Gratitude is clear

Gu Liangchen was very happy that Li Su was willing to go with him.

It's not that they haven't attended a banquet together. Li Su got an invitation to this banquet a long time ago. Gu Liangchen even asked Li Su if he wanted to attend together. Li Su refused without even thinking about it. It was awkward for a while.

Naturally, that had no effect on Li Su at all.

Li Su agreed to attend at this time, but because Li Su was worried about what unexpected situation Gu Liangchen would encounter.

But I didn't expect Gu Liangchen's happiness to be so straightforward and strong, which made Li Su baffled, and when asked, he pretended to be mysterious.

Li Su didn't bother to talk to him, so he just let him go.

The place where Ji's family held the banquet was a villa in the period of the Republic of China. The front yard was a garden with a fountain in it.There are newly blooming roses in the garden. It is said that Mr. Ji specially airlifted them from France for his wife's birthday.

The flowers are delicate and beautiful, the lights are bright, the fragrance of flowers floats with the breeze, the traffic is busy, and the clothes are fragrant.

Mrs. Ji, who celebrated her birthday today, is the original spouse of Mr. Ji's family. The couple have been in love for 30 years, and it is a good story among the rich and powerful in this city.

Li Su has been in the business world for many years, and the stories of Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji have been told countless times, and they always laugh it off.

As long as these family members from aristocratic families maintain a superficial marriage relationship, they will be greeted with love.

However, what the truth is, it is like a person drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or not.

It's just that seeing the banquet scene today, regardless of other things, Mr. Ji is a rare person who is willing to pay attention to his wife.

Gu Liangchen and Li Su walked side by side. As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, a tall young man walked towards him. He walked vigorously, straightened his body, wore a suit, and his figure was still handsome. It turned out to be Gao Bin.

When the two parties met each other, they both stopped.

Gao Bin's eyes slipped back and forth between the two of them, and finally settled on Gu Liangchen, turning a blind eye to Li Su, walked over with a smile, and patted Gu Liangchen's shoulder with his big hand: "Yo, Liangchen, are you running this afternoon?" Where did you go, your family is crazy looking for you."

Saying so, Ruoyou glanced at Li Su indistinctly, and the eyes were clearly displeased.

Gu Liangchen naturally saw it, and waved his hand: "Don't mention it, my nephew caused trouble. He was joking regardless of the severity. He made the family's troubles fly. I just taught him a lesson."

Gao Bin snorted and said sternly, "This is education, otherwise what would happen, something really happened, but Tian Tian should not."

Gao Bin's subtext was to blame Li Su for making a big fuss, but he couldn't say it clearly.

Gu Liangchen's expression darkened a bit, and he shook his head: "Isn't something really wrong?"

Gao Bin was startled.

"My nephew is indeed messing around. It's just a coincidence that there is such a big commotion today."

"You mean..."

Gu Liangchen nodded: "I didn't get in touch with anyone for a while, and at this moment, someone actually sent me a threatening letter. I checked it when I got home. It has nothing to do with my mischievous nephew."

Gao Bin didn't expect things to develop like this, he frowned and said, "Who is so bold, break ground on Tai Sui's head!"

Gu Liangchen smiled lightly, and patted Li Su on the shoulder: "Thanks to Li Su's sober mind today, everything was arranged clearly, otherwise, those people under me would have already seen that horrible thing." I panicked, not sure what would happen."

Gao Bin glanced at Li Su, and found that the man was still as imprinted, expressionless, as if he didn't care what he thought or said at all.

With a smile on his face, Gu Liangchen took Gao Bin's shoulders and lowered his voice: "Don't say anything about this matter. It's not good for me to spread it, but I can't let this threat go. I've taken over our family's business for many years. I don’t know how many people hate me, but I’m an ordinary businessman, and I’m pretty capable of making money, but it’s hard for me to handle cases, and I have a specialization in art, so I have to bother you in the end.”

The words are modest and polite. Gao Bin and Gu Liangchen have known each other for so many years, and they still have a strong friendship. Before, they were a little bit resentful towards Li Suxing's mobilization of teachers. Now that something happened, the resentment has long since disappeared. .

"Leave it on me, I promise to catch that pretending grandson for you, so that he can't eat and walk around!"

Gu Liangchen was very satisfied with this sentence, and the two exchanged a few more pleasantries. Gu Liangchen also asked about the health of several elders in Gao Bin's family. Mr. and Mrs. Ji's family are about to leave.

Gu Liangchen said goodbye to him with a smile, and let him go.

Since Gao Bin came over, he didn't say hello to Li Su, and Li Su didn't even say a word, until Gao Bin walked away, he sneered.

Gu Liangchen gave him a strange look: "What are you laughing at?"

Li Su raised his legs and left without saying a word, but Gu Liangchen pulled him back as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Tsk, what kind of temper are you? Why do you get angry when you are so polite? Ask me what's the matter, so what's the matter if you tell me?" ?” As he said that, he felt that his tone seemed too heavy, and he added, “It’s not good for you to be bored and angry again.”

Li Su adjusted his suit: "I'm not angry."

"Then what happened to you?"

"I just feel like I'm meddling."

Gu Liangchen's expression was inexplicable, Li Su was obviously fine just now, but he didn't know why he was suddenly so emotional right now.

But Li Su obviously didn't want to continue this topic. No matter what Gu Liangchen asked, he always asked indifferently. Gu Liangchen didn't know why Li Su was awkward, and didn't want to ask the bottom line on this occasion, so he kept his mouth shut.

Gu Liangchen took champagne from the waiter's plate, and handed Li Su a glass. Li Su took the wine and was about to take a sip, but stopped. Looking behind Gu Liangchen, Gu Liangchen followed Li Su's direction. Turning his gaze back, he saw a middle-aged woman in a well-dressed dress coming towards him slowly, smiling and saying hello from time to time along the way.

The middle-aged woman wears a delicate hairstyle. She is almost 60 years old and looks only in her forties. She has a gentle smile and is the protagonist of today's banquet, Mrs. Ji.

Gu Liangchen smiled and gave an exaggerated hand kiss, which made Mrs. Ji laugh straight away: "You child, you are so good at showing off. At my age, you still want to make fun of me."

Gu Liangchen smiled: "Whatever Auntie said, you still have the same demeanor, and no one can overwhelm you."

"You are just like your mother in this way. You are especially good at making people happy."

"I'm telling the truth, how dare I coax you."

Mrs. Ji smiled, and looked at Li Su generously, her eyes were full of approval as an elder: "Are you Mr. Li Suli? I heard Liang Chen mention you and I just saw you today. It turns out that you are not only young and promising, but also Such a talent."

Li Su was a little surprised to be named, and said seriously, "Mrs. Ji, I haven't wished you a happy birthday yet."

Mrs. Ji waved her hand: "You don't need to call me so born, you are about the same age as Liang Chen, if you want, you can just call me Auntie."

Li Su glanced at Gu Liangchen, a little uncomfortable, but couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, so he had to avoid this topic.

"You really shine today."

Mrs. Ji knew that he was changing the subject, so she didn't force him, she covered her lips and smiled lightly: "Are all of you young people so talkative? It’s really smeared with honey, and the flowers can be talked about.”

Li Su responded.

In fact, Gu Liangchen is still like this now, he is always sharp and scheming in front of people, but in private, he has always been a dog temper, and his age has no idea where he has grown.

After being teased by Mrs. Ji, Gu Liangchen could still smile gracefully: "Auntie, save me some face."

"The face is not given by others, but it is earned by yourself." He turned his head to look at Li Su, "Liang Chen is not a bad person, but sometimes he is confused and chooses the wrong way of expression. You didn't know him when you knew him. It’s short, how much you know about him, if he does something wrong, you need to teach him nothing less, Auntie will apologize to you on his behalf, you should bear it more.”

The more Li Su heard it, the more wrong it became, but Mrs. Ji's last words did not give him a chance to refute at all, so he could only keep saying "I dare not take it".

Mrs. Ji expected his reaction, and talked about other things with Gu Liangchen easily. Li Su couldn't interrupt when she was talking, feeling depressed.

She is the protagonist of the day, and she was very busy taking care of the guests. She was called away by the other ladies without saying a few words. Before she left, she patted Li Su's shoulder meaningfully, but her expression was full of encouragement and enthusiasm. appreciate.

It wasn't until she completely disappeared into the crowd that Gu Liangchen looked away: "Aunt Tao is my mother's distant cousin. Because she is about the same age, she went to school together since she was a child, and she has been friends for many years. She often took care of her when I was young. My sister and I, but because my mother’s family relationship is a bit complicated, they all communicate in private and pretend to be acquaintances on the outside. When my parents passed away, several restless relatives in my family waited for the opportunity. The cooking is done, thanks to Aunt Tao secretly helping me deal with it."

Li Su paused for a moment before remembering that Mrs. Ji's surname was Tao, and she could be regarded as the same family as Gu Liangchen's mother.

Gu Liangchen had never mentioned this part of the past, and even Li Su didn't know about it. Hearing this, he couldn't help being startled.

The Gu family and the Ji family have cooperated a lot in recent years. It is not a few big projects that cost billions or tens of billions, but each of them is a high-quality product, with relatively little risk, stable income and long-term development.

The overall strength of the Ji family is not the most prominent in this city. The advantage is that it is an established company with a first-class reputation. But speaking of it, Gu's looking for a partner can definitely find a more suitable partner than the Ji family.Li Su had always thought that Gu Liangchen only valued the reputation of Ji's family, so he has been cooperating until now, but he didn't find out until today that there was such a relationship.

Gu Liangchen saw Li Su's reaction in his eyes, smiled and took a sip of his wine, and was rarely in the mood to joke: "Why, I'm so bad in your impression? Don't even know the basics of gratitude?"

Li Su turned his head away, did not answer, but talked about another matter: "What does Mrs. Ji know?"

Gu Liangchen immediately understood Li Su's worry: "Don't think too much, Aunt Tao admires you very much. She is the elder I respect most, and I will not let her have any prejudice against you."

Li Su understood Gu Liangchen's subtext, and frowned: "Since when did she know?"

Gu Liangchen curled his lips into a smile: "Ten years ago."

Li Su didn't expect this answer, and he was in an incredible state.

Ten years ago, that was when they first met.

Li Su seldom appeared in such social gatherings of aristocratic families, and it was usually Gu Liangchen who appeared on such occasions.Mrs. Ji is not a person in the shopping mall, and Li Su often goes to purely commercial receptions and dinners, and few people bring his wife with her, so she hardly participates.

So today, Li Su actually met Mrs. Ji face to face for the first time.

And this beautiful and generous woman actually knew of her existence ten years ago, and probably knew exactly what kind of relationship he had with Gu Liangchen...

What's more, this woman has far more than a profound influence on Gu Liangchen.

Li Su suddenly understood where Gu Liangchen's inexplicable excitement came from when he knew that he was going to attend Mrs. Ji's birthday party with him.

He suddenly looked up at Gu Liangchen, with uncertain light and hesitation in his eyes.

Does he want to introduce himself to someone he respects?

Although, this realization was ten years late.

When meeting Gao Bin, Li Su still felt slighted.Although he disdains to have too much contact with Gu Liangchen's cronies, it doesn't feel good to be underestimated.

But at this time, after he met Mrs. Ji, he didn't know what the complicated feelings in his heart were.

He understood that Gu Liangchen was pleasing him, and the way of pleasing him was indeed high-handed and direct, so direct that he already felt that being snubbed by Gao Bin just now was nothing.

Gu Liangchen looked at Li Su's dodging eyes, but the irritability that was full of desire did not emerge at all. He could clearly see that this person's attitude was struggling, and that firm refusal was silently softened at this moment.

If it wasn't for the inappropriate occasion, Gu Liangchen would definitely embrace the person in front of him right now.

He couldn't wait to tell the world that this person was his and belonged to Gu Liangchen alone.