The Qiao family is relatively large, the oldest son of the Qiao family, Qiao Xian, lives in the main house. The other sons and daughters were assigned to the other houses/Mansion in the area according to their status in the family.
Gu Hengsheng dragged Lin Liang through the main hall and came to the Qiao family's old man's room. Several juniors in the room were talking with Mr.Qiao, he looked quite happy chatting. When he saw Gu Hengsheng pulling Lin Liang in, he smiled and said, "I thought you were so late today for no reason, but you brought me such a cute little doll."
Gu Hengsheng dragged Lin Liang to Old Master Qiao, "Uncle, his name is Lin Liang, he is my new boyfriend."
Hearing Gu Hengsheng's words, other people in the room had different faces, some ate melons, some were secretly happy, and some were unhappy in their hearts. In this big family, everyone has their own little niche and motives in their hearts.
The only one whose face remained unchanged was Elder Qiao, who took Lin Liang's hand and smiled: "What a cute little guy! I didn't think that he will like someone, I always felt bad for him whenever I saw that he was still single but now that he has finally found a companion I feel relieved."
Lin Liang smiled and congratulated Elder Qiao: "Happy birthday, Grandpa Qiao, I am very happy to come to your birthday banquet. This is the first time I have come to see you, so I don't know what you like. I thought of a yellow jade tiger talisman from the Wanning period at home and thought you might like it, so I brought it here." (Note: it looks something like this)\n
Once Lin Liang spoke, the whole room was shocked, including Gu Hengsheng, who thought Lin Liang had not brought a gift, after all, Lin Liang had come as his boyfriend, so it was actually okay not to bring a gift. Gu Hengsheng didn't expect that Lin Liang had not only deliberately prepared, but also prepared such a meaningful gift.
It goes without saying how rare the Tiger Talisman is, but the key is that Elder Qiao is a tiger, and before he retired, he was the general of the country. This gift really touched the heart of Elder, compared to all the gifts of the other people in the house.
As a matter of fact, Elder Qiao's smiling eyes were almost out of sight, he patted Lin Liang's hand, "You boy, I'm very happy that you can come, so why did you bring a gift."
Lin Liang took out a date red box from his coat pocket and handed it to Elder Qiao, who opened it directly in front of everyone and took the tiger talisman in his hand to see it, the yellow jade was delicate and transparent, the tiger talisman was engraved with an inscription, the jade talisman can be broke open to be two complete pieces, which is rare, in ancient times two tiger talismans had to be complete together, except when it was necessary to transfer troops.
Therefore, most of the remaining tiger talisman that survived are less than half. Originally, jade talisman are very rare, but to have two complete pieces is even more precious.
The younger generations in the room looked curiously at the tiger charms in the hands of the old man. They could tell at a glance that this jade was a good jade, and it was obvious that the level of this tiger charm was certainly not from a low grade.
Satisfied, Elder Qiao put the tiger talisman back into the box and handed it to the butler behind him. Lin Liang smiled and said, "My grandfather left me an antique store, there's nothing good inside but there are still a few small things, Grandpa Qiao can go around when he has time."
"Okay, okay, okay, grandpa will come look for you to talk when I have nothing to do ."
When Qiao Yanran and her father, Qiao Qi, walked into the room, they were extremely upset when they saw Elder Qiao holding Gu Hengsheng with his left hand and Lin Liang with his right hand, talking and laughing.
Qiao Qi went to Gu Hengsheng's side, "Dad, Hengsheng and I have important things to discuss, Let us go out for a while and after we finish talking I will let him come to accompany you."
The old man waved his hand, "You all go! You have something to say, but Lin Liang and I still have a something to chat about."
Qiao Yanran smiled and said, "Grandpa you are too biased, with Lin Liang you don't see us grandchildren anymore."
Gu Hengsheng whispered in Lin Liang's ear, "You stay here and talk with uncle. I'll be right back."
After Gu Hengsheng and Qiao Qi left, the younger members of the Qiao family also left one after another. Old Grandpa Qiao looked at Lin Liang, "You're a smart kid, it's a pity that you are a match with our Hengsheng."
Lin Liang smiled faintly, "It's a pity that sister Yanran and Gu Hengsheng are together."
Master Qiao became interested, "Oh? Why do you say that."
"Gu Hengsheng is originally a relative of the Qiao family, and he has long been bound to the interests of the Qiao family. Sister Yanran's marriage to Gu Hengsheng only strengthens this binding. In terms of interests and network expansion, there is actually little progress. If sister Yanran had married into another wealthy family or a political family, the result would have been different."
Elder Qiao put away his smiley eyes sharp, he seriously examined Lin Liang, "Are you not afraid that I will give up Gu Hengsheng after Yanran marries into other powerful families?"
Lin Liang smiled faintly, "Why give up? How can a general dare to leave when a recruit is recruited. Isn't it good for generals and recruits to use it together?"
Master Qiao was amused by him, "What if the general is not good and does not listen? Wouldn't it be normal for me to replace him and recruit an obedient general?"
Lin Liang patted Master Qiao's hand and smiled, "There is no such thing as a disobedient general, Gu Hengsheng has the bloodline of the Qiao family in his body, so he's better than the demon outside and he also has the Qiao family in his heart. When the children normally don't listen, in my case I often make my brother so angry that he starts throwing his shoes at me, although we get angry at each other, we are still a family that loves each other."
Master Qiao smiled and nodded Lin Liang's forehead with his finger, "listening to your clever little mouth, I started to like you more and more little guy."
Lin Liang laughed, "That means I have a destiny with grandpa, you don't mind what I say grandpa."
There were only five tables for the birthday banquet and it was traditional to set up several large round tables in the hall. Master Qiao liked Lin Liang, and this time Lin Liang outshone all the grandchildren of the Qiao family, so he was pulled to Elder Qiao's side to sit at the top of the main table.
Even Gu Hengsheng did not have this fortune, he sat at the next table, together with the children of the Qiao family. (T/N: poor Gu I bet he is dying now 😂😂)\n\n Lin Liang was not afraid. When Elder Qiao asked him to sit, he really sat. As everyone knows, the people at the table with him are all Mr. Qiao's colleagues, and they are all important individuals of the country.
Elder Qiao didn't introduce him, saying that the family banquet is a family banquet, there is no difference in status, only the generation. Most of the elders like young children, and Lin Liang who is beautiful and has a sweet mouth was definitely liked. He was suiting in the table for dinner, laughing coaxingly with the elders. He is more active than the other younger generation they have met. Gu Hengsheng, who was not involved, looked back at Lin Liang from time to time.
After finishing the meal, Elder Qiao wanted to talk with his guests, and Gu Hengsheng was surrounded by the Qiao family again. Lin Liang felt bored, so he found an excuse to leave the main residence and wander around the garden.
Lin Liang liked the garden, walked along the corridor, bypassed the rocky hill and came to the lake along the stone path, stood in the pavilion at the lake and looked at the withered lotus leaves halfway down the lake with emotions.
It was November, and the wind was a bit cold. Lin Liang stood in the pavilion for a while, and when he was about to leave , suddenly someone reached out to hug him, Lin Liang subconsciously thought it was Gu Hengsheng, but when the other party got closer, he smelled the other party's perfume, no, not Gu Hengsheng. (T/N: omg who is this do u Think it's the annoying girl ?)