Chapter 8: An Awkward Birthday Banquet

Night had just fallen, and Wei Ziqian and his parents, as well as Su He and her parents, came to the Lin Mansion to celebrate Mr. Lin's birthday.

"Uncle Lin, this is a gift for you, I wish you a long life than Nanshan..."Su He's father said first. "Haha, I'm very happy to have you here, what kind of gifts do you bring!"

Uncle Lin, is this Su He, do you remember? Su He's mother said with a needle.

"Hello Grandpa Lin, I'm Su He, I heard that you like to collect calligraphy and paintings, this is what I brought back to you from abroad, I hope you can like it..."

"Oh, Suhe, remember to remember. It's so heartfelt, and the longer it gets, the more beautiful it gets..."

"Grandpa Lin, happy birthday!" Wei Yinchen walked to the front and said to Lin Zhengyi with a smile.

"Yin Chen is here, good boy, thank you for the gift... Oh, by the way, you go upstairs and call Xu Yao and the others down for dinner!"

"Who else are they?" Wei Yinchen knocked on Lin Xuyao's door with a question on his face

"What are you doing alone in the room? It's time to eat, Grandpa Lin asked me to come up and shout "you"? Who else is there in your room?" he pushed the door and slipped into Lin Xuyao's room, but saw Tang Zengzeng, who was sleeping on the bed.

"Zengzeng?!Xu Yao, why is Zengzeng's room in your room?!" Yin Chen was obviously a little angry, and the decibel was naturally not too small.

Tang Zengzeng, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes and picked up the mobile phone placed on the bedside and looked at it: "Oh my God, I actually slept for nearly two hours?!" As he spoke, he got up from the bed in a panic, and turned around to see Wei Yinchen with an angry face, "Oh, Yinchen is also here..."

"The bathroom is inside, go in and wash your face and go down..."Lin Xuyao looked at Tang Zengzeng, who had messy hair, and said unhurriedly, and then said to Wei Yinchen, "She was invited by her grandfather, and she chatted with the old man for an afternoon and took a rest in my room."

"Scared the hell out of me, you kid...!"

"Wei Yinchen, I've never seen you so nervous... You ?..."

"It's not that I'm scared by your kid, Zeng Zeng is a good girl, not what you think!"

"Okay, let's go, let's go down and eat..."Seeing Tang Zengzeng come out of the bathroom, Lin Xuyao walked in front and said.

Wei Yinchen and Tang Zengzeng came down from the upstairs after you, and everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Tang Zengzeng's unfamiliar face.

"Come, multiply... Sit next to grandpa..."Lin Zhengyi arranged Tang Zengzeng's next to him with a smile on his face. This move aroused everyone's curiosity.

"Uncle Lin, who is this...?" asked Su He's mother.

"Come, let me introduce to you: this is the daughter of Shizuki." This is your Uncle Wei, this is your Uncle Su, go and say hello to everyone..."

"Hello Uncle Wei, Auntie is good, Uncle Su is good, Auntie is good..."Tang Zengzeng politely greeted the elders.

"It turns out that you are the daughter of Xiyue, and if you look closely, you really have a shadow of Xiyue." Wei Yin Chen's father said...

"This is your Uncle Wei's son Yin Chen, and this is your Uncle Su's Su He..."

"Grandpa Lin, you don't need to introduce us, we have already met, especially the relationship between Yin Chen and Zeng Zeng is very good!" Su He seized the opportunity and said.

"Oh, yes? Then let's all sit down... Xu Yao, grandpa is happy today, can you play a piano song to cheer everyone up?"

"Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore, why do you want me to play the piano to cheer everyone up?!"

"I'm happy today, I want you to play, what, you're not happy?"

"Willingly, as long as you're happy today, I can do anything..."

"Zengzeng, why don't you come to an ensemble with Xu Yao?" Lin Zhengyi took Tang Zengzeng's hand and said with a smile.

"Eh, Grandpa Lin, I'm not good at the piano, I'm afraid I'll hold Xu Yao back..."

"Uncle Lin, let Su He go, her piano has won a prize in an American competition... Besides, it doesn't take long for Zeng Zeng to participate in such an occasion, don't make the child so nervous!" Mrs. Su said with the meaning of not taking Tang Zengzeng in her eyes.

"Then, of course, you guys go..."Lin Zhengyi didn't have any expression on his face, but the hand holding Tang Zengzeng's hand suddenly tightened, as if to comfort her...

"Uncle Lin, look at Xu Yao and Su He have grown so big in a blink of an eye!"

"Yes, Xu Yao, this kid is handsome and handsome, and Su He is also slim. These two children are really eye-catching when they sit together"... Su He's mother said with a satisfied smile...

Lin Zhengyi smiled and nodded slightly, but did not say anything, but once again fell his gaze on Tang Zengzeng's body... Su He has been in the life circle of the upper class since he was a child, and he has long been familiar with what kind of clothes and what kind of makeup should be worn on what occasions, and he has the arrogance of an upper-class socialite; Xiyue has been well-intentioned to her all these years...

Yin Chen, who was sitting on the side, never left Lin Zhengyi's eyes, he clearly understood what Lin Zhengyi's eyes meant when he looked at Tang Zengzeng, but he didn't know why he was so special to Tang Zengzeng? There must be a reason he didn't know... If there is pressure from the old man, Xu Yao is likely to compromise and accept the family's arrangement, all this seems to be beyond his expectations, he must find out the reason as soon as possible, it seems that it is really more difficult to stop them than he imagined...

Lin Zhengyi's analysis is indeed correct, in fact, Tang Zengzeng, as Gu Xiyue's daughter, has no less natural temperament and appearance than a socialite in high society, plus his father is a professor of Chinese studies in the university. often falls asleep in the sea of books, so thanks to Mo Xiang, she doesn't know that these talents have already penetrated into her bones, and these formal Su He can't be compared to it in any way. It's just that her mother Gu Xiyue just wants her to be an ordinary girl, of course, this is also to increase her own thoughts - to have good intentions, to get rid of luxury, not to deliberately compromise with material, and to live as she likes.

After a dinner, Tang Zengzeng's plate was full of dishes for Lin Zhengyi, but she didn't seem to have eaten much. Lin Xuyao looked at the plate full of vegetables in front of her and thought: No wonder she is so thin, it turns out that she is a picky eater than me. I can't look down on the rich second generation like me, aren't you also a pampered rich girl?! The chef of the Lin Mansion doesn't even eat the dishes, and your life is luxurious enough...

After dinner, Lin Zhengyi instructed Lin Xuyao, "You take a few of them to the backyard for a walk, do something that you young people like to do, you don't have to accompany me here... I'll talk to your uncles."

"Okay, that's what you said... Let's go..."Lin Xuyao, Wei Yinchen, Su He, and Tang Zengzeng, the four of them left the living room together...

Tang Zengzeng, who was at the end, kept thinking: How can I leave here as soon as possible without making Grandpa Lin unhappy? I didn't eat dinner well, this kind of rich man's life is really a little unaccustomed!

"Zengzeng, what are you thinking?" Wei Yinchen stopped and said to Tang Zengzeng, who was behind him.

"Oh, nothing?"

"When did you and Grandpa Lin meet?"

"Today..."

"Today?...?"

"Oh, Grandpa Lin seems to have a good relationship with my mother, so it's extra kind to look at me..."

"I see..."

"Well, I only found out today, my mother never told us before that we still know the people of the Lin family..."

"Isn't today's food unappetizing, I don't see you have eaten much?"

"Well, no, my biological clock is different from everyone's, and I usually eat late..."

Seeing that Wei Yinchen and Tang Zengzeng were chatting, Su He walked to Lin Xuyao's side and said, "Let's not disturb them, I know that there is a lot of good wine in your wine cellar, how about we go have another drink?"

"You're a girl, can you drink less?"

"Oh, weren't the elders here just now, besides, you have nothing to do today, what are you afraid of drinking some wine?"

"Okay, you wait for me to pick it up"

"I'll accompany you..."Su He said and grabbed Lin Xuyao's arm.

Glancing at Wei Yinchen and Tang Zengzeng, who were still talking and laughing in the back, Lin Xuyao shouted loudly: "Let's go get wine, do you want to be together?"

"Oh, no, Mr. Lin, I want to walk around here." Tang Zengzeng replied with a smile.

"Then I'll be here with Zengzeng..."

"Let's go, it's good to have me with you." Su He said and pulled Lin Xuyao and left

"Xu Yao, I think Grandpa Lin seems to like Miss Tang very much."

"Well, her grandfather and grandfather are very affectionate old friends, and I think grandpa seems to treat her better than me. "I see, I thought..."

"What do you think?"

"Well, it's nothing, let's go out"

"The wine is coming", Lin Xuyao said, poured the wine into the wine glass, and handed it to Tang Zengzeng and Wei Yinchen respectively

"I'm sorry, I don't drink, thank you!" Tang Zengzeng has always disliked alcohol, let alone drinking with these people who are not friends, he must have refused directly.

"Zengzeng, don't worry if you don't get drunk with this wine" Su He tried his best to persuade on the side, but he was thinking in his heart: If you are drunk, it is not better?...

"It's not that I'm worried about getting drunk, it's that I never drink, you guys, I'll go over there...

Seeing the three of them talking and laughing together, Tang Zengzeng realized that he and they were not people of the same world, and he had no common hobbies and topics with them, and he would definitely become more and more awkward if he continued to stay.

As soon as I was thinking about how to end it quickly, the phone rang: "Hey, increase... Woo..."On the other side of the phone is Xia Zhen, who has been crying.

"Why are you crying?"

"I'm feeling uncomfortable, can you come and accompany me?"

"Where are you? I'll go find you..."Tang Zengzeng, who hung up the phone, thought to himself: Xia Zhen is worthy of being my best friend, and I have to rely on her at a critical time. So he walked to Lin Xuyao's side and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Lin, my friend has something on his side that I need to go over, I'm afraid I have to leave early..."

"Then I'll send you back, right?" "I'll send you," Lin Xuyao and Wei Yinchen said in unison.

"Well, no need, you're all drinking, I'll just go back by myself... I went to say to Grandpa Lin, "You guys keep playing...

After speaking, Tang Zengzeng trotted all the way out of the back garden and came to the living room, "Grandpa Lin, I'm sorry that my friend needs me to go over for some things, and I can't accompany you today..."

"Yes, grandpa still wants you to stay here to play chess with me... Since your friend has an urgent matter, then I'll ask Xu Yao to send you back..."

"Oh, no need Grandpa Lin, I'll just go back by myself"

"How can you let yourself go back? Xu Yao, you go and send Zengzeng!"

"Grandpa, I... I just drank alcohol..."Lin Xuyao and Wei Yinchen, who walked into the living room together after Tang Zengzeng, both felt a little embarrassed at the moment.

"Drinking?Do you know why Zengzeng is still drinking here?Zengzeng is a guest I invited, can't you go and see her off for me?!" Lin Zhengyi was obviously a little angry.

"Grandpa Lin, don't be angry, I pulled Xu Yao to drink, don't blame him..."Su He said aggrievedly on the side.

"That, Grandpa Lin, you just let the driver send me... I'm really in a hurry, I have to go..."Is today the World Embarrassing Day, let's hurry up and end everything here, Tang Zengzeng thought to himself.

"Okay then, I'll ask the driver to take you back! Zengzeng, you have to come to see grandpa again, you know, if you don't come, I'll go find you..."

"Well, don't worry, Grandpa Lin, I will definitely come to see you when I have time, then I'll go first. Goodbye grandpa, Uncle Wei, goodbye Uncle Qin..."

looked at Tang Zengzeng, who was leaving in a hurry, although he didn't know what was going on on her friend's side. But seeing that his grandfather was so angry, Lin Xuyao also felt that out of politeness, he shouldn't have drunk tonight... Where did my usual strategizing go?

After sending all the guests away, Lin Zhengyi said to Lin Xuyao, "You come with me to the study..."

"Xu Yao, you must be curious why I like to increase so much, right?"

"Well, it's the first time I've seen grandpa look at someone so gently, and if you're not happy, I feel like she's your own granddaughter..."

"Heh, you stinky boy also has times when she is jealous, although she is not my granddaughter, she will be the future hostess of the Lin family..."

"What, grandpa, do you mean to let me marry her?"

"Yes, but... This is just my hope, and it is not certain whether people will agree to increase it..."

"Grandpa, I don't want you to be angry, but can't you let me make my own decisions about marriage?"

"You were brought up by me, I know very well what kind of girls the men of the Lin family will like, you will definitely like Zengzeng..."Lin Zhengyi said firmly. "I don't have to interfere with you and Zengzeng, but there is one thing you have to remember, you can't hurt her, otherwise I won't forgive you..."

"I know grandpa, tomorrow there will be a meeting in the company, I'll go back first..."After speaking, Lin Xuyao left the Lin Mansion.