003: Are you willing to marry my grandson?
Xu Yao fulfilled her promise to Mrs. Shen and took all the responsibility for the broken engagement on herself. She would rather let Lin Meixian misunderstand that she had changed her heart than say a bad word about Chen Yan.
However, Lin Meixian didn't believe that her daughter was a fickle person.
What prevented Xu Yao and Shen Yan from being together was not a "new fate" but the debt of the Xu family.
Thinking of Xu Yao's broken marriage, Lin Meixian became depressed and wanted to return the engagement ring to Wen Zhicheng.
Wen Zhicheng was very insightful and asked Lin Meixian if she was worried about Xu Yao.
"Do you want me to come forward and talk to the Shen family?"
Wen Zhicheng put the ring back on Lin Meixian's hand and put his arm around her shoulders: "We will be a family soon. What happened between you and Yaoyao will be the Wen family's business."
Wen Zhicheng is willing to support Xu Yao.
Lin Meixian was touched by Wen Zhicheng's generosity, but it was useless for Wen Zhicheng to talk to the Shen family. Wen Zhicheng had his own daughter, Wen Yiyi, and nothing in the Wen family had anything to do with Xu Yao. Lin Meixian couldn't ask Wen Zhicheng to help the Xu family pay back the debt...at least not now.
Wen Yiyi heard the conversation between the two and was very alert. She realized that Lin Meixian was trying to control Wen Zhicheng by retreating. She reminded Wen Zhicheng not to fall into the trap set by Lin Meixian and Xu Yao.
Lin Meixian smiled bitterly: "Zhicheng, Yaoyao's wedding has changed. As a mother, there is no reason for me to hold a wedding at this time. Let's put our affairs on hold later."
Wen Zhicheng turned around and scolded Wen Yiyi: "Don't always think of your Aunt Lin as a bad person! And Xu Yao, you will be sisters in the future. You should care more about her instead of laughing at her."
Wen Yiyi was angry, "Everyone is a good person and I am the only bad person, okay?"
Xu Yao and Shen Yan broke off their engagement, and Wen Yiyi was indeed watching the joke.
Why can't Wen Yiyi laugh at the ridiculous things Xu Yao did?
Wen Yiyi felt that Xu Yao and Lin Meixian were deliberately acting. Xu Yao forced Chen Yan to break off the engagement, while Lin Meixian forced Wen Zhicheng to postpone the wedding. It depended on whether Chen Yan or Wen Zhicheng would be the one to be scapegoated and help the Xu family pay off their debts.
"Xu Yao, you and your mother are both scheming bitches!"
Wen Yiyi was so angry that she called Xu Yao and scolded her.
From Wen Yiyi, Xu Yao learned that her mother Lin Meixian had postponed her wedding.
Xu Yao told Lin Meixian that she broke off the engagement because she met someone new, but Lin Meixian was not so easily fooled.
And Chen Yan is not so easy to get rid of.
Xu Yao blocked Chen Yan's contact information. Chen Yan asked his assistant to contact her and said that he would return to China in two days. Xu Yao didn't want to have anything to do with Shen Yan anymore. Chen Yan had been very good to her during the years they had been in a relationship. Since she chose to break off the engagement, she should completely withdraw from Shen Yan's life.
Xu Yao thought, it would be great if there really was someone who could make her change her mind.
Mom will believe that she didn't break off the engagement because of debt, and she won't pester her after Shen Yan returns home.
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Xu Yao was worried all day and almost bumped into an old man at the subway entrance.
"I'm sorry, are you okay?"
Xu Yao was quick to support the old man.
The old man was thin and leaning on a cane, and he gasped heavily when he spoke: "I, you help me... sit down and talk."
Xu Yao helped the old man to a bench by the roadside. "What's wrong with you? Can I call 120 for you?"
The old man held Xu Yao with his skinny hands, "No, no, just let me take it easy."
After panting for a while, the old man slowly calmed his breathing and looked at Xu Yao with loving eyes: "You helped me, how can I repay you?"
Xu Yao was bewildered: "I almost bumped into you, so it's my duty to help you rest—"
The old man interrupted Xu Yao and changed the subject, "Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Perhaps it was because the old man's eyes were too kind, or perhaps it was because the pressure that had accumulated on Xu Yao over the past three years since the Xu family's bankruptcy had reached a breaking point. Xu Yao needed someone to confide in. She smiled bitterly and said, "What I need most now is a marriage partner, the sooner the better..."
Unconsciously, Xu Yao confided in the old man about the pressure she had recently faced. The old man listened to Xu Yao patiently. Xu Yao, on the other hand, felt embarrassed and stopped talking: "I'm sorry that you have to listen to a lot of my complaints just by chance meeting, but do you really not need to go to the hospital?"
The old man shook his head: "Don't worry about me, someone will come to pick me up later."
As they were talking, an ambulance pulled up to the side of the road. Several medical staff got out and trotted over, surrounding the old man and asking about his condition. Another medical staff helped him into a wheelchair. Xu Yao was sure that the old man didn't just look unwell, but was actually seriously ill and had sneaked out of the hospital.
"you--"
"I'm fine, thank you."
The old man waved to Xu Yao and looked back at her several times before being carried into the ambulance, as if he wanted to remember her appearance. Just before the car door closed, the old man suddenly called out to Xu Yao: "Xiao Xu, good people will be rewarded. There will be a solution to your troubles."
Xu Yao wondered what solution there was, could a suitable marriage partner fall from the sky, or could she win a 100 million yuan jackpot immediately?
Thinking this in her heart, Xu Yao was grateful for the old man's kindness. She smiled at him and said, "You should take good care of yourself and cooperate with the doctor's treatment. Don't sneak out of the hospital next time and make people worry!"
It was just a small incident in their chance encounter, and Xu Yao didn't take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, she received a call from the hospital the next morning, saying that Mr. Gu Haishan was in his dying stage and wanted to see Xu Yao again before he died.
Gu Haishan?
Xu Yao had never heard of this name, but she guessed it should be the old man she met at the station yesterday.
I didn't expect the old man's condition to be so serious.
Xu Yao asked, "Grandpa Gu, don't you have any family members?"
"The old man has only one grandson, and he is already on his way back to South City."
The hospital repeatedly assured Xu Yao that old man Gu Haishan had absolutely no intention of blackmailing Xu Yao and simply wanted to see her again.
Xu Yao was not afraid of blackmail at all because she knew that too much debt was not a burden. Thinking about how old man Gu Haishan patiently listened to her troubles yesterday, she agreed to go to the hospital.
When Xu Yao rushed to the hospital, the old man was already in a semi-coma.
The doctor leaned over and spoke in the old man's ear. The old man opened his eyes with great effort, "Xiao, Xiao Xu..."
Xu Yao sat down beside the bed, "Grandpa Gu, I'm here."
Gu Haishan has reached the end of his life, but he is still holding on to his last breath and refusing to close his eyes because he has unfulfilled wishes.
Finally, the person Gu Haishan was waiting for arrived.
Xu Yao looked up and was stunned.
A man in a grey suit strode into the ward. He had an appearance that people would never forget after seeing him once - it was Xu Yao's high school senior Gu Jun!
Gu Jun is two years older than Xu Yao, and Xu Yao has no personal relationship with this senior.
At that time, Gu Jun was a prominent figure in the school, with his outstanding appearance, excellent character and academic performance. However, what impressed Xu Yao was that Gu Jun's family background was as poor as his academic performance.
However, Gu Jun is no longer as shabby as he was in his student days. Xu Yao didn't recognize the brand of Gu Jun's clothes, but judging from the material, she knew they were not cheap.
Gu Jun was also surprised to see Xu Yao in the ward.
Their eyes met and before they could reminisce about the past, an abnormal blush appeared on Gu Haishan's face.
"Xiao Xu, are you willing to marry my grandson Gu Jun?"
Xu Yao was stunned.
marry? !
"Grandpa Gu——"
Gu Haishan interrupted Xu Yao and looked at her with eyes full of love: "You said that you need someone to marry."
Xu Yao subconsciously looked at Gu Jun. When their eyes met, Gu Jun's eyes were full of coldness and doubt.
"Gu Jun!"
Gu Haishan panted and raised his voice, "If you don't agree to marry Xu Yao, I will die with regret!"
A sharp alarm sounded from the instrument in the ward, and Gu Haishan fainted due to excitement. The doctors surrounded Gu Haishan to rescue him, and Xu Yao and Gu Jun were asked to go outside the ward.
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