After Wang Miao gritted her teeth, she glanced at the boy with half-closed eyes.

"The day after tomorrow, you have to be careful. I always think that Lu Rong is hiding a knife in his smile."

"understood."

Xu Xizhou changed his posture, simply leaned against the window edge and closed his eyes.

Soon it was the day of my grandmother's birthday.

Xu Xizhou didn't sleep in, but asked the cleaner to come to the door early in the morning to clean the inside and outside of the apartment.

Seeing that the messy living room was restored to a clean and tidy state, Xu Xizhou's mood improved a lot.

After he washed, he went to the cloakroom to pick out the clothes for the banquet. As soon as he opened the wardrobe door, he saw the two suits that Zhuang Jingchun had given him before.

At this moment, some suppressed bitter emotions seemed to come up again, stabbing his heart like dense needles.

He took off the two suits with a blank expression, wrapped it in a paper bag and stuffed it into the innermost storage box.

Xu Xizhou didn't wear a suit at all, just put on a sweater and a thick down jacket.

After leaving the apartment, he went to the nearby department store first, picked out a gift and wrapped it. As soon as he walked out of the store, he received a call from Lu Rong.

"Xiaozhou, have you gone out? Do you want me to send someone to pick you up?"

Xu Xizhou didn't want Lu Rong to know where he lived.

"No, I'm already on my way to Tea Saint."

"Okay, then pay more attention to yourself."

Entering the door of the Tea Saint, Xu Xizhou felt as if he had passed away for a while. Last year, his grandmother's birthday party was also held here. A year later, my grandfather left, and everything has changed.

When he entered, there were already many guests sitting in the banquet hall, all of whom were relatives and friends of the Lu family. Seeing him coming in, the expression on his face was somewhat surprised.

Xu Xizhou didn't care what these people thought of him, he carried the gift and went straight to the innermost box.

Just as he was about to knock on the door, the door was opened from the inside, and a tall figure in a dark tunic came out. It was none other than Lu Feng.

Xu Xizhou was well prepared and politely said, "Uncle Lu."

Seeing him, Lu Feng's face stiffened for a moment, and soon he smiled, his tone almost flattering.

"Xiaozhou, it's rare for you to come here. You really care. Your grandmother and... adoptive mother are all inside."

Xu Xizhou nodded and walked into the box.

The grandmother, with white hair and a woolen cap, was sitting in front of the electric stove to bake the fire. In winter, the south is humid and cold. Although there is heating in the hotel, grandmother is old and has a deficient constitution. In winter, can hardly leave the electric stove.

"Is the boat here?"

The old man's cloudy eyeballs slowly turned around, and a smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the handsome and tall boy at the door.

"Xiaozhou, sit down with grandma!"

Xu Mei, who was sitting beside her, also saw Xu Xizhou, and a relieved smile appeared on her delicate face.

"Xiaozhou, don't stand at the door, come in and sit, don't mention how happy your grandmother is to see you."

Xu Xizhou smiled, put down the gift, and walked over.

He sat beside the electric stove and chatted with his grandmother and Xu Mei for a while. After a while, Lu Rong also came in.

He was dressed very formally today, in a straight three-piece suit, his black hair was all combed back, revealing a smooth forehead, and there was a hint of coldness on Qingjun's face, as if he already had a bit of the coldness of the future Lu family's head. momentum.

"Xiao Rong is here too. You two brothers have finally met, just to talk for a while." Xu Mei said softly.

Lu Rong smiled and sat down beside her grandmother.

The old man looked at the two grandchildren on the left and the right, with a loving smile on his face, his skinny palms held the left and right hands of the two and placed them on her knees.

"Xiao Rong, you are a brother. No matter where Xiaozhou goes or what happens in the future, you have to help him and take care of him, you know?"

Seeing this scene, Xu Mei's nose was a little sour, and she said softly, "Mom, have you forgotten? Xiaozhou is now the grandson of the Ren family. How could Mr. Ren let others bully his precious grandson."

"That's what I said, but I didn't go to Ren's house to see it. I don't know what their house is like. If everyone will treat Xiaozhou well, I can't rest assured."

Xu Xizhou clenched the old man's dry, bark-like palm, his throat choked.

In his last life, not long after he was kicked out of the Lu family, his grandmother died in depression, and he didn't even see her for the last time. But now, he can still sit here, holding the old man's hand and talking with her, how fortunate.

"Grandma, don't worry, the Ren family treats me very well, and no one bullies me."

Lu Rong also clenched the old man's hand slightly, with sincere eyes, "Grandma, don't worry, I will take good care of the boat in this life."

His tone was solemn, but the last sentence fell in Xu Mei's ears, and the latter frowned slightly, always feeling that something was a little weird.

Xiao Rong's tone of voice when she said this was a little too intimate, not as if he regarded Xiaozhou as his younger brother, but as if he was...

I hope she thinks more about it.

Half an hour later, the birthday party officially began.

Xu Xizhou has a special status and has avoided many entertainments. He was sitting next to his grandmother, and from time to time he helped the old man peel shrimp or make soup. The rest of the time, he didn't participate in the discussions with other relatives at the table, and just ate what was in his bowl watching his eyes, nose, nose and heart.

"Aunt, I heard that my cousin and the daughter of the Lin family got very close recently, and they may get engaged in the future. Is this news true?" A girl's voice suddenly sounded on the table.

The daughter of the Lin family?

Xu Xizhou narrowed his eyes and thought about it. In his last life, Lu Rong seemed to be engaged to the daughter of a certain noble family as soon as he graduated. Now that he is slowly starting to take over the company, it is estimated that the engagement is not far away.

Xu Mei brought a piece of shrimp meat to Xu Xizhou, frowned slightly, "Don't talk nonsense, these eight characters are not a thing. The young people have similar interests, just be friends, don't talk nonsense."