Chapter 110 (1/2)

While he was talking the car had already stopped in front of Xiangfei Pavilion. After bidding Ji Meng goodbye, Ye Qian opened the car door and exited. When he got out of the car, Ji Meng Qing implored Ye Qian once more to attend Beng Beng's birthday, Ye Qian nodded and said he would go for sure.

The second floor of the Xiangfeng Pavilion was a tearoom. The decorations were of a beautiful antique style. Ye Qian went there directly after getting off the car. He couldn't help feeling his heart beating with putong putong sounds, after all this was their first meeting, saying he wasn't nervous would be a lie. It's a good thing Ye Qian's heart was naturally strong, by the time he entered the tearoom in the second floor, his heart had gradually calmed down.

There weren't many people in the tearoom. Ye Qian scanned the entire room until he spotted a middle-aged woman sitting upright on a seat by the window. She was wearing a business attire, black high heels and her hair was coiled up in a very traditional bun for middle-aged women, refined, there was an elegance that couldn't be put into words. A cigarette was inserted between her fingers, her right hand was elegantly placed over her left leg, not fast or slowly drawing at her cigarette. In front her was a cup of tea that was emitting steam, beside it was an already opened box of Red Eagle cigarettes. Upon careful inspection, she and Lin Rou Rou had many facial similarities, it seemed Lin Rou Rou really took after her a lot.

Ye Qian took a deep breath then slowly walked over. He didn't know what kind of disposition this future mother-in-law had, Xu Mei, so he only sat down in across from her after greeting her ”aunty”.

Xu Mei sized Ye Qian up coldly then said, ”Order what you want to drink yourself.”

Face-to-face with the a.s.sertive att.i.tude behind Xu Mei's indifference, Ye Qian's mood became even calmer. He gestured for a server. When the server arrived, Ye Qian said, ”A pot of Pre-rain Dragonwell Tea.”

Since the time Ye Qian had entered, Xu Mei had been deliberately exuding an aura of pressure, but she suddenly discovered that this fellow in front of her was unexpectedly not nervous at all. Instead he seemed to be in a very relaxed and comfortable; she couldn't help feeling a little surprised inwardly. But she was a person who had seen a lot of the world, the expression in her face did not change much. ”Do you smoke?” Xu Mei asked while slightly pus.h.i.+ng the pack of cigarettes toward Ye Qian.

Ye Qian casually lit his own cigarette, ignoring the world as if he were doing his own thing. He wasn't an artificial person, there were times when he did things his own way, but overall this type of personality was not a bad thing, at least it wasn't hypocritical. When he had just entered the room, Ye Qian felt that Lin Rou Rou and Xu Mei were very similar, but now in this short period of contact, Ye Qian suddenly felt that Lin Rou Rou, apart from the looks she had inherited from this mother-in-law, her temperament and personality was vastly different. Lin Rou Rou had the sweet and gentle temperament of a Su Hang* girl, while this mother-in-law was much closer to Qin Yue's cold type, only she was even haughtier than Qin Yue by a lot.

Ye Qian had some idea of Lin Rou Rou's family background based on her own telling. Even though this aristocratic family of government officials was a sun setting over western hills, this mother-in-law's bearing had the air of a strong woman who often mixed with bureaucrats. This type of woman often had the very strong desire to dominate, so much so that Ye Qian felt some pity for Lin Rou Rou's father. Facing this type of woman, Ye Qian really didn't know how he could have lived like this for many years. It's said that the temperament of husband and wife are complementary, then did that mean that Lin ROu Rou's father was that type of  approachable and kind father? Ye Qian thought inwardly.

”How did you meet Lin Rou Rou?” Xu Mei asked right to the point.

Because he had more or less guessed this mother-in-law's temperament, so he did not make himself appear domineering. After all, if two domineering people had a conversation, it might lead to them ending it in bad terms. For Lin Rou Rou, for his own cute wife, Ye Qian made himself polite and subdued, narrating in full detail the course of events of he and Lin Rou Rou's romantic relations.h.i.+p. He didn't treat it like a chat but as if he were giving a governmental report.