liangxu pulled the two apart. He realized that this guy was saying all this because he was afraid that they would put pressure on Lili. He stepped forward to stop Li Shuhua from continuing, "Let's go back and talk about it first. Like Hongzhe said, Lili is still in school. She hasn't even graduated yet. Aren't you putting pressure on her by saying this now? This is not our time anymore."

"Then am I not expressing our attitude and sincerity to Yulan and the others?" Li Shuhua explained.

"That depends on the child's wishes." Lu Liangxu was very happy about the two of them being together. When Lili brought up the idea of ​​freight before, it could be seen that the child was very smart. He hoped that Lu Hongzhe could marry her quickly, but young people have their own ideas, especially someone like Lili who is very thoughtful. She probably wouldn't be willing to get married so early.

"You say that as if I'm forcing them." Li Shuhua was somewhat dissatisfied with his statement.

"Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing. Time is too tight today. Let's sit down and have a good talk with Yulan and the others tomorrow." Lu Liangxu corrected himself.

"That's fine. I used to envy Shaoli, but now it seems that you are the one who has done well." Li Shuhua said as she patted Lu Hongzhe's shoulder with a satisfied look on her face.

Lu Hongzhe had just sent his parents to Huajianlouji when he received a message from Jiang Lili. After settling them down, he drove directly to the Kenyeye restaurant. When he got there, Jiang Qitong had just finished eating the last chicken drumstick. She reminded the people next to her, "Sister Lili, your boyfriend is here."

"You're not calling me brother-in-law now?" Jiang Lili joked.

"He hasn't paid for changing his statement yet." Jiang Qitong said as she got down from the stool. Jiang Lili was amused by her. She was indeed a clever little girl.

"Have you finished eating?" Lu Hongzhe approached the two and asked casually.

"I'm done eating, Brother Hongzhe, please take me to my mother first." Jiang Qitong didn't want to be a light bulb anymore.

"Okay, I'll take you to cram school first." His parents' sudden arrival disrupted his plan, so he didn't notice the new watch on her wrist at the first time.

This place was not far from Zhou Qingfen's cram school. After Jiang Qitong got off the bus, he turned his head to look at the person next to him and said apologetically, "Sorry, I can't go to the movies tonight."

"Do you have any work arrangements? It doesn't matter, we'll go next time when we are free." Jiang Lili said understandingly.

"No, my parents suddenly came to Beijing. I told them about our situation last night, and they came directly here today." Lu Hongzhe explained.

Even Jiang Lili was surprised. After a long while, she finally spoke: "Are they that fast?"

"I know you are not ready yet, so just leave them to me." Lu Hongzhe placed his palm on the back of her hand and soothed her gently.

"There's no problem with having dinner together, as long as it doesn't involve other things. That's why I didn't want to tell them before." Jiang Lili spread her hands at him. Once the relationship is known and intervened by the parents, things will be different.

"I know your concerns, and I will solve them. Believe me." Lu Hongzhe assured her.

"I just don't want to make things so complicated." Jiang Lili explained.

"I understand. Then let's go home now?" Lu Hongzhe asked her.

"Okay, but before that I have a gift for you." Jiang Lili grabbed his hand that was about to open the car door.

"I have another gift?" Lu Hongzhe was a little surprised.

"Of course." Jiang Lili said as she took out the watch box from her bag and handed it to him.

She deliberately handed it to him with the hand that wore the watch. This time, Lu Hongzhe immediately noticed her difference: "Did you change your watch?"

"Well, don't you want to open it and take a look?" Jiang Lili urged.

Lu Hongzhe opened the box she handed over as he was told. When he saw the watch inside, surprise flashed in his eyes, and then turned into joy. He handed the box to her again: "Put it on me." While speaking, he had already taken off the original watch on his wrist.

"Okay." Jiang Lili took the watch out of the box, lowered her eyes, and helped him put it on. Finally, she put her wrist together with his and asked, "Does it look good?"

"It looks great. This is my favorite gift I have received so far." Lu Hongzhe's eyes fell on the identical watches on the wrists of the two people. This was a pleasant surprise for him.

"As long as you like it." Jiang Lili thought, it's only when others like the gift you choose that you feel a sense of accomplishment.

The two of them stayed together for a while, and Lu Hongzhe didn't forget that she had to go to school tomorrow: "Shall I take you to school early tomorrow morning?"

"Well, you have early classes. Will it delay your work?" Jiang Lili began to think about whether she should also be given a car.

"Of course not. I'll wait for you downstairs tomorrow." Lu Hongzhe said as he lowered his head to unbuckle her seat belt.

"See you tomorrow." Jiang Lili waved to him.

"Wait for my call tonight." Lu Hongzhe said and watched her go upstairs before opening the door of his house.

In the living room, Li Shuhua was on the phone with Jiang Yulan, discussing their meeting tomorrow. Lu Liangxu nodded at him, "Are you back?"

"Well, let's eat at home tonight?" Lu Hongzhe asked for their opinions. The refrigerator at home was always full. He opened the refrigerator to check the ingredients for tonight. Lu Liangxu walked up to him and looked at the full refrigerator. Then he nodded: "This is a good habit."

When the father and son finished their work in the kitchen, Li Shuhua's phone call had just ended. She glanced at Lu Hongzhe and then conveyed what Jiang Yulan had said on the phone: "Yulan said that your relationship is your business, and we should just get along as before. Old Lu, do you think Yulan means she is dissatisfied with our Hongzhe?"

"It's too early to say whether you are satisfied or not. The two kids have just gotten together. If we are too enthusiastic, it will put pressure on them. Just do as Yulan said, we will visit old friends tomorrow, and it has nothing to do with these young people." Lu Liangxu roughly understood what Jiang Yulan meant. He thought that this was a good idea, so as not to put pressure on them, which would backfire and not be good.

Li Shuhua slowly came to her senses. If Lili were her daughter, she would definitely not want this to be settled so soon. So she nodded and said, "Yes, we were a bit rash about this. Let's meet with Yulan tomorrow to talk, and then visit Uncle Jiang. We should go back."

Hearing this, Lu Hongzhe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He pushed the bowl of rice towards Li Shuhua and said, "Mom, let's eat first."

"Don't just think about eating. You have to work hard, okay? Lili is three years younger than you. I guess there are a lot of young guys in school who like her, right?" Li Shuhua had already started to worry about his love rival.

"Your mother is right. A lot of people probably like such an outstanding girl like Lili. You should work harder." Lu Liangxu also agreed, which made Lu Hongzhe laugh and cry.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Lu Hongzhe said, deliberately rolling up his shirt sleeves to reveal the watch he had just changed today. At first, neither the couple noticed this detail, until Li Shuhua put down her chopsticks and prepared to say something else, then she noticed the watch on his wrist. However, her tone was a little uncertain: "Your watch is new, right? I don't think I've seen it before."

"Yes, this is the gift Lili just gave me." Lu Hongzhe said casually.

"Is this a gift from Lili? It's not cheap, you really have the nerve to do it!" Li Shuhua resisted the urge to slap him. This kid usually looks very sensible, why did he let him down at the critical moment?

"This should be Lili's return gift, right?" Lu Liangxu said slowly.

Lu Hongzhe looked up at him and didn't deny what he said. Li Shuhua breathed a sigh of relief and then asked curiously, "So what did you give Lili?"

"Keep it a secret." Lu Hongzhe glanced at his parents, then got up and went to the kitchen to clean up the dishes. What Aunt Jiang had expressed on the phone just now was very clear, so he didn't plan to attend the gathering between adults tomorrow.

Upstairs, Jiang Yulan didn't mention this matter to Jiang Lili, but only asked her how to get to school tomorrow morning.

"Brother Hongzhe, please take me there." As for Lu's parents, she believed that Lu Hongzhe could handle it. Sure enough, he called her in the evening and did not mention any more issues related to his parents. In the end, he just confirmed with her the time to go to school tomorrow. This way of handling things made her feel at ease.

The next morning, after Lu Hongzhe sent Jiang Lili to school, he went straight to the company. Jiang Lili, who was still a little sleepy, quickly woke up after receiving the message from Cheng Yuntian.