Because there were too many people dining at noon today, Ren's mother made a decisive decision to go out to eat, even though she had to pay a 10% service charge on the 29th day of the lunar year holiday - not because the food outside was so delicious, but because there were waiters' eyes and other customers' voices in the restaurant, which would prevent the atmosphere from being too awkward.
The principle is the same as eating with the TV on. Although the TV program is boring, it would be even more depressing and embarrassing if the only sound you hear while eating is the sound of everyone chewing.
After all, this meeting really exceeded everyone's expectations, including Gu Yueyan.
Fortunately, this meeting was so sudden that they could only go to the restaurant temporarily, so they were very lucky - they could only sit in the lobby, and the noisy noise gave them a lot of buffer time.
"I thought you guys would be back on New Year's Eve." Gu Yueyan spoke first, staring at Gu Yuexuan and said, "Didn't you say you had a mission on the 29th of the year?"
"There is a mission." Gu Yuexuan said, "I want to escort the commander back home."
Gu Yueyan frowned slightly, looked at his father, and said, "...Are you kidding me?"
"No, I only found out yesterday that the officer we were escorting was our father." Gu Yuexuan mercilessly put the blame on the old man next door: "I was also deceived. I was in a hurry to take the high-speed train last night and didn't have time to have a meal with my brothers."
Gu Wenyi said calmly: "If I hadn't come back a day earlier, how would I have known that you had given me such a big 'surprise'?"
Ren Suo suddenly interrupted and said, "Yeah, it's really a big surprise."
The dinner table suddenly fell silent, everyone looked at Ren Suo with strange eyes, but Ren Suo remained calm and composed: "Yueyan, don't hide it, tell your father and your brother about your health."
puff--
Ren Xingmei spat a mouthful of Pu'er tea onto Ren Suo's face.
Snap——
Gu Yuexuan was better, he hadn't drunk it yet, so he just crushed the teacup with his bare hands.
Ren's parents opened their eyes wide, Gu Wenyi's pupils shrank suddenly, and a figure suddenly rushed out and hugged Gu Yueyan: "Class monitor, you actually hid such a thing from me!? Do you still think I am your friend!?"
This time, even Ren Suo was so frightened that he almost knocked over his teacup. Gu Yueyan also came back to his senses from Ren Suo's shocking words and looked at the familiar face in front of him in surprise: "Xian Yu!?"
Except for Gu Wenyi who was a little unfamiliar with her, everyone else was familiar with this quirky female college student. Ren Suo wiped the tea off his face and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to eat with my family." Lin Xianyu said as a matter of course, then lowered his head and touched Gu Yueyan's belly: "Squad leader, we had Sichuan hotpot together half a month ago, nothing will happen, right? And this is the last combat training before the holiday, squad leader, how could you exercise so hard..."
Seeing that Lin Xianyu's words were getting more and more outrageous, Ren Suo quickly called her: "Xianyu, what are you talking about?"
"What are you talking about?" Gu Wenyi's deep voice was like the roar of a sulfur-filled demon: "How is my daughter's body? What on earth did you do?"
"Well, of course, I have contributed a little to this." Ren Suo said very proudly. He looked like he deserved a beating, which made Ren's parents want to stay away from him - Ren Suo has grown up now and become a very powerful monk who can stack very thick armor and withstand the most severe blows, but they are still ordinary people!
But Ren's mother suddenly came to her senses, and recalling Ren Suo's proud personality, she shouted, "Son, speak clearly about what you are saying. Do you think you are a fortune teller when you are halfway through your sentence?"
"I just want you to guess." Ren Suo took Gu Yueyan's hand and faced everyone's gaze. He raised Gu Yueyan's hand and said loudly:
"Yue Yan is also a rank three cultivator!"
“…”
Gu Yuexuan silently collected the broken pieces of the teacup and handed them to the waiter. Gu Wenyi, who was about to stand up, sat back down. Ren's father and mother breathed a sigh of relief. Ren Xingmei took out a tissue and handed it to Ren Suo to wipe his face.
Lin Xianyu looked at Gu Yueyan with regret: "What? It turns out that you are only at the third level..."
Ren Suo blinked his eyes: "Are you unhappy? Yue Yan is now at the same level of cultivation as me... and also at the same level as you guys!"
Gu Wenyi, who was being looked at by Ren Suo, shook his head and said, "No."
The next second, a pressure that seemed to be real descended upon Ren Suo. The enormous pressure suppressed his body so much that he could not move. The emotion called fear quickly spread in his heart.
But it was only a moment, and Ren Suo quickly came to his senses, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a tissue, and looked at Gu Wenyi in shock.
The pressure of a fourth-level monk!
Gu Wenyi was actually promoted to the fourth rank! ?
What is this? The ancient martial arts master is still as good as ever?
However, Ren Suo thought carefully and realized that Gu Yuexuan and Gu Yueyan's cultivation aptitudes were both excellent, so it was normal for Gu Wenyi to have high aptitudes. Moreover, Gu Wenyi was highly regarded by the upper echelons, so he certainly had no shortage of training guidance. He might even be one of the earliest practitioners, so it was not particularly unusual for him to be promoted to the fourth level.
No wonder there is no ancient Chinese text in the ranking list, it turns out that he was promoted to the fourth level this month.
It’s just that Ren Suo hasn’t felt the pressure of a fourth-rank cultivator for a long time. Although he has a girlfriend with fourth-rank cultivation, she has never used her cultivation to suppress him before... But maybe something like this will happen in the future.
However, Ren Suo's heart skipped a beat when he realized that Gu Wenyi was actually a rank four cultivator - Oh no, there was no way he could win this time!
And he's the type that can't even withstand a beating!
If Lin Xianyu or my mother accidentally lets slip and reveals their ambitions, will I be beaten up by my angry old father?
Thinking of this, Ren Suo subconsciously touched the spiritual energy coordinate necklace on his neck.
Instead of facing the angry fourth-level old father, it is better to take the initiative to send yourself to the fourth-level girlfriend. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope!
Gu Yueyan looked at Ren Suo with a strange look in his eyes. "How do you know I've already reached the third level? I was promoted only yesterday... If it wasn't for the fact that reaching the third level was more important, I wouldn't have come a day later..."
Ren Suo coughed, scratched Gu Yueyan's palm under the table, and said pretentiously: "I just know it."
When he was interrogated by Gu Yueyan early in the morning, he did not react at the time, but he became suspicious afterwards - I, Ren Suo, have acted like a fool all my life, so I will never fall to the point of being beaten by low-level cultivators, right?
Then he secretly used the "data stream" to check Gu Yueyan, and was shocked to find that her cultivation level was "3rd turn 0%", the same level as himself!
Now Ren Suo finally breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, he was only beaten by a cultivator of the same level.
After all, "Xuanjun Secret Records" has a significant effect on the physical body. When one cultivates to the third level of cultivation, the difference in strength between male and female cultivators can be almost ignored. Moreover, the physical fitness of highly qualified cultivators is naturally stronger, so it is very normal for Gu Yueyan to catch up with him now.
Ren Suo, who takes healing as his vocation, has a very tolerant evaluation standard for his own combat effectiveness.
In fact, Ren Suo seemed to have heard a strange calm voice in his sleep, and now he finally reacted - when Gu Yueyan hugged him, he should have taken Gu Yueyan's Samsung key.
Gu Yueyan crossed the threshold of the third level two months after he was promoted to the second level. This speed was almost as fast as Dong Chengling, but it was also normal - when he was in the dark side of the moon, Gu Yueyan used the excuse of "improving cultivation" to flirt with him. Now Ren Suo was flirted with, but at least they also gained experience.
Lian Rensuo had gained enough experience to be just one step away from the fourth level, but Gu Yueyan only gained enough experience to be promoted to the third level. It must be because she was lazy and distracted, thinking about love all day long.
It turns out that love is more beneficial to the less diligent party.
Although he was caught up by a girl who was a few years younger than him, Ren Suo was very happy. After all, the more big legs the better. However, he noticed that the other people looked a little unhappy, so he asked, "Why do you... not look happy?"
"I'm happy." Gu Yuexuan said unhappily, "It turns out that it's just my sister who has been promoted to the third level. Of course I'm happy!"
Mother Ren laughed and said, "I'm happy, so happy, Yueyan is so amazing." It seems that in her mother's eyes, Gu Yueyan's achievement may be equivalent to getting first place in the whole class.
At this time, Lin Xianyu moved a chair over very familiarly, sat down next to Gu Yueyan, and asked crisply: "Uncle, aunt, brother, sister, can I have dinner with you?"
"Aren't you here to eat with your family?" Ren Suo asked.
"I told my parents after I had eaten and left early." Lin Xianyu stuck out her tongue and said, "My relatives keep showing me pictures of boys and asking me what this and that are like. I don't want to stay there any longer."
Ren Xingmei also asked: "But you are full, are you going to stay and watch us eat?"
"It's different. I get full very quickly when I eat with those annoying relatives, but when I eat with you guys, I can still eat a little more!" Lin Xianyu clenched his fists and said firmly, "I am willing to continue to burn the last bit of my strength for my stomach!"
"Then let's eat together." Ren's mother said quickly. Now she wished that there were as many people as possible. After all, the other person's daughter came to find her son. Now there was a lot of people and it was noisy. The other party should pay attention to the impact and not quarrel. In fact, Ren's mother was not afraid of quarreling, but she couldn't make any sense!
要是任索没那些狗屁倒灶的屁事，任妈早就高高兴兴拉着对方商量黄道吉日各种嫁娶事宜了——现在她能怎么办？她也很绝望啊。
林羡鱼的视线一直在任家和古家两边徘徊，眼里那股兴奋简直表露无遗。古月言小声问她：“你怎么在这里？”
“我真的是吃饭遇过，就是这么巧。”
林羡鱼回道：“我路过的时候，就在想你和任大哥，然后我忽然有种奇怪的预感，往你们这边一看。嘿！恰好就看到任大哥了！”
任索默默无言，他不用想都知道这肯定是羁绊的原因了。
他自己也能一眼看出人群里的羁绊者，别人自然也能一眼看见他。
等等，这个羁绊关系带来的附带效果，好像很适合抓奸啊……
但任索很快就放宽心：他又不会鬼鬼祟祟地搞外遇，怕什么抓奸。
古月言点点头，问道：“所以……你老家也是在白云市？”
“嗯。”
“你来这里吃饭，所以你也住在这附近吧？”
“嗯。”
“那你为什么不告诉我？”古月言疑惑地问道。
林羡鱼眨眨眼睛，随口搪塞过去：“你又没问过我。”
如果不是因为所见所闻太过劲爆以至于林羡鱼无法再隐藏下去，她其实是想装作没看见他们的。
她早就知道任索跟她一个老家，为了避免各种可能的麻烦，她当然要隐瞒这个情报，毕竟她又不会利用这个条件在假期找任索——躺在家里混吃等死多好，外面又没啥好玩的。
如果林羡鱼主动泄露这个情报，那班长知道她和任大哥一个老家会不会多想？任大哥会不会利用这个机会找她来事儿——鉴于任大哥好像有种走到哪哪有事的体质，林羡鱼怀疑自己要是泄露家庭住址，到时候任大哥怕不是以治疗修士的身份来为她上门服务。
聪明人的做法不是解决问题，而是消灭问题，只要她老实装傻隐瞒这个情报，那就能获得一个无人打扰的愉快假期了。
现在虽然泄露了这个情报，但林羡鱼依然认为自己会有一个愉快的假期——至少现在很愉快。
“开车来花了多长时间？”
“一个半小时，南沙离白云不远。”
“那还挺快的啊。”
“是啊，毕竟我打电话给我女儿的时候，听到你儿子的声音。”
太精彩了！
林羡鱼一边白切鸡一边看得津津有味。
寒暄结束后，古文意看向任索：“那么，任索……我就这样称呼你吧，你打算怎么办？”
大家瞬间安静下来，哪怕大厅再嘈杂也无法干扰他们的听力。
“月言还有四年才22岁。”任索十分镇定：“我们还有很长时间可以加深了解，这期间或许会发生很多很多让人意想不到的事，导致我们的关系发生变化……”
任索的意思，古家父子听懂了：他这个恋爱是奔着结婚去的，但古月言还小所以还得慢慢来，而四年时间，这期间他们会发生很多事，感情说不定会发生变化，分手也是很正常的事——年轻情侣嘛，毕业就分手。
这么一想，古文意也平静下来。他这个人其实是比较老古董的，他对儿子古月轩的教育完全就是封建家长的做派，但面对女儿，他完全狠不下心。
女儿成绩好，修为高，年龄也差不多了，难道他这个当爹的要一辈子看着女儿不让她跟其他人谈恋爱吗？他当初可是答应了亡妻要好好照顾女儿的。
而且平心而论，任索条件不错，对女儿又有救命之恩，实力不差，前途不小，却没什么脾气，对策局的乔副局长和天莲学院的白老师对他都有极高评价，确实是良人。
古文意自然没听出任索的另外一层言下之意：未来会发生很多很多事，导致他们两个的关系发生变化，但这个变化未必是分开，也有可能是两个人的关系变成多个人的关系……
虽然古文意没听出来，但出于父亲的天性，他依然对任索这头拱了自家小白菜的猪没什么好感：“好吧，你们年轻人的事，我就不多管了，但我希望你答应我一点……”
“不许伤害我女儿。”
古文意瞪着任索，又悄悄散发了一点四转威压：“我是说，在各种意义上。她还小，而你们，也没结婚。”
古月言微微有些脸红，但古文意依然盯着任索——他也是被刚才任索那句‘你女儿身体发生了变化，我在里面有很大功劳’吓怕了，不惜用四转修为来恐吓任索。
任索自然是一口答应，饭桌上的气氛顿时缓解下来。任妈此时展现出高超的交涉手段，关照到所有客人，将饭桌上的节奏拉回到普通家常里。
“……啊，你们去过莲江为莲江的对策修士测试战力啊。”
“是啊，莲江的强大修士很多，任索就是其中之一。”在不涉及女儿的情况下，古文意倒是不介意称赞一下任索。
“哎呀我儿子算什么强大，整天偷懒玩游戏。”任妈谦虚一下，话锋一转：“那你认识莲江对策局的乔木依乔副局长吗？”
除了古家父子外，其他人心里顿时咯噔一下。
任爸低下头装作玩手机，任星美端起茶杯小口小口地喝茶，就连林羡鱼也放慢了吃菜速度，双眼冒出亮晶晶的光辉。
任索眨眨眼睛，下意识牵住古月言的手，发现对方手掌心也冒汗了。
“没事的。”他轻声说道。
无论怎样，他都不会怪自家老妈，更不会怪古文意，他已经做好准备了。
大不了先被打个半死，再去东承灵那边避避风头……
就在大家装作无意实则紧张的关注中，古文意点头说道：“认识，三转修士中，其实她的实力和前几名没多少差距。”
“依依这么厉害的吗~？”任妈惊讶说道：“我之前认识她的时候，只觉得她跟我投缘，我还认她作契女了呢。”
古文意哦了一声，也没多想。任妈也没继续说下去，就这样悄无声息结束这个话题，让所有人都松了口气。
吃完饭，古文意要求古月言跟他们一起回家，古月言当然不愿意，双方经过简单的洽谈后，选择各退一步——夜晚再回去。
恰好古文意在白云也有朋友，他下午带着儿子去拜访别人，这段时间他允许古月言跟任索继续约会。
但以防万一，古文意还是要走了古月言的身份证。
古月言完全不介意这点，高高兴兴拉着任索离开酒楼，不过任索却是先被老妈喊到一边密聊：“对面发飙的话，你打不打得过？”
任索明白老妈的意思，摇头说道：“打不过，我顶多逃得掉。”
“逃得掉……嗯，那我就不担心你了。”任妈点点头，说道：“我之前说过了，我不会干涉你的感情。但你要我帮你欺骗别人，那也不可能。”
“……？”任索看着亲妈，微微有些疑惑：“你刚才……”
“我刚才，没说谎。”任妈淡定说道：“我的确是和依依投缘才认她做契女的，跟你一点关系都没有。到时候他们问过来，我也是这个说法，以后依依和咱们家所有来往，我都会认定是基于这层关系，而不是你那些狗屁倒灶的破事。”
任索感动地看着老妈，搭住她的肩膀，无语凝噎——还是亲妈好！
“你别误会了。”任妈拍开他的手，哼了一声说道：“我这是为了依依好，人家姓古的是天京对策总局，又好像很厉害，万一他们找依依麻烦怎么办？
我可不想依依因为你的原因，而被人骂狐狸精，被人排挤，多不值得啊！
我不管你，反正依依如果因为你的原因而遭受这些不白之冤，那你别回来见我，你房间我会改成婴儿房，我和你爸生二胎去。”
“应该是三胎吧。”任索纠正老妈的语病。
“贫，贫，贫！”任妈说一次就拍一下任索脑袋：“还真让你贫出几个媳妇……走走走，陪小姑娘去，别站在这里碍着我眼，我看着你就来气。”
任索跟老妈出来的时候，古家父子已经开车走了，看来他们的想法跟任妈差不多——眼不见心不烦。
任索也知道今天下午是不可能继续缩在家里的，一边靠近古月言，一边思考等下去哪里。
林羡鱼也准备要告辞了：“那班长，任大哥，祝你们百年好合早生贵子……”
“林同学，你不跟他们一起去玩吗？”任爸忽然问道。
林羡鱼一怔：“我？”
“人多点才好玩。”任爸淡淡说道：“我儿子本身就不是喜欢在外面玩的性子，他出去玩都只会去网吧。”
古月言也有一段日子没见到林羡鱼了，现在看见她心里也是欢喜得很，便拉着林羡鱼说道：“一起玩吧，我也没来过白云，你来带我去好玩的地方。”
大家都默认任索是一个什么好玩地方都不知道的死宅了。
Lin Xianyu was also a little tempted. After all, it was very interesting to observe the monitor and Brother Ren up close. She would act immediately and nodded, saying, "Then I will be a light bulb today, and a 60W high-power one!"
Ren Xingmei also said: "Then I'll come too. I haven't gone shopping with my brother for a long time!"
So, three beautiful girls with different styles and Ren Suo, who was looking down at his phone, walked away on the road.
Watching their backs going away, Ren's mother asked Ren's father in confusion: "What are you trying to do? Didn't our son say that he and Xianyu have nothing to do with each other? Don't you think it's not chaotic enough?"
Ren's father rolled his eyes and said, "You are allowed to be fickle and stand aside, but can't I just buy a stock with all my warehouse space?"
"What are you talking about? Did you buy stocks? I heard that A-shares are very dangerous now, Lao Ren, you should take it easy."
"It's hard to explain comic book terminology to you, but I believe I won't lose money anyway."