The four of them sat down, and Su Ling showed his courtesy as a host by picking up the serving chopsticks and serving food to Old Master Su's son.
"What do you like to eat, Grandpa? The potatoes in this dish are very soft. Would you like a piece?" He picked up the potato and put it on the small plate in front of Grandpa Su. "I cut the lotus root slices very thinly. They are crispy. Would you like some too?"
After living for so many years, this was the first time that Grandpa Su had eaten a meal cooked by his grandson. Even though this grandson had severed his relationship with the Su family, the blood relationship could not be severed, so eating the meal cooked by him personally was somewhat touching.
He picked up a potato and put it in his mouth.
The stewed potatoes are soft, sweet and tasty, very suitable for the elderly. After all, I am over 80 years old and have a mouth full of dentures, so I can't eat hard food.
"Well, not bad, your skills are much better than Xiaoliu's." Old Master Su gave a rare compliment.
Xiao Liu was his nanny and nutritionist, who could only make bland soup.
Su Ling said modestly, "All the vegetables grown in our garden are pure natural organic vegetables. They are freshly picked and tender. If you like them, please eat more. By the way, this crucian carp is a wild fish. Its meat is firmer than that of artificially raised fish. Stewed with yam, the soup is delicious, and it can strengthen the spleen and stomach and promote digestion."
Su Ze, who was sitting opposite, watched Su Ling serve a bowl of soup to his grandfather, and his grandfather's usually serious expression softened a little.
He seemed to be thinking about something.
After Su Ling took care of Old Man Su, he noticed that Su Ze hadn't started eating yet, so he asked, "Is the food not to your taste?"
Su Ze came back to his senses and said with a smile: "No, it's just that there are too many dishes and I don't know where to start."
Su Ling pointed at the shrimp in front of him and said, "This is a wild stream shrimp. It was still alive when it was put into the pot. I originally wanted to make it crispy, but I ran out of flour, so I boiled it in water. But the taste is no worse than crispy, you can try it."
Su Ze couldn't refuse the hospitality, so he picked up a stream shrimp, peeled it, dipped it in garlic sauce and vinegar, and put it in his mouth, which aroused his taste buds.
"Delicious!" Su Ze praised it generously.
In recent years, it has become popular for city dwellers to eat at farmhouses in the countryside. The freshest ingredients, through ordinary cooking, can rival the skills of chefs in five-star hotels. No wonder my cousin and his wife enjoy living here!
He subconsciously looked at President Lu, and then he was stunned.
President Lu slowly peeled a plate of shrimps and considerately placed it in front of Su Ling. He took out a tissue to wipe his fingertips and said to Su Ling in a gentle tone, "Baby, eat shrimps."
Su Ling turned around and smiled naturally: "Thank you, husband."
Goose bumps suddenly crawled all over Su Ze's arms, spreading all the way down to his buttocks. He was so embarrassed that he could hardly sit still.
After Mr. Su finished drinking the crucian carp soup, his brows were wrinkled.
What does it look like for two grown men to be so sticky together?
But the couple had no self-awareness at all. During the meal, you helped me pick up the dishes and I helped you serve the soup. It was a very sweet meal.
Su Ze gritted his teeth and ate faster.
After the meal, the guests returned to the living room. President Xu put on an apron and cleared the dishes, while Su Ling continued to chat with the guests.
After eating and drinking enough, Grandpa Su was in much better spirits than before, and he spoke with more energy.
"It took me half a year to find out that you severed ties with the Su family. Your father is always decisive in doing things. He made decisions on his own without consulting anyone else."
Su Ling heard this, clasped his hands, and said calmly: "Dad thinks that my marriage to a man would bring shame to the Su family. Rather than being scolded by him as a beast, it is better to break off the relationship and live in peace."
Grandpa Su rapped his cane on the ground, obviously finding it unbearable that his son had called his grandson a "beast". However, Grandpa Su shared his son's stance on his grandson's insistence on marrying a man.
"Two men being together is unethical after all. Feelings are the most unreliable thing. When you are older, you will understand how wrong your current behavior is."
"Society is developing, the times are progressing, and same-sex marriage has long been legal. Grandpa is old, and he needs to keep up with the times." Su Ling said seriously, "Lu Feng and I have a good relationship, so don't worry about it."
"Cough, cough, cough——" Old Master Su pointed at Su Ling and coughed angrily.
Su Ze, who was standing next to him, was startled and quickly went over to pat him on the back. "Grandpa, how are you?"
Su Ling picked up the teapot, poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to him.
Su Ze took the tea and fed it to Old Master Su. Old Master Su recovered and glared at Su Ling sternly.
"If I ask you to divorce the boy from the Lu family right now, would you agree?" he asked.
Su Ling's face darkened, and he frowned and said, "Have you forgotten that I have long severed ties with the Su family? I respect you as an elder, so I call you Grandpa. If you are unreasonable, I'm sorry, you are not welcome here."
Su Ze disagreed and said, "Xiao Ling, no matter what, Grandpa is still Grandpa."
Su Ling sat steadily on the chair and said calmly: "I don't like others to dictate my life."
"Okay, okay, okay!" Old Master Su sneered, "Do you really think that I can't do anything to you with the support of the boy from the Lu family?"
Su Ling sighed and asked, "What do you want to do to me?"
Old Master Su looked around the living room, his face stretched long, and threatened: "I can take back the right to use this house."
Su Ling frowned and said helplessly, "If I remember correctly, you and Second Grandpa separated sixty years ago, and this house has always been under Second Grandpa's name. Before Second Grandpa passed away, he asked a lawyer to write a will, designating me as the heir. Now the land certificate and the real estate certificate have been changed to my name, and it has nothing to do with you anymore, and you have no right to take back the house."
The second grandfather must have been a careful person during his lifetime. The will was written clearly and without any ambiguity. In addition, the property was clearly listed and the documents were complete. After Su Ling got it, he could easily adopt the property with his death certificate and will.
Now Grandpa wants to use the use rights of the mansion to blackmail him, which seems a bit self-righteous.
"Aren't you afraid of lawsuit?" asked Old Master Su with narrowed eyes.
"Lawsuit?" Lu Feng stood at the door of the restaurant and said coldly, "Lawyers from Lu Group are always here for you."
Old Master Su banged his cane hard. "The Su family's affairs have nothing to do with your Lu family!"
Rufeng sat on the chair next to Su Ling and held Su Ling's hand. "I am his partner, and his business is my business."
Seeing the tense atmosphere, Su Ze quickly tried to smooth things over: "Grandpa, the doctor told you not to get angry, otherwise it's bad for your health. Xiao Ling, you are grandpa's grandson, and this will never change. If you have anything to say, talk it over nicely and don't make grandpa angry."
"I'm just telling the truth." Su Ling has lived in the Su family for more than 20 years and knows the character of the Su family very well. No matter whether they are old or young, they all like to exploit the weak and take advantage of the strong. So when getting along with them, you must not be weak, you have to be tough.
Looking at Old Master Su who was so angry that he almost died, Su Ling said: "Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush. If it has anything to do with Su Dan, you should go back after you finish burying Second Master!"
This time, Old Master Su was really pissed off by Su Ling, and his breathing was rapid, and he almost couldn't catch his breath. Su Ze was so anxious that he was sweating all over. He kept comforting him, patting his back, and hurriedly taking medicine out of the bag and feeding it into his mouth. After a while, he finally recovered.
Su Ze turned around and looked at Su Ling reproachfully. "Xiao Ling, no matter what Su Dan is, he is related to you by blood after all."
Su Ling raised the corner of his mouth and looked at him with his chin in his hand.
Are you finally done with the pretense?
"Second cousin, you are a smart man, you don't want to be used as a gun, right?"
Old Master Su breathed heavily and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Third Uncle only has this one son. Do you have the heart to send him to prison?"
Su Ling held Lu Feng's hand tightly, suppressing his anger. "Su Dan is your grandson, isn't Su Qi your granddaughter? How scared and dangerous would she be if she was kidnapped by kidnappers? If I had been a moment late that day, I don't know what terrible things would have happened to her! I treat Su Dan as my cousin, but does he treat me as his cousin? The person they really want to kidnap is me! Where do you get the confidence to think that I would treat a person who wants to harm me as a brother?"
Old Master Su coughed a few times and said, "Aren't you and Su Qi both fine in the end?"
Su Ling laughed angrily. "We are just lucky."
Su Ze advised, "Xiao Ling, take a step back and the sky will be wider than the sea."
He really didn't expect that Su Ling would be so stubborn and not care about his family members. But thinking about it carefully, Su Ling's temper is indeed stubborn. Otherwise, he would not study art so willfully, and he would not sever his family ties for love.
Su Ling looked at Su Ze leisurely, and said in a negotiating tone: "Second cousin has such a broad mind, are you willing to give up your position?"
Su Ze was stunned.
He is the tacit heir of the Su family. How could he be willing to give up his position after running the business for so many years?
Su Ling saw through his resistance and said with a smile, "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. What do you think, second cousin?"
Staring at Su Ling's pretty face, Su Ze felt complicated.
Who misled people into thinking that Su Ling only has a face but no head?
If he was really a straw bag beauty, would the Chinese painting master Zhang Qianyi take a fancy to him and accept him as his last disciple?
Painting requires aura. What is aura? It is personality!
I don't know who his personality is like, but it's different from anyone else in the Su family.
Old Master Su looked at the sharp Su Ling in a trance. It was as if time had gone back more than 60 years, and the person in front of him had become Su Lan. His younger brother was close to the boy from the Bai family, so close that they shared the same quilt at night. One morning, he went into the room to wake his younger brother up and found that they were both shirtless with strange marks on their chests. He immediately got angry and scolded them for being disgusting.
Later, the young man of the Bai family fled abroad with his father, and the younger brother stood alone at the entrance of the village every day, hoping and waiting for the postman to deliver the letter. However, in such a remote village like Shixi Village, there was not even a mailbox, so how could the letter be delivered?
When he was young, he was dismissive of his brother's so-called love. After his parents passed away, he moved his family to S City and asked his brother if he was willing to leave. His brother shook his head and said he wanted to wait for someone here.
Waiting for someone who will never come back!
How ridiculous!
Since my brother doesn't want to leave, then just leave him here to fend for himself!
It turned out to be sixty years since we last met.
The person Su Lan had been waiting for all his life never returned. Sixty years later, he passed away alone.
As the older brother, he only learned about his younger brother's death last month.
Since he got older, his health has been getting worse day by day. He stayed in a nursing home for two or three years and only this year did he have the strength to get out of bed and walk. As a result, he received the news of his younger brother's death and fell ill again. Even if the third daughter-in-law didn't come to make trouble, he would still go back to his hometown.
The first time he saw Su Ling, he almost made a mistake.
Su Ling looks so much like Su Lan.
Not to mention their looks, their temperament and personality have changed by 80%. They both have a kind of obsession with love that they don't care about their own life. Even their preference for men is exactly the same.
Su Lan made the right choice by choosing Su Ling as her successor.
"Where is your second grandfather's tomb? Take me to see it." said Old Master Su.
"Grandpa?" Su Ze was a little surprised. Did Grandpa not care about Su Dan anymore?
Mr. Su waved his hands and told him not to mention it again.
His sudden change of attitude from his previous excited attitude not only surprised Su Ze, but even confused Su Ling.
Old Master Su stood up with the help of his cane and looked at Su Ling calmly. "Didn't you say you were going to the grocery store to buy paper money and incense? Let's go together."
"……oh."
There were many old people in the village who were as old as Su Laoyezi. When they learned that Su Laoyezi had returned, they all appeared out of nowhere and talked to Su Laoyezi. The village chief also came and wanted to scold him, but when he saw that Su Laoyezi was trembling and needed his grandson to help him walk, he swallowed his words.
Su Ling took Lu Feng into the grocery store, bought paper money, candles and incense, and took Old Master Su to the cemetery in Beishan.
Old Master Su stayed on the mountain for more than half an hour. He couldn't stand the sun anymore and had to be helped down the mountain by Su Ze and Su Ling.
Back at the Su family's old house, Su Ling made him a pot of tea. After he finished drinking the tea, the sun was about to set, so he got up to leave.
Looking at the old man's hunched back, Su Ling couldn't help but call out, "Grandpa..."
Old Master Su stood by the car door, turned his head and looked at Su Ling and Lu Feng standing side by side, and said: "Since you have inherited your second grandfather's legacy, you should manage it well. Your father has no say in whether to sever ties with the Su family."
Su Ling was stunned.
Grandpa Su got into the car and closed his eyes to rest. Su Ze closed the door, said goodbye to his cousin, started the car, and drove away from the Su family's house.
Looking at the luxury car going away, Su Ling leaned on Lu Feng's shoulder and murmured in confusion: "They just... gave up like this?"
He thought his grandfather would be merciless for Su Dan, but it turned out to be a lot of noise but little action, and in the end, nothing came of it.
Wei Feng put his arms around his shoulders and kissed the top of his head from the side.
"I've heard from Grandpa that when he was young, Old Master Su was also a tough guy, decisive and good at maneuvering, and he carved out a niche for himself in the business world of City S. Now that he's older, he's not senile and muddleheaded. He can see things clearly."
Su Ling puffed up his cheeks and said, "I don't care whether he sees it clearly or not, as long as he doesn't cause me any more trouble in the future, everything will be fine!"
Lu Feng looked at the car that was almost out of sight in the distance and said, "Probably not."
The luxury car drove onto the national highway and headed towards Liuxian Town.
Su Ze held the steering wheel with both hands, hesitated for more than ten minutes, and finally couldn't help but ask Grandpa Su in the back seat.
"Grandpa, if Auntie asks me, how should I answer?"
Old Master Su closed his eyes and looked tired. When he heard his grandson's question, he raised his eyelids.
"Let her figure it out on her own."
"But..." Su Ze hesitated, "Auntie knows that we are here to look for Su Ling."
Old Master Su snorted coldly: "I am burying my deceased brother. What does it have to do with Su Ling? From now on, all of you youngsters should behave yourself and stop causing trouble for me. Su Ling is now considered part of your second grandfather's branch."
"Yes, grandpa." Su Ze replied with lowered eyebrows.