Chapter 172 Social Means
Chapter 172 Social Means
During the meal, Zhou Niantang hardly spoke a word, and only responded politely when Liu's mother talked about her.
Whenever the topic came to her, and Mrs. Liang occasionally said something, she would respond politely, and always addressed her as "Mrs. Liang".
As for Mrs. Liang's son, even though he sat opposite her, she tried her best to avoid looking at him.
It was the first time for her to deal with such an occasion, and she was afraid that if she looked too much, people would think she was being pretentious or something.
During the entire meal, it was mostly Liu Xiaoyun's mother and Mrs. Liang who were talking, while the young people were eating on their own.
Mrs. Liang occasionally glanced at her son and saw him looking at the girl opposite from time to time. She knew that they were in love.
But Zhou Niantang did not quite satisfy her and felt that she had no idea how to deal with things.
He still looks like a child. I heard that he is about to graduate from college, but why does he still look so naive?
Earlier, she heard that it was the daughter of Zhou's enterprise who brought her son here with great interest, and the mother and son even had a quarrel at home because of this.
Now it seems that apart from her family background, there is nothing about this girl that can make her satisfied.
Although she is good-looking, there are too many good-looking people, and what she wants is not a daughter-in-law who is just good-looking.
Once she was dissatisfied, the point that originally attracted her to the family background became the point that she denied.
Although the Zhou family is a wealthy and powerful business, she has also heard that the current person in power, Miss Zhou, and the second Miss are not born to the same mother.
It is still unknown how many shares you will get in the future.
After the meal, Liu Xiaoyun was about to take Zhou Niantang away according to her plan.
But her mother knew her too well, and found an excuse to call her away before she took any action.
Today, Zhou Niantang basically understood all the common tactics used in blind dates.
She quickly adjusted her mindset and regarded it as an opportunity to broaden her horizons.
Anyway, she saw in the morning that the man was also forced to come, so this saved her some energy in dealing with people.
No matter how dissatisfied Mrs. Liang was, seeing that her son liked it, she was willing to give the two young people a chance, and she also found an excuse to go see the flowers in the Liu family's yard.
Zhou Niantang and Liang Shiying were the only ones left in the huge living room.
Zhou Niantang took out her cell phone and looked down at it. She was not going to speak actively. In today's incident, she was originally the "victim".
Moreover, this person was impolite at the beginning. Even if he was not satisfied with the blind date, basic social etiquette would not be to have no reaction at all when someone introduced him to someone.
So there is no need to actively find something to talk about.
Just as she was thinking this, a slightly magnetic voice suddenly rang out in the quiet living room.
"I'm sorry, I was forced to come here by my mother earlier, so I wasn't very polite to you."
Zhou Niantang was surprised that this person actually took the initiative to explain what happened before, and it was the same as she had guessed.
"It's okay." She said in a normal tone.
After she came back, the surroundings became quiet again, but soon Liang Shiying started talking again.
"Aunt Liu has told me about my situation before. Now I want to know about you. Do you work in the company at home?"
He saw the phone next to Zhou Niantang with the screen still on, and said nervously, "Let's add each other's contact information so we can get to know each other better later."
At this point, Zhou Niantang said frankly: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that Aunt Liu asked me to come over for dinner today, and there was another meaning. I'm still young and don't want to talk about this."
This surprised Liang Shiying. He thought that maybe the other person looked down on him. After all, his mother told him at the beginning that they were attracted by the girl's family background. That was why he was so dissatisfied.
After meeting her in person, I found that she was very pretty and very compatible with me. I wanted to get to know her better, but it turned out that she didn't even know that I was there for a blind date.
Liang Shiying is a thin-skinned person with a little social anxiety. After being rejected, his face turned a little red.
After several seconds, he said, "It's okay. I was abrupt."
After the two of them sat quietly for a few minutes, Zhou Niantang sent a message to Liu Xiaoyun, saying that he had something to do and had to leave first.
Liu Xiaoyun quickly broke free from her mother and ran in through the back door.
Behind her, Mother Liu and Mrs. Liang also came over.
"Tangtang, are you leaving now? Why don't you stay a little longer? I was thinking of keeping you and Shiying for dinner together."
This statement is very straightforward, bringing together two people who are meeting for the first time.
She still politely refused, ignoring the words that made her uncomfortable.
But Liu's mother obviously couldn't understand her resistance to this matter, and ignored the fact that she didn't know it was a blind date party in the first place.
"How was your conversation just now? Have you added each other's contact information?"
Zhou Niantang originally just wanted to do it for the sake of his friend, and thought that he could just go through the motions politely. If Liu's mother asked about it later, he could just find an excuse to refuse.
But at this moment, Zhou Niantang felt very uncomfortable.
Everything was inexplicable, arranged inexplicably, and by unfamiliar people.
If she hadn't been thinking about Liu Xiaoyun, she would have left long ago.
Fortunately, Liu Xiaoyun understood and knew that her mother had done something foolish. She pulled Zhou Niantang outside and said, "Don't dawdle. Didn't you say you have something else to do? Let's go."
"Goodbye, Auntie." After saying this, Zhou Niantang walked out of the Liu family's gate without looking back.
Before getting in the car, she asked Liu Xiaoyun worriedly, "Will Auntie scold you later?"
Liu Xiaoyun said angrily: "I'm glad I didn't scold her! She's usually a smart person, but today's arrangement was so rude!"
Zhou Niantang told her not to worry too much, got in the car and left.
The store was not busy these days, so she did not go to the store, but asked the driver to drive to Ji's house.
Qi Mei hadn't been here for a while, and was very happy to see her.
She has always had a good relationship with Qi Mei, and would ask her about many things she didn't understand.
At this moment, sitting in the living room of the Ji family and drinking tea, Zhou Niantang felt much more relaxed.
She told Qi Mei what happened today.
I didn't mean to complain about my friend's mother, but today's incident made her feel really uncomfortable, as if she was being betrayed.
After hearing this, Qi Mei sneered a few times, then touched Zhou Niantang's hair lovingly.
"Silly child, unmarried girls of marriageable age are used as a social tool by some people as a favor."
Zhou Niantang heard this view for the first time and was a little confused. "You should tell me first, right? In fact, if Aunt Liu told me in advance, I wouldn't feel uncomfortable."
"She is bullying you because you don't have a mother." Qi Mei never talked about her mother in front of Zhou Niantang.
She was afraid that the child would be sad, but at this moment, she felt that Zhou Niantang had suffered a loss in this regard, and she wanted to teach her a lesson.
Because of her age, she has started to attend social occasions in this circle in the past two years, and it is inevitable that she will meet girls like Mrs. Liu who are resourceful and bully her because she has no mother to talk to.
Qi Mei told her a lot, and Zhou Niantang understood after listening.
The wives of wealthy families want to use blind dates as a means of socializing, and usually they make an appointment to have a chat first.
But Zhou Niantang has no mother, her sister is a strong woman who is different from the wives' circle, and her father is also a business tycoon. Mother Liu can't contact them, so she sets her sights on her.
And for this reason, I felt there was no need to discuss it, so I skipped this step entirely and treated her as someone I could manipulate.
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