Zhang Mingyang has lived for decades and has been outside for many years. He has quite a lot of life experience and has experienced all kinds of things.

But he had never experienced meeting his father-in-law. If he hadn't been reborn, he wouldn't have even planned to get married.

For the women he later found, let alone meeting his father-in-law, if he could still remember their names when he woke up the next morning, he would be considered a victory.

On the surface he looked calm and relaxed, but in his heart it was completely impossible to say he wasn't nervous.

The taxi quickly drove to the door of the hotel. Xia Xingruo opened the door, jumped outside and stretched out his hand to Zhang Mingyang who was sitting in the car.

"Are you here to imitate the Western knight who picks up the princess from the car?" Zhang Mingyang said: "Besides, shouldn't I do this kind of thing?"

The more times like this come, the more jokes are needed to liven up the atmosphere.

Zhang Mingyang also stretched out his hand towards Xia Xingruo, and they held hands and never let go.

"Are you afraid?" Xia Xingruo asked softly.

She did not take the first step, but stood there looking at the hotel door, while Zhang Mingyang waited patiently.

"Of course I'm not afraid. Anyway, I told my parents that I didn't have a holiday, but it wasn't me who snuck back." Zhang Mingyang joked.

"You are also responsible for this matter!" Xia Xingruo raised his head unconvinced: "You were the one who seduced me!"

"Okay, okay, I'm the one seducing you."

While they were still standing at the door of the hotel discussing who was responsible today, the glass door facing them was opened.

It was very cold at night, the temperature difference between the inside and the outside was large, and the glass door was covered with a thin layer of frost, making it difficult to see inside.

Zhang Mingyang didn't pay attention at first, but he felt Sister Ruoruo's hold on his hand suddenly tightened. When he looked around, she was staring directly at the door.

The middle-aged man who pushed open the glass door also looked at them. He didn't speak. He coughed lightly and closed the glass door again.

Even a fool can guess who opened the door just now.

"Uncle?" Zhang Mingyang and sister Ruoruo confirmed.

"Yeah." Xia Xingruo nodded in agreement.

She was panicked for a moment just now, but after feeling the warmth in her palms, Xia Xingruo's expression became extra determined, or a little more stubborn.

Zhang Mingyang was thinking whether he should let go of his hand first. Even if he and sister Ruoruo were lovers, showing up arrogantly in front of his father holding his precious daughter's hand would look like a provocation.

But Xia Xingruo didn't give him this chance. He wanted to let go, but Sister Ruoruo held her tighter.

The two just walked into the hotel lobby hand in hand.

When they entered, the middle-aged man who had just opened the door was sitting at the table with his back to them.

Next to him stood a woman wearing a black mink coat. Her eyes lit up when she saw Xia Xingruo. Just as she was about to walk over, the middle-aged man next to her pulled her back and motioned her to sit down first.

Needless to say, sitting in front of him were Zhang Mingyang's future parents-in-law, Xia Ling and Liu Zhujun.

Zhang Mingyang couldn't see clearly because he was far away just now, but now he finally saw the whole picture of his father-in-law.

Xia Ling's back is thin, and his back is straight even when he is sitting on a comfortable chair. You can see a little bit of his profile from behind, and his profile alone makes people feel calm and confident.

Sitting aside, Liu Zhujun made Zhang Mingyang understand where Sister Ruoruo's beauty came from. Compared with his daughter, she had a more mature temperament and a strong bookish air. The gold-rimmed glasses she wore reminded him of his Chinese teacher in high school.

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When she really saw her parents, Xia Xingruo's nervousness disappeared.

She has always been such a person. Even if she was nervous before, she would immediately get into the mood when she really encounters trouble.

"Dad, Mom."

"Uncle, auntie." Zhang Mingyang quickly followed.

Xia Ling still turned her back to them, not even intending to stand up.

Liu Zhujun on the side was very enthusiastic. She first greeted Zhang Mingyang: "Is it Zhang Mingyang? I've wanted to meet you all morning."

Her voice was loud and clear, and as soon as she opened her mouth, all the bookishness in her body was gone.

"Well, it's me."

Zhang Mingyang didn't understand where the surprise in Liu Zhujun's eyes came from. It was probably because his mother-in-law had a natural affinity for his son-in-law.

"All the photos you took of Yangyang made him look ugly." Liu Zhujun looked up and down with unconcealable satisfaction in his eyes: "This tall guy is really good."

Zhang Mingyang was overwhelmed by the continuous compliments. When his mother-in-law laughed, he could only laugh along with her.

After praising Zhang Mingyang, Liu Zhujun began to reprimand his daughter again: "You damn girl, you don't even know how to answer a phone call. How dare you not greet us when you come back? If your Aunt Wang hadn't said that she saw you with a girl during lunch,

Boy, I don’t know yet, are you getting braver?”

After saying that, she reached out and patted her daughter twice. Xia Xingruo hurriedly hid behind her junior.

When Liu Zhujun looked at Zhang Mingyang again, a smile immediately appeared on his face: "If you just say that you want to bring Yangyang to play at home, can we still disagree?"

Within a few words of the first meeting, Zhang Mingyang's future mother-in-law had already called her "Yangyang". The progress was so rapid that Zhang Mingyang was unexpected.

"I'm nineteen years old, can't you let me play outside by myself?" Xia Xingruo quibbled while hiding behind her junior.

"We're not used to you yet. We didn't know you were back until almost a young age. Did I say anything to your father?" Liu Zhujun rolled up his sleeves, picked up the handbag on the table and was about to punch it.

When a mother educates her daughter, Zhang Mingyang has no choice but to smile and act like a good old man in the middle.

So far, although Liu Zhujun is angry, it is not against him. On the contrary, his mother-in-law seems to be very supportive of his relationship with Sister Ruoruo.

But Zhang Mingyang seemed to have overlooked something, and a cough sounded at an inappropriate time.

The noise belonged to the three of them, and the father-in-law kept his back to them and remained silent.

Before contacting him, Zhang Mingyang thought that Xia Ling was the boss at home and a strict father. His wife and daughter all obeyed him. After all, Sister Ruoruo seemed to be very afraid of him.

Liu Zhujun just wanted to greet his daughter, but he stopped him.

But what happened next made Zhang Mingyang so surprised that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Xia Ling, don't take what you did at work and bring it home. We are not the people under you. Let me tell you, I have tolerated you for a long time this afternoon. For the sake of outsiders' reputation, I don't care about you, and you don't care either.

Don't be too embarrassed."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After scolding the daughter and husband, no one dared to say a word after the scolding.

Sure enough, you can't judge a book by its appearance. Before Liu Zhujun opened his mouth, he thought that his mother-in-law might come from a scholarly family and be a lady.

As a result, only one of these adjectives seems to be related to "everyone".

"Sit down first."

Unable to resist his wife, he had no choice but to turn around and talk to Zhang Mingyang. This was the first thing his future father-in-law said to him.

"Okay." Zhang Mingyang didn't dare to neglect and responded quickly.

He didn't dare to let down his guard just because Xia Ling was afraid of his wife. No matter from any angle, his future father-in-law was not an easy character to deal with.

However, before he could sit down, Liu Zhujun suddenly grabbed him.

"Where should we sit? You don't even know what time it is! I asked you to book a hotel for the children just now and you didn't book it. You just told me to talk first. What's there to talk about?"

After saying that, Liu Zhujun picked up her bag and left first. She waved to the two young people: "Don't worry about him, let's eat what we have."

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Although he has the support of his mother-in-law, Zhang Mingyang absolutely cannot just leave.

He sat down in front of Xia Ling first, facing his expressionless face. The two of them sat face to face, both silently observing each other.

One is smiling and warm, while the other is as cold as ice.

Before sitting down, he patted sister Ruoruo's hand. Xia Xingruo understood and trotted to pull her mother back who had just walked not far away.

"Hello, uncle, my name is Zhang Mingyang." He was the first to break the silence.

The elders he had met before were all from the business world, and all of them were smiling and smooth, making it difficult to guess what they were thinking.

This was his first time meeting and contacting someone like Xia Ling.

He just sat across from him quietly and stared at him, exuding invisible pressure from his body, and his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through everything. If you are a timid person, you would not even dare to look at him.

Zhang Mingyang was no longer at a disadvantage, but he remained calm and just smiled.

"Well, I've heard of you." Xia Ling finally spoke. He stood up from his chair and said, "Let's go eat first."

"Okay." Zhang Mingyang nodded in agreement.

He didn't find it strange at all what Xia Ling said. After learning the name "Zhang Mingyang", Xia Ling probably found out exactly what his eight generations of ancestors did and where they came from.

Liu Zhujun had been standing aside with his arms folded just now. Seeing Xia Ling stand up, he turned around and left.

Xia Ling sighed inadvertently and quickly caught up.

"My dad has always been like this." Xia Xingruo asked with concern, "Didn't it scare you?"

"You underestimate me too much. Our dad is very strict with his wife. How cute." Zhang Mingyang whispered, making sure that the two elders in front could not hear him.

"Who are you, dad? You haven't served tea yet. You have to call me uncle." Xia Xingruo corrected.

"Sooner or later."

Seeing the smile on her junior student's face, Xia Xingruo felt relieved, and her worries seemed a bit unnecessary.
To be continued...