Chapter 333 Venting
The old man glared at her, "You little girl! How did you recognize me?"
Su Tong said: "When I helped you stand up, I noticed that your shoulders, neck and back were straight, and your steps were consistent. These are the muscle memories engraved in the bones of soldiers."
"Your finger joints are protruding and there are faint scars on them, which are caused by holding a gun for a long time when you were young. Although you are weak, your eyes are sharp and your words are intimidating. You must have been in a high position for a long time."
"Also, your clothes are made of fine material, your nails are neatly trimmed, and there is only a little dust on the soles of your shoes. This proves that you live in a very good condition and probably have a special car to pick you up. I invited you to come back, and you did not refuse. You also behaved very comfortably in this house and did not feel strange at all."
"Besides, I moved into this house yesterday. It's impossible for you not to have heard the news. It's reasonable for you to come and see me as soon as possible, no matter what your purpose is."
Su Tong spoke in an orderly and logical manner, neither humble nor arrogant.
The old man pointed at her and said after a long while:
"Hey! How can a little girl like you figure out so much in such a short time? Well, that's fine! Since you are so good at analysis, why don't you tell me why I came here today?"
Just then the water that had been boiled had boiled, so Su Tong made a cup of tea and placed it in front of the old man.
Then he replied, "Your purpose is nothing more than curiosity. You want to see what kind of person your grandson wants to marry? Or you want to persuade me to give up and not interfere with other people's family affairs."
"Oh! You know a lot! You even know that the marriage report was not approved! You must hate me!"
"That's not the case! You don't approve the marriage report from your perspective, which is normal. You don't know the whole story, nor do you know me. It's completely reasonable for you to make this decision."
"You, you little girl! What if I'm here just to persuade you to quit? What are you going to do?"
Su Tong said: "You can try to persuade him first. Whether to withdraw or not is my business."
"Hey - you're not afraid at all, relying on that guy's support, right?"
Su Tong stood up calmly, pushed the teacup forward, and said:
"It's not hot anymore. You can try it. I just bought black tea. Your stomach can't drink green tea right now."
The old man picked it up and took a sip, then regretted it a little, put the cup down and said:
"You, you - you little girl, are you trying to change the subject? There's no point in trying to change the subject!"
Su Tong smiled and said, "Grandpa! I understand the situation. Your greatest wish is to fulfill your promise to your old friend, to let Qin Yi marry your old friend's granddaughter and take care of her for the rest of his life! But the purpose of this promise is to take care of her! It is to promise him that you will help him take care of his descendants and let him feel at ease! Is that what you mean?"
The old man looked at Su Tong, waiting for her to continue.
Su Tong continued, "The current situation is that Qin Yi doesn't want to marry Lin Jiao, and Lin Jiao doesn't necessarily want to marry Qin Yi. If we just keep tying them together, can they be happy? Can you really fulfill your promise and take good care of Mr. Su's descendants?"
"No! Lin Jiao wants to marry Qin Yi. She has expressed it to me."
"So, I said you don't know the whole story. Lin Jiao's mother took the initiative to ask Qin Yi to cancel the engagement. Since she asked, there must be a reason! I didn't know it before, but now, I am sure that her mother must know that Lin Jiao has someone she likes! Qin Yi is just the best substitute she found when she couldn't get the love she wanted."
Su Tong took out a piece of paper from her bag. It was Lin Jiao's drawing that she had asked Jiang Hai from the painting club for before she left yesterday.
The old man took the paper, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then looked at Lin Jiao's signature in the corner.
"Girls nowadays...even if they have someone they liked before, that's understandable! Besides, since Lin Jiao has expressed her feelings to me, I will try my best to satisfy her. After all, I am the one who owes her, not her."
Su Tong said: "Grandpa, you have overlooked the point. Your focus should be on taking good care of your old friend's descendants, not forcing the two children to get married. These are two different things! If they happen to be in love with each other, then there is nothing to say! But Qin Yi has no feelings for Lin Jiao. Putting aside Qin Yi's feelings for now, can Lin Jiao really be happy in such a marriage?"
"Or do you think that as long as they get married, you can deceive yourself and say, I have finally fulfilled my promise! I have done my best for my old friend! I can quit my job now."
The old man blew his beard angrily, "You, you little girl! How can you talk like that! When did I ever say I was going to quit?"
"Grandpa! Caring can take many forms and in many ways. What's good for the Su family and what's good for Lin Jiao is good. Under the current circumstances, it's not right to force them to get married."
"Also, what I want to say is... don't you think Qin Yi is excellent? He is such an excellent soldier, who has been in danger for the country countless times, risking his life! He is a man who stands tall and proud! A man with an independent personality and thoughts! He is not a tool for you to repay your gratitude! Why should he sacrifice his own happiness for your own debt! Forced to marry someone he doesn't like! Do you have the heart to force him to do something he doesn't want to do?"
"You, you little girl! You're going to piss me off to death!"
The old man stood up with a "whoosh" and looked around for something useful.
Su Tong quickly stood up and moved the teacup in front of him away.
"Okay! Okay! You can smash things when you're angry! You can smash anything in this room! But this teacup is dangerous! I'll move it away for you first! Also, you really can't keep it in your heart when you're angry. It's better for your body to vent!"
"And you can do whatever you want today! Because my specialty is cardiac surgery. With me here, I promise that nothing will happen to you!"
The old man got even angrier!
“You—you—”
Su Tong pointed to the corner of the sofa and said, "There... Old man! The sofa cushions!"
The old man took one look, grabbed a sofa cushion and threw it over, and Su Tong caught it!
Another one!
All three cushions were thrown over!
The old man started walking around looking for something again.
Su Tong was holding a pile of cushions and sighing:
"Hey! I'll talk to my elder sister later and ask her to prepare a few more sofa cushions! There aren't enough for you to smash!"
The old man was so tired that he was out of breath. He put his hands on his waist and glared at Su Tong and said:
"Where did that brat find you? He's really good at making people angry!"
Su Tong smiled and said:
"It was indeed found in a remote mountain area! And! Let me tell you the truth! I also think that you were right not to approve the marriage report! I didn't even want to marry him! He secretly filed a report! This is really not a decent thing to do!"
"What? You, you don't want to marry him! You! You still, you still hold Qiao? You are pretty proud? Right!"
Seeing that the old man started looking for something again, Su Tong hurriedly put the three cushions back on the sofa and quickly hid behind the chair.
But he didn't stop, still muttering:
"Grandpa! You have to understand me! I am an orphan, without a father or a mother! I have no home and no one to rely on! If I don't take advantage of you now, I will have to look at other people's faces when I really enter their house in the future! What if there is a vicious grandfather in that family! How miserable it would be!"
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