Chapter 1308: I Only Want You (6)
Wu Pingyang dropped the subject about the gift, for fear that she would infuriate him. She continued, “The important mbers of my family will probably be present later. Don’t feel shy or awkward.”
“I won’t,” said Fan Shixin, who had experienced too much in life to be intimidated by a eting. He asked, “Why aren’t we visiting your parents’ ho instead, though?”
Wu Pingyang answered, “Well, actually, my grandfather was the one who wanted to et you, so my mother arranged for us to et at his ho instead. If my family brings up the topic about our marriage... how do you plan to answer their questions?”
“It won’t be too late to talk about getting married after we’ve gotten to know each other better. I decided to go on blind dates precisely because I plan to get married. However, I can’t be too hasty about it since marriage is a once-in-a-lifeti affair and concerns my lifelong happiness.”
Wu Pingyang nodded and asked, “Where should we go now, then?”
“Where would you like to go?”
“Let’s go to Wei Ni Estate.”
“Alright.”
He brought her back to Wei Ni Estate. Upon alighting from his car, she glanced at the main mansion and asked, “Shixin, could you take inside for a while? I’m really curious about what Mr. Jin’s ho is like.”
Fan Shixin answered hesitantly, “Young Sir usually doesn’t allow outsiders to visit his ho without his permission, unless you’re his friend or sothing. But since you’re my girlfriend, I can show you around the living room, but you can’t go upstairs.”
In order not to put him in a spot, she agreed compliantly with a nod. “Sure.”
Fan Shixin held her hand and walked her toward the door. As soon as she looked inside the mansion, she gasped in shock and exclaid, “Wow, it’s so lavish!”
“Co in,” said Fan Shixin, who took the lead.
Wu Pingyang followed closely behind him and scanned her surroundings. She did not dare to co inside the main mansion at all when she looked him up at Wei Ni Estate previously.
She was extrely enticed by the extravagance of the luxurious mansion. If I ever have the chance to live in such a place, I would die with no regrets!
Although she was extrely tempted to take a look upstairs, she had no choice but to curb her urges since she had already promised him not to do so earlier.
After exiting the mansion, Wu Pingyang asked softly, “Shixin, who was that auntie just now?”
“She’s Auntie Chen. She’s the head cook who’s in charge of preparing all the als. Her culinary skills are superb.”
“Oh, I see.”
Realizing that it was almost noon, Fan Shixin asked, “Shall we eat here or go to a restaurant elsewhere?”
“Let’s eat here. We can save the trouble of going to a restaurant.”
“What would you like to eat, then?” he asked.
“Do I get to eat whatever I want? I want to eat so delicious food,” Wu Pingyang said excitedly.
“Tell what your cravings are. We’ll try and fulfill them as long as it’s possible.”
“I want so steak with red wine.”
Fan Shixin agreed with a nod, “Alright, I’ll inform the cooks. Wait for in the guardroom.”
“Alright.”
She proceeded to the guardroom while Fan Shixin instructed the cooks to whip up so steaks. At the sa ti, he decided to give An Xiaoning a call.
It was almost midnight in R Nation, and An Xiaoning had yet to go to bed.
“Young Madam, are you going to bed already?”
“Not yet. What’s the matter, Shixin?”
After so thought, Fan Shixin asked, “My girlfriend asked to bring ho to et her family today. What gifts should I bring along with ?”
“You ought to prepare two sets of gifts, one of which is for her parents.”
“Not only will I be eting her parents...” Fan Shixin cleared his throat and continued, “She said that we’d be going to her grandfather’s ho, which is also the Mu family mansion.”
“Aren’t you supposed to et her parents first? But since you’re going to visit her grandfather’s ho, you can’t bring a casual or simple gift. After all, her other relatives will be around too. However, I don’t think you should be eting all of them so soon since you two aren’t at the stage where you’re planning to get married yet. Wouldn’t you go bankrupt if you have to et them every so often?”
“She told today that her grandfather loves drinking Blue Ocean and suggested that I buy him a bottle of that liquor, claiming that he would be thrilled to receive it as a gift.”
An Xiaoning scoffed and remarked in amusent and bafflent, “Why is this girl so greedy? You two have only been dating for such a short amount of ti. You’re not married yet, there’s no need to buy her grandfather such an expensive gift. How about you go to our cellar and pick out a bottle of wine that costs about twenty to thirty thousand dollars? Give that to her grandfather. At the sa ti, gift her father and uncles so premium cigarettes too. You don’t have to go out of your way to buy them. Just take the ones that we have at ho. Those should amount to a reasonable sum. Most guys would only spend a few hundreds or thousands of dollars on gifts for their girlfriends’ family. What you’re bringing is more than enough.”
Finding her words to have made sense, Fan Shixin agreed, “Alright, thank you, Young Madam.”
“Rember to dress formally.”
“Yes, I know.”
Fan Shixin imdiately proceeded to get ready after hanging up the phone.
He wrapped the gifts up in special gift bags.
He then carried them to the guardroom.
Staring at the gift box in his hands, Wu Pingyang asked, “What’s that?”
“Cigarettes and liquor. They’re for your grandfather, father, and uncles.”
“What about my mother and aunts?”
Fan Shixin answered, “I can’t possibly bring a gift for everyone. It’s not like we’re getting engaged or married right now.”
“How can you be so biased as to only bring gifts for the n in my family? What are my mother and my aunts going to think of you? This is your first ti eting my family. How could you be so casual and perfunctory?”
“How am I being casual and perfunctory? These are worth about 60 thousand dollars. They’re considered to be expensive gifts. Am I supposed to bring gifts that are worth more than a few hundred thousand dollars on our first eting?” Fan Shixin retorted.
Biting her lip, Wu Pingyang snapped, “You don’t care about at all. I’m not asking you to bring my mother and my aunts costly gifts, but you ought to give them sothing as a kind gesture too, don’t you?”
Suppressing his emotions, Fan Shixin conceded, “Okay, I’ll buy so gifts for them along the way.”
Given Wu Pingyang’s petty temper, she would have left him long ago. However, she knew that she could not ss this up, for she would definitely have to face the music should that happen.
Trying to stop herself from throwing a fit, she said, “Alright. I’m hungry.”
“I’ll take you inside for lunch.”
“Okay.”
Although it was Fan Shixin’s first ti eting the Mu family, none of them left a good impression on him at all. He could not help but feel disturbed by the way that they were staring at him. He could tell that they seed to have sothing to say whenever they looked at him.
He had a shy and reserved nature and would refrain from speaking much to strangers. He initially thought that he could pull through the eting effortlessly since he had experienced far more stressful events in his life. However, he only realized after eting the Mu family just how uncomfortable it was to have curious eyes glued onto him for hours.
In fact, they were not sensitive with their words at all. Not only did they ask him about his plans to marry Wu Pingyang, they had even bombarded him with a ton of inappropriate and taboo questions, including those about business, as well as about Jin Qingyan and An Xiaoning. However, he had declined to answer all of those sensitive questions, though he knew that he was being a killjoy by doing so.
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