Meng Qidi smiled at the old man. She was not good at dealing with strangers, and smiling was probably the best way she could think of.
Zhao Dezhong was slightly stunned. He did not expect that the student would actually smile. "Well... this girl is shy."
Wen Chengliang curled his lips and said, "Why didn't your disciple learn your self-familiarity?"
Zhao Dezhong snorted, "If this is so easy to learn, can I still be her teacher?"
That bastard Wen Chengliang is targeting him, right?
Meng Side coughed lightly, "After decades of bickering, can't you two just stop for a while? Today is Old Qiu's good day."
After Meng Side spoke, the two stopped bickering. Instead, Mr. Qiu Bingwen looked at Meng Qidi with interest.
"The girl from Lao Zhao's family? This girl's surname is also Meng? If Lao Zhao hadn't said that she was your student, I would have thought she was Lao Meng's junior. There are not many people with the surname Meng. Is the girl from Beijing?"
I thought this serious old man was going to scold me, but he smiled. Meng Qidi was a little embarrassed. "I'm not from Beijing, I'm from J Province."
"That's a long way off." After asking a few polite questions, Qiu Bingwen asked the person next to him, "Old Meng, how many grandchildren is this boy?"
"It's the fourth one, his name is Meng Sigui."
At the dinner table, Mr. Qiu asked all the juniors questions out of politeness, and everyone gave him face and answered.
Meng Qidi's attention was directed to the table next to her.
Meng Yuzhen now looks completely different from before. If her face hadn't changed, she wouldn't be sure that this was Meng Yuzhen.
The elegance of her speech and behavior is nothing like that of a vulgar country girl. Has Meng Yuzhen... met a noble person?
Meng Qidi frowned slightly. That was a bit troublesome. The grudge between her and Meng Yuzhen was a bit tricky...
Meng Yuzhen, who was sitting next to Qiu Cheng at the next table, stood up with Qiu Cheng and came to this table to toast. When her eyes swept over Meng Qidi, she didn't pause, as if she didn't know such a person at all.
Of course, if Meng Qidi hadn’t noticed that the joints of her hands turned white from the force of holding the cup, she would not have realized that she was exposed.
"Mr. Zhao, I, Qiu Cheng, would like to offer you a drink." Qiu Cheng raised his glass.
“You’re welcome.” Zhao Dezhong raised his glass and drank it all.
Taking a sip of the wine, Qiu Cheng glanced at Meng Qidi with his cold eyes, then withdrew his gaze indifferently, "Is this Mr. Zhao's student? My friend was also admitted to Mr. Zhao's school recently. We will have a chance to learn from each other."
"Of course, we welcome academic exchanges the most. Xiaoqi, do you have confidence?" Zhao Dezhong asked with a smile. They are not afraid of academic exchanges.
Meng Qidi nodded, her eyes fell on Meng Yuzhen's face, and she said softly, "This sister looks so familiar. She looks very similar to my missing sister."
Meng Yuzhen was stunned, and the hand holding the cup shook uncontrollably. She forced a smile, "Comrade, you must have made a mistake, right? I don't remember knowing you."
As expected, Meng Qidi recognized her and exposed her without any hesitation.
Meng Qidi said, "I must have missed my sister too much and recognized the wrong person. Apart from this face, you two are almost not similar at all. My sister is a country girl, good for nothing, and is not worthy of this sister's elegant temperament."
Meng Qidi's words and deeds were all meant to insult Meng Yuzhen. Except for a little incompetence at the beginning, Meng Yuzhen remained expressionless no matter how Meng Qidi provoked her, as if she was not the one being talked about.
Qiu Cheng's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he said coldly, "Come to think of it, this lady does look a lot like an acquaintance of mine, but other than this face, they are not alike in any other way."
"Comrade Qiu, are you trying to say that my temperament is not as good as your friend's?"
At other people's banquets, Meng Qidi was not afraid at all and her words were full of gunpowder.
"Qiu Cheng!" Qiu Wentian said in a low voice, looking at Meng Qidi apologetically, "Little comrade, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."
"I was too worried about my sister." Meng Qidi lowered her eyes slightly. She had lost her composure. She hated Meng Yuzhen too much and couldn't bear to see her live a good life, so she was anxious.
Wen Chengliang curled his lips and said, "Qiu family boy, you should respect me, otherwise I will think you look down on me."
Qiu Cheng poured a glass of wine and apologized, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wen."
The two men shifted their attention and no longer targeted Xiao Qi. Zhao Dezhong snorted and considered that he owed Wen a favor.
After being interrupted, Meng Qidi and Meng Yuzhen didn't have another chance to speak.
As if the sharp Meng Qidi just now was an illusion, Meng Qidi became less talkative again...
After the dinner, Meng Qidi followed Zhao Dezhong out.
Meng Sigui, who was standing by, followed closely, scratching his head and ears, trying to strike up a conversation, but the other person ignored him...
"Xiao Qi."
As soon as she left the restaurant, she heard Ling Xiao's voice. Meng Qidi looked up quickly. Ling Xiao was leaning against the car she drove in on the side of the road, looking at her with a smile.
Without waiting for Meng Qidi to speak, Zhao Dezhong looked at Meng Side and Wen Chengliang with helplessness.
"Alas, our Ling Xiao is here to pick us up. We can't help this kid. We told him he was busy and didn't need to come, but he insisted on coming. Oh, this kid is so filial and annoying."
Wen Chengliang curled his lips in disdain. If he wasn't so old and blind, people would just be calling him their student, right?
Meng Qidi's eyebrows jumped, and she gently pulled the teacher who was about to brag, "Old man, let's go."
If he continues to blow, the cow will probably fly into the sky.
Pulling the reluctant old man into the car, Meng Qidi glanced at the teacher who was still leaning against the car window and asked helplessly, "Why are you here too? Have you eaten?"
"I ate. I thought you guys had finished, so I went to the teacher's place. The driver was about to pick you up, so I took his place."
Ling Xiao started the car and glanced at the people outside. Suddenly, he frowned, "Is that Meng Yuzhen?"
Meng Qidi raised the corners of her mouth, "She said she wasn't, and by coincidence, I met Zhao Youwei, Zhao Zhiqing, and Ge Zhiqing today, and Ge Zhiqing also admitted his mistake."
No? Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows. He would not recognize the wrong person.
Only after the car drove away did Zhao Dezhong sit down and let out a breath, "This day is too tiring."
Meng Qidi turned her head and said, "I thought you liked this..."
She saw that he was having a great time today, and that he was showing off. She thought many people wanted to beat him up...
The old man pursed his lips and sighed, "That's because you don't know the sadness of this. Those old guys are so mean. They always laugh at me for being alone every time I get together..."
This time, Ling Xiao finally gave him face and came to pick him up, so he had to show off!
He has no sons or grandchildren, but his disciples are pretty good!
Ling Xiao glanced at the rearview mirror, "If you don't smile, it will be more convincing..."
Zhao Dezhong glared at the back of his head in dissatisfaction, "Ling Xiao, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"
Ling Xiao glanced at Meng Qidi next to him innocently. He didn't mean to expose her...
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