The landlady nodded affirmatively.
"I'm sure!"
Although Luo's mother didn't believe her daughter's words. However, she did not refute.
"Okay, since you are so confident in his character, then I will remain neutral. Let's date first, okay?"
I sat in the living room for more than ten minutes before I saw the landlady and her father, Luo Changzhi, come out of the study.
Luo Changzhi was as meticulous as the last time I saw him. His hair was combed without a stray hair, and his clothes were not wrinkled.
When I saw him coming out, I quickly stood up and took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello, Uncle Luo!"
Although I tried to stay calm, my palms were still sweating.
Luo Changzhi said "hmm" and sat down opposite me, his sharp eyes starting to look at me.
Although Luo Changzhi has retired, he still retains the majesty of a superior person, which makes me feel even more stressed.
He just stared at me without saying a word, as if he wanted to see through every cell in my body.
After a full two or three minutes, Luo Changzhi finally looked away, and then began to seriously tinker with the Gongfu tea set on the coffee table.
Luo Changzhi started talking to himself while making tea.
"Gongfu tea used to be an important social tool for Lingnan people. In recent years, it has also become popular in Chengdu.
I have retired in the past few years and have nothing to do, so I just learned to drink a little from them. "
As Luo Changzhi spoke, he skillfully began to wash the tea sets, make tea, and pour tea. A set of movements is like flowing clouds and flowing water, very skillful.
"This Gongfu tea is just like people. Tea leaves, tea sets, and water are all very different. If the water you use is not good, no matter how good the tea leaves are, you will not be able to brew good tea. You can only waste the tea leaves.
By the same token, no matter how good the water you use is, if the tea leaves are not good enough, you will still not be able to make good tea.
If you want to brew good tea and drink it comfortably, the most important thing is that the grades of tea and water should match. Only when you are well matched can you be happy. "
I knew that Luo Changzhi seemed to be casually chatting with me about his tea-making experience, but he was actually hinting to me that his daughter and I were like tea leaves and tea water. There is a huge gap between the two of us in terms of education, identity, and status. If we are forced to get together, there will be no good results.
I can't refute Luo Changzhi, what he said is indeed the truth.
But I can't help but express my attitude. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to agreeing with his point of view. That would be equivalent to agreeing to give up continuing to associate with the boss's wife.
"Uncle Luo, I think there is a difference between people and tea. The communication and cooperation between people, including starting a family, are far more complicated than making tea.
In addition, there is another biggest difference between people and tea. The quality of tea and water is determined from the moment they are placed on the tea table.
But people's knowledge, wealth, and status are all changing all the time.
If it doesn't match now, it doesn't mean it won't match in the future.
Isn't there a saying that says, 'Don't bully young people into poverty'! "
The landlady was eavesdropping in the kitchen. After hearing that I successfully refuted her father, the boss lady quietly gave me a thumbs up.
But I watched my future father-in-law's expression worriedly, for fear that my rebuttal would cause him displeasure.
As his daughter's boyfriend, I came to his house for the first time, so I should be submissive to him. But now I am openly refuting the words of this great director. I was worried that Luo Changzhi would kick me out of the house when he was angry.
The expression on Luo Changzhi's face was still calm, which made me unable to guess his inner thoughts.
It has to be said that people like Luo Changzhi, who once held a high position, are really deep in the city.
You can't guess their inner thoughts from the changes in their expressions. This also makes me feel stressed.
Among all the people I know, Luo Changzhi is the deepest in the city. Compared with him, my smart former boss Li Liangcai couldn't even catch up to one percent of him.
Even Xu Ying, who is also a public official, is far inferior to Luo Changzhi.
Looking at Luo Changzhi, who never showed any emotion, I felt like I was standing in front of a bottomless abyss. I have no way of knowing what kind of ferocious beast is hidden in this abyss!
Facing such a terrifying future father-in-law, cold sweat slowly started to break out on my back. I didn’t know what consequences my risky rebuttal would bring to me.
Luo Changzhi just looked at me calmly, without saying a word and with no expression on his face.
The pressure in my heart was getting bigger and bigger, and I finally couldn't help but pick up the tea cup to break the embarrassment.
"Uncle Luo, drink tea!"
Only then did Luo Changzhi look away from me.
I was secretly relieved.
The mother and daughter in the kitchen seemed to be cooking, but in fact they were also quietly paying attention to the conversation between Luo Changzhi and me in the living room. They all knew that the two of us seemed to be chatting, but in fact we were secretly fighting.
Luo Changzhi did not take the tea cup I handed him, but took another cup himself and took a sip.
"I admit that what you just said makes some sense.
But just because you have this idea, doesn’t mean you can do it. Why should I bet my daughter's life's happiness on your uncertain future? "
The landlady finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Dad, isn't it a bit too much for you to say that?"
"Xiao Chen successfully helped me get back my 15 million family property from Li Liangcai last time. Didn't he prove his ability?
Without him, I wouldn’t be able to get back even a cent of my fifteen million family property.
Therefore, Xiao Chen can get at least half of the fifteen million! In other words, his current net worth is equivalent to 7.5 million.
With his worth, he should be worthy of a daughter from your second marriage, right? "
Luo Changzhi turned to look at his daughter, with a calm expression on his face.
"Have you got the fifteen million?"
A flash of panic flashed in the landlady's eyes, but she immediately covered it up.
"Of course I got it!"
The landlady’s tone was firm, but I saw a guilty expression on her face.
Seeing the guilty look flashing across the face of the landlady, I understood instantly. I'm afraid there will still be problems with the boss's wife's share of the fifteen million family property.
I was about to ask the landlady what was going on, when Luo Changzhi spoke again.
"Qingqing, you still want to lie to us, right? The fifteen million Li Liangcai gave you is just the accounts receivable of a shell company.
If my guess is correct, these accounts receivable are all dead debts that cannot be collected, right? "
Speaking of this, Luo Changzhi's eyes swept across my face, and his tone was cold and ruthless.
"In other words, he didn't actually get a penny back for you. You just took the credit for him in front of us with something you didn't have!
Am I right? "
Luo Changzhi's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting me hard in the face.
