"He's only 21, how is he not young?" Yuan Jiang grumbled, her delicate pink lips pouting slightly as she looked at Yuan Xiangci with a resentful expression.
Yuan Xiangci ladled a bowl of seafood porridge for Yuan Jiang: "That boy from the Huo family is already a father at sixteen; that girl from the Li family is the same age as you, and she's already pregnant with her second child!"
"Besides, I just asked you to meet him, I didn't ask you to get married right away."
Yuan Jiang shrugged lightly, showing no interest in the friend's son that Yuan Xiangci mentioned. However... she quickly glanced at the expressionless Shen Xiaomin out of the corner of her eye, a wicked smile flashing in her eyes.
She casually shook the half-full glass of milk, and under Shen Xiaomin's anxious gaze, slowly said, "Okay."
Shen Xiaomin lowered his head, looking at the exquisite toast in front of him with no appetite. Yuan Jiang's "Okay" echoed in his ears, and his heart felt as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand. He gripped his chopsticks tightly with his fingers.
He gritted his teeth and repeated those two words in his heart: "Okay!"
Yuan Xiangci's attention was entirely focused on Yuan Jiang, so she naturally didn't notice Shen Xiaomin's strange behavior: "Then let's do it tonight. It's the Gu family's child's birthday today, and they're having a banquet."
Family-oriented?
Yuan Jiang raised an eyebrow. Seeing Yuan Xiangci's enthusiastic expression, she didn't refuse. She turned to Shen Xiaomin and said, "Xiaomin, why don't you come along too?"
"Me?" A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Xiaomin's eyes. He never expected that Yuan Jiang would actually ask him to go. But when he calmed down and thought that Yuan Jiang was taking him to see another man, his chest immediately felt tight again.
Shen Xiaomin felt frustrated once again.
If his status weren't so lowly, wouldn't he be the one Yuan Jiang is going on a blind date with now?
He is now...
They don't even have the right to speak out.
Shen Xiaomin's heart gradually developed a desire for power and wealth.
Yuan Xiangci looked sharply at Shen Xiaomin, and the loving smile on his face faded a bit. This child must have put in a lot of effort to get into Jingzhou University, but he was still young after all, and he did not know how to hide his ambition and desires at all.
Only his daughter, with her carefree and easygoing nature, could tell that this wolf cub was probably already itching to snatch her away and eat her, while his daughter was still babble away...
To be honest, the Yuan family doesn't need to rely on marriage alliances to maintain their business, but Yuan Xiangci is a father, and he knows very well that a poor person's moral bottom line is too low. Morality is a shield for the rich, but it's hard enough for the poor to just survive. Once a poor person is on the verge of despair, they are capable of anything.
Infidelity, domestic violence, and wife-killing often occur in poor families because men have a pitiful but strong sense of self-esteem. They cannot accept their own mediocrity and will try to vent their anger on their wives. Over time, this will cause the dark side of their personality to emerge.
Moreover, Yuan Xiangci only had one daughter, Yuan Jiang, which indirectly means that marrying Yuan Jiang meant obtaining the Yuan family.
Yuan Xiangci would never allow a treacherous and scheming man, such as Shen Xiaomin, to be by her daughter's side.
"Cough cough cough..." Yuan Xiangci coughed twice to interrupt, "Isn't Xiao Min about to start school? Then stay home and pack your luggage."
Shen Xiaomin's face stiffened, and he gripped the chopsticks even tighter. His long, dark hair covered his gloomy eyes, revealing only a section of his beautiful and delicate jawline. His Adam's apple bobbed slowly as he said, "Then I'll stay at home."
When he spoke, he deliberately added the word "home," as if this place had become his home of refuge and protection.
Yuan Xiangci frowned in displeasure.
“Dad, Xiaomin isn’t staying at the hotel, so there’s no need to pack any luggage.” Yuan Jiang took a sip of milk and said, “If he’s not coming with me, then I won’t go either.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Xiangci's face darkened and then turned red, but facing her beloved daughter, she couldn't bring herself to refuse her. She could only reply in a muffled voice, "Fine, in our family, Jiang Jiang is in charge."
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