"If this keeps dragging on, I’m afraid it’s going to drive him crazy."
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuci beca anxious; she and Huo Qinqi weren’t even dating, so what was there to talk about?
"Auntie, what you’re thinking isn’t the case between Mr. Huo and at all. Please say sothing." Shen Shuci sat opposite Huo Qinqi, growing anxious, and nudged his shin with her foot.
Jiang Chengsi imdiately chuckled, "Hey, we’re all here, in full view of the public, so don’t flirt."
"I..." Shen Shuci was frustrated.
This man really was...
When he was drunk in the past, why did she bother helping him into the room at all? She should have just let him sleep outside for the night.
As soon as everyone heard this, they chuckled teasingly. To be stepping on each other’s feet like that, how could it just be a normal relationship?
Especially in front of Huo Qinqi, the Jiang brothers were quite familiar with him and always spoke politely, no one would dare to be so casual with physical contact.
Huo Qinqi nodded. "Mm, our relationship definitely isn’t what you think it is."
But everyone looked at the two with an expression that said:
"Do you think I’ll believe that?"
Liang Yun watched the "young couple’s" interaction and smiled, "I know, your relationship isn’t what the rumors say. You haven’t lived together, and there’s certainly no issue of marriage or getting a marriage certificate. But after today’s incident has spread like this, our Huo Family must also take so responsibility..."
Huo Zheng chid in, "Don’t worry, we will definitely take responsibility."
"Yes, we will definitely take responsibility and won’t let Shuci suffer any loss," Liang Yun said with a smile.
"We will take responsibility all the way."
...
The couple sang in perfect harmony, showing remarkable understanding of each other.
Shen Shuci felt confused; she didn’t need them to take responsibility!
At this mont, she finally understood from whence Huo Qinqi inherited such decisive and bold actions.
This family was too much...
"Auntie, I don’t need you to take responsibility. You’re making too much of it..." Before Shen Shuci could finish explaining, she was interrupted by Old Master Shen.
"Shuci!" Old Master Shen had already concluded that there was an affair between the two.
After all, it was the Huo Family’s responsibility to handle this situation. Was his daughter out of her mind? They had already kissed, and she still didn’t want him to take responsibility?
Could it be that his daughter’s favor was ant to be taken for free by this scoundrel?
Was his daughter a fool?
"Dad, we..."
"Don’t talk," Old Master Shen cut her off again, then turned to the Huo Family, "As for the matter of the children’s love affair, I have always been supportive. After all, they’re at the right age. But with the situation having blown up like this and so many rumors swirling around, we indeed need to find a proper solution. What is your family planning to do?"
"That’s quite simple. As long as Shuci is willing, we’ll get everything ready. We can co to propose marriage any ti, and the young couple can be proper and aboveboard; what could outsiders possibly gossip about then?" Liang Yun said with a light smile.
The Jiang Family onlookers exchanged glances, not expecting the Huo Family to be so direct.
Straight to proposing marriage.
Jiang Chengsi nearly choked on a mango in his throat, this was just too intense.
Had the young lady even agreed? They were already calling them the young couple.
Tang Wan grabbed a handful of sweet and sour dried fruit, leaning into Jiang Jinsang’s arms to watch the show. She was pleased to see Shuci’s love affair proceed, but Jiang Jinsang, with his eyes slightly squinted, noticed a subtle hint...
Huo Qinqi hadn’t completely won over his little aunt.
If they were truly in love, it’d be normal for parents to want to et, and the shy blushes of a little woman would be typical. But Shen Shuci’s entire deanor was both shy and hurried, definitely not normal.
The maternal grandparents were convinced the two had a relationship, and while they always encouraged their daughter to date and marry, a son-in-law falling from the sky still left them sowhat bewildered.
With the situation being so sensationalized, the Huo Family had to take responsibility. Other than the Huo Family, it seed no one else in the country would dare marry her. But they didn’t want to just hand over their daughter to the scoundrel for nothing. If it was a deliberate ploy, they also worried about potential complications, so the elders were indecisive in their hearts.
The Huo Family, clearly being in the know, prepared to take advantage of the current and cent the matter by taking her ho with them first and talking later.
Jiang Jinsang really saw things crystal clear now...
No wonder the atmosphere between these two had always been so odd.
If they liked each other, they would have communicated their feelings by now and their interactions would have been different.
Although the Shen Family elders had t the Huo Family, they hadn’t expected them to co forward and set the terms of engagent. Logically, they should be happy given the initiative and sincerity shown by the male’s family, but their overwhelming enthusiasm made it sowhat hard for the Shen Family to cope with.
"Auntie, you’re really overthinking things," Shen Shuci couldn’t help but speak up, "I think in a few days, no one in Beijing will ntion it again."
Liang Yun couldn’t help laughing, "Now the whole of Beijing knows you’re the bride-to-be recognized by our Huo Family. It’s only a matter of ti before the engagent is fixed."
"Just to get married, Qinqi needs to file a marriage report with his superiors, and it takes ti for the process to be approved."
"It gives us a bit of ti to prepare well. Trust , Auntie, you won’t be at a disadvantage."
"That’s not what I an, Mr. Huo and I aren’t at that stage yet..." Shen Shuci said she and Huo Qinqi weren’t in that kind of relationship, but probably no one would believe it now.
"Is it that he’s not good enough for you, so you’re unwilling?"
"No, it’s not like that, I..." Shen Shuci hadn’t progressed to that stage with him, and whether he was good or not was irrelevant, but before she could finish explaining, Liang Yun interrupted her with a laugh.
"Of course not, well then, this will be easy to handle. I’ll just discuss it with your parents. Don’t worry about it, you seem quite tired today. Sit at the side and rest for a while." Liang Yun’s smile was warm, completely lacking her usual condescension.
Shen Shuci could only make eye signals to Huo Qinqi, hoping he would say sothing. He frowned slightly, as if trying to figure out what she wanted him to say.
To the Jiang Family, their interactions seed like lovebirds exchanging flirtatious glances.
...
Jiang Chengsi clicked his tongue and turned to Qi Zeyan, "I never would have thought that one day, old Huo would pull sothing like this?"
It certainly looked like a public display of affection.
Even if they didn’t admit it, their interactions were quite obvious, they must be very familiar with each other.
"Ha—He’s had too many tricky moves; you just haven’t seen them," Qi Zeyan, already hit hard tonight, had no desire to be a spectator to this drama.
"Showing off with eyebrow signals right in front of everyone? Is there anything more outrageous than that? Really can’t tell," Jiang Chengsi clicked his tongue.
"Your contributions might have played a part in this," Jiang Shiyi whispered.
"My contribution? Bro, are you kidding ? I had no clue about their thing," Jiang Chengsi replied while tossing a piece of sliced mango into his mouth.
"During second brother’s wedding, in the car, you taught him all sorts of flirting and courting techniques. You encouraged him to take the initiative, and I think he’s been following your advice."
"Pfft—cough cough..." Jiang Chengsi was finally successfully choked.
Jiang Jinsang glanced at him, "Fourth brother, you were involved too?"
"Bro, cough—" he hurriedly signaled Jiang Shiyi to pat him on the back.
Indeed, during second brother’s wedding, Jiang Chengsi had indeed filled Huo Qinqi’s head with all sorts of nonsense.
Huo Qinqi getting married and taking the little aunt as his bride?
From where would the little aunt marry off from? The Shen Family didn’t even have a house in Beijing, so if they were fetching the bride from a hotel, who would be responsible for stopping Huo Qinqi? Could it be...
Jiang Chengsi suddenly started to feel a headache coming on.
Eating popcorn until your own house collapses, now that’s sothing?
"I’ll help you!" Jiang Jinsang saw him choking and offered to help.
But one slap on his back nearly made him cough up blood, "Are you trying to murder your own brother?!"
"Cousin, at most."
...
Shen Shuci was completely at a loss, as everything had gone far beyond her expectations and off-track, seemingly impossible to reel back in.
Prior to this, Huo Qinqi had said they ca over to explain the incident in the afternoon, but now it had turned into a major scene of marriage proposal and eting the parents.
And Jiang Jinsang had seen the signs early on. Since the little aunt hadn’t been settled, could there still be a chance to diate, to negotiate a way out?
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