Shi's mother: "It's not about dating."

Shi Xi lay back down on the sofa in disappointment.

“They’re getting engaged next month,” Shi’s mother added.

"Huh?!" Shi Xi sat up in surprise again.

Shi's mother explained, "When your grandfather joined the army, he made an agreement with his comrades that if their children were a boy and a girl, they would become in-laws."

Shi Xi interrupted, "Then how come there's a generation gap? And all the children are boys?"

Shi's mother: "...Later, they were assigned to fight in different places and lost contact with each other, so the agreement was no longer valid."

Just last month, your grandfather ran into that comrade-in-arms again. He has an unmarried grandson, and that comrade-in-arms has a single granddaughter.

After discussing it, the two decided to continue the agreement.

After listening, Shi Xi whispered, "Other people's marriages are arranged by their parents, but Shi Xu's marriage was arranged by his grandfather."

Shi's mother: "What are you whispering about?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask if my brother agrees?" Shi Xi said, "He doesn't seem to have any plans to settle down yet."

At this point, Shi's mother sighed, "Your grandfather told him, and he agreed."

Shi Xi asked, "Did he meet with that comrade's granddaughter?"

How come so many things happened while she was away?

She doesn't know any of them!

"I've never met him before." Shi's mother was clearly not very satisfied with the marriage, saying, "Shi Xu is filial and wants to make your grandfather happy."

"Making others happy with one's own life, that's truly filial piety," Shi Xi muttered to herself, before lying back down on the sofa massage area.

Shi's mother sighed and said, "As long as she is a good girl and good to Shi, that's fine."

Shi Xi asked, "What's her name?"

Shi's mother: "Her surname is Xu, and her name is Xu Ziqing. Zi means purple, and Qing means sunny."

Shi Xi straightened up again, "Xu Ziqing?!"

"You know him?" Shi's mother asked.

"Ah, I'm not sure, maybe it's just someone with the same name." Shi Xi thought of the Xu Ziqing she knew, looking confused.

The world isn't that small, is it?

Auntie cooked the noodles, and Shi Xi left her mother behind to eat them at the table.

While eating noodles, I was thinking about how to—

Well, Shi Xu is a grown man, how could he not investigate his fiancée's background?

Shi Xi simply lowered her head and ate her noodles, no longer disturbing Shi Xu's happiness.

What if it's not that Xu Ziqing?

After finishing her noodles, Shi Xi took a nice bath and prepared to go to sleep.

Just before I went to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." Shi Xi sat up from the bed.

Shi Xu came in from outside and said, "I'm getting engaged."

Shi Xi: "I know, Mom told me."

Time purses its lips.

The atmosphere froze instantly.

"You don't want to get engaged?" Shi Xi asked cautiously.

"I don't want Grandpa to be unhappy." Shi Xu did not answer Shi Xi's question.

But that does answer Shi Xi's question.

“Grandpa has a heart condition and can’t stand being upset,” Shi Xi analyzed. “He thinks highly of you and wants you to settle down and start a family as soon as possible. And your fiancé is the granddaughter of one of his comrades-in-arms…”

Timeline: "Help me think of a solution."

Shi Xi kicked the ball back, "What can I do?"

Shi Xu asked directly, "How was your engagement dissolved?"

Shi Xi suddenly realized, "So you came to ask me for advice on how to break off an engagement!"

Timing: "..."

"Let me think, how did I break off the engagement?" Shi Xi pondered, then said, "First, you have to make your fiancé hate you."