Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi waited at the parking lot for about five minutes.
She grew impatient. Just as she was about to ask Xia Liang why the people hadn't arrived yet,
the carved iron gate of the Lu Mansion slowly opened, and a low - key Rolls - Royce drove in.
The banquet was already halfway through, and most of the guests had arrived.
Seeing that someone was still arriving late, for a moment, many people's eyes fell on the car.
The car stopped about two meters away from Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng.
The car door opened.
A blond - haired and blue - eyed American couple got out of the car and walked towards Shen Jianyi, supporting each other.
They looked to be in their fifties. The woman was wearing an elegant and noble dress and a hat on her head, while the man was in a black suit. Even though his hair was gray, his posture was still extremely straight.
Were these the people Xia Liang had found for her?
Shen Jianyi was stunned.
"Jane, long time no see."
As soon as the woman saw Shen Jianyi, she warmly hugged her.
Shen Jianyi froze until a familiar scent wafted into her nose.
She let out a sigh of relief and hugged the woman in front of her tightly in a revenge - like manner. "Mommy, long time no see."
The word "mommy" made the woman's body tremble.
Lu Jinsheng didn't notice the strangeness between them, but when he saw the faces of the couple clearly, he was slightly stunned.
So these were Yiyi's adoptive parents?
Thinking of the expression on the old man's face when he saw them later, Lu Jinsheng couldn't help but let out a low laugh.
Hearing the laughter, the man seemed to notice Lu Jinsheng for the first time and patted him on the shoulder.
"So you're my daughter's husband?"
Lu Jinsheng wondered if it was just his imagination, but he always felt that this "father - in - law" emphasized the word "daughter" especially clearly.
"Yes, I—"
"Ah, it's getting late. Let's go in quickly."
Before Lu Jinsheng could finish greeting, Shen Jianyi suddenly interrupted him.
"Don't be in a hurry. We'll talk to our son - in - law first."
The man turned around and was about to continue talking to Lu Jinsheng.
Shen Jianyi simply stretched out her arms, putting one around the woman and the other around the man, and the three walked towards the banquet hall in a very strange posture.
"If you don't want to get beaten up, behave yourselves."
Shen Jianyi moved her lips slightly, threatening them in a voice that only the three of them could hear.
The "woman" protested, "He's still our son - in - law after all—"
"Do you want to get beaten up right now?"
"…I won't say anything. OK, OK, I'll shut up."
The woman spoke Chinese quite fluently, but there was still a faint awkwardness in her pronunciation.
These two were actually the other two core members of the team.
One was Sam from Britain, and the other was Vivian from the United States.
If she had known that Xia Liang would find these two to act as her parents, she might as well have just paid someone on the street.
But now that things had come to this, she could already imagine that these two would probably be chasing after her calling her daughter for quite a while.
Lu Jinsheng followed slowly behind, thinking that they just had a lot to catch up on after not seeing each other for a long time.
"You two are being too showy this time."
As they were about to reach the banquet hall, Shen Jianyi said in a low voice, looking at the surprised looks of the guests.
Vivian took off her hat, revealing her neatly combed silver hair.
"Where am I being showy? Elegance is my nature."
Shen Jianyi: "…"
She decided to just shut up. Instead of wasting time communicating with them about how to deal with Lu Ziqian later, she might as well think about how to clean up the mess.
Later, as long as Lu Ziqian asked one question, these two livewires would probably reveal their true identities.
Why did they have to pretend to be Mr. William, the world - renowned realist painter, and his wife?
Wasn't this just asking for trouble?!
On the way, the three of them had different expressions until they reached the banquet hall.
"Sir, the parents of the young mistress have arrived."
The butler reminded in a low voice.
Everyone looked in the direction of Shen Jianyi and the others.
"Hello, everyone. We're Jianyi's adoptive parents. Thank you all for taking care of her these days."
Vivian bowed gracefully.
For a moment, no one said a word.
Only Lu Na was excited. She walked out of the crowd and looked at Sam in disbelief, her eyes almost bursting with pink bubbles.
"Excuse me, are you Teacher William?"
Shen Jianyi's heart skipped a beat.
"Hello."
William smiled.
Getting a positive answer, Lu Na was so excited that she could hardly speak.
Lu Suowei knew what kind of person his daughter was. Usually, she was very gentle and polite. Now that she was so excited, the person in front of her must be extraordinary.
When Lu Na came back, Lu Suowei asked in a low voice, "Who exactly is this William?"
"Dad! He's the national - treasure - level ghost - hand painter in the United States, Mr. William. He's my idol! I wanted to go to the United States to attend his art exhibition last year, but unfortunately, I didn't get a ticket. I never thought that my sister - in - law's adoptive parents would be him."
Lu Na was extremely excited.
After hearing Lu Na's words, the expressions of Lu Suowei and Lu Ziqian became a bit subtle.
They might be a little unfamiliar with the name Mr. William, but when it came to the ghost - hand painter, they were very familiar with him.
The Lu family had bought many of his paintings for charity auctions.
But this Mr. William rarely showed up in public and had never been featured in magazines. How could it be such a coincidence that he was Shen Jianyi's adoptive father?
There couldn't be so many coincidences in the world.
"Mr. William, our company bought a painting called Galaxy that you painted five years ago. Do you still remember it?"
Lu Suowei suddenly spoke up.
He had a smiling face and looked very amiable.
Shen Jianyi keenly sensed the probing in his words.
Five years ago?
Humph.
This old guy was trying to probe Sam and Vivian's backgrounds.
The question was out, and some of the Lu family members had already noticed that Lu Suowei was probing, so they all looked at Sam in unison.
Shen Jianyi forced a smile and was about to speak.
Sam spoke first. "You must be Mr. Lu Suowei. I've heard so much about you. But you might have remembered wrongly about that painting you just mentioned. I painted that work six years ago, and it was sold under my wife's name at that time."
The atmosphere became a bit awkward.
Shen Jianyi looked at Sam in surprise.
How did he know?
Sam winked at her, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Lu Suowei and Lu Ziqian exchanged a look, and Lu Suowei nodded imperceptibly.
Their subtle interaction didn't escape Shen Jianyi's eyes. She sneered sarcastically. "My parents have come a long way. I'll take them to rest first."
Without waiting for Lu Ziqian's permission, Shen Jianyi directly pulled Sam and Vivian out of the main building.