To escape being sold for betrothal gifts, Song Mai chooses to have a flash marriage with a stranger, Chu Xing, on the same day. After getting their marriage certificate, she still doesn't know ...
People who are used to eating gourmet meals will find it refreshing to eat wild vegetables occasionally, but if they were to eat wild vegetables all the time, they would inevitably find it boring. People who are born to eat gourmet meals are destined to live like this for the rest of their lives.
She firmly believes that people from different social classes cannot be forced to integrate.
Chu Mingqian drank the tea that Qin Jizhi had poured for him in one gulp and slammed the cup down on the table.
This earned him a displeased glare from Qin Jizhi.
"You think you can break my cup after you've already broken the old man's?"
I didn't mean that.
He is an impatient person who doesn't like to procrastinate and prefers to get things done quickly so as to avoid any lingering worries.
In addition, having served in the military for decades, he prefers to do things directly and dislikes beating around the bush.
But this was his son's emotional matter, not a war. He had told Chu Xing many times, but Chu Xing wouldn't listen. This made him angry that Chu Xing didn't understand his good intentions and wouldn't listen to him, but he also felt powerless.
Yesterday, he had intended to give Chu Xing a good scolding for arranging for Song Mai to work at Yunxing, but he couldn't control his temper and angered the old man. In the end, he had no choice but to stop talking about it.
But this matter lingered in his mind, making him feel very unhappy.
Therefore, after Chu Xing left after dinner that day, he made two phone calls to Chu Xing.
But Chu Xing neither answered nor replied, and later he sent another message.
Chu Xing still didn't reply, and it seemed that he was completely unwilling to pay attention to him.
This made Chu Mingqian feel like he had punched cotton.
He scratched his head in frustration and said with a hint of compromise:
"Fine, since he says that woman is so good, I'll see if she's really as good as he says. If she's not as good as he says, I'll use any means necessary to make them divorce."
Qin Jizhi glanced at him with a cool look in his eyes.
"What if it's the same as what he said? Would you agree?"
"What else can we do? Of course I know Chu Xing has better options, and there are plenty of better options, but as he said, we can't just look at his background and family history. Character is also very important. After all, it's his own marriage. He has to agree to who he wants to spend his life with and make sure he's comfortable with it. If the woman is indeed a good person and he really likes her, then let him have his way."
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Qin Jizhi stood up abruptly, his face contorted with anger.
"No way! Don't even think about it! You've given in, you've given in! Good character is important, but does that mean girls from good families are necessarily bad people? If that's the case, why can't you find a girl with even better qualities? Why do you have to find someone like this? What use is this woman? What help can she be to Chu Xing himself or the future of the Chu family? She's nothing more than a vampire, only able to cling to him and suck his blood!"
Chu Mingqian always handled things quickly and decisively, but when it came to matters that couldn't be resolved with a decisive approach, he felt completely lost.
In addition, while he said he would definitely make Chu Xing get a divorce, he also felt that Chu Xing was no longer a child and could take responsibility for his own life. Moreover, in such a major life decision, it was impossible not to take his thoughts and wishes into account.
After all, he and Qin Jizhi felt that no matter how good the person they chose was, if Chu Xing didn't like him, Chu Xing would still find it unpleasant.
No one can live a lifetime for Chu Xing. The person who should really get married is Chu Xing, not him, nor Qin Jizhi.
If you really don't like someone but still get married, it's a purely political marriage, and that's a painful experience.
He hoped that Chu Xing would choose the best girl in every way as his wife, but as a father, he couldn't possibly not care about his child or consider his feelings at all.
Because he felt sorry for Chu Xing, because he felt guilty towards Chu Xing, because he was considering Chu Xing's feelings, and because he really had no other choice, he decided to make a concession as the stalemate was not a solution.
As long as Song Mai is indeed a good person as Chu Xing said, it doesn't matter if her family background isn't good. As long as she can live a peaceful life with Chu Xing, take good care of the family and Chu Xing, and be a mediocre future matriarch of the Chu family, that's enough.
He didn't expect her to bring any benefits to the Chu family, nor did he expect the Chu family to benefit from her future development. Perhaps Chu Xing could only rely on the Chu family's existing resources and his own efforts in the future. But at least he liked her, at least this woman had decent character, and Chu Xing felt happy, so it was barely acceptable.
However, Qin Jizhi was clearly very dissatisfied with this statement from a man.
She had always thought that Chu Mingqian shared her ideas and believed that finding a girl who was good in every way for Chu Xing was the right thing to do. She never expected that this long process of persuasion had only just begun, and he was already showing signs of backing down.
How can this be allowed?
Chu Xing is inherently stubborn, and persuading him is already extremely difficult. Moreover, the more forceful their methods and means are, the more he will resist.
But if Chu Mingqian backs down and gives in now, how can she persuade Chu Xing to divorce him on her own?
Is she really going to just stand by and watch her son marry a woman like that?
Even if that woman has the best character in the world, so what?
What effect can it have?
Even after she and Chu Mingqian retired, no matter how big Chu Xing's business empire became, she was still worried because there was no one in the family involved in politics to stabilize the home front.
Having a politician in the family might not seem like a big deal on a daily basis, but if his company goes under and falls on hard times, the family will still respect him because of his political background.
She and Chu Mingqian are still in office, and the Chu family is still at its peak, but the old man has retired and is getting old. If something happens to him one day, the Chu family will only have the three of them left.
Once she and Chu Mingqian retire, everyone will still respect them before retirement, but after retirement, it's hard to guarantee that they won't be forgotten.
Will no one respect him anymore by then?
The market is inherently unstable; will Yunxing continue to thrive indefinitely?
There were too many variables, which made her feel uneasy.
However, if he were to marry someone from a family like the Chu family, whose members have been involved in politics for generations, then the future of the Chu family would be much more secure.
Conversely, if the family has been in business for generations, they must have a deep foundation in the business world, which could also provide assistance to Chu Xing.
In short, Chu Xing's wife must come from a good family. No matter how good Song Mai's character is, she can't possibly be Song Mai!
She was usually gentle and kind, always appearing dignified and poised, never showing any emotion. She always greeted people with a smile, giving the impression of a perfectly educated and well-mannered person. Her sudden outburst of anger startled Chu Mingqian.