After Liu Mingzhi returned to the study, he held a copy of "Folk Talk" and read about seven or eight pages in the flickering candlelight. There was a knock on the door in the study.
“Dad, is it convenient for the child to go in now?”
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the door: "Come in."
"yes."
Liu Chengzhi, the second eldest child, pushed open the door of the study room, leaned forward and looked at his father who was sitting behind the desk, and then walked in with light steps.
Liu Mingzhi reached out and pointed casually towards the chair opposite him, and continued to silently flip through the book in his hand.
“Thank you, Dad.”
Liu Chengzhi gently sat down on the chair and waited obediently. From time to time he glanced at his father, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, guessing his father's intention of letting him come to the study.
The father and son sat in silence, and in the study room there was only the slight crackling of the candle wicks, and the sound of Young Master Liu flipping through papers.
Young Master Liu slowly flipped through the page, picked up the tea cup, blew on it and tasted it quietly, paying no attention to Liu Chengzhi's intention.
Liu Chengzhi felt the strange atmosphere in the study room. Although his face still looked like he was waiting calmly and calmly, there was a faint wave in his heart. He couldn't help but secretly muttered to himself what his father wanted to do with this move.
Since my father sent Uncle Song to call him to the study, there is a high probability that he has something to ask or explain to me.
But as soon as I entered the study, my father was drinking tea and reading, and had no intention of paying attention to me. Could it be that I had made a mistake? Did my father let me come just so that I could watch him drink tea and read?
How is this possible? This is totally inconsistent with Dad’s character!
Sneaking a glance at Young Master Liu again, Liu Chengzhi breathed a silent sigh to suppress the waves in his heart, silently recited the Ice Heart Mantra and continued to wait.
No matter what dad wants to do, just wait and see.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Liu Mingzhi put down the tea cup in his hand without any warning. The slight movement made Liu Chengfeng raise his eyebrows, and he hurriedly sat up, his body that had been slightly leaning forward for some time.
In this somewhat weird atmosphere, Liu Chengzhi had forgotten the passage of time and did not know how much time had passed.
Young Master Liu glanced at Liu Chengzhi, who was sitting upright across from him. The joy in his eyes flashed away, and his eyes returned to the calmness that had just been like a pool of stagnant water.
Liu Mingzhi folded a corner of the book in his hand and put it back to its original position. He poured two cups of tea from the pot and leaned back lazily.
“Chengzhi, do you know King You of Zhou?”
Liu Chengzhi looked stunned and looked at his father tentatively: "Hmm? King Zhou You? Dad, are you talking about the King You of Zhou in the history books who played with the princes with beacon fire and only smiled at the beauty?"
“Yes, that’s him.
You can tell his most famous deeds without thinking, it seems that you know him very clearly!"
“When I was in the Imperial College, my son had studied history books, and I had some impression of King Zhou You. Why did my father suddenly mention him to my son?”
“What do you think of King You of Zhou?”
"ah?"
“Ah what? My father asked you how you evaluate King You of Zhou?”
“He is stupid and unethical, just to win a smile from a beautiful woman, he actually treats the country, the country, the country, and the country as a child’s play, and ignores the people of the world. In the end, this is the result of his own fault, and he does not blame others.”
"Well! By the way, my father heard from your mother that you are running to the princess house of Jingyao every two days? Is that so?"
Liu Chengzhi was stunned for a moment and almost didn't react. His father was talking about how the matter of King Zhou You suddenly got involved with Jingyao again.
However, feeling his father's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's thoughts, Liu Chengzhi nodded without hesitation: "That's true. Now that the Spring Festival is off, the children have nothing to do in the house, so they go to Jingyao's place a lot.
Some.
But don’t worry, dad, the child has never forgotten your warning. When dealing with Jingyao in private, he has always been affectionate and courteous, and has never gone beyond one step."
“Father believes you in this, so your relationship with this girl Jingyao is very deep now?”
When Liu Chengzhi heard that his father asked him such a question, he was silent for a moment in embarrassment and nodded heavily.
"Yes!"
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Chengzhi’s embarrassed expression, picked up a cup of tea and gently placed it in front of Liu Chengzhi: “Drink tea.”
Liu Chengzhi was flattered and took the tea from his father: "Thank you, dad. The child can just take it by himself."
Young Master Liu picked up his tea and tasted it briefly. He looked at Liu Chengzhi with a faint look and said calmly, "What if my father told you that you and Jingyao are not suitable for each other?"
Liu Chengzhi's movement of serving the tea suddenly trembled, and he looked at the father opposite him in shock: "No...no...inappropriate? What...what do you mean?"
“Yes, it’s inappropriate. It doesn’t mean anything else, it’s just inappropriate.
At the end of last year, your father has already identified a well-matched lady for you. In a few days, it will be the Lantern Festival. My father will arrange for you to meet by chance at the Qingling River in the south of the city. Don't be rude when you talk to her girl.
.
As for the situation with this girl Jingyao, being a father will not make it difficult for you. He will arrange everything properly. The next thing you do with that lady is up to you.
Don’t let your father down, try to marry this girl as soon as possible, and give your father and your mother a fat grandson.
Your grandparents are also anxious to have a grandson. You need to pay more attention to continuing the great business of our Liu family."
Liu Chengzhi stared blankly at his father, who seemed to be talking about a trivial matter. His right arm holding the tea kept shaking.
Liu Chengzhi reacted, looking at his father with confused eyes and shaking his head.
“It’s not like that, it’s not like that. Dad, you have told your child more than once that you like Jingyao very much, and you have already regarded her as your future daughter-in-law.
Why is it suddenly inappropriate now?
You must be joking with the child, right?
Dad, this joke is not funny at all. Even if Jingyao did something wrong, you can tell the child, and the child will immediately tell Jingyao and ask her to correct it."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Chengzhi’s panicked expression, drank the tea in one gulp and put down the tea cup silently.
“Do you think your father is joking with you?”
"Child...baby...baby needs a reason. There must be a reason for everything, right?"
“There is no reason. My father simply feels that you two are not suitable for each other. There is no other reason.
You are right what you just said, my father really likes this girl Jingyao, and he has wanted her to be his future daughter-in-law more than once.
But that was only before.
Now my father feels that you are not suitable, so your marriage is over, that's all."
Liu Chengzhi stood up suddenly, pressed his hands on the desk and stared at his father with a heavy gaze.
"Why?"
“There is no reason, it’s the same sentence, my father thinks you are not suitable, that’s all.
Your chance encounter with that lady is scheduled for the Lantern Festival in three days. You must make good preparations during these three days, so as not to embarrass your father."
“No, I don’t agree. I firmly disagree with your arrangement without any reason.
Haier and Jingyao have been childhood sweethearts for more than ten years, and they are getting married soon. Dad, you suddenly told the baby that we are not suitable for each other. How do you want the baby to accept it, and how should the baby explain it to Jingyao?
Furthermore, the marriage between the child and Jingyao was the one that you and Grandpa Ruizhong personally agreed on back then. How could you suddenly go back on it now?
Especially this kind of unreasonable regret? Ha'er and Jingyao really can't accept dad's arrangement."
Liu Mingzhi's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and his cold eyes stared intently at Liu Chengzhi, who looked sad and complicated.
“Liu Chengzhi, are you going to disobey your father’s decision?”
Liu Chengzhi felt his father's suddenly gloomy look, and couldn't help but tremble. After struggling for a long time with an indescribable look on his face, Liu Chengzhi put down the teacup heavily and turned towards the door.
“My child...I’m going to find your mother first!”
Young Master Liu looked at the background where Liu Chengzhi turned and said coldly: "Chengzhi, the decision made for my father, let alone your mother, even if all your aunts came together to persuade, do you think anything can be changed?
Even if your grandparents come, nothing will change."