Tong Laoda stared at his precious daughter for a long time before reaching out to pat her head.
"Girl, I'm doing this for your own good, aren't I?"
Tong Xiaohuai pushed her father's hand away and said angrily.
"Dad, I don't need it! You don't need to use such high-sounding words to coax me. This isn't for my own good, it's for the Tong family and for the empire you've built over the years."
The eldest son of the Tong family was amused by her. "Isn't the Tong family yours? Girl, you are the head of the Tong family now, not me. Xiao Yan is a rare talent. With him around, the Tong family will no longer be the Tong family it is now."
Tong Xiaohuai didn't have time to think about what his father meant by "not the Tong family as it is now," and just excitedly threw down a sentence.
"Anyway, I don't care! If you insist on him marrying into the family, then I won't agree to it, whether it's an engagement or anything else. If you push me any further, I'll break up with him!"
Of course, the breakup was just said in anger, but not getting engaged or married was Tong Xiaohuai's true feeling.
In fact, after clashing with Yanbo's parents twice, she had already mentally prepared herself to never get married.
As long as she's with Yanbo, what difference does it make whether they're engaged or married?
Elders always thought they could use this to bind them, and believed that only engagement or marriage could maintain their relationship.
Little did they know that relationships are maintained with care and have nothing to do with engagement or marriage.
After saying that, Tong Xiaohuai turned around and slammed the door shut as he left.
Just then, Tong's mother came out after taking a shower and was startled by the sound of the door opening.
"Yunxiang, what's gotten into you again?"
Tong's mother thought that Tong the eldest was drunk and acting crazy.
Boss Tong rolled his eyes. "It's not me who's going crazy, it's your precious daughter who's going crazy!"
Tong Laoda was also a little angry. In the end, his desire for Yan Bo to marry into the family was indeed for the good of his precious daughter.
After a moment's thought, Tong's mother understood.
He walked over and sat down next to Boss Tong.
“Yunxiang, back then, didn’t we also hate it when our family interfered in our affairs? Let Xiaohuai decide her own affairs.”
Tong Laoda felt very aggrieved. "I was just worried that she would be looked down upon by the Yan family in the future, so I decided to just end it all and bring their son over. That would make them furious."
Tong's mother smiled and shook her head. "Yunxiang, you are also a parent. Whether it's a son or a daughter, raising someone takes a lot of effort and energy, let alone an outstanding son like Xiaoyan. To try to bring Xiaoyan into our family by half-tricking and half-deceiving him is, frankly, a bit unfair."
Old Master Tong glared at her, "Am I the one trying to bring Xiao Yan into our house? It's them who are so old-fashioned and insist on pushing their son into our home."
"Think about it, what's wrong with our Xiaohuai? She's beautiful, smart, and capable. How is she not good enough for his son? His son is a treasure, but isn't my daughter a treasure too? Xiaohuai has tried so hard to get the better of them, but have they ever given her a kind look?"
Tong's mother originally intended to persuade Tong Laoda, but upon hearing this, she couldn't help but fall silent.
Indeed, every child is the apple of their parents' eye.
The Yan family's son is precious, and the Tong family's daughter is equally precious!
Tong's mother sighed, "Yunxiang, I know you feel sorry for Xiaohuai, but what can we do? That's just how reality is. I believe that Xiaohuai and Xiaoyan made their decision when they decided to be together. If Xiaoyan were to voluntarily marry into our family today, I wouldn't object, but if not, let's not interfere."
Tong Laoda remained silent and did not express his opinion, but Tong's mother knew that he had taken her words to heart.
The next morning, Yanbo got up early and drove to Mingxuan to pack some fresh pastries. When Tong Laoda and Tong Ma finished washing up and came out, they saw Yanbo arranging the pastries he had packed on the table.
"Good morning, Uncle Tong and Aunt Tong!"
"Xiao Yan, why did you go out and buy all this?"
Tong's mother glanced at the exquisite pastries on the table that only Mingxuan could make, and secretly added more points to the young man's score in her heart.
"Yes, I woke up early today and couldn't fall back asleep, so I got up and went for a walk, and also packed some snacks to bring back for breakfast."
Tong's mother glanced at the silent eldest son, nudged him, and gestured for him to go inside. "I'll go wake Xiao Huai up. That girl is getting lazier and lazier."
Yanbo wanted to call out to Tong's mother, but when he looked at the time, it was already past eight o'clock, which was quite late.
"Uncle Tong, come and sit down. We arrived early today, so the dim sum portions are plentiful. I packed five baskets of your favorite shrimp dumplings. Eat them while they're hot."
Everyone in L City knows that Mingxuan Restaurant's dim sum is not only exquisite and delicious, but also extremely expensive and available in limited quantities.
When people go to Ming Heen Hotel, even if they dine in, some dim sum items are limited to one per table. For example, shrimp dumplings are usually limited to two baskets per table.
The reason Yan Bo was able to pack five baskets of dim sum by himself was not because he had a large quantity of dim sum, as he claimed. Rather, it was because he had secretly contacted Zhu Zhizhou, the heir of Mingxuan, and used his connections to get five baskets of dim sum.
Tong Laoda raised his eyelids to look at him, said nothing, but picked up his chopsticks and put a shrimp dumpling into his mouth.
Yan Bo immediately poured him a cup of fragrant black tea. After a while, Tong Laoda finished off the two baskets of shrimp dumplings, took a sip of tea to clear his throat, and then slowly looked at Yan Bo and spoke.
"Xiao Yan, Xiao Huai has told you everything about the marriage proposal, right?"
Yan Bo subconsciously wanted to play dumb, but in front of someone as shrewd as Boss Tong, pretending to be dumb would only backfire.
So he nodded slightly, "Yes, she mentioned it to me."
Tong Laoda originally wanted to make things difficult for him, but seeing how frank he was now, he couldn't bring himself to say anything.
"Originally, I was determined to have you marry into my family, but last night Xiao Huai almost severed ties with me because of this. I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm terrified of my wife and daughter. And..."
Yan Bo didn't say anything, but silently added some more tea for Boss Tong.
"Last night, Xiao Huai and your Aunt Tong took turns scolding me. To be honest, I still really want to bring you into the Tong family as a son-in-law, but when I think about Xiao Huai and your Aunt Tong, I don't dare!"
It was quite unexpected for Yan Bo that Tong Laoda would take the initiative to confess his weaknesses to him.
Upon hearing this, Yan Bo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because he knew that the crisis had been resolved by Tong Xiaohuai and her mother working together.
In other words, the crisis has been resolved!
"Uncle Tong, thank you!"
As a result, Yan Bo felt even more guilty.
Tong Xiaohuai and his mother worked together to resolve the difficulties that Tong Laoda (elder brother) made for him. However, he is still powerless to change the way his parents make things difficult for him.
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