"Why were you looking for me?" elder Ming asked, still looking at the flowers.
Zhang Jei gulped to clear her throat and said, "Father, Lu Qiang, grandson of elder Lu is coming to visit us this evening."
Hearing it, the elder Ming was as calm as he was before Zhang Jei informed him about it and said, "Hmm!"
There was no other reaction from him as Zhang Jei expected, and that made her feel worried. "It would be better if we all can be present there as he will be Jiang Yuyan's husband."
Elder Ming continued staring at those flowers, not reacting to Zhang Jei's words. She didn't talk much and left the elder Ming alone.
In the evening, Lu Qiang reached Ming Mansion along with Xiao Min and Zhang Jei welcomed them. At that hour, the whole Ming family was present in the mansion except for Ming Rusheng.
In the living room, Ming Yusheng accompanied Lu Qiang and one could sense how awkward the atmosphere felt. Xiao Min was worried to think about what will happen when they will face elder Ming as he knew the situation between two families.
Though Lu Qiang came to the Ming Mansion for the first time, there was not a tinge of hesitation or worry on his face. Everyone in the business world knew elder Ming's temper and Lu Qiang had heard of it enough but still, he had his king aura around him, not affected by anything.
Offering him a seat on the sofa, Ming Yusheng sat on opposite to him on the other side. Ming Lan was in the living room, too. She was happy to see Lu Qiang there but sad in her heart. Zhang Jei instructed servants to bring refreshments. Accepting just a juice from the so many things in front of him, Lu Qiang said calmly, "I was expecting to see elder Ming too."
Hearing it, Ming Rusheng and Zhang Jei felt awkward and Zhang Jei tried to come up with an excuse. "Father is...."
Just then, they heard a sound of cane that was coming from its contact with the floor while walking. Everyone looked in the direction of the staircase. Elder Ming was coming downstairs by making his signature sound of the cane.
Seeing him, Ming Yusheng, Zhang Jei and Xiao Min were tense, but they tried to maintain normal expressions while Lu Qiang was calm as he was before.
When the elder Ming reached them, Lu Qiang put the glass of juice in his hand on the center table and got up from the sofa. Lowering down his head a bit as he was bowing to the elder, he said, "Good evening, elder Ming."
Halting in his steps while walking to sit on his usual place on the sofa, elder Ming didn't look at Lu Qiang but just hummed and stepped forward. When the elder Ming sat on the right side of the sofa perpendicular to the side where Lu Qiang was sitting, Lu Qiang didn't sit and continued standing with his head bowed down just like before.
Seeing him, finally, elder Ming said, "Is the place not comfortable to sit?"
"It can be if elder asks me to sit," Lu Qiang replied.
Elder Ming still had cold expressions on his face and said, "I don't wish to."
"I don't mind standing," Lu Qiang said calmly.
"As you wish," elder Ming said, and Lu Qiang continued standing. When these two people were busy showing their skills of stubbornness, the others were feeling anxious inside making the atmosphere pin-drop silent.
It stunned Xiao Min to see his boss. This powerful man who never bowed his head in front of anyone ever was doing it for elder Ming. Seeing his boss standing, Xiao Min stood up from the sofa, too. Not just Xiao Min but Zhang Jei and Ming Yusheng were stunned too, knowing what kind of person Lu Qiang was.
Zhang Jei had few past incidents faced with Lu Qiang those were unknown to others and she knew how fierce Lu Qiang could be. On the other hand, Ming Yusheng had been seeing Lu Qiang since long in the business world and he was familiar with his ways of working but what he was witnessing right now was the total opposite of what he thought and knew about Lu Qiang.
Lu Qiang looked at Xiao Min, and he understood the reason. Pulling out a card from the file in his hand, Xiao Min handed it to Lu Qiang.
Accepting it, Lu Qiang stepped towards elder Ming and said, "I am here to invite Ming family for the wedding and I expect to receive blessings from the elders." Saying he offered the wedding card to elder Ming who was sitting having cold expressions not even looking at Lu Qiang even once.
"Does it matter, young man?" elder Ming spoke while Lu Qiang was still holding a card.
"As much as this wedding matters," Lu Qiang replied.
Hearing it, elder Ming accepted the card and Lu Qiang went back to his place to stand there while elder Ming observed the wedding card.
It was a square-shaped wedding card having a gold color, fine laser cut outer envelope sealed with one golden lace which formed a tiny bow in the center of the card and one must undo it to open the card. The laser-cut design was fine with white stones on it, which makes it shine and look even more attractive.
Inside, there was an off white card which had Lu Qiang and Jiang Yuyan's picture in an oval-shaped mirror-like gold color design, in which a bride and groom were standing facing each other, a bride with a smile on her face with her sight lowered down and groom looking at her. Inside the card, there was an invitation written along with the name of the guest invited.
Elder Ming went through the card and while closing it back he looked back at the picture of the bride and the groom. He was looking at Jiang Yuyan's picture and said, "My grand-daughter has the same smile as her aunt Fangsu."
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