Chapter 384 - First Meeting

Shen Yan gave Old Madame and the whole family New Year’s greetings in the morning. And he told them that he had promised Xia Yu that he would pay a visit to her parents. Old Madame agreed to it before. She didn’t stop him. And she asked Shen Yan to give Xia Yu’s parents her best.

Second Madame even prepared a big gift for Xia Yu’s family and asked Shen Yan to take it there. She also told Shen Yan a lot of things that he should pay attention to. Although Shen Yan had many girlfriends before, it was just dating. He had never been so serious. Second Madame worried that he might make mistakes in Xia Family.

First Madame stood aside with a sneer. Her son had a girlfriend who was from a normal family. Was it necessary for them to be so ceremonious? Although she despised them, she couldn’t help envying.

She watched when Shen Yan grow up. He used to change his girlfriend like changing his clothes. He had never been so serious about anyone. Now he was so serious, which meant that he wanted to settle down. Every mother wanted her son to get married and give birth to babies early. So, she could enjoy the family time. Her son was two years older than Shen Yan. Although he was engaged, he didn’t like his fiancée. They seemed to be in harmony but were actually at variance. He was not even willing to talk to the girl when she volunteered to come to him, not to motion going to her home.

According to his attitude, he was just too embarrassed to quickly break off the engagement because something just happened to the girl’s family, not to motion getting married. After the things of the girl’s family settled down, he would definitely break off the engagement.

Her son’s love life was so unprosperous. But Second Madame’s son was about to meet his parents-in-law with great fanfare. It made First Madame upset in her mind, who was so arrogant that she even despised Second Madame and her son.

She looked at her son and then looked at Shen Yan. No matter how she looked at them, she still thought that her son was better. Why was his love life going on so well? It was unfair, so unfair.

“Little Mo, Mina must be lonely by herself at home. Why don’t you go to accompany her?” First Madame couldn’t lose to Second Madame. She asked the maid to go to her room for the gift in a hurry. She wanted her son to take it to Zeng Family.

“Mom, don’t you want me to give a New Year’s greeting to Zhou Jiamin?” Shen Mo looked at his mother helplessly. He didn’t want to argue with his mother on the first day of the New Year. So, he said euphemistically, “You know that I postponed many social engagements due to Zeng Family’s matter before the New Year. I canceled all the engagements that I could cancel. I just asked Xiang Hui to go to those which couldn’t be canceled for me. I should pay those important ones which really could not be canceled a visit while it is holiday during the New Year. It’s the least I can do.”

Hearing this, First Madame stopped talking. She had to say that her son had a point. What did Zhou Jiamin have? How could her son give Zhou Jiamin a New Year’s greeting?

Shen Mo stopped talking to his mother. He went to his room and changed his clothes. When he was about to go out, he took out his phone and sent a New Year’s greeting message to Xia Yu. Of course, Xia Yu sent him one a long time ago.

After thinking for a while, he also sent one to Zeng Mina. She was still his fiancée after all, wasn’t she?

When he went down the stairs, Shen Yan was about to leave with his big suitcase. Shen Mo gave him a gift. “This is from me and my mom. Give her our best.”

“Thanks, big brother.” Looking at the big pile of gifts, Shen Yan shrugged. He asked me to take it with me, and then I would do it.

First Madame rolled her eyes, standing aside. Seeing her obvious envy, Old Madame shook her head constantly.

As for Xia Family, after Xia Yu came back with her mother in the morning, she was busy sending her colleagues New Year’s greeting messages at first. Then she wandered in front of her parents after finishing it.

Shen Yan would arrive at any moment. But she hadn’t told her parents about their relationship. How would she introduce him when he arrived here later? However, she was a little embarrassed to say it out loud in front of her parents.

“Xiao Yu, do you have something to say to us?” Her mother got dizzy by her wandering. She dragged Xia Yu to sit beside her and asked.

“My friend will come over today.” Xia Yu had to say.

“You just said it when you came back. Didn’t you say that he would arrive in the afternoon? You drive your dad’s car to pick him up after lunch.” Wu Mei said with a smile on the side.

“Um, okay!” Xia Yu nodded. Weren’t they about to ask who he was now as they used to? They didn’t ask on that day when she came back. They didn’t ask during these several days. Had they really changed a lot?

Xia Yu had never expected her parents to ask her so much as she did now. She used to say that they invaded her privacy before. But now, she wanted to beg them to invade.

But her parents just didn’t ask. She was too shy to force them to ask her. After sitting for a while, she pointed to her room upstairs. “Mom, I want to go to my room and take a nap.”

She was too shy to tell her parents voluntarily. Xia Yu was unsettled, sitting in the living room while she was bothered. Besides, she was really sleepy. She might as well go to get some sleep in her room. She would deal with it after Shen Yan arrived here.

“Go to get some sleep. You spent the whole night with your mom yesterday.” Her father said with distress on the side. His kid was very tired at work. She seldom got a holiday. She should get enough rest.

Watching Xia Yu go upstairs and go into her room, Wu Mei turned back and asked her husband, “Who do you think her friend who she will bring back this time is? Look! How nervous she is.”

Xia Mingde smiled and said, “I guess that it’s probably her new boyfriend.”

Wu Mei nodded. “I think so. In your opinion, what kind of person is she dating this time? It should not…”

“Any kind will be fine, as long as she likes him.” Xia Mingde knew that his wife wanted to say that it should not be like Chen Wenxuan who asked whose house it was right when he went in.

Xia Mingde didn’t like this kind of person very much. However, his kid was young back then. It was normal that she misread some people occasionally. Now she was a few years older and more mature. Xia Mingde didn’t want to make his daughter unhappy because of these things again.

“That’s not right. This kid has been sensitive since childhood. How can I not worry?” Wu Mei sighed. She once asked Shiyu about Chen Wenxuan. Shiyu said that Chen Wenxuan was a bastard indeed. He had spent Xia Yu’s money at his own will all these years. Then when he heard that Xia Yu lost her job, he broke up with her immediately.

Breaking up was good. Wu Mei wanted them to break up very much. But that bastard heard later that Xia Yu got another job which was better. He wanted to get back together immediately. Wu Mei got willies just when thinking about this kind of person.

“Is it useful for you to worry? She has grown up now. She has her own thoughts.” Xia Mingde knew her wife’s words made sense. But his daughter couldn’t be so unlucky and happened to meet another bastard.

“Alas, Xiao Yu is better at school than Shiyu. But she can’t compare to Shiyu in love life. First, Shiyu dated that kid from Shen Family. Although it didn’t work out at last, she still dated a big star very soon after that. She may have good news this year.” Wu Mei envied her very much at this point.

“Oh, you! Don’t worry just yet. You will know in a few hours when he comes here.” Xia Mingde was less worried than his wife. “None the less, it’s the first day of the New Year. We should treat him nicely since he comes here. If you still want to say something, say it after the New Year.”

Xia Yu woke up until noon. Her mother woke her up. Shen Yan said he would arrive at around two in the afternoon. It was just about time when she went to the airport to pick him up after lunch.

But when she got to the airport, they were both surprised when they met.

Xia Yu said, “Young Master Yan, are you moving?”

Shen Yan said, “Miss Xia, your family just bought a BMW. And you even cried in front of me and said that you were poor and didn’t have the money to fix my car back then. ”

Xia Yu smiled a bit. “It’s my dad’s money, not mine.”

Shen Yan also smiled with the corners of his mouth upward. He was a little exaggerated indeed. But it was not his real intention indeed. “You know how my family are. If I take the gift which is prepared by my grandmother and leave others’ gifts behind, they may scold me with a lot of words when I go back.”

Fine, you had a point.

They both smiled and put the gifts into the car together.

They chatted for a while along the road. Xia Yu drove back home quickly. Shen Yan looked around and found that it was a high-grade villa neighborhood. Xia Family’s house was not as luxurious as Shen Family’s old house. But it was better than the small villa where he lived.

This was not surprising. What surprised him was Xia Yu’s father.

When they arrived, her parents thought that their future son-in-law was coming. They waited at the door in advance.

Shen Yan was stunned for three seconds and then shook Xia Mingde’s hand. “Uncle Xia, happy new year!”

“Young Master Yan? Good, good, good. Take a seat please.” Xia Mingde was stunned, too. He thought that his daughter brought his future son-in-law back. But he didn’t expect that it was her boss.

Young Master Yan, the second Mister of Shen Family? Why did he come here? Wu Mei looked at Xia Yu on the side. It was not what she thought. But she couldn’t ask in front of Shen Yan.

After greeting Xia Yu’s father, Shen Yan turned around and greeted Wu Mei at this moment. “Aunt, happy new year!”

Seeing that they began to talk to each other and apparently knew each other, Xia Yu was happy to skip the introduction. She opened the trunk and took out the gifts which Shen Yan brought here.

“Why are we standing at the door? Let’s go in to have a seat!” Xia Mingde also glanced at his daughter. He led Shen Yan to the living room.

“Young Master Yan, take a seat please.” Wu Mei brought Shen Yan a cup of tea in a hurry. She said very politely, “Xiao Yu must have caused you much trouble in the company.”

“No such thing. Xia Yu always does very well in the company.” Shen Yan was wondering in his mind why those two people were so polite. Did they not allow their daughter to date him?

Remembering that Xia Yu said her father was very stubborn, he was less confident in his mind spontaneously. Although he was the second Mister of Shen Family, Xia Family’s workmanship was hereditary. Xia Yu was the only daughter. Did her father want his future son-in-law to marry into their family and learn how to cook from him?

Other things could be arranged easily. But he was too old to cook as he requested, and his cooking would not be up to his standard. He was afraid that Xia Yu’s father also thought so. So, he vetoed him very decidedly.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt he was right. Shen Yan was on pins and needles. He kept sweating a lot in the winter.

“Don’t praise her too much. I know my daughter’s temper. Young Master Yan, you don’t need to hold back. You can criticize her when she does wrong.” Xia Mingde said with a smile on the side.

Shen Yan’s mouth was twitched. They totally considered him as her boss. There was no need to guess again. Shen Yan knew he had no chance at all.

Xia Yu went in with big and small bags at this moment. Hearing what her father said, she just pouted on the side. “Am I so bad as you said?”

“Dad did not say that you were bad. I just asked Young Master Yan not to tolerate you when you make mistakes.” Hearing the voice, Xia Mingde looked back at his daughter. He was stunned when looking at her.

Young Master Yan should just come. Why did he bring so many gifts with him? It was a great expense to him.

Others also looked at her, especially Shen Yan. His eyes on Xia Yu was a little complicated. Her parents would not agree definitely. He didn’t know what she thought.

Alas, why was their love life so hard? First, his family disapproved. Finally, Old Madame approved constrainedly. Now Xia Family disapproved.

Wu Mei stood up and helped her daughter with the gifts in a hurry. “Young Master Yan, it is a great expense to you.”

“There are still many gifts outside.” Xia Yu looked at Shen Yan with a smile on the side. Her mother was right. It was really a great expense to him.

“These gifts are from my grandmother, my mother, First Aunt, my big brother, my father’s sister and her husband.” Shen Yan said on the side.

“Your family is so generous. How is Old Madame? As a matter of fact, we haven’t seen each other for almost twenty years.” Xia Mingde was also shocked by so many gifts of Shen Family this time.

Although he was discussing business with Shen Yan, Shen Yan shouldn’t have given him so many gifts.