After Liu Yan received a call from Zhao Guodong to Beijing, he contacted his brother Liu Tuo, and his father passed it from Liu Qiao, Zhao Guodong seemed to be going to discuss marriage with 0d, which made Liu Yan really surprised, could it be that these two people are really fateful. The contact time is not long, how can you be so involved?

When Zhao Guodong stepped into this far-reaching mansion, he also felt the feeling of entering the Houmen as deep as the sea, simple, stocky and the traces of the vicissitudes of wind and rain, which seemed to prove the glorious history of this mansion, the first generation of the Liu family lived here for a long time, and the trauma left by the war made the body of the older generation obviously unable to support the passage of time, and now it seems that only Liu Tuo, the eldest son of the eldest son of the long house, still lives here.

The two brothers, Liu Tuo and Liu Yan, entertained the guests in the form of a small family banquet, and Zhao Guodong was also the first time to set foot in this range of the Liu family.

Liu Ruotong and Zhao Guodong were obviously a little uncomfortable walking together, and holding Zhao Guodong's arm was also a little stiff, although the expression on his face was as indifferent as usual, it was still a little more unnatural.

The scale of the family banquet of Liu Tuo and Liu Yan is not large, and the fourth day of the first month is not the time to really eat spring wine, only the third generation of the Liu family and some friends who have a close relationship with Liu Tuo and Liu Yan.

saw the appearance of Liu Ruotong and Zhao Guodong. Many of the guests looked at each other in amazement.

Liu Ruotong, as the daughter of the Liu family's three rooms, has rarely appeared in the outside world, in fact, the Liu family's three rooms, two sons and one daughter are all involved in diplomacy and foreign trade. The relationship with Liu Tuo and Liu Yan is not close, and Liu Ruotong has never appeared in this form of family banquet.

Many people know that Liu Ruotong has an indifferent personality. He only focuses on his work and has little contact with the outside world. It was a bit surprising to attend such a family dinner, which was already a little social, especially with a man next to him. Although many people also vaguely heard that Liu Ruotong had a boyfriend, Zhao Guodong appeared in their eyes publicly for the first time.

The people who can enter the Liu family's old mansion to participate in the family banquet should be guests who have some relationship with the Liu family and have a close relationship with the Liu brothers, and of course they also have some choices in terms of status and status.

Zhao Guodong and Liu Ruotong both seemed to be a little lonely, as if they were from another world.

"Do you like this kind of occasion?" Zhao Guodong saw that Liu Ruotong's face was also flat, standing in front of the window and staring at a proud frost plum outside the window.

"I don't like it. But this time, my two brothers have something to do, and Liu Tuo and Liu Yan also specifically mentioned you and invited you to participate. If I don't come, it seems a little unreasonable. Liu Ruotong's cold gaze was withdrawn. fell on Zhao Guodong, "Does it make you feel very depressed or uncomfortable?" ”

"Well, it's very depressing, I can't say it, but it's a little uncomfortable, and they are more familiar with each other. It seems that they are also moving around all the time, and this is also a social platform that can provide them with an opportunity to communicate with each other, I am a newcomer, and I am too enthusiastic to take the initiative to join. It seems too explicit, and if you sit on the side like this, it looks unsociable. Zhao Guodong smiled slightly and said, "I think you seem to have more difficulty adapting to this occasion than me." ”

The corners of Liu Ruotong's mouth curled slightly, "They are all a group of self-proclaimed elites, but in fact, most of them are characters with sharpened heads and drills." When you are with these people, what else can they say besides talking about promotion, getting rich, and playing with women? ”

"Hehe, what you said is too absolute, I walked next to them just now, and I was also talking about this year's foreign trade export situation and the RMB exchange rate. That's like you said. Zhao Guodong glanced at the other party with some amusement, "Don't think of men like that." ”

"It's just a superficial phenomenon.

Liu Ruotong shook his head and glanced at that end, "I still don't know about these people in our Liu family?" Except for Liu Tuo and my brother. Others, huh"

Zhao Guodong and Liu Ruotong arrived relatively early. As a member of the Liu family, it is naturally not too late. As the opening time approached, the number of guests gradually increased.

"Ruotong, Guodong, you come and come out." Liu Yan waved his hand from afar.

Zhao Guodong glanced at Liu Ruotong, who frowned slightly, the other party sighed softly, gave Zhao Guodong a look helplessly, and then pretended to be affectionate and took Zhao Guodong's arm and strolled over.

Zhao Guodong only came to Andu on the evening of the fifth day of the new year. It should be said that he was very impressed by the trip to the capital for nearly three days, especially when he participated in the circle of the Liu family for the first time, and did nothing else except for low-key and careful observation and understanding.

The capital is not as good as the place. Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, you can also dig out a role with a deep background in any hand, and department-level cadres in the capital are equivalent to "mistaken cadres, vehicle buckets, everywhere." In particular, local officials have to be people with their tails between their legs when they arrive in the capital.

Liu Ruotong is obviously not the kind of person who likes to socialize. On the contrary, Zhao Guodong felt that her two brothers Liu Jin and Liu Yu were very shrewd and capable, compared to Liu Tuo and Liu Yan, these two brothers were also much more low-key and subtle, although they only served in the diplomatic and foreign trade circles, but during the contact, the conversation was quite good, which left a good impression on Zhao Guodong, and the performance of Zhao Guodong's grassroots elite also surprised the two brothers of the Liu family, especially in the views on international affairs and relations and the foresight of some specific aspects, which can be called far-reaching and accurate. It was hard for them to believe that the remarks were made by a non-specialist.

Of course, the two brothers were even more surprised by the harmony and tacit understanding between Zhao Guodong and Liu Ruotong. In their opinion, even their two brothers find it difficult to get along with their two brothers, especially Liu Ruotong's cold and arrogant temper that she has cultivated since she was a child, ordinary people can't get into her eyes at all, and it is even more difficult for her to get along with others, but at least on the surface, Zhao Guodong and Liu Ruotong seem to really have a bit of respect for each other.

It is for this reason. Liu Jin and Liu Yu are also quite affectionate to Zhao Guodong, after all, their sister's marriage has always been their concern. Although he kept saying that he respected Liu Ruotong's own choice, he was still quite anxious when he saw that Liu Ruotong was also a girl of twenty-five or sixteen, and he didn't even have a partner.

Now the appearance of Zhao Guodong suddenly made the two brothers quite pleased, originally had a general relationship with Liu Tuo and Liu Yan, and the two brothers also roughly knew Liu Yan's meaning and thoughts. Although the other party has other thoughts, after all, objectively he still has a suitable object for Liu Ruotong, if Zhao Guodong and Liu Ruotong can really spend the full moon, it will also be a beautiful thing.

Liu Jin is now deputy director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Liu Yu is director of the Foreign Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. However, he has still reached the position of deputy department-level and department-level cadres, although he may not have as wide connections as Liu Tuo and Liu Yan, but he also has considerable influence in a specific range, especially Liu's third room has quite deep connections in diplomacy and foreign trade and economic cooperation.

The thoughts of the two brothers in the Liu family's long house, Liu Jin and Liu Yu, also knew that it was not easy to recreate the glory of the Liu family. Although Mrs. Liu is still alive, but due to physical reasons. It is no longer possible to appear in public, and the development of the second generation of the Liu family is not satisfactory, which is the most fatal weakness of the Liu family.

Although it can't be said that people go to tea and cool these days. However, the loss of an important person did have a great impact on the Liu family, and the second room of the Liu family only served as a minister for one term when it was the most glorious, and he retired without even being able to take on a role in the local area, which made the influence of the Liu family in the local area very limited, and the son-in-law of the Liu family, Xu Jianing, had a bad relationship with the Liu family, and faintly broke away from the Liu family system. It is even more difficult for the Liu family to decline.

"How? How does it feel? "Cai Zhengyang is An Yuan who returned in the third year of junior high school, and Zhao Guodong entered Beijing. He left Beijing, the two almost staggered in the air, Zhao Guodong did not hide anything, except for the ulterior secret between him and Liu Ruotong, all other entanglements with the Liu family were revealed.

"I don't feel anything, that's all.

Zhao Guodong said with a smile: "In addition to the high enough shelf and the big enough tone, I think it is no different from ordinary people, put it outside, it feels similar to a Beijing taxi driver, anyone can fool around on national affairs for a long time, from the general secretary's visit to the United States to the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, from Clinton's performance to Mahathir's remarks, hehe, the people of Beijing are the people of Beijing, the political literacy and eloquence, the role of the root of the imperial city, this is good enough." ”

"Don't give me a fool's errand, what I'm asking is your feeling for the Liu family?" Cai Zhengyang's eyes were long. glared at Zhao Guodong.

"Well, I'm not an official member of their Liu family, I just know a little generally, I feel that the Liu family's connections are still quite broad, and the residual prestige of Old Lady Liu still exists, but the Liu family doesn't have many roles of sufficient weight in the ground. There is still some foundation in the ministry. Zhao Guodong also doesn't go around in circles with Cai Zhengyang, "There are a few characters that I think have a close relationship with the Liu family, and they are probably also a bit of a weighty role." ”

"Hmm, the Liu family has declined too quickly in the past ten years. If Liu Changsong is still there, it is possible to maintain the overall system of the Liu family, but now that the Liu family is indeed showing some signs of decline, it depends on whether they can seize the opportunity to lay a good foundation in the three generations of the Liu family. Cai Zhengyang sighed lightly, "Guodong, I don't want to force you. If you think that you and Xiao Liu get along, then of course it's good, if you really feel that there is no fate, then the marriage matter still has to be decided by yourself. ”