In the UK, there are four different types of gifts that will never be hated: wine if you come to your home, perfume (for women) or a brush (for men) if you're in love, and a box of chocolates if you're a child. But if you're not sure, give mints.

Lin Yilong came to meet Katie's family this time, of course, he did not come empty-handed, after careful consideration with Katie, he bought a small barrel of 800 pounds of 07 vintage Port wine (07 is a good vintage) as a meeting gift to Katie's parents.

Unlike her Bath-born husband, Mrs. Whitehouse, a native of Ulster, worked as an office secretary in a listed company, earning £45,000 a year more than Mr Whitehouse's £38,000 from Her Majesty's Prison, and taking care of the household herself without Mr Whitehouse's hands. The dedication to the family made Mrs. Whitehouse's status in the Katie family as much as that of Mother Lin in the Lin family, and as for the warden and Father Lin, although there were many people in management, they had to be quietly squinted at home.

In Mrs. Whitehouse's body, Lin Yilong seems to see Katie 25 years later, the position of the eyelids, nose and mouth of the mother and daughter is almost the same, and some differences are only the shape of the facial features: Katie's nose and upper lip are slightly like Mr. Whitehouse - no matter what, as long as it is a person, it can be seen at a glance that Katie is the daughter of her parents.

"Mrs. Whitehouse. Katie's mother went directly to the restaurant her daughter had booked after work and sat next to Lin Yilong, so Lin Yilong needed to bow down to greet her.

"You must be Yilong. Mrs. Whitehouse said.

"That's right. Lin Yilong smiled, "Mrs. Whitehouse is one of the few Englishmen who can say my name accurately when we meet for the first time, and I am honoured." ”

"When we were on vacation with Katie, she talked about you a lot. Mrs. Whitehouse brought up Katie's previous conversation with her, as if she had been inadvertent.

"Hope is a good thing. Lin Yilong continued to smile.

"You can see that this kid really likes you. Mrs. Whitehouse said, "Even the holidays have a little crush on you." ”

"Originally, I wanted to go to the Caribbean, too. Lin Yilong heard that this was a reproach to him, "It's just that as an only child, I also need to spend Christmas with my parents, my parents are retired now, and they are also bored at Christmas because almost all shopping malls and other entertainment venues are closed." ”

"It seems that you have a really good relationship with your parents. Mrs. Whitehouse said with some dissatisfaction, and before she could finish speaking, she knew that she had lost her words.

"It's just right. Lin Yilong was very calm and did not discuss this issue in detail.

The conversation between the two made Katie's heart even higher, and Mrs. Whitehouse knew that Lin Yilong had helped her son John "return to the family", but no one wanted to be pierced in front of the scar. If Lin Yilong pursues closely, the originally tense table atmosphere will immediately get out of control.

"Even though I've been with Katie for so long, this is my first time in Northern Ireland. Lin Yilong changed the subject, although it was very blunt, but no one felt that there was anything wrong with this switch, "There were ships from Wales to Cork and Wexford before. Except for the Union Rice Flag, I don't feel any different. ”

"It was a country before, but the sad differences of faith, it became like this. Mr. Whitehouse hurriedly took over, fearing that Lin Yilong's antagonistic comments about the island of Ireland would continue to touch Mrs. Whitehouse's nerves.

"What I mean by that is that when Katie tells me that her home is in Hillsborough, my first impression is always that it happened in Sheffield. Lin Yilong said with a smile, "There are too many repetitions of place names. ”

"Although I don't know how much you know about Northern Ireland, Yilong, you do understand the attitude of us Ulsters towards the other residents of Southern County. Mrs. Whitehouse wanted to confirm Lin Yilong's understanding of this, or some kind of consensus premise.

"As Celestial Empire people, in fact, we don't care about the conflict between Britain and Ireland at all. Lin Yilong did not answer this question directly, "It's like, do you care about the confrontation between the north and the south of the East Asian Peninsula and the confrontation in the strait? ”

Mrs. Whitehouse's statement made it impossible for Mrs. Whitehouse to continue, and she suddenly thought that Lin Yilong had actually conquered her daughter. Her own daughter naturally understands her mother very well, it is impossible for Katie to be so desperate without a little attraction, and it is really a bit stupid to want Lin Yilong to know how powerful she is on some issues.

The rest of the dinner was very respectful, and they all listened patiently to Katie tell me some interesting things that happened at the Palace of Westminster, and the names of her daughters.

After eating dessert, the Whitehouse family prepared to leave.

Only Katie and Lin Yilong didn't drink at the dinner table, and only Katie had a driver's license. So Katie wanted to drive her family back first, and Lin Yilong followed them in a taxi behind.

"This Yilong of yours, has he never drunk? or just to make some good impressions in front of us!?" Seeing that it was only her own family, Mrs. Whitehouse decided to hold an impromptu discussion meeting to talk about Lin Yilong behind her back.

"Yilong really doesn't drink. Katie thought for a moment, "I haven't seen him try alcoholic beverages on his own initiative, except for some very low-alcohol drinks." ”

"Well, my first impression of him was not very good, but I couldn't find anything bad about him. Mrs. Whitehouse said.

"Does he usually punch and kick you out of line?"

"We are all legal people, how can we?"

"And does he live on your income?"

"I don't have to worry about this problem, absolutely not. He has his own business, which is also the main source of income for his law firm. ”

"That's weird!"

"How?"

"You've said before that he dresses his house spotlessly, talks well, doesn't have any bad habits, and lives every day according to a plan. Mrs. Whitehouse began to count Lin Yilong's merits, "Do you think such a perfect person exists?"

"yes. Katie replied casually, "That's what I thought when I first tried to get in touch with him. ”

"That ....."

"The more I got in touch with him, the more I found him cute?"

"What is cute?"

"He's a boyfriend who can meet all my reasonable expectations. "After being in contact with him for a long time, you know when he's patient, when he's relaxed." ”

"So, daughter, you're patient, too?" asked Mrs. Whitehouse.

"No, since I moved to Wales I've only found myself very comfortable with him, I ..... I am willing to love him like this, and the shortcomings in him are even loved together. ”