There were two groups of people sitting on the three sofas. The head of the family, Gong Sunce, sat in the middle of the single sofa, with a considerate business smile like a high-end shopping mall waiter on his face; Qin Qianbai on the side looked at the antique vase on the TV cabinet intently, as if he wanted to learn from the gold and silverware from 300 years ago. She was comprehending the mysteries of the great avenue of the universe; Alandia held her hands cautiously on her knees and hesitated to speak, not knowing how to speak, so she simply looked at the vase with Qin Qianbai.
Gongsun's mother looked exactly like the head catcher who caught thieves in ancient times. Her eyes turned back and forth among the three of them, and she didn't know how many thoughts flashed through her mind. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Mr. Shigure and his elder brother shamelessly ran into the courtyard and pretended to be dead. At this moment, the house was silent, and there was a sense of solemnity, as if there was an internal investigation to clean up the traitors.
Father Gongsun picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said leisurely: "Ace, don't be anxious or nervous. Your mother and I are here to see you this time, and we are very happy to hear you talk about your current situation..."
"You're talking nonsense! Listen to the tone of your own speech. Are you here to talk about family matters? Your tone is like a policeman advising a prisoner to turn back and die!" Gongsun Ce argued.
Alandia frowned: "Ce, you shouldn't speak loudly to your parents..."
"Miss Alandia, my parents are already here, please stop preaching, okay?" Gongsun Ce was about to cry. Alandia was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but lower her head when she thought about what happened before.
Strictly speaking, you can't blame Alandia for this. The angle of the photo a few days ago was chosen by Gongsun Ce himself just to leave a good impression on his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. But who knew that the Hellesons and his wife, who had moved all the way from the kingdom to the empire, lived in the same building or even the same floor as the Gongsun and his wife? Even if he was as quick as Gongsun Ce, he would not catch his parents checking their household registration and ask the names of the neighbors in the building!
However, a coincidence happened, with consequences that were equally shocking to both parties. Only today did Gongsun Ce find out that the "social elite daughter of a foreigner" that his parents often talked about was the dear Miss Knight. Gongsun's parents were shocked that their own son seemed to be of the same level as the daughter of Helleson. "Elite class". Now both sides are shocked and faced with an equally difficult to answer confusion:
How come this Alandia Hellaison's house is the same as someone's new home?
"It's all a misunderstanding!" Gongsun Ce broke the pot and said, "I'm telling you, this is a pure misunderstanding. This house is actually-"
Gongsun's mother held her son's hand, and her gentle and virtuous smile contained full of pressure: "Ah Ce, your parents have known that you are smart since you were a child, and they have never regarded you as a fool. But if you want to use language "No communication" and "communication barrier" are just a matter of fact, we have to consider withdrawing this evaluation..."
"How could it be possible!" Gongsun Ce almost bit his tongue under his mother's gaze, "This matter is actually very complicated. The reason is work! It is the comprehensive consideration of many aspects of the current work tasks that led to it. The current problem! Miss Alandia is an expert in this area and she will be happy to talk to you!"
Alandia looked back blankly, caught off guard by the sudden pass. Qin Qianbai clung to the vase's enlightenment route and seemed to have developed a brand new martial arts thought from the vase. Miss Knight, who received no support, had no choice but to tell the truth: "In fact, I am an official serving the Royal Government. In the past period, Ce and I worked closely together on a transnational confidential project jointly led by various countries... …”
Gongsun Ce secretly rejoiced, saying in his heart that the Dawn Knight was indeed an official expert and a good player in Tai Chi. The three big words "official", "secret" and "transnational" could disrupt the situation on the spot, and he could talk about it casually. It is obviously possible to hide this matter with excuses such as the ability to study short-term cooperation!
"...so we are currently living together," Airandia said.
"Yes, yes - ah no, wait a minute!!" Gongsun Ce almost jumped up, "Why did we live together after working closely together? What are the causes and consequences? What is the detailed process? Miss Alandia, look at this logical chain. Are you worthy of that hat?!"
Alandia whispered: "Official secrets cannot be disclosed..."
This universal sentence formula of snake oil is just right, but Miss Knight, please look at your expression now! What’s the use of talking about universal sentences when you’re so embarrassed!
"Ace, don't make it difficult for your friends to lie for you..." Father Gongsun frowned.
"It's not that I didn't..." Gongsun Ce slapped his forehead and thought to ask Alandia to lie. This was his most disgusting move in recent times, but at this moment, if he said anything, he would receive a blank look from his parents, and he would have to answer for it himself. It's no longer useful. In desperation, he looked at his solid backing and comrades, and shouted sincerely: "Miss, come here!" (Help me explain about Alandia!)
"Well."
Qin Qianbai came to her senses slowly. She saw that the situation was extremely embarrassing, so she just wandered away and let Ah Ce handle it on his own. She didn't listen to a word said in the room. Just at this time, Gongsun's mother asked Alandia a question, and her words were so serious and thoughtful: "Girl, please don't be nervous and talk to me carefully. Are you and Ate really living together?"
Qin Qianbai blinked and suddenly realized, thinking that Ace's handling was really efficient. He solved Alandia's dilemma so quickly and it was my turn to answer!
She nodded obediently: "Well, A Ce and I live together now."
I didn’t ask you to answer this! ! ! !
Gongsun Ce's chin grew to the point where it was almost dislocated, and his appearance was as miserable as a ghost wailing. Gongsun's mother held on to her son's arm with lightning eyes: "Ace, what's going on with you? Tell me honestly who do you live with?!"
Qin Qianbai continued to act cute: "Everyone..."
"Miss, please stop talking now!" Gongsun Ce wailed.
"Oh." Qin Qianbai quickly continued to look at the vase quietly.
Alandia started to look at the floor. Gongsun's father's eyes had changed from "Let's see if you have any other words to say" to "Let's see if you have any last words." Gongsun Ce was caught in his mother's iron claws and kept thinking in his heart. Yelling wildly: (Shigure-kun! Shigure Reiichi, are you here! Come back here if you don’t think of a way, my brother is going to die today!!)
(…Yes! Mo Yuankai and I are urgently adjusting our plans for you!) Mr. Shiyu’s support has been belatedly arrived. (Now that things have happened, your ordinary college student persona has been shattered, if not torn apart. Let’s put it together. Simply scrap the original plan and switch to improvising, and take advantage of today's garden party to show your side as an elite college student in Cangdu to open the eyes of uncles and aunts. Get over it first!)
(What a great idea! What a strategy! But how will your plan help me now?!)
(I telepathically inform Sister Ling and Qiluo to adjust their plans. Someone will pick you up at the scene later. End the call for now. Don’t worry, Mo Yuankai has already gone to rescue you!)
Soon after that, Mo Yuankai, who had been pretending to trim weeds in the courtyard, ran into the hall with his mobile phone, and started with a very emotional voice: "Ace! The place at Caldesia is full today at noon. The show is half price!”
Brother, can your twist be more blunt? ! !
Gongsun Ce quickly stood up and cooperated with a smile on his face: "Hey, I remembered Caldesia. She has been looking forward to this garden party. We organized a few activities together and did a good job... How about we go to see the garden party first? Can we talk about this in detail when we get back?"
"No! You must explain this clearly first!" Gongsun's mother glared.
Father Gongsun held his wife down with one hand and smiled kindly: "We don't want to disappoint Caldesia's kindness. It just so happens that it's almost lunch time, so let's go and see your school's activities first... Wan Qing, don’t be anxious, your child will have his own ideas when he grows up, and he will definitely explain things clearly."
Gongsun Ce let out a sigh of relief and raised his eyes to meet his father's half-smiling face.
"You'd better explain this matter clearly, Ace."
"...Dad, you really think too much. It's definitely all a misunderstanding!" Gongsun Ce sneered, "How could I still lie to you!"
Alandia shook her head silently after hearing this, thinking that Cece would probably have a hard time today.
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The sky above Central United University is filled with flying balloons, with images of various fantastic animals flying through them, changing their movements in response to the shouts of tourists. The biochemical carriage company on the avenue is full of arrogance. Each carriage carries cutting-edge art from various countries that was just flown in this morning. You can take photos for free without any additional cost. The campus is full of students and parents walking together, and there are small performances arranged by the mutual aid association at various stalls and activity venues from time to time to attract smiles from visitors. A rare parent-child garden party. Everyone wants to make their families happy, so everyone on campus is in high spirits, and there is a lively atmosphere of family reunion.
In this jubilant atmosphere, the stiff-faced Gongsun Ce looked a little out of place, like a delinquent young man who came to the school celebration to cause trouble. In order to prevent his parents from asking for a confession, Shi Yujun and his eldest brother sent people over and went ahead on the pretext of "each having their own tasks", Alandia stayed at home, and only Qin Qianbai and him were left to accompany him to the garden. In just a few minutes of driving here, Gongsun's mother had already asked Qin Qianbai no less than ten questions in various ways. If Gongsun Ce hadn't been giving advice while driving, the girl who would say whatever she wanted to say after breaking through the final realm would have leaked the truth long ago. Clear as day.
"Mom and Dad, please wait a moment. I'm looking for some classmates who are doing some activities..."
Right now, Gongsun Ce was anxiously looking for the so-called "connection partner" that Shiyu Rei had sworn to, but he didn't meet a familiar mutual aid member. Just when I was having a headache, a man wearing a peaked cap came sneaking up, hunched over and waving to him, his appearance showed that he was a thief with a guilty conscience.
"Brother Majin, come here!" The duck-billed hat said in a low voice, "I'm really sorry that all the brothers in the club have gone to play with their families and we can't spare our hands for the moment. I'll draw lots... ah no, I was ordered to take your place at this critical moment. Lead the way. The senior has ordered us to operate covertly, and we promise not to reveal any clues!"
Gongsun Ce had a dark look on his face: "Thank you, don't act in secret. Just speak normally... If you keep doing this, I'm afraid my parents will misunderstand that I'm engaging in unfair transactions..."
The waist of the peaked cap was obviously relieved, and he spoke in the dialect of the northern part of the empire: "Hey, thank you! To tell you the truth, I am usually responsible for liaison with the community, and I am really not good at covert operations. You can go to the playground and talk to everyone. During the meeting, we made sure that no one mentioned your relationship, so that the atmosphere was harmonious and positive."
Gongsun Ce called his parents to follow him and whispered to the peaked hat: "I'm not worried about you guys... I'm mainly worried about Caldesia. What activities are they organizing this time? Don't do any silly things like an exhibition of biochemical hybrid products. Something?"
"Hey, she dared to mention it and the brothers in the club didn't dare to criticize it. The event there is called Bei Continent Western Style Street, which is actually a Hezhong style food stall. According to the plan, Sister Qiluo will meet you there. Identity It's your best friend from the next class that you met after you went to college. Please don't reveal the secret." The peaked hat said eloquently.
Gongsun Ce was convinced when he heard this, thinking that there would be nothing wrong with selling some snacks. He thanked the peaked cap, turned to his parents and said, "Mom and dad, this way! Caldesia said that this is her place today, and she's here to treat us!"
"Can Caldesia organize the event well?" Gongsun's mother doubted, "Last time she held a fireworks expo and blew up a building. Let's not cause a fire this time..."
"You can watch it from time to time, but nothing will happen." Father Gongsun was reassured, "Besides, that kid's cooking skills have always been pretty good, and he can always sell some snacks."
"I'm also very good at cooking." Qin Qianbai refused to be outdone.
"Don't show your competitive mentality at this time, okay..." Gongsun Ce sighed, "Just walk around and wait for the carriage, it's just ahead!"
The biochemical carriage carrying cans of soda and luncheon meat is strolling leisurely on the playground track, bringing a new batch of ingredients to the stalls on the playground. Homemade carts line up along the green avenue, selling freshly baked burgers, fried chicken and hot dogs. Some very creative student brought a bunch of folding stools and small wooden tables for diners to use, and spread them out on the grass like a picnic ground in the suburbs of Hezhong. A group of guys dressed as Western cowboys were shaking wooden gun toys in their hands and shouting silly slogans: "Fried chicken meal A will give you a get-away charm, burger meal B will give you a small cross, and you will get a small cross with a one-time purchase of more than 100 yuan. Comes with a random origami, patronized by the saints and blessed~"
"It's quite unique. When I went on a business trip to Hezhong ten years ago, I did this." Father Gongsun looked at it with amusement.
Gongsun Cexin is right. Many of the brothers here are employees of the Black Feather Security Company. They just went to the Firewind State to collect information personally. Besides, they have a lot of life experience.
He asked Qin Qianbai to take his parents to find a seat first, and then he went to help buy some ready-made food. When he passed the hot dog stand, he noticed a familiar purple color. The female college student owner was frying sausages and sandwiching bread. She was busy with her hands and kept shouting, and she was enjoying herself.
"Hezhong hot dog is ten yuan with various toppings plus five yuan~" the stall owner greeted him, "Oh, oh, oh, would you like a hot dog, Mr. Gongsun?"
"Two portions with more ketchup and less mustard. Yun Yinglang, how many jobs did you work this whole day?"
Miss Chenbao didn't wear a maid outfit today. She changed into a dark purple loose top and baggy trousers, and paired with a baseball cap, she looked like a hip-hop musician on the streets. Yun Yinglang took the money with one hand and handed the hot dog with the other: "Well, it blends into the atmosphere of the stall. It's a bit unconventional to wear a maid uniform at the Hezhong stall... And senior John said nothing and wouldn't let me wear a maid uniform to protect him! It's strange, isn't it? He is clearly fighting. He's so capable but he still has the nerve to point fingers at me, I don't even know where his sense of superiority comes from!"
"I don't need an escort." John's voice was low.
He had just come out of the sandwich shop next door, holding a company sandwich in his hand. He originally planned to ignore Yun Yinglang behind the hot dog stand, but in the end he couldn't resist the cooing "Senior John." Yun Yinglang laughed proudly, Gongsun Ce gave her a thumbs up, turned around and immediately changed his expression like a deputy neighborhood committee aunt: "Oh, I mean Garcia, we can't be so unreasonable as human beings, we must know how to accept it" What a good intention, girl! You said that the world is so dangerous, and there are crises everywhere in life. How can we rest assured that a weak and helpless man like you is walking alone on campus? "
"That's right!" Yun Yinglang shouted.
John's Qi-nurturing skills have never been very good, and blue veins can be seen on John's forehead. At this time, his two original guards appeared behind him as if they emerged from the ground. Shi Yulinwu sang a cheerful ditty: "Your helpers are weak and incompetent, and your opportunities will run away."
"Brother Linwu, I think I have the ability to protect Mr. John's safety." Shigure finally said sternly.
John was so noisy by these live treasures that he always felt that since his abilities were replaced, his surroundings had become a strange gathering place for second-rate people. Seeing that the demon was still ready to join in the fun, he quickly interrupted: "Spencer just went to chat with your parents, are you sure you still want to spend time here?"
"Oh damn I hope she keeps her mouth shut!"
The devil's expression changed greatly, he stuffed the hot dog into the bag and hurried back to his table. He saw Caldesia dressed in a western cowboy dress, holding a waiter's plate, and chatting animatedly with her parents.
"Cardesia, have you met Shigure's parents?"
"I've seen it, I've seen it!"
"Is it going well? Are the older generations on Lingdao more conservative?" Gongsun's mother habitually began to worry about others.
Caldesia didn't have any psychological burden when she was talking about it: "Hey Shigure, his dad is very trendy. He was still listening to rock music at a young age! I just met him in October, and he was very satisfied with me. He said that he and his son Looks like a perfect match!"
"Oh, that's great..."
Gongsun Ce quietly listened for a while and found that the situation was developing fairly smoothly. The topic mainly focused on his recent academic performance and had nothing to do with his biggest worries. Qin Qianbai reminded in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Shiyu is controlling the field."
Shi Yurei, who was in charge of the BBQ barbecue, gave him an OK gesture. Gongsun Ce clasped his hands together and quickly started communicating in his heart: (Cardesia didn’t spill the beans, did she?)
(Caldesia has me providing lines, so she can survive. However, your parents have been asking sideways questions about your emotional status. I suggest you calm down the atmosphere first and wait for the opportunity before letting Qiluo appear.)
(Oh my God, I have never been to such a tense garden party in my life.) Gongsun Ce is powerless, (What is the signal for Qi Luo to appear?)
(She is your best friend and part-time waiter this time. She only needs to come to greet you and serve food.)
Gongsun Ce hung up the communication and returned to reality, while Caldesia was still blocking left and right. This time she was really talking about brotherly loyalty, and she was able to hold on even before being bombarded with questions from Gongsun's parents. She could be called a loyal, courageous and tender woman.
"Cardesia, do you have a heavy study load recently?" Gongsun's father started the school topic.
"Fortunately, I basically copied Reiichi's homework, so it's easy~" Caldesia smiled.
Gongsun's mother was extremely worried: "Hey, you kid, why are you still copying your homework when you go to college? Do you think you can graduate smoothly if you do this..."
"Don't worry, there will be no problem. We have a close relationship with the principal, how come he can give me a graduation certificate!" Caldesia said boldly.
...Although the topic has subtly shifted to the question of "Can Caldesia graduate successfully" halfway through the question, it doesn't matter! Great job at diverting attention, good job Caldesia!
"Principal Honorwell is a serious person. Can he see that you are so... so... lacking in subjective initiative? Can he allow you to graduate smoothly?" Father Gongsun was a little doubtful.
"You don't know, I helped him a lot. They were all important academic subjects." Caldesia continued, "You heard my parents talk about the time in the Fire Wind State, and we followed the exploration of the area. What about geology?”
"Oh..." Father Gongsun asked casually, "Meteor City must have helped a lot, right?"
"That's right, we are the first batch in Meteor City... ow!"
Caldesia's proud expression disappeared in a flash, and the innocent eyes she looked at Gongsun Ce were filled with "I'm sorry, brother, maybe something bad will happen this time." Qin Qianbai squeaked and covered her face with her hands to express silent despair, Gongsun Ce On the spot, he banged the table and shouted enthusiastically: "Hi! Classmates! Is there any classmate here to serve food? Kaldesia is so hungry that she started talking nonsense. We are all also very hungry, please come and have something to eat!!"
(End of chapter)
