After speaking, she stood up straight, her gaze passing through the glass of the living room, looking towards the sowhat dilapidated road surface outside the neighborhood.
Since it was the first floor and there was light outside, the scene outside was clearly visible.
The four people in the living room instinctively also directed their gazes toward the window.
A mont later.
Two glaringly bright lights swept in, illuminating the empty space in front of the building as bright as daylight.
Following that, a sleek and solemn car, completely out of place with its surroundings, slowly drove up and steadily stopped outside the unit door.
The iconic Spirit of Ecstasy emblem on the hood shone brilliantly in the light.
The crowd’s eyes froze; they naturally recognized the famous Rolls-Royce.
The driver’s door opened, and a female driver dressed in a crisp black suit swiftly stepped down.
She quickly moved to the rear, slightly bowed, and opened the carriage-style doors on the rear.
The next mont, a tall figure stepped down.
Subsequently, he raised his head and glanced towards the window, his dark hair brushing over his distinguished features, with a gentle smile spreading across his face.
Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan widened their eyes in disbelief, their mouths subconsciously opening.
This, this is... Tang Song?!
Zhou Hao stared dumbly at the figure that was both familiar and vastly different from his mory, feeling a numbness throughout his body.
As Liu Qingning’s forr "rumored boyfriend," Tang Song had a high profile in that cohort at First Middle School.
Although he hadn’t intentionally asked, in casual chats with alumni, he had an overview of Tang Song’s "recent situation" during this school reunion.
He attended an ordinary university and seed to have developed quite average after graduation, with no remarkable achievents.
But the man before them, stepping down from a Rolls-Royce, exuding a powerful aura, was completely unlike the rumors!
While several were in a daze.
The female driver had already taken out a few beautifully wrapped gift boxes from the trunk and respectfully handed them to Tang Song.
After he accepted them, he nodded towards Liu Qingning at the window before disappearing into the entrance of the unit building.
Liu Qingning quickly approached the door, took a deep breath, and opened the room’s door.
Almost simultaneously, steady footsteps sounded from afar, and Tang Song’s figure appeared at the doorway.
Under the light, he looked increasingly dignified and handso, carrying a brisk and fresh air from the cold outside.
Liu Qingning playfully winked at him, then turned sideways and called into the room in a clear voice, "Dad, Mom, Tang Song is here."
"Uncle, Aunt." Tang Song’s voice was gentle and magnetic, with just the right warm smile on his face. "Coming over so late, hope I didn’t disturb you?"
Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan woke from their dream-like state, their eyes filled with indescribable shock.
"Oh! No disturbance, no disturbance!" Zhang Yunlan was the first to react, rushing forward enthusiastically and almost awkwardly, "Co in! Co in and sit!"
Liu Xuemin stood rigidly on the spot, looking at the young man who was so different from his mory.
He opened his mouth but ended up saying awkwardly, "Song, sit, have so hot tea."
Then hurriedly went to get a cup.
Tang Song placed the gifts he held onto the entry cabinet, his gaze sweeping over Zhou Hao and Wang Zhigang in the living room.
There was no surprise or curiosity, just a polite nod towards the two.
Wang Zhigang, having imrsed himself as a branch manager within the system for many years, instinctively stood up from the sofa the instant Tang Song’s gaze swept over him.
He squeezed out a formulaic smile on his face.
His brain was racing, quickly connecting this young man’s information — Rolls-Royce, female driver, extraordinary deanor, Liu Qingning’s ntion of a "six million yuan annual salary" — trying to assess this person’s real weight.
Zhou Hao opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to greet.
However, Tang Song’s gaze rely swept over, not giving him any ti.
He could only stand there awkwardly for a while.
Now a bit unclear about the situation.
But in his heart, he still couldn’t believe Liu Qingning’s words.
As Liu Xuemin gradually ca back to his senses, he took the initiative to introduce, "Song, let introduce you; this is Secretary Wang from our unit. This is Secretary Wang’s nephew, Zhou Hao, also your high school alumnus, just happened to co over today since he’s also attending this year’s school reunion."
"Secretary Wang, Zhou Hao, good evening." Tang Song responded politely.
Zhou Hao pursed his lips, just about to say sothing.
Beside him, Wang Zhigang suddenly chuckled and said, "Oh, Xuemin, you see this... Qingning’s boyfriend is here, we’re just outsiders here, not really suitable. We’ll just leave now and catch up later, not to disturb you."
As he spoke, he gave Zhou Hao, who was still standing there, a look.
He had co today to "play matchmaker," wanting to pair up his nephew with Liu Qingning.
Now that her official boyfriend had shown up, and considering the impressive aura and unknown background,
without fully understanding the situation, it’s best not to stay longer, to avoid saying sothing wrong and triggering an awkward problem.
Zhou Hao swallowed, glanced at Tang Song and Liu Qingning, and followed in bidding farewell.
Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan quickly rose to see them off.
...
After sending off the two "unexpected guests."
Tang Song looked at the sowhat reserved Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan and laughed, "Uncle, Aunt, there’s no need for such formality. Haven’t seen you in ages, how have your health been lately?"
"All good, all good."
Liu Qingning addressed her parents, "Okay, Dad, Mom, you don’t need to be so tense, acting like you’re interrogating a suspect."
Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan realized and displayed a slightly embarrassed smile.
They exchanged a few more pleasantries in the living room, though the atmosphere retained a slight tension from the enormous shock.
Zhang Yunlan ultimately couldn’t resist, tentatively asking, "Qingning, those things you said earlier to Secretary Wang and the others... were they true?"
They were still engulfed in the enormous shock of the "six million yuan annual salary," yet to recover.
Tang Song was taken aback and curiously glanced at the first love beside him.
Liu Qingning playfully winked at him, explaining, "I’ve been on the job for three months, converted to full-ti. I just ntioned my current annual salary to my parents, and it ended up... shocking them."
Tang Song understood instantly, chuckled shaking his head, "I thought you had already ntioned it to Uncle and Aunt."
"It wasn’t confird before." Liu Qingning spoke with a aning only the two understood.
Before, she once told Tang Song that when she solidified her true feelings and crossed her inner hurdle, she’d inform him.
"Song..." Zhang Yunlan finally mustered courage to directly verify with him, "Qingning said her current job was arranged by you?"
Tang Song glanced at the mischievous-eyed first love, as if understanding sothing.
Playing along, he replied, "In a way. I happen to have so shares in [Qingning Technology], and since Qingning is developing in AI, she’s extrely capable, so I recomnded her."
As soon as he finished, Liu Qingning, in a semi-boastful tone, added, "I’ve never ntioned before, the large flat suite you stayed in last ti in Shen City also counts as Tang Song’s; he let stay there."
Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan, hearing these two pieces of news and staring at the familiar yet strange Tang Song, found their minds going blank.
Shareholder of Qingning Technology?! Property of Shencheng Bay No.1?!
Watching her parents’ completely stunned expression, Liu Qingning felt a complex and marvelous sensation rising in her heart.
She knew her parents very well.
They love her, are proud of her, yet at their core, are the most traditional Huaxia-style parents, influenced by worldly views and reality pressures.
Especially now, having once privately said unkind things to Tang Song.
There was bound to be so resentnt left in Tang Song’s heart.
Thus, she intended to seize this opportunity today to help her boyfriend with a gleaming "triumphant return."
Refresh her parents’ past understanding of him, also as a way to make up for the grievance he endured then.
Of course, moreover, it was to ensure that her parents firmly acknowledge this relationship.
She wanted to solidify through acceptance and close ties between the families, the most significant weight for herself in this precarious love relationship.
After all, facing Su Yu and Jin ixiao, she didn’t have many advantages.
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