Wanda lifted her eyes to glance at Louis. Seeing his calm look. She introduced, "This is Louis, the director of the research institute, and a senior schoolmate of mine."
Mrs. Kawn suddenly nodded, "Mr. Louis, it really surprises me that you're so successful and so young. Can I call you just Louis?"
Louis?
Wanda's face changed and she was about to open her mouth, but Louis had nodded with a smile. "Sure."
Wanda couldn't go further. She carried a plate and said in a low voice, "Let me take some soup for you."
Then she looked down and hurried away.
Mrs. Kawn then cast a glance at them as if implying something. She seemed to know there was something between them.
She smiled politely, "Wanda is a nice girl. She has grown up, so she seldom tells me anything that happened to her. Louis, how old are you?"
Louis said with a polite smile, "Twenty-seven."
"Twenty-seven!"
Mrs. Kawn took a deep breath and thought to herself that he must have strong backings since he became a director at such a young age.
She looked at Louis again. He was well-dressed, handsome, and looked very excellent. He was that kind of man that women would be fond of at the first sight.
Mrs. Kawn couldn't help but cheer up. She said with a smile, "You must have been working very hard studying treatments for all those diseases."
Louis answered honestly, "Compared with clinicians, I don't work very hard. Medical research is to benefit people, so it's not a hardship to me."
Hearing that, Mrs. Kawn put on a bright smile.
"Anyway, you're young and promising."
Louis was a little embarrassed, "You're flattering me."
Before long, Wanda took the soup back, glanced at her mother and said in displeasure, "Mom, why do you have so many questions?"
Mrs. Kawn paused and stared at Wanda, "Louis rarely visits us. I just want to know more about him. Why can't I have questions?" With that, she looked at Louis, "Louis, am I right?"
Louis smiled and nodded politely, "Yes, I don't mind that. Mrs. Kawn, just ask me about whatever you want to know."
His words made Wanda tighten her grip on the fork. She was shaken as her heart skipped a beat.
Mrs. Kawn was pleased about that and said happily, "I am too talkative. Please don't mind."
Louis replied politely, "Not at all. You're very gentle and kind, just like my elders. I enjoyed talking with you."
Hearing that, Mrs. Kawn was grinning from ear to ear.
Seeing Mrs. Kawn's happy look, Wanda got more flustered as her eyelid twitched.
She flushed and felt Louis and her were a couple that were meeting her parent.
Thinking about Louis's attitude and identity, she turned disillusioned.
Mrs. Kawn didn't know what Wanda was thinking, but she was very satisfied with Louis for he was very honest. She smiled, "You're a man of integrity, unlike those boys with a glib tongue. You haven't got married, right?"
Louis was honest, "Not yet."
Mrs. Kawn smiled happily and kept nodding, "That's good."
Wanda couldn't stand it, glared at her mother and shouted, "Mom, have lunch."
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