Zhou Jinshi looked at the slender white fingers, smiled, and still sat there uninterestingly.

"Are you afraid of me?" He chatted like an ordinary person, asked casually, and his posture was elegant, and he was completely a gentleman.

"Why am I afraid of you?" Xia Zhi disguised, smiled friendlyly, and met his gaze defiantly, but he touched a coldness and indifference, and his heart trembled again, he is indeed very different from that person, if you don't look at your face, it is completely two people, as my aunt said, this person in front of him has an innate nobility and an undisguised sense of superiority.

His words and deeds are extremely confident, and his movements are slow and elegant...... As for that person, she didn't want to remember, and what impressed her the most was the arrogant and hateful eyes.

And Zhou Jinshi's eyes are obvious, full of enjoyment of life.

The waiter came over and asked Zhou Jinshi what he wanted.

Zhou Jinshi smiled and said, "Two cups of coffee, one steak." He saw the steak that had not yet moved in front of Xia Solstice.

Xia Zhi frowned, there were many boys who had been in love with her since she was a child, but he had such a natural expression, he didn't regard himself as an outsider, and he seemed to be a person who seemed to have a familiar relationship, she still saw it for the first time, and endured her anger, she smiled at him politely, and then stood up, of course, she didn't forget to hold the information in front of her in her arms, "Mr. Zhou use it slowly, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first, I'll invite this meal." With that, he stepped out of his seat.

Zhou Jinshi seemed to be expected, and only looked at her with a faint smile, not reluctantly, gave a self-contained expression, and replied to her treat, "Then thank you, Miss Xia." ”

The waiter came over with coffee and steak, and put a steak and a cup of coffee in front of Zhou Jinshi, seeing that the summer solstice was leaving, he didn't know where to put the other cup of coffee.

Seeing the situation, Xia Zhi said, "Let's give this gentleman together." ”

The waiter put the extra cup of coffee in front of Zhou Jinshi, who didn't mind, just smiled, picked it up and took a sip.

Xia Zhi frowned almost invisibly, nodded to him politely goodbye, turned his head and left, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he sighed, and the information in his arms was tightly held on his chest.

In the evening, the Xia family has a family dinner, and there must be at least one such party in a month, so that the people in the family will not be too alienated, and at such a time, if there is nothing too important, it is not allowed to be absent.

The driver parked the car outside the courtyard of a villa that looked like an ancient castle halfway up the mountainside, and soon, someone opened the door and the car slowly drove in.

This is where the old lady of the Xia family lives, in European style, with neat palm trees planted on both sides of the road leading to the villa gate, and roses climbing on the wall.

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, Xia Bocheng walked in the middle, Dong Ling and Xia Zhi on both sides, one left and one right, and slowly walked into the hall.

A woman dressed as a maid took the coats of the three of them in her hands and hung them on a hanger.

There were several people sitting or standing by the fireplace, among them was an old man with gray hair but in good spirits, who looked up at the three people who had just entered, and a warm smile appeared on his calm face.

Xia Bocheng stepped forward and called, "Dad." ”

Immediately afterwards, Dong Ling also called, "Dad." ”

Xia Zhi shouted, "Grandpa." ”

The old man nodded and motioned for them to come and sit down.

It turned out that several people who were in the house came out to say hello one by one.

"Third uncle."

"Auntie."

"Tiny to."

Xia Zhi also shouted one by one, "Big brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, second uncle, fourth uncle." "The first three elder brothers were born to the eldest uncle, the eldest uncle was not in good health and had been recuperating abroad for many years, the fourth brother was the child of the second uncle, and the fourth uncle only had two daughters.

Men always talk about work and current affairs when they are together, so Dong Ling took Xia Solstice upstairs.

Upstairs in the living room, the eldest sister-in-law, the second sister-in-law, and the two cousins of the fourth uncle's family, Xia Lei and Xia Zhen, were playing with the eldest brother's daughter Chenchen, the child was less than two years old, looking like a doll, with white skin like porcelain, and big and smart eyes.

Dong Ling picked up the child as soon as she went up, she kept liking it, kissed the child's face, and talked about parenting with her sister-in-law.

Xia Lei and Xia Zhen are the same age as Xia Zhi, one is one year younger than her, and the other is three years younger than her, they have all become big girls like flowers and jade, and they have been close to each other since they were children.

Xia Zhi was said to be a little shy, and his face flushed, "You haven't come back from a business trip yet?" ”

Xia Zhen immediately said, "I'll get married in more than a month and I'm still on a business trip, have you taken a wedding photo?" ”

Summer Solstice shook his head.

Xia Lei asked again, "Has the place for the honeymoon trip been decided?" ”

Summer Solstice shook his head.

Xia Zhen asked again, "Who are the best men and bridesmaids, and how many are there?" ”

Xia Zhi was stunned, the best man didn't have to care about her, and the bridesmaid forgot about it.

Xia Lei and Xia Zhen's eyes were straight, and Xia Lei couldn't help but say, "Sister, why don't you look like a bride at all!" ”

Xia Zhen also said, "Sister, you're so old, it's time for a snack." ”

The two women hated iron and looked at the summer solstice.

Summer Solstice couldn't cry or laugh.

After a while, someone went upstairs and told them to go down to dinner, and the ladies and relatives laughed and walked down the stairs.

When the old man is present, the atmosphere will be very serious, and there will be no sound at the table.

The Xia family has very strict rules, and you can't make a sound when eating, Xia Zhi still remembers that when I was a child learning the rules of eating at my grandfather's place, I often couldn't eat, and I was so hungry that I wanted to eat a cow, and I wanted to gobble it up, but I still had to pretend to be cold and arrogant, looking down at the food condescendingly, pretending to be disdainful, piece by piece, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly, once the spoon touched the bowl and made a sound, I was going to be punished for standing.

Later, when she was a little older, it should belong to the rebellious period, when she could eat in the cafeteria, she left the shackles of home for the first time, and when facing food, the first action she had to do was to pick up the chopsticks and knock thirteen times on the bowl. When they are older, they will calm down, and before they know it, they have become accustomed to those rules, and even become a bit of a cleanliness habit.

"What is that Wen kid doing now?" The old man's voice came suddenly, always so cold and dull, that people couldn't hear what the emotion was.

Xia Zhi was stunned first, and then heard Dong Ling smile with a smile, "Being a vice president in an investment banking company." ”

The old man sighed softly and asked, "Which company?" ”

Dong Ling seemed to hesitate, but had to say, "AU." ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled almost invisibly, "A small industry under the Fu family." ”

Xia Bocheng said, "I will let him come to Shengding." ”

Xia Zhi felt a twitch in her heart, she knew that Wen Anxu had always had a strong self-esteem, and he had been working hard to prove himself in front of her, although he didn't say it explicitly, but she was almost certain that he would not be willing to her father's arrangement.

The old man looked at Xia Bocheng and said coldly, "You are in a bit of a hurry to do this, so young that this child is still young." ”

Suddenly put out such a sentence, the people at the table quietly glanced at Xia Zhi, Xia Bocheng was even more ugly, at that time, Xia Bocheng was indeed selfish, and he was also cut in front of the old man, until a month ago, after the date was set, he came to tell his father, and he was scolded by his father at that time.

Although Xia Zhi's face was not pale, he was shouting in his heart: No one wants to control my freedom and marriage!

Next, the topic changed, and somehow I talked about the Zhou family.

The old man sighed, "Then the old man said he would leave, and he still owes me a game of chess that has no result." He said with a little emotion.

The second son, Xia Bozhou, said, "Although Grandpa Zhou's grandson is back, it seems that he is going to develop in China." ”

The fourth son, Xia Bojiang, said, "Haven't they always had an industry in China? ”

"This time, I think it's the intention to put the main force here." Xia Bojiang said.

The old man said, "The Zhou family is thin, and there is such a grandson in this generation." ”

Xia Zhi couldn't eat anymore, so he just looked at the chopsticks in his fingers.

The old man left Xia Bocheng in the villa that night, and the driver drove Dong Ling and Xia Zhi back.

Since going downstairs just now, Xia Solstice has not shown a smile from beginning to end, and has never spoken to the old man, in fact, to talk about this grandfather, compared to her grandmother, she still has some feelings, when her mother suffered everywhere, at least grandfather said a few times fairly.

Sitting in the car, Dong Ling held Xia Zhi's hand, patted the back of Xia Zhi's hand comfortingly, and said softly, "Now that the news has spread, even if the old man is unwilling, he can't do anything." ”

Xia Zhi asked in a deep voice, "Auntie, have you booked the hotel for the wedding?" ”

Dong Ling was stunned and said with a smile, "Look at my brain, these days I am running around at home and abroad, ordering, I will let the secretary set it tomorrow." ”

Xia Zhi was very surprised that Aunt Xiao would forget about this matter, and said lightly, "No need Auntie, I'll order it myself." ”

Dong Ling was about to say something, but when she saw her expression, she swallowed it raw, and only patted the back of her hand gently.

After getting out of the car, Xia Zhi walked down indifferently, entered the door, went upstairs, very mechanical, without a trace of expression.

Dong Ling watched from behind her, and couldn't help but be a little worried, just when she thought that Xia Solstice was going to be silent like this, the figure in front of her suddenly paused when she walked to the bedroom door, turned around, and asked lightly, "Auntie, does Dad regret it?" ”

Dong Ling was stunned and didn't know how to answer, but Xia Zhi didn't seem to wait for her answer, didn't stop, turned around and went into the bedroom again, and closed the door heavily.

Dong Ling sighed.

Wen Anxu came back, Xia Zhi asked for leave to drive to the airport to pick him up in person, too many things happened in the past few days when he was away, which made Xia Zhi haggard, and when she saw him again, it was as if a century had passed, and when she met that pair of eyes that were as warm as jade and tender as water, her heart was about to melt.