It’s a big family gathering, there are so many people in the house! My mind instantly went blank, not knowing how to respond.
Apparently, everyone was waiting for Shen Yanchen. As soon as the car stopped by the door, people swarmed out.
"Yanchen, come on in!"
"Grandma, you’re so biased! You only call for big brother, not me!"
The grandmother immediately smiled warmly and held Xiaoxiao’s hand, doting on her precious granddaughter.
Gu Qimiao’s face was stiff from smiling; besides smiling, she really didn’t know what else to say.
"This... I’ve never seen this girl before. Is she our sister-in-law? Big brother, why don’t you introduce her!" said a woman in a light gray sweater dress. The woman was very pretty, looking just in her early twenties.
Gu Qimiao was also surprised, looking at the woman who spoke and exclaimed in shock, "Shen Yi’an!"
A popular TV star, famous since childhood, I never thought I’d see her in person!
Shen Yi’an smiled, "So sister-in-law knows me too!"
"Ah? I’m not..." Gu Qimiao blushed and glanced at Shen Yanchen, explaining, "Just friends..."
Shen Yi’an looked skeptical, but at that moment Fang Shaobei arrived. He hadn’t come back for a long time, so everyone’s attention shifted to him, allowing Gu Qimiao to escape.
As Gu Qimiao looked at the people in the room, she could only marvel at how he lives in such a big family.
Since she was the only unfamiliar face and Shen Yanchen was the one being pressured to marry the most, bringing a woman home suddenly naturally shifted all the attention to her.
"Son, you brought someone home and didn’t even introduce her!" A woman looked at Shen Yanchen and said. The woman was very pretty and looked so young that you wouldn’t think she was Shen Yanchen’s mother.
Shen Yanchen seemed to be handling official business, only reporting the name, "Gu Qimiao."
Gu Qimiao smiled awkwardly, feeling uncomfortable all over.
Then Xiaoxiao stood up, eagerly introducing the Shen family members, "This is my mom. Her maiden name was Su; now it’s Shen. Isn’t she beautiful?"
Next to the woman sat a man with a stern face, clearly Shen Yanchen’s father, judging by their resemblance.
"This is my dad!" Then Xiaoxiao, as if feeling jealous, added, "He only loves my mom, we’re all just his unfortunate children."
Su Nian shot her a reproachful look, yet Xiaoxiao quickly moved on to the next introduction, "This is my sister, Shen Yi’an. Gigi, you know her already."
Then came a cold-faced man, "This is my second brother, Shen Yiran, born minutes after my sister, a pair of twins."
"This is my soon-to-be sister-in-law," Xiaoxiao said. She made a face behind her soon-to-be sister-in-law, seeming not very fond of her, and after saying this, she moved on without further introduction.
Gu Qimiao glanced at the soon-to-be sister-in-law. Her makeup was a little heavy, but she was reasonably pretty. Judging by her eyes, she seemed complicated, with some scheming for sure.
If my eyes didn’t deceive me, her gaze had just shifted away from Shen Yanchen’s face, right?
Moreover, the second brother sitting next to her looked indifferent, as if... there wasn’t much affection between them.
It was just the first meeting, so Gu Qimiao didn’t know much about the inside story, and naturally, she couldn’t show her feelings. She smiled politely at the soon-to-be sister-in-law.
After all the introductions, the atmosphere relaxed a bit.
At the dinner table, it became clear that this family was quite harmonious. Judging by the DNA, Shen Yanchen and Shen Yiran probably took after their father, with cold expressions and few words.
Xiaoxiao and Shen Yi’an probably took after their mother, being quite cheerful. Around the table, it was mostly grandma and the girls talking with the soon-to-be sister-in-law occasionally chiming in.
Gu Qimiao buried her head in eating, fearing the conversation would turn to her.
Why did he bring her back to fend off the family’s marriage pressure? She couldn’t figure it out, especially when there’s Lu Qianwen...
"Big brother, when are you and sister-in-law having the wedding?" Shen Yi’an abruptly asked. It startled Gu Qimiao so much that she almost dropped her chopsticks.