Located at the intersection of East Nanjing Road and the Bund in Shanghai, the Chicago School Gothic building, the Peace Hotel, with its abrupt green triangular tower, shines like a burning emerald in the night. The bronze chandelier in the hall is also like a million-level vintage jewel around the girl's neck, shining like a gold coin.

In the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, the red pillars and green walls, the Khitan gold pattern and the luxurious retro dragon and phoenix tops seem to be integrated into the ancient Chinese royal food feast. In one of the boxes of the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, it is antique, like the luxurious official residence of the old SH.

Ten yellow rosewood chairs surround the round table, facing away from the round window, and the night view of the Bund can be directly seen from the outside, like a wonderful painting that has been cut. There is a lounge living room on the side, three wooden benches enclose a space, each bench is placed on a different cushion, embroidered with different oriental elements and European patterns, flowers, birds, fish, insects and hot air balloons on the cushions are vivid and lively.

Qu Shulei, Qu's mother, and Qu's father had already arrived, drinking Darjeeling tea in the side compartment, waiting for the others to arrive. After a while, Fu Yuanshan came to this room with his parents, Fu Yuanshan's father wore a pair of black-framed reading glasses, with a strong intellectual flavor, and his mother wore a simple floral shirt, a red wool knitted cardigan, a straight polyester black trousers, and a Coach bag, which looked a little gaudy compared to Qu's mother.

Qu's mother wore a Hermès round-neck black Chamiyu satin dress embellished with a Tahitian pearl necklace from CHANEL's Haute Couture collection, and Roger Vivier diamond-buckled silk satin heels. A jadeite bracelet with perfect aqua colour on the left hand and a Hermès enamelled pearl white H-buckle bracelet, while in the right hand a white Chopard watch full of diamonds and a Van Cleef & Arpels four-leaf clover black mother-of-pearl bracelet. Her hair was tied in a bun in Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's, and there were few wrinkles on her fifty-year-old face.

When Qu's mother saw Fu Yuanshan's family, she first stepped forward to take Yuanshan's mother's hand and said: "Come on, come quickly, it will be my in-laws in the future, I see that my mother-in-law's face has been good recently, and I will really be able to maintain it, and I will have to ask you for a prescription later, you see that I just came back from the United States, this time difference, I haven't turned it around yet, I am not as old as a young man, you look at this stupid girl and Yuanshan in my family, and they have been busy when they come back, who is like me, I have been old and insomnia recently." ”

Mother Yuanshan smiled softly, and said a little embarrassedly: "You are young enough, look at the folds on my face, but your skin is very good." I'll ask you for a recipe. ”

"What kind of recipe do I have, it's all science and technology, it's a quick fast food culture, and I really don't have time to slowly recuperate. ”

"It seems that you usually have to take care of the affairs of the family company!" said Toyama's mother.

"My time is already occupied by yoga, Pilates, mahjong, concerts and shopping, so I don't have time to learn maintenance. ”

Father Qu shook hands with Yuanshan's father, then invited them to the table, and said with a smile: "Yuanshan's father, have some wine today?"

Yuanshan's father smiled: "Just drink." ”

"Then drink something white?" said Father Qu as he picked up a bottle of Moutai.

"Okay. Father Toyama acquiesced.

Shulei said to Yuanshan, "It seems that they are very compatible." Oh, by the way, I'll call and ask where my sister is. ”

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. Shu Tao entered the wing room, followed by Lixuan and Ma Jun, she attracted everyone's attention as soon as she entered the door, she smiled and said, "Everyone is so lively." When she saw Yuanshan's parents, she greeted her and said, "Hello uncle and aunt, come, this is the best ginseng of Tongrentang that I bought for you." With that, she took the ginseng from Ma Jun and handed it to her mother in the distant mountains.

Yuanshan's mother said, "I'm sorry, just keep it, why are you so polite." ”

Qu's mother snatched words: "This is a little bit of the juniors' thoughts, you can't be polite to them, take it quickly." After speaking, she moved her eyes to Lixuan and Ma Jun, and asked, "You haven't introduced these two friends yet." ”

Shutao said: "Oh, yes, you see that you are patronizing and saying hello to your uncle and aunt, and you don't care about my friends." This is Ma Jun, a painter. This is Liu Lixuan, who now runs his own decoration company and is doing very well. ”

When Father Qu heard this, he said: "It's really young and promising, Lao Fu, it seems that we have a wine companion today, come and come, sit down first, you're welcome." With that, he summoned the waiter to pour the wine.

Everyone sat down, and Qu's mother first inquired about Ma Jun and Lixuan: "Xiaoma, you can be a painter at such a young age, it's amazing, what are some works, I'll listen to them!"

Shutao said, "He has a series of works called "Cabbage", and he just auctioned this number in the last few months!" she raised her index finger and gestured with the word "one".

Qu's mother asked curiously, "One million? ”

Shu Tao smiled proudly and said, "Haha, it's 10 million, Mom! I think you're lonely!"

When Father Qu heard this, he suddenly stopped when he was talking happily with his father in Yuanshan, raised his head and looked at Ma Jun and said, "It turns out that you are the only son of Ma Dewen's family, come to my uncle to toast you." ”

Ma Jun raised his wine glass shyly and returned to Father Qu.

Shu Tao asked suspiciously: "Dad, how do you know about his father, it's a coincidence." ”

"His father's official position is not ordinary, we all admire him, occasionally see a few times, listen to a few friends usually chat, said that he has a son is very talented, now the painting has been fried to the level of tens of millions, the young results have made many old artists out of reach, today I finally saw, I didn't expect it to be a little girl's friend, it is really a blessing. ”

The distant mountains on the side were a little embarrassed, thinking of himself, the same age as him, maybe even older than him, but now he is just an ordinary employee, I thought that the monthly salary was higher than any of my classmates, but I didn't expect to see it today, the young Ma Jun, a painting can be sold for tens of millions, and his identity and salary are higher than those of the world's top 500 foreign companies after graduating from a famous university, which is really ashamed.

Li Xuan just sat quietly on the sidelines, listening to what they said. Father Qu noticed the young man and asked: "I heard that you are running a decoration company, when I was young and came out to work hard, I also did this, it seems that we are still peers." ”

Li Xuan replied politely: "Mr. Qu has a high judgment, I am just a pawn who touches fish and catches shrimp, and I still have a lot to learn." ”

"Not bad, young, come, let's have a drink." Father Qu picked up the wine glass, and Lixuan immediately got up to greet the wine and saluted with both hands.

Seeing Lixuan so modest and knowledgeable, and being so appreciated by Father Qu, Yuanshan's heart was sour. He has his own company at a young age, not to mention that he is rich and expensive, but he has indeed achieved a small success, and he is just a part-time IT migrant worker, and his high education is not worth mentioning in front of them at all.

Shulei looked at Yuanshan on the side and didn't speak, she was anxious for a while, pinched Yuanshan under the table, and Yuanshan got up and said, "Mr. Qu, I also toast you." ”

Father Qu said happily: "Yes, yes, Yuanshan is also a good child, I forgot to introduce my future son-in-law to the two of you." A top student of Tsinghua University, now working in a Fortune 500 company, he will enter such a company as soon as he graduates, and his future is immeasurable. ”

After speaking, the two took a sip, and Yuan Shan turned to Ma Jun and Lixuan and said, "A glass to you two." ”

The two got up to take the wine, and Shu Tao said angrily when he saw it: "Yo, you haven't respected me yet, I'm your sister-in-law in the future, you have to please me first." ”

Yuan Shan didn't react to Shu Tao's sudden move, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Li Xuan saw that the situation was embarrassing and came to the rescue, and he immediately said, "Come on, let's drink this cup together." ”

Shu Tao smiled and said, "Hehe, Yuanshan, sister won't tease you, come and drink." ”

After a few drinks of a few people, Qu's mother pretended to be unhappy and said: "Look at you men, you only care about drinking, this dish has not been served, and the wine has been eaten a few glasses, and you ......" turned to Shu Tao and said, "You have a daughter's family, what kind of coaxing is you going?"

Shu Tao smiled and said: "Mom, today is a great event for my sister and Yuanshan, can I not be happy? Seeing that my sister is finally going to marry the person she likes, what's wrong with me drinking a few glasses for my sister, anyway, her current physical condition can't drink." ”

After speaking, Shu Tao immediately shut up, as if he had leaked something.

Yuanshan's mother was a little anxious when she heard this, after all, no matter what, she also chose her daughter-in-law, if there was anything wrong with this body, even if this mother's family was rich in the future, it would be impossible for her son to marry a sick son and go home, so she asked with concern: "Shulei, what's wrong with your body?"

"This ......" Shulei didn't know how to answer for a while, just stared at Shu Tao a few times, Shu Tao felt that she had said the wrong thing, so she didn't dare to open her mouth again, and turned her eyes to her mother, asking her mother to come to the rescue.

Mother Qu glanced at Father Qu and laughed: "Originally, I didn't bring what I said today, but since Shutao opened the head of this matter, I will tell everyone, Shulei, today is a good day for double happiness! First, I came to Yuanshan to propose marriage and be our son-in-law, and secondly, you are already happy when you are pregnant with Liujia!"

After speaking, Yuanshan was stunned, looked at Shulei in disbelief, but said in his heart: Why didn't you tell him about this earlier. Yuanshan's parents were a little embarrassed for a while, but they still forced out a smile, and Father Qu on the side heard it, his face was a little bad, but because there was a guest, he picked up the wine glass and said: "Come, it's really a good thing for double happiness, it seems that we have to hurry up and organize their wedding." ”

Mother Qu said: "Yes, you see that in the past, the man wanted to give the woman's family a wedding gift, but Yuanshan is also just working and motivated, and we as elders can't add burden and pressure to the children! ”

After speaking, Yuanshan's parents were a little uncomfortable, and Yuanshan's father said: "Mr. Tang, this is unacceptable, I should pay for it, but you also know our family conditions, a 1.1-carat diamond ring may be a little difficult, or let the children pick and choose first, not necessarily they like it if they have a large number of carats." ”

Shulei hurriedly said: "Yes, Mom, we don't necessarily like large carats. ”

Qu's mother said: "What do you young people know? If you don't want carats, then a few tens, a few tens, a few tens, that kind of word doesn't feel good, it's unlucky, and the unit can't be a cent! Now the divorce rate is so high, that is, there are too many people who can't afford to buy carat diamonds, and these situations will occur!"

When Ma Jun heard this, he almost laughed.

Shu Tao leaned at the unserious Ma Jun next to her, took her mother's words and said: "Yes, if I get married, I want 8.12 carats of yellow diamonds. ”

Father Qu was a little upset when he heard his daughter adding fuel to the fire at this juncture, so he said: "Then it depends on whether you can find a boyfriend who buys you yellow diamonds!"

Shu Tao saw that Qu's father was targeting herself, so she said: "Yo, you buy Shulei's wedding diamond ring, and you let the man buy it when I get married, it's not fair." ”

"Don't fight for food, people's book buds are only 1.1 carats, the picture is meaningful, you come to 8.12 carats, and you want yellow diamonds, aren't you slaughtering your father's meat?" said Father Qu.

Seeing the father and daughter arguing at the dinner table like this is indeed exciting, and Ma Jun is bored with interest. At this time, a text message came from Yuanshan's mobile phone, and when he looked at the number, he knew that it was sent by Xu Hui: "Yuanshan, I recently found out that someone was following me, I'm so afraid." ”

Yuanshan's face was not good, and he put the phone back, and Shulei whispered to Yuanshan, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's in the company. ”

Qu's mother on the opposite side said: "Don't shirk and refuse, we are elders who want our children to be good, but the form still has to be seen by relatives and friends, and this wedding is all covered by our Qu family." ”

Yuanshan's mother said: "But Yuanshan is an only child......"

As soon as Mother Qu heard Fu Yuanshan, the mother of the farmer-turned-non-farmer, speak, she knew what she meant, so she said: "Don't worry, this child was born with the surname of the Fu family, don't worry about what Yuanshan will become a son-in-law, he is the only seedling of the Fu family, and the incense is still the incense of the Yanfu family." ”

Mother Qu thought to herself, no matter what the child's surname is, anyway, my father doesn't know who it is, just stick to you and pay the family. Wait for Shulei to give birth to a second or third child, and then follow the Qu family's surname.

Fu Yuanshan's parents were powerless to refute, so they could only nod their heads and admit the marriage.

Just as the food was served, Shu Tao received a text message from Yue Ran: I found it! and attached a few photos.

Shu Tao immediately forwarded the text message and photos directly to Shu Lei, Shu Lei, who was sitting opposite, picked up the phone and turned it on, seeing these photos, she instantly looked at Shu Tao with a solemn expression, and the two couldn't believe that Shu Lei's guess before was right.

Shulei instantly felt like someone was stabbing a knife in the back, and the next meal felt tasteless, she began to regret marrying Fu Yuanshan a little, but when she thought of the child in her belly, she couldn't help it, but she couldn't face the man next to her for a while, and she was restless for the whole meal that followed. Uneasy.