Half an hour later, Gu Aoting arrived at the Lu family's old house.
On the way here, he had a fierce ideological struggle, and finally compromised with reality, and also thought about what he wanted to say to Su Hua.
Today is different from the past. A man can bend and stretch.
As soon as he entered the Lu family's living room, everyone in the room looked at him.
Gu Aoting smiled, raised his hand to loosen his tie, coughed slightly, and said in a familiar tone: "Everyone is here."
No one paid attention to him.
Gu Aoting was a little embarrassed and stayed where he was. He glanced at Su Hua, then at Gu Beixian and Lu Yanshu.
Everyone was expressionless.
Even his own mother lowered her eyelids and seemed to be ignoring him.
Gu Aoting was quite depressed.
You asked him to come together, just to show him off?
There are not many people who have lived for such a long time and dare to give him such a slap in the face.
For a moment, Gu Aoting wanted to turn around and leave.
However, after many years of experience in the shopping mall, he has long since developed a calm and generous personality, and he has already passed the age of being vigorous.
Gu Aoting coughed again, raised his voice, and said with a smile, "Good evening, everyone."
Still no one answered him.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward for a while.
He stood there for a long time with a sullen face.
In the end, Mrs. Lu couldn't stand it anymore and waved to him, "Ao Ting, come over and sit down."
Gu Aoting walked over and sat down next to her.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Lu ordered the servants to start serving the dishes.
After the dishes were placed, everyone got up and came to the restaurant.
On the exquisite and luxurious long table, a variety of delicacies from the mountains and seas are arranged in an orderly manner, exuding an alluring aroma and tempting your index fingers.
Among them were the steamed Songjiang seabass, three-shredded shark's fin and boiled cabbage that Su Hua ordered at the Kyoto Hotel that day.
Lu Yanshu also specially asked the servant to place it in front of her.
Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Gu were supposed to be sitting in the upper seats.
But the two old ladies had to let Su Hua sit between them, so they temporarily put a chair between them.
Two gray-haired old ladies held Suhua in their arms like stars holding the moon, and brought her food from time to time.
Old Mrs. Lu picked up a piece of fish and put it on the plate in front of her. "My dear granddaughter, eat more fish. Eat fish to replenish your brain."
Su Hua was about to say thank you.
Mrs. Gu then picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in front of her, "My dear granddaughter-in-law, eat a piece of pork ribs to get some calcium."
Su Hua smiled sweetly and a little helplessly, "Thank you, grandmas."
Gu Aoting saw all this and felt strange in his heart.
Tell me what it feels like.
There is no rule in the Lu family that one should not speak when eating or sleeping.
Mrs. Lu likes liveliness, the more lively the better.
She patted Su Hua on the shoulder and said, "I'll call your uncle and several brothers over another day. I was going to call you this time, but your father said that since we just got to know you, there are too many people and I'm afraid you won't feel comfortable."
Su Hua looked at Lu Yanshu, feeling a little sweet in her heart.
Father's love has been absent from her life for too long.
Whenever a drop of love from her father comes into her life, she will be greatly touched.
It was like rain hitting cracked dry soil, making a chirping sound.
Gu Aoting and Lu Yanshu sat side by side.
Gu Aoting is the guest, and Lu Yanshu is the host.
Ordinarily Lu Yanshu would have to warmly entertain his guest.
But ever since Gu Aoting entered the room, Lu Yanshu had kept a cold face. Not to mention warm hospitality, he didn't even bother to say a word to him.
Helpless, Gu Aoting could only speak quickly: "I have long thought that Su Hua has a different temperament. It turns out that she inherited your temperament."
Lu Yanshu raised the corners of his lips very lightly, "Don't say that, Mr. Gu. Our Lu family is from a small family, how can we have any temperament?"
Gu Aoting choked and said slowly: "The Lu family's financial resources are not inferior to those of the Gu family. They are not a small family."
Lu Yanshu picked up the bowl, filled a bowl of bird's nest soup, pushed it in front of Su Hua, and said slowly: "There is a world outside the sky, and there are people outside the world. Although the Lu family is not inferior to the Gu family, it is still a small family in front of the royal family and the world's richest man.
"We are not afraid of small families, but we are afraid of some people who think very highly of themselves and look down on others. They look down on this and that all day long. What is the difference between this arrogance and the frog in the well?"
This was said without mercy.
He just pointed at Gu Aoting's nose and called him a frog in the well.
Gu Aoting has always been held in high esteem, how could anyone dare to treat him with such connotation?
But it was hard for him to refute.
A breath was held in his heart. He couldn't go up or come down. He was so angry that he couldn't hold it in.
Gu Beixian turned his head and looked towards Su Hua.
The two looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and had a common thought in their hearts: people should not be judged by their appearance.
Lu Yanshu looks elegant and gentlemanly in appearance, but he didn't expect that he could be so sharp when he quarrels with others.
Specially designed to poke people in the heart.
The atmosphere became tense for a moment.
After a while, Gu Aoting picked up the wine glass and said to Lu Yanshu: "In-laws, come, today we meet for the first time, let's have a drink."
Lu Yanshu raised his eyelids slightly and did not even look at him seriously, "In-laws? Who are your in-laws? I remember that Su Hua and your son divorced, right?"
Gu Aoting kept smiling, "You can also remarry after a divorce. It's very easy to get a certificate."
"That's right, divorce is quite easy." Lu Yanshu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said slowly: "But remarriage is difficult."
Gu Aoting's hand holding the wine glass tightened, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean by this?"
Lu Yanshu put down the tea cup and tapped the table with his index finger, "Our Xiaohua is young and beautiful, with elegant temperament. She can restore cultural relics and is good at painting. She is one of the ten outstanding young people. She has a glorious resume and a good family background. Such a good condition
, let her choose from all the young talents in Kyoto. It is said that a good horse never turns back to eat grass. There is obviously so much fresh and high-quality grass, why should she turn back?"
Gu Aoting was speechless for a moment.
On the way here, I knew that this trip would not go smoothly, but I never expected it to be so tricky.
Far beyond his imagination.
Usually, when he went to Gu Beixian to seduce Chu Suosuo and Zhou Pinpin, their parents would give their full support. This was the first time he encountered such a difficult parent.
Gu Aoting kept smiling, but gradually became colder.
He stood up with his hands on the table, suppressing his emotions and said: "I remembered, I have something else to do, it's quite important. You guys eat slowly, I'm going to go ahead."
He pushed the chair and was about to leave, when Old Mrs. Gu yelled from behind: "Sit down!"
Gu Aoting's raised right foot slowly came down.
Old Mrs. Gu said with a sullen face: "You have done so much to Hua'er before. Just listen to what your in-laws say to you. You are already very old and you can leave as soon as you say it. Who can you show your willfulness to?"
Gu Aoting took a deep breath.
I started weighing things up in my mind.
In the past six months, he had pushed several women around Gu Beixian, but he didn't want them. If this continues, the relationship between father and son will only become more and more tense.
Forget it, for the sake of your own son, what’s the point of hearing a few unpleasant words?
Gu Aoting raised his wrist to look at his watch, turned around, and said with a smile: "I remembered, I have arranged for my assistant to do that, so there is no need for me to come forward in person."
No one answered his words.
Gu Aoting smiled awkwardly, found a step for himself, and sat down.
It was a meal that was hard to finish.
Suhua was dragged by Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Gu to the back garden to enjoy the flowers, accompanied by Gu Beixian.
Gu Aoting and Lu Yanshu were sitting in the side hall drinking tea.
The wind blew in slowly from the window, and the aroma of the fine Pu'er tea overflowed.
Gu Aoting picked up the tea cup and took a sip, tasting it carefully in his mouth, "Is it Lao Ban Zhang?"
He usually drinks Tieguanyin and the like. He doesn't like to drink Pu'er, so he can't tell the difference.
I only know that the best Pu'er tea is Lao Banzhang.
Lu Yanshu glanced at him with a bit of arrogance and said casually: "Iceland Old Village."
Iceland Laozhai is the best Pu'er tea, much more expensive than Laobanzhang.
It has the aroma of flowers and fruits, the tea soup is strong and powerful, and the aroma is rich and steady. It costs 70,000 yuan per kilogram.
Gu Aoting looked at Lu Yanshu's slender white fingers holding the purple clay tea cup gracefully, and for a moment he felt ashamed.
He is usually aloof and arrogant, but rarely feels this way.
Lu Yanshu was engaged in art when he was young and could be considered a Confucian businessman.
Compared with him, Gu Aoting lacks a bit of the elegant temperament of an artist.
Gu Aoting held the small purple sand cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Your eldest brother has always been running your company?"
Lu Yanshu raised his eyelids and said, "I also have the right to make decisions. Is there something wrong?"
"That's just right." Gu Aoting cleared his throat, "I'm a businessman, and I like to be straightforward in doing things. Everyone is in business, and we all know that resources are exchanged and mutually beneficial. I heard that your family is currently engaged in new energy and biotechnology.
Well, it just so happens that our company also has intentions in this regard. Let's find an opportunity another day to sit down and have a good talk. Marriage plus business, kiss plus marriage."
Lu Yanshu gently rubbed the wall of the cup with his fingers, a faint sneer floating in his eyes.
He studied painting since he was a child, and he has the nobility of an artist in his heart.
I look down upon a snobbish businessman like Gu Aoting who is only interested in profit.
He sneered softly and said in a very calm tone: "Before, because of Xiaohua's poor family background, you forced her to divorce. Now that you know she is the daughter of the Lu family, you are rushing to propose remarriage. It is inevitable that there will be ups and downs in the business world, and today it has reached the top.
, there is a possibility of falling into the valley tomorrow. If our Lu family falls in the future, are you going to beat Xiaohua again?"
Gu Aoting was startled.
After a few seconds, he laughed dryly, "How could it be? The Lu family's business has been very stable these years. Business cooperation, remarriage, double happiness, what a great thing."
Lu Yanshu heard the overtones of the words.
He picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and said in a lazy and distant tone: "Let's talk about it, our Xiaohua is still young, so we are not in a hurry. As for cooperating with your Gu family, I am not interested."