Chapter 99 Child Marriage
After paying homage to his parents, Xie Peizhou prepared to send Wen Ci and her daughter home, saying that in the evening was the 90th birthday of Zhou Wentian, another old friend of Mr. Xie, and he would attend to give a gift.
When Wen Niannian heard it was a birthday celebration, she clamored to go, "I want to go too. I want to eat birthday cake."
Wen Ci frowned helplessly, "Little greedy cat, when you get home, Mommy will make you a handmade cream cake, okay?"
Wen Niannian immediately shook her head. Wen Ci had been on vacation recently and had fallen in love with baking. She would experiment at home in her spare time. Although it was low in sugar and healthy, the taste was... not very good.
"No, I want to eat the big birthday cake at the birthday party."
Xie Peizhou was driving, watching the mother and daughter chatting through the rearview mirror. His gaze fell on Wen Ci's cold and beautiful eyebrows, and his Adam's apple rolled. "Why don't we go together? When your father was alive, he often had business dealings with the Zhou family."
Wen Niannian pulled her mother's sleeve and acted coquettishly, "Mommy, let's go, let's go eat birthday cake~"
Wen Ci looked at her daughter helplessly. Because of the stem cell transplant surgery in the second half of the year, the little girl did not go to kindergarten and was alone at home most of the time. So now she likes lively occasions and likes to join in the fun.
"Okay."
"Yeah, long live Mommy!"
Xie Peizhou curled his lips and took the mother and daughter to choose birthday gifts, thinking: "It's great, I can spend more time with Ah Ci."
Seven o'clock in the evening.
Mr. Zhou’s 90th birthday was celebrated with great fanfare, and almost all the well-known figures in Beijing’s upper class circles came to offer congratulations.
Xie Peizhou took Wen Ci and Nian Nian through the crowd to greet Mr. Zhou.
There was a lot of drinking and a large flow of people at the scene. Wen Niannian had a low immunity, so Wen Ci still asked her to wear a mask to avoid some unnecessary disputes.
"Uncle Zhou, I wish you a life as long as the Southern Mountains and as blessed as the Eastern Sea."
"Peizhou, you're here!"
"Who are these two?" Upon hearing the voice, Mr. Zhou looked at Xie Peizhou, and then his eyes fell on the young mother and daughter behind Xie Peizhou. The young woman had a beautiful and cold face, a very beautiful jade-faced beauty. The little girl she was holding had round eyes and was wearing a pink strawberry-patterned mask on her face.
Xie Peizhou introduced in a gentle voice, "This is Wen Ci and her daughter Nian Nian."
Wen Ci pulled her daughter and greeted her politely, "Grandpa Zhou, happy birthday!"
Nian Nian also said lively: "Grandpa Zhou, happy birthday, I wish you more and more youthful!"
“Hahaha, thank you!”
Old Mr. Zhou was wearing traditional Chinese birthday clothes and sitting in a wheelchair. When he heard the little girl's soft voice, he couldn't help laughing and looked very energetic.
He looked at Wen Ci, "She's Wen Xiongguang's granddaughter, right? She's grown up so big in the blink of an eye. Even her daughter is this big now. Wen Xiongguang is so lucky. That movie that's been very popular online recently was shot by you, right?"
Wen Ci nodded politely and thanked Grandpa Zhou for the compliment.
After Mr. Zhou finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the girl pushing the wheelchair behind him, his tone helpless yet full of doting, "You girl, why don't you hold on tight."
"This is my youngest daughter, Zhou Tianjiao. She's 28 this year, a few years older than Wen Ci, right?"
Old Master Zhou looked at Xie Peizhou, "Peizhou, do you still remember her? You two used to play together when you were little. But she went abroad a long time ago to study piano. She won the gold medal in the World Piano Competition this year and returned to China to develop her career."
"Brother Peizhou, long time no see."
Zhou Tianjiao snorted at Mr. Zhou, walked out from behind the wheelchair, wearing a white halter dress, and extended her hand to Xie Peizhou gracefully.
Xie Peizhou looked at the strange woman in front of him and had no impression of her at all.
In public and with Mr. Zhou watching, he smiled faintly and shook her hand politely, "Hello."
Just as he took it back, Old Man Zhou laughed again. His old black eyes looked at Xie Peizhou as if he were his son-in-law, and he nodded frequently with satisfaction. "Young people, have a good conversation. You two were engaged as children back then. Now it seems that it's time for the Zhou and Xie families to become even closer!"
Xie Peizhou's eyelids twitched suddenly, and a look of surprise flashed across his calm face.
He immediately looked at Wen Ci, who was holding her daughter's hand. Wen Ci was also shocked and caught off guard, so she held her daughter's hand tightly.
"Mommy..."
Wen Niannian felt pain in her little hand. She pulled her mother's hand and raised her little face. "What is a child marriage? Does it mean that my uncle's child will marry this aunt's child in the future?"
Wen Ci opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
Xie Peizhou said in a deep voice: "Uncle Zhou, when my father was alive, he never told me about any child marriage. The relationship between the Xie family and the Zhou family does not need to be strengthened."
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