"Shanshan, get ready tomorrow. Let's take some time to go to Old Lin's house and finalize the marriage arrangements for the two children," Jiang Wende said after a long period of contemplation.

Regardless, Gaoyuan Toys is quite well-known locally. Since the two children are already living together and may have had a relationship, Yanwan must be given a proper status.

Since neither Jiang Xia nor Lin Yanwan has reached the legal marriage age, getting engaged is the safest option.

Moreover, after Jiang Xia confessed that he was the owner of Qitian Animation, the relationship between the two companies became even closer, involving not only personal exchanges but also business cooperation.

Engagement is equivalent to binding the two families together.

"Okay, sure," Xia Shanshan nodded.

Before today, she was a little worried that the Lin family might become rich by selling toys and look down on ordinary families like theirs. But now, they are a good match.

Once the marriage is settled, let the two of them do whatever they want. Even if Yanwan accidentally gets pregnant, there's no need to worry about all the gossip.

"Old Jiang, do you think they'll agree? After all, the two kids have just started college and are still a bit young," Xia Shanshan asked with some concern.

“How could they disagree? In my opinion, they’re even more anxious about this than we are,” Jiang Wende asserted.

Yan Wan is their daughter, and the toy factory relies on the copyright of Qitian Animation. They will feel at ease if this matter is finalized as soon as possible.

It can be said that they took advantage of the Chinese New Year to finalize their marriage.

"That's true. I'll prepare the things for the marriage proposal tomorrow. By the way, should we tell Xiaxia about this?"

“We didn’t tell him. He kept such a big thing as starting a company a secret from us, but we also quietly arranged his life’s most important event,” Jiang Wende said with a smile.

Xia Shanshan couldn't help but chuckle to herself; the father and son really were quite alike.

◇

The next day, Jiang Xia slept soundly until late morning. After getting dressed and leaving his bedroom, he found no one home. He guessed Jiang Wende had gone to work, and Xia Shanshan had probably gone to the market to buy groceries to cook him a delicious lunch.

After washing up, I saw a familiar note on the table, written in Xia Shanshan's handwriting.

son:

Your mom went out today, so you'll have lunch at your mother-in-law's house by yourself, and dinner will depend on the situation.

Xia Shanshan

8:13

Jiang Xia scratched her head and sent her son to another house. She was truly a loving mother.

However, since Mom has said so, what are we waiting for?

He took out his phone and sent a text message to Lin Yanwan: "Wife, I'm here!"

"We're out of soy sauce at home, remember to buy a bottle."

"Okay, can I have a kiss after we meet? I have this disease that I'll die if I don't have my wife to hold me while I sleep at night."

"Damn it!" Lin Yanwan looked at her parents who were busy in the kitchen and continued, "My parents are home today, so you better behave yourself."

"Let's go back to our room and kiss, they won't know."

Lin Yanwan was furious: "Close the door! Do you really think they don't know what they're doing?!"

She's easily embarrassed; she's just fooling herself.

This brings us to Lu Xun's famous saying: "Based on human imagination, what might have been just a young couple cuddling and kissing could easily turn into a situation where, if they stay inside for more than three minutes without coming out, they might be thinking that the seeds have already been planted in the ground."

That's just how outrageous it is.

"All right."

Jiang Xia couldn't help but sigh. He should have stayed in the capital for two more days, preferably returning on New Year's Eve.

I changed into clean clothes, took the note from the table, and then went out.

I bought a bottle of soy sauce at the supermarket outside my residential complex, and then hailed a taxi on the roadside. Unfortunately, I ran into my dad again.

Jiang Xia looked at the familiar license plate number, his lips twitching slightly, as his dead memories began to attack him frantically.

Sometimes he even suspected that Jiang Wende was following him all day long, otherwise how could there always be such coincidences?

Even if Wanzhou isn't a big city, it's unlikely that you'd run into your own father every time you take a taxi.

He reluctantly opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. Jiang Wende glanced at the soy sauce bottle in his hand, didn't even ask where he was going, and drove directly in the direction of his in-laws.

"My mom went out on something and asked me to have lunch at Yanwan's house," Jiang Xia said after hesitating for a while.

"Yes, I know."

Jiang Wende nodded, spotted the empty space in the left lane, turned on his turn signal, turned the steering wheel, and gave the accelerator a little with his right foot. He successfully changed lanes before the car behind him could catch up.

Jiang Xia: "...Dad, please drive carefully. It's almost Chinese New Year, and there are a lot of cars and people on the streets. I'm not in a hurry, so can't you drive slower?"

"That's why we drive like that, because there are so many cars. There was a long line of cars following behind me. If I hadn't squeezed in, I would have had to turn at the next intersection," Jiang Wende said casually.

As an experienced driver, I have great confidence in my skills. Besides, the situation just now was not dangerous. Moreover, what taxi doesn't overtake and cut in line? Weaving through gaps is a basic skill that a qualified taxi driver should master.

In other words, getting passengers to their destination faster means picking up another batch of passengers sooner, which means earning more money.

Jiang Xia frowned. He inexplicably thought of Jiang Wende's car accident in his previous life. Although it was due to fatigue driving, he didn't dare to gamble on the probability of that.

What if the timeline of the previous life has converged?

“Dad, you just promised me yesterday that safety comes first. If you keep doing this, I’ll have no choice but to force you to resign,” Jiang Xia said earnestly.

Jiang Wende's expression froze, knowing that his son was concerned about him and worried that something might have happened to him.

Jiang Xia is now a big boss, earning more in a day than he used to earn in a year, so he cherishes the safety of his family even more.

Jiang Wende's tone immediately softened: "Okay, I'll drive slower from now on and try not to overtake or cut in front of other cars. But this habit needs to be changed gradually. I can't change my decades-old driving habits right away."

Jiang Xia nodded: "That's more like it."

The taxi quickly arrived at the east gate of Jinxiu Huacheng. Jiang Xia unbuckled her seatbelt and said, "Dad, I'll go upstairs first."

"Okay, go ahead."

Watching Jiang Xia's figure gradually disappear from sight, Jiang Wende picked up his phone and called his wife.

"Your son has already gone there. How are your preparations going?"

"We've already bought cigarettes, alcohol, and tea. What else do we need to buy?"

"That's about enough. Let's buy some more high-end supplements, milk, cooking oil, and the like."

"Okay, sure."

"Where are you? I'll come pick you up right away."

(End of this chapter)