Although he told Tao Tao that he wanted to go back to the Lu family's mansion, it was already late at night, and Lu Zhen didn't want to alarm the Lu family again, not to mention that he had lived outside for so long and suddenly came home, the eldest brother would definitely notice it. He was not optimistic about Tao Tao in the first place, if he knew about it, he was afraid that he would take advantage of the topic and find a way to break up the two of them.

Rejecting Lin Ling's invitation to rest at home for one night, Lu Zhen woke up his sleepy personal assistant and asked him to arrange a place for himself to live tonight. And the assistant is also very worthy of the generous salary he gets from Lu Zhen every month, and quickly chooses a quiet hotel-style apartment not far from his current location in the real estate under Lu Zhen's name, so that he can move in immediately.

What was supposed to be a perfect day plan finally ended in a farce. Lu Zhen took out a box from the side pocket of his coat, which contained the ring that was originally used to propose to Su Taotao today, but he did not give it away. This can probably be regarded as a kind of fate, even though Lin Ling and his eldest brother didn't know that he proposed today, they still stopped his plan by mistake.

Whether they did it right or not, Lu Zhen didn't have an answer for the time being, but through this incident, he understood that maybe the relationship between him and Su Taotao was not as strong as he imagined, and it might be a wise choice to put the proposal plan on hold. What he and Su Taotao need now is for both parties to calm down and think about how to go on with this trustless relationship.

Lu Zhen thought that he would stay awake all night, or in his dreams, he remembered the unforgettable scene when he was a child. However, to his surprise, there was no insomnia or nightmare, and this night was unexpectedly good sleep, so that he woke up the next day and had the energy to think about the future of him and Tao Tao.

Today is Tao Tao's birthday, and according to the previous plan, he should go home with her for a hearty dinner cooked by the hospitable aunt, and by the way, talk about the engagement. Although he has decided to put the proposal and engagement on hold for the time being, but her birthday is still her boyfriend, and he has no reason to break the appointment, and then let the parents get into the muddy waters of today, which will complicate things even more. So after breakfast, Lu Zhen still called Su Taotao and took her to the shopping mall to choose gifts for her parents and her birthday as agreed.

Su Taotao, who originally thought that he would not show up today, and was already ready to call his mother to tell him not to go home for dinner, when he received a call from Lu Zhen, it was not an exaggeration to describe it as overjoyed. Su Taotao thought that after this night, Lu Zhen had figured it out and was relieved, so he came to find himself. But when she got in the car and saw that Lu Zhen didn't look at herself, and her face was still not very good, she realized that there were some things that she was too optimistic about.

"Actually, you don't have to force yourself, I'll go home and eat alone, my parents won't say anything."

Whether in the car or in the shopping mall, Lu Zhen didn't say a word. Even if Su Taotao wanted to liven up the atmosphere several times and took the initiative to provoke some topics that Lu Zhen was usually interested in, the other party only responded a few times plainly, and his perfunctory attitude was obvious, Su Taotao tried a few times, and then gave up. Since he is still awkward, even if he returns home, he is an emotional polluter, and if his mother sees that they are quarrelling, he will not let them go easily, and he has to ask if he is ugly. Instead of being so troublesome, it is better for her to go back by herself, and make up a lie like this to say that he has something to do temporarily, so that she can fool her mother first.

"I'll take care to keep my emotions under control." Lu Zhen still understood Su Taotao's thoughts, and choked back with a word, and then she persuaded bitterly: "Today is your birthday, I hope you and your family can be happy." ”

But now that you have a gloomy face, you are still thinking about yesterday's events, how can I be happy. Su Taotao opened his mouth to speak, but felt that saying this sentence was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, so he closed his mouth after thinking about it. Since he wants to make his parents happy, he just doesn't want them to find out the problem, what reason does she have not to cooperate, anyway, she doesn't want her nosy mother to get involved.

Lu Zhen really did what he said, as soon as he entered the door of the Su family, the gentle smile on his face over the years returned, his speech was elegant, his manners were moderate, and his light and breezy appearance seemed to be no different from usual. Su Taotao also tried her best to squeeze out a smiling face, but no matter how you look at it, it was a little reluctant, but Su's mother automatically understood her daughter's abnormality as happy and stupid, and she didn't pay too much attention to it, but studied with Lu Zhen how to eat the various ingredients he bought. As for Dad Su, he was waiting to study the new models with Lu Zhen with excellent performance, and he almost fought with his wife and the old couple. The whole family unanimously put aside Su Taotao, the birthday star, who should be the protagonist, so that she suddenly had a feeling that her father didn't love her mother, and her boyfriend was angry with her, and she was abandoned by the world on her birthday.

He was forcing himself to smile, and his parents were still helping outsiders, although it was the first birthday to be accompanied by a boyfriend, Su Taotao felt extremely aggrieved. Even Su's mother made a table of her favorite dishes, but she was not interested, and she didn't eat a bowl of rice, she just wanted to go home quickly and explain the past two days to Lu Zhen. However, he was also pretending to be in his heart, Lu Zhen was much calmer than Su Taotao, and chatted with the second elder for a while after eating, until Su Taotao's restlessness was too obvious, and then Shi Shiran got up and said goodbye.

Su Taotao breathed a sigh of relief, and almost happily said goodbye to his parents and went out, which inevitably attracted a sigh from the second elder, saying that the girl was not left. Su Taotao is dumb and eats coptis, and he can't say anything about his suffering, so he can only endure it silently.

When they went out, the two of them were relieved without the pressure of their parents. Lu Zhen unexpectedly put on a poker face again, which was a bit similar to Lu Qi. Su Taotao followed behind, wanting to say something but didn't know where to start, until he got into the car, he hesitated, and whispered thank you to Lu Zhen.

"My parents are very happy today, thank you, Lu Zhen."

Su Taotao hugged Lu Zhen's arm coquettishly, and couldn't help but quietly breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that he didn't push himself away or dodge. Just when Su Taotao thought about it and the whole person rushed over, Lu Zhen opened his mouth at this time, but there was exhaustion in his tone that could not be concealed: "Taotao, I think we should be separated for a while and calm down." (To be continued.) )