Chapter 132: Meeting Her Parents (1)

For a few seconds, Gu Jin stared at her mobile screen, unable to help herself from poking and prodding the screen with her index finger .

After waiting a few more minutes, and seeing no signs of the avatar returning online yet, Gu Jin sent a message to him: [I know you are there . If you don’t reply in this instant, then don’t blame me if you find my home empty tomorrow . ]

Mu Mingcheng: [The connection just broke . ]

Gu Jin twitched . This lie appeared too obvious . Gu Jin then decided to call Mu Mincheng directly . The man himself, who worked overtime at that moment, signalled for a break time in the meeting before he received the call .

Several top-tier executives exchanged glances .

With the boss’s bizarre behavior, today feels rather strange .  Even during the conference meeting with them, he actually kept glancing at his mobile phone from time to time .

Much to their astonishment, Mu Mingcheng’s mobile phone rang during the meeting . All eyes were on him as he answered it on his way out of the room . They saw the man stand rather close to a windowsill, as he conversed with the person on the other end . Surprisingly, Mu Mingcheng’s usual solemn and stern expression faded as a result of the other party’s words .

Remembering how the company’s employees recently gossiped about the ‘future female boss,’ a sigh escaped from one of the executive employees . The power of love sure runs strong .

In reality, however, Mu Mingcheng’s conversation with Gu Jin did not flow as harmoniously as they imagined .

“Mu Mingcheng, you don’t have to visit us tomorrow,” Gu Jin straightforwardly answered, “My parents just heard the news about us . This kind of impact might affect them too strongly . Let’s put this off for two days to let them digest the news . ”

Gu Changsheng and Li Mingxia tacitly decided to remain alert, but Gu Jin was still able to understand their reasons for behaving reticently . As parents, they can never fully free their children . What’s more? Just a few days ago, Gu Jin’s ex-boyfriend also visited their home .

“This is your decision,” Mu Mingcheng kneaded the s.p.a.ce between his eyebrows while holding the phone and not forgetting to remind her, “but, don’t let me wait too long . ”

“Don’t worry,” Gu Jin a.s.sured, “I will ask them if they have time this weekend . ”

After establis.h.i.+ng a meeting time, Mu Mincheng asked Gu Jin to divulge her family’s preferences before hanging up the phone on her .

This will be my first visit to see her parents . Appropriate gifts could always give them a better impression of me .  Mu Mingcheng thought this and laughed ambiguously .

If someone in the past told Mu Mingcheng that he would concern himself with a person, enough to try and please her family, he would have sneered at that person . Yet, now, he acted from his own initiative .

Sometimes, desiring a person meant that, aside from respecting the person herself, one must also respect the people she cared about .

Perhaps, people call this notion, “Love the house along with its crow . ” [T/N: This is an idiom that means to “love one thing or one person on account of the other . ”]

Mu Mingcheng’s employees still immersed themselves in that smile, when they heard him knock on the table, commanding, “Continue discussing about the acquisitions . ”

As he spoke, the relaxed atmosphere in the meeting room weighed heavily once again .

The next day, Gu Ling disappeared early in the morning .

Knowing that the family planned to view Gu Jin’s new house that day, Grandma Gu murmured during breakfast, “What kind of house does a girl, who’ll sooner or later become an outsider to us, possibly desire?”

“Mom, we don’t live in the old times anymore . Our family refrains from imposing biases in that manner . Little Jin and Little Teng are both my children . I will not treat them differently from each other,” Li Mingxia placed her chopsticks down, gracefully wiping her mouth . “I finished eating . I’ll head upstairs to change into my clothes for today . ”

“I didn’t even say that I won’t give it to her . Who does she take after?” With Li Mingxia absent, Grandma Gu released her temper at her son, demanding, “I don’t care . Since she said she treats her children equally, you should give Ling Ling a house in the future, too . She has no parents and only has you to depend on as her eldest uncle . ”

For matters such as this, Gu Changsheng already wisened up from his experiences in going through the motions .

With her parents and brother, Gu Jin visited and viewed the new house – a three-bedroom and two-hall apartment . The apartment’s location was ideal; it had complete furnis.h.i.+ng, and the traffic around that area was convenient .