Seeing her father's face suddenly frown again, Qiu Mengyun thought he was starting to suspect that Xia Tian's tea was stolen.
She hurriedly explained, "Dad, this tea was really given to me by Mr. Li from Wangyuanzhai. I was there at the time, and he handed it to Xia Tian personally. We wouldn't do anything illegal."
Qiu Liming: "Of course I know that this tea was not stolen by him. If it was so easy to steal, it would have been stolen long ago."
Xia Tian understood why Qiu Liming asked this. Given their family background, they must have investigated him a long time ago after finding out that he was dating Qiu Mengyun.
Now that he has taken out so many things, which should not be accessible to him, it is normal for the other party to have some doubts.
He explained with a smile: "Uncle Qiu, my dad and Uncle Li from Wangyuanzhai are comrades-in-arms."
Qiu Liming frowned. "He's just a comrade, and he can just give you such a precious thing? Do you think I'm too old to be fooled?"
Xia Tian quickly shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Qiu, I definitely didn't lie to you. The reason Uncle Li is so kind to me is actually because my father saved his life back then."
"They are close friends, so after learning that Mengyun and I were in a relationship and that today was our first visit, he gave me these two gifts to give to you."
After hearing Xia Tian's explanation, Qiu Liming's frown finally relaxed.
"So that's how it is. Li Hongfei is indeed a man who values friendship and loyalty. If your father saved his life, then it makes sense for him to give these things to you."
Qiu Mengyun, who was sitting next to Xia Tian, whispered in his ear, "Didn't you ask for these gifts yourself? How can you say that Uncle Li gave them to you?"
Xia Tian said softly, "Shh! Just know that these things have a legitimate origin. Don't worry about the details."
Qiu Liming thought that the young couple were whispering to each other and didn't pay much attention.
He just took the tea in front of him and repackaged it with a look of joy.
Seeing his action, Zhao Zhizhou on the side was unhappy: "Boss Qiu, what you are doing is a bit unkind!"
"I came all the way here to help you identify antiques, and you promised to treat me to tea and reminisce about the past. We haven't even had the tea yet, and you're already planning to pack it up?"
Qiu Liming laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. I'll go to the study and get some tea. We can have a good cup of tea and reminisce about the past."
Zhao Zhizhou laughed and said, "It's such a hassle to go to the study to get tea leaves. There's already some ready-made right in front of us!"
Qiu Liming quickly hugged the tea leaves into his arms: "This won't do. This is a gift from my future son-in-law. It's not convenient to use it to entertain people."
Seeing his nervous look, Zhao Zhizhou said unhappily, "It's inconvenient as hell. I think you're just too stingy. I'm not going to take it away, but you're reluctant to even have a drink here. Aren't you afraid of getting it out and making fun of me?"
Hearing him say this, Qiu Liming also began to feel conflicted.
If I give him the drink, I feel reluctant to do so. If I don't give it to him, I'm afraid that it will get out and affect my reputation.
In the end, it was Qiu's mother who saw through his dilemma and said with a smile, "It's just some tea leaves. No matter how valuable they are, they are not as precious as the friendship between friends."
"Boss Li from Wangyuanzhai can give so much as a gift to Xia Tian, so why not give some to treat Master Zhao?"
Hearing what Mother Qiu said, Zhao Zhizhou immediately echoed, "Mrs. Qiu is still sensible, unlike Qiu Liming..."
After hearing what his wife had said, Qiu Liming didn't want to leave an impression of being stingy in front of his future son-in-law.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm not a stingy person. I'll get the tea set now."
Qiu Liming and Zhao Zhizhou gathered together and tasted the flavor of the mother tree Dahongpao with great enjoyment.
Here, Qiu's mother started to ask Xia Tian all kinds of questions. She originally thought that she had already understood Xia Tian's situation.
But after seeing the gift Xia Tian gave her, she realized that she didn't know her future son-in-law well enough.
"Xiao Xia, how many girlfriends have you had before?"
"Our Mengyun has never been in a relationship before, so she has no experience in many things. You should take good care of her."
"Xiao Xia, where do you plan to settle down after you two get married? How about buying a house in Zhengcheng and then one in Hangzhou?"
"Xiao Xia, do you prefer boys or girls? How many children do you plan to have?"
Listening to her mother talking more and more, even bringing up the matter of having a second child, Qiu Mengyun was completely upset.
Her eyes rolled and she remembered that she hadn't taken out the gift she brought for her mother yet.
She quickly took out the set of imperial green jadeite jewelry that Xia Tian had asked from Wang Tianfeng from her bag.
She came close to her mother and said, "Mom, stop talking. Look at what this is."
Mother Qiu glanced at her and said unhappily, "Girl, can't you see I'm chatting with Xiao Xia? Get out of the way first. I'll help you after I'm done."
Qiu Mengyun, however, refused to give in and hugged her mother's neck: "No, this is a gift from Xia Tian to you, you must see it."
Mother Qiu smiled and said, "You can look at the gift later. As long as it's from Xiao Xia, I'll like it no matter what it is."
Xia Tian, who had been sitting upright, suddenly felt pain in his legs and immediately said, "Auntie, just take a look! I spent a lot of effort to get this. Although it's only one gift, it's not any easier than Uncle Qiu's two gifts."
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