Tian Guihua whispered words of comfort to Xie Lanqiao, while also giving her husband a meaningful look.

Hua Guangzong could easily tell that his wife was very satisfied with the young girl. Their family didn't value these external conditions, otherwise they wouldn't have let their only son marry Xun Liangfen.

He immediately dragged the person into the room and said, "What's wrong with you? You were communicating with them so frequently before, and now that they've come to our house, this is your attitude."

Let me tell you, our family doesn't allow us to do things like playing with exiles. If you didn't have feelings for them back then, you wouldn't have written them letter after letter.

Now that they've come knocking on our door, you think you can just send them away like this? Don't you have any sense of responsibility? Is this how your grandmother and I raised you?"

“Yes, she’s a stranger in this place, where do you expect a young girl to go?” Hua Zhiping said as he came in. “She’s come all this way, and she’s taken good care of you in the village before, hasn’t she? That’s your way of showing consideration for others.”

Hua Zhian felt wronged; he hadn't even said anything yet, and his family had already convicted him.

Before sentencing, at least give him a chance to defend himself. He's already been wrongly convicted; if he's not allowed to explain, he'll die a wrongful death.

“I didn’t say she couldn’t come, I was just a little surprised by her sudden appearance without saying a word,” Hua Zhian was really afraid that his grandfather and older brother would attack him, so he quickly hid in what he thought was a safe corner. “Besides, I didn’t say I wanted to date her, and I didn’t invite her over. What am I supposed to do?”

You are my family, can't you think about me?

Yes, before, when I was in the village, I thought that if I didn't come back, I wouldn't start a family with her. But now that I'm back, we're too far apart; it's just not right for us."

"Since you know it's not right, why do you keep writing to the other person? Aren't you just flirting with them?" Hua Guangzong's anger flared up when he heard this, and he finally couldn't help but reach out and slap him on the head. "Do you know what kind of behavior this is?"

That's extremely irresponsible of you. You don't want to marry her, yet you're keeping her hanging on.

Don't give me that crap, talking about normal friendships. Do normal friends exchange letters this frequently? Do you even have that many topics to talk about?

Your younger sister has been working in the countryside for so long, how many letters have you written to her?

"Grandpa, Xiangyun and I still need to write letters..." Visiting him every week and helping with chores for half a day is even more practical than writing letters.

"Anyway, it's the same point: when you were working in the countryside, you didn't communicate with your family this frequently." Hua Guangzong interrupted him impatiently, thinking that this was just sophistry.

There's no such thing as pure friendship between two unrelated men and women; to say it is just to fool people and cover up a veil of shame.

Besides, neither of them is married, so it would be quite scummy for Hua Zhian to do this.

Hua Zhiping: "If someone kept writing letters to Xiangyun like this, and then told her it was just a friendship, what would you think?"

Before Hua Zhian could speak, Hua Guangzong slapped him. These two grandsons are both so tactless. How can you compare them like that?

If he were Xie Lanqiao's grandfather, he would have grabbed a knife and dealt with Hua Zhian.

"Don't compare yourself to your sister. Little Guai wouldn't be so unlucky as to run into someone like that."

Hua Guangzong never dared to even think about it, but he never expected that these two lads would dare to compare themselves to Xiangyun.

Hua Zhiping realized he had said the wrong thing, but the culprit was Hua Zhian. "Grandpa, I was wrong, but we have to resolve this."

When we came in, there were many people in the yard waiting to see our family make a fool of themselves. If this isn't resolved today, our family will face consequences in the future…”

Hua Guangzong then turned his gaze back to Hua Tou'an, "Now that they've all come, what do you suggest we do?"

"I don't know what to do either. The two places are so far apart, and it will take more than half a month to travel back and forth. I don't know if Captain Xie and the others know that Lan Qiao came to find me?"

Hua Zhian is now panicked and doesn't know how to resolve this situation.

Now that a grown man is standing right in front of him, if he were to sneak out, he wouldn't be able to explain himself when the Xie family came looking for him.

"Do you have feelings for this girl or not?" Now that things have come to this point, Hua Guangzong has come to terms with it. If his grandson is willing, then the marriage can proceed.

I just saw this girl; her eyes are clear and upright, she is poised and generous, and she is very hardworking. So what if she has a rural household registration? Her family can afford to support her.

Besides, Hua Zhian has lived too comfortably all these years, it's time for him to take on his responsibilities. He's now officially employed and can support his wife and children without any problems.

Many families have only one member working, and they still have elderly parents and young children to support, yet they all live well.

The family has been overwhelmed with choices regarding this young man's marriage lately, but now they don't have to anymore. There are already suitable candidates, all of whom Hua Zhian himself brought into the picture. It's good that things are settled.

Hua Zhian was stunned. "Grandpa, you agree?"

"What's wrong with that? Your mother married into the family just like that, and we don't care about those things."

"You little rascal, you're not going to tell that it's us old folks who don't approve, are you?" Hua Guangzong didn't want his grandson to be so irresponsible, pushing them out as a shield.

Hua Zhian quickly shook his head. He had fallen into too many traps before and was afraid that the old man would be waiting for him here again. Full of survival instinct, he said, "No, no, our family is more open-minded than anyone else. How could I say such a thing?"

I've seen many people settle down in the village before, and I've been affected by it to some extent. I also want to start a small family there.

Lan Qiao has a good personality and has always taken good care of me, so we gradually started seeing each other.

But we really did keep to our duties; aside from exchanging a few extra words, there was really nothing else.

They were truly innocent; they had never even held hands. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left so resolutely.

However, there was still a hint of ambiguity between the two. He had previously thought that Xie Lanqiao was too young to understand, but now it seemed that he had misunderstood.

He was also very flustered. This person suddenly appeared in front of him, and he didn't react for a moment.

He is now very distressed and doesn't know how to deal with the other party.

Should we send her back? Xie Lanqiao traveled thousands of miles for him, and he dared not even think about the hardships she endured along the way.

He felt that the two of them hadn't reached that point yet, and he was in a difficult position to immediately finalize the marriage if he didn't send it back.

This is not a short-term matter, but a lifetime.

He admitted that he had feelings for Xie Lanqiao, but now that he had returned to the city, if he were to get back together with Xie Lanqiao, he would be unable to break free from Kaoshantun in the future.