Chapter 8 Family meal

Daniel held a glass of wine and stood on the top floor of the tallest commercial building in the city, his face was extremely rotten, slightly shaking the wine glass in his hand, looking at the driver like water on the road.

Behind him came a knock on the door.

"Daniel, it's busy outside, what are you worried about here?" Good friends often came to help him, Alex pushed the door in.

Daniel put his hands in his pants pockets, the tie on his body didn't know where to go, and the sleeve of his shirt was also pulled up to the elbow, at first glance, his emotions were very bad.

"How is that?" He put the wine glass on the table and looked at the person approaching.

"Isn't it because you couldn't be found? The meeting is about to take place, and you are nowhere to be seen." Alex said, "If you've returned to the reception, you should get used to it soon."

Daniel frowned, looking at his expression to understand that he didn't like to talk about this.

"Okay, say no more."

Alex shrugged, generally still satisfied with this Daniel in front of him, if he was still the previous Daniel, he would absolutely not be able to sit in this position.

"Don't say it anymore, but tomorrow there is a shareholder meeting, you absolutely cannot be absent." Alex reminded.

The man leaned against the desk and nodded unhappily.

Alex looked at him like this, considered it for a few seconds, then said, "Yesterday was fine, maybe... it was your little doctor."

Daniel glanced at her once.

Alex laughs, "I know, married, you still won't bring people back to show me, keeping such a secret?"

The man sat down on the chair behind the desk, "In short, don't bother her, I don't want to let my parents know."

"Okay okay, whatever you say is what it is, but... don't hide it for too long." The person in front of him reminded him.

Daniel's eyes were deep, he didn't know what he was thinking, "Do a lot of people know about my marriage?"

Alex laughed, "Tell me? It's not a joke, but when you come back, there are so many people staring at you, it's already spread."

Daniel felt a bit of a headache, "Okay, I know, you are busy when you go out."

Alex tapped on the desk, "I'm going out to work, but at most it's just your agent. Your fortune is so big that you can't keep it on your own, and your head isn't unusable either, give her a month, quickly adapt completely, many other things are waiting for me."

"Yeah..."

At lunchtime, Athena called to ask if Daniel would come home to eat, if not, let her prepare rice to bring to him and Maria.

Daniel hurriedly made a shuffling gesture at the secretary, "No need to worry, auntie, I'll just go home and eat, have you and your uncle ate yet?"

"Go home and say, let's go eat together, it's convenient to bring the children to pick up the house," Athena said softly.

Daniel smiled, "Okay, I'll be back soon."

Get home?

He curled the corners of his lips, which is also what needs to be done.

Daniel just got out Alex came over, "Hey, where are you going? Do you go to work in the afternoon?"

He patted Alex on the shoulder, "Meet your mother-in-law, sister, replace me for a few hours, I may be late in the afternoon."

Alex was speechless, "Normally I've never seen you so kind to your aunt."

Daniel just smiled and did not speak, of course, he would not say his current situation, his biological mother is not important, and the mother-in-law is the most effective way.

.....

Maria with an inconvenient arm can still be so busy that her feet don't touch the ground.

Lunchtime had passed, she was still standing in the operating room watching Dr. Henry have the main surgery, and it had been two hours since he came out.

As soon as she came out, she met Elizabeth with a lunch box, "Hey, my aunt sent it to you."

Then she took it, "Yeah... Have you finished your meal?"

"Eat it all." Elizabeth glanced around and said in a low voice, "Yesterday my husband told you to get married. Is the marshal who brought his aunt here today?"

"Huh?" Maria looked at her in surprise.

"What is it? I know you want to keep it a secret, just tell me, is it true?" Elizabeth poked Maria's hand, "The chimpanzee is always questioning me, but I haven't said anything."

Maria frowned and thought for a moment, looking down at her mobile phone.

Sure enough, there was a message from Daniel.

Dan, [Mother cooks for you. There's clam soup on top, drink it up.]

Maria twitched the corner of her mouth and responded.

Maria, [Thanks, did you take her to the hospital?]

Elizabeth poked her face in, "Dan? Oh, is that the person's name?"

Maria reluctantly nodded.

"Drink it up!" Elizabeth read out loud, "Oh my God, that's awesome!"

Maria looked at her thoughtfully, "What's so exciting about being so godly?"

Elizabeth's eyes sparkled, "Of course I'm excited, you're the boss, you're the boss!"

Maria rolled her eyes in surprise, decided not to stand here talking anymore, and carried her lunch box to her own room.

Dan, [Yeah, it's not safe for you to go alone.]

Maria caressed the screen of her phone, feeling that her redundant thoughts from last night were just clouds, after all, this is just someone living with her. just under a porch.

Maria, [It's bothering you, if you see my mother contacting you too much then tell me, I'll take care of her.] The two of them are just a partnership, this is the result Maria realized.

Dan, [Yeah.]

Seeing this "yeah", Maria frowned, she hated the way in the world when talking seriously, only answering with one word like "yeah", "ah".

Throwing the phone aside, thinking in my heart, next time I see this one-word message, no matter how beautiful or handsome, absolutely divorce, immediately divorce!

But that thought until the afternoon when I saw Daniel disappear without a trace, Maria looked down at her mobile phone, there was no new message, Daniel did not say that he would go to the hospital in the afternoon.

She was skeptical, is this person coming to take me home?

Maria looked left and right, determined that her colleagues had returned less and less and that no one was suspicious, she walked towards Daniel.

Maria knocked on his car window, and the window slid down, revealing Daniel's face.

"Is something wrong?"

"My aunt wants us to go home for dinner tonight," Daniel replied.

"Go home?" Maria was confused, "Which house?"

"The house of the aunt and uncle." The man replied.

"So you're here to pick me up?" Maria gasped, the order to meet her parents has already been done, hasn't she?

"Did she say?" Daniel asked again.

Maria went around and sat on the other side, "It's embarrassing, my parents seem to be a bit annoying, I didn't know they would be like this before."

Daniel glanced at her, saying nothing.

Maria nervously opened her mouth and added, "Next time she calls you again, just say you're busy at work, just ignore it, I'll explain later."

"She thought it was thoughtful." Daniel smiled as if he didn't, "They're your parents after all. getting married is enough to deceive them."

Maria frowned and did not understand the meaning of these words, could it be that she was unfilial?

"Aren't I afraid you'll interfere with your work?"

"The contract says this is our obligation." Daniel reminds, "There is no sympathy but a sense of responsibility is still there."

Maria, "...Sorry, I've been thinking too much."

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This was the first time the two of them went home together, the neighbors saw Daniel and Maria walking side by side and excitedly looked over.

Maria lost her temper and talked to Daniel in a low voice.

"Everyone here is a bit excited, don't pay attention."

Daniel shook his head, just as he was about to say something when a fat aunt approached.

"Maria, did you hear your mother say you're married?"

The corner of Maria's mouth twitched and she nodded shyly, "Yes, Aunt Angelina, are you going for a walk?"

"Wow, so this is your husband? So handsome." Aunt Angelina's eyes studied Daniel from top to bottom, "No wonder your mother couldn't stop smiling these two days."

Daniel bowed to her, "Good afternoon, Aunt Angelina."

"Good afternoon, boy." Aunt Angelina excitedly looked at Maria, "Your mom said she's going to invite a very nice guy to her house for dinner this afternoon. I didn't believe it, finally saw. Later on, you two have to get along. Let's live together."

Maria looked at Daniel in surprise.

The man pursed his lips and explained, "She went home at noon once."

Maria smiled and said, "Looks like it, I almost forgot, so Aunt Angelina, let's go for a walk, me and Daniel go home first."

The two of them talked to their neighbors while trying to break the siege, and when they reached the door of Maria's house, they felt like they had lost a few pounds.

"It's embarrassing, it's bothering you, isn't it?" Maria asked carefully.

Daniel frowned, "Maria, do you think you are very... polite to me?" He said, "Want me to reiterate the fact that we're already married?"

Maria was stunned, suddenly feeling suspicious of this world, are they really married or are they a contract?

Fortunately, at this moment the door opened from the inside, "What are you two standing at the door for? Hurry in." Shen's parents appeared.

Daniel didn't look at her anymore, and was pulled in by Athena, "As soon as I got to the door, I smelled the aroma, what delicious dish is auntie cooking?"

Maria, "....." Well, the whole process seems like it's just my nerves that strain.

Kelvin adapted faster than imagined, watching Daniel and his father drinking together, Maria silently sighed, it turned out that marriage is this feeling.

Actually... not necessarily bad.

When she was busy, someone would take care of her parents in her stead, and it felt like there was one more member in the house.

Seeing Maria still lost, Daniel picked up a piece of food and put it in her bowl, "What's wrong?"

Maria glanced at her parents, raised her head, and saw everyone staring at her.

"Is it too tiring to go to work?"

At midday, when Daniel passed the hospital, he really felt that the nature of Maria's work did not have the concept of having lunch on time, when leaving the operating room, sometimes the cafeteria also ran out of rice.

Maria shook her head, "It's fine, I'm not tired."

Daniel frowned and said nothing.

Athena looked at them, "Isn't there a wedding break? Even though it's a hasty marriage, you still have to supplement your honeymoon or something, I heard my colleagues in your department talk about roommates. room with you, is it Kate? She's also honeymooned these days?"

Daniel had no opinion on this, Maria could only reluctantly open her mouth, "Do I have to go when she goes? Everyone can even tell me to imitate her."

"Then, whatever you like, it's true that only Daniel can tolerate you." Athena was lazy again.

"Honeymoon is a matter of husband and wife, let them discuss and decide." Kelvin picked up food for his wife and said to Maria, "You should rest well first."