Li Xiangdong's words sent chills down He Xiaohong's spine.

Her face suddenly turned deathly pale. "Have you seen...have you seen me?"

Li Xiangdong nodded leisurely, "Don't you remember? We met in Yanjing."

He Xiaohong took a deep breath and forced a smile, "You've mistaken me for someone else. I grew up in Bincheng and have never been to Yanjing."

"Oh? Is that so? Then perhaps I've mistaken you for someone else!"

Li Xiangdong laughed and changed the subject.

He Xiaohong didn't expect Li Xiangdong to let go of his questions about her so quickly, and all the prepared answers she had prepared were stuck in her mind.

Qiao Xiaohuan touched her belly and said with a smile, "Let's turn the air conditioner down a bit. I see Xiao Hong's face is all white from the cold."

The meal ended in an atmosphere where everyone was preoccupied with their own thoughts.

During the few days He Xiaohong stayed in Lijiapo, she was extremely well-behaved, spending her days chatting with Li Guoqing's mother and doing housework.

Everything seemed normal, except for Guo Yuxi, who was the most unlucky.

Guo Jinfang called Guo Yuxi directly to the main room, where Guo Haiguang and his wife Guo Jiangshi sat in the seats of honor, and Guo Jinfang's wife closed the door.

Guo Yuxi had a bad feeling and immediately wanted to run away, but his mother blocked the gate and his father stood guard with a fire poker. He had no choice but to walk up to Guo Haiguang with a grin and act cute.

"Hey, you brat, how old are you? Stop acting all cute and silly with me!"

Guo Haiguang verbally expressed his dislike, but his body language betrayed his enjoyment.

Guo Jinfang coughed, reminding his father not to be fooled by Guo Yuxi's sweet talk.

Guo Haiguang received his son's signal and immediately put on a stern face, "Grandson, kneel down, Grandpa has something to tell you!"

"Why do I have to kneel down to say it...?"

Guo Jinfang kicked him, "Stop talking nonsense and kneel down right now!"

"Thump~"

Guo Yuxi knelt down reluctantly.

"Grandson, I'm not here for anything else today, I just wanted to talk to you about your wedding."

Upon hearing this, Guo Yuxi felt relieved and immediately tried to stand up with a grin.

"Kneel down properly!"

Guo Jinfang shouted again.

At this moment, Madam Guo spoke up, "Grandson, your father said you have a girlfriend?"

"Yeah, I see~"

"I'll give you three days to bring that woman home so we can discuss the wedding arrangements."

"Grandma, you're so worried, I—"

"If you don't agree to the previous condition, then go on a blind date tomorrow. It's your great-aunt's sister's second granddaughter. I've met that girl before; she's beautiful and a good match for you!"

Guo Yuxi crawled two steps on her knees and looked at Guo Haiguang with pleading eyes. Guo Haiguang awkwardly looked away.

He was hesitant to look his beloved grandson in the eye.

Well, the old woman has always been the one in charge at home. Doesn't the eldest grandson even have this much common sense?

Guo Jiangshi was autocratic, and Guo Haiguang failed at a crucial moment, so Guo Yuxi had no choice but to agree to bring his future wife home within three days.

Guo Jinfang had originally discussed with his wife that this rascal might not actually be able to bring a girl home, so they should prepare cigarettes and candy in advance for their second aunt's house to arrange a blind date!

They made a big preparation, but unexpectedly, on the third day, Guo Yuxi actually brought back a girl!

To be precise, in addition to bringing back a girl, she also brought back a middle-aged man.

According to Guo Yuxi, this man is his future father-in-law.

Guo Jinfang and his wife were a little flustered for a moment, and quickly ushered the two of them into the house.

Guo Yuxi formally introduced them to each other.

"Father, Mother, this is Xue Yuyu, your future daughter-in-law! This is Zhou Yuyu's biological father, Xue Ran."

"Uncle Xue, Yuyu, these are my parents!"

Guo Jinfang and his wife quickly and warmly invited the father and daughter to sit down, and took the opportunity to carefully look them up and down.

Xue Yuyu was petite, looking less than 1.6 meters tall, with snow-white skin, an oval face, a pointed chin, and a pair of big, bright black eyes. She was very beautiful.

Xue Ran is of medium height. Apart from her sparse hair on top and puffy eyes, her facial features look very similar to Xue Yuyu's. She is also dressed very appropriately and doesn't look like a country person.

While Guo Jinfang and his wife were preparing tea and snacks, Xue Ran had already casually sat down in a chair.

He looked the Guo family's house over with an air of nonchalance, then clicked his tongue and said to Guo Yuxi, "Hey, Yuxi, your house isn't good! It's worthless!"

"Hey, I heard from Yuyu that you have a house in Yanjing, right? If you want to marry Yuyu, you have to live in Yanjing!"

Xue Yuyu frowned slightly, wanting to stop her father from speaking, but after thinking about it, she ultimately said nothing.

Guo Yuxi laughed heartlessly, "Uncle Xue, look at what you're saying! I not only have a house in Yanjing, but I also bought one in Shanghai..."

"Cough cough cough~"

A violent coughing fit rang out, the curtain was lifted, and Guo Jinfang came in carrying a tray of tea and snacks, while his wife carried a teapot and teacups.

Guo Jinfang forced a smile, "Brother, have some tea and snacks!"

Guo Jinfang's wife walked to a place where no one could see her and winked at her son.

Xue Ran was very unceremonious. Without even standing up, he took a pastry from the tea tray and ate it.

"Wow! These snacks are pretty good! I never expected to find such delicious snacks in your remote and impoverished area!"

He continued talking to himself, then picked up another pastry to eat, commenting as he ate, "It tastes like Guishunzhai, and also a bit like Daoxiangcun? Where did you buy this?"

From the moment he began to describe the remote and impoverished areas, Guo Jinfang's face darkened.

Guo Yuxi looked a little embarrassed. He coughed softly at Xue Yuyu a few times and kept giving her meaningful glances.

That meant Xue Yuyu should keep her father's loose tongue in check.

However, Xue Yuyu seemed frozen in place, refusing to respond to Guo Yuxi's glances.

Guo Jinfang glared at his son, while Guo Yuxi guiltily touched his nose.

Xue Ran was enjoying her meal, completely unaware of the sudden awkwardness in the air and the tense expressions on the faces of the people in front of her.

Seeing that his son was useless, Guo Jinfang replied bluntly, "Where would we buy pastries from Guishunzhai and Daoxiangcun in this poor, remote area? These pastries are produced by our village's food factory."

"Oh? It's produced in your village?"

Xue Ran became interested and said excitedly, "By the way, I heard your village has lobsters and crabs! What are we having for lunch today?"

He spoke rapidly, not allowing anyone to interrupt.

"I think we should have this. Let's get some lobster and crab, and stew some braised pork. Oh, I heard Xiao Xizi said your village raises turtles, right? Let's catch a couple, bleed them a bit, and have some wine with them! We can stew the meat with some tender young hen, it'll be delicious!"