A week later, at six o'clock in the evening, the Tan family and the An family held a dinner party at Tan Hengqiang's villa.
At this time, the Tan family's hall was also very lively. The two families sat around a long dining table, chatting and laughing while waiting for the food to be served.
In addition to Tan Hengqiang and his wife, and An Zecheng and his wife, many immediate family members of the two families also arrived. Even Wawa, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared at the dining table, looking down at his phone.
An Qiqi and Tan Mingchao were deliberately arranged to sit together, and the two occasionally chatted with each other.
At this time, An Qiqi was sitting there obediently. In addition to communicating with Tan Mingchao, she also had to respond to the caring words from the two elders from time to time.
A few minutes later, the dishes were finally served, filling the entire table.
Tan Hengqiang was beaming with joy and raised his glass: "Let me say a few words."
Everyone immediately quieted down, their eyes focused on Old Tan. The latter raised his glass and said with a smile: "This dinner has been prepared for many days, just hoping that our two families can have a good gathering. Looking at the whole Longcheng, the only one who can sit at the same table with me is Old An. Come on, raise your glass, I hope our two families can visit each other more often in the future."
Seeing this, the two families raised their glasses.
…
Meanwhile, Hongshan Temple.
In this magnificent ancient temple, Lu Feng held Su Tianyu's hand and walked along the long mountain path of the temple.
Some time ago, Su Tianyu had a lot of things to do, and he was so busy that he was exhausted and restless. After everything was done, Master Lu invited him to stay in the mountains for two days, listen to the Dharma, and cleanse his soul with the company of the green lamp.
Lu Feng took Su Tianyu with him and bowed in every temple. At this time, the two of them, with their hands behind their backs, walked into a tall Bodhisattva temple in front of them.
The golden body of the Bodhisattva sits in the center of the hall, holding a pure bottle in his hand, with a solemn appearance.
An old monk sat nearby with his eyes closed, chanting sutras and tapping a wooden fish gently.
Lu Feng bent down, lay on the cushion, palms facing the sky, and kowtowed three times and nine times devoutly to the Bodhisattva.
Su Tianyu stood by and simply put his hands together and bowed slightly to the Buddha statue.
After Lu Feng got up, he saw that Su Tianyu looked worried and couldn't help but said, "You are just too confused! I asked you to come to this ancient temple with me so that you can feel the sound of the outside world and put aside all those troubles. People still need to have faith! Come, burn some incense for the Bodhisattva!"
As he spoke, Lu Feng handed Su Tianyu three long incense sticks.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
Su Tianyu was about to burn incense when the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Su Tianyu took out his cell phone and glanced at the caller ID. Seeing that it was Yu Mingyuan calling, he immediately made an apologetic gesture to Lu Feng: "I'll go answer the phone first."
Lu Feng waved his hand, Su Tianyu walked aside and answered the phone: "Hello?"
"Where are you?" Yu Mingyuan's voice rang out.
Su Tianyu replied while fiddling with the long incense: "I'm in Hongshan Temple!"
Yu Mingyuan asked, "What are you doing in the temple?"
Su Tianyu smiled and said, "Haha, I just finished the conference and I'm a little tired. Brother Feng insisted on taking me up the mountain to be a lay disciple for a few days to calm my mind."
Yu Mingyuan paused and said, "I advise you to just live there! Why not just shave your hair and become a monk right there!"
Su Tianyu was a little puzzled: "Donor Yu, what do you mean by that?"
Yu Mingyuan said angrily: "If you dawdle for another two days, your wife will be gone. They have already started to steal your house. How can you still be in the mood to listen to the Dharma?"
Su Tianyu was startled and asked hurriedly: "Who the hell stole my house?"
Yu Mingyuan immediately said, "Who else could it be? Tan Mingchao! His father arranged a family dinner to invite my uncle's family to dinner, and it seems that they are just discussing blind dates. Commander Tan is well-versed in the art of war, and he is so quick and decisive that he basically doesn't give you any chance!"
Su Tianyu was really panicking, and his voice became louder: "Fuck, how come I didn't know anything about this?"
Yu Mingyuan scolded, "Isn't that nonsense? Do they really need to say hello to you about this matter? Do you really think you are the commander-in-chief of Dragon City?"
The news was so sudden that Su Tianyu couldn't help but feel a little confused: "What should I do? Qiqi didn't tell me?"
Yu Mingyuan said, "What should we do? That's your business, I can't control it. I'm responsible for informing you, and you can figure out how to arrange it yourself."
Su Tianyu thought for a moment and said, "If you want to do this, come back. Can you find an excuse to bring me to this dinner?"
Yu Mingyuan said angrily, "I'm more than 200 miles away from Longcheng now. How can I take you to the dinner party? I still have a lot of work to do here. If I can't finish it tonight, not only will I not get paid, but I won't even have food to eat! You figure it out yourself. You're an adult now, and I can't help you too much...!"
Su Tianyu hurriedly said: "Fuck, you are a human..."
“Beep…beep…beep…”
Before he could finish his words, the phone was hung up. Su Tianyu was so angry that he cursed: "Fuck..."
“Bang!”
Lu Feng came over at some point and patted Su Tianyu on the back of his neck: "This is a temple, big brother! Can you stop saying 'f*ck' all the time?"
Su Tianyu glanced at the golden statue of the Bodhisattva with his eyes drooping, then hurried over, lit the incense with a snap, and inserted it into the incense burner.
Su Tianyu clasped his hands together and kept apologizing: "Sorry, I'm rude again."
After apologizing to the Bodhisattva, Su Tianyu turned to Lu Feng and said, "Master Lu, you stay here for two days! I... I will take a look at the situation first and then decide whether to come or not."
Lu Feng was a little surprised and asked quickly, "Where are you going?"
"I have not yet finished my worldly business, so I am going down the mountain to do some work." Su Tianyu said this and rushed out of the hall.
He hurried down the mountain and called Hou Guoyu who was waiting downstairs, and the two of them got in a car and left together.
…
An hour later, the dinner was over.
Tan Hengqiang and An Zecheng sat there chatting, and the wives also gathered together, with endless topics to talk about.
The remaining children sat aside, feeling somewhat awkward. Tan Mingchao was stiff, looking at the beautiful An Qiqi in front of him, not knowing what to say. An Qiqi was holding the doll and chatting about some girlish things.
Mrs. Tan glanced at her son, stood up and walked over, gently patted Tan Mingchao on the shoulder and said, "Why are you still a little numb today? Take them out for a walk."
"That's fine." Tan Mingchao nodded and turned to look at An Qiqi: "Qiqi, shall we go out for a walk and sing a song?"
The elders were right next to them, so An Qiqi couldn't refuse: "Okay. Baby, let's go."
Several young people stood up and walked out of the villa. In addition to An Qiqi and the other three, there were also two cousins of Tan Mingchao.
The five people walked in the quiet courtyard. Wawa held An Qiqi's arm, glanced at Tan Mingchao who was following behind, grinned, and whispered teasingly: "Look at this Mr. Tan, a young general, with an extraordinary heroic appearance. Otherwise, I will take my leave first and don't disturb you two."
An Qiqi glared at her fiercely and whispered, "Are you sick?"
The doll smiled but said nothing.
An Qiqi gently pushed the doll and whispered, "Don't you feel embarrassed suddenly?"
"I don't know if it's embarrassing or not." Wawa smiled and said, "I just feel like I'm quite redundant."
An Qiqi held Wawa's arm tightly: "Don't even think about leaving tonight!"
The two were whispering and unknowingly arrived at the gate of the compound.
Tan Mingchao stopped and shouted to them, "Wait a moment, the car will be here soon."
Tan Mingchao was just about to ask the guard to drive over when he heard a squeak and a black SUV stopped in front of the gate of the compound.
Su Tianyu stuck his head out of the car and shouted at An Qiqi in an anxious tone: "Hey, Qiqi, why are you here? I've been looking for you for three days, but you didn't answer my calls. I was so worried!"
Everyone was stunned, and Tan Mingchao's eyes widened, wondering why this kid Su Tianyu came here
An Qiqi was also confused. She looked at Su Tianyu and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Su Tianyu said hurriedly: "It's our association! There are very important things waiting for you to deal with! Come on, get in the car, I just want to talk to you!"
An Qiqi turned her head and glanced at the doll next to her who was trying not to laugh. She knew that it was this girl who leaked the news. She pretended to be indifferent and said softly to Su Tianyu: "Can't you see that I'm entertaining friends? Let's do it another day."
Su Tianyu hurriedly said: "I didn't stop you from entertaining your friends."
After saying that, Su Tianyu turned his head and glanced at Tan Mingchao who was looking gloomy behind him, and said, "Mr. Tan, how about joining us? Let's find a place to chat. I have something to discuss with Qiqi. Don't worry, I won't disturb you too much."
“…!”