Muzi heard that Zhang Ling's daughter Xiaodouzi also came with her.
Before he came, he went to the mall to buy the most anticipated gift for little girls.
Waiting for others was always painful, but it was something he looked forward to very much.
After all, Zhang Ling is the first good friend of his plan.
Zhang Ling and her party entered the XX Hotel where they had made an appointment.
The air was filled with all kinds of food aromas, and Xiaodouzi could hardly hold back his saliva due to the excitement.
"Dad, do we want to sit over there and eat?" Xiaodouzi said, pointing to the dining area not far away.
Li Xiang glanced at Zhang Ling next to her with a smile, then reached out to pinch Xiaodouzi's cheek and said:
"Aunt Muzi said she would wait for us on the third floor."
Before Xiaodouzi came, he heard Zhang Ling and Li Xiang both praise Muzi profusely.
I was already curious and wanted to see Muzi as soon as possible.
At this time, Li Xiang suddenly felt uneasy.
At a table of guests not far away, an old man was looking at Li Xiang in a daze.
"Hey, Old Liu, what are you looking at?" Another old man asked curiously.
Old Liu motioned the old man to look at Li and wanted to say:
"Lao Zhou, look at a man holding a child from a family of three who just came in over there."
"What's so good about other people's children?" Lao Zhou glanced at Li Xiang, and then motioned to Lao Liu to look at his own children, "You should worry more about your children when you have time."
Lao Liuba chirped and said:
"You old fool. If I let you see it, you can see it. Where did you get all those verbose words?"
Only then did Lao Zhou put on the reading glasses hanging on his chest, looked at Li Xiang and said in surprise:
"Hey, why does that man look like..."
Old Liu was obviously afraid that his juniors would hear their conversation, so he quickly signaled to Old Zhou to be quiet and said:
"It's not like that, I think that's it. Anyone who passes through my eyes, Lao Liu, I can remember him for a lifetime with just one glance."
Lao Zhou was very convinced by Lao Liu's words. He was so excited that he immediately stood up and walked towards Li Xiang. Unexpectedly, Lao Liu pushed him down again.
It turns out that both of them had pursued Li Xiang's grandma when they were young.
After my grandma became seriously ill, I secretly came to visit her.
Naturally, I was deeply impressed by Li Xiang.
The two elders only knew that Li Xiang had brought his grandma to Wuchuan for medical treatment.
From the moment I came to Wuchuan for the marriage of my children, I planned to see my grandma again.
The two elders are worrying about which hospital to go to?
Unexpectedly, God allowed them to meet Li Xiang.
So the two elders were extremely excited the moment they saw Li Xiang.
Lao Zhou may be too impulsive, or maybe he was too obsessed with his grandma when he was young.
In the end, he was not restrained by Lao Liu, and the banquet continued regardless of his children, and he stubbornly walked towards Li Xiang.
"I miss my baby, I miss my baby..."
That nickname that made Li Xiang affectionate echoed in the hall.
This is a title that a real Li Xiang would never hear.
In his heart, he really wanted to seek fame, but because Zhang Ling was standing next to him, the secret that he was the real Li Xiang's stand-in could not be revealed to more people.
Because Zhang Ling is his true love, he doesn't want to let her go easily.
It was only then that he took the risk to pursue Zhang Ling.
When Zhen Li wanted to know about his behavior and reprimanded him, he was allowed to pursue Zhang Ling only after taking advantage of half a year's income from his work as a stand-in.
During the time when he was pursuing Zhang Ling, he was really too frightened.
Afraid that Zhang Ling would get to the bottom of things and ask him why he had a grandmother with terminal cancer?
But Li Xiang’s grandmother had already passed away.
Fortunately, Zhang Ling never asked any questions about his family.
Otherwise, he who is unwilling to deceive his lover will really not know how to answer when the time comes.
Now there are two more acquaintances. If he admits to talking, there is no guarantee that Zhang Ling will not be interested.
What's even worse is that Li Xiang's personal butler Muzi is also in this hotel.
There is no guarantee that after being heard by Muzi, it will not reach the ears of the real Li Xiang.
He also wanted to use his job as a stand-in to earn enough capital to stay with Zhang Ling forever in the future.
So he really doesn't want to lose his job.
He could only try his best to keep his expression calm and continue going upstairs.
Xiaodouzi saw two old men rushing towards them.
It occurred to me that my father's name happened to have the word "thinking" in it.
So he looked at Li with some confusion and wanted to say:
"Dad, there are two old men behind you calling Xiangwazi. Are they calling you?"
Before Li Xiang could answer this question, he felt the judgment from Zhang Ling's eyes. Just one look made him feel suffocated instantly.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Zhang Ling seemed to have discovered something interesting and grinned:
"Of course it's to see you answer Xiaodouzi's question. It is said that men are the most handsome when they answer questions. So today I really want to see if this is true."
"Really? Mom, what you said is true!" Xiaodouzi also looked at Li Xiang expectantly.
Li Xiang looked at Xiaodouzi and muttered in his mind, why are you everywhere?
Thinking about it, he walked up the steps faster and faster, giving people a faint feeling that he was running away from the scene.
Zhang Ling turned around and glanced at the two old men behind her with a smile, chasing after them reluctantly.
Then he continued walking side by side with Li Xiang without falling behind at all.
Li wanted to know, both Zhang Ling and Xiaodouzi were looking forward to his answer.
He listened to the voices of the two elders getting closer and closer, and his nervous heart made him have no time to think about it. He stopped to answer the mother and daughter's questions.
Zhang Ling looked at him expectantly from time to time, and Xiaodouzi in her arms couldn't wait for the answer from Li Xiang and Zhang Ling.
The little girl was obviously a little anxious and shouted with a cry:
"Mom, Dad, why are you ignoring me?"
Li Xiang was so shaken by the little girl's voice that he seemed to wake up a little.
That's not right.
His behavior is not just running away.
Doesn't this indirectly indicate that there is something wrong with him?
No, he must face it calmly.
Even if you are not so calm in your heart, you must be extremely calm to face unexpected changes.
Zhang Ling was a little surprised when Li Xiang stepped onto the third floor. She breathed a sigh of relief and dropped Xiaodouzi on the ground.
"It turns out that climbing stairs with a baby is really tiring! Xiaodouzi, I found that you have gained weight again today."
After hearing what Li Xiang said, Zhang Ling smiled, touched the little girl's head and said:
"Xiaodouzi, did you hear that? It's not that your father didn't speak just now, but that you were too tired to carry you upstairs and had no time to speak."
Xiaodouzi didn’t know where he learned the awareness of weight loss from at a young age. He looked at Zhang Ling with aggrieved face and said:
"Okay. Xiaodouzi can eat less in the future."
"Ah!" Zhang Ling opened her mouth in surprise at Xiaodouzi's words.
Li Xiang smiled and said:
"As a child, why are you trying to imitate adults to lose weight and eat less when you are still growing?"
"I remember my mother also said she wanted to lose weight." Xiaodouzi looked at Zhang Ling and said.
The little girl wants to throw the problem to her mother.
Zhang Ling saw Li Xiang looking at her with a wry smile and said:
"I...have I ever told you to lose weight in front of you?"
Xiaodouzi touched his earlobe and said:
"My mother told Aunt Yan Yuan, I heard it."
"I'm sorry, I really didn't know this little guy was nearby at the time." Zhang Ling subconsciously wanted to say to Li.
Li Xiangzheng was about to persuade Xiaodouzi to stop imitating adults to lose weight when he was growing up.
The two old men following behind also climbed up the stairs.
"Xiang Wazi, didn't you hear what Grandpa Zhou called you?" Lao Zhou took the lead and grabbed one of Li Xiang's hands.
It felt as if Li Xiang was afraid of escaping again.
Before Li Xiang could speak, he looked at Zhang Ling.
I want to see Zhang Ling's basic reaction to this kind of thing happening to him.
She seemed to be standing aside with the intention of watching a show. She first looked at the two old men, and then looked at Li Yuan who was pretending to be confused:
"Li Xiang, are these two your relatives?"
When the clever little Douzi heard what her mother said, she wanted to establish an image of a sensible child among Li Xiang.
The little girl took a step forward, bowed politely and said:
"Hello, grandpas, I am my father's favorite daughter, Xiaodouzi."
Old Liu looked at the little girl in front of him with a fond look on his face and said:
"What a polite and pretty little girl! I wonder, baby, is this your daughter? She has grown so big after just one year without seeing her. This..."
Lao Zhou pushed Lao Liu with a look of disgust, winked at Zhang Ling next to him, and scolded him pretending to be angry:
"You old antique, can you talk? The child must be this handsome little boy."
The clever little girl seemed to understand the conversation between the two elders. She stood next to Li Xiang, grabbed his finger and shook it. She said with full of displeasure in confusion:
"Dad, dad, they are saying that I am not your daughter. Is dad ready to let me go?"
Although Xiaodouzi didn't like Li Xiang's father when he first met him.
But after getting along with him so many times, I deeply felt the mountain-like father's love.
When someone said that she was not Li Xiang's daughter, Xiaodouzi felt very angry.
I just want to get a reassuring and definite answer from Li Xiang.
Li Xiang first forced himself to calm down his somewhat panicked heart, looked at the two familiar old men in front of him, and pretended to be strangers and said:
"You two, I think you have recognized the wrong person. Please don't scare my daughter."
Then, with a deep fatherly smile on his face, he knelt down and looked at Xiaodouzi and said:
"My child, don't listen to other people's nonsense. With such a lovely daughter like you, how could your father be willing to let go of you?"
Then in front of everyone present, he hugged Xiaodouzi into his arms and continued to whisper:
"Xiaodouzi, stop thinking nonsense. Don't worry, dad will never leave you."
Xiaodouzi's heart seemed to melt at that moment.
Subconsciously, I have gradually developed a dependence on the man in front of me, like a family member, and it is difficult to let go.
Zhang Ling looked at Li Xiang's actions and had a happy smile on her face.
Isn't this the small family she sometimes fantasized about?
With sensible children around her, a family-oriented husband by her side, and a woman who worked hard to be a good mother and wife, they finally formed a happy family that loves each other.
I never thought she would have it without any warning.
Maybe happiness comes a little too suddenly.
The scene in front of her made her eyes filled with tears of excitement and she could no longer hold back.
Tears, accompanied by a bit of choking, flowed down the cheeks that bloomed with a happy smile.
Li wanted to show an extremely close and loving parent-child image. He wanted the two old people to think that they had really recognized the wrong person and retreat in the face of difficulties.
Lao Zhou asked with some doubts at this time:
"I asked Lao Liu, have we recognized the wrong person? They really look like a family of three, especially..."
Lao Liu firmly believed that he did not admit the wrong person, interrupted Lao Zhou's speculation, and continued to aggressively question:
"Li Xiang, you must never forget your roots as a human being! You are one of our XX people. Anyone who comes from XX is not a strong-willed man who can stand up for his actions."
How could Li Xiang not know the qualities that a XX person should have?
But how can he be a person who has no spirit of contract and is treacherous?
Lao Liu observed the confusion on Li Xiang's face.
I am even more convinced that I did not admit the wrong person.
Then Lao Liu guessed that Li Xiang's fear of recognizing people was probably related to Zhang Ling.
"You're a good boy, but now you don't even dare to recognize your Grandpa Liu." Old Liu glanced at Zhang Ling, who was dressed tastefully, and continued to question, "Tell me! Is it because the woman beside you doesn't want to let you go?"
, do you recognize us poor relatives from a small place?"
Because Lao Liu has also heard of many spineless juniors who dislike the poor and love the rich. Some of them listen too much to their rich spouses and actively cut off contact with all poor relatives.
He even cut off contact with his parents and family.
When Old Liu saw Zhang Ling's clothes, he guessed that Li Xiang must have had the same reason.
I feel that Li Xiang has completely lost his dignity as a XX person because he treated his seriously ill grandma.
"I said to you, sir, you really recognized the wrong person."
Zhang Ling was reluctant as soon as she heard what Liu said. Wasn't this questioning her character in public?
She took the initiative to interrupt Old Liu, and wanted to continue questioning Li Xiang's heart. Her tone was a bit harsh, but she said politely:
"Sir, please make it clear. The person in front of you is the boss of Zhihua Technology, a well-known leading company in Wuchuan City. Do you think the person you are talking about may be him?"
When Li Xiang was still struggling with Lao Liu's claim that he was not a XX person, he actually felt a little uncomfortable after hearing her words.
She was obviously defending him.
And listening to her words reminded him of how his grandma used to protect him in this way.
Old Zhou looked like a knowledgeable old man, and when he heard that he was the boss of Zhihua Technology, he quickly pulled Old Liu and whispered:
"Old Liu, that's bad. I'm afraid we really recognized the wrong person."
"Impossible! How could I, Old Liu, admit the wrong person?" He still shouted stubbornly.
Zhang Ling said with a smile:
"Old man, if you don't believe it, you can call the person in charge of this hotel and ask him to see if this is the big boss of Zhihua Technology?"
"No, no, no!" Lao Zhou stepped forward quickly and said.
Lao Liu still stared at him with conviction and shouted:
"Li Xiang……"
Lao Zhou was afraid that Lao Liu would make things worse.
If we invite all the relatives and juniors downstairs to come over, it will be completely difficult to talk.
Two old guys made a big mistake because they wanted to reunite with their first love.
By then, I would have really lost all my face.
So he quickly stepped forward to stop Lao Liu and scolded him:
"Listen to me! Zhihua Technology is often on TV news and has a history of nearly ten years. The Li Xiang we know has been in Wuchuan for less than a year. It can't be him. Come on, let's leave quickly!"
Lao Liu still shouted at him unwillingly:
"Li Xiang, listen to me, kid, don't be ashamed of the grandma who raised you!"
After hearing this, Li Xiang's heart tightened, and he vaguely felt that his grandma's sudden and unexpected death might have something to do with him being Li Xiang's real substitute.
Lao Zhou finally moved out his younger relatives and threatened Lao Liu, so that the stubborn old man gave up and went downstairs without making any noise.
Before leaving, the two elders clearly saw the hotel lobby manager standing respectfully next to Li Xiang and said with a smile:
"Mr. Li, you're here, why didn't you inform me in advance so that I could go out and greet you. I'm so ashamed that you encountered such unpleasantness when you arrived..."
Li Xiang accidentally saw the stubborn look in Lao Liu's eyes as he stood at the turn of the stairs, and felt that the matter was not over yet.