"Second Sister-in-law, Uncle Li and the others are in the backyard…"
Wan Yunting, who had been holding Wan'er's hand, led Wang Chulin through the villa's living area and out the back door onto the lawn. Li Guohao and his wife were sitting in chairs in the leisure area, drinking tea and chatting, watching Li Shuyun and Lu Xiaodie practice swordplay…
"Mr. Li, Madam Cheng…"
Wang Chulin, who had arrived, smiled and greeted them. Cheng Qiuhe stood up and said with a smile, "Chulin is here, come and sit. Oh, you little girl are here too, come and let me hug you…"
Wan Yunting also released Wan'er's small hand. The little girl happily went to Cheng Qiuhe, calling out in a childish voice, "Grandma…"
"Hehe, look how sweet your words are, you're so beautiful."
Hearing Wan'er call her Grandma, Cheng Qiuhe was overjoyed, as if she had been called by her own granddaughter.
"Haha, this little face is so cute…"
Li Guohao, sitting beside them, laughed heartily and couldn't help but reach out and pinch Wan'er's tender little face.
Even Li Shuyun stopped practicing swordplay and walked over to greet Wang Chulin politely, then picked up Wan'er…
"Sister Lu, this is my second sister-in-law."
Only Lu Xiaodie and Wang Chulin were unfamiliar. Wan Yunting introduced them to each other: "Second Sister-in-law, this is a friend I met in Shaoxing City, Lu Xiaodie. She's here to visit and is staying with me for now."
"Hello."
Wang Chulin smiled and nodded politely to Lu Xiaodie. Lu Xiaodie also nodded and smiled, "Hello, Second Sister-in-law. You're so beautiful. Is that your daughter? So cute."
"That's my eldest sister's daughter."
Wan Yunting shot her a glance and pointed to Wang Chulin's still flat belly, "But my second sister-in-law is also pregnant, so maybe she'll give me a niece too."
"Oh, Chulin is pregnant? Congratulations."
Cheng Qiuhe quickly congratulated her upon hearing this. Wang Chulin turned back and smiled happily. Li Guohao immediately glanced at his daughter and said, "Sigh, I wonder when I'll get to hold my granddaughter…"
Li Shuyun, knowing her father's words were directed at her, stood up and said to Lu Xiaodie, "Sister Lu, let's practice swordplay."
"Okay."
Lu Xiaodie smiled and nodded, continuing to practice swordplay with her on the side.
"This girl, all she does is practice swordplay every day, and she hasn't even found a boyfriend. I really don't know what will happen to her in the future." Cheng Qiuhe shook her head and sighed, neither she nor Li Guohao knew what to do with their daughter.
These words made Wang Chulin turn to look at Wan Yunting. With a slight smile, she turned to go to the kitchen to help prepare dinner, but Wan Yunting stopped her, telling her to keep Wang Chulin company and not to help with dinner as she was pregnant.
There were many guests invited for dinner tonight: Li Guohao's family, Old Pang and Old Ma's families. Therefore, Wan Yunting personally went to the kitchen to ask Huang Guiluan and his second brother's aunt about the dinner preparations. Seeing that they were busy, he contacted Ju Ya Restaurant and ordered several main dishes to be delivered before 7:30 PM…
Upon hearing that the kitchen was short-handed, Cheng Qiuhe and Wang Chulin went to help. Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, Wan Yunting had no choice but to let them assist Aunt Huang Guiluan in the kitchen. Wang Chulin asked, "Third Brother, when is Yan Xi coming?"
Wan Yunting paused, his expression a little unnatural, and said with a smile, "She has a meeting tonight and won't be able to make it."
But Wang Chulin looked at him suspiciously, then turned to look at Cheng Qiuhe in the kitchen, "Third Brother, come here for a moment, I need to tell you something…"
"Hmm?"
Wan Yunting followed her out to the living room in confusion. Wang Chulin looked at him and said, "Ke'er came to my house a while ago!"
Wan Yunting's expression froze, and he said with a smile, "Why did she come to my house?"
Wang Chulin's eyes flickered, and she said, "Do I need to say? It must be for you."
"Sweat."
Wan Yunting gave a wry smile and said, "I already made it clear to her before, not to mention now…"
But Wang Chulin looked at him directly with her beautiful eyes and said, "Are you and Yan Xi having a conflict?"
Wan Yunting's expression froze. Seeing that his second sister-in-law had figured it out, his expression became awkward. "How did you know, Second Sister-in-law?"
Wang Chulin's expression showed that it was indeed the case. She smiled and said, "Some recent news has even spread about you and that talented woman Gu Luotang participating in a calligraphy competition in Shaoxing City, saying you stayed in the same hotel. It's all very detailed. When I mentioned Yan Xi just now, your expression became unnatural, and she's not coming tonight, so I guessed something was going on between you two!"
Wan Yunting sat down helplessly. Wang Chulin followed suit and sat down, saying, "Third Brother, it's not my place to say too much, but whether you choose to be with which girl in the future and get married, your second brother and I will support you."
Wan Yunting turned to look at her, nodded, and smiled, "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."
Wang Chulin stood up and smiled, "We're family, no need for pleasantries. I'll go help in the kitchen now."
"Okay…"
Wan Yunting also stood up as he listened, and then the sound of a car horn was heard. So he took the remote control for opening the main door and pressed it. The courtyard gate slowly opened, and two cars drove in one after another. Wan Yunting asked them to park in the parking spot by the left wall in the front courtyard. As the car doors opened, Ma Jinghao and Pang Siqi, the sons of Old Ma and Old Pang, got out and shouted, "Uncle Wan…"
"They're here."
Looking at these two children, Sister-in-law Liu Yajie and You Yumin also got out, smiling, still holding gifts like fruit. Wan Yunting smiled and said, "Oh, you're being too polite."
"You bought this before, and I'm returning it to you," Pang Yuan, dressed in casual clothes, said to Wan Yunting with a smile, pointing to the fruit in his wife's hand.
"Got it."
Wan Yunting rolled his eyes, meaning he was being polite.
"You kid, you haven't visited Grandpa since you came back. He misses you every day," Ma Zhendong, also in casual clothes, patted Wan Yunting on the shoulder and said as they walked into the villa.
"Oh, look at my head. No, I'll drive to pick up the elders now. They haven't been here yet." Wan Yunting patted his head and said, then immediately turned to leave. He said to Old Pang and Old Ma, "Uncle Li is in the backyard, you can go by yourselves."
"Forget it, don't trouble yourself too much."
Ma Zhendong was just saying it, he didn't want Wan Yunting to be troubled, but Wan Yunting waved his hand and was already heading to the underground garage. He drove the Maybach that Jiang Wenhao had given him out of the community and headed towards the community where the elder lived…
As Old Pang and Old Ma's families arrived, the kitchen at home and the leisure area in the backyard immediately became lively. Pang Yuan and Li Guohao were good friends, and after introducing Ma Zhendong, Li Guohao learned that he was the warden of Huadu City and had a good relationship with Wan Yunting, and they quickly became familiar with each other.
Only Lu Xiaodie was an outsider. Fortunately, Li Shuyun was accompanying her to practice swordplay, so they waited for Wan Yunting to return before introducing her…
As the sky gradually darkened, around 7 PM, Wan Yunting drove to pick up the elder Ma Jianguo and Aunt Huang Xiue. The elder was naturally very happy to see everyone gathered.
Later, his second brother Wan Dongming also arrived. Seeing Ma Zhendong and Pang Yuan, and even figures like Ma Jianguo invited by his third brother, made his second brother nervous, but it also showed that his third brother's current ability was beyond that of ordinary people.
As the chefs from the restaurant delivered the main dishes for the evening, the garden in the backyard was illuminated as if it were daytime. The long dining table was filled with various delicacies, and everyone gathered around. The three children were chattering, and with the kind and benevolent smiles of the elders, everyone was happy and harmonious.
Naturally, wine was indispensable, whether it was white or red, it was all you could drink. The topics of conversation were naturally about Wan Yunting's recent first place in the Lanting Award calligraphy competition in Shaoxing City, his praise from art titan Fan Liren, and his becoming a popular young calligraphy master. Today's widely circulated news about the sale of the prescription was even reported by the Huadu City news.
"Haha, I never imagined that Xiao Wan's prescription is now worth five million. Fortunately, he treated me before, and I kept that prescription. I must frame it nicely and hang it in the living room for appreciation." Elder Ma Jianguo pointed to Wan Yunting sitting beside him and said with a hearty laugh.
"Sweat."
Wan Yunting shook his head and smiled, saying, "Uncle Ma, if you want calligraphy to hang in your living room, I'll give you some from my study after we finish drinking tonight. I can write a hundred of them."
"Hehe, don't forget to write a couple for me too." Old Pang, sitting opposite him, said while eating, "I'll also collect them and then pass them down to Siqi. Perhaps in a hundred years, they will become treasured heirlooms."
"Haha…"
"Hehe…"
These words made everyone at the table laugh. Wan Yunting also gave a wry smile and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll write them for you later, alright."
At this moment, Lu Xiaodie, who was sitting with Li Shuyun, widened her eyes and said, "Little Brother, your prescription is now worth five million. Then that calligraphy you gave me back then must be worth tens of millions!"
Ma Zhendong and Pang Yuan, along with his second brother, all turned to look at Lu Xiaodie. Before sitting down, Wan Yunting had introduced her as a friend from Shaoxing City. Wan Dongming said, "Is it the calligraphy you wrote for the competition that almost scared the judges to death?"
"Oh, that calligraphy, it's amazing." Old Pang put down his chopsticks and said, "I heard that calligraphy was very highly sought after, and the news reported that someone offered fifty million for it!"
"Yes, I saw that news too." Ma Zhendong also nodded.
"What, fifty million? That's too exaggerated!" Hearing this, Lu Xiaodie was so shocked that she almost stood up because she hadn't left the house all day, practicing swordplay here, and hadn't used her phone, so she naturally didn't know that Wan Yunting's calligraphy imbued with sword energy had already been hyped up to fifty million!
It was indeed a bit exaggerated. Just like Fang Guowen, who was considered a master scholar in the art world, his calligraphy and paintings were worth at most a few million, and that was with the promotion of his peers. If we go a bit higher, Yuan Deyou from the capital, one of his calligraphy works was once auctioned for eight million, but that was only eight million! The only ones who could rival Wan Yunting were the departed art masters of the older generation. Currently, the titan master Fan Liren's calligraphy and paintings had once been auctioned for over a hundred million in Hong Kong and abroad! But Wan Yunting's calligraphy was now hyped up to fifty million, and the hype was still continuing to rise. It was therefore understandable that a prescription was now being hyped up to be worth five million or more.