Chapter 57 Family Banquet
"Xiaoru, come here, let me introduce you," Third Aunt warmly pulled Song Xiaoru toward a man in his thirties and said, "This is Shen Ping, the Deputy Director of our neighborhood. He is young and promising, successful in his career. In the future, he will definitely achieve great things in his official career."
Shen Ping wasn’t very tall, only about 1.70 meters, with a somewhat chubby face and glasses. He then reached out his hand and said, "Xian Ping has always told me how beautiful his cousin is, and I hardly believed it until now. Seeing is truly believing. Meeting Miss Song, I now understand that there are indeed such beautiful women in the world."
Song Xiaoru shook hands with Shen Ping and offered a polite smile, saying, "Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Shen." She was actually quite puzzled as her uncle had only mentioned a family dinner over the phone, and now suddenly a Deputy Director of the neighborhood office had appeared.
Third Aunt then said, "Come, come, let’s not all stand here, everyone please sit down. Xiaoru, sit here by Deputy Director Shen. You young people have common topics, it will be convenient for you to chat together."
Shen Ping pulled out a chair and gestured with his hand, smiling as he invited, "Miss Song, please sit." He indeed seemed very polite.
Song Xiaodong furrowed his brow but didn’t say anything; there seemed to be plenty of undercurrents here. He wanted to see what these people were really up to, and he promptly pulled out another chair on the other side of Song Xiaoru and sat down.
Shen Ping looked at Song Xiaodong and asked, "And this gentleman is...?"
Third Aunt quickly said, "This is Xiaoru’s younger brother, Xiaodong."
Shen Ping uttered an "Oh" and extended his hand toward Song Xiaodong, saying, "Hello, Xiaodong."
Song Xiaodong shook hands with Shen Ping, smiling mischievously as he said, "Good thing you asked, otherwise I wouldn’t have felt my presence here at all."