Wang Yan dealt with the backlog of work that had been going on for a while, gave some instructions regarding the Liang family's actions, and then had a cup of tea with the two bosses, bragging about something, and the day was gone.
He felt like he hadn't done anything special, and it was already night in a flash.
In the evening, Gu Jia called and asked them to go with her to pick up Xu Ziyan.
Wang Yan picked up Gu Jia and drove to the kindergarten.
"Xu Huanshan will be here soon." Gu Jia said in the car.
"Yeah, I understand."
After a moment's silence, Gu Jia continued, "My dad knows about us. He called me today and said he wanted to see you." As she spoke, she secretly observed Wang Yan's reaction.
It's difficult to deal with a relationship that's been going on for a while, especially since they've only just met once before, at her birthday party. If her father were a prominent figure who could help Wang Yan's career, it would be fine, but the problem is, her father doesn't have that kind of talent.
She was worried that Wang Yan would be disgusted. After all, it would not feel good for anyone to have a living father appear above their head.
Wang Yan, who was concentrating on driving, didn't react much when he heard this. Isn't this a very normal thing?
In an instant he understood what had happened.
Gu Jia would not tell her father about this. He was already an adult and had a heart disease. She had to keep it a secret for as long as possible. It would be bad for her father to worry about it.
It's obvious that Xu Huanshan must have discovered them last time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt bad. In his frustration, he called Gu Jia's father and complained about her faults, then put the blame on Gu Jia. A grown man acting like a fucking old woman, with a mouth like the waistband of his mother's cotton pants.
"Then let's have dinner together at home tonight. I'll meet your dad so he can feel at ease."
Seeing Wang Yan's answer, Gu Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
She called her father and asked him to wait for a while while they came to pick him up.
As a woman, I always have a lot on my mind. As soon as I breathe a sigh of relief, I start to think about what to do when I see Xu Huanshan later.
She wasn't worried about anything else. She knew Xu Huanshan's character well. She was just worried that he would make a scene in public, regardless of the consequences. She didn't mind, but Xu Ziyan still had to go to school there. How could a child who was gossiping and spreading rumors endure this? After all, this wasn't the time when nothing had happened before.
It’s not far, just two streets, and we’ll be there soon.
The kindergarten is quite high-end, and the outside is like a car show. If you really have to queue up for a number, Wang Yan’s A8 will definitely not be useful.
They were all parked there in a haphazard manner. It was rush hour when school was over, and the traffic was extremely congested.
I squeezed in slowly and looked for a place to park.
Xu Huanshan had sharp eyes. As soon as they got out of the car, he came over with Lin Youguo.
"Lao Wang, you are really my good brother." Xu Huanshan said sarcastically.
He didn't do anything drastic. After all, it had been a while, and he'd calmed down. Not mentioning Wang Yan's identity, making a scene, or even getting into a fight, wouldn't have helped at all. Instead, it would have made Gu Jia look down on him, as if he couldn't bear to part with her. Besides, he knew Wang Yan had practiced martial arts and was taller than him. And what about Wang Yan's identity? He wasn't stupid; he knew the bottom line.
Gu Jia lost her temper and wanted to go up and argue with Xu Huanshan when she heard his sarcastic tone.
Wang Yan stopped Gu Jia and said, "What's the point of saying more? He only believes what he thinks. Otherwise, how can he feel at ease?"
Reaching out his arms and hugging Gu Jia in his arms, Wang Yan said enthusiastically: "Hey, Lao Xu, what are you talking about? It's so outrageous."
Men's possessiveness is strange. They don't just play around with their women. As long as they're emotionally invested in someone, whether it's their ex-wife or ex-girlfriend, they'll get angry and upset if they get intimate with anyone other than them. I don't know if it's because of feelings, or if it's simply because they think you can't touch anything they don't want.
Seeing Gu Jia, who was held in Wang Yan's arms with a sweet look on her face, Xu Huanshan's face turned pale, but he managed to hold back his anger and didn't explode: "Let me introduce you to my wife, Lin Youyou. We got the marriage certificate last week." As he spoke, he changed his arm around her and hugged her, and he and Lin Youyou looked at the two people opposite in a defiant manner.
But he was destined to be disappointed. Despite such a childish action, Wang Yan and Gu Jia showed no expression at all and just looked at them calmly.
Wang Yan wanted to say, "After you get divorced, we will get the marriage certificate the next day." But he didn't say it. Xu Huanshan was easily angered, and with so many parents here, it would have a bad impact if he got provoked.
Of course, he also had to consider Xu Ziyan. The other kid had been happily bragging all day, surrounded by the stars. But the next day, he was ridiculed and might even have to transfer schools. That would be a huge blow to the child.
Xu Huanshan didn't get a response, and he didn't dare to provoke Wang Yan. He could imagine the consequences, so he awkwardly found a way out for himself: "I sold the house. I'll transfer the money to you when it arrives in two days."
Gu Jia finally gave a little reaction, nodded and stopped strangling him. The affection was long gone, and she didn't even bother to look at him.
Lin Youyou didn't cause any trouble, and she had no say in the matter. Now that they were both married, she was irritated by Xu Huanshan comparing her to Gu Jia, but she could understand it. Furthermore, the joy of achieving her goal reached a climax after seeing Gu Jia, so she magnanimously let it go.
Moreover, a while ago, Xu Huanshan suddenly wanted to marry her. She asked the reason later and knew everything that happened.
She even specifically asked Xu Huanshan about Wang Yan's identity. Although she was dissatisfied with Gu Jia's ability to hook up with a wealthy man, Lin Youyou knew what she was doing. She was no fool. Putting aside other things, Xu Huanshan still had some feelings for the child, so Wang Yan wouldn't go too far. Who did she think she was? He definitely couldn't indulge her, and she didn't dare to poke trouble in front of Wang Yan.
Then everyone waited at the door for the children to finish school, while Gu Jia chatted with familiar parents.
People had noticed the weird atmosphere here a long time ago and were just waiting to watch the fun, but in the end nothing happened, which was a bit of a pity.
"Zi Yan's mother, I haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been busy with recently?"
Familiar parents and gossipy old ladies would come over to chat with Gu Jia and the others, asking them questions in various ways.
Gu Jia was also a social expert, and a storm that Xu Ziyan was unaware of was resolved by her mother in the midst of chatting and laughing.
After a while, the children were out of school.
Xu Ziyan saw them from a distance, and ran towards them with his short legs.
Xu Huanshan thought someone was running towards him, so he squatted down with his arms open and waited for Xu Ziyan to pounce on him.
As a result, his son was really capable. Without even looking at him, he shouted "Dad" and hugged Wang Yan's thighs.
The little guy was very happy today.
The children all knew that he had gone out to play, and they were still thinking about him since he had nothing to do for such a long time. They kept asking him questions whenever they caught him.
Seeing that the children were not paying attention in class, the teacher was curious about what Xu Ziyan had been through. So she simply arranged a tea party, with him telling the children about his experiences along the way and occasionally answering various questions.
Xu Ziyan was not at all stage fright. He was graceful, articulate and logical. He expressed what he heard from Wang Yan and Gu Jia, as well as what he learned from the tour guide, in his childish words in an engaging way.
The children listening below were envious and jealous. They had played a lot at home and abroad, but none of them took more than 20 days off like Xu Ziyan and did nothing but play.
Xu Ziyan was in the spotlight, so happy that he lost himself in joy and desperately wanted to share it with his father and mother. So he didn't even look at Xu Huanshan, hugged his thighs, looked up and said, "Dad, let me tell you, today..."
Xu Huanshan squatted there with his arms raised, bewildered, his body stiff. This feeling of being filled with joy and then having it all come to nothing was particularly debilitating, especially since this was between a father and son.
Embarrassed, he lowered his arms, rubbed his stiff face vigorously, and interrupted Xu Ziyan who was about to show off: "Ziyan, I see you are here."
Hearing this, Xu Ziyan turned to look at Xu Huanshan in surprise, then walked over and hugged him with a smile: "Dad, why are you here?"
"Why, are you surprised that I came to see you? Did you miss your daddy?"
Xu Ziyan paused for a moment, then said with a smile, "Of course I did."
Xu Huanshan clearly felt the pause, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions. This was his son, his own son. Did he have to think twice before saying he missed him?
He wondered if Wang Yan had brainwashed the child or something?
He quickly pulled Xu Ziyan aside and asked him about his relationship with Wang Yan and Gu Jia, what he had been doing recently, how they treated him, etc.
Xu Ziyan was excited when he said this. After all, he hadn't shown off before, so he immediately boasted to Xu Huanshan with a beaming face. Anyway, with this and that, Xu Huanshan also understood that Wang Yan had done nothing, and he even thought he treated the child better than Wang Yan.
But he was no longer important to Xu Ziyan. His attitude just now, and what he was saying now about my father and my mother, there was absolutely no such thing as "Dad, you are this or that".
I listened absentmindedly to the child's childish words, and the past came to my mind, and I couldn't help feeling sad.
Xu Ziyan was talking nonstop, but after a while he realized that his father didn't support him either.
Feeling bored and passionless, he said to Xu Huanshan unhappily, "Dad, are you listening?"
This interrupted Xu Huanshan's sorrowful mood. He quickly gave a thumbs-up and forced a smile, saying, "Of course, you are amazing. You are so glorious today."
The two of them chatted in whispers for a while, and left with the words "Dad will come to see you in a few days." While they still had their senses, they quickly pulled Lin Youyou and left.
Although Xu Ziyan was very enthusiastic just now, he was raised by him since childhood after all, so he was very sensitive to the strangeness in his words.
It would be strange if he could feel good about it. His ex-wife had married someone else, and his own son was about to take the surname Wang, but he was powerless to stop it. It didn't feel very good.
In the car.
Lin Youyou watched the whole story from beginning to end and knew what was going on with Xu Huanshan.
Not only women, but men too need comfort when they are sad and vulnerable. Lin Youyou is a professional.
He said to Xu Huanshan who was driving slowly, "Huanshan, don't think too much. At worst, we can just have another child."
"Drive faster, let's go back and work harder."
Hearing this, Xu Huanshan became more energetic.
All he needed was one sentence, and he could comfort himself with his own fantasy. Lin Youyou's words were correct. If it doesn't work out, I'll have another one. Besides, no matter how awesome Wang Yan is, Xu Ziyan is also my son.
At first, he hadn't really considered asking Lin Youyou to give him a child. After all, it was a matter between two people, and he couldn't force her if she disagreed. Besides, the current environment was such that late marriage and late childbirth were considered outrageous, and even worse, they would go all DINK.
He figured he'd have to wait a few years, until she'd had enough fun before thinking about having a child. He could afford to wait that way, and since he was thirty, in the prime of life, he might as well give it another try and leave something for his child.
"If you have a child, you'll be in big trouble. Do you really think so? Don't you regret it?" After all, as a father himself, he has experience. He knows exactly what life with children is like.
There was nothing better than a straightforward response at this moment. Lin Youyou said emotionally, "Huanshan, I love you. For you, I'm willing to do anything."
Xu Huanshan stepped on the accelerator and drove away. The atmosphere was already set, and he was a little impatient. He wanted to have the best of both worlds by making a villain and venting his anger at the same time.
Not caring about Xu Huanshan, the family of three happily set off in the car to pick up Gu Jia's father.
Along the way, Xu Ziyan chattered non-stop about what happened today. He could tell his dad hadn't given him face just now, and he was just being perfunctory. It was such a bummer. After all, his dad was the best; he was the one who would support him.
Chatting and laughing, they went to the nursing home to pick up Gu Jia's father, Gu Jinghong.
On the way, Gu Jia interspersed and guided them, and Xu Ziyan acted cute on the side to keep the atmosphere from becoming dull.
Overall, the atmosphere was quite harmonious. I bought some food on the way and returned to my home in Tianyue Mansion.
As soon as they got home, Gu Jia started cooking in a hurry. Xu Ziyan had already called them. Because the nursing home where Gu Jinghong lived was not close to where they lived, the trip back and forth took quite a long time.
Xu Ziyan was watching cartoons in the living room, chattering away. He was tired and hungry, and was lying on the sofa waiting for his food to be served.
Only Wang Yan and Gu Jinghong, the father-in-law, are left.
Wang Yan brewed a pot of tea, which he had brought back from Hengshan Village. According to the old village chief, the tea he had brought was the best of the best, absolutely rare, and could be compared with other famous teas.
Honestly, after all these years of drinking tea, Wang Yan still hasn't quite figured out the meaning. Chinese masters, Taoist experts, and the like all love this kind of thing. Their equipment is incredibly comprehensive, and their tea is priceless. But for the truly exceptional, their tea is all brought in by disciples.
But Wang Yan still couldn't taste anything, just like writing. Even though Wang Yan was a wealthy man, these old men would not tolerate your bad habits. They cursed him like a cow chewing a peony, saying that such good tea was wasted on him.
Wang Yan humbly asked for advice, and without much comment, he rattled off a bunch of short lyrics. Then he told him that this stuff relied on a feeling, and he had to figure it out.
Wang Yan could only smile on the surface. He was trying to figure it out. He knew the other person was genuinely feeling it, but he couldn't muster the same feeling. Later, Wang Yan learned his lesson. He was well-educated, and everyone else was happily pretending to be cool. He also came up with some lyrics, like "fragrant like orchids and osmanthus, flavorful like sweet rain, lingering on the lips and teeth, fragrant and rich, with a strange aroma."
You want to ask him what kind of tea this is? "I'm a junior, so uneducated and unworthy of such a noble lecture, how dare you ask?" The master's habit of being a teacher came out, and he began to lecture with spit flying everywhere. Wang Yan once again put on an expression of "I've benefited a lot, thank you for your guidance." "Is this a teachable kid?" The master stopped scolding him. Hello, I'm good, everyone is good.
In this way, he drank more tea and remembered the taste. He could also tell the origin of famous teas.
Anyway, I've been used to drinking it for so many years, so I've just been doing it this way.
The tea was brewed, and he poured a cup for Gu Jinghong: "Uncle, please try it. This is brought back from Gu Jia's tea factory."
Wang Yan wasn't being pretentious, he just couldn't bring himself to call him "Dad." Gu Jia and her father understood and just let it go.
Gu Jinghong tasted it and said, "Well, it's better than what I bought in the supermarket."
Wang Yan was speechless. He understood that the two of them were somewhat awkward, and Gu Jinghong just gave him some face and responded to him.
He shouldn't waste his time in this situation. It would be better to just talk it out directly.
He knew that Gu Jinghong was worried about his daughter and wanted to use his life experience to see if Wang Yan was a reliable person. He knew it was for his children.
Some people may think it's wrong for parents to dictate your life under the pretext of doing it for your own good. However, we should be more understanding. Aside from a few unscrupulous individuals, parents truly do have the best interests of their children. It's just that sometimes they use the wrong methods. The generation gap is truly a complex issue. When it comes to children and parents, how can we really say right or wrong?
"Uncle, I know what you're worried about. Didn't Gu Jia tell you?"
Gu Jinghong was confused. What did Gu Jia say to us?
Seeing him like this, Wang Yan understood and said, "Uncle, the house we are standing on is under Gu Jia's name. You know Junyue Mansion, they used to live on the 12th floor. I have a house on the 18th floor, which has also been transferred to her name."
Gu Jinghong screamed "Ah" in shock and almost had a heart attack.
He knew how much the houses in Grand Hyatt Residences cost. He hadn't examined this house closely upon entering, but he had taken a quick look. The decor was exquisite, and considering the location, he had a rough idea of its value. He was also thinking, his daughter was really good at choosing a house; the quality was enough at first glance.
He hadn't expected Wang Yan to be so generous. What was he even looking at? What could be more reassuring than this? He drank the tea in his cup in one gulp, calming himself down for a moment, trying to calm his pounding heart.
"Haha, what are you worried about? Gu Jia didn't tell me such a big thing. You two just got married, and I just came to see how you are doing." Gu Jinghong smiled a little awkwardly.
As long as Gu Jia is doing well, it doesn't matter to him how embarrassed he is.
"Come, have some tea. This tea is really good."
Seeing that Gu Jinghong wanted to pick up the teapot to pour him tea, Wang Yan quickly grabbed the teapot and refilled the tea for both of them.
"I'll prepare some for you then. I have a lot of different kinds of tea, so you can help me check if there's anything fake. Oh, and I'll also prepare a set of tea sets for you, as I happen to have an extra set. You can drink more if you're fine. Gu Jia said you have a bad heart, so I don't know if this tea will help, but it's always good for self-cultivation."
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