Chapter Twenty-Five: A Suffocating Family Feast

When Tahiti returns, someone's expression is as if they are indulging in the spring breeze, and the sun is shining even brightly. Of course, there is more than one person here, but two to be exact.

The seeds of love have sprouted, some are still seedlings, some are already towering trees,

We are all waiting for the moment when our hearts are connected, so that the flowers can bloom more synchronously.

At the door of the company building on a cloudy afternoon, Pei Xiuxiu, who had just gotten off work, was stopped by Xu Mingzhu, who was in front of her, looking like she was waiting for her.

Xu Mingzhu stood in front of her with jewels, looked at her with no one in her eyes and said, "Get in the car, let's talk." ”

After hesitating, out of politeness, Pei Xiuxiu still got into the car.

In the spacious rear seat, Pei Xiuxiu, who was shrunk aside, whispered: "Do you have something to do with me?" ”

Xu Mingzhu looked at her and said, "You go to a place with me." ”

"Where?"

"Why are you asking so much? You'll know when you get there. ”

With this reproach, the atmosphere in the car dropped to freezing, and no one spoke again.

The luxuriously elongated Lincoln finally stopped at the door of a private villa complex.

Surrounded by a large area of natural scenery, several western-style villas stand on the halfway up the mountain, blending into the mountains and rivers.

Pei Xiuxiu saw with her own eyes that the car drove for a while after entering the gate before stopping.

Xu Mingzhu said with a cold face: "Let's get down." ”

Pei Xiuxiu followed nervously, bypassing a fountain pool and into the spacious living room.

I saw that the magnificent European-style furniture in the living room was extremely luxurious, the gorgeous crystal lamps were dazzling, and the bright marble escalators spiraled upward.

The whole living room has the taste of English style, in front of which is a whole fireplace design, next to an ancient two-meter-high classical English clock stands prominently on the side, and the golden leather texture sofa looks expensive, typical of the rich style design of the living room decoration.

"Aunt Xu, I'm coming to see you." A crisp and pleasant female voice sounded.

Pei Xiuxiu's eyes turned to the door, and she saw a beautiful woman with a goose egg face, small mountain eyebrows, white skin and white teeth walking in with a pear vortex smile.

Xu Mingzhu went up to greet her with a smile, took her hand intimately and said, "Yao Yao, you are here, go, the family banquet has not started yet." ”

Yao Shuiqing looked at Pei Xiuxiu and asked politely, "Auntie, who is this?" How I've never seen one. ”

Xu Mingzhu sneered and said, "She is an employee of Lingfeng's company, and there are not enough people in the family, so I asked her to help." ”

Pei Xiuxiu was furious when she heard this, and said: "Auntie, you seem to have made a mistake, I don't work in the Ling family now, and it is difficult for me to obey your request." ”

"Auntie? Who allowed you to call me that? Why are you in such a hurry to run away? I'll tell you the truth that there are a lot of women who steal my son, not to mention you, since you are here today, you can see what kind of woman is worthy of Ling Feng, some people are not dead in the heart of the Yellow River, then I will let her witness the gap with her own eyes. Xu Mingzhu said unceremoniously.

Pei Xiuxiu frowned and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but I refuse, although you want to insult me, but I don't want you to achieve what you want, I have to leave now." ”

"You dare, Lao Xin stopped her, you can't go anywhere without my permission!"

Xu Mingzhu roared silently.

Lao Xin, a tall bodyguard, appeared in front of me Pei Xiuxiu and made a blocking move.

"Humph!" Pei Xiuxiu turned around and walked to the right side, and the bodyguard stopped the right side, and vice versa.

"You...... Get out of the way! Pei Xiuxiu pointed at the big man in black in front of her.

"Miss self-respect!"

Pei Xiuxiu suddenly became angry, raised her right leg and kicked it fiercely, kicking in the sensitive direction of the man.

How did Lao Xin take a step ahead of her, he crossed his hands to block it alertly, and then said coldly: "If you are rude, you are not my opponent, and it is not polite to blame me if you do it again." ”

When Pei Xiuxiu wanted to cry without tears, Ling Feng, dressed in a formal suit, walked in majestically.

Heng frowned and asked coldly, "What's going on?" ”

With this scolding, Lao Xin retreated to the side in a daze and stopped speaking.

Pei Xiuxiu quickly hid behind Ling Feng and said, "Ling Feng took me out of here." ”

A layer of frost appeared on Ling Feng's face and he asked again, "Can anyone explain to me what the situation was just now?" ”

Yao Shuiqing saw that the situation was not right, and explained with a smile: "That Ling Feng, just now Aunt Xu invited Miss Lin to the party, but Miss Lin insisted on refusing, so there was a scene just now, I think there must be some misunderstanding." ”

Ling Feng tilted his head and asked softly, "Is that the case?" ”

Pei Xiuxiu replied angrily: "President, your Ling family said that there were not enough people to ask me to help, I'm sorry that I am neither an employee of your Ling family nor your servant, you are not qualified to order me to do this and that." It's such a high-class place, I'm not suitable for it. ”

Ling Feng's sharp eyes swept down Xu Mingzhu opposite, and the corners of his mouth hooked up and sneered: "Mother, this is your hospitality?" I'm ashamed of you. Lin Ran is my girlfriend, and she is eligible to attend this family dinner. ”

Xu Mingzhu sneered: "Very good, welcome, welcome." ”

An hour later, the people of the Ling family arrived one after another, and they were shocked when they didn't know what to see, the people of the Ling family were not ordinarily prosperous.

There are a lot of uncles, uncles, aunts, and aunts, who manage the various subsidiaries of Ling's huge industry.

Ling Feng's father, Ling Ruhai, was the second eldest in the family, and with the support of Ling Lao, he became the chairman of the Ling Group and was in charge of the main lifeblood of the Ling family.

Ling Ruhai has two sons, the eldest Ling Yuntian became the youngest division commander of a military region when he was young, just turned thirty, because he was not interested in the family business, so he was not willing to come down from the army until recent years, as Ling Ruhai's successor training.

His appearance is somewhat similar to Ling Feng, with three-dimensional facial features, a resolute face, and the habit of being upright and heroic in the army all year round, giving people an innate sense of oppression.

may be because of the failure of the previous marriage, Ling Yuntian's eyes always have a faint melancholy and the coldness of looking directly at everything, which makes people shudder.

The two brothers, who are completely different from each other, have nothing in common except for a few similarities in appearance. And the two brothers have not been able to play together since they were young due to the difference in age of seven years. In addition, Ling Yuntian, who had just entered junior high school, began his overseas study career, and did not return to China until he finished college ahead of schedule and was selected by an ace army, so the two brothers who had shallow feelings since childhood were strangers.

After a few pleasantries, everyone sat down one after another, led by Old Man Ling at the long dining table, and then sat down on the left and right sides in order of age. Yao Shuiqing was arranged on the left side of Xu Mingzhu and on the right side of Ling Feng, at first glance, it was an intentional arrangement, and anyone could see that it was Xu Mingzhu who deliberately reserved a place for the daughter-in-law of the Ling family.

The sharp-eyed little sister-in-law looked at Yao Shuiqing with deep meaning, and her red lips opened and asked, "Which family's daughter is this?" Ling Feng's girlfriend? ”

Xu Mingzhu was about to open his mouth to explain, but Ling Feng interjected coldly: "Auntie, you misunderstood, this person on the right hand next to me is my girlfriend Lin Ran." ”

His grand introduction attracted everyone's attention and unconsciously cast their attention to the inconspicuous girl on the side, a quiet and delicate girl. Compared with Yao Shuiqing's outstanding temperament and beauty, it is indeed a little ordinary.

At this time, Yao Shuiqing's cheeks were slightly red, and her face was full of shyness, she didn't expect Ling Feng to reject her so bluntly.

Xu Mingzhu saw her embarrassment and patted her for comfort, and then solemnly announced: "Let me introduce this Yao Shuiqing, the daughter of the chairman of Longyao Group, graduated from Columbia University, and has just returned from abroad. As for the girlfriend he introduced next to him, I would like to declare that one day I am here, she will definitely not be the daughter-in-law of our Ling family. ”

Ling Feng sneered-for-tat: "Do you pick a daughter-in-law or do I marry a wife?" I repeat once again that I am in charge of my marriage, and I will never accept any arranged and ridiculous marriage. ”

The tense conversation brought the atmosphere at the table to a freezing point, and Ling Lao couldn't stand it and said, "What are you doing? Shut up and eat for me! ”

After an order, the table suddenly fell silent, and everyone pretended to be okay to eat and chat normally.

Pei Xiuxiu was as uncomfortable as sitting on pins and needles, and she couldn't swallow it. Ling Feng didn't finish the dishes that Ling Feng gave her several times, which was completely different from her who had always been a foodie.

On the opposite side, Ling Yuntian's cold gaze glanced at the shy girl intentionally or unintentionally, a little interesting, and he made a judgment in his heart.

After dinner, the men went to Mr. Ling's study to talk about work reports, and the women gathered in the living room to talk about family life. Yao Shuiqing is definitely a figure that everyone pays attention to, I saw that she answered fluently, and she was humble and polite, and was deeply loved by the elders.

Xu Mingzhu saw Pei Xiuxiu, who was ignored by everyone in the corner, and smiled contemptuously: "Miss Lin, how about you please play a song for us as a pastime after dinner?" ”

Pei Xiuxiu was startled by the sudden roll call, and opened her mouth to refuse: "I'm sorry, I won't." ”

The sharp-faced aunt asked harshly, "I don't know what kind of background Miss Lin has that can charm Ling Feng, this kid?" Since the piano is not estimated to have other skills, the cello or? ”

"I'm sorry I can't use any instrument, and I don't have the background you said." Pei Xiuxiu frowned and replied.

She really wanted to escape from this suffocating atmosphere at the moment, and she could feel the cold hostility around her.

Xu Mingzhu sneered and said: "Since you don't want to introduce me, I'll help you introduce it, Lin Ran Tiantai is our fellow countryman, our ancestors have been farming for generations, my father is a contractor and a small village official, and my mother has not been able to give birth to three daughters at home, so she is addicted to gambling all day long, as far as I know, the family background is not ordinary!" ”

Pei Xiuxiu stood up a little angrily and asked, "You sent someone to investigate me?" ”

"Of course, I have to investigate the people who deliberately approached my son, including who your boyfriend was when you were in college, and I know how long you talked about it. Even your first love, you are a third party, you are really capable! ”

As soon as these words came out of countless numbers, Pei Xiuxiu finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran out of the Ling family with tears in her eyes. The dark mountain road was terrible and cold, but it couldn't compare to the coldness and pain in her heart at the moment.