At noon, the two of them had a casual lunch and drove towards Lancheng. The distant mountains on both sides of the highway were covered with white, as if they were wrapped in a layer of silver.
Lin Zhixia slept all the way. When she woke up, Li Ci had already driven the car to downtown Lancheng. She turned around and asked, "We're here so soon."
Li Ci looked back at Lin Zhixia and said with a smile, "It's not too fast. You have been asleep for more than two hours."
In fact, T City is not very far from Lancheng. It takes more than an hour's drive on the expressway. Because it snowed yesterday and some roads were slippery, Li Ci slowed down the car and compressed the one-hour drive to Two hours.
Lin Zhixia stuck out her tongue in embarrassment. She originally wanted to talk to him, but she didn't expect that she fell asleep after driving for a few minutes. "
Lin Zhixia arranged her hair casually. Although she had been here once before, she was still a little nervous and asked unnaturally: "Is what I'm wearing today okay?"
Li Ci glanced up and down. He saw a pair of wide-leg pants with a short sweater, and a simple yet elegant black coat. It was a very gentle and elegant outfit, so he said, "Nervous?"
Lin Zhixia nodded. She felt a little scared when she thought of his father's serious expression, but his mother looked gentler and easy to get along with.
Li Ci reached out to hold Lin Zhixia's hand and squeezed it gently, "Don't be nervous, I have everything."
Not far from the compound, Li Ci immediately said seriously: "Grandpa is here today, I'll let you know in advance."
Lin Zhixia said in surprise: "You still have grandpa." As soon as he finished speaking, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly said again: "I didn't mean that, but I didn't see you last time, I..."
"I know," Li Ci interrupted Lin Zhixia's somewhat panicked tone and pulled the hand he had been holding onto his lap, "Zhixia, we are husband and wife now, so we don't need to be so cautious when talking."
Lin Zhixia felt the strong muscles in her palms, and her face turned to the side unnaturally: "I know, you, let go of my hand and drive well."
Li Ci seemed not to have heard and held on tightly, then added: "Grandpa has been retired for many years. The last time you didn't see me, it was because he had been recuperating in a nursing home in the suburbs."
Lin Zhixia suddenly patted her head with her other hand, and said to Li Ci in annoyance: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I didn't buy one less gift."
Li Ci replied nonchalantly: "His granddaughter-in-law is the best gift."
Lin Zhixia was so angry that she pulled out her hand hard, but because he was still driving, she resisted the idea of hitting him.
When the car slowly drove into the tall and solemn gatehouse, the guarding soldiers recognized Li Ci's car and let it go. Lin Zhixia unconsciously clutched the corners of her coat tightly, her heart in her throat, facing this solemn With the buildings and the soldiers standing straight with serious faces, she really couldn't look relaxed.
The car stopped, and until Li Ci opened the door and got out of the car, Lin Zhixia quickly took a few deep breaths, trying to relieve her nervousness.
The passenger door was opened, and Li Ci said jokingly: "This is a practice to take deep breaths. Don't get out of the car."
Lin Zhixia rolled her eyes at Li Ci, and then whispered: "What should I do? I'm still a little scared."
"My Father."
Lin Zhixia nodded. The last time she had the courage to say those words to him, he exuded the aura of "Don't mess with me."
Li Ci raised his head and gently rubbed Lin Zhixia's hair, comforting him: "Don't worry, grandpa is here this time, he doesn't dare to do anything."
As soon as Li Ci pulled Lin Zhixia out of the car, Li Ling ran out.
"elder brother."
Before the person arrived, the voice came first. Li Ci turned around and looked at the running Li Ling with a smile on his face and scolded, "Run slower, be careful of falling."
Li Ling stepped forward and hugged Li Ci's arm, stared at Lin Zhixia behind him and asked with a smile, "Is this sister-in-law?"
Li Ci nodded and patted her head gently, "Don't call me yet."
Li Ling immediately ran to Lin Zhixia, pulled her arm, and shouted intimately: "Hello, sister-in-law."
"Hello," Lin Zhixia smiled and nodded at the little girl holding her arm.
Because when Li Ci came back last time, Li Ling was busy preparing for the final sprint before the exam and did not go home. Unexpectedly, when she came back this time, she would actually see her sister-in-law in person, which made her a little excited.
She stared straight at Lin Zhixia, thinking, her sister-in-law is so beautiful, with big eyes and fair skin, she is a hundred times more beautiful than the girlfriend her brother had before.
Although she was being stared at by a little girl, Lin Zhixia felt a little uncomfortable. She could only look at Li Ci for help.
After receiving Lin Zhixia's distress signal, Li Cigang wanted to ask Li Ling to let him go, but Han Suqing came out and said, "Ling'er, stop holding your sister-in-law and stand there. Come in quickly."
Lin Zhixia looked at Han Suqing walking out and finally called out "Mom" in embarrassment. After all, Li Ci always called his parents directly in her home. Although it was the first time, it was a little difficult to say it out, but she didn't want to let it go. Li Ci is difficult to do.
"Hey," Han Suqing was so happy that she opened her mouth from ear to ear. The more she looked at this daughter-in-law, the more she liked her. She walked up to them and asked affectionately: "Are you tired after riding in the car for so long?"
"No, I'm not tired," Lin Zhixia said seriously. She had slept all the way, how could she be tired? The person who should be tired should be the person driving the car.
Li Ci looked at the three women at the door who couldn't finish talking. One of them was a little embarrassed, so he said, "Mom, let's go in and talk."
Only then did Han Suqing react. She took Lin Zhixia's hand and walked in. As she walked, she said, "Look at my memory. I forget everything when I'm happy. Your father and grandfather are both here today."
Li Guohong insisted that he didn't have time in the morning, but in the afternoon, he was sitting in the living room waiting early, showing a typical disagreement.
Li Ci followed behind with the gifts he bought today, and was gently pulled by Li Ling who was also following behind. "Brother, your vision is still so sharp," he said with a thumbs up.
Li Ci lifted the object into one hand and flicked her forehead with the other hand, "It's not big or small. Don't do this for a while, or scare your sister-in-law away."
Li Ling made a mischievous face, "I know."
When they entered, Li Guohong and Mr. Li were sitting on the sofa in the living room. When they saw them coming in, they both looked at them with smiles.
Lin Zhixia looked at Li Guohong with a smile on his face, feeling a little uncomfortable and nervous for a moment, and could only look at Li Ci helplessly.
Li Ci grabbed her hand and shouted to them, "Dad, grandpa, this is Zhixia," and squeezed Lin Zhixia's hand to remind her to call someone.
"Grandpa, dad, hello."
Lin Zhixia stammered a little because of her nervousness, and held Li Ci's hand tighter.
Mr. Li and Li Guohong nodded slightly. The temperaments of father and son were exactly the same. Although Mr. Li was already in his eighties, they were both soldiers, and their temperament was still the same as before. They were full of energy. They reached out and took out the red envelope that they had prepared. He handed it to Lin Zhixia and said, "Today is the first time we meet, so treat it as a meeting gift."
Lin Zhixia didn't dare to accept it for a while, and looked at Li Ci uneasily. She didn't even buy a gift for her grandfather, so how could she have the nerve to take the red envelope.
Li Ci nodded towards her and motioned for her to continue, "This is grandpa's intention, just keep it."
Lin Zhixia stretched out her hands to take the red envelope, lowered her head slightly and said, "Thank you, grandpa."
