The Formidable Pass, a Road of Iron

The main setting of the story is the Middle East (Dubai/Saudi Arabia). The Guan and Zheng families jointly operate a large steel factory in West City. To solidify their business, the two families h...

Chapter 60

Chapter 60

"Guan Guan! I'm here~" Jiawei recognized Guan Ying first, and came out trotting with her suitcase.

This scared Guan Ying quite a bit. It had been more than two months since they last saw each other. She wondered how Jiawei was doing now, and whether she could resist showing off like that.

"Hey, hey, hey, the floor is too slippery, don't run, don't run!" In order to let Jiawei run less steps, Guan Ying was stunned for a moment, then jumped out like a monkey. When she hugged Jiawei, she carefully stuck out her butt, for fear of hitting her belly.

The baby wasn't even three months old yet, and she was completely oblivious to Jiawei's bouncing around. It was a bit reckless. Guan Ying held her shoulders tightly, repeatedly pulling her back down from the air, wishing she could turn into a weight to hold down the now-excited Jiawei. Her forehead was sweating with anxiety.

Last time when they parted at the Dubai airport, Jiawei didn't mention the child, so she didn't mention it either, pretending not to know. But now that the person is in front of her, she can't ignore it.

"Uncle said you've been getting up early and coming home late lately, busy studying in the library. I thought you wouldn't come to pick me up today!" Jiawei finally stopped, but she still held Guan Ying tightly. She was in a foreign country, encountering countless unfamiliar people and things. When she learned that Guan Ying's family had moved to Seattle, she had been looking forward to this day of reunion, and now she was so excited that she didn't want to let go.

Guan Ying's body movements maintained a subtle distance from her belly, but her words remained the same as before: "Ha, I didn't plan to come pick you up! You're already such a grown-up, and the flight is less than an hour away, so there's nothing to worry about... It's just that my parents were too nervous. Alas, what can I do? I can only reluctantly put aside my academic career and rush over to pick you up!"

"Hehehe~" Jiawei seemed to enjoy her weird talk and stood on tiptoe with joy, "You only know how to play tricks on me, huh~" She glanced past Guan Ying's head and caught a glimpse of a handsome young man. She asked in confusion, "Eh? Who is this kid...?"

"Hello, sister, I'm Mike!" Mike smiled, his mouth reaching the sky again.

Jiawei had been clinging to Guan Ying, but now she finally let go and looked at Mike with confusion. This Westerner looked mixed-race, with a nice figure and good looks, and his appearance was indeed Guan Ying's taste. But he didn't look very old, so why did he call her "sister"? Westerners don't use that term!

"Hello Mike!" After meeting Mike, Jiawei quietly asked Guan Ying, "Guan Guan, what's going on? How old is he?"

Mike took Jiawei's suitcase and walked in front of them to lead the way.

Guan Ying: "Twenty years old."

"Wow, then how can he call me sister?" Jiawei felt that she had suffered a great loss.

Guan Ying remembered what Lao Guan had said and continued to tease her: "You are indeed our old housekeeper's sister, and you are so delicate that foreigners may not be able to tell your age... Didn't you feel it in Vancouver?"

Jiawei shook her head: "No matter how young I look, I won't look only ten years old!"

Guan Ying laughed: "Ha, isn't it good to call him younger? Do you have to let him call you Auntie to be happy?"

"Hey~ Yo~ Why do you keep teasing me~" Jiawei scolded while pondering their relationship, and laughed softly, "I think he is your type, it's a pity that he is a little young... Hey, could it be that you suddenly changed your interest and want to be his auntie, or... Sugar Mummy? Hehe~"

Guan Ying had been holding her hand and following Mike, but now she giggled and pinched her palm. "Why, no? I'm old enough to be a child's aunt! It's just... I can't afford to raise a nephew as old as Mike. Why don't you be kind and give me a baby to play with?"

Jiawei's smile instantly stopped, her face turned pale, and her steps became unsteady.

Guan Ying thought that although Jiawei's belly wasn't very noticeable right now, it would be hard to hide in a month or two. She thought it would be better to pave the way for Jiawei early on, so they could talk about it regularly. This would make Jiawei less flustered when she finally confessed. At the very least, she wanted to tell Jiawei that she welcomed the baby, and she didn't care whether the nephew was legitimate or not, or who the father was.

But seeing Jiawei in a panic, Guan Ying felt a little regretful. Was she too impatient?

"Hey, Guan Ying, seriously, if you wanna be my sugar mummy, I will agree!" Mike suddenly turned around, forced the two of them to stop, and looked at Guan Ying with a playful smile.

His words were extremely outrageous, but they helped to resolve the situation.

"Ha, I really don't know what my parents said to you. Who wants to be your stepmother!" Guan Ying crossed her arms, raised her head, and confronted him with a frown.

Mike was delighted and said exaggeratedly, "You said you love me!"

In view of the prior knowledge given by Guan Xiong and his wife, as well as their shared interests and mutual affection along the way, he had no doubt that Guan Ying liked him, and only regarded it as the coquettish behavior of an oriental woman who was reluctant to accept but also reluctant to do so.

This scene brought Jiawei back from her trance. After hearing this, she blinked her eyes and exaggeratedly dragged out the words: "Oh, my, God..."

She knew Guan Ying wouldn't dwell on the bad mood of breaking up with Xiao Weiyan. Guan Ying would never worry about the next one. But she never expected that Guan Ying, who always liked mature men, would suddenly fall in love with a man who was only 20 years old! The two of them were 13 years apart in age. How could Jiawei not be shocked and scream for help?

"Little Mom?" Mike raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't quite understand the word, he cleverly thought she thought he sounded old-fashioned, so he grinned again, "Oh, I get it. Of course you're much younger than my Mummy. I'll call you Sister, okay? Sister!"

Guan Yingma shivered slightly.

A passionate young man with brown hair and blue eyes suddenly looks down at your eyes in a youthful and cute manner, and then calls you sister obediently. Who can stand this?

Jiawei couldn't breathe at this moment, thinking: It's over, it's over. Although Mike is young, his appearance is Guan Ying's type, and he's so straightforward and enthusiastic. No wonder Guan Ying broke the rules for him! Oh my God, Guan Guan is not really going to support a gigolo, is he?

Guan Ying rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and glared, "Do your parents know you're doing this outside?"

When Mike spoke, his expression was always full of American freedom: "Haha, I'm not a babyboy! Besides, my parents like you very much, just like your parents like me very much."

Jiawei gasped: "Oh my god, both sets of parents have met? Even Guan Dad and Guan Mom agree! Are they all so open-minded?"

Although Guan Ying had been in international relationships before, such as with Daniel, he was older than her and had a romantic yet calm personality... She had no experience with younger people, and the limited experience she had was with Zheng Juyong... After all, Zheng Juyong wasn't as young as Mike! Compared to Mike, Zheng Juyong was quite mature... For some reason, she suddenly compared Mike to Zheng Juyong.

Seeing her dazed, Mike thought she was showing typical oriental reserve. He winked at Guan Ying and made a face: "Let's go, sister. And, sister." He turned around, picked up Jiawei's suitcase, and walked out quietly.

Guan Ying was still stunned. This was unlike Guan Ying. She was always decisive and efficient in handling emotional matters.

Jiawei flexed her arm, still a little frightened. "Did I get you into trouble again? If you don't like this kid, just reject him right away. We can just take a taxi and leave."

It's not that easy, Guan Ying sighed. "Alas, he's the son of a university professor and a real estate agent."

Jiawei frowned. "Oh... I see he speaks so relaxedly, more like your Ju Yongguan. He doesn't look like a kid from a poor family. How come he finds so many mummies out there?"

Guan Ying burst out laughing: "Is it possible that the university professor and the real estate agent are his parents?"

Jiawei finally realized something: "Are you talking about Professor Wilson that Brother Yan introduced? Mike is his son? Oh, I heard that professor is also very famous in the circle. Why does his wife still need to work? Being a real estate agent means running around everywhere, talking a lot, and sometimes having to please people. It's very hard! Last month, in order to help Brother Yan find a house, I followed the real estate agent in Vancouver to so many places that my legs were almost broken!"

Guan Ying grasped the key point: "Why did Xiao Weiyan ask you to go and deal with the house business?"

Jiawei's casual sigh unexpectedly aroused Guan Ying's concern. She quickly took her arm, pointed to the place not far away and changed the subject: "I see the kids have already moved the suitcases to the carriage. You'd better think carefully. Even rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows~"

Guan Ying was just upset about this matter: she said those words about stealing someone's love to her parents in a hurry last night, and Old Guan had already liked Mike, and after hearing what she said, he must have been eager to tell Mike about it. But Old Guan was still unsure about Mike's feelings, so he leaned against the window to peek at Mike so mysteriously this morning; on the way here, she was so happy that she forgot herself when thinking about not seeing Jia Wei for a long time, and this Mike happened to be full of energy. She thought that since he was a young foreigner, he would not take it seriously... Who knew that he would be so straightforward and not play by the rules?

If I reject Mike, it would be like deceiving the old couple. I'm afraid the old housekeeper will try to force her on Jiawei... It sounds normal for Mike to call me "sister", but it's too easy for the old housekeeper to misunderstand if he calls Jiawei "sister" all the time!

But if she accepted Mike against her will, the Wilsons would likely be happy to see it happen. Theirs is a marriage of Eastern and Western descent, a sister-brother relationship, and their willingness to allow their son to pursue music, which is completely against the law, shows they deeply respect each other's free will. As long as Mike is willing... But how could she possibly keep up this pretense for a year? Westerners are open-minded before marriage, and Mike is young and straightforward, unlike her previous older, more tolerant partners. How could she possibly keep him away from her for a year?

She had never encountered such a difficult situation before, and she couldn't make a decision immediately, so of course she was upset.