After giving up his random thoughts, Zhou Ruhai planned to be straightforward and ask the uninvited guest who sent him, but looking back, he thought that such a question would be too abrupt and disrespectful of his status as a scholar, so he changed his mind and began to make insinuations. To find out the identity and background of this uninvited guest.
But it was obvious that his highly purposeful question had long been seen through by this uninvited guest, who easily resolved his question with just a few simple answers.
What he thought was a carefully planned prying act was easily cracked by the other party. This made Zhou Ruhai feel very disappointed. He thought to himself that I am also a person who has read thousands of books. How come my speaking skills are not as good as this reckless man in front of me? ?
Alas, it seems that I am really old and my abilities are no longer good. I must not show off in front of my son in the future, because if I do, I will only lose my face even more completely.
Unable to find out the identity of this uninvited guest, Zhou Ruhai suddenly lost interest in chatting, but as the host, he could not remain silent. After all, it was very rude to the guests, so in desperation, he could only say Some innocuous words were used to temporarily cover up the embarrassment in the study.
Just when he was almost speechless, the savior finally appeared.
Seeing Yi Ming walking into the study, Zhou Ruhai felt as if he had seen a savior. He immediately stood up from his chair and took two steps forward. He tried his best to restrain his excitement and said with a smile: "Son, you Why did you come so late?"
Zhou Yiming saluted his father very politely, and then said without looking away: "Dad, you have been waiting for a long time.
I had fallen asleep just now. After being woken up by my wife, I heard her say, "Dad, you called me, so I came over quickly."
I don’t know what’s wrong with you calling me so late, dad? "
Seeing his son giving himself face like this in front of outsiders, Zhou Ruhai felt extremely happy, because after all, he had been really embarrassed in front of that group of uninvited guests just now, and now he could regain a little face and treat him It's a bit of comfort to say it.
"My father didn't want to call you. After all, you have been too tired from last night to now." Zhou Ruhai pretended to be like an elder and said proudly, "But it happened so suddenly that I I have to wake you up.
Just now when you were sleeping, a group of guests came to our house. They asked to see you by name and said they had something important to tell you. I told them that you had already gone to bed and asked them to tell me what happened. Why don't you give me this face and insist on seeing you? "
Seeing his father's confused look, Zhou Yiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart and said to himself, "Dad, you are too ambitious. At such a critical moment, you still want to show off and compete for face?"
You, old man, don't even think about it. If this group of people were really bad guys, your life would have been long gone if you spoke like that.
Although there were some dissatisfaction thoughts in his heart, Zhou Yiming still did a very good job on the surface. When his father said this, he immediately said very cooperatively: "Oh, is that right? Then where do you think these people's identities come from?" Have you asked? What do they want from me?"
Seeing what the father and son had said, the uninvited guest thought that Zhou Ruhai would definitely introduce himself, so he stood up very wisely and prepared to say a few words to Yi Ming.
It turned out that this kid obviously overestimated Zhou Ruhai's ability to handle things.
Not only did Zhou Ruhai not introduce the uninvited guest, he instead took over his son's words and said in a weird voice: "Oh, son, I would like to ask, but they may not be willing to say it? We are scholars, and we can't force others. What do you think? right?
As for what these people want to do with you, I don't know. After all, I don't even have the authority to handle this matter, let alone know the truth. "
Zhou Yiming looked calm on the surface, but he couldn't help but sneered in his heart, wondering why his father was acting like a child? If someone doesn't tell you the truth, there must be some reason for it. Do you still act like a scholar when you mock someone in front of them like this?
Besides, if this thing is not a good thing, you will be very risky if you find out about it.
After the uninvited guest stood up, he was stunned when he heard Zhou Ruhai's words. He had never expected that the head of the dignified Zhou family could be so narrow-minded. He had just beaten around the bush to find out his identity, and he relied on his strength to The fact that he defused his prying was a sign of his incompetence and he couldn't blame others.
As for the fact that he didn't tell Zhou Ruhai what he was going to do with Yi Ming, that was what his master told him, and he had no choice.
After Zhou Yiming saw the embarrassment of the uninvited guest, he immediately felt relieved, because he knew very well that if this person was a bad person, he would definitely not have such a strong sense of shame. Even if his father ridiculed him, he would definitely not I'll take it to heart.
In order to prevent his father from making trouble again and offending others, Yi Ming decisively interrupted him and asked: "Dad, where are these uninvited guests you mentioned? You might as well let me meet them."
With Yi Ming present, Zhou Rujia felt confident all of a sudden. He sneered: "Oh, son, let me tell you, that group of people is a little confused. Can a wealthy family like ours allow outsiders to come in if they want?"
As a result, guess what, that group of people saw me going out and was quite polite to them, so they planned to all come in.
Can I tolerate them? I immediately straightened my face and told them clearly that they could come in, but only one of them could be allowed in.
Then they elected their leader to come in, and the others were now standing outside the gate. "
The uninvited guest standing aside, his face turned green at this moment, thinking that this old man is really bad. This is not what this old man said outside the gate just now. Why did it only take a quarter of the time to burn the incense? , has this old man become so shameless?
Soon the uninvited guest found the answer to his question. There was only one reason why Mr. Zhou was so thick-skinned, and that was Zhou Ming.
After thinking about this, the uninvited guest nodded, and the waves in his heart immediately disappeared.
After Zhou Yiming saw his father's behavior, he could only sigh in his heart, thinking that I have given you face enough, can't you cooperate? You said that if you introduced the person next to me obediently, wouldn't the matter be over? How can there be anyone who loves extraneous matters like you?
"What about others?" Zhou Ming couldn't help it anymore and could only ask.
"This is it." Zhou Ruhai seemed to have noticed something was wrong with his son's mood. In order to prevent things from messing up, he could only introduce the two of them honestly. He stretched out a hand and pointed at the uninvited guest. Then he pointed his other hand at his son and said to the uninvited guest: "This is my son Yi Ming. If you have anything to say, you can tell him directly."
At this time, the uninvited guest hurriedly walked up to Yi Ming and saluted: "Master Zhou, I am not well-known, so I won't introduce myself. I have heard of your name for a long time, and now that I see you, it is indeed well-deserved."
Zhou Ruhai felt even more unbalanced when he heard the uninvited guest boasting about his son, because when this boy just spoke to him, he was not so respectful, and more importantly, from the beginning to the end of their conversation, this boy never Never praised myself.
The more Zhou Ruhai thought about it, the angrier he became, and finally he turned his head and looked away angrily.
Judging from the conversation of this uninvited guest, Yi Ming felt that he must be a person of some status.
Zhou Yiming smiled slightly, but did not return the gift: "That's ridiculous. Since it's not convenient for me to reveal my name, then surely you can't tell me your identity?"
Since this is the case, I will not ask these two questions. I will only ask you one sentence. In the middle of the night, you brought so many people to my house and asked to see me by name. What do you mean? "
Seeing his son being so arrogant towards the uninvited guest, Zhou Ruhai's heart suddenly disappeared. He wanted to continue admiring his son scolding the man, so he quickly sat down, picked up the tea cup, and wanted to drink some water to moisten his throat. .
After listening to Yi Ming's words, the uninvited guest looked embarrassed, and then he smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, it's not that I don't want to answer your question, it's just that the matter I want to ask you to handle is very confidential. Before I go out, my family The master has repeatedly warned me that I must ensure that you are present alone before discussing this matter with you."
After saying these words, the uninvited guest turned his eyes to Zhou Ruhai. His intention was very obvious, that is, to ask Zhou Yiming to send Zhou Ruhai away.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Ruhai suddenly became anxious. He said angrily to the uninvited guest: "You are so rude. You are in someone else's house, but you ask the master of someone else's house to avoid it. What's the point of this?"
Zhou Ruhai roared angrily and thought to himself, I didn't dare to get angry in front of you just now, because it was not because I was afraid of you, but because I didn't have the same knowledge as you. Now if you dare to be disrespectful to me, then I won't be able to forgive you.
He originally thought that Zhou Ming would be on his side, so he was full of momentum when he opened his mouth, hoping to frighten the uninvited guest.
Zhou Yiming felt that his head suddenly grew bigger, and he was almost mad at his father.
"Dad, please calm down first and don't get angry. Since people have said this, you should avoid it first. After he tells me the matter later, if I feel that the matter is not that important and that he is making up his mind, I will definitely I won't let him go!" Zhou Ming could only comfort him while urging him to leave.
Zhou Ruhai was very dissatisfied with his son's attitude. He felt that Yi Ming should help him deal with this uninvited guest as soon as possible instead of fighting with him here.
But in order to save his son's face in front of outsiders, he chose to endure it.
"Since you said so, son, I will listen to you." After saying these words, Zhou Ruhai turned around and walked out of the study.
