Chapter 6 Meeting the Parents
The agreement was made in duplicate, and Zhou Qingti carefully put it away. Lu Yanzhi looked at her pink and tender lips, and belatedly remembered that the lipstick was hers.
Under the table, she secretly twisted her index finger, which still had traces of lipstick on it, as if she wanted to feel a touch that had never existed before.
"Are we going to get the certificate tomorrow?" Lu Yanzhi asked.
"Tomorrow is Saturday. Is the Civil Affairs Bureau open?" Zhou Qingti looked up at him. "Also, I need my household registration booklet to get the marriage certificate. I have to talk to my parents."
Lu Yanzhi realized that a normal marriage required both parents to meet each other, "Then I'll go visit my uncle and aunt tomorrow?"
Zhou Qingti was a little surprised that Lu Yanzhi took the initiative to meet her parents.
"Okay." She now felt that she was cut off from the world. Talking about marriage with a man she had only met three times was the craziest thing she had ever done in her life.
Zhou Qingti felt as if he had drunk fake wine, and his heart was pounding.
Lu Yanzhi believed that if they were to act out a scene, they should do it in its entirety. "So what's the timeline of how we met and fell in love?"
Zhou Qingti was now feeling dizzy and unconsciously supported his chin with his hands. He straightened his back and looked at Lu Yanzhi seriously: "What do you think is a better way to put it?"
Lu Yanzhi felt that she was very feminine at the moment and almost got lost in her serious and deep eyes.
"We're actually college alumni, so how about just saying we met in college and got together a month ago?"
Zhou Qingti had no objection, this timeline was very real.
The two exchanged some details, such as their favorite foods and some sensitive points, and Zhou Qingti found that they were quite similar.
Finally, they agreed that Lu Yanzhi would pick up Zhou Qingti at nine o'clock tomorrow to go back to her parents' house, and then he left.
Zhou Qingti sent him to the door of the store and found that the business sign on the door had changed to "Temporarily Closed". No wonder no customers came in every time he came.
Zhou Qingti sat in the store in a daze for ten minutes. That night she got a handsome and wealthy fiancé. It was too magical.
The most important thing now is to tell her parents that she is bringing her boyfriend home tomorrow.
When the call came through, Mother Zhou was about to go to bed. "Hello, daughter? What's up so late?"
Zhou Qingti was still thinking about how to speak more tactfully, "I'm bringing my boyfriend home for dinner tomorrow."
I can't be tactful, so I have to say it directly.
"What? Where did you get your boyfriend?" Mother Zhou was startled out of her sleep.
"I've been dating him for a month. His name is Lu Yanzhi, and I want to marry him." Zhou Qingti once again went straight to the point, without caring about Zhou's mother's life or death.
Mother Zhou was so frightened by these words that she sat up straight, and Father Zhou, who was lying next to her, shuddered. "What's wrong? Why are you so jumpy again?"
Mother Zhou turned on the speakerphone and said, "Listen, listen to what your daughter is saying in the middle of the night."
Zhou Qingti: "I'm going to marry Lu Yanzhi, the president of Luyi Group and the richest man in G City."
Zhou's father grabbed the phone and said worriedly, "Daughter, have you been scammed? Call the police immediately! Don't ever transfer money to this person, and don't click on any links he sends you."
Hey, this old guy has a strong awareness of anti-fraud.
Zhou Qingti said seriously, "I'm serious. I'll take him home around ten o'clock tomorrow."
Mother Zhou wanted to say something but Zhou Qingti interrupted her: "And I won't be cheated. The money the other party transferred to me is pretty good, don't worry."
"See you tomorrow, I love you." Zhou Qingti said and hung up the phone. She didn't dare wait for his parents to question her in detail.
Zhou Qingti felt relieved. The old couple of the Zhou family put on their reading glasses overnight and searched the Internet for information about Lu Yanzhi.
There is a photo of Lu Yanzhi on Baidu, which is his ID photo taken when he just returned to China.
"The young man is quite handsome, and you see it says here that he is unmarried. He is three years older than my daughter, so he is a very suitable candidate for marriage." Mother Zhou took off her reading glasses.
"What do you mean by suitable or not? How could such a wealthy man like our family? I'm just worried that some scammer might be impersonating this person to defraud money." Father Zhou has a first-class anti-fraud awareness.
"He will come to our house tomorrow, so we can just see if it's this person then." Mother Zhou pointed her finger at Lu Yanzhi on the screen.
Although Mother Zhou seemed calm, she was actually full of questions. Could it be that her daughter was so beautiful that the other party had to marry her?
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The sun was rising and the fog was thinning. Lu Yanzhi was exercising in the garden with an old lady who was gray-haired but full of energy.
"Grandma, do I need to give any gifts when I meet the girl's parents?" Lu Yanzhi's voice broke the tranquility of the early morning.
The old lady was practicing Tai Chi slowly. "Which of your friends is going to meet their parents?"
I cursed this brat in my heart, and I don’t know when I can worry about him again.
Lu Yanzhi was also exercising, carefully feeling the force of his muscles. He said calmly, "I, I have to meet my girlfriend's parents at noon."
He said this very naturally, not at all as if he had just picked that girlfriend last night.
Upon hearing this, the old lady stopped practicing Tai Chi and walked over to Lu Yanzhi with a look of surprise on her face: "Whose family is this girl from? How long have you been together?"
I asked him to go on a blind date some time ago and he rejected me, but I didn't expect that he already had a girlfriend he liked.
Lu Yanzhi was very calm: "It's not a wealthy family, let's be together for a month."
The old lady patted Lu Yanzhi's muscular arms and said, "Do you have any photos? Show them to grandma."
Lu Yanzhi realized that there really wasn't any photo. "Wait until I'm done practicing, Grandma. You haven't answered my first question yet."
The old lady gently hit him and said, "Why are you still practicing? You haven't even bought her a gift yet, and you're in the mood to practice? Do you know what she likes? If she likes tea, your dad has a few cans of Mingqian Longjing tea, Pu'er tea cakes, and 20-year-old tangerine peel."
"You can give her mother some jewelry like jade bracelets, and buy a few boxes of expensive fruits. What a person you are! You want to go there at noon, but you're just saying it now! I don't even have time to prepare." The old lady walked back to the villa to get her things in a disappointed manner.
Lu Yanzhi knew nothing about her family, and since it was a marriage by agreement, he didn't take it too seriously. But he still picked up his phone, clicked on the profile picture of the person he hadn't chatted with since adding her on WeChat, and sent the first message.
What do your parents like?
[Can you send me some photos of you? Grandma wants to see them.]
Zhou Qingti was still asleep at this time. He replied to him half an hour later, "Just woke up, sorry," and then sent him three photos of his daily life.
Another voice message was sent to him: "My dad is an old cadre, drinking tea and playing with birds, and my mom... loves beauty."
Zhou Qingti put down her phone and stared blankly at the ceiling. When did she finally get a boyfriend? She was so uncomfortable.
I woke up, got up, washed up, and told the store employees that I would not be going to the store in the morning. I asked them to make a few simple desserts.
Zhou Qingti's voice, just after waking up, was a little hoarse and lazy, and it hooked Lu Yanzhi's auditory nerves like a hook.
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