Chapter 53

◎Atypical Bride Robbery◎

The two of them made appointments for short meetings for several days, being very affectionate and inseparable. Wen Xu went home on Friday night and planned to find a chance to sneak out tomorrow.

This really became Romeo and Juliet, they had to meet secretly at their old ages.

Why couldn't they be open and aboveboard? Wen Xu watched Han Ling getting better little by little, thinking that he would confront her when she was completely recovered. At worst, he could run away from home again, which he would love nothing more than that.

The theme of the dinner that day was the latest movie, a martial arts film, the retirement work of Han Ling's favorite martial arts star. Wen Pinyan accompanied her to the cinema and booked a screening.

"I haven't had it for decades, and the popcorn tastes pretty good," Han Ling asked Wen Xu, "Do you know that there are chocolate and fruit flavors of popcorn now? So novel."

"I'll invite you to watch it after I get paid," their relationship has eased a lot, and Wen Xu dares to joke, "I just can't afford the venue."

After dinner, they watched a variety show together. Since he came back, Han Ling and Wen Pinyan no longer control his bedtime and wake-up time to the second, and even said to him: "It's the weekend, just sleep until you wake up naturally."

He nodded and said to them: "Good night." The

atmosphere was full of joy and the atmosphere was developing well. He was happy, but he felt like he was standing on the clouds, floating. He was always afraid that he would miss the next step and fall to the ground and be smashed to pieces.

Before going to bed, he and Du Ningyang sent WeChat to ask her what she was going to do on the weekend.

Echo: [I'm having lunch with Zhu Yao and her acquaintance tomorrow at noon. ]

Encore: [Where to eat and what to eat. ]

Echo: [A newly opened Cantonese restaurant in Huaibei. Even if I tell you, you won't know. 】

Encore:【Isn't it a congratulation to Yao's acquaintance? 】

Echo:【No, don't talk nonsense. 】

Echo:【Oh yes, speaking of this acquaintance, you may know him. Do you know Gao Jian? 】

Encore:【No. 】

Echo:【... You must know Li Yashan, Huai Li was in the same class with you before. 】

Encore:【I know this one. 】

He will remember the woman who posted a photo of Du Ningyang and Jin Zhenqi in the studio group and praised Jin Zhenqi for being handsome for the rest of his life. He even remembers Li Yashan's online name, damn Aka Shanshan.

Echo:【He is Li Yashan's husband, Li Yashan should come tomorrow. 】

Encore:【Help me give Li Yashan a punch. 】

Echo:【? 】

Starting from Saturday morning, the servants were busy. The flower shop brought back many flowers in a truck early in the morning. They were so beautiful that some petals were still covered with dew.

There were people coming and going in the backyard, some setting up the stage, some decorating the background.

Wen Xu slept until about nine o'clock, and was awakened by the sound of people talking and walking outside. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, washed up, leaned against the door frame, and asked a servant casually, "What are you doing?"

The servant looked flustered and stammered, "Today... Today the master and his wife have a dinner party, and they are busy decorating it."

"What party? How come I don't know who is coming?" Wen Xu, who had not woken up completely yet, did not notice the servant's abnormality, and asked patiently.

"Yes, it's just a business banquet like usual, and some business partners will come."

"My mother is not in good health, how can we have such a banquet?" He woke up a little now and waved his hand, "Forget it, go and get busy."

"By the way," the servant remembered Han Ling's instructions and said the words that he had memorized with great difficulty, "Sir and his wife have tailored a new suit for you and made a pair of handmade leather shoes for you. Please try it first to see if it fits. If it fits, you can wear it to the party tonight."

The servant took out a brand new suit from the cloakroom and carefully spread it on the bed sheet for Wen Xu. Wen Xu said, "I know, you go out first."

The servant left the room as if relieved, closed the door considerately, and walked downstairs along the spiral staircase, holding the handrail as he walked.

She helped the wife and deceived the young master. They have been acting these days.

They pretended to be normal, but watched the wife put a foundation that was several shades whiter on her face, watched the private doctor chat and laugh and give an overly exaggerated medical list, watched the young master hurried back with a worried face, and watched the husband and wife pretend to be harmonious and perform a warm performance.

Watching the wedding company's car drive to the door, the unloading sign read: Wen Xu & Xia Zhitang, engagement banquet.

"Aunt Li, what are you standing there for? Come over and help, find a piece of cloth to cover this sign first," Han Ling stood on the lawn in the yard and waved at her, full of energy and a smile on her face, "By the way, did you give the suit to Wen Xu? I saw the curtains in his room were drawn, he should have gotten up."

"Here, ma'am, give them all to him."

"He didn't suspect anything, did he?"

"No, tell him it was a business banquet."

"Well, well done."

Han Ling was about to do something else, and the servant suddenly hesitated and pulled her.

"What?" She looked a little impatient, shaking her sleeves, as if the servant's hands were dirty.

"Madam, if we do this...will it be bad for the young master?" she asked in a low voice, glancing in the direction of the window. "After all, it is a marriage."

"It's not your turn to worry about whether it's good or not. Would I harm him?" Han Ling was too lazy to waste words with her. "It's busy today. You should bear more...get it?"

"Yes, I know."

As for tomorrow, get your salary and get out.

-Du

Ningyang and Zhu Yao originally wanted to find Gao Jian to seriously inquire about learning special effects makeup, but Li Ya suddenly appeared. They only talked about business for ten minutes. After roughly figuring it out, they started to chat about gossip.

The meal was almost over, and they went to the coffee shop to continue the conversation. They chatted until after four o'clock. The two had roughly understood the marriage and family situations of most people in the studio, some of which were even bloody.

Zhu Yao accidentally revealed that Du Ningyang was divorced, but was now dating a handsome guy.

Li Yashan is as bold and straightforward as she was in the past, "A woman should be like Ah Du, dating one, dumping one, and dating another, and still be able to be 'eternal besties' with her sister-in-law."

Zhu Yao laughed and said arrogantly, "That's right, sisters are like limbs, and men are like clothes, you have to change one after a season, and you can also add a few when winter comes."

Gao Jian sat on the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He checked the time on his phone and reminded Li Yashan, "Shan, we are leaving. There may be traffic jams today on the weekend."

"Do you have the next one?" Du Ningyang was reluctant to leave, "There are still many things to talk about."

"Oh, I almost forgot about this one." Among all the gossips, this one was the most boring. Li Yashan then remembered the next one, "By the way, do you still remember Wen Xu? The one in our class in the studio before, very boring, super rich man with no sense of existence."

Hiss, not only did he remember, but he was also very familiar with him.

Du Ningyang pretended to be calm and asked, "I remember, what's wrong?"

Li Yashan took out a picture of an invitation from his phone and handed it to Zhu Yao and Du Ningyang. "He's getting engaged today. His parents sent an invitation to my parents, inviting us to go together. You should know the bride, Xia Zhitang, who is also in our class."

"Shit..." Zhu Yao's eyes were about to fall out. "Shit..."

The invitation was clearly written word by word, Wen Xu & Xia Zhitang, engagement party, not a single word was wrong.

Zhu Yao slowly turned to Du Ningyang, his throat rolling with difficulty, "Do you... know about this?"

"I don't know," Du Ningyang spoke quickly, but his heartbeat was even faster, and his hand holding the coffee cup was shaking, "Tell me, is there a possibility... that he himself doesn't know about this."

Yes, there was no photo of the two of them on this invitation, only two lines of words.

Combined with the abnormal behavior of his psychopathic parents recently, he was very likely to be kept in the dark, and once again, like countless times in the past, he was pushed to the rack by them on their own initiative.

Zhu Yao seemed to be awakened, "Then call him, quickly, tell him to run."

Du Ningyang quickly took out his cell phone and called Wen Xu. While the call was connected, Li Yashan and Gao Jian sat opposite, confused, tilting their heads, waiting for Zhu Yao to take the time to explain.

"Wen Xu is her boyfriend," Zhu Yao's mouth twitched, "It may be a bit far-fetched, but it is true. They are in the period of passionate love, and Wen Xu can't get engaged secretly."

Now it was Li Yashan's turn to shout "Fuck--" very loudly.

There was a rapid "beep beep beep beep" in the call, and Du Ningyang looked up with a face full of horror, "What if he didn't answer the phone?"

"Call again, quickly!"

"...Still not answering!"

"Wait for me to send him a text message," Du Ningyang's hands danced wildly on the screen, sending out strange sentences like: [Your mother lied to you about getting engaged! Run! ! ]

As expected, there was no reply.

Forget it. After thinking for a moment, Du Ningyang stood up like a general going to war, took his bag, waved his hand, and said in one go, "Then let's go find him. Shan, where is your car?"

"Basement."

"Lead the way!"

When Gao Jian came to his senses belatedly, the three women had already rushed to the garage in high heels like an arrow from a bowstring.

-Why

are there so many pink roses at a business banquet?

Wen Xu looked at the lawn in the yard, and such a strange question popped up in his mind. But he didn't have time to think too much. Han Ling's voice penetrated the door and asked him to go downstairs to greet the guests.

He changed into a well-tailored black suit, put on a watch, pushed open the door, and replied, "I'm coming."

Han Ling reached out, snatched Wen Xu's mobile phone, and put it in her small handbag, "This suit is tailored just right, it suits my son, but the mobile phone looks ugly in the pocket, and it sticks out and looks tasteless."

Is that so? He didn't think much, and followed Han Ling downstairs, standing under the flower arch at the entrance of the lawn to greet the guests.

The first people to come were actually Xia Zhitang's family. Xia Zhitang wore a light pink gauze dress, with delicate and rich makeup on her face and her hair done specially.

Han Ling and Xia's mother hugged each other very warmly, and their intimacy made Wen Xu feel extremely strange. Soon, many unfamiliar faces came in one after another. He smiled very politely, and they said to him: "Congratulations."

Wen Xu suddenly felt that something was wrong.

This was not a professional and calm business banquet, this was... The moment he turned around, the velvet cloth on the sign was torn off, revealing the words "Wen Xu & Xia Zhitang, Engagement Banquet".

Wen Xu stood there like a stone statue, staring at his "seriously recovered" mother in disbelief, smiling like a spring breeze, and his father also returned to his original indifferent and nonchalant self, standing not far away and examining everyone.

The play was over.

Han Ling touched his sleeve and squeezed out a few words, "Son, smile and be happy."

"What are you doing?" He asked in a trembling voice.

"It's for your own good," she insisted, "Zhitang was carefully selected by us. Since you don't like her, learn to cultivate your feelings slowly."

He wanted to leave, run away, and burst these bubbles full of fake smiles and congratulations, but he just stayed where he was, feeling like he couldn't breathe.

"The Xia family is our best partner," Han Ling continued to put pressure on him, "they helped us when our capital chain was not turning over a while ago. Zhitang has known you since childhood and is trustworthy. Marrying her is a win-win situation."

"Mom," he said this affirmative sentence while holding back his heartache, "you have never cared about me."

Han Ling chuckled, "Care? Do you know what care is? I did it for your own good. I fought for you with a clear conscience. In the past ten years, I have done everything to consolidate your position in the family. But what about you? You ran away from home and pursued the so-called bullshit love. Now I bring you back to the right track, and you blame me..."

Xia Zhitang saw the tense atmosphere here and knew that Wen Xu was kept in the dark about this engagement. However, such a respectable family would never let down their guard in such an important occasion. Even if they were acting, they would act flawlessly.

"Ah Xu, let's stand closer," she walked to Wen Xu and smiled sweetly at him. No matter what others thought, this was a handsome man and a beautiful woman, a perfect match made in heaven.

Wen Xu impatiently shook off her hand, and she gently took it again, tiptoed and whispered to him, "There are so many people, can you give me some face?"

Before he could say "no", a loud voice came from the distance.

"Wen Xu! - It's me, run, our car is outside."