Seeing Tao Yuche was somewhat bewildered, Ji Yanli quickly pulled him to her side and said, "Mom, calm down."
Grandpa Ji snorted softly when he saw his grandson protecting Tao Yuche like this.
Suddenly the harmonious atmosphere disappeared and the air became quiet.
At this time, Ji Yanli stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, Mom and Dad, this is Tao Yuche, my boyfriend."
Then he pulled Tao Yuche in front of him and said, "Taotao, call someone."
Tao Yuche also said to them openly: "Grandpa, hello uncle and aunt."
Father Ji: "Well, we came here suddenly and didn't bring any gifts. Let Xiaoli take you home when we have time. Then uncle..."
However, before Father Ji could finish his words, Grandpa Ji interrupted him, "Xiao Li! It's too late. Send the child home quickly. I have something to discuss with you today."
Tao Yuche finally understood that Grandpa Ji was dissatisfied with him.
However, Tao Yuche still smiled slightly and said nothing.
Ji Yanli: "It's okay, Taotao lives next door. Grandpa, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. Taotao is not an outsider to me."
However, Grandpa Ji seemed to have not heard the second half of Ji Yanli's words: "It's not good to be at someone else's house so late."
After Grandpa Ji finished speaking, Ji Yanli, who had just been sitting solemnly on the sofa, leaned back and crossed his legs, and asked, "Grandpa, don't worry. As long as Taotao agrees, I'll bring people to get the certificate right away."
Upon hearing this, Tao Yuche turned around and looked at Ji Yanli in silence.
Grandpa Ji was even more furious: "Nonsense! I don't agree."
Ji Yanli turned around and looked at Ji's father and said, "Dad, that's what you meant."
Father Ji calmly put down his teacup and said, "You can manage hundreds of thousands of people in the company, and you still need to ask me about this? You are almost thirty, not three years old."
Grandpa Ji's face turned red because of the implicit pressure from Ji Yanli and Ji's father.
Mother Ji was afraid that the father and son would make the old man angry and hurt himself, so she quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, "Dad, drink some water quickly and ignore them. The two of them are almost 80 years old and still not in good shape."
Tao Yuche was stunned watching from the side. He didn't expect that Mr. Ji would be like this. Looking at Old Man Ji who was drinking water and breathing heavily, he actually felt a little sympathy for him.
After drinking the water, Grandpa Ji put the cup heavily on the coffee table. With a bang, the atmosphere became cold again.
At this moment, Ji Yanli, who had just had a smirk on his face, also stopped smiling and said, "Mom, Taotao and I haven't eaten yet. I want to eat dumplings."
Mother Ji looked at Tao Yuche with an unchanging smile on her face and said, "If you don't object, Auntie will call you Taotao too?"
Tao Yuche nodded.
Mother Ji: "Auntie is not very familiar with the kitchen here, can you come and help her?"
Seeing that Mother Ji was too lazy to even find a good excuse, Tao Yuche secretly glanced at Grandpa Ji, whose face had turned from green to black, and silently stood up and said, "Okay, Auntie."
The two came to the kitchen. Tao Yuche originally wanted to take the frozen dumplings from the refrigerator, but was stopped by Ji's mother.
"Let's not eat dumplings. You look so thin, so I'll show you how to make them."
Tao Yuche: "I've heard from Brother Yan before that your cooking is delicious."
Mother Ji smiled and asked, "Did he really say that?"
Tao Yuche: "Yeah."
Tao Yuche helped wash the vegetables, but his eyes kept unconsciously slipping towards the three people confronting each other in the living room.
Ji's mother obviously noticed that Tao Yuche was restless, so she told Tao Yuche about Ji Yanli's childhood.
"Don't look at him like this now. He was so cute when he was little. I wanted a daughter back then, but who knew that after all my anticipation, I would give birth to a stinky boy? I couldn't resign myself to that. I let his hair grow, braided it, and even dressed him in little skirts. He loved it so much back then that he even picked out the skirt and the pretty little clips himself!"
Tao Yuche's attention was immediately drawn to Ji's mother. The image of Ji Yanli wearing a skirt automatically appeared in his mind, and he shuddered unconsciously.
Mother Ji: "Oh, I took a lot of photos as souvenirs. I'll show them to you when you get home."
Tao Yuche and Ji's mother were chatting and cooking harmoniously, but the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren in the living room looked like a war was about to break out.
Neither the grandfather nor the grandson would give in. You each said yours and I said mine, and neither could convince the other.
After arguing for a while, the three of them fell silent again.
After a long silence, looking at the gray-haired Grandpa Ji, Ji Yanli softened his tone and said, "Grandpa, I know what you mean, but I like Taotao, and the person I will marry in the future can only be Taotao."
Grandpa Ji softened his attitude a little when he thought of the smiling face of his grandson when he came in just now, but he still felt a little conflicted when he thought of the sad face of his grandson crying at home.
"You are with him, so what should you do?"
Hearing Yiran's name, Father Ji raised his eyes and glanced at Grandpa Ji with an ambiguous expression. Grandpa Ji also happened to catch Father Ji's gaze, his eyes widened and about to explode. He raised his voice and said, "What are you looking at? Yiran is such a good child, but you are the only one who always finds fault with her."
Father Ji and Ji Yanli looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Ji Yanli stood up and sat next to Grandpa Ji. He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Grandpa Ji and said, "Grandpa, I like Taotao. I will only be happy when I am with Taotao. I have always treated her as my sister. I have already made it clear to her before, and I don't love her."
"I really listen to you. We won't be happy together if we're together. If you feel sorry for her, can you prepare a bigger dowry for her when she gets married?"
Over the years, Grandpa Ji had gotten used to having a cold face whenever he mentioned his grandson Yiran. But now that he was so calm and spoke so softly, it made it harder for Grandpa Ji to remain stern.
Seeing Grandpa Ji's transformation, Ji Yanli seized the opportunity and continued, "If Grandpa Rong were still alive, he would also hope to find someone who truly loves him and spend his life with him. How could he be interested in a scoundrel like me who doesn't understand romance, doesn't know how to care for others, and has so many close friends?"
Grandpa Ji saw his most proud grandson belittling him like this and sighed deeply, "Alas, Yiran is such a good child, why are you not destined to be together?"
Ji Yanli smiled and didn't respond.
Grandpa Ji looked at Tao Yuche who was smiling happily in the kitchen and said, "Have you decided on this child?"
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