Mr. Whitehouse is very tall, about 1.9 meters, and the smile he tries to maintain does not completely cover the aura of "no one is close" that he has released, which is also very natural given his professional background.

According to Katie, a large number of vigilantes were sent here in view of the very grim form of Northern Ireland at the time, and Mr. Whitehouse, who was born in Bath, was also one of them, who was "voluntarily" recruited as a prison warden at Reesbourne, promoted to prison chief six years ago, and later changed his name because of his position, and is now the prison director.

"Dad, this is my boyfriend, the father of my child, Lin Yilong. Katie introduced Lin Yilong to her father.

Probably the father doesn't like his daughter's boyfriend or man, but after having a daughter, Lin Yilong gradually understood this. So, try to be careful.

"First meeting. Lin Yilong greeted him with some restraint.

"First meeting. Although some people have some opinions about Lin Yilong, because of his daughter's presence, his father still maintains a pleasant face.

"Are you office lovers?" Mr. Whitehouse asked.

"Probably not. Lin Yilong disagrees with such speculation, "Because, when I wanted to start dating Katie, I had already made up my mind to resign from my previous law firm." ”

"Then why did you take my daughter to Wales?"

"I wanted to have my home in Wales, but there were too many things to do on my own, so I had a great time working with Katie and wanted her to help me. ”

"And then?"

Although Katie felt that she wanted to, she wanted to be in London, so she thought that it was unlikely that we could continue to be together because of disagreements, and then because her client was our opponent, we met again, and thought we could continue our relationship, and then we were together. Lin Yilong knew that Katie would not deviate too much from herself on this issue, so he told the well-known facts in a "shocking surprise", "Later, she planned to run for parliament, and of course I supported it unconditionally." ”

"And you're going to keep it as it is?" asked Mr. Whitehouse.

"It's good now. Lin Yilong replied, "Although Katie has a child, neither I nor she have any plans to start family life for the time being. ”

"At that time, we agreed on the relationship and got married, how can you procrastinate like you. Mr. Whitehouse sighed, "O young man now, alas. “

Lin Yilong didn't know what Katie had asked her to do here.

The family concept of Western Europeans is different from that of Eastern Europeans, even if the so-called "meeting of Weng and son-in-law" usually occurs after two young people get engaged, when the fiancé wants to obtain the permission of the future father-in-law - although your daughter is my wife and I are "one and the same", but my wife's relatives are not my relatives, you are just strangers through my wife's relatives.

In this case, he did not need to take Katie from Mr. Whitehouse's hands to the altar. Don't look at Lin Yilong has been careful, but he is creating relaxed family conditions for Katie, not afraid that Katie's father may interfere in his relationship with Katie.

Both of them behaved decently, no one behaved particularly out of shape, very kind and polite.

Katie couldn't help but be a little nervous: in addition to being very tolerant as an Asian, Lin Yilong has also hosted or experienced many suffocating dinner parties — two points that show that Lin Yilong is far superior to his father, at least in terms of disguise skills. She was afraid that Mr. Whitehouse would be too restrained and therefore vulnerable at home. If this was the case, the warden would not be able to raise his head in front of Lin Yilong on other occasions.

This is a so-called "contest of momentum".

This kind of problem is not in the substantive sense, it is more of a psychological level, the competition for self-confidence and the ability to grasp intelligence, and the proper preparation before the meeting is more important than the meeting itself - this is the joke that urban literature often sets up out of thin air, the so-called "test the depth" - if one party knows the situation and way of thinking of the other party well, then this kind of "momentum contest" is meaningless to him, and it is more natural.

"Dad, Yilong and I plan to go out to eat as a family. Katie had to mediate, "I've already called my mom and she's fully supportive. ”

"Oh well. Mr. Whitehouse observed Lin Yilong for a long time, at least this person was blameless in his behavior, and he couldn't find fault with him for a while, but let Lin Yilong, who had always been smiling with irony, be anti-customer, and be at ease.

Alerted by Katie, the parent quickly ran back to her bedroom to change clothes.

Katie knew that the first round between Lin Yilong and his father ended in Lin Yilong's complete victory, so she hurriedly invited him to the small garden behind the house to bask in the sun with him.

There, she contacted the concierge company and asked them to help her book dinner at a hard-to-find restaurant in Lisbon, drawing Mr. Lin's attention.

"Hey, I don't have any plans to go out to eat. Lin Yilong objected, "It wasn't ...... before."

Frightened by Katie's "kind smile" expression when she heard his objection, Lin Yilong choked back the unfinished words.

After receiving an affirmative reply from the concierge company, Katie glanced at Lin Yilong and signaled that he could continue what he had just left unfinished.

"I mean, John's car doesn't seem to fit in. Lin Yilong said cautiously, for fear of provoking Katie to continue to show a frightening smile.

"Mom and dad have cars, no problem. Katie replied.

"I have to say this, you know when I first started I wanted to live a life similar to your family. Find a quiet and orderly community, commute to work normally every day, and occasionally take your wife and children on a trip. Lin Yilong sighed, "Then everything changed!"

"You want to say that wealth changed you?" Katie asked.

"You can't say that. Lin Yilong replied, "Haven't I achieved my dream now?" living in a quiet and orderly place, working every day, and occasionally taking you on a trip?"

"And yet?"

"However, I found that what I am doing now is doing something that I didn't think about before in order to keep my financial freedom. ”

"That includes sending me to the Palace of Westminster?"

"That's mainly to fulfill Katie's dreams, but the benefits that come with it are an addition. ”

"Although I shouldn't advise you, Yilong should know that in this country, you can't go to the top level of the macro aspect. "Even if you're holding that passport with the Queen's declaration on it, it's the same." In the eyes of those at the top level, you are not one of them. ”

"So, financial freedom is what I care about the most, and no one knows if what happened 100 years ago will happen in Britain 100 years later. Today's world is so interconnected that there is a boom and a loss. Lin Yilong concluded, "If the whole world is the same, I really don't need anything." It's just that the world can't just stand still, so in some areas I have to take the initiative. ”