Three years ago, Lu Tianchen entered the group's subsidiary to study. At that time, he had already understood his feelings, but An Xing had to take the college entrance examination.
According to the traditional customs in China, everything has to give way to the college entrance examination, so Lu Tianchen would definitely not confess his feelings before the college entrance examination.
After the college entrance examination, he realized that the boy was still too early to realize his feelings, and he would not express his feelings without any preparation.
After he made up his mind, the Lu couple happened to be arranging a blind date for Lu Tianchen, so he directly refused and told his parents about his plan.
When the Lu couple heard this, they were naturally shocked and immediately raised their objections.
The same-sex marriage law has been passed in China, but the country still prohibits surrogacy. If Lu Tianchen is with An Xing, they will definitely not have children in the future.
The Lu family had formed a business marriage in order to combine their assets and continue to expand. Since their son was also very capable, someone would have to inherit such a large family business in the future.
——Why should the kingdom built with the efforts of several generations be handed over to others for nothing? Judging from the career ambition of the Lu couple, the so-called choice of beauty over kingdom is something that only irresponsible fools would do.
So Lu Tianchen and his parents started a three-year tug-of-war. He climbed up step by step from being a project manager of a subsidiary of the group, using his status advantage and his demonstrated abilities to win over a group of extremely talented young people in the group.
Then I found my father and asked for a big project within the group, which I got.
He proved with his strength that he was capable of taking the group to a higher level. No matter what the future held, at least for now, he was a qualified successor who could bring more benefits to the group.
When Lu Tianchen went to An Xing to propose a marriage, the Lu family had already somewhat relented. After Lu Tianchen had finished the project perfectly, they finally agreed to talk to the An family and clear up the matter of the marriage.
So An Xing thought that Lu Tianchen was a pig's behavior for disappearing right after getting engaged, but in fact she was blaming the other party wrongly.
But Lu Tianchen did not intend to talk about his hard work, he just said lightly:
"I told them a long time ago before proposing to you. They all know how I feel about you, so you don't have to worry about their objection."
An Xing was a little bit unbelievable. Based on his understanding of the Lu family couple, they should hope that Brother Chen would find a beautiful young lady and then give birth to an extremely smart heir to inherit the family business!
Just thinking of this, An Xing was stunned.
If he hadn't received a call from the Lu couple today, he would never have thought about whether Lu Tianchen's family would disagree with them. But Lu Tianchen had made up his mind three years ago and told his parents about his feelings.
...So in three years, he hasn't changed his mind?
An Xing suddenly realized that his brother Chen was indeed a domineering boss, and was so scheming - he first dealt with his own parents, then dealt with his parents, and finally confessed his love, waiting for his approval.
If it weren't for the mistaken baby-raising incident, he would have been officially engaged to Brother Chen! There was no way to run away!
The young man held the cat with flower arms and looked at Lu Tianchen with a look that said, "I didn't expect you to be such a scheming man."
Lu Tianchen: ...
The man rested his hand on the armrest of the sofa and tilted his head.
"What's wrong? Are you still worried?"
An Xing's attention was drawn back, and he asked hesitantly:
"Did they really agree? I thought they wouldn't like me being with you."
The man raised his eyebrows, smiling.
"So, you agree to be with me?"
The boy immediately exploded: "I didn't!"
At this time, the two of them were sitting at opposite ends of the sofa, the boy was holding the cat on one side, and the man was leaning on the other side.
The cat struggled for a while, meowed and ran away. An Xing felt a little panicked when her arms were empty. She pulled a cream-colored pillow from the side. As soon as she hugged it in her arms, she remembered this pillow. When her man was sick yesterday, he also hugged it in his arms like this.
An Xing sat stiffly where he was, eyes wide open, watching the man slowly approaching.
The tall man stretched out his arms and pushed the boy to the corner of the sofa, like a large predator approaching its prey, and then he pressed him over and acted coquettishly.
"So when will you agree to be with me?"
"As soon as you agree, we can go get the certificate."
Oh my god! Not only did his brother Shen scheme to keep him for three years, he also wanted to force him!
“You you you…”
Lu Tianchen lowered his eyes and watched the boy slowly get angry. His almond-shaped eyes were round and his face was red, but he didn't push him away. His heart seemed to be gently scratched by a little claw. He tried to suppress his emotions, not to scare the boy in his arms, and lowered his voice to coax him.
"If you agree, you can grow flowers with me. Don't you want to play with kittens every day?"
"You...stay away! I haven't made up my mind yet!"
An Xing wanted to push the person away, but for some reason he felt weak and had no strength.
How could the boss agree to stay away? Naturally, he continued to ask:
"When will you figure it out?"
"It depends on your performance!"
Seeing that she couldn't push the man away, An Xing was not the kind of person who wanted to save face, so she simply crawled out from under the man's arm and crawled off the sofa.
The young man heaved a sigh of relief after escaping the man's strong control, and shouted at him triumphantly.
"You have to behave yourself and please me! You are not allowed to use threats or inducements like this!"
An Xing was proud for less than three seconds when he saw the man pretending to stand up. He was so scared that he turned around and ran away. He didn't even plan to watch the movie and fled with his small bag on his back.
The man stayed sitting on the sofa, smiling easily and gently.
*
When An Xing got home, everyone else had already finished lunch.
"Xingxing is back, how is Tianchen?"
Seeing that the boy was not unhappy at all when he came back, but blushed for some reason, Chen Ying smiled and asked. An Zhaoming and An Rong did not speak, but their eyes were already focused on the boy.
An Xing came closer and snuggled up to his mother, wanting to report someone, but he felt it was too embarrassing to report his parents.
Wasn't it just that he was threatened by his brother Shen, and he couldn't solve the problem and had to flee... How embarrassing.
"It's okay, just a slight fever. Brother Shen took medicine yesterday and has recovered a lot today."
An Xing hummed.
Chen Ying looked the kid up and down for a few times, and felt that the kid didn't seem to be telling the truth. But when she thought about the fact that the kid had returned from Lu Tianchen, she felt relieved.
The piglets have grown up and know how to push their way into the pigpen on their own initiative. It's not easy.
Thinking about what she had discussed with her husband and son, Shen Ying felt inexplicably emotional.
"Xingxing, your father and brother and I are discussing whether you and your brother can celebrate your twentieth birthday together this year, okay?"
Hearing this, An Xing was stunned for a moment.
In this life, he is about to turn twenty years old, but in his previous life, he was gone when he was less than twenty years old.
An Xing cheered up, put aside the little awkwardness, and nodded in agreement.
"Okay. My brother and I were born on the same day, so of course we should celebrate our birthdays together!"
The boy's eyes sparkled, without any unhappiness or hesitation. An Zhaoming and An Rong, who were watching secretly, breathed a sigh of relief.
An Xing had already come over and asked curiously:
"How are you going?"
"Let's have a birthday party for you guys."
An Zhaoming interrupted, his face slightly cold as if he had thought of something.
"Although we announced at the banquet last month that you will be our adopted son in the future, there are still some people who don't have eyes and think that we don't value you and that you are easy to bully. At this banquet, let those people see how important you are to our family, Xingxing!"
An Xing blinked blankly.
"Does anyone look down on me? I feel like it's no different than before."
An Zhaoming: ...
"That's because you used to stay at home and hardly go out with anyone."
An Rong spoke calmly.
"In the past half month, eight groups of people have invited me to various banquets. Have they invited you?"
The boy was stunned: "No!"
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying sighed. Their son was still being tactful.
In the past, few rich young masters invited An Xing because they looked down on her. They thought that with An Xing's personality, he would lose An Ning Jewelry sooner or later, so there was no need to make friends with her.
Some people now do not invite An Xing because they think that with An Rong present, An Xing has even less status in the An family and there is no need to make friends with him.
These people cannot see how much the An family values An Xing, and An Xing's own talents.
At the moment, they just don't take it seriously, but who knows if there will be short-sighted people in the future who think that suppressing An Xing can please An Rong? Although the An family can retaliate afterwards, what should they do if their own children are bullied?
So the An family discussed it and decided that they should prepare for a rainy day and bring An Xing out more often to show how much they value their cub!
"Anyway, you should prepare well so that you can celebrate your birthday with Rongrong."
An Zhaoming displayed the dignity of the head of the family and gave the order.
"Follow your brother closely at the party, and don't let anyone bully you."
Although he felt that no one would be so idle as to bully him, An Xing still agreed obediently.
He is an idol and filial!
*
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October, and it was time for An Xing and An Rong’s birthday party.
The two's 20th birthday celebration was quite grand. Not only were many of An Zhaoming and Shen Ying's partners invited, but the An and Shen families were also present.
There is no need to mention the Ning family, as they had already left Tang City in disgrace.
At the beginning, some people were confused and thought that the An family was just acting and didn't really value An Xing, the fake young master and now adopted son. But when they saw the boy who appeared behind An Rong, dressed up and shining like a little prince, they understood.
——The An family really values this child they raised, and An Rong really treats An Xing as his beloved younger brother.
Not to mention the Shen family, who treated both children equally. Even the twins from the Shen family were closer to An Xing.
Thinking back to the banquet where the An family announced the truth, many people still ignored An Xing and only cared about trying to please An Rong, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Unfortunately, it was impossible to gather around and try to please An Rong at this time.
An Hao stood in the corner, watching An Xing being surrounded by An Rong and the Shen family, with a hint of resentment in his eyes. He was about to drink with his glass in hand when he heard his mother's suppressed angry voice behind him.
"What did I just tell you? You still have the mood to drink now?!"
In the past, Tan Xiu’s anger could have made An Hao restrain himself, but he has been having a hard time recently.
He didn't know what was going on, but his mother's ideas that worked well in the past were now failing one after another. He was a little angry, and felt that it was his mother's wrong methods that led him to his current situation, so he couldn't help but say:
"Since we've already fallen out, what's the point of using those tactics?"
Just now in the car, his mother told him a few words and asked him to tell An Rong when he had time to sow discord between him and the An family.
But in An Hao's opinion, they have already broken off relations with his uncle's family, and An Rong doesn't like them either. Would it be useful to say those things now?
It would be better for him to work hard, improve Weiqing Jewelry privately, and slap An Xing and the others in the face with his strength!
Tan Xiu looked at her son who had high expectations but poor skills, and her eyes were filled with disappointment. She said with regret:
"Other strategies will certainly not work, but this time I want you to say something about those two people from the Ning family."
"Of course the words of a dead person are more useful than those of a living person!"
They are all dead and there is no evidence, so we can't throw any dirty water on them!
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