Chapter 339 Investigation Begins
The lunch was exceptionally sumptuous.
Insect black chicken and water fish soup, boiled shrimp, vermicelli shrimp with garlic sauce, celery, lily, cashew nuts, coprinus comatus and shredded pork...
However, the six people at the table all had somewhat awkward expressions on their faces.
Nian Gao lay beside Lin Wanzhou's legs and kept nudging her. In its opinion, if it followed this female biped, it would definitely eat so much that it would fall on its back today.
However, the girl was too embarrassed to pick up her chopsticks, and she didn't even dare to raise her head, for fear of bumping into the adults.
Who can be blamed for this?
It was her request to ride in Xu Cheng's car, it was she who wanted to buy the ice cream, it was she who slapped the car keys away, and even the oath Xu Cheng made was her request to be stated clearly word for word.
It can be said that in every link, it was oneself who harmed oneself so miserably.
"Eat, why don't you move your chopsticks, hehe."
He Ying forced a smile and pushed Xu Jianghe's arm, "Old Xu, why don't you propose one first?"
In fact, He Ying was not just forcing a smile.
He Ying was naturally very happy about the fact that her son had taken Director Gao's daughter away with him.
Happy from the bottom of my heart.
However, in order not to irritate Gao Manman, she thought it would be better for her to look like she was forcing a smile.
After all...even though it has arched, it hasn't completely arched over, right?
Since the person is still in the other person's house, let's celebrate after we trick him into doing something.
Um.
Refuse to open champagne at halftime.
This is the life experience that He Ying has accumulated from his youth to middle age.
Xu Jianghe cooperated and raised the juice.
"Then let me mention one first."
Everyone raised their juice as well.
Xu Jianghe cleared his throat.
"Let me say a few words first. Congratulations to our two children for achieving such good results. Dad is very proud of you..."
Xu Jianghe was talking about himself with great joy, so He Ying secretly stepped on him under the table.
Xu Jianghe quickly realized that he had spoken too early.
He glanced at Gao Manman and Lin Qingyuan's faces, which both looked bad, and coughed twice.
"I mean, Zhou Zhou, Uncle Xu is proud of you too."
"You two will be going to college soon, so dad... and uncle, wish you academic success and hope you can become the pillars of the country soon!"
He Ying interrupted him with a smile.
"I think you have too many meetings. Do you need them as pillars of society? In my opinion, you should just live a more comfortable life."
"Women's opinion."
"Xu, Jiang, He?"
"Okay, okay."
Seeing that He Ying on the other side of the table was about to lose her temper, Gao Manman quickly interrupted her.
"Then I wish the two children a bright future."
"Director Gao is still good at talking."
The six cups clinked together, and everyone began to use their chopsticks one after another.
The atmosphere gradually became harmonious, until Xu Cheng considerately stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a chicken leg and habitually stuffed it on top of Lin Wan's porridge and rice.
The four adults' eyes were all focused on him for a moment.
Lin Wanzhou was so embarrassed that she buried her face in the rice and just focused on eating.
However, the girl's mind was quietly relaxed. While the adults were chatting and not paying attention, she boldly picked up a shrimp and secretly put it into Xu Cheng's bowl.
The meal was finished quickly.
Lin's father said enthusiastically that he would prepare a graduation banquet for Lin Wanzhou in the near future, and hoped that Xu Cheng's family would also come.
Naturally, I agreed very readily.
Xu Cheng’s kitchen.
While washing dishes, He Ying and Xu Jianghe exchanged glances with each other.
After a while, Xu Jianghe wiped his wet hands and came out of the kitchen, looking at his son who was sitting on the sofa watching TV .
"Tell me about it."
"ah?"
Xu Cheng looked around and finally pointed at himself.
"Dad, are you talking to me?"
"If I don't talk to you, how about I talk to the cat?"
“Meow.”
"Stop pretending to be stupid. Your mother and I are neither blind nor deaf. Tell me the truth. What's going on with you two now?"
"Well……"
Seeing that he couldn't fool the crowd, Xu Cheng had no choice but to tell the truth.
After all, he was just flirting with his childhood sweetheart, and he didn't commit any crime punishable by beheading.
Besides, in an era when people are less and less fond of getting married, he is able to actively pursue love, and as parents, we should support him in this regard.
Just dip your finger in the juice, draw a curve on the coffee table, and then point to a point on the curve.
"If it's a line like this, we should be here."
Xu Jianghe glanced at him for a while, the expression on his face changed again and again, he seemed to want to say something but stopped, and finally nodded and said something.
"Don't bully others."
Then he left.
Xu Cheng was left a little confused.
This is the function curve he wrote for Lin Wanzhou. He showed it casually to his father, thinking he would have to explain it to him, but he understood it right away?
"Dad, do you understand?"
Xu Jianghe turned his head in surprise.
"What's so hard to understand? It's just an intimacy curve."
Xu Jianghe thought about it and felt something was wrong. "How do you know this? Did you hear it from your mother?"
Xu Cheng shook his head and answered the question irrelevantly.
"...Dad, I am sure that I am your biological child."
"???"
The other side.
In Lin Wanzhou’s SUV.
Gao Manman sat in the driver's seat, and from time to time she looked up at the rearview mirror, from which she could see her daughter sitting in the back seat playing with her mobile phone.
Occasionally her eyes would meet her husband's.
The two looked at each other and noticed something unusual in each other's eyes.
It's like they all know something, and this thing is both similar and different.
After returning home, Lin Wanzhou stayed in his bedroom for the entire afternoon.
She rarely went out, fearing that she would be caught and questioned by her parents.
There is always a loophole, and finally when she sneaked out to drink water at night, she was caught by her mother.
Just when the girl was about to retreat back to her bedroom.
"Congee."
Gao Manman shouted.
When Lin Wanzhou was called, he turned around nervously.
"What's wrong, mom?"
The girl's hands were scratching at the hem of her clothes and shorts, not knowing where to put them, and her palms were wet with sweat.
Gao Manman walked up to her daughter.
Seeing that her eyes were gentle and it didn't seem like she was going to scold him, Lin Wanzhou felt relieved.
Gao Manman raised her hand and touched the girl's head.
"You're growing so fast. You're taller than your mom now, and I haven't even noticed yet."
The girl pouted slightly and spoke softly in a coquettish tone.
"I've been taller than you for a long time."
"It's been so many years. Mom has grown old, and you've grown into a big girl."
Lin Wanzhou grabbed Gao Manman's arm.
"How can she be old? My mother is still a great beauty."
Gao Manman smiled gently and helped her tidy up her hair.
"Your father and I are both very career-oriented, and neither of us can take care of the family. You've been alone too much these years, and it's your parents who have wronged you."
“…”
Lin Wanzhou didn't speak for a long time.
Her butterfly-like eyelashes fluttered a few times. For some reason, I felt my eyes were hot and my nose was sore.
"No...grievance..."
"You're so sad even though you haven't felt wronged. Are you blaming your mother?"
"That's not strange."
As she spoke, Lin Wanzhou's tears began to fall down her cheeks.
Gao Manman patiently helped her wipe it off with toilet paper.
"You're such a grown-up girl, and you're still crying. When you were a kid and didn't like going to kindergarten, you cried to me at home, and I had to wipe your nose for you. That's how I wiped it."
"Hmm."
Lin Wanzhou was crying her heart out, and felt embarrassed when her mother said that. She accidentally blew some snot bubbles, which made her laugh, but she also felt embarrassed and choked a few times.
"I, I loved going to kindergarten when I was a kid..."
"That was after you met Xu Cheng."
"Hmm."
When the girl heard her mother mention Xu Cheng's name, she lowered her head in embarrassment and dared not speak.
Gao Manman helped her wipe her face clean.
"You've already turned 18. You'll be a big girl in the future. Mom and Dad didn't do a good job before, and it will be difficult for them to protect you in the future. You must take care of yourself outside, okay?"
"knew."
"Okay, go to bed, baby."
"Um."
Lin Wanzhou agreed in a low voice and returned to the bedroom with Gao Manman.
She slid into bed, and Gao Manman attentively checked every corner of the quilt for her, pulled the quilt tightly, and finally gave her a light kiss on the girl's smooth forehead.
"Goodnight, baby."
The orange table lamp was turned off, and at the last second before the bedroom door was closed, the girl turned sideways and spoke towards the door.
"Good night, mother."
…
The summer vacation passed quickly.
The Internet has been very lively this summer.
Penguin and 360 started to quarrel. If you logged into Penguin, it would remind you that there was some junk software on your computer. If you installed 360 on your computer, it would also remind you to uninstall all Penguin software.
In short, it's either me or him, and it's a battle that's enough to entertain the entire network, and the popularity is surprisingly high.
And then there was a small fire...
And there is Weibo.
The Internet has reached a new speed, and the number of Internet users has surpassed that of the beautiful country of China. Everyone is trying new things on the Internet to avoid being left behind by the times.
Weibo is such an exceptionally fresh platform.
This is partly due to the vigorous promotion of Hapi.com, and partly due to the popularity of the 3Q War.
When netizens watch a fight, they always need a platform to give advice and comment.
Weibo plays this role perfectly.
This summer, Xu Cheng had a rare period of free time.
Pei Xueqi was on summer vacation. Although she was one year older, she played more crazily with Lin Wanzhou and the others than they did. Several times when she got drunk, they helped to send her home.
Finally one day, when Xu Cheng was taking a nap until the afternoon, Lin Wanzhou called him and told him that his father had a dinner party that night.
This period of time passed so slowly that both of them almost put their doubts behind them.
"Xu Cheng, do you still want to investigate? Nothing has happened during this period of time, I think it should be nothing..."
"I don't know either."
Xu Cheng stretched and got up from the bed. "Why don't you use your woman's sixth sense to sense it. If you think there is something wrong, then we will go."
"Then go ahead."
It’s not a question of sixth sense.
But Xu Cheng didn't come to see her the whole day, and she was too embarrassed to say to him, "Xu Cheng, let's go on a date."
Why not just use this incident as an excuse to call him out for a walk together.
Xu Cheng agreed and got out of bed.
He had a set of clothes on the hanger, but he found a clean set in the closet and put it on.
There were also two pairs of shoes at the door, one dirty pair and the other a pair of pure white Nike running shoes.
Without hesitating for a second, he put on the clean white Nikes and went out.
Although Lin Wanzhou often stepped on his feet, the boy still liked to dress himself up to look more handsome when going out with her.
Even because Lin Wanzhou liked the smell of laundry detergent on him, he was very thoughtful and added more when washing clothes to make the smell stronger on the clothes.
But if you are going out to play with Li Qiuyang, it doesn’t matter. You can just wear the dirtiest outfit. Not only does it save the effort of washing clothes, but it also saves you the trouble of being approached by unfamiliar girls.
Of course, he would definitely not tell Lin Wanzhou about this little trick.
Boys always have some thoughts at these times.
In front of girls, you must pretend to be——
Woman, I just wear it casually, but it looks cool and you like it.
When I arrived at Lin Wanzhou’s house.
As soon as he knocked on the door, Lin Wanzhou happened to be standing at the door.
The girl also looked very eye-catching. She wore a black floral long skirt. Her pair of fair and beautiful long legs under the black skirt was very eye-catching. What was even more exaggerated was that even part of her thighs were exposed.
For a moment, Xu Cheng wondered if girls would have such little thoughts, and dress more beautifully when going out with the person they like.
I think so.
Isn’t there a saying that women dress up to please themselves?
This makes the girl's little thoughts become legitimate.
"You're going out with me just wearing slippers?" Xu Cheng looked down.
"I forgot to change it..."
The girl, who had hurriedly followed Xu Cheng out, shrank back into the door and took out a pair of white shoes from the entrance to change into them.
The sight of the girl changing her shoes is also very pleasing to the eye.
With one hand on the wall, bend the calf and lift it slightly, lean the body slightly outward, and lift the back of the shoe with the white fingers.
"Mom, I'm going out."
"Oh, ok, be safe."
"rest assured."
After saying hello to Gao Manman, the two of them went out together.
When they were in the corridor, they went down the stairs one after the other, and when they reached the bottom of the stairs, they were already holding hands.
Although they were investigating the matter of Lin Wanzhou's father, the two felt that it was no big deal and were still very relaxed. They did not act like it was a secret operation.
The only time they would be nervous was probably when they met someone they knew, then their hands would quickly separate.
Xu Cheng also took the initiative to say hello to the white-bearded old man he met.
"Uncle, are you out walking your bird?"
"Yeah, where are you two going so late at night?"
"Take a walk and enjoy the night breeze. It's comfortable."
"Oh, you live wisely."
The two young men walked out of the community.
The old man with white beard looked at the two men's backs and stroked his beard with some sigh.
This is how it is like in a family compound. People live there for decades and it’s always interesting to see what happens to someone’s family or what changes happen. He lives long and has a lot of free time, so he has witnessed these things from the beginning to the present, and it’s quite interesting.
Naturally he also knew these two families.
From the time these two adults moved in, to the time these two children grew up, from the time these two had some small secrets, to now there is a big secret...
He has witnessed all these processes.
He held the birdcage with one hand , stretched his spine, and smiled at his old friend.
"Live well."
"Maybe one day."
"We can still see these two people's children running around..."
