When the prodigies of Qiao Class dispersed to have their meals, Qiao Ze and Su Mucheng also got into the car heading home.
Originally planning to go to the Mathematics Research Institute first, they hadn't yet reached there when Lu Xiuxiu called Qiao Ze, informing that Qiao Ze's in-laws had come to visit and were currently having tea at home, urging them to hurry back.
For Su Lixing, it didn't really matter much as he was always in Xilin and would occasionally visit the school for discussions with Qiao Ze, allowing frequent opportunities to meet. However, Ms. Su specially came from Linhai, and the purpose of the visit was quite clear.
While some might feel tense at this moment, for Qiao Ze, nervousness seemed to be an emotion he was inherently devoid of.
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Upon arriving home, as soon as they opened the door, a burst of laughter and voices greeted them, with Dou Dou already at the door, having prepared shoes for them to change into.
This is the advantage of having an artificial intelligence grandson; not only can he help with various chores around the house, but he can also keep track of people's movements perfectly coordinating everything. There's no need to knock or fiddle with the door lock when you come home—Dou Dou would have the door open, everything prepared, ready to welcome his parents.
"Dad, mom, grandma, grandpa, grandma, as well as Li and his mate are all here, the house is lively today." While they were changing shoes, Dou Dou lowered his voice and said.
Although it is the same model, the Dou Dou who acts as an Instructor in the classroom and the Dou Dou who acts as the obedient grandson at home display utterly different personalities and attitudes. From this point of view, Dou Dou is becoming more human-like.
Most people also have two different states at work and at home.
"Mom, mother, dad, Li, Instructor's wife, you all came."
"Qiao Ze, Little Su is back, that was quick."
"Yes, after Qiao Ze picked up the phone, we rushed back."
"Ah, Qiao Ze, call someone." Lu Xiuxiu said, looking at Qiao Ze with a headache.
"Haha, don't worry, my mother-in-law, we know Qiao Ze's character, he's actually quite polite, just not fond of expressing it, right, Qiao Ze?" Ms Su quickly helped Qiao Ze out of the awkward situation.
"Um..." Qiao Ze responded, then glanced at Li Jiangao and Mi Ge.
Actually, Qiao Ze's personality has changed a lot, but he still doesn't like to speak when there are many people.
Anyway, in this lifetime, his mouth can't be as sweet as Su Mucheng's.
"Today I came here to invite your family to my place for a meal this weekend, but coincidentally it clashes with the discussion about your wedding date." Li Jiangao explained.
Qiao Ze nodded; he always preferred straightforward conversations like the one with Li Jiangao, where everything is made clear in one sentence.
"Yes, come, Qiao Ze, come sit here..." Ms. Su waved at Qiao Ze.
Qiao Ze promptly sat next to Ms. Su, and Su Mucheng as usual sat next to Qiao Ze. Searᴄh the NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
"Qiao Ze, I just discussed with your mother, how about we arrange your wedding on the National Day?"
"Okay." Qiao Ze nodded and after a moment added: "Let's keep it simple."
Hearing this, Su Lixing felt somewhat troubled and said, "I'm afraid it can't be too simple..."
Indeed. There were too many people he had to meet through business, especially after setting up the materials base—describing it as 'you can't avoid anyone' would be an understatement. Once the news of Su Mucheng's pregnancy went out, too many people wanted to come to the wedding.
Just from his side alone, there were already a few dozen tables of people who must come.
Plus, considering Qiao Ze's influence in the academic circle, keeping it low-key was really hard.
Qiao Ze thought for a moment, and then looking at Li Jiangao, he recalled the details of uncle Li's recent wedding and decided for a compromise: "Oh, then let's skip the toast part."
The adults exchanged a look, then all nodded in agreement, Su Lixing said with a smile, "That can be arranged, I will discuss it with the emcee to see how we can replace that part."
To be honest, Su Lixing was also reluctant to let Qiao Ze do the toasting.
At a wedding banquet, after a few drinks, he worried that some might forget their limits.
Qiao Ze, who doesn't tolerate any sand in his eyes, and also has personal security around, any slight unpleasantness could indeed be troublesome.
"Haha, we can keep the toasting part. Qiao, you can rest, I will take Dou Dou to toast; what do you think, Dou Dou?"
"No problem, Dou Dou guarantees to complete the task. I can even design a body especially for drinking alcohol."
"Oh, robots can drink too?" Ms. Su looked at Dou Dou, clearly intrigued.
While Qiao Ze was away, she and Lu Xiuxiu had been constantly joking with Dou Dou.
For someone who once thought about buying a full set of Youwei Group products just to make a few electronic products perform a crosstalk together, she really liked Dou Dou, a lively robot capable of single-handedly pulling off a big performance."
"Of course, just need to fit a mouth and then connect it to a container. Dou Dou not only can drink alcohol but can also recycle it afterwards."
This comment made everyone in the room laugh, except Qiao Ze.
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Having settled the wedding arrangements, Qiao Ze took a rare day off the next day.
Originally, the plan was to get the marriage certificate first. Although it was the weekend, the resourceful Lv Bei still managed to bring the relevant officials to their home.
Then they encountered a very embarrassing issue.
While Su Mucheng was of age, but Qiao Ze, still a student, was not yet of legal marriage age, short by a year and two months.
Quite a blunder.
But one can't really blame the adults for being inconsiderate, mainly because of Qiao Ze's current status and activities he was involved in, which subconsciously made people overlook his age, still hadn't reached twenty-two. Lu Xiuxiu indeed remembered Qiao Ze's age, but she wasn't aware that the legal marriage age for males was 22.