Chapter 132 Meeting the Parents
Gu Zhengchen took Liang Jingwan's hand and walked in slowly, showing his clasped hands without changing his expression.
Xu's father, Xu's mother, and Zhou's father and mother looked surprised, but after thinking about it for a moment, they quickly covered it up.
Xu Ying and Zhou Xu'an looked at each other, and a flash of understanding flashed in their hearts.
With a "click", the door was closed by Ruan Wanshu, cutting off the constant noise in the corridor, and the room became silent again.
Liang Jingwan recognized Gu Zhenglin and Shen Lingyi at first sight, for no other reason than their looks.
Shen Lingyi was sitting on the sofa, wearing a navy blue cheongsam and a shawl. Her long hair was simply rolled up, her manners were generous and decent, her face was kind, and her smile was graceful.
Next to her, Gu Zhenglin, wearing a black suit, looked exactly like Gu Zhengchen, but his facial features were sharper, deeper, and solemn.
Liang Jingwan and Gu Zhengchen stood three steps away.
Liang Jingwan pretended to be calm and spoke, calling each other one by one, but her palms were so hot and sweaty that they almost slipped from Gu Zhengchen's hands.
Blinking her eyes, she happened to face Shen Lingyi who was looking at her with a smile. Liang Jingwan couldn't help but squeeze Gu Zhengchen's hand tightly.
Gu Zhengchen also spoke and addressed the people around him one by one, but when he called Shen Lingyi, his tone became more serious, as if to remind him.
Shen Lingyi said "Yeah" lightly, but his eyes kept looking at Liang Jingwan, with a smile on his face, making no secret of his love for Liang Jingwan,
Others also had the foresight to find excuses and leave.
"There are still guests waiting for us to greet you outside. Brother Gu and Mrs. Sister-in-law, we will leave first."
Gu Zhenglin nodded.
After the door opened and closed, Shen Lingyi reached out to greet Liang Jingwan and spoke in a gentle voice: "Come and sit next to me."
Gu Zhengchen let go of his hand and raised his chin, "Go ahead." He put his hand on Liang Jingwan's lower back and pushed her forward slightly.
Liang Jingwan walked over calmly and sat next to Shen Lingyi. She smiled and let Shen Lingyi look at her, but her hands were unconsciously clenched into fists.
Gu Zhengchen, on the other hand, found a single sofa next to him and sat down, crossing his legs and placing his fingers naturally between his legs. He raised the corners of his lips and looked at the three people opposite him.
Shen Lingyi's voice rang in the room, "I've heard Zheng Chen talk about you for a long time. We urged him repeatedly, but he refused to let us see you."
As she spoke, she raised her eyes and glared at Gu Zhengchen, and at the same time raised her elbow to Gu Zhenglin's side, gesturing for him to speak.
Gu Zhenglin cleared his throat and turned his eyes to Liang Jingwan, "Xiaowan, right?"
The voice she spoke was low and serious, and Liang Jingwan couldn't help but straighten her back, no less upright than when she first learned to write with pencil, her eyes were sincere, "Uncle."
"Don't be nervous. In fact, we have seen each other before." Shen Lingyi patted Liang Jingwan's thigh a few times.
I had seen it before, but only when I was a child more than ten years ago. Liang Jingwan twitched her lips, but she did relax.
The words were picked up by Shen Lingyi: "I heard Zheng Chen said that he had already met Director Liang and Mrs. Liang?"
Liang Jingwan nodded and replied seriously: "Well..." her tone paused for a moment, "Our whole family likes him very much."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Zhengchen stared at Liang Jingwan with interest, a smile filling his eyes.
Shen Lingyi also smiled and inadvertently glanced at Gu Zhengchen who was diagonally opposite. Seeing him looking at Liang Jingwan with a happy expression, the smile on her lips deepened.
"We like you too, right?" Shen Lingyi said, tilting his head and raising his eyebrows at Gu Zhenglin.
"Yeah."
Gu Zhenglin responded to Shen Lingyi's question, shook the cigarette box with his hand, slowly took out a cigarette, and was about to pick up a lighter and light it for himself. Shen Lingyi next to him heard the voice and glanced at his hand, implying a warning. Gu Zhenglin's hand froze, the cigarette stuck between his fingers. He cleared his throat, pretending to be serious, and waved his hand, "You guys talk first, I'll go out and smoke." A cigarette.”
Gu Zhengchen followed Gu Zhenglin and walked out together, leaving space for the two future mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had just met.
Standing on the terrace, Gu Zhengchen had a smile on his lips, "I didn't bring people here as you said, so why didn't you say anything inside?"
Gu Zhenglin heard his son's squeeze, snorted softly, lit the cigarette, took a puff, held the cigarette between his fingers, and exhaled the smoke, "Before you guys arrived, your mother told me not to talk."
The implication is that he listened to Shen Lingyi's words.
"Six years old sounds good at home, but when I look at people, the little girl looks really young, and she is really different compared to you."
Today, Liang Jingwan is wearing a pink off-shoulder sweater and a cream pleated skirt, which indeed makes her look smaller.
Gu Zhenglin inadvertently reciprocated what Gu Zhengchen had just said.
Gu Zhengchen: "..."
The father and son were chatting outside the house, and Liang Jingwan and Shen Lingyi were also chatting inside.
Shen Lingyi took the white porcelain plate with snacks on the coffee table and whispered softly: "Try it, it is made by the hotel's pastry chef. I heard it is a signature and is supplied in limited quantities every day."
Liang Jingwan pinched a small piece and put it into her mouth. The pastry melted in her mouth, sweet but not greasy. Her eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly, her almond-shaped eyes blinking, "It's delicious."
"Auntie, try it too."
Shen Lingyi chuckled. Seeing her serious recommendation, she seemed to be persuaded. She raised her hand to pick up a piece, took a sip and nodded, "It's really delicious."
"Are you working as a lawyer at Lindu Law Firm now?"
Liang Jingwan nodded.
"Then you first started contacting each other at a law firm?"
Biting her lower lip with her white teeth, Liang Jingwan thought hard about this problem, leaving aside the BJ from more than ten years ago, the Las Vegas they never met, and everything seemed to have started in... a coffee shop.
The coffee shop is located on the first floor of Binjiang Building, and it can barely be regarded as a law firm.
After thinking about this, Liang Jingwan also nodded and said lightly: "Absolutely."
In fact, when meeting parents, the most common issues discussed are the same, and no one is exempt.
……
After a while, outside the lounge, Gu Zhengchen raised his hand, knocked on the door, and pushed in.
Shen Lingyi and Liang Jingwan stopped talking and turned their heads together.
"It's getting late, I'll take you down."
Shen Lingyi nodded, stretched out his hand to straighten his cheongsam, and stood up.
The four of them, Liang Jingwan and Shen Lingyi, walked in front, followed by Gu Zhengchen and Gu Zhenglin, towards the elevator.
The windows in the hotel corridor were not closed tightly, and the cold wind came in through the gaps, and wisps of wind blew up Shen Lingyi's shawl.
Liang Jingwan took a look and walked from the right side to the left side to block the wind for Shen Lingyi.
After walking into the elevator, Liang Jingwan raised her eyebrows when she looked at the -2 button that was on. Did she press the wrong button, or...
Seeing Liang Jingwan's confusion, Shen Lingyi took the initiative to explain, "We haven't attended this kind of banquet for a long time. Zheng Chen was both present. One reason for coming today is because the Xu family and the Zhou family are getting married, and the other reason is that Want to come and meet you.”