At dinner time, the old and young people in the courtyard sat around a table to eat. The advantage of the big family is that they are crowded and lively. However, they also adhere to the old rules. Women and children are not the chief, even Lin Ruolan
A girl who is loved by the elders of the whole family can only eat with her brothers, but her privileges are incomparable to others. According to the rules, no one dares to start eating without moving her chopsticks. Similarly, the old man will never leave her.
No one dared to leave the dining table for a second.
Of course, except for Lin Ruolan.
While eating, Lu Rui looked at Lin Ruolan awkwardly, and was pulled by her to her side. Lin Tiannan and several other people sat down at the same table. Several brothers from the Lin family and Mr. Lin gathered around to have dinner, while the other was the Lin family.
Among the direct lines, Lin Tianhua, Lin Tianyu and others were one table.
Lu Rui sat on the table, looking at the expressions of the people around him, but he didn't expect that the people at the table would look at him with admiration. Lu Rui was slightly stunned and heard Lin Tiannan lying in his ear and whisper: "
These kids are all hang out with me, and they all admire you. You don’t know, Ruolan is used to being arrogant at home. For the evil figures that you can conquer her, the younger generations all have the same name as you.
I admire you very much!"
Lu Rui smiled and before he could speak, he heard Mr. Lin’s voice coming and saying, “Xiao Lu, come and sit here.”
There was a thunder sound on the ground, and everyone in the seat was shocked!
The young and old of the Lin family were stunned, and Lin Fengtian was stunned. Lin Fengtian's second brother, Lin Chunyang, who was the deputy minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, looked at Lu Rui in surprise, and whispered to his brother: "Brother, that's it
Lan Yatou’s boyfriend?”
Lin Fengtian nodded with a worried face and replied in a low voice: "Well, I have been chatting with the old man for a while today. This child is a little impatient and I don't know what the old man means."
Lin Fengtian's third brother Lin Pojun smiled and said, "Brother, second brother, you are thinking too much, Xiaolan is not young anymore. Since the old man has not opposed it, let's talk less." He was in a southern province
As the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, I just returned to the capital and don’t know what happened to the Tiandi Club last night.
After a bitter smile, Lin Fengtian and Lin Chunyang looked at each other, and slowly told Lin Pojun about the incident that Lu Rui and Lin Ruolan had made at the Tiandi Club yesterday. Finally, Lin Fengtian said: "This young man is a character, but
He has taken a domineering approach in his work. Ruolan follows him, and I’m afraid he may not have a good life."
Lin Pojun shook his head: "Some things are not something we can control. Besides, the Lan family should have suffered a little. Hey, if it weren't for Uncle Lan's sake, I would have dealt with that guy Lan Zhengyuan long ago.
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Lan Zhengyuan is Lan Xiaoou's fifth uncle. At this time, he served as the secretary of the municipal party committee of the provincial capital in Province Z where Lin Pojun is located.
Lin Fengtian frowned. He naturally knew that the Lan family had been making small moves recently, but the old man meant to be forbearing. As the head of the Lin family, he naturally had to consider comprehensive things. Nodded, and he said to Lin Pojun:
"Wait a little longer and see what the situation will be like after the New Year."
At this time, Lu Rui had already stood up. He was stunned for a moment just now. Unexpectedly, the old man would let him go to his table for dinner. After a while, he stood up under the slightly red face of Lin Ruolan.
At that moment, he could even feel how curious the people around him were betting on him. After all, being able to sit on the old man’s table for dinner represents a very important significance, even the brothers Lin Tianhua and Lin Tianyu and others
He has reached the position of the department level and does not have the qualifications to sit on it. Lu Rui looked at Mr. Lin with a strange look and walked slowly to him.
Mr. Lin looked at Lu Rui with an expressionless face, without squinting eyes.
"Do you really like Ruolan?" the old man asked lightly.
"It's true that the relationship between me and her is true." Lu Rui said sincerely.
"Hey!" The old man suddenly snorted coldly and said calmly: "Do you know, I originally planned to betroth Ruolan to my old comrade-in-arms' grandson? Do you know, how many people were watching my Lin family when you made a fuss last night?
What a joke? Do you know that what you said in the study just now is enough for me to drive you out?"
Lu Rui's face changed, he nodded and bowed, "I know."
He finally found something was wrong. The meaning of Mr. Lin's words did not seem to be so friendly, and it was completely different from the one in the study just now.
Lin Ruolan's expression also changed. She suddenly stood up and walked to Lu Rui's side. In the surprised eyes of everyone, she gently held Lu Rui's hand, looked at Lu Rui, nodded without saying anything.
Lu Rui is not a fool. He has learned from Lin Ruolan that the marriage between Lin Ruolan and Lan Tianye is an agreement between the two elderly families. The goal is to make the alliance between the two families stronger. Although Lan Tianye has not entered the official career,
He is a young man who is very praised by the older generation of the capital. He has skills, ability and scheming, and has become the most outstanding hope and future among the third generation of the Lan family.
The Lan family and the Lin family have faced the problem of the old man getting old and lacking the backbone. The three Lin Fengtian brothers are better. Although the local forces are somewhat weak, they can still make their own voices in the central government.
The problem of family is bigger. The Lan family’s local power is stronger than that of the central government, but the problem is also exposed. After being limited to the local government, the overall situation becomes a little smaller. In the long run, it is very likely to withdraw from the sequence of wealthy families in the capital.
Therefore, the marriage between Lin Ruolan and Lan Tianye is an opportunity for the two families to integrate their respective forces, and the political significance is greater than the marriage itself.
Lu Rui gritted his teeth. Since the old man told the matter in front of so many people, he undoubtedly wanted to give the Lin family an explanation.
Someone must come out to take responsibility for this matter, and this person is undoubtedly himself!
"Ruolan." The old man turned his head and looked at Lin Ruolan, and said kindly: "I will give you a chance. If you give up on him, you will not be able to do anything. Otherwise, don't blame Grandpa for being cruel."
Lin Ruolan nodded, glanced at Lu Rui, and said firmly: "Grandpa, you know my temper. Once you have determined something, things will not change."
The old man smiled slightly, looked at the young men in front of him, and said lightly: "From today on, you two have no relationship with the Lin family. Do you understand?"
Shocked!
The people in the entire hall suddenly changed their faces. If the old man hadn't been very prestige enough, the hall would have long become a vegetable market.
Lu Rui clearly felt that after the old man said that, Lin Ruolan holding his hand suddenly trembled violently, and a feeling of sadness permeated around him, as if he had a heart-to-heart relationship.
It was obvious that Lin Ruolan's pain of being given up.
A moment of depression arose in his heart, and his mood suddenly fell to the bottom. He felt a fire burning in his heart. Lu Rui was unwilling to give in. He felt that his dignity had been violated, and Mr. Lin's words were like a memorial.
A loud slap was slapped hard on his face. Just now, the old man was asking if he would protect Lin Ruolan, but in a blink of an eye, he drove Lin Ruolan out of the Lin family. Lu Rui felt that the biggest insult in his life was
In full view of everyone, the Lin family was trampled on their dignity.
What made Lu Rui even more sad was that in the eyes of most people around him, he only saw contempt and ridicule, and some people even did not hide their contempt for themselves and Lin Ruolan. At that moment, a sad mood
It permeated his heart. In the eyes of these big families, he probably couldn't even be considered an ant. In other words, at this time, he was more like a stray dog.
However, Lu Rui knew that he could never collapse at this time!
Because, Lin Ruolan was still standing beside him.
At this time, Lin Ruolan's body was trembling slightly, her lips moved slightly, and her eyes were staring at the old man, but she couldn't say a word.
Lu Rui pinched the hand of the girl beside him, gave the other party an encouraging look, trying to calm his tone, but his body began to tremble involuntarily. After all, the one in front of him was either a senior official at the ministerial level or a senior vice-president at the national level.
The officers and even the founding father, Mr. Lin, had the momentum of these people condensed into a big net, covering both Lu Rui and Lin Ruolan, making Lu Rui feel powerless suddenly.
"From today on, Lin Ruolan has no relationship with the Lin family, so are you, Lu Rui. You are not allowed to do things under the banner of our Lin family, remember?" The old man's angry voice came, making Lu Rui and Lin Ruolan all over his body.
A shock.
Lu Rui opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but closed it dejectedly.
Mr. Lin raised his hand and said lightly: "Fengtian, find someone to send them out."
Lin Fengtian didn't say anything from beginning to end, but just looked at Lin Ruolan silently, waved his hand, looked at Lu Rui again, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Tiannan, see off the guests."
Lin Pojun, the third son of the Lin family, looked at his father and opened his mouth to speak, but the old man Lin waved his hand to stop the conversation. He had to watch Lu Rui and Lin Ruolan being taken out by Lin Tiannan. He sighed dejectedly and took it up
I took a sip of the wine glass on the table and didn't speak for a long time.
Looking at the backs of Lin Ruolan and Lu Rui disappearing in front of him, Lin Zhenhua didn't say anything. As old as he was, he could not see clearly what was far away, but this time his intuition told himself that if Lu Rui was not taken away.
He will most likely regret this guy for the rest of his life.
"Go, do what you want to do and do, don't be bound by the family and bury your ambitions!"
The old man muttered silently in his heart, looking at Lin Ruolan's back: "Old squad leader, the last thing Xiao Linzi can do for you is to find Ruolan a good man who can take care of her for the rest of her life. Now, I