kitchen.

There was a "ding" sound from the microwave oven.

Jiang Li and Gu Qian both looked towards the kitchen.

Jiang Mingyi seemed to have made some pastries, put them on a white porcelain plate and brought them out: "Are you awake?"

"Uh-huh."

Jiang Li nodded, looking a little embarrassed.

It was obvious that she called people to come to her home for dinner last night, but she overslept and asked the guests to cook in the kitchen...

Jiang Mingyi seemed to notice Jiang Li's embarrassment, and said in a gentle voice: "Don't get me wrong, I brought this from home. It's a gift for visiting. I just heated it in the microwave."

"oh oh."

Jiang Li nodded and walked quickly towards the kitchen: "Then you guys talk outside, I'll go in and prepare lunch first."

When she came back from the Jin family's mansion last night, Jiang Li asked the driver to drive to a nearby supermarket and buy a lot of ingredients.

Not long after.

Jiang Li is already busy in the kitchen.

Gu Qian and Jiang Mingyi both wanted to go in and help fight, but they were both kicked out by Jiang Li.

In the living room.

Gu Qian and Jiang Mingyi were sitting on the sofa. They looked at each other in silence. For a while, the atmosphere became inexplicably awkward.

Both of them knew Jiang Li's true identity, so their relationship became a little strange.

"any drinks?"

Gu Qian stood up first, looked at Jiang Mingyi on the sofa and asked.

Jiang Mingyi was just about to speak.

Gu Qian added casually: "There are only sodas and beer in the refrigerator."

"..."

Jiang Mingyi spoke calmly and looked at Gu Qian: "Soda water, thank you."

Gu Qian nodded slightly.

He went straight to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took out two bottles of soda, and took a look at Jiang Li who was busy in the kitchen.

"You really don't need my help."

"don't want."

"Can you handle this alone?"

"A lot of the ingredients were already processed last night. I can just use them for cooking. You can go out and entertain the guests."

"OK."

Gu Qian nodded slightly, turned and left the kitchen.

In the living room.

Jiang Mingyi took the soda water thrown by Gu Qian and simply said "thank you", and the atmosphere became deadlocked again.

"Need help in the kitchen?"

"Need not."

"Are you... getting engaged?"

"Um."

Gu Qian nodded slightly, looked at Jiang Mingyi, smiled and teased: "I don't mind if you want to give me a dowry."

"..."

Jiang Mingyi fell into silence.

If the Jiang family's standards for marrying a daughter were followed, there would definitely be various tedious procedures, and the dowry would naturally be large.

A marriage between two wealthy families.

It can even cause the entire capital to tremble.

But now Jiang Li has not recognized her ancestors, her identity is still just a female artist in the entertainment industry, and even this marriage will be opposed by the older generation of the Gu family.

Think of this.

Jiang Mingyi frowned slightly and looked at Gu Qian sharply: "Have all the elders from other branches of your Gu family agreed?"

"Well, they are already preparing an engagement party for me."

"If Jiang Li marries your Gu family with her current status, will it..."

"Won't."

Gu Qian directly interrupted Jiang Mingyi's words. He had already guessed what Jiang Mingyi wanted to say: "Jianli who marries our Gu family in any capacity will be the mistress of the Gu family."

The living room fell into silence once again.

Jiang Mingxuan still wanted to ask some indirect questions about Jiang Li, including the other party's willingness to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan.

Gu Qian's attitude was very clear: everything depends on Jiang Li.

As for the "marriage between two races" bargaining chip that Jiang Mingyi mentioned, Gu Qian was not interested in it at all.

…

Third floor.

In the gaming room.

Jiang Mingxuan and Jin Lanting were sitting on the gaming chairs, concentrating on the battle scene on the computer screen.

"Up, up, up!"

"Play the opponent's mid laner!"

"Brother Jin, your strength level has dropped too much."

"..."

The computer screens of both of them fell into a gray death perspective.

Jiang Mingxuan complained unceremoniously about Jin Lanting's level of strength. In the past, the two were equally matched in strength, but now they are completely different.

Jiang Mingxuan runs an e-sports club and hangs out with a group of professional players. His game level has also been greatly improved.

But Jin Lanting has been busy with the company and has very little time to play games.

"It's boring."

Jin Lanting leaned on his chair and looked at the game screen on the computer screen, feeling that he had no interest in it for a while.

Jiang Mingxuan glanced at Jin Lanting, took a sip of beer on the e-sports table, and asked: "Brother Jin, how is the matter between you and Teacher Xiao? I heard that Teacher Xiao has gone abroad."

"You and Lao Gu have the same virtues, right?"

Jin Lanting glanced at the other party, but he wasn't angry at all.

His affair with Xiao Chuchu is a taboo.

Others would definitely be angry if he mentioned it in front of him, but Gu Qian and Jiang Mingxuan, the two brothers with the best relationship, singled out this matter to stab him.

"Just ask."

Jiang Mingxuan smiled bitterly, looked at Jin Lanting and asked seriously: "I heard that Uncle Jin has already arranged a blind date for you, including my eighteen-year-old cousin?"

Jin Lanting: "..."

Jiang Mingxuan: "What are your plans now? If you like my little cousin, we might have the opportunity to become a family in the future."

Jin Lanting: "Rolling, rolling, rolling."

Jiang Mingxuan chuckled and touched Jin Lanting with a beer: "Let's not talk about that. Do you know what the relationship between Brother Gu and Sister Jiang Li is like? Are they getting engaged?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Just curious."

"Ask Lao Gu yourself."

"Brother Jin, I heard that Sister Jiang Li grew up in an orphanage. Do you think she will recognize her family if she finds them?"

Jiang Mingxuan continued to ask.

This was also the task assigned to him by his elder brother when he came today, to probe Jiang Li's tone of voice in a subtle way.

He knew that his parents and eldest brother had been looking for his "second sister" for many years.

Now it has been confirmed that the other party is Jiang Li, but the family has been undecided about "recognizing relatives", especially after Jiang Mingyi learned in the "Heartbeat" romance drama that Jiang Li is somewhat repulsive to "recognizing relatives".

The parents desperately hope to recognize their daughter, but they are worried that Jiang Li will be rejected.
To be continued...