Yuan Yamin thought that Tong Zhao and the others would hesitate for a while, but seeing that the two of them had made up their minds, she said goodbye and hurried off to find the planning team.
This sudden and swift action left the two of them looking at each other in bewilderment.
Seeing this, Shan Song patted Tong Zhao on the shoulder: "I'll go take a look. You can stay here for a while?"
"Yes, tell Aunt Yuan not to worry too much," Tong Zhao said.
Dan Song nodded and walked towards the door, catching up with the person in a few steps: "There's no need to be in such a hurry. The island side has already made preparations."
Seeing his relaxed expression, Yuan Yamin poked his forehead in exasperation: "Aren't you in a hurry? There are less than two months left."
"Your scumbag father set the wedding date so tight, he clearly didn't intend to give you a proper wedding. With your nouveau riche style engagement party, I couldn't even bear to look at it."
“I need to get the team ready immediately, and the island side—” Yuan Yamin sighed, her emotions calming down: “The island side needs some adjustments.”
Dan Song frowned, disagreeing, "Actually, you don't necessarily have to stay on Mother Island—"
“I had already thought it through when I talked to Xiao Zhao.” Yuan Yamin raised her hand to stop him, and took a deep breath: “Even for Azhen’s sake, I have to watch you get married, at least to make this perfect for us.”
Looking at the face before him, which, though well-maintained, still showed signs of aging, Shan Song affirmed, "Yes."
Yuan Yamin's sadness only lasted a short while. She waved her hand and said, "Alright, go back and keep your little omega company. You still have things to say, so I won't keep you two from being so lovey-dovey. It's making me envious."
Dan Song's tense face relaxed: "Then you'll have to get used to it, otherwise you'll be in your seventies or eighties and still have to look at the little kids with envy, which will be very distressing."
Yuan Yamin raised an eyebrow and said jokingly, "This is different from when you mentioned this child to me last time. I remember you said that the child was naive and accidentally got caught up in the Zhou family's mess. You said that once you brought down Zhou Muyuan, you would let him do what he wanted. But you changed your mind after only a few days. This is not like you."
"Did I say that?" Shan Song asked rhetorically.
"Tsk, this kid is your savior, you mustn't repay kindness with enmity," Yuan Yamin admonished him in the manner of an elder.
"Am I really that inhuman in your eyes? He can do whatever he wants even when he's with me."
Yuan Yamin smiled: "Okay, I know you know what I'm doing. I'm leaving now, go back."
"Wait a minute, Aunt Yuan, there's something else I need to ask you."
Dan Song took out a piece of paper with a sketch of a ring on it.
Yuan Yamin glanced at it and laughed: "So this is why you chased after me, huh? I thought you came here specifically to comfort me!"
"I'm not a professional. I only learned a little bit from my mom when I was a kid. It's a bit rough. Could you help me fix it up?"
"Now you're being modest. Leave it to me. I don't have time to waste on the ring and the wedding. I'm off!"
Before Shan Song could reply, Yuan Yamin quickly walked to the end of the corridor.
Shan Song breathed a sigh of relief and went back to his room.
Tong Zhao was anxiously waiting inside the house. When he finally returned, she quickly ran up to him and asked, "How is Aunt Yuan? I felt like she was acting a little strange just now?"
This kid can be quite perceptive sometimes. Shan Song reached out a hand and pulled him to sit down on the sofa: "Didn't we agree to tell you about my story?"
Tong Zhao tilted her head in confusion.
"Let's start with Aunt Yuan and my mother. Aunt Yuan was my mother's first love, a love affair."
Tong Zhao's eyes widened, clearly stunned by this bombshell news.
Shan Song continued, "They were classmates in college, got together in their freshman year, and dated for four years."
“My mother is the only daughter of the Shan family, and she will return home to take over the family business after graduation; while Aunt Yuan’s family is of average means and she plans to take the opportunity of the school to go abroad for further studies.”
"What follows is a very clichéd cross-cultural romance story. My mother had just taken over the company and was extremely busy. Aunt Yuan was also busy with her studies and had to make a name for herself in the design industry at the same time."
"The conflicts between the two of us increased due to various reasons such as untimely communication and disagreements on topics. At that time, we were young and impetuous, and we had a strong sense of self-esteem, so we broke up."
Tong Zhao listened with some sadness, cupping her face in her hands and sighing, "What a pity! What happened after that? Did they make up?"
"After the breakup, the two of them actually maintained occasional contact, but they never explicitly said they wanted to get back together, until their families repeatedly urged their mothers to get married."
“My mother wanted to wait for Aunt Yuan to return to China, but Aunt Yuan’s studio abroad was just starting out. In desperation, my mother took the documents abroad and planned to have Aunt Yuan come back to China with her to get the marriage certificate. But Aunt Yuan did not agree. After that, my mother was heartbroken, and the two of them went their separate ways.”
"Why?" Tong Zhao asked, puzzled.
Dan Song guessed he would ask, so he leaned back slightly, looked at the chandelier on the ceiling, and thought for a moment before saying:
"There are many reasons. One of them is that they had indeed broken up for a long time, and it was quite abrupt for my mother to suddenly propose marriage. Another reason is what Aunt Yuan herself said: she was too arrogant at the time, thinking that she had given a lot and considered everything for her partner. In fact, she was just a selfish and cowardly person."
Tong Zhao pursed her lips in disapproval, remained silent, and continued listening to Shan Song tell the story of his mother.
“When Aunt Yuan was in college, she went back to her mother’s home once. She could see the huge difference in their family backgrounds and that her maternal grandmother’s family was not satisfied with her beta status. From then on, she decided that she would at least achieve something before marrying her mother, which was one of the reasons why she insisted on studying abroad at that time.”
"Moreover, Aunt Yuan comes from a single-parent family and understands the value of family even more. She felt the love and care that her maternal grandmother had for her mother at her maternal grandmother's house."
Dan Song looked at Tong Zhao and thought that this child didn't seem to have experienced much family affection. He should take him to meet his maternal grandmother and the others before the wedding.
Tong Zhao seemed to be lost in thought and didn't notice Shan Song's gaze.
Shan Song continued, "Although my grandmother and her family are a bit traditional when it comes to marriage, believing that only an Alpha is a good match for my mother, the atmosphere at home is actually very good. She is very afraid of causing a rift between my grandmother and her family and my mother, which would disrupt their harmonious family relationship."
"So after the breakup, Aunt Yuan really struggled with whether to give up or not, and then came up with the idea of just being friends. This was the main reason why she ultimately chose to refuse, and it was also the reason that disappointed my mother the most."
After he finished speaking, there was silence beside him for a long time.
Turning my head, I saw Tong Zhao's face contorted in a frown.
I don't know if actors are all very empathetic, but Shan Song felt that teasing him right now would easily make him cry.
However, Shan Song wasn't that bad. He racked his brains and thought of a few words to comfort him:
"Everyone has a youth. They were just graduating from college back then, about the same age as you. They will always make wrong choices at various crossroads."
"Even if Aunt Yuan were to go back to the path she took in the past, she might condemn her immature self from the past, but that wouldn't change the fact that it was the best choice she made for both sides, based on her experience of the past twenty-odd years."
Two sentences were hardly comforting; Tong Zhao's previously troubled face was now on the verge of tears.
Shan Song: "..."
He held his hand out in the air for a moment, then finally pulled Tong Zhao into his arms with a slightly offensive hug and patted her.
I originally wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but after thinking about it, I decided to keep quiet.
After comforting it for a while, the head in my arms stirred, then quietly emerged, its cheeks slightly flushed, and asked softly, "And then what?"
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