Chapter 2 chapter 2

On the day of his father's birthday party, Huan Hui did not bring Ye Katie to the party, and the two siblings hosted the party alone, trying their best to greet the guests, clink glasses and dance. When turning around, Huan Mei looked into the mirror and stared at it for a long time. Huan Hui took advantage of the corner of the mirror to wear a collar, and teased her: "Will things go from bad to worse?" It is undeniable that beauty can no longer be compared with fifteen or twenty. She asked Huan Hui: "Remember my seventeenth birthday party?" "Of course, about a hundred boys asked about your mate selection criteria."

"Has anyone mentioned it lately?" Huan Hui smiled lightly and replied: "The whole world already knows." Huanmei chased him to beat him. Greeting guests is still serious, and the golden boy and jade girl seem to be standing beside their parents, which makes the Huan family very satisfied. Although there are many guests, they are all old faces. Today you decorate my banquet, and I will decorate your party in two days. It is not rude to come and go. It is these dozens of dignitaries who come and go. Published on the social edition for ordinary citizens to watch. Mrs. Huan was elated and never tired. She was able to stand by Huan Xingbo's side unchanged for thirty years. Of course she had her way. After more than ten years, this kung fu would become art.

Holding a banquet at home is actually the most tiring thing. Huanmei deserted and went to the garden to look at the sky. She raised her head and said softly, "There are thousands and thousands of silver nails on the bluestone board." Someone behind him suddenly said: "In fact, at any time, there are only about three thousand stars that the naked eye can see in the sky." Huan Mei was taken aback, and blurted out: "Zong Ping!" The man was also surprised, and bowed his body, "I didn't know you were waiting for someone, I'm sorry." No, not Deng Zongping.

Huan Mei looked at the young man for a while, when the cold wind blew, the champagne she drank just now flooded her heart, she was a little dazed. "Who are you, no one seems to have introduced us." "My boss is a friend of Mr. Huan, and he sent me to the dinner." "That should be an acquaintance, today I only invite dozens of guests." "They're pretty confidant indeed." The visitor was polite, but standing with his back to the light, Huanmei couldn't see his face clearly. "I haven't asked your surname yet." "My surname is Nie."

"Ah, Mr. Nie seems to be quite interested in astronomy." He smiled, "Where, I heard that Miss Huan is studying astrophysics." Huanmei laughed, "It can be seen that rumors are rumors, and I majored in liberal arts." She turned the other way, trying to see his face clearly in the moonlight. He turned his head away just now, Huan Mei looked at his face and was shocked, she didn't expect a stranger to have such a beautiful face. Relatives and friends have always recognized that Huan Hui is handsome, but compared with this guest, his facial features are somewhat slender, lacking a kind of masculinity.

Huan Mei couldn't help asking: "Which company do you belong to?" He smiled, "Ji Zhen's entrance and exit." Huan Mei has no impression of this company, which is not unusual, she has no interest in her father's business at all. But the other party seemed to know the eunuch family well. She said, "The table will be over soon." It is human nature to be lustful, and the beautiful face makes the viewer feel refreshed, Huan Mei can't help but look at him more. Of course he was interested in her, otherwise he wouldn't have talked to her. Huanmei said: "Call me when you have time, let's watch the stars together."

It sounds too romantic: sit and watch the Cowherd and Vega. So he lost his mind for a moment. Huan Mei went on to say, "I'm sorry, I'm going to see off the guests." She tugged on the satin evening gown, made a soft si-si, and turned out of the living room. She had been standing at the door with her parents to say hello, but she didn't see that Mr. Nie again. He had left at some point. Early the next morning, Huanmei received a call from Katie, only saying that she wanted to wish Uncle Huan a happy birthday. Huan Mei immediately knew that Katie was looking for news, "Don't worry, neither Maodou nor I brought friends home."

Katie seemed satisfied, "I have a gift for your father." "Just hand it over to Maodou." Huan Mei put down the phone. Anyway, already awake, she dialed Junlong's public relations department to ask Ms. Xu to find out the ins and outs of Ji Zhen's business. Ms. Xu smiled and said, "It's a strange store name, isn't it?" Huanmei replied: "No, the thirteenth and fourteenth stars in the twenty-eight mansions are exactly Yisu and Zhensu. This person is undoubtedly an amateur stargazer." Ms. Xu heard Indian words, "What?" Huanmei just laughed.

"Yes," Miss Xu said, "Ji Zhen's host is named Nie." "Do you have a name?" "Upstream Nie." "What's the matter with our Huayang?" "The loan department will know." Without the consent of the superior, even if the other party is a young lady, it is inconvenient to disclose too much business information. "Have you seen him?" "No." "That's all right, thank you Miss Xu." Upstream Nie, it could be his boss, or he himself. In the afternoon, she went to her mother's side, "Mom, can I invite the guests back for a cup of tea?"

Mrs. Huan immediately asked: "The opposite sex?" "There are only two kinds of people in the world, either men or women." "Why don't you go outside and play?" "My binoculars are not portable." "No, it's out of control if there is an exception, Ye Katie will treat the Huan's house as a hotel." Huan Mei sighed, "What about the yin and yang people, can the yin and yang people be brought back?" "Miss, you should find a serious job." "I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do." "Your father knew that when he was eighteen."

Huanmei laughed and said, "One generation is not as good as one generation." Mrs. Huan finally became concerned, "Who do you want to invite for tea?" "No one at all." "Will Zong Ping come? If you come, treat him as my guest." "Father thinks a little differently than you do." Mrs. Huan went on talking to herself: "Yi Yifa is outstanding. I met him at an afternoon tea and came here to bow to me and pay the bill for a table of ladies. I was moved for three days. There are not many young people like this nowadays. See you." His advantages are not limited to this, Huan Meizui said: "He is very good at this, hypocritical." Mrs. Huan didn't take it seriously, "If a person is fake enough to make me feel so comfortable, and I can't see it at all, I will take him as real. Some people outside say that Huan Xingbo is fake, but I don't think so at all." Huanmei teased his mother, "You are in love, but you don't know it." Mrs. Huan said, "Go to hell." She put on her glasses and was flipping through a gorgeous picture book. Huan Mei poked his head over and took a look, seeing that it was Mei Lanfang's art, he couldn't help but yelled, and immediately said: "This is something that needs to be practiced for a long time. At our age, it's the best way to maintain health. Don't be ambitious. Why don't you go to a fashion store?" go." The eunuch stared blankly at her daughter. After a while, he said, "My eyebrow, thank you for having you, let me chat and laugh with you and go for a walk to relax." Huan Mei made a shame and shameless expression, "A useless daughter like me can only know these things." If you really want to learn a kung fu well, you have to practice, practice, and practice for many years, except for eating and sleeping.After decades of learning art, it is difficult before it is easy. What a joke, what is the need. Huanmei accompanied his mother to buy leather shoes and handbags. She sat and smoked a cigarette leisurely, and Mrs. Huan was so excited when she saw this season's new products, she called every five minutes, "Young eyebrows and eyebrows, come and see if you are okay." So all the customers in the store turned their heads to see who was called Meidou. The eunuch has long been used to it, and if it comes, it will be at ease. Deng Zongping didn't think so, he asked: "Do you think I will adapt to your world, do you really think so?" His sister returned to work for a humble salary ten days after giving birth, and the women in his world were hardworking cows, tame and emaciated. Huan Mei hugged her mother's crocodile leather handbag and recalled in a daze that under his tutoring, her homework improved by leaps and bounds because she wanted to please him. Now the situation has changed, he should be capable enough to improve the family environment. "My eyebrow, my eyebrow, can you take a look at these boots?" By this time, Huan Mei couldn't help feeling that his mother was bored, "Mom, we don't ride horses." She was obviously born as a lady, but once it became a habit to give orders in the small kingdom, she would bring that air into public places. Huan Mei looked at her mother calmly, she was already old, let her go. It's time to get off work, and the streets are full of people and cars. A group of ladies who seem to be self-reliant push open the store door and walk in laughing and picking things. Xin is hard work, they have their own fun, and when they buy luxury goods, they usually spend a lot of money. Huanmei gently told his mother to go, and got into the car on the side street with the big and small bags in his hands. Mrs. Huan asked her daughter, "What are you thinking?" Eunmei looked around and said to him, "We're going to pick up my father from get off work." Mrs. Huan quickly said: "You are too ignorant, people still have entertainment after work." Huan Mei glanced at his mother, it was really not easy to be this wife, such superhuman patience, gentleness, and generosity. "Men's business, we don't care about it." Back at the door, I found that Huan's father and son had arrived home early in the morning and were watching and studying a blood-red sports car in front of the door. Huan Hui was very excited, he caressed the car body, couldn't stop praising, when he saw his sister came back, he quickly called her: "My sister came to see what dad gave me?" "Another sports car." "This is different! This is the Lamborghini Junda, which has been ordered for three years and arrived in port today." Huanmei shrugged, so what, it's not just four wheels and an engine for transportation. "Get in the car, Eyebrow, let's go for a drive." Eyebrow Dou said softly: "You should take Katie Ye, she will be happy." Huan Xingbo laughed at the side, "Meidou, don't you tell me what you want?" Huanmei smiled. Huanmei knew what she wanted, and the next morning, she found Ms. Xu, and after a while haha, the weather is so nice, your department, please invite me to learn how, she said: "I want the PR department to find someone for me ." "We've got you in touch." "I want to find Deng Zongping." Miss Xu is an old courtier of Junlong, so of course she had heard about this gentleman, so she calmly said, "It must be done." Huanmei thank you. All she wanted was to hear Deng Zongping's voice. The call came back within ten minutes. Deng Zongping asked: "Is there anything I can do for you?" The voice was polite and generous, without any emotion. Eunmei thought: Can you treat me as a customer? Huanmei's thousands of words were blocked by him, so he could only say: "Do you know about Liang Guoxin?" "heard about it." "I want to sit in." "I can look up the date of attendance for you." "The Liang family has my childhood friend." "Of course." The two were silent for a long time, Huan Mei had no choice but to say: "How are you?" "Tory, get by." Someone around him greeted him, and Huan Mei was forced to say knowingly, "Go do your work." "Then we'll talk another day." This loss cannot be described with words. Later, the secretary of the law firm notified Huan Mei of the relevant location and time. Deng Zongping was standing next to the secretary, seeing that she had finished speaking, he immediately asked, "How is Miss Huan's tone?" "It's normal. She told me to wait and take a note. Very polite." Deng Zongping sat down feeling melancholy, but his rationality told him that it was lucky, otherwise, if we meet again, and put that cold and slippery little hand on his again, something might happen. The past has passed, and it is already a remarkable feat to be able to continue to be friends and communicate with each other.The hardship he and she have endured for this relationship is not enough for outsiders to understand. Deng Zongping felt bitter for a while, and couldn't help but put his head on his arms. Someone next door called him, "Deng, Deng, your number." Only then did he wake up and raise his head to deal with work. That day, Huanmei got up early in the morning to see Liang Xiaorong. Seeing the three members of the Liang family outside the court, she didn't recognize them at first, no, it wasn't because everyone described them as haggard, but because even the size was suddenly wrong. Liang Xiaorong grew up with her, and her clothes can be changed around. Now she seems to be half a head shorter than her, and she is curled up, as if she is trying to hide her body and avoid attention. Huan Mei remained silent, sat down on the bench, stretched out her hand, and took Liang Xiaorong's hand. Liang Xiaorong raised her head dully, seeing that it was Huan Mei, her dull eyes gradually showed surprise, followed by tears of gratitude. The two of them clasped their hands tightly. The lawyer was gently telling the client that when the time came, the door of the court opened, Huan Mei patted his friend's hand and watched them go in. She wasn't going to accompany them to a lengthy interrogation and defense. The Liangs didn't notice any outsiders at all. The spirits of the two seemed to have left their bodies long ago, and their bodies slowly squirmed into the court helplessly, like walking corpses. The two doors closed immediately. Huan Mei didn't leave immediately, she sat on the bench in a daze, she couldn't believe that it was the Liang Guoxin she knew. Uncle Liang usually talks and laughs happily, with high spirits and a natural charm to control the scene. His eyes are everywhere, and no guest will be left out in the cold. But just now, he didn't see anything, he was dumbfounded and turned a blind eye. Huanmei felt pity in his heart. If I knew I shouldn't have come, I would not be able to help others, but it would also make me unhappy. Someone sat gently beside her. Huan Mei decided to leave the courtroom, just as she was about to stand up while clutching her handbag tightly, she heard someone calling her. She turned her head and saw that handsome face, "Mr. Nie, it's you." She was a little surprised, "We met again." He smiled at her, "So you are Miss Liang's friend." He saw the scene just now. "What about you," Huanmei asked, "do you know Liang Guoxin?" "He is one of our clients." Huan Mei stood up. He said, "I'll give you a ride." Just at this time, hurried footsteps sounded in the silent wooden corridor, it was clear that someone was rushing over, Huan Mei turned his head to look, and found that the person was Deng Zongping, at this time he also saw her, and found that she was standing beside her. Seeing a young man, Xiao Deng involuntarily slowed down in embarrassment. Before Huan Mei could speak, Xiao Deng said, "I'm working in Court No. 10 this morning." Huanmei is angry, so why did you come to the west wing, Deng Zongping Deng Zongping, why do you always refuse to suffer a little? But Xiao Deng went on to say, "So I came to see you." Only then did Huan Mei look pale, and introduced the two gentlemen, and the two young men shook hands to greet each other. Deng Zongping asked: "Have you seen Liang Guoxin?" Huan Mei nodded. "Then I'm going, I have something waiting for me." He turned his head and left. Who said that everything is not predestined, but there will be a third party around at this time, Huan Mei never explains this kind of thing, Deng Zongping can think whatever he likes, she is the most proud of her feelings, and she will never stand alone Confession. All this falls into the eyes of the wise bystanders. He knew right away that it would be a bit tricky, the girl's complex and contradictory eyes showed all the pain, love and nostalgia, and the corners of her mouth showed pride, reservedness and helplessness. After a while, she turned her head and asked him, "Are you Nie Youyou?" "Yes," he replied with a smile, "strive for the top." "You didn't tell me. I found out the name myself." He bowed, "My honor." She liked him, thought he was amiable, and suddenly couldn't help complaining, "Look at how he treats me." Nie Shangshang was inconvenient to comment, so he just smiled. "He hasn't actively contacted me for three years. Once he sees someone of the opposite sex next to me, he immediately rolls his eyes at me." Nie Shangyou looked at her tenderly. If he was not careful and showed even the slightest bit of sympathy, he would immediately become her brother and sister, and he would be forever lost. No, he must be cruel, so he laughed loudly. The laughter reverberated in the empty corridor, Huan Mei was infected and laughed too, a bit bitter at the beginning, but then he laughed heartily. "Come on," Nie You said, "I'll give you a ride." In the end, the matter had nothing to do with him, he didn't bother himself, Huan Mei happily left the court building. She didn't come home, she wasn't wary of him, he was her father's guest and they knew him at home. Huanmei knew her father's temper and never made friends with others easily. They talked about the stars in a private club. It's great, fortunately there is such a topic, otherwise I would keep telling private stories, which would not be boring, and would be too naked. Nie You said: "Your tone is more like an astronomy student than mine." "Heh, may I ask which school you studied in, I'm looking forward to someone pointing it out." "You really want to know?" Nie Youyou smiled. Huanmei replied: "I will not give up this opportunity." "Ningbo University, China." The answer was unexpected and surprising, Huan Mei couldn't help asking: "Are you going back to the mainland to study?" He laughed: "I grew up in China." Huan Mei stared at him with wide eyes. Nie Shangyou coughed and said with a smile: "Look carefully, are there not many Chinese who grew up in China?" "No no," Huan Mei came back to his senses, "I just didn't think about it, I, I mean, I don't know, alas, forget it, the more you describe it, the darker it becomes." Nie Youyou raised his head and laughed, looking very energetic, Huan Mei realized that an ordinary dark suit was so chic and beautiful on him. He made fun of her, and she blushed. After laughing, Nie Youyou asked jokingly, "Where did you grow up?" Huan Mei answered listlessly: "In my narrow little world, everyone grows up in the arms of their mothers." Nie Youyou stopped in moderation, and praised: "It's the most ideal growth place in the world." Huan Mei asked suspiciously: "How long have you been in this city?" "I first went to New York, USA to reunite with my relatives and lived there for several years before I was sent here to work." Huan Mei clapped her palms, "Aha." She grabbed his braid, "Isn't it related to Western society, have you continued your studies?" Nie Shangyou replied with emotion: "Business for the mouth, where is this kind of anger." This person is so special, so interesting. He immediately said, "Come on, I'll take you back." The car was in the parking lot, and Huanmei walked through the busy bank area to pick up the car. A boy and a girl came up to stop them with notebooks, handed a pen in each hand, and said to Huanmei: "Please support the direct election, please sign to support the 1988 direct election ." Nie Youyou put both hands in his pockets, not intending to sign, he looked at Huanmei with both eyes. Damn it, Huan Mei thought, this kid is so hard to deal with, he decided to sit on the sidelines with a smile on his face, to see if she can't get off the stage, saying that he has malicious intentions, it's not necessarily true, but he did embarrass her. In the blink of an eye, Huan Mei asked himself in amazement: When have you ever cared what other people think, why should you care what a stranger thinks? Ever since Deng Zongping, she hasn't cared what anyone thinks of her. Huan Mei immediately settled down, and said to the girl, "We can only sign this name after we think it over." The girl smiled, didn't force herself, and went to intercept other pedestrians. Huan Mei breathed a sigh of relief. Nie Youyou's eyes showed admiration, and he still asked himself: "Do you know the ins and outs of the whole thing?" Huanmei answered truthfully: "I know a little bit, but I didn't concentrate on studying it." Nie Youyou smiled, "I think meteors are much more interesting than politics." "I think it's a matter of what passport you're holding." Nie Youyou suddenly took her hand, dragged her into the parking lot, found the car, and sent her home. He didn't speak along the way, Huanmei couldn't stop comparing him to Deng Zongping in his heart, the two were actually not similar, Huanmei suddenly realized that Nie Youyou would be the first important man after she left Xiao Deng. Man is the spirit of all things, she just knows how to measure it. Huanmei was very sad, she didn't want Deng Zongping to be forgotten because of this person. People have such strange and contradictory personalities. They always hope to control their emotions but fail. Of course, they cannot help themselves if they want to forget someone, and they cannot help themselves if they want not to forget someone. absurd. The car stopped at the door, and Nie Youyou said with a smile: "I heard that your family has a very strict family education. Without the consent of the parents, no one else is allowed to enter, so I won't let you in." Obviously, he also found out all the ins and outs of her. Huan Mei was still in deep thought, but she didn't respond properly to that sentence, after a while she raised her head, "We will meet again, right?" He nodded. When Huan Hui came back from the swimming pool, he was very surprised to see this scene. He knew his sister's character too well, the more he valued a person, the more he was at a loss, and his words were dull. Who is this guy? Huan Hui looked at him and watched him turn the car around and leave. Huan Hui wiped his head with a towel and asked, "Who is this?" "A Chinese of unknown origin." Huan Hui laughed, "You seem to be particularly attracted to this kind of people, and you will never choose friends among the same kind." Huanmei smiled and went over to grab the lapels of his brother's towel shirt with both hands, "Who do you choose! The second generation ancestors have all gone to pursue movie stars." "It's coming to me, it's too unfair, I can count several people who are interested in you in one breath." "They are all suffocating people: from Monday to Friday, they work nominally in their father's company during the day, attend all kinds of banquets at night, meet their lovers privately without entertainment, gather at the pier on weekends, and go out for a drive by boat. Nothing has happened in a hundred years, let alone being their wives, being a concubine is boring." "Listen to what this is saying." "Only an ignorant girl like Ye Katie desires to marry into an eunuch's family." Huan Hui couldn't help but laugh, and handed her a cup of iced tea, "You should cool down." "My status is the most embarrassing," Huanmei complained, "I don't know how narrow the clothes are, who doesn't have money, and really ambitious boys don't bother to associate with second- and third-tier merchants—" Before she could finish speaking, Huan Hui interrupted her honestly, "Then I wish you to be born in a slum in your next life. Although you were born with sores on your head, after struggling hard, working hard, starting a business, and finally becoming a world-famous Famous great men." Huan Mei glared at him. "Miss, please be content with yourself!" She looked at her brother, "You look really energetic, and you look like a villain." "I am very happy," Huan Hui stretched his legs in satisfaction, "I admit that I have more privileges than you." "Parental favoritism." "No, Eyebrow, to blame or to blame the society, I can afford my behavior, most people in the world will say that I misunderstood romanticism." Huan Mei smiled, her brother had already said it very implicitly, if she learned half of Huan Hui, she would immediately become obscene. Huan Hui squinted his eyes and lay on the rattan chair to enjoy the sunshine, "It's a pity that you can't come to Junlong to play. There are a few old courtiers in our group who are knowledgeable and interesting. The old horse knows the way and knows all the tricks. It's so fun to not know." Playing around, Huan Hui didn't seem to understand other words. When Huan Mei got angry, she stood up and lifted the whole rattan couch vigorously, and pushed it down into the swimming pool, the water splashed everywhere, Huan Hui screamed again and again, and had already fallen into the pool. Huan Mei clapped his hands and walked away. Mrs. Huan stood on the balcony and asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter?" Huan Mei went upstairs, just as her mother came down, she said: "Mom, let me go back to New York and forget it." Mrs. Huan hugged her daughter's shoulders, "The apartment has been rented out. Besides, Ms. Xu asked me. She is afraid that you will coax her, so she refuses to be her new force." She sat her daughter down. "You see, Maodou got used to it right away." It's like a fish in water. She suddenly asked: "Mom, when did you get used to it?" Mrs. Huan was startled and couldn't answer. "Remember, a few years ago, your name was Tang Pinfang, you were a high-achieving student in the university, and your classmate is now a first-level political officer in a government agency. How did you become what you are today?" Mrs. Huan forced a smile and said, "Are you all right, Eyebrow?" "It also went through some struggles. Mom, tell me your experience and let me learn from it." Mrs. Huan stared blankly at her daughter, unable to get along. Fortunately, the precious son came to the rescue, "The old problem of Eyebrow Dou has flared up again, and I don't know what to say, I don't know what to say, but I still go to answer the phone, Mr. Deng is looking for you." Huan Hui was wearing a tie with one hand, as if rushing to the appointment. When Huanmei heard that it was Deng Zongping, he quickly stood up and ran out. Huan Hui looked at her back, and said displeasedly: "It's all Xiao Deng, who instilled some specious knowledge into her. What is important to be self-reliant, and money is evil, so that the eyebrows can't be high or low. That kid is now a Famous, the fee is more ruthless than anyone else, but Mei Dou is still obsessed with his tricks, no wonder Dad objected to them being together that day." The mother sighed. Huan Hui wondered: "Why, there is something different in this?" The correct version is not like this. Mrs. Huan said, "How dare you object." "what is that?" "Your father went to talk about marriage, but Xiao Deng flatly refused." Huan Hui was taken aback, and then laughed, "Good guy, you have the guts." "It was your father who acted too hastily, with an arrogant expression and harsh conditions, which hurt his self-esteem, and he couldn't accept it." "But the current situation is different. He is no longer Amon under Wu, so he can bring up the old matter again and feel proud." Mrs. Huan was about to answer, when she saw her daughter standing at the door, she swallowed her words. "Modou, what kind of maggot are you chewing on, gossip about me whenever you have a spare moment." Huan Hui smiled apologetically, "What did Xiao Deng say?" "The case of Liang Guoxin will be sentenced next week." "What are the details?" Mrs. Huan waved her hands quickly, "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen." She hurried out. Huanmei said: "Mother is living in a paradise of peach blossoms." "This is a blessing." Huan Hui took his coat. "Where are you going?" "Where it's not convenient for you to go." "Hey, at worst, it's sexy women dancing, singing and singing." "you are right." "You're so gorgeous." "Look at you, you are jealous, tsk tsk tsk." Recently, he even rarely saw Ye Katie, causing Katie to refute rumors in the newspapers. "Rotten, corrupt, depraved." "Thank you." Huan Hui blew a kiss to his sister. He drove out in that blood red sports car. Huanmei took the notebook and went to the rooftop to watch the stars. The notebook has been filled with dense experience. Huanmei thought it was funny, she turned into a lady when she got home, she sat at home and waited for people to come. She must not take the initiative, she clearly remembers the girls sitting at the door of the classroom waiting for Huan Hui to leave school, looking nervous and staring at each other hostilely, as soon as Huan Hui appeared, she rushed forward to call for her name and pull her clothes. What's the point of this? It doesn't matter whether you win or lose, the posture must be in line with your identity. So the first time she saw Ye Katie in New York, she said to her: "You shouldn't come, you should ask Maodou to go this way." As a result, Huanmei herself committed the same mistake, and she allowed her father to go to Deng's house to propose marriage.