262 262 Somewhat Familiar
Tan Rou cut the cake for everyone while Tao Zheng took his camera and took pictures. He did not want to miss any good opportunity to take pictures.
He adjusted the camera and prepared to take a wide shot. Suddenly, someone broke into his picture. He adjusted the focus again and found that this person seemed a little familiar.
When Zhuang Liu saw Tan Rou’s family, he didn’t go over directly. Instead, he observed the family from the side. Although his behavior was a little rude, he really couldn’t stand staying away from her when he knew where Tan Rou was. Due to his gaze that followed Tan Rou, he did not realize that Tao Zheng had already noticed him.
Tao Zheng took out his camera and observed. He was wondering where he had seen this person before. Although he couldn’t see him 100% clearly, he felt a sense of familiarity. It was as if he had seen a person in a wheelchair somewhere before.
He suddenly remembered that when he went out for business the other day, he seemed to have seen this person in a wheelchair. At that time, he seemed to be with Rourou, but when he approached, the person in the wheelchair had already disappeared.
Due to how Tao Zheng kept looking in that direction, Tan Rou’s gaze also turned in that direction. Then, she noticed Zhuang Liu behind the bushes.
Why was he here alone? Tan Rou looked around but didn’t see Xiao Mo.
After being discovered by Tan Rou, Zhuang Liu subconsciously wanted to push his wheelchair away. However, the road here was not a flat cement road, but a brick road made of small square bricks. As he was too focused on Tan Rou, he did not realize that his wheel was stuck in the cracks of the bricks.
“Who is it?” Everyone in the Tao family noticed. Mother Tao was meticulous and noticed the awkwardness of the man on the wheelchair. “He looks like he needs help. “Xiao Zheng…”
“I’ll go.” Tan Rou wiped her hands.
Zhuang Liu wanted to find a gap to hide in. Peeping was already rude enough, but he did not expect to be discovered. What was even more embarrassing was that he could not move.
“Where did Xiao Mo go?” Tan Rou smiled to ease the awkwardness.
“Why did he leave the Third Young Master here alone? ”
Since Zhuang Liu was already here, he would take it as it was. He said, “I asked him to do something. He wasn’t around, so I just came out for a walk. Then, I saw you guys. I wanted to say hello, but I was afraid that I would disturb your fishing mood. In the end…”
Tan Rou glanced at the wheels of the wheelchair. It was stuck between two stone bricks, and it was indeed hard to move.
“You should have called us earlier.” Tan Rou thought that he was stuck here all these while.
Zhuang Liu knew that she had misunderstood, so he went along with it. “I didn’t want to disturb you.”
“It’s fine.”
Tan Rou pushed him out from the crack of the stone bricks with great effort. “We’re eating. Do you want to join us?”
Zhuang Liu really wanted to. He didn’t care if he ate or not, but he was looking forward to participating in Tan Rou’s family gathering.
“Wouldn’t I be disturbing your family time?” Zhuang Liu still had to be reserved.
“It’s okay. My parents won’t mind.” Tan Rou pushed Zhuang Liu over.
Zhuang Liu had never been so nervous before. They were Tan Rou’s parents. This was their first meeting, and he did not bring any gifts. Wasn’t it a little rude?
“This is Mr. Zhuang.He’s my friend, the one who bought the calming incense that I mentioned before.” Tan Rou introduced.
“Hello, Uncle and Auntie.” Zhuang Liu greeted me politely.
If it wasn’t for the fact that the time wasn’t right, he would have called them his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he couldn’t say it now.
Mr. Zhuang? Mrs. Tao and Mr. Tao exchanged glances.
“Mr. Zhuang, have you eaten yet? Do you want join us?” Mrs. Tao asked.
Zhuang Liu hadn’t had lunch yet. He had been watching for a long time, and Xiao Mo hadn’t returned. How could he have time for lunch?
“Thank you, Auntie.” Zhuang Liu said.
Tan Rou gave him a piece of cake and a cup of plum juice.
Tao Zheng had already confirmed that this person was the one he saw last time. Seeing his sister treat him so well, he felt very unsafe. He couldn’t let his sister get too close to this man, lest she was deceived by him.
Zhuang Liu sensed a hostile gaze and looked up. Tan Rou’s brother was glaring at him. He smiled and lowered his head to eat the cake. It seemed that Rourou’s brother was very hostile to him! Didn’t he say anything wrong?