Chapter 637 Family Banquet (Part 1) Winter nights come faster than summer nights. Before five o'clock, the sky has already darkened; after an afternoon of heavy rain, the air is obviously much moister.
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Xiao Tianming spent the entire afternoon at Hidden Rules Company, and ordered people to prepare a contract to redeem Lian Shishi's life for use in negotiations with Luo Qiaoyou tomorrow.
Xiao Tianming looked at the night outside the window, then looked at the watch in his hand, raised his head and said to Che Juan: "It's getting dark really fast, it's already like this before six o'clock. I'm going back. Xiao Juanjuan, you take me
Don’t want to hitchhike?”
"No, Mr. Xiao. I drove here myself." Chejuan shook her head and declined Xiao Tianming's kindness because she had bought a mobility scooter two months ago.
"Okay, you have become a car owner. Then I will leave first, and you should get off work early!" Xiao Tianming said with a smile, turned around and walked out of the office.
As soon as he entered the elevator, Xiao Tianming's cell phone rang. The call was from Ouyang Zhi, and Xiao Tianming didn't dare not answer it.
"Hey, dear! Is the meal ready?" Xiao Tianming smiled into the phone.
"Behave yourself and don't say anything when you come back." Ouyang Zhi scolded Xiao Tianming angrily, "Where are you now?"
"Company, I'm about to go back." Xiao Tianming explained.
"Then you drive to school to pick me up first, and we will go out to eat tonight." After Ouyang Zhi said that, he hung up the phone immediately, leaving Xiao Tianming very speechless.
Ouyang Zhi stood at the back door of "Tianyi Pavilion", her white windbreaker blown up by the strong wind. While waiting for Xiao Tianming to pick her up, she was playing on her mobile phone to pass the time.
Although Xiao Tianming's car and driving skills were quite good, he was still stuck in the crowded traffic. When he drove to Ouyang Zhi, it took him half an hour longer than usual.
Fortunately, Ouyang Zhi was not surprised by the blame. She opened the car door and got in. Then she said: "Wanfu Hotel."
"Wanfu Hotel?" Xiao Tianming looked at Ouyang Zhi inexplicably and asked, "Xiao Zhi, where are we going to eat tonight?"
"Well!" Ouyang Zhi then put away her cell phone and turned to Xiao Tianming to explain, "To be precise, it was my uncle who invited us to dinner."
"Your uncle? When did you get another uncle?" Xiao Tianming asked Ouyang Zhi while driving.
"I have always had an uncle, but I just didn't tell you before." Ouyang Zhi glared at Xiao Tianming, and then explained, "My uncle has been working as an official in other places. He just moved back to this city this month. He usually works here.
Let’s meet during the Chinese New Year. However, the relationship between my uncle’s family and ours is very good, so don’t talk nonsense when you meet later.”
"So I'm an official! Don't worry, I understand that people don't fight with officials, and I always behave well when I meet officials." Xiao Tianming said half-jokingly.
"It's weird to believe you!" Ouyang Zhi rolled her eyes at Xiao Tianming and said angrily.
Xiao Tianming suddenly thought of something, and asked Ouyang Zhi again: "Xiao Zhi, Uncle Ouyang is a principal, your uncle should be an official of quite a high rank, right?"
"I don't know what kind of official he is, but he shouldn't be young. My uncle used to be a mayor in other places." Ouyang Zhi smoothed his ears and hair and said seriously.
"Mayor? The one who is older than the mayor is also the municipal party committee secretary. Ouyang Zhi's mother's surname is Xia, so her uncle should also be surnamed Xia..." Thinking of this, Xiao Tianming couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, "It can't be that
What a coincidence, right?"
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At the entrance of Wanfu Hotel, there was a girl who was a few years older than Ouyang Zhi waiting for Ouyang Zhi. Seeing that she had just arrived, she couldn't help complaining: "Cousin, why did you come so late? My parents
My aunt and uncle are already inside."
Ouyang Zhi shrugged and said helplessly: "I don't want to either! It's just that there's a traffic jam on the road, so I can't fly here, right?"
"I'm too lazy to tell you. By the way, I heard from my aunt that your boyfriend also came here, why didn't you see her?" Ouyang Zhi's cousin asked.
"He went to park the car and will be here soon." Ouyang Zhi explained to her cousin.
"Okay, Xiaozhi! My uncle and aunt actually bought you a car. I'm already working, and my parents won't buy me a car." Thinking of this, the cousin pouted in grievance.
"My uncle is an official, so he has to keep a low profile!" Ouyang Zhi explained, "Actually, my parents didn't buy this car for me, it belongs to my boyfriend."
"Isn't it? Your boyfriend is not your classmate. I didn't expect him to be so rich. He couldn't be rich and handsome, right?" My cousin asked gossiping.
Xiao Tianming said tall enough to be tall, handsome enough to be handsome, and as for rich, it must be; Ouyang Zhi thought for a while and said, "It should count!"
"Then I want to see my cousin, what do you think of a rich, handsome man?" Ouyang Zhi's cousin knew that her cousin had been a proud white swan since she was a child, with eyes higher than the sky and disdain for many boys, so she
Even her brother Ouyang Xiong was not spared from her interference, and he couldn't help but become more and more interested in this "rich, handsome" man.
After Xiao Tianming parked the car, he walked straight over. However, since his back was to Ouyang Zhi's cousin, he didn't see the other person's appearance clearly, but he felt that the figure on the back looked familiar.
"Cousin, this is my boyfriend..." Before Ouyang Zhi had finished the introduction, he heard his cousin exclaim: "Why is it you!"
Xiao Tianming was a little surprised when he saw the other party's appearance, but it was far less exaggerated than hers. He said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be Xiaozhi's cousin, classmate Xia Meng."
"Do you know each other?" Ouyang Zhi couldn't help being stunned when she saw the two of them like this. She looked at Xiao Tianming and then at Xia Meng. After confirming that there was only surprise in their eyes and no other strange expressions, Ouyang Zhi felt relieved.
She breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want her cousin to be called "sister" to her in the future.
Xia Meng ignored Ouyang Zhi's words, with a cunning look in his eyes, and said to Xiao Tianming with a smile: "Since you are Xiao Zhi's boyfriend, you can also call me cousin!"
Xia Meng's behavior clearly meant that he wanted to take advantage of Xiao Tianming. Naturally, Xiao Tianming would not give in. As if he had not heard Xia Meng's words, he took Ouyang Zhi's hand and walked in while saying: "Xiao Zhi, let's go in quickly.
Yeah. Uncle Ouyang and Aunt Xia must be waiting impatiently."
When Xia Meng saw that Xiao Tianming dared to ignore her, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she didn't want to get angry. She just looked at Xiao Tianming bitterly, preparing to find an opportunity to vent her anger on Xiao Tianming.
In fact, Xia Meng was not the only acquaintance that Xiao Tianming met tonight. Looking around, except for Xia Weimin's wife Su Qin, whom Xiao Tianming did not know, everyone here knew them. Ouyang Zheng, Xia Ying, and Ouyang Xiong's family
Let’s not talk about it. Xia Weimin, as the municipal party committee secretary of this city, Xiao Tian
Ming had seen the kidnapping scene that day; the middle-aged beautiful woman next to him was Xia Weimin's wife and Xia Meng's mother Su Qin. Although Xiao Tianming had never seen Su Qin, he could guess it. The most surprising thing was that
Xia Yu, who was next to Su Qin and Xia Ying, Xiao Tianming did not expect that she was also a relative of Ouyang Zhi.
"Unexpectedly, Xia Yu is also a relative of yours." Xiao Tianming whispered in Ouyang Zhi's ear.
"Xiao Yu is the second uncle's daughter." Ouyang Zhi put her mouth to Xiao Tianming's ear and explained in a low voice, "She is studying in our school, so we called her over. However, the second uncle and second aunt are not in this city.
.That’s auntie, just keep calling me.”
"Oh!" Xiao Tianming nodded gently, finally figuring out the relationship between Ouyang Zhi's family.
When Ouyang Zheng saw Xiao Tianming and Ouyang Zhi walking in, he hurriedly greeted: "Tianming, you are here! Let me introduce to you, this is..."
Xia Weimin didn't wait for Ouyang Zheng's introduction, and took the initiative to say to Xiao Tianming: "Ouyang, he and I have known each other for a long time. I am Xiaozhi's uncle, do you mind if I call you Tianming?"
"Hello, uncle!" Xia Weimin is an elder, so Xiao Tianming was polite to him, and then shouted to the aunt next to him, "Hello, aunt!"
When Su Qin heard Xiao Tianming's words, he smiled slightly and said, "How about you, Tianming, nice to meet you."
Su Qin's behavior was very elegant. Xiao Tianming saw the shadow of Nangong Yu in her, so he unconsciously had a good impression of Su Qin.
"Tianming, this is Xiaozhi's cousin Xia Yu. You are schoolmates, so you should be familiar with each other, right?" Ouyang Zheng then said to Xiao Tianming.
"Dad, you forgot that he and Xiaoyu worked together at the welcome party for international students. They have known each other for a long time." Ouyang Zhi interrupted and said to Ouyang Zhi.
"Oh, that's even better." Ouyang Zhi laughed and sat back in his seat, "Since everyone is here, let's let them serve the food!"
Ouyang Zheng pressed the button on the wall, and then he saw a pair of uniformly dressed waiters walking in with a variety of dishes, and then carefully placed them on the table and then slowly
After exiting, the whole action was very coordinated.
As the host, Ouyang Zheng saw that the waiter had finished serving the dishes, picked up his chopsticks and said: "I ordered these dishes. If you don't think they are good, please don't blame me! Come on, everyone eat! Tianming, you can
Don't be polite, there are no outsiders here."
"Uncle Ouyang, I know." Xiao Tianming picked up the chopsticks, but heard Ouyang Zhi whisper from the side: "He never knows what politeness means in his life."
Xia Meng, who was on the side, echoed: "Xiao Zhi is right, how can a person who has to fight for a bus seat with a girl know how to be polite?"
"You just remember that I snatched your seat. How come you forgot who helped you find your phone? That day, you want to interview who helped you open the road?" Xiao Tianming touched his nose and whispered to Xia
Meng retorted.
Xia Meng pretended not to hear anything and started eating on his own.