Fall in love again after marriage

　　Lu Yi told her parents about Lin Jinshen's visit.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ms. Xu frowned and complained, "It's so sudden, I didn't prepare anything."

"Think of it as a family visit, don't think too much about it."

"It's his first visit, he can't be so casual."

　　Mrs. Xu went downstairs to confirm tomorrow's menu and shopping list with her aunt. The flowers also needed to be replaced, and it would be good to do another deep cleaning. After living in the house for so many years, there were many things to pick at.

After going over the workload roughly, Mrs. Xu said to Lu Yi, "Tell him to come over in the afternoon and have dinner with us.

That way, there would be time during the day tomorrow.

Lu Yi wanted to say that there was no need to go to all this trouble: "You don't like him, do you? Why are you making such a big deal?"

"You don't understand."

　　Ms. Xu didn't even turn her head and said, "No matter how much you don't like him, you have to put on a show. You can't let him look down on you in the future."

Lu Kangcheng knew his wife's personality, so he told Lu Yi not to persuade her. He had met Lin Jinshen a few times. In the business world, he was indeed a good young man, aggressive, with ideas and means, but he was a little unsure about marrying his daughter to him.

　　A marriage between the Lin and Lu families would forge a strong alliance of interests, and for the Lu family, it would be beneficial in every way.

But marriage is about two people living their lives behind closed doors.

Whether Lin Jinshen is a good man to entrust your life to is still unknown.

-

Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.

Lin Jinshen sent a message that he was here.

　　Lu Yi changed her shoes and went out to meet someone. Since she had talked to the security guard at the compound beforehand, his car could drive right in. She saw the black Bentley coming from afar and raised her hand to signal.

Lin Jinshen got out of the car. A familiar feeling of tension washed over him, his throat tightened, and he felt sweat break out on his palms.

Actually, they had only met twice.

Offline was different than online. When she sent a message online, she couldn't see his face and felt much more relaxed.

　　"Mr. Lin," Lu Yi raised her hand to shield her eyes from the glare and greeted the person.

Lin Jinshen was still dressed in formal attire, the difference being that he wasn't wearing a tie. He pursed his lips, looked at her, and said, "You can call me by my first name.

"Okay, Lin... The last two words burned in her mouth and she couldn't say them no matter what. She covered her embarrassment with a smile and said, "Let's go inside first."

　　"Okay."

Lu Yi recognized the Fuding White Tea from the gift Lin Jinshen had brought, because only the buds are plucked, and the plucking time is about ten days before and after the Qingming Festival, so the production is low and the market price is high.

Before going in, she wanted to remind Ms. Xu that she might have an opinion about him, but they were not familiar with each other after all, so she glanced at his jaw out of the corner of her eye and swallowed the words she had on the tip of her tongue.

　　Once inside, Lin Jinshen called out, "Uncle, Auntie.

He was tall, half a head taller than Lu Kangcheng, and even when he was being polite, there was an air of "keep your distance" about him.

His cold, distant manner reinforced the stereotypes.

"Come in," Ms. Xu said, pulling off her lipstick as a way of saying yes, as Lu Kangcheng greeted him.

　　"I don't know what you and Auntie like, so I just bought a few things." Lin Jinshen's voice was deep and cold, his tone even, and even the most polite words out of his mouth sounded unpleasant.

He didn't seem like a visiting junior, but rather an equal.

The aunt came over to accept the gifts.

"You're too polite, Jinshen, come sit down."

Lin Jinshen took off her shoes and sat down on the sofa in the living room with Lu Kangcheng.

　　With just one more person, the atmosphere in the house changed completely. Lu Yi looked away just in time to catch Mrs. Xu's reproachful look, "Look, this is the husband you chose.

Lu Yi had no choice but to hug Mrs. Xu's arm.

Mrs. Xu didn't say much, just told her to send some fruit later and asked, "Did you tell him to buy the gift?"

"No, he just asked what you like and what you bought, I don't know either." Lu Yi smiled and asked, "Are you satisfied with the gift?"

　　Ms. Xu reluctantly replied, "It's quite thoughtful."

Lu Yi smiled.

She carried the fruit and cut it up. Lin Jinshen and Lu Kangcheng were already drinking tea and talking about tea. She happened to overhear Lin Jinshen say that old ripe puer is usually brewed with a small amount of water, leaving some behind after the tea is made, and then adding water to choose two to keep and eight to discard... He sounded like he knew what he was talking about, and she could see the smile on her father's lips as she looked up.

　　"Young people like you generally don't like tea," Lu Kangcheng said.

"My father likes it, and I was influenced by him," Lin Jinshen replied.

Lu Yi sat next to him for a while, and when she heard her father say, "Actually, making tea is like being a person," she decided to get up. Knowing that the tea ceremony would not end for a while, she went over to Ms. Xu to see if she could help.

　　Mrs. Xu looked at the situation in the living room, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "So your father was won over?"

"You know my father, he always judges people by their tea."

Mrs. Xu lowered her head, her emotions unclear, and lightly snorted, "She's not that gullible.

Actually, it wasn't that difficult.

　　At the dinner table, Ms. Xu could not help but ask Lin Jinshen a lot of questions. After learning that he eats a simple dinner all year round, avoids carbohydrates, eats a light and clean diet, goes jogging in the morning, goes to bed at 11 o'clock every night, and has a strict and disciplined image, she has always taken care of her health. Whatever Lu Yi said to her in the past, she always considered it to be just wind blowing past her ears. Now she is looking for a kindred spirit.

Lin Jinshen's work and rest schedules and habits are completely in line with Mrs. Xu's health maintenance concepts.

　　"Health maintenance is about following nature and maintaining a balance between yin and yang. If you go against the rules of nature, you will get sick in the long run. If you don't take it seriously when you are young, you will suffer when you are old.

At the last sentence, Ms. Xu looked at Lu Yi, her meaning clear.

According to Mrs. Xu's words, how bad could it get for someone who takes care of his health?

At the dinner, everyone was having a good time, but Lu Yi seemed like an outsider, eating quietly with her head down most of the time.

　　Before Lin Jinshen came, her parents had some reservations, but after meeting him, they no longer mentioned it, especially when it came to the matter of marriage. He didn't put on airs, and his attitude was sincere and considerate.

Lu Yi had worried for nothing.

A stickler like Lin Jinshen, no matter how old he was, was actually the same age as her parents, and people of the same generation would naturally get along.

After dinner, Lin Jinshen left.

　　"Yi, see him out," Mrs. Xu reminded her.

Lu Yi said yes with a stiff face. She went to change her shoes, greeted her parents, and the two of them walked out of the house one after the other.

It was already night, and the moon was hanging in the sky early, almost full, its shape almost a full circle. Its silvery light fell indiscriminately on the treetops and on the shoulders of the two people.

The driver had already returned the car and parked it in front of the door.

　　Before getting into the car, Lin Jinshen turned around and called out, "Lu Yi".

It was like being called on in class, and Lu Yi's heart skipped a beat. She suppressed her nervousness and said, "Yes?"

"...' Lin Jinshen said, "I'm not much older than you, so I don't need to use you."

"...' Oh, okay.

She didn't want to be used either, she just said it unconsciously.

Lin Jinshen said, "Do you have time to have dinner with me again next week?"

　　Have dinner with him again, go to the Lin family, and meet his parents.

One Lin Jinshen is enough, but if the whole family is "Lin Jinshen," she just knows it will be a difficult day.

But there is give and take. He has met her parents, and she should meet his parents as well.

"Okay."

This day will come, and there is no way around it. Lu Yi raised her eyelashes and said, "You see what your aunt and uncle's schedule is."

"Mm."

"Let's go inside."

　　The time to go to the Lin family was set the day before.

On weekdays, Lu Yi would choose a set of clothes suitable for meeting the elders, with light makeup and simple and decent clothes.

The chance to leave work on time was interrupted by a sudden meeting. She had sent a message to Lin Jinshen beforehand, saying that she had an urgent matter and might need half an hour, and that she would drive over.

Lin Jinshen didn't say anything when he saw the message, and after informing his family, he continued working.

　　When he finished work, it was late, and there was no reply to the message he sent to Lu Yi. He casually called her, but there was no answer.

Lin Jinshen put down his phone and looked at the driver who was asking for directions. The driver asked if he wanted to go straight back to the old mansion. After a moment of silence, Lin Jinshen told the driver to go off duty and that she would drive the car herself.

The address in the navigation system was not that of the Lin family, but that of Lu Yi's company. He planned to pick someone up and return.

　　Yixing is considered an A-level exhibition and display company. Its self-operated data in recent years has been impressive. Combining aspects such as its business structure and outstanding project cases in the industry, it can be called a leading presence in the country.

He didn't know this before, but after meeting Lu Yi, he read up on the information.

Lin Jinshen parked the car at the side of the road and was about to call back when Lu Yi's phone rang first.

He answered it and heard a deep voice on the other end of the line: "President Lin?"

　　The voice replied impatiently, "Yes.

Lu Yi was in a meeting, her phone on silent. As soon as the meeting ended, she first checked her phone and saw several missed calls. She was about to be crushed by her guilty conscience when she quickly called back.

"Sorry, I didn't check my phone during the meeting. I'll be done here soon and I'm driving over now, I'll probably be there at 7."

This was the normal situation.

　　But with the rush hour traffic, she couldn't be sure, and it would take time for the car to get out of the parking lot.

"Get down here."

"Huh?"

"I'll be downstairs with you."

"Right away."

Hearing him downstairs, Lu Yi quickly grabbed her bag and left, saying hello to her colleagues and telling them to send her a message if anything came up.

In the elevator, she stared at the descending floors, her expression flickering.

　　Lu Yi saw the incoming call reminder on her phone. Lin Jinshen's first call was forty minutes ago, which meant that he had been waiting for her for at least forty minutes?

When she went downstairs, she immediately saw the striking Bentley. At this point, she didn't care about avoiding suspicion, and she jogged over. She opened the back seat door and got in, only to find that the back seat was empty. Lin Jinshen was sitting in the driver's seat, leaning to the side, his cold gaze calmly watching her.

　　Inside the car, the two of them looked at each other, and awkwardness ensued.

"..."

Lu Yi didn't have the nerve to treat Lin Jinshen like a chauffeur, so she apologized, got out of the car, and got back into the passenger seat.

　　She trotted all the way, her face flushed and her breathing a little faster. She had apologized the most since she got into the car, and she didn't know if Lin Jinshen was angry. She couldn't read the emotions on his face, and she turned around, probably a little too far in his direction in her haste. "I didn't hear the phone go silent during the meeting... I'm really sorry, are you angry?"

　　Lin Jinshen wasn't angry, but rather a little impatient as she waited.

However, she suddenly walked up to him, her lock of hair loose and sticking to her forehead and temples, her gaze eagerly looking at him, apologetic, her eyes wet and shining.

His throat tightened and he looked away as if burned.

He couldn't see her, but he could smell her.

　　The unique, light, sweet scent that belonged to Lu Yi was everywhere.

Lin Jinshen pursed his lips and his body moved away at the same time, as if he wanted to put some distance between them.

His voice sounded hard and cold, "It's okay."

He started the engine and drove onto the main road.

Lu Yi also calmed down in the face of his cold reaction. She noticed the physical movement of him stepping aside just now, as if she was some kind of poison he couldn't touch.

　　She also remembered the last time she fell, his fingers clenching as he held her weakly for less than a second.

After that, the closest they had been to each other, not to mention physical contact, was at the dinner table, where they sat on the same side of the table.

In case there was any doubt, Guo had never dated a single girlfriend, either because he had a physical or mental problem.

Lu Yi hadn't thought about it before, but now she had to wonder.

　　She raised her two narrow eyebrows and thought hard.

The traffic was indeed heavy, and Lin Jinshen drove calmly, stopping and starting without making the people in the car feel uncomfortable.

During the stop, his puzzled expression was caught and he asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

Lu Yi made a subtle swallowing motion, and there was nothing to be shy about. She asked aloud, "There is a question, and it is better to ask clearly before marriage."

　　"You ask." Lin Jinshen put one hand on the wheel and tilted his head to look at her.

"Is Lin always so averse to physical contact?"

"Why do you ask?" Lin Jinshen frowned slightly.

Lu Yi didn't say anything about what had just happened, but instead explained her own speculation and decision: "I'm not saying that I can't accept a marriage of convenience, but the premise is that both parties are honest with each other and set things straight."

　　A marriage of convenience, a nominal man and woman?

Lin Jinshen's face was cold and he didn't answer, but the look in his eyes meant that he wanted her to continue.

Lu Yi also boldly asked, "Is there a psychological or physical reason for you to act this way, Mr. Lin?"

This was the first time Lu Yi had seen a clear change in his emotions. His face became even more stern, his eyes dark as a deep lake. He lifted his lips and said almost word for word, "Miss Lu".

"You think I can't do it?"