Si Wenjie laid out Shi Yining's napkin and said, "Aunt, Yining is not a stranger. We will go get the marriage certificate on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."
"You!" Si Meiyun stood up suddenly. "Without the two pharmaceutical factories that the Si family had built as a foundation, would you be where you are today?"
Si Wenjie slowly raised his head, the coldness in his eyes making the temperature around him drop sharply, "Auntie really has a bad memory."
"When I took over those two pharmaceutical factories five years ago, they were without water and electricity for a whole month. Thirty-seven resignation applications were locked in a drawer in the accounting office..."
He suddenly curled his lips into a cold smile, "Even the gatekeeper, Old Li, has to sell scrap metal to make a living."
The restaurant suddenly fell silent.
“Click——”
The chopsticks in Shi Yining's hand broke violently.
"Meiyun!" The old man's voice was as deep as thunder. "Have you completely forgotten the Si family's way of entertaining guests?"
The old man's tone suddenly softened a bit, "What job does Miss Shi do now?"
"Neurosurgeon." Shi Yining straightened his back and spoke in a clear voice.
Tang Yaqing said sarcastically: "Oh, isn't it the one from the Shi family..."
She deliberately dragged out her tone, "An unwanted adopted daughter?"
Si Wenjie clenched Shi Yining's hand so tightly that the knuckles turned white.
"Auntie, you probably don't know, but Yining is the youngest visiting scholar at the Mayo Clinic—the hospital ranked number one in the world."
"Whenever Shi Heng sees her, he always respectfully calls her 'Sister'. Do you think the Shi family would have made a mistake in choosing her?"
Tang Xinyi stood up suddenly, "Grandpa, I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home..."
"Sit down!" The old man pounded his cane. "It's New Year's Day, what's wrong with you?"
He turned and stared at Si Wenjie, "For a woman, you don't even want the Tang family's cooperation?"
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