Lan Xiaolan stood up first, holding the cup and was about to toast Uncle Liu: "Uncle Liu, thank you for your hospitality. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to eat so many delicious foods."
"Haha, girl, don't say that. You should thank your dad."
"All the dishes on this table were bought by him personally, and he cooked them himself. I even saved on labor."
"Old Liu, you are too polite. If you hadn't provided me with such a good venue, I wouldn't have had the chance to show my skills."
The two old friends each poured a glass of white wine, clinked their glasses with a "bang", and drank the wine in the glass together.
Being a little drunk, Lao Liu looked at the young man sitting next to Lan Xiaolan. This young man looked a little familiar.
Hey, could he be...
"Is this young man's surname Ren? Why does he look familiar to me?"
"The Ren Group is the leading enterprise in our province. The president of the Ren Group is Ren Tingyi. I see that not only do your names look similar, but you also look alike. Could it be..."
"That's my brother." Ren Tingxi stood up and said indifferently.
"Oh, so you are the second son of the Ren family. I didn't expect that I could actually meet you in person today. It's really a pleasure to meet you."
Old Liu was very happy. He was in the catering industry and often received many important people in the business and political circles.
A few years ago, when he was still an apprentice in the catering industry, he had the honor of hosting Ren Tingyi at the top restaurant in S City.
That was President Ren, and he personally cooked a dish for him that was enough to make him unforgettable for the rest of his life.
I didn't expect to meet Ren Tingyi's younger brother here today. Old Liu was very excited and picked up the wine glass to toast him.
Old Liu slurped and drank it all in one gulp. "I'll finish first. Mr. Ren, you can do whatever you want."
Ren Tingxi took the wine glass, raised his head generously, and drank the wine handed to him by Lao Liu.
That's a toast to Lan Xiaolan's father's friend, you have to honor him!
Lan Xiaolan watched Ren Tingxi finish a glass of white wine in one go, feeling a little worried: "Tingxi..."
"It's okay. This is a toast to your father's friends. You know how much I can drink."
Indeed, Ren Tingxi could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Except for the day they broke up, when she saw Ren Tingxi coming home drunk, she had never seen Ren Tingxi drunk in all these years.
"Mr. Ren is so cool, he is really young and promising." Old Liu praised Ren Tingxi highly.
I recall the time I saw Ren Tingyi. He was wearing a clean white shirt, his face was pale, and he was sitting in a wheelchair, looking frail and sick.
Compared with the cheerful Ren Tingxi who drank a whole glass of white wine in one gulp, he was indeed different, which made Old Liu's eyes light up.
Besides, Ren Tingxi is the second son of the Ren family, but he does not have the airs of a rich man at all and looks so approachable.
"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and the restaurant is very busy, so I won't disturb you from having a reunion dinner. Enjoy your meal, and I'll give you free drinks."
"Thank you, Uncle Liu." Lan Xiaolan smiled sweetly.
Lan Tian waved his hand and beckoned them to sit down: "Come on, come on, sit down. Don't eat standing up. It's too stiff."
Lan Tian sat upright and filled the empty glass in front of Ren Tingxi with wine again.
"So you are the second son of the Ren family. I am so sorry for your disrespect. Come on, have a drink."
How could Ren Tingxi not drink the wine poured by Lan Xiaolan's father himself? He picked up the wine glass and raised his head again, drinking the wine clean.
Lan Xiaolan watched Ren Tingxi drink cup after cup, and felt a little worried that his body couldn't take it.
"Uncle, please don't say that. It's just an empty title. Ren's is my brother's Ren's. I can't compare with my brother."
"I've heard before that the second son of the Ren family is an expert in bridge construction. He's young, promising, and handsome. Seeing him today, I can see that his reputation is well-deserved."
Ren Tingxi smiled. His face was gloomy when he was praised as the second son of the Ren family, but now that he was said to be an expert in bridge construction, his face was as bright as the sky after rain.
Ren Tingxi picked up the wine glass and filled the Blue Sky glass.
"I'm also an architect. I specialize in building houses for others. Decades have passed since I started this process."
"So, my uncle and I are in the same industry. What an honor."
Lan Xiaolan had never mentioned her father in front of Ren Tingxi before. One reason was that when she was growing up, she only knew that her father was very busy, and her life rarely intersected with her father.
Since his mother passed away, Lan Tian has been working day and night to give Lan Xiaolan a better material life and to get over the pain of losing his wife.
At that time, Lan Xiaolan saw her father even less often. After she finished high school and entered university, she became even more independent and saw her father only a few times a year.
Therefore, she had little interaction with her father and rarely mentioned him in public.
Later, when she met Ren Tingxi in high school, she saw Ren Tingxi participating in the school's modeling competition. The way he carefully built the model looked very much like his father.
Perhaps it was because of this that she fell in love with Ren Tingxi from the very beginning.
This was her inner secret, and she had never mentioned it to anyone else.
"I heard that you've undertaken many large projects both at home and abroad. I remember the Jinzhou project in particular."
"The high-speed bridge in Jinzhou crosses one of the most severe valleys in my country, with mountain roads and complex terrain."
"I heard that that project terrified everyone in the construction industry. Back then, a young man named Ren drew up a blueprint that solved the most difficult section of the bridge. Was that young man named Ren you?"
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