Uncle Lin Langsheng's conversation with Gu Feng made Lin Yue's heart flutter.
She knew that her uncle was beginning to test Gu Feng.
Lin Yue toyed with her chopsticks, her attention focused on Gu Feng, thinking that if Gu Feng showed any weakness, she must support him.
Otherwise, he might not withstand it.
Seeing her cousin, Lin Yu, filling Gu Feng's glass with Maotai, he said, "Brother-in-law, I'm Little Yu, just graduated not long ago, just call me for anything in the future."
Gu Feng responded with a smile, clinking glasses with him, and clearly said, "I'll make up the address change fee for you later. Just let me know if you need anything, I'll drink first."
Then he downed his glass without a frown.
Next, Gu Feng refilled his own glass and proactively toasted Lin Langsheng, "Uncle, thank you for taking such good care of Little Yue, I toast to you."
The smile on Lin Langsheng's face grew even bigger as he stood up to clink glasses with him.
Afterward, Gu Feng turned to Lin Yue's mother, Liu Yan, raising his own glass, "Aunt..."
"You've already gotten the marriage certificate, still calling me aunt?" Liu Yan glanced at her daughter Lin Yue, deliberately probing, "When you visit Feng's family, do you also call your mother-in-law 'aunt'?"
Lin Yue's face turned slightly red, and she glared at Gu Feng reproachfully, "Call her mom!"
Gu Feng immediately corrected himself, "Mom, I toast to you, you can just drink juice."
Liu Yan took a sip of juice, clearly not so easily satisfied, she continued, "Your dad has been gone for a year now, you're always busy at the company, the house is so empty, when do you two plan on having a child to accompany me?"
Lin Yue almost choked.
She protested, "Mom, we haven't even held the wedding banquet yet and you're asking me to have children? What will others think of me?"
Oh, you still care about what others think?
Already daring to register the marriage on your own accord and bringing a man home, and now you tell me this?
Liu Yan was still somewhat irritated by her daughter's actions, snorted, "Just consider today as your wedding banquet, let's just say that, and hurry up and give me a grandchild."
Bringing Gu Feng to this occasion has already declared that you, Lin Yue, have Gu Feng as your husband, even if there's no banquet, it won't stop you two from having children first.
Lin Yue wanted to say something else, but Gu Feng, fearing she'd inadvertently spill the truth in her anxiousness, quickly interjected, "Mom, we'll work hard on that soon."
"Listen, Feng is more filial than you," Liu Yan glared at Lin Yue, but was somewhat surprised that Gu Feng had stepped in.
Alright, she shifted her focus to Gu Feng, "When you come to Jiangcheng, you should stay at our house."
Uh.
Gu Feng paused, and Lin Yue hastily laughed it off, "Mom, if we don't hold a banquet, it might not be good for Gu Feng to stay over. What if outsiders talk?"
Lin Yue could fully imagine that if Gu Feng really moved into her house, her mother would definitely not let them sleep in separate rooms!
Just thinking about both of them having to sleep together in one room...
Liu Yan smiled slightly.
She was deliberately plotting to test her daughter.
Seeing how much weight their marriage certificate holds, and if her son-in-law was really just a convenience, she and her brother Lin Langsheng still had room to maneuver.
That would mean introducing a match fitting the Lin family's capital status to Lin Yue, to keep her from behaving recklessly!
"Who would talk?" Lin Langsheng's wife, Zhao Yanrong, chimed in to back Liu Yan up, "You've already gotten the certificate, you two are husband and wife, if Feng doesn't move in, outsiders will indeed talk about you!"
Lin Yue simply remained silent, acting as if she'd heard nothing.
At that moment, Lin Langsheng purposely said to his son, Lin Yu, "Little Yu, take your brother-in-law to the back and put on the family corsage. There are many people here today, later help your second sister greet the guests."
Lin Yu nodded and stood up to lead Gu Feng away.
Seeing Gu Feng stand up still without any sign of drunkenness, Lin Langsheng's respect for him increased even more.
He noted that Gu Feng had just toasted a whole table, including Lin Yue's two aunts, which amounted to almost a pound of liquor.
Yet he could still get up so steadily.
"You wretch, give me an honest explanation, is this someone you deliberately found?" Liu Yan took advantage of Lin Langsheng's distraction with Gu Feng to question her daughter more directly.
"Deceiving us won't help; we can't investigate his military records since we can't access the army camp, but whether this man has any ability will reveal itself after some time!" Liu Yan spoke kindly, hoping to persuade Lin Yue better, "Your great-uncle's influence might not reach the politics of Jiangcheng, but finding a suitable match in the business circle for you to rely on is still possible."
Liu Yan didn't want her daughter to overexert herself alone. Taking the opportunity while the elders were still influential, she wanted to find someone who could help the family and face the future together once Lin Langsheng retired.
If she hadn't spoken this way, Lin Yue might have been more candid, but hearing her mother's words, Lin Yue became even more resolute in her thoughts.
"How could I possibly use a marriage certificate to deceive you?" Lin Yue laughed disbelievingly, her face showing the absurdity of their words, "I've known Gu Feng for a long time. We restrained ourselves previously because there was a marriage agreement."
"You mean to say that Gu Feng's military rank is genuine?" Liu Yan squinted her eyes, clearly skeptical, "Do you know what kind of background someone of his age needs to have to achieve that rank?"
"I know," Lin Yue gave a preemptive response, "But he's already discharged, so his influence definitely isn't the same."
"Give me a break," Liu Yan didn't believe her bluffs, "He's just forged by you, stop pretending."
Right at this moment, Lin Langsheng unexpectedly interjected, "I trust Little Yue. From what I observed just now, at the very least I'm certain that Feng is a Special Forces soldier."
Both Lin Yue and her mother Liu Yan were momentarily stunned.
Lin Yue quickly followed the lead, "Mom, see, great uncle already said it. I wasn't lying, he really is a Special Forces soldier!"
In her heart, she was curious about what basis her great uncle had used to conclude that?
Could it really just be from seeing how well Gu Feng could drink?