Chapter 593 The rough jade is covered in dust, but its brilliance remains unchanged
Compared to Wei Peilan, Su Chengyi and Chu Yuanjiang have more interactions with each other, and the two of them talk more familiarly and comfortably. However, The head of the family seemed to have no intention of coming to the family dinner.
Miss Chu had informed Su Chengyi about this in advance. Chu Yuanjiang said something half-jokingly because he couldn't accept the worthless way his daughter brought her boyfriend home to show off.
But in fact, everyone knows that there must be another reason why he did not come to participate.
Under normal circumstances, the seat of honor is reserved for older and higher-ranking people. In this case tonight, it should be the eldest lady’s grandparents.
But Wei Peilan didn't seem to care about these details. She firmly occupied the main seat of the dinner, and the rest of the Chu family seemed to have acquiesced to this reality. This was probably the usual practice.
Only when Chu Yuanjiang is present, Wei Peilan will take second place.
"Good evening, everyone. I am Su Chengyi, and I am dating Miss Chu Qingmian for the purpose of getting married."
After saying this, Su Chengyi's eyes looked politely from the head of the table. Look around to the end of the table.
I have to say that there are so many Chu family members, it is really a big family.
Chu Yuanjiang had the courage to leave such a large feudal family and go out on his own, taking the business route that his family was most opposed to. He was very courageous.
Two pairs of elderly people are sitting on the side seats on one side. It is easy to identify which side is the grandpa and grandma and which side is the grandpa and grandma.
Because Wei Peilan's parents are almost carved out of her mold. At first glance, they have the image of very serious and strict parents, and their table manners are also meticulous.
A family of robots, Su Cheng thought. No wonder Miss Chu said that her grandparents were the ones she was most afraid of when she was a child.
With these two giant Buddhas with angry eyes standing here, who kind of kid wouldn’t be afraid?
In comparison, the grandparents are a little more easy-going. Grandpa looks very similar to Chu Yuanjiang, and you can completely see Chu Yuanjiang's seventy-year-old appearance through him.
In addition, there were three aunts and six women, seven uncles and eight aunts, cousins, cousins, and cousins who came to the banquet.
Except for those tribesmen who settled in other cities or immigrated overseas, Those who were qualified to receive invitations and those who could come to watch this wonderful show basically came together.
All in all, it was very lively.
Most people have polite smiles on their faces and nod slightly when they look at each other.
The etiquette on the scene can't go wrong after all.
Su Chengyi looked around, and when he was finishing, his eyes finally fell on Miss Chu opposite.
She seemed to have finally turned her attention away from her Parmesan Soufflé and turned to what he had just said. She was blinking her bright eyes and staring with a smile. He looked.
If Wei Peilan’s death gaze did not make Su Chengyi feel that there was anything wrong with his straightforward self-introduction, then being looked at by Miss Chu like this made him a little belated. Excuse me.
Fortunately at this time, the boss next to him also terminated the skill Death Gaze and officially entered the second stage.
"Okay, if nothing else happens, let's start seeing each other often in the future."
Wei Peilan said with a smile.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Su Chengyi always felt that she emphasized the word "accident" very hard, and it sounded like she had ulterior motives.
Eat without speaking and sleep without speaking.
This is probably one of the rules of the Chu family. During the banquet with so many people, except for the collision of knives and forks and the slight sound of chewing, no one spoke.
Everyone lowered their heads and held their knives and forks tightly, concentrating on the marinated Angus beef fillet or charcoal-grilled halibut in the bowl, as if they were trying to dissect the fatty structure of the meat.
No wonder Butler Han said before that there will be a "talk around the fire" after dinner, because no one will talk during the entire dinner.
In fact, Western food is not Su Chengyi’s preference at all.
For him, white people's rice really has a magical power that makes people lose their appetite. The ingredients used in the Chu family's family banquet must be the best and most exquisite, but he has a bad mouth and really can't eat it. Where is the gold?
In comparison, the Malatang restaurant at the entrance of the community is more in line with the taste.
A steaming bowl of sesame sauce and dried chili noodles is brought to the table, and you feel warm from head to toe from the inside out. This is called eating.
So Su Chengyi, while thinking about the bowl of spicy hotpot, tastelessly finished the fresh cod with potatoes on the plate.
Miss Chu across from me eats very seriously. Obviously, she loves all the food in this world very deeply.
Su Cheng observed her for a while, feeling very magical.
If you just look at her eating movements, she is actually very quiet and slow. It shows that she has undergone professional and strict etiquette training.
Normally, people who eat like this don't like to eat.
Just like everyone else here, no one came to eat seriously, and waving knives and forks was just a formality to go along with everyone.
However, even under such shackles, Chu Qingmian still ate very quickly!
She finished the piece of steak in a short while, even the broccoli that was paired with it. It was a perfect disc move.
She looks out of place with the people on the long table, Su Chengyi thought silently as she looked at the eldest lady's slightly bulging cheeks like a little hamster.
Miss Chu's "eating and broadcasting" added a bit of fun to the boring white man's meal. Su Chengyi wiped the corners of his mouth slowly.
Dinner time was over, and he stood up with everyone else.
Except for a small number of close relatives who could stay to participate in the symposium, everyone else stood at the door one after another, preparing to line up to say goodbye to the host.
In other words, it is another very boring part of polite greetings.
Su Chengyi was not very interested in this kind of link. Just as he was about to take advantage of others and sneak to an unattended corner on the other side, Wei Peilan's sinister voice came from behind.
"Did you go the wrong way?"
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Su Chengyi paused and turned around.
Wei Peilan's eyes were light and emotionless. After a while, he raised his chin as if it was some kind of signal.
Su Chengyi sighed quietly in his heart.
Sure enough, it is a blessing, not a curse, but it is a curse that cannot be avoided.
Wei Peilan's intention is obviously today's send-off session. As the leading actor, he needs to be accompanied throughout the whole process.
Although this possibility has been anticipated for a long time, knowing that it is a reality still makes people a little reluctant.
Everyone who was about to leave gathered at the door. Finally, they had a chance to chat, and they all whispered to each other at the top of their lungs.
Su Chengyi just accidentally overheard them talking about the dishes for today's dinner or about their favorite piece of land.
So, obviously, this is "pretending to chat" again.
Maybe both parties don’t know exactly what the other party is talking about. In short, it’s just a forced chat. If you don’t have anything to say, you have to talk forcefully. Then at the right time, you can “look at each other and smile” or “suddenly shake hands.” Weird actions like that.
Just like the NPCs that appear in every map of a role-playing game, the meaning of their existence is to repeat their only line when the protagonist group passes by, so as to create the so-called atmosphere of the map. "Reality".
Maybe this is the way the upper class likes to socialize, Su Chengyi couldn't help but complain secretly.
But the reason why everyone needs to queue up here is because they are waiting for today’s heroine to make her debut again.
Miss Chu was taken back to the cloakroom by the nanny just after finishing her meal. When she appeared again, she had put on a white dress that was less complicated than the one she just wore.
Su Chengyi raised his head and watched her trotting down the carpeted stairs. Her waist-length hair fell behind her slender waist, and her calves under the fluffy princess skirt were straight and white.
When Su Chengyi was looking a little lost, Wei Peilan next to him suddenly asked.
“Is it appropriate?”
“What do you mean?”
Su Chengyi withdrew his gaze and asked calmly. "Is the one on her now more suitable for her, or the one before?"
Wei Peilan threw out a question with unclear meaning without thinking.
Su Chengyi pondered for a long time, shook his head and said:
"Since it is worn on her body, it is difficult to judge it as unsuitable."
He said this very calmly, because It's not deliberately flattering.
With a face like Miss Chu's, it would look good to be wrapped in torn linen.
Just like the princess in distress in the novel, she was wandering around as she fled with the refugees. When everyone else looked earth-colored and haggard, she would still be the one who could be found at a glance among the crowd.
Just like the jade covered with dust, its brilliance is not diminished.
“You can talk.”
Wei Peilan didn’t seem to expect this unexpected answer, and another smile that looked like a nervous twitch appeared on his face.
"I asked her to change her clothes. I don't think the previous one was suitable for such an occasion."
Her articulation was still very deliberate, and she said "I let her change" and "I think" clearly. Quite confident.
"Really?"
Su Chengyi's tone of reply was calm.
Miss Chu stood at the top of the stairs and looked around, obviously looking for someone. The moment her eyes fell on Su Chengyi, she raised her eyebrows and smiled.
But seeing that he was standing with Wei Peilan, his smile faded a little, and then he walked through the crowd towards them.
“Sometimes, you just can’t tell whether it’s suitable or not by yourself.”
Wee Peilan continued.
It’s really strange.
The second before Chu Qingmian pushed through the crowd and reached them, Su Chengyi lowered his eyebrows and smiled, and replied:
"I guess she didn't change that skirt today just because you thought it was inappropriate."
His words were still very unexpected, so Wei Peilan frowned and immediately No words were spoken.
Chu Qingmian finally came to the two of them at this time.
“You are here.”
The eldest lady’s girlish voice was as sweet as ever, dispelling the gloomy atmosphere entrenched in this villa.
She tilted her head slightly and looked at Su Chengyi, the concern in her eyes was self-evident.
Su Chengyi raised the corners of her lips and asked:
"Why did you change your skirt? Didn't you like the one just now?"
It was a very straightforward question.
I don’t know why, but Su Chengyi is very confident. Chu Qingmian is no longer the submissive person that she used to be, who would just silently carry it out when things happen.
Wei Peilan's eyes that had just been deliberately moved back again, and she was also waiting for Chu Qingmian's answer.
“Ah! Do you like the one just now more?”
Unexpectedly, Miss Chu’s focus was very different. She lowered her head and looked at the skirt on her body, looking a little annoyed. .
“Oh~ I thought you would like this style. After all, it looks lighter.”
“Does lightness mean less fabric?”
Having said this, Su Chengyi glanced at her exposed white legs, which he had to say were very eye-catching.
“Don’t look!”
But he was quickly glared at by the eldest lady.
“Actually, the shape of the skirt just now was a little bit bad. I felt so tight that I couldn’t breathe, and the lace on the back of my neck hurt me a little!”
< br>At this point, Chu Qingmian shook her waist-length hair and motioned for Su Chengyi to take a look.
Su Chengyi looked along the direction of her fingers, and sure enough he saw the skin that was a little red from wear.
Originally, he wanted to reach out and poke him, but considering that he was likely to be escorted out by the bodyguards and violently beaten, Su Chengyi suppressed such thoughts.
“Just then the nanny came over and asked me that my mother wanted me to change my clothes. I thought that would be just right, so I might as well change into another one. Doesn’t this look good?”
Chu Qing Mian put down her lifted hair and turned around in a circle to show Su Chengyi the lucky item she had just selected from one hundred and eighty little skirts.
Su Cheng glanced at Wei Peilan's face next to him without leaving any trace.
Ah, it can’t be said to be pleasant.
After a while, he nodded and replied with a smile:
"It looks good."
"Hehe!"
Chu Qingmian's eyebrows were crooked. She laughed, then held up her skirt and performed a standard princess curtsey.
"Thank you~"
"It's time to see off the guests."
Wei Peilan kept her cold expression, turned and walked towards the door.
Looking at her leaving figure, Chu Qingmian couldn't help but poke Su Chengyi and asked in a low voice:
"What did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything."
Su Chengyi restrained his expression and raised his eyebrows as if nothing had happened.
“Humph.”
Knowing that he just didn’t want to say more, so he was perfunctory, and Miss Chu, who knew everything in her heart, curled her lips and continued:
"I will greet you first when I see you off later. If you don't know what to call me, just say it with me. Don't be nervous."
"Okay."
Su Chengyi lowered his head and looked at his watch. The time point at which the send-off process was about to begin was exactly the same as the original schedule that Butler Han had revealed to him before.
Wee Peilan is indeed a human-shaped clock machine, and the precise timing may have been engraved into her DNA.
When the people waiting at the door saw the host approaching, they quickly stopped chatting and stood still, preparing to say goodbye.
Although those who can attend today are relatively important members of the Chu family, in the final analysis, not many can talk to Wei Peilan. This may be the only chance tonight. .
Wei Peilan raised her hand to hold the hairpin and stood where she should be.
Actually, when she was talking to Su Chengyi, she lied a little bit.
The reason why he asked to change clothes was not a new round of testing for Chu Qingmian, but just a deliberate delay in order to let the people at the door wait a little longer.
It is indeed an obedience test, just conducted on other people.
At least on today's occasion, Wei Peilan knew that her position was not that of Su Chengyi's enemy or opponent.
But since this inevitable temptation did not get the result she wanted, it seems reasonable that her position would change accordingly.
(End of this chapter)