half thorns, half joy

Cai Lin was slightly startled, then hummed.

"Let's go, go to my room." Deng Langyue's empty hand naturally took Cai Lin's hand.

"Oh." Cai Lin blushed.

Although she and Deng Langyue are now much closer than before, it is still rare for them to hold hands as intimately as a couple.

Deng Langyue took Cai Lin to his room, the two sat down on the sofa, and the nanny immediately brought the food.

"Eating like this may make you feel a little uncomfortable." Deng Langyue apologized to Cai Lin with some embarrassment.

After all, it is a tea table and sofa, not a dining table and chairs, so it is indeed a bit inconvenient to eat.

Cai Lin shook her head, "It's fine, it's fine."

Afterwards, she asked Deng Langyue suspiciously, "Didn't your uncle come back? Aren't you going to have dinner with your uncle?"

Cai Lin's family has a relatively good relationship, so she felt uneasy seeing Deng Langyue and Deng Li like this.

"No, he has other things to do." Deng Langyue took the chopsticks and handed them to Cai Lin, "Come and try it, if you like it or not, it might be a little spicy."

"Well, good." Cai Lin secretly glanced at Deng Langyue, seeing that Deng Langyue's expression was as usual, she was relieved a lot.

She took the chopsticks and started eating lunch with Deng Langyue.

Deng Li likes to eat Chinese food, so as long as Deng Li is around, the Deng family basically only eats Chinese food, and it is the same at noon today.

After all, Cai Lin has stayed abroad for many years and is used to Western food. She doesn't like Chinese food, but she doesn't like it that much either.

Except hot pot.

But this was at someone else's house, and Cai Lin knew how to be a guest, so she ate obediently and without being picky at all.

Deng Langyue had dinner with Cai Lin several times before, and knew that Cai Lin was still a picky person. He couldn't bear to see Cai Lin eating so well, but he couldn't explain it clearly. After thinking about it, he could only joke: " If you don’t like it, you can eat whatever you want, and we will have afternoon tea later.”

"Afternoon tea? Okay?" Cai Lin swallowed a mouthful of rice, smiling and narrowing her eyes.

"Hey." Deng Langyue reached out and rubbed Cai Lin's head.

But what Deng Langyue didn't expect was that shortly after he finished eating with Cai Lin, the housekeeper came over.

"Little boy."

When the butler came in, Cai Lin was teaching Deng Langyue to pass a difficult test. Deng Langyue raised her head and frowned.

This is not normal.

In the past, when Deng Li sent someone named Deng Langyue, he would just send a nanny here. If he sent a housekeeper, it would be enough to show his seriousness.

Deng Langyue was silent and did not respond.

The butler stood silently for a few seconds, and without waiting for Deng Langyue to ask, he opened his mouth and said, "Young master, the master told you to go over later, there will be some guests coming over later, and you need to go over and greet."

These words are extremely tough, not a discussion, but an order.

Deng Langyue's hand holding the phone tightened suddenly, and he stared straight at the housekeeper with an extremely complicated expression on his face.

The butler was extremely calm. He looked at Deng Langyue respectfully and politely for a long time, then turned his gaze around Cai Lin, nodded slightly, turned and walked out of the yard.

At that moment, Deng Langyue felt that the blood in her body was almost frozen.

The butler's last look at Cai Lin really made his hair stand on end. The eyes were light and light, and seemed to have no meaning at all, but Deng Langyue was very clear about what a person like the butler who followed Deng Li every day did. Every tiny act must have meaning.

That look is definitely a reminder and a warning.

"What's wrong?" The solemn atmosphere made Cai Lin very uneasy, she swallowed her saliva in fear, and asked Deng Langyue cautiously.

Deng Langyue was so suffocated that she really couldn't laugh, she lowered her head, restrained the dejected expression on her face a little bit, and pulled out an ugly smile. After a few minutes of delay, she opened her mouth slowly.

"How about...you can go back today first, if the elders are coming at home, I may not be able to play with you..."

When Cai Lin heard what Deng Langyue said, she quickly waved her hands, "It's okay, it's okay, you have guests at home, and it's only natural that you need to entertain them."

Seeing that Deng Langyue's face was still ugly, she stretched out her finger and patted Deng Langyue's cheek, "Okay, it's really not a big deal, don't be angry, this kind of thing will happen to my family, I'm totally understandable."

"Aren't you angry?" Deng Langyue asked Cai Lin.

"It's a normal thing, why should I be angry?" Cai Lin gave Deng Langyue a coquettish look, "It's you who gets angry because of this, so be careful not to get angry."

Deng Langyue: "..."

Cai Lin is an extremely well-educated and sensible girl. After laughing and joking with Deng Langyue, she immediately picked up her bag and prepared to leave.

Feeling guilty, Deng Langyue sent a driver to take Cai Lin. This place is not easy to take a taxi, so Cai Lin did not refuse.

Cai Lin didn't show anything on the surface, but she had doubts in her heart. She wondered why Deng Langyue and Deng Li were so alienated.

It wasn't just Deng Langyue and Deng Li, she thought about it carefully, Deng Langyue and the nanny, including the housekeeper just now, were all polite and distant.

It's not like a family.

But when she thought about it, it was no wonder that Deng Langyue's personality was so surly and irritable. Before she got to know Deng Langyue deeply, she always felt that Deng Langyue was flirtatious and unreliable.

But after understanding, I realized that Deng Langyue is actually very sensitive and easily hurt.

Perhaps, Deng Langyue's ability to develop such a two-faced personality has something to do with the strange and cold atmosphere of the Deng family.

Hey……

She felt sorry for Deng Langyue...

……

After Cai Lin left, Deng Langyue went back to her room, changed into a slightly more formal suit, and then went to the front hall of the front yard.

When he arrived, there were already seven or eight people sitting in the front hall, with Deng Li sitting at the top and the others sitting at the bottom.

Several people here are about the same age as Deng Li, so when they see Deng Langyue, they all call Deng Langyue their nephew.

"Nephew, take a good rest before your legs recover, and you are still so diligent and filial." An elder joked with a smile.

Deng Langyue's face was not very good-looking, he felt uncomfortable, and he didn't want to put on a good expression on his face, so he just replied indifferently: "Uncle, don't make fun of me."

After speaking, he walked over on crutches and stood on the right side of Deng Li.

Deng Li still had that lofty and leisurely look, he didn't seem to see Deng Langyue's unhappiness, so he took small sips of the teacup.

After a few more minutes, everyone arrived and started talking.

Deng Langyue seldom participated in such talks. He never intervened in the business of the Deng family. On the surface, he always showed indifference. As time passed, no one took him seriously, and Deng Li didn't tell him over business matters.

So Deng Langyue couldn't help guessing that she was called here suddenly today, it was on purpose, and it had something to do with Cai Lin.

The meeting was lengthy and complicated, and Che Jilu talked over and over again, basically discussing Deng Li's proposal to merge some companies and close some airlines.

Deng Langyue didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. He watched his uncle sitting as firmly as a mountain, and relying on his understanding of his uncle, he knew very well that this meeting was meaningless.

The specific decision, my uncle probably made it long ago, this is just a formality.

Deng Langyue stood for more than two hours. One of his two legs was numb and lost consciousness, and the other leg was cramped with pain. His forehead was sweating coldly due to the pain.

Just when Deng Langyue was about to be unable to stand, Deng Li suddenly turned his head and took a look at Deng Langyue.

Deng Li seemed to be in a good mood, and he was not affected by the noisy debate in the classroom at all. He looked at Deng Langyue with a smile of unknown meaning on the corner of his mouth.

Deng Langyue: "..."

Every time Deng Li looked at him like this, he was very disturbed, it was inexplicable and without reason.

Deng Li stared at Deng Langyue for a long time before turning his head. He coughed lightly and said to the people in the hall, "Okay, let's stop here today. I'm a little tired. Let's talk when we're done."

As the uncompromising head of the Deng family, when Deng Li spoke, the others naturally did not dare to have any objections, so they immediately fell silent.

Then, they got up to say goodbye.

Within a minute, only Deng Langyue, Deng Li, and the housekeeper were left in the front hall.

"You must be tired after standing for so long." Deng Li didn't look at Deng Langyue, and waved to the butler, "Help him sit down and have a rest."

The housekeeper immediately stepped forward to support the crumbling Deng Langyue.

At this moment, Deng Langyue didn't have the slightest room for disapproval. The moment the housekeeper supported him, his entire body was almost pressed against the housekeeper.

After just walking a few steps and sitting down, Deng Langyue's face turned pale from the pain in her leg.

But he knew in his heart that what happened next was his uncle's highlight.