"The last time I saw Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu was when I graduated from high school. I don't know if they still remember what I look like after so many years."
In the corner booth of the party hall, An Xing held her round face, puffed up her cheeks, and looked extremely worried. Even the small curls on her head exuded a deep feeling.
An Rong sat beside him, supporting his chin with one hand. Although there was no expression on his handsome face, he inexplicably revealed a sense of fatigue.
The boy had no idea what was going on and didn't hear anything. He just walked over and poked the boy with his finger, whining.
"Brother, is that right?"
It's a ghost.
An Rong thought.
As they packed up the things he had moved from the Nings' house, the Zeng family got together to look through the photo albums. Not only had he shown An Zhaoming and Shen Ying his childhood photos, but they had also shown him An Xing's childhood photos.
This little fool was a round glutinous rice dumpling when he was young, and he became a long dumpling when he grew up. From childhood to adulthood, this little fool has just grown up, and there is no big change at all.
Not to mention that the boy looked young. Even if he was in college now, he could still pretend to be a high school student by changing his clothes. Why would he worry that the Lu family wouldn't recognize him...
"It's okay. If they don't recognize you, you can just say hello to them."
An Rong said woodenly.
"After all, you are the younger generation. You should take the initiative to say hello. That's how a good and polite child should be."
An Xing nodded, thoughtfully.
"What my brother said makes sense."
An Rong thought that the matter was over, and just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the young man ask again:
"So, brother, what style of clothes do you think I should wear that day? Something cute, or something preppy?"
An Rong: ...
When An Rong was about to be killed by his little brother, he finally received help.
Xiao Yi and Chen Bai sat next to the two brothers, handed them low-alcohol cocktails, and asked with a smile:
"What are you talking about?"
An Rong, who didn't have time to change the subject, could only watch the two men coming to see him off.
Coincidentally, An Xing also felt that her brother no longer cared about her and was a little unhappy. Seeing Xiao Yi asking, her eyes suddenly lit up and she approached him affectionately.
Seeing the young man approaching him eagerly, his round almond-shaped eyes full of expectation, Xiao Yi felt flattered and a little elated.
——A little cutie winks at you. Do you accept his help?
--certainly!
Then he heard the little cutie ask:
"Brother Xiao Yi, Brother Chen and I are going to the airport to pick up my uncle and aunt this weekend. What style of clothes do you think I should wear when I meet them?"
Xiao Yi: ...
The young man's heart, which had been beating wildly, froze instantly and felt a little sour.
An Xing looked at Xiao Yi blankly, not understanding why the young man suddenly froze. He stretched out his hand in confusion and waved it in front of the young man.
"Wait? Brother is here? Brother, why don't you say anything?"
Chen Bai had already rolled into the booth with laughter. An Rong was speechless and said calmly:
"Your brother is here, but your brother Xiao Yi is not."
Xiao Yi looked speechlessly at the boy who was now trying to show off his brother's status, then turned to An Xing.
"I'm just a little surprised."
The young man said with a twitching mouth.
"Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu are going back to their country? We didn't know."
An Xing raised her chin proudly. "Yes, they are coming back this weekend. Because during the Chinese New Year, Brother Chen and I will be officially engaged!"
At the annual meeting of Anning Jewelry, the news of An Xing and Lu Tianchen's engagement was announced, but there was no announcement of when the engagement party would be held. Lu Tianchen didn't look like someone who would be kidnapped and forced into an engagement, so some people in the circle guessed that Lu Tianchen probably wanted to get engaged, but Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu disagreed.
No matter what, the Lu couple should show up and attend their son's engagement party!
Xiao Yi had naturally heard these gossips, but unlike others, he felt that it was not necessarily that the Lu couple disagreed with the engagement of the two, but it was possible that the Lu couple were not very satisfied with An Xing.
Although they think An Xing is a good kid, and the parties involved know the feelings of the people involved, the elders' ideas are always different from theirs.
But now, seeing the young man's happy look with light in his eyes, Xiao Yi knew that they, the outsiders, had guessed wrong again.
Xiao Yi couldn't help but reach out and rub the boy's head.
"Congratulations, Xingxing."
The boy squinted his eyes, enjoying the touch, and then pulled the young man's arm.
"Then Brother Xiao Yi, how should I dress up then?"
"...I don't have any experience meeting people either, why don't you ask your brother Bo?"
Chen Bai was drinking peacefully, but inexplicably he was blamed for the incident and felt very innocent.
"You're talking like I'm not single!"
"Tell Xingzai how your eldest brother behaved when he met your sister-in-law's parents."
"..."
Chen Bai pondered for a while, then hesitated while looking at An Xing's expectant gaze.
"Just... be yourself?"
An Rong, Xiao Yi and Chen Bai were all confused as to why they, as older single men, would help the only single guy to figure out how to meet his parents?
They exchanged glances, stood up together, left the little bastard behind and ran away.
An Xing held his chin with his hand worriedly and sighed.
Ever since he knew that the Lu family would be back this weekend, he had been a little anxious. Even if Lu Tianchen comforted him physically for a long time and said that they would like him no matter what...
But An Xing felt that his brother Chen had a filter on his eyes and his words were not trustworthy.
After the Lu family couple left Lu's to their son, they went abroad to explore the market. The two of them came back to China in recent years and were always in a hurry, even seeing their son only when they had time. An Xing was not interested in business at all, and his greetings with the two were limited to festivals, and they rarely communicated with each other on weekdays.
Before this year, he didn't even know Lu Tianchen's feelings, let alone take the initiative to care about the two elders.
Now that he thought about it, Lu Tianchen had always been respectful to his parents, so he was a little...immature.
The young man sat on the sofa, holding his cheek, looking very sad. But this scene fell into the eyes of some people with ulterior motives, and they felt that the opportunity had come.
*
Because the New Year was approaching, this party was held. The attendees included the younger generations of each family, their male and female companions, and some friends. An Rong, Xiao Yi, and Chen Bai were surrounded by a few people and talked.
An Xing has never liked socializing. He didn’t know most of the people who came today, so he just sat in the corner of the booth playing with his phone.
Perhaps because this corner was quiet enough, after a while, An Xing heard two girls whispering not far away.
"This is too funny! Just because his parents don't like you, he wants to break up with you?"
As soon as the key words came out, the boy suddenly became like a kitten seduced by a cat strip, eavesdropping furtively with his ears trembling.
Another girl's crying voice was heard.
"...But what can he do? He is the heir of a big family, and I am just an ordinary student. I don't have a good family background and can't bring any help to his family. His mother doesn't like me, isn't that normal?"
"But he was the one who pursued you, and you said you would treat him well forever!"
"How many of the things a man says when he's high can be trusted?"
The girl said miserably.
"When they are in love with me, they think I am perfect in every way and are willing to do anything for me. But in reality, how many men would choose beauty over power?"
"I regret it now. I should have figured it out earlier and broken up earlier. Then we could still be friends. But because I had this fantasy in my heart, I thought he would protect me. After a few conflicts with his mother, he sided with her and thought I was not a good girl... wuwu!"
An Xing was so surprised when she heard this that she didn't even notice that An Rong came back until she was patted by the boy.
"What are you doing?"
An Rong asked, glancing at the corner. The two girls, meeting his gaze, stood up and left immediately as if they were burned by fire.
An Rong immediately felt something was wrong and turned to look at the little fool beside him.
"What were those two talking about just now?"
An Xing heard a lot of gossip but had no one to share it with, so when he saw his brother asking, he quickly leaned over and whispered it to his brother.
After hearing what he said, An Rong's face darkened.
The direction is too obvious, it's simply advising the little fool to give up and take the initiative to break up.
"Don't think too much about what they say, it's all nonsense."
An Xing shook his head, strongly disagreeing.
"Brother, your attitude is wrong. Although mom is very reasonable and should not be the same as the mother-in-law that little sister met, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a very mysterious subject. Even if you are single now, you should learn it, so that you can handle the relationship between sister-in-law and mom well in the future!"
An Rong: ...
As expected of you, little idiot. You didn't even think of yourself at all.
An Rong was a little confused. It took him a long time to find his voice. He looked at the little fool with care.
"So you're not worried at all that Lu Tianchen's parents don't like you, and that Lu Tianchen wants to break up with you?"
"How is that possible?"
An Xing said without hesitation.
"Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu are not that kind of people."
"They are both very good parents, and Brother Chen is also very capable. They believe in Brother Chen's judgment. Since Brother Chen really likes me, they won't hate me!"
Although he was young at the time, his parents did not tell him the truth and only told him that his brother was coming to live with him for a year.
But now thinking back, that year was a time of turmoil for the Lu family. The Lu family couple sent Lu Tianchen to their home for his safety.
There are many people who want to curry favor with the Lu family, and there are many safer places than theirs, so why send Lu Tianchen to his house?
Of course it’s because their family tradition is good. The Lu couple trusts them and knows that they will not lead Brother Chen astray!
So, even if Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu were in a business marriage, they truly loved their son. As long as parents love their children, how could they speak ill of, humiliate, and suppress someone their children truly love for no reason?
Unless there is a really big problem, as long as the parents are sensible, they will try their best to accept and compromise even if they have some small opinions about their child's sweetheart.
Parents are always the ones who compromise.
An Rong felt a little complicated. After a while, he touched the boy's head and said softly:
"You're right. When you go to pick them up, dress as you normally would, or be a little more well behaved."
"As long as it's you, they'll like it."
Although he thought his brother was a single and his experience might not be useful, An Xing was so anxious that his curly hair collapsed and he couldn't think of a dressing style. So on the day of the airport pick-up, he was still held down by Chen Ying and Lu Tianchen, and put on a sweater and a warm down jacket before being stuffed into the car to pick up the plane.
So the little boy, wrapped like a ball, went to the VIP room with Lu Tianchen to meet the Lu couple.
What surprised An Xing was that the Lu couple were unexpectedly gentle to him. After talking to him for a few words, they went to the An villa together.
Mrs. Lu pulled An Xing to sit on the sofa, looked at the An couple and An Rong, and raised her eyebrows.
"Your second son's wife asked someone to say bad things about Xingxing in my ear, trying to make us hate Xingxing and disapprove of his engagement with Tianchen. As for me, I not only hate people trying to scheme against me, but I also hate it when they use such a lousy trick to scheme against me."
"How about holding the engagement party for the two children on the twenty-eighth of the lunar year at the Lu family's old house?"
An Family: ...
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