Chapter 42: Meeting the Parents

Lu Maoxuan stared at the two hands clasped together, speechless for a long time.

Lu Huaijin looked at his father, then at his son, clearing his throat.

“Jingchen, what did you do to upset your grandfather?”

Lu Jingchen raised an eyebrow, looking at his father with a smirk.

“Dad, did Grandpa tell you anything when he called you back? Or are you retired now, and no one bothers to inform you anymore?”

Lu Huaijin felt a little guilty, and the old man spoke up in time.

“You secretly got married without telling anyone in the family, and you still think you’re right?”

The old man was angry because he hadn’t even met his granddaughter before she became part of his family register. Was she being taken advantage of? After all, his unworthy grandson was indeed cunning and had a bad reputation.

“Grandpa, I remember when I took over Lu Corporation, you promised me that I would have the right to choose my own marriage. Besides, I’m almost 29, I’m already thirty years old. Do you want to wait until I’m 40, at the age of forty, to get married? You’ve always been talking about wanting to hold a great-grandchild. Why aren’t you happy when I bring your granddaughter back?”

He rubbed Qin Ruyan’s palm reassuringly, telling her to keep quiet for now, he would handle it.

The old man snorted at his attitude.

He looked at Qin Ruyan and smiled.

“Child, come over here to Grandpa.”

Qin Ruyan glanced at Lu Jingchen, who nodded and let go of her hand.

Qin Ruyan walked in front of the old man and said softly, “Grandpa, I’m Qin Ruyan.”

The old man nodded. Qin Ruyan was still wearing that cheongsam, her aura was extraordinary, and her face looked like Lu Jingchen was smitten.

The old man inadvertently glanced at the bracelet on her hand and froze for a moment.

Lu Jingchen walked over and put his arm around her waist.

“Shen Yi gave it to her, we went there before we came here.” He was a little afraid that the old man would make things difficult for her, so he had found a backup.

The old man took Qin Ruyan’s hand and led her to the sofa.

Lu Jingchen followed slowly.

“Child, how old are you?” He estimated that Qin Ruyan wasn’t very old, she looked quite young. “Has this stinky boy bullied you?”

Lu Jingchen was almost 29 and still single, he was actually worried that his grandson’s personality was bad and no girl wanted him. Now he suddenly got married.

“I’m 24 this year, almost 25, he hasn’t bullied me.” How could Qin Ruyan dare say he bullied her?

“Good, good, good,” the old man patted her hand happily, took out a red envelope from his pocket and stuffed it into Qin Ruyan’s hand.

Qin Ruyan turned her head to look at Lu Jingchen. The Lu family’s generosity wouldn’t be a small amount, she instinctively didn’t want to take it.

Lu Jingchen raised an eyebrow, walked forward, took the red envelope and opened it. It was a bank card, with numbers written on the back.

110000001

One hundred and ten million and one yuan.

One in a hundred million?

Lu Jingchen raised an eyebrow, put the card back in the red envelope, and handed it back to Qin Ruyan.

“Grandpa, thank you. Your granddaughter and I won’t be polite.”

The old man was annoyed by his attitude.

Behind them, Lu Huaijin and his wife didn’t dare to speak. Now that the old man had spoken, they also stepped forward in time.

Lu Huaijin held a contract in his hand, probably about shares or something, Zhang Wanyu held a stack of property certificates in her hand, and they both came forward to stuff them in front of Qin Ruyan.

She was a little overwhelmed by the situation. She originally thought that coming here today would be a grand banquet.

They threw a check at her, telling her to leave Lu Jingchen, but she was a little dazed.

Lu Jingchen reached out and took each check one by one, his mood quite good.

“Are there any more? If not, we’ll go back. It’s our wedding night, I have things to do.”

Qin Ruyan was so embarrassed by his words that she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

The old man ignored him and chatted with Qin Ruyan for a while.

“Child, do your family agree with your relationship? We haven’t met your parents yet, would they mind?”

“Grandpa, my parents have passed away. I have an uncle, aunt, and a cousin.”

Qin Ruyan pursed her lips, her eyes lowered. Lu Jingchen frowned and was about to walk towards her.

The old man glared at him, and he stopped in his tracks.

“Then let’s schedule a time to meet your uncle and aunt. We should go visit your family. Jingchen didn’t tell us beforehand, and we haven’t met your family, it’s really our fault for being impolite.”

At the old man’s age, having retired from that position, he had naturally seen many people.

He could tell that Qin Ruyan was a good girl, her eyes were clear and she was beautiful. Her personality was quite complementary to Lu Jingchen’s.

Their family didn’t have any prejudice about social status, and Lu Jingchen’s bad temper finally had someone to tolerate him, so the old man was naturally eager to send him away.

“Okay, Grandpa.” Qin Ruyan answered every question, and she didn’t speak much most of the time, mainly because she was not familiar with them yet.

After chatting with the old man for a while, she also greeted Lu Huaijin and Zhang Wanyu.

Standing beside Lu Jingchen, she felt a little embarrassed and called out, “Dad, Mom.”

Zhang Wanyu was overjoyed, holding her hand and smiling constantly.

Lu Jingchen watched for a while before pulling her away, wanting to leave. The old man stood up.

“Granddaughter-in-law, you have WeChat, right? Add grandpa’s WeChat. If this boy is bad to you, tell grandpa, grandpa will support you.”

Qin Ruyan obediently took out her phone, “Yes, I’ll scan yours.”

The old man waved his hand, “We’ll scan yours, you open the friend verification, my wife and I both want to add your WeChat.”

Lu Huaijin, who had been standing aside without much presence and hadn’t had a chance to speak, also took out his phone and opened WeChat.

He coughed and walked in front of Qin Ruyan.

“Ruyan, come, Dad will add your WeChat too.”

Qin Ruyan nodded and added them one by one, then was pulled into a group chat.

Zhang Qiyao watched for a while, then walked to Lu Jingchen and whispered, “Brother, when did you start liking Yanyan? How come I didn’t know? Yanyan kept it from me too.”

Lu Jingchen glanced at her coldly, “It wasn’t her hiding it from you, I chased her before, she rejected me.”

Zhang Qiyao widened her eyes, someone actually rejected her brother? As expected of her best friend!

“Then how did you chase Yanyan later? You even got her into your family register.”

Lu Jingchen was concise, “She likes reading novels, right? What usually happens in those novels?”

She thought about the domineering CEO novels she read, coercion, intimidation, and forced marriage?

She swallowed, feeling a little worried for Qin Ruyan.

When they finally finished dinner at the Lu family and came out, it was almost seven o’clock. The sky was already getting dark.

Lu Jingchen drove back to Yujingyuan at a much faster speed than usual.