Daddy Ban looked very calm, but his mother looked at me with a strange expression. After I signaled to wait, I took out my cell phone from my pocket and called Micai.

The call was answered only twice after the call was heard. Mi Cai answered the call.

I asked her, "Are you back?"

"Already on the way."

“Where have you been?”

"Let me see." After waiting for a while, she said to me again: "We'll be at Lingtangwan Bridge soon."

"That's almost!"

"Well, you're so anxious to call me, is something happened?"

"My parents are here."

Mi Cai's tone was a little surprised: "When did it arrive?"

"At noon, I'm waiting for you to have supper together."

"I'll be there soon."

As soon as Mi Cai finished speaking, I seemed to hear the roar of the engine more violently. I hurriedly reminded her: "Slow down, it's not a bad time!"

The phone has been hung up there.

...

Just a moment later, a white Audi R8 that appeared rapidly instantly stopped at the door of the inn. I knew this was Milan's car borrowed by Micai.

As soon as the car stopped, Mi Cai opened the door and walked out of the car. Although she walked towards us quickly, she could still feel a little nervous.

When we came to us, Mi Cai greeted her father and mother respectfully.

I exhaled gently, then held Mi Cai's hand, and said to Ban's father and mother with the most serious expression in my life: "Although I have met before, I will officially introduce it to the two elders. This is my girlfriend Mi Cai, a Suzhou girl!"

Dad Ban and Mi Cai were already very familiar with him. He smiled at Mi Cai, while his mother was surprised. Even though she had seen him, she still looked at Mi Cai several times.

Mi Cai clenched my hand, lowered her head, looking shy.

My mother finally asked her: "You are really our Zhaoyang girlfriend."

"Yes." Mi Cai nodded.

My mother wanted to say something, but Daddy Ban waved at us and signaled to go to dinner first. My mother's words were already at the corner of her mouth.

...

In the restaurant, I sat on one side with Mi Cai, while my father and mother sat on the other side.

When my father ordered the order, I took the kettle from the waiter and poured a glass of water for my mother and him. Mi Cai seemed a little restrained, perhaps because my mother was not enthusiastic enough.

I poured Mi Cai a glass of water, and gave her another look, indicating that she didn't have to be too reserved.

Micai nodded.

Dad Ban finally ordered the order. According to convention, my mother should ask Mi Cai about her family background. Unexpectedly, my mother didn’t ask, which surprised me very much.

After thinking about it, I understand. Maybe my father had already talked to her about Micai in private.

At this time, the father of Ban, who has always been unfamiliar with talking, broke the silence for the first time. He asked Mi Cai, "Xiaomi, are you busy with work recently?"

Mi Cai looked at me and replied, "It's not too busy. Basically, I have time to come and see Zhaoyang every week."

I naturally understood what Mi Cai meant. The reason why she said this was to lay the groundwork for the position of supporting me in opening an inn in Xitang. However, she, who has always been principled, told me this lie, which made me feel a little sad because I didn't want her to make sacrifices for me again and again.

My mother finally spoke with the flow: "Then do you support him staying in Xitang to open an inn?"

Mi Cai nodded and said, "I support him."

My mother said with a cold expression: "Then tell me why she supports his nonsense."

"Auntie, do you really think Zhaoyang is making trouble?"

When Mi Cai asked this back, the aura of CEO in the workplace appeared, which made her mother stunned and answered: "First start a family and then start a career. This is an ancient saying. If he violated it, he would just make a fool of himself."

Mi Cai was not in a hurry to refute her mother, but instead said to me: "Zhaoyang, do you have the ability to handle the relationship between the two?"

"I have the confidence to handle it, but you need your cooperation..."

Before I finished speaking, Mi Cai nodded and said, "I am willing to cooperate with you and I am willing to wait for you."

My mother smiled and said, "It is a good thing to be willing to cooperate and wait, but in this era when you can get married today and get divorced tomorrow, can you guarantee that you will not marry unless we are Zhaoyang in the future?"

My mother's words undoubtedly threw a bombshell into the deep water, but I didn't want Mi Cai to promise anything on this occasion, because it was completely unnecessary. After all, no one could predict what would happen in the future.

When I was about to help Mi Cai clear the situation, she said to her mother calmly: "Auntie, I am not a casual woman. Zhaoyang is my first boyfriend and the last one in my life. As long as there is no force majeure accident, I am willing to keep guarding him until I marry him."

My mother was a little suspicious, but such suspicion was forgiven, because a woman as outstanding as Mi Cai said at the age of 27 that she had never had a boyfriend before, and it was difficult for anyone to believe it, but this is a fact.

At this time, Dad Ban finally spoke: "Zhaoyang's mother, the child's words are all about this. If we parents are still in a dilemma, it will seem a bit unreasonable!"

My mother obviously had a lot to say, but in the end she chose to remain silent. I am even more grateful that she was silent because Mi Cai had already said everything she should say. If she was still dissatisfied, Mi Cai would probably have no choice.

Even so, Dad Ban and Mom did not clearly express their willingness to understand my decision to stay in Xitang.

Perhaps, we need a more heart-to-heart communication to completely dispel their doubts.

...

After leaving the restaurant, Mi Cai and I sent our father and mother back to the inn to rest, we walked on the bluestone path and took a walk along the direction of the flowing water.

I asked Mi Cai, "Why did you suddenly return to Suzhou today?"

Mi Cai was silent for a moment before answering: "Do something that makes you unhappy."

Although I was curious about what this was, I still didn't ask, because if Mi Cai was willing to say it clearly, she would say it.

After walking for a while, Mi Cai said she was a little tired, so I found a place with steps by the river and sat down with her.

She leaned on my shoulder and whispered to me for a long time: "Zhaoyang, I'm going to go back to the United States the day after tomorrow."

"So fast?"

"Well, there is no need to be a little careless about the listing. I have to participate in the whole process."

Despite my reluctance, I still put on a cool and elegant posture and said, "Then I wish you Zhuomei successfully listed on Nasdaq in advance!"

"Thank you, I will work hard."

I hugged her tightly, but didn't say anything, because silence would make time longer, and this is how I used the principle of relativity to gain more time with her.

...

The spring wind blew quietly by our side. Mi Cai closed her eyes with great pleasure. I felt a little tired, but at the moment when I was about to close my eyes, I saw the woman in red sitting on the other side. My judgment was correct, and she really came to Xitang again.
Chapter completed!