As the two girls spoke one after another, the atmosphere of the dinner became even more tense. Even the well-informed He Panshan was shocked by the sudden quarrel for a few seconds, and then In short, I just can’t laugh or cry.
Does this young man know how to play? This drama of jealousy has been exposed in front of his own father?
If it were normal times, I would still be able to calm down this kind of scene, so why bother? Don’t even look at what the occasion is now!
But He Panshan was embarrassed by his son's remarks just now. It's really too late to act like an elder now, but there are still many ways to break this stalemate.
"Ahem, when did you two get these tattoos? Wen Liang, does your dad know about this?"
Before He Tianran could answer Cao Aiqing's question, He Panshan had already found a breakthrough to break into the anxious situation between the three people.
"……ah?"
Wen Liang was still thinking about how to confront Cao Aiqing. This time, he was called by his full name seriously by the elder. His mind was confused and his heart panicked subconsciously. The hand he and He Tianran held tightly loosened...
"Let me ask you a question, Wen Liang, does Old Wen know about you and the natural tattoo?" He Panshan said sternly.
Because of Cao Aiqing's attack just now, Wen Liang was already ready to show off, but because of these words, it suddenly stopped. Her ultimate goal for this family dinner was to leave a place for He Tianran's parents. Good impression. She originally thought that He Panshan played rock and roll when he was young, and he should be quite tolerant of it, but it seems... that's not the case?
"He...Uncle He...my dad...my dad, he...he, he knows..."
Wen Liang hesitantly made up a lie. After returning from the capital, she put concealer on her hands when she came home. She was afraid that her father would be angry when he found out. She planned to wait for a while, at least until he was old. Father, please make He Tianran more pleasing to your eyes, so that you can take a step forward...
"Know? With his character, if he knows, he can let you come here today?! The little girl has learned to lie, right?!"
He Panshan scolded him angrily, his voice so loud that no one dared to say anything.
Cao Aiqing was speechless at the side. He could only look at the half butterfly pattern on He Tianran's hand and remained silent.
He Tianran was getting down to business, but he didn't expect his father to have a quarrel over the tattoo. He Panshan continued to say angrily:
"Do you know what it means to be a parent? Whose idea was it to get the tattoo?"
"I……"
Wen Liang hesitated, looking at He Panshan's reaction, if he knew that the tattoo was her idea, his impression of himself would plummet...
"My idea."
Fortunately, at this time, He Tianran took the initiative to jump out for her.
"He Tianran, you are very capable, aren't you?! Taking other girls to get tattoos, do you think this is cool?!"
He Panshan's voice was stern, and he stood up from the chair in a hurry, reached out and raised his hand and slapped He Tianran hard on the back of the head.
The boy was caught off guard by this slap, and his head sank under the force. His eyes immediately gleamed with stars, and an angry look gradually appeared on his face.
"Stop meddling in my business!!"
Following He Tianran's reply, the three women present immediately panicked when they saw that the father and son were about to take action, and they quickly comforted them in a good voice.
"Why, I can't control you anymore, can I? Okay, I have to educate you well today! Come out here!"
Ignoring the persuasion of Bai Wenyu beside him, He Panshan grabbed He Tianran's collar, lifted him up, and pulled him out of the door.
The dishes and chopsticks on the table fell to the floor, and the noise in the private room attracted the manager outside the door to push in. He was stunned when he saw this scene of "a loving father and a filial son". He Panshan grabbed He Tianran and walked towards him. Say:
"Go, open the next door for me!"
The tall and lanky manager did not dare to say anything, and quickly turned around and left in fear. The three women followed behind him in a hurry. He Panshan turned around, glared, and shouted:
"Stay with me! If anyone wants to come over, don't blame me for scolding them!"
Wen Liang and Cao Aiqing were both frightened. Bai Wenyu rushed forward, separated the father and son with all his strength, then protected He Tianran, and said angrily to her ex-husband:
"He Panshan, are you crazy? What you did when you were young was much more ridiculous than your son. What qualifications do you have to teach him a lesson?!"
He Panshan raised his hand and pointed his finger at his ex-wife. He couldn't help but shake it. He was filled with anger and said firmly:
"Bai Wenyu, do you know how to love your son now? It's because of you that he developed the virtue he has now! I'll teach him a lesson, and I'll talk to you later!"
After that, he walked to the door and shouted to He Tianran:
"come out!"
The boy straightened his collar, holding back his anger, and said to the three women who looked at him with different expressions:
"It's okay...Mom, Ah Liang, Ai Qing, I'll be back in a while..."
After saying that, he also followed out.
As the two men left one after another, the room became much quieter...
In the end, Bai Wenyu came to her senses immediately. She showed a helpless and bitter smile to the two little girls.
"Xiao Wen, Ai Qing, I'm telling you this is a joke. This is how our family is. Please sit down..."
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…
A few minutes later, the private room next door.
"Pa~"
He Panshan pressed the lighter, lit a cigarette, and started smoking melancholy.
He Tianran crossed his arms on the chair and looked at his father sitting opposite him.
After the two entered the door, they were no longer as irritable as before. Both father and son kept silent in a tacit understanding. There was no sound in the room until they lit up their cigarettes.
He Panshan puffed out smoke from his mouth, and his lips wriggled twice, as if he had a question to ask, but in the end, he just squeezed out a sentence:
"Are you full?"
He Tianran shook his head and replied stiffly, "No..."
"Unappetizing?"
"It's not... it's... I have no appetite."
"I see." He Panshan nodded and gave instructions to the tall and thin manager who was standing in the room and did not dare to leave: "Xiao Ma, go get two more sets of tableware, and then ask the chef to fry a large plate of egg fried rice. Come, when you bring it...be careful not to let anyone in that room know."
The tall and thin man nodded his head like garlic, replied "Okay, Mr. He", and left as fast as he could.
He Tianran actually knew that what his father did just now was just something he wanted to say to himself. His initial speech was much more excessive than the tattoo, and he had never seen him get so angry, so he didn't resist much when he was pulled.
You know, with the young man's current physique, He Panshan wanted to pull him up. If he hadn't been willing, it wouldn't have been so smooth.
"Tattoo... ha~" He Panshan glanced at the pattern on his son's hand and smiled inexplicably: "It's really cool... Xiao Wen suggested it, right? You kid can't think of such a cool thing."
"..."
He Tianran was speechless and said impatiently: "What on earth do you want to do?"
"Oh, okay, dad stopped yelling, and you are still trying to slander me, right? Your master just told you that you need to have a good relationship with your family, and you have this attitude now? You said, I want to do this today After telling your master about this, will he still let his daughter be with an unfilial son like you?"
"you……"
This matter probably came up when the two parents met. Unexpectedly, it has now become something that He Tianran has in his father's grasp.
There was no other way. The boy finally softened his attitude and said, "Dad, what on earth do you want to do?"
He Panshan flicked the ashes from his cigarette.
"What do I want to do? What else do I want to ask you about? What do you think, kid? I originally wanted to praise you for how well you went to the capital to find Xiao Wen, but you still called Xiao Cao in the end. After I came here, I gave Bai Wenyu and I a lesson. It was pretty good, but in the end, I was shocked by the chat. You kid, this job is really fun. I didn’t even know how to pay attention to Xiao Cao just now. It’s Xiao Wen, come on, please explain.”
"I, alas, I...I'm sorry for Ai Qing. She, there are some things in her heart that she still can't let go of, so I want to take this opportunity to let her understand something."
He Tianran struggled to think of the words, and could only try his best to make He Panshan understand what he was saying.
As a businessman, He Panshan still has some logic and association skills, but based on the information he has learned so far, he may still be wrong. He waved his hand and said:
"Let me explain first, you and Bai Wenyu can't be blamed for your breakup with Xiao Cao. Although we didn't take the lead, as you said just now... you said that you were in a good relationship. ...You provoke, you... Tsk, you are really my son, you are exactly the same as me..."
He Tianran couldn't stand listening anymore. He said with a grimace: "Dad, it's not what you think. It's not me who can't let go of Ai Qing..."
He Panshan spoke righteously: "Then why did people just ask you, 'Have you learned how to love someone?' Why? You bullied others when you were in love, and now you are deliberately trying to catch others, otherwise, little girl How could you say something like this with so much resentment?"
"no……"
"Is that because you didn't separate clearly when we broke up?"
"I'm done!"
"You've separated it, so you're saying that others can't let it go? What's the matter? You specifically asked others to do it once. Do you want to deliberately disgust them?"
"I don't!"
He Panshan slapped his forehead, as if he thought of something:
"Ah, what about that? Do you want to prove to your ex-girlfriend that you are very happy now and irritate others? Or maybe you actually love Xiao Cao more in your heart, otherwise you would ask Xiao Cao to come to the banquet. , I really can’t understand it.”
"I……"
Because the information the two of them knew was so different, He Tianran couldn't even explain what was right now.
"Son, can't you just make a decision and choose one?"
He Tianran was told that he was anxious, "I choose...not dad. It's not a question of who I choose or who I choose. Now the world is fake..."
At this point, a harsh buzzing buzzed in He Tianran's ears, and his brain began to hurt. He suddenly realized that if he continued to speak and touched on the truth of the world, what was waiting for him would be life-threatening. The pain of death...
"What's going on? What do you want to say? Do you want to say that the world is fake and your feelings are real? Or that it's not you who's wrong, but the world's fault? Son, I thought you were You have matured a lot over the years, and what you said to us just now is quite reasonable, but I didn’t expect that you still have that... chuunibyou, right?"
Facing He Panshan's chatter, He Tianran closed his eyes in pain. He kept rubbing his forehead with his right hand, trying to relieve the pain in his head.
It's just that his current behavior, in He Panshan's eyes, is exactly like a "young man forcing his sorrows" that doesn't deserve a beating...
"Hey He Tianran, if you can't let go of both of them and like both of them, just tell dad directly and don't show such expressions and movements that I don't understand, okay?"
"..."
"..."
"……dad."
"Um?"
"Don't make me angry, okay? I have a headache..."
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At the same time, in the original private room, three women sat together, with Bai Wenyu in the middle, Cao Aiqing on the left, and Wen Liang on the right.
Wen Liang picked up a piece of abalone, put it into Bai Wenyu's bowl, and said slightly worriedly:
"Aunt Bai, Uncle He, Tianran and the others..."
"Don't worry, Xiao Wen, it's okay."
Bai Wenyu had calmed down at this moment. Thinking back to her ex-husband's actions just now, she slowly began to feel a little bit in her heart.
"Then... then what Tian Tian said just now... don't take it too seriously. Sometimes he is... impulsive, and he wants to save face and suffer. I'm sorry on his behalf..."
Wen Liang's current situation is not what Wen Liang wants. Her and Cao Aiqing's positions are completely different. The latter's visit this time, no matter what happens in the end, it doesn't matter much. After eating, he turned around and left. that is.
But Wen Liang is different. She is now He Tianran's real girlfriend. It's the first time she sees her parents making such a fuss. How can she get along with He's family in the future if she doesn't end it well and show off?
Bai Wenyu shook his head with emotion, with a look of reminiscence on his face, and said softly:
"Xiao Wen, you don't need to apologize for Tianran, what he said really made me, a mother, speechless.
Ever since I met his dad, we have been arguing. Before we got married, these were all fun and the beginning of our relationship; but after we got married, this fun slowly turned into boredom and quarrels, resulting in a lack of respect for nature. s concern……
In fact, not to mention how Ziran looks at our parents now, even I look at Ziran now, and it’s almost strange..."
This kind of family situation is really difficult for two girls living in a happy family to understand.
"Sister Bai, what are your plans now?" Cao Aiqing asked.
Bai Wenyu said in a low voice: "The auction in Hong Kong City is over. I will go back to the headquarters in two days to hand over the work, and then start preparing for an auction in Paris..."
Wen Liang was dumbfounded in her heart. This future mother-in-law was really a workaholic, coming and going in a hurry, and at this time, she was still thinking about work...
But...why would Cao Aiqing call her sister?
Aren't you somehow shorter?
"Let's not talk about this... By the way, Ai Qing, the question you just asked Ziran, there is actually a better and more realistic answer. Do you want to know?"
Just when Wen Liang was thinking wildly, Bai Wenyu suddenly changed the subject, making the two girls hold their breath for a moment.
Cao Aiqing finally couldn't hold it back and said: "...Sister Bai, please tell me."
Bai Wenyu said leisurely: "I know a little bit about the past between the three of you. Naturally, what I just said is right. He has been shy about expressing himself since he was a child. In the situation just now, if you ask him if he knows how to love someone, it is inevitable. It will be a bit hard to talk about, and what the person involved says about this kind of thing doesn’t actually count. Only the one he loves can express this feeling, don’t you think so, Xiao Wen?”
"……ah?"
Wen Liang thought that she had heard wrongly. Even if she could usually convey her sovereignty over the boy to Cao Aiqing in front of He Tianran, but now that his mother was present, no matter how generous she was, she had to restrain herself and speak calmly. Communicate with Cao Aiqing...
"As for Ai Qing, you can decide for yourself whether this is the answer you want after listening to it, but I think what Xiao Wen tells you will be more authentic and credible than what Tian Tian tells you. What do you think? , Ai Qing?"
Cao Aiqing came here this time to better understand what kind of person He Tianran was, but what Bai Wenyu said was also a method, because this understanding did not necessarily have to go through He Tianran.
However, will the other party understand He Tianran better than himself?
This idea lingered in the minds of the two girls, and they both fell into deep thought for a short time...
And today, He Tianran was supposed to play the leading role in the drama, and just like that, he was divided up one by one by the three most important women in his life...
(End of chapter)
