Chapter 63: Banquet for Mom
Chapter 63
Wen Xi now has two emotions in his mind, one is sudden enlightenment, and the other is nervousness.
Wen Xi suddenly realized that Yan Jue had elders in his family, and he still had a father and a mother.
I don't know what happened, but during their time together, Wenxi tacitly accepted that Yanjue and his brother were the ones with the highest generation in the family. After all, Yan and Su's father were both over 50 years old, and Yanjue had never mentioned his parents much.
The reason for the nervousness was that after suddenly realizing that Yanjue had a father and a mother, Wenxi began to feel anxious about meeting his parents.
This happened too suddenly. It was something that had not been discussed before, and Wen Xi didn't even know the other party's mother's preferences.
Wen Xi, who had just been high-spirited and easily caught the bad guy with a little trick, and sent him to the police station, and proudly took photos with her thumbs up, could be called an expert in catching people. At this moment, she couldn't help but clasp her hands together, trying to keep her face calm. She looked up at Assistant Gu Quan, and asked in a clean and polite voice, trying to delay time, "Assistant Gu, this is a bit sudden. Is Auntie really in a hurry? Does it have to be today? It's too urgent today, and I'm afraid I'll leave a bad impression on Auntie."
"It's okay, Master Wenxi. Madam also planned this meeting on short notice. She was in a tight schedule and could only stay in City A for one night. She heard that Master Yanjue was in a relationship recently, and she was surprised and a little curious, so she wanted to meet you and show some concern for Master Yanjue's love life. It's just a simple acquaintance, so don't be nervous."
Gu Quan's attitude is sincere and his posture is respectful, so he doesn't look like a liar.
And he said it so easily. Since Gu Quan was able to find him in the police station, he must know that he didn't have anything to do right now.
It seems there is no reason to refuse.
Wen Xi lowered her eyes and looked at the hand that Gu Quan extended. She shook it briefly, then quickly released it and said politely, "Wait a moment."
Gu Quan withdrew his hand and smiled: "Okay, Master Wen, don't worry."
Wen Xi nodded and turned to look at the bodyguard A Quan behind him, lowering his voice and asking softly: "A Quan, do you know Gu Quan?"
A Quan looked at his assistant Gu Quan, who stood aside with a smile. Every move he made while waiting was like that of a sophisticated robot. Although they were both called Quan, A Quan felt that Gu Quan, who was as thin as a bamboo pole, was like a fake person. After all, two "Quans" would dislike each other when they met.
"We are mainly responsible for logistics and rarely go to the main house." Ah Quan shook his head and said, "So I don't know the assistants around my wife."
Well, that’s one less way to verify.
Wen Xi turned around and looked at Gu Quan, who smiled at her, obviously having heard their conversation clearly.
Wenxi felt as if he was caught trolling behind someone's back. He sniffed and said, "Please wait a moment."
Gu Quan: "That's good..."
How come some people actually say "good"?
Wen Xi couldn't help but look at Gu Quan again and reached out for his cell phone.
It was unknown whether Yan Jue had finished the meeting at this point. Wen Xi found the phone number of Yan Jue's real assistant Xiao Wang in the address book and dialed it.
The phone rang once and was answered.
"Master Wen, what's the matter?"
Wen Xi took two steps to the side and said in a low voice, "Assistant Wang, is the meeting over?"
"Not yet, probably in half an hour. Do you have anything to say? Please tell me and I'll pass it on after Mr. Yan finishes the meeting. If it's urgent, I can tell the boss right away."
When I heard that Yanjue was still in a meeting, the importance of this meeting regarding the international cooperation of Meneng Technology was self-evident.
Wen Xi hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Ah... It's nothing important. You can tell him after he finishes the meeting. It's just that my aunt sent an assistant to find me and said she wanted to talk to me. I'll go to him to confirm it."
Assistant Wang was silent for a second. Wen Xi heard a sound similar to someone standing up suddenly, and several different sounds of gasping for air. Then Assistant Wang's agitated voice said, "I can tell you right now. The boss has told me that everything related to you is top priority. Please wait a moment."
Wenxi's heart beat faster.
It's embarrassing to hear someone say "top priority".
The phone soon fell into Yan Jue's hands, and a familiar, low voice of a man came from the receiver: "Wen Wen."
Wen Xi shook her head, shaking off the image in her mind of the cold-faced boss solemnly telling her assistant that "Wen Xi is the first choice". She coughed lightly and responded with her phone in her arms, "Brother, an assistant named Gu Quan came to see me and said that my aunt wanted to meet me. I don't know if it's true, so I came to confirm with you to see if I disturbed your meeting."
"No, the meeting is almost over. It's all my subordinates talking. It won't delay us." Yan Jue said, "Gu Quan is indeed my mother's assistant. Give him the phone and I'll talk to him."
"Okay."
Wen Xi obediently walked in front of Gu Quan, and in the man's confused gaze, she said, "Assistant Gu, Yan Jue wants to talk to you."
Gu Quan looked at Wen Xi in surprise as she asked him to answer the phone, with an expression of matter-of-factness on his clean little face.
?
Logically speaking, the plot shouldn't have developed like this.
Shouldn't Wen Xi hesitate for a moment, then get into the car and leave with a worried mood?
How can I call and confirm directly?
Although he was surprised, Gu Quan looked up at the large and conspicuous sign of the police station in front of him and the four tall and strong bodyguards behind Wen Xi. On the one hand, he was amazed at Yan Jue's attentiveness, and on the other hand, he thought to himself that it was a good thing that he was a real assistant, otherwise he would be taken to the police station and jailed in the next second.
Gu Quan maintained proper etiquette and answered the phone: "Hello, Mr. Yan."
The phone was not on speakerphone, but Gu Quan walked to the side. Wen Xi couldn't hear anything and didn't know what Yan Jue said to him. He just watched Gu Quan nod like a stuck robot, and finally returned the phone to Wen Xi with a dazed look on his face.
Wen Xi was curious, so she took the phone and asked, "Are you Auntie's assistant?"
Yan Jue said, "It is indeed my mother's assistant. She is used to adventures all over the world and is always in a hurry. This time she is flying to Antarctica, which will take several months. She wanted to see me before she left, but she didn't make an appointment. She learned from Aunt Zhang that I was in a relationship, so she sent her assistant to pick you up."
At the entrance of the Public Security Bureau, an assistant who called herself Yan Jue's mother blocked me and invited me to meet her. Why did this scene look so much like the scene in a melodramatic novel where a poor boy is not favored by the CEO's mother, so the assistant takes him to meet her and then persuades him to break up.
Wen Xi thought about it and said what was in her heart: "Will Auntie give me money to let me leave you? Just like in the TV series, she is not satisfied with me, and then she throws out a check for five million and tells me to leave my son."
"Five million is too little."
"Huh? Is five million too little?" Wen Xi didn't react for a moment, and whispered to the phone, "The market price in novels is like this."
"If my mom gives you a check, you should raise the price and don't let yourself get hurt."
How come there are still people online teaching the rich how to increase the value of their checks.
But Wen Xi really thought about it, estimated and said: "Fifty million? That's about right."
For ordinary college students, 50 million is really a huge sum of money.
Yan Jue didn't say anything. Wen Xi was quiet for a few seconds. Thinking that he was going to sell 300 million worth of jewelry, he raised the price tentatively according to his status as a rich young master, and said uncertainly, "Five hundred million?"
"Twenty, to make it even."
Wen Xi took a deep breath and said sincerely: "You are really exaggerating."
The total amount should have been 1 billion, but they managed to raise 1.5 billion, which is four times the amount.
"It's okay?" Yan Jue said with some doubt, "True love requires a higher price."
An extremely straightforward "true love" came crashing down on Wen Xi, making him see stars.
"But in novels, the bosses get very angry when they find out their lovers take the money and leave. No one teaches people to raise the price like you do." Wen Xi couldn't help but mutter.
Yan Jue sneered and said, "That only shows that the CEO is a loser. First, he doesn't have the ability to sort out the family affairs, and second, he doesn't have the strength to keep people around him."
Wow.
What a convincing fallacy.
But Wen Xi was really convinced. He glanced at Gu Quan who was looking at his watch, lowered his voice and said firmly: "I won't accept the money even if Auntie gives me."
"What if I really give you 2 billion?"
If he really just threw away 2 billion right away, it would be too cruel and too tempting.
Wen Xi pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Then I will have no choice but to accept it and split it in half with you when I come back. Then we can date secretly without letting Aunt find out. If that's the case, then you have to be more careful, after all, you're too high-profile."
Ah Quan was standing next to Wen Xi. Although there was some distance between them, his extraordinary hearing enabled him to hear clearly the conversations between Wen Xi and Yan Jue about raising prices.
Ah Quan's mouth twitched.
Is it so abstract that the cold-faced second son of the Yan family is in love with his young, beautiful, and talented college student boyfriend?
"You took the money and had a secret relationship, aren't you afraid that my mom will find out?"
"Don't be afraid." Wen Xi said firmly.
"Wen Xiaozhu, are you so bold now?"
Ah Quan couldn't help but look up at Wen Xi. The young man lowered his head, with a faint smile on his clean face. He said softly, "It's not that you've become bolder, it's because you must have handled everything before being discovered."
Ah Quan heard Yan Jue's low laugh and said, "Yes, you are a smart pig."
Wen Xi's ears felt hot from Yan Jue's hoarse hum. He raised his hand to rub the tip of his ear and hummed in the local Wu dialect: "Yan Jue, I told you a long time ago that I'm very smart. If you have a way, I'll take both your money and you."
Wen Xi felt a little embarrassed after she finished speaking, so she coughed and said, "I can't chat with you anymore, Gu Quan and Auntie are still waiting for me."
"Just follow Gu Quan. Ah Quan and the others will follow behind. They will have their own place to go when they get to the old house. Don't worry about them."
"Okay." Wen Xi nodded.
"Twenty minutes," Yan Jue said, "The meeting is almost over. I should be home twenty minutes later than you."
"So fast?"
“It’s close.”
Wen Xi nodded, "Okay then, I will behave well in front of Auntie."
"Don't be nervous. My mother doesn't interfere with my personal feelings. She's just curious. And she will definitely like you when she sees you."
Yan Jue spoke with such confidence that Wen Xi blushed.
Where Yan Jue couldn't see, Wen Xi said goodbye and waved like a programmed robot, hung up the phone, took a deep breath behind his back to make himself look as calm as Yan Jue, then turned and walked towards Gu Quan.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, let's go now."
Gu Quan: "It's okay, just get in my car. The bodyguards will follow behind."
"good."
*
The car driven by Gu Quan was a business Mercedes. Wen Xi didn't feel the car was real when she sat in it. When she got out of the car, she saw the large manor occupying the top of the hill in front of her. She followed the housekeeper on the quaint and elegant Chinese courtyard corridor. The nervousness of meeting the parents' parents surged into her heart.
Oh my god.
He came to the Yan family's old house in City A, and was going to meet Yan Jue's mother alone.
This kind of pressure was even greater than when he first won the national award in a competition but the results were still unknown. Wen Xi pinched his fingertips and even walked with a limp.
The housekeeper took Wen Xi to the door of a tea room. She looked back and saw that Wen Xi was a little panicked but tried hard to control himself to look like an adult who was not afraid of danger. Her heart softened and she couldn't help but said in a gentle voice, "Master Wen, don't be nervous. Madam is easy to get along with."
"Thanks."
Yan Jue and the housekeeper both said that Madam Yan was very easy to talk to, but the nervousness in Wenxi's heart was not due to fear of his elders, but uncertainty about how much Madam Yan approved of his feelings for them.
After all, he hadn't prepared anything and they were going to meet suddenly.
Moreover, the elder sitting behind a screen in the room was none other than Yan Jue's mother.
Wen Xi has already lost his mother, and his relationship with Yan Jue lacks the blessing of their family, so he is very nervous. He sincerely wants to show the best of himself and hopes that Yan Jue's mother will look favorably upon them.
The housekeeper gestured for Wenxi to enter the tea room: "Madam is inside."
Wen Xi clenched his fists and nodded: "Okay."
Before he walked into the tea room, a clear and hearty female voice came from behind Wen Xi, with a smile: "I'm not in the room."
Wen Xi turned around in a daze. A tall, beautiful woman was standing one meter behind him. She looked to be in her thirties. She was wearing a beige skirt and had her hair tied up in a bun. There was an innate coldness between her eyebrows.
A lady with an aggressive temperament, Wen Xi's already tense mood became even more tense, her eyes blinked in panic, subconsciously stood up straight, and tightened her face to make herself look mature and calm, her throat rolled, and she stretched out her hand and introduced herself seriously: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Wen Xi, Yan Jue's boyfriend."
Wen Xi looked into the other's dark eyes, and her heart was suddenly hit. The eyes of the mother and son were so similar. As long as she saw these two pairs of eyes, she would be amazed at the magic of blood relationship.
But Yan Jue's mother's eyes are more captivating than Yan Jue's. In addition to the same sense of aggression, there is also the tolerance and tenderness that only belongs to a mother.
And these eyes were looking at him with a smile, and the coldness faded away. Her owner spoke in a gentle voice: "Wenxi, it's nice to meet you."
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhu Chengyu."
Zhu Chengyu firmly grasped Wen Xi's slightly trembling palm and whispered softly, "Your hands are cold from being nervous." Then, the next second, he gently placed his other hand on the back of Wen Xi's hand and said naturally, "Warm it up and it won't be cold anymore."
Wen Xi's eyes widened, his brain overloaded and froze in place.
Seeing Wen Xi staring at her hands in a daze, Zhu Chengyu smiled softly and said softly: "I am Yan Jue's mother, and now I am also your mother."
Boom——
My heart was beating like a drum.
All the psychological preparation and precautions on the way here vanished in an instant.
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