Chapter 26: Proposal at Midnight
When Shen Jinxiao rushed home after collecting his things from the military office, the light in the old man's room was still on.
He didn't know why the old man was in such a hurry to call him back so late, but he also happened to have something to say to his father.
During the day, he saw his three nephews admitted to the hospital because of their engagement with the Meng family. His sister kept crying at home because of this, and the two of them, who had always had a good relationship with his brother-in-law, also quarreled constantly.
At that moment, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
A best of both worlds solution that can relieve the sister's worries and save the nephews from getting hurt or suffering.
But he couldn't make up his mind and didn't know how to talk to Mr. Shen.
Shen Jinxiao knocked on the door, and when someone answered from inside, he pushed the door open and walked in.
Inside the room, Mr. Shen was holding a photo frame of his wife, gently wiping the gentle eyebrows and eyes of the woman in the photo with a handkerchief, his eyes full of nostalgia, "Old lady, you should be relieved this time, right?"
As he spoke, he wiped the tears from under his reading glasses.
Shen Jinxiao, who was standing at the door, felt his scalp tingling. Why did this old father resort to this trick again and force him to go on a blind date?
"Dad, is there something important that you asked me to come back for?"
Shen Jinxiao sat down while talking to himself, thinking about how to tell the old man about his decision later.
Mr. Shen quickly put down the photo of his wife and said seriously, "You really don't remember that you and a little girl were hanging on a tree for a day and a night during the flood a while ago? Do you remember who that little girl was? You treated her..."
"Ouch, my head hurts!"
Shen Jinxiao quickly held his forehead and pretended to have a headache, fearing that his father's old ideas would ask him to be responsible for the girl again.
Even if it was true that he stayed with the little girl for a night, what could a seriously injured man like him do to the little girl in a tree?
Take the little girl to jump around like a monkey or walk on a tightrope?
Besides, he has never been interested in women, so why would he do that?
He continued to hold his head, looking extremely painful, "Why can't I remember? What happened?"
Mr. Shen, who was standing beside him, turned pale with fear, and quickly pulled down his hand to comfort him, "Okay, then don't think about it, let's take it slowly."
When Shen Jinxiao saw Mr. Shen shaking his head and sighing, and then picking up his mother's photo frame again, he still felt a little reluctant in his heart.
His old father has always been worried about his marriage and wants him to start a family as soon as possible.
So, he took out the quick-acting heart-saving pills prepared in his bag first. In his mind, he had already begun to imagine how he would pinch the old man's nose and feed him the medicine if he fainted from anger.
"Dad, I have written a marriage report and I am going to discuss it with you. I will discuss it with the girl's family tomorrow and submit it..."
Shen Jinxiao looked at the old man's expression and spoke hesitantly, handing over the marriage application report that he had just written in the office.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Shen took the marriage report and jumped up from the bed. He looked at the marriage report in front of him and was very excited: "No, Dad has already found a partner for you, how can you..."
The old man stopped talking abruptly, opened his mouth, stared at the contents of the marriage application through his reading glasses, and it took him a long time to recover.
Shen Jinxiao's heart rose to his throat, knowing that this matter must have irritated the old man.
After all, which elder doesn’t want their children’s partner to be of equal status to themselves?
Just like my sister, I also want a daughter-in-law who is of equal status to me.
Shen Jinxiao hesitated and said, "Dad, I have actually been thinking about this for the past few days. This marriage contract was originally arranged by the Meng family and the Shen family, and my sister's family has been torn apart and reunited because of this matter. I think you are worried about my age anyway, so just help everyone solve this matter..."
Halfway through his words, the old man opened his mouth wide, and I don’t know if he was angry or not?
He was a little flustered, so he stood up and continued to reason and present facts, trying to impress him, "Dad, the child in Miss Meng's belly is also your great-grandson, and they are all our own. It's okay for us to raise him, don't you think?"
Shen Jinxiao looked nervous. He thought his old father would scold him. “How can this be the same!”
Unexpectedly, the old man who seemed to be restrained by a spell just now suddenly slapped him on the shoulder with a big palm, and smiled with his wrinkled face showing his teeth, "Boy, you are so aware!"
Mr. Shen was already so happy in his heart that he wanted to kneel down and thank the gods and Buddhas in all directions.
Just now he was still worrying about how to make this boy remember what happened before he was injured and lost his memory, and how to persuade this boy to marry his nephew's wife.
I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative to come and ask for his wife!
As long as these two get married, they will definitely recover their memories after living together for a long time. Wouldn't this kid be so happy then?
Thinking about this, Mr. Shen couldn't help but start dancing while holding his wife's photo, and even turned around in the room and danced the old man waltz.
Shen Jinxiao was completely confused and simply stunned!
Unexpectedly, the old man walked back and forth in front of him without feeling dizzy at all. He took his hand and walked out.
"Where are you going, Dad?"
"Let's go to the Meng family to propose marriage!"
Mr. Shen held his son's hand and walked briskly, his voice as loud as a bell. He turned around and called the driver who was about to go home to go to the warehouse to move a large box of gifts that he had prepared for his son's proposal.
At this time, the moon was bright outside and the stars were sparse, and it was past nine o'clock.
The streets of Kyoto were already empty.
What's more, the alleys are so quiet that it's scary.
Shen Jinxiao was extremely speechless. He and the driver carried the heavy box to the front of the Chinese medicine clinic. He wanted to go up and persuade his old father to come back early tomorrow morning, but he saw that he could not wait to climb up the steps and knock on the door of the Chinese medicine clinic.
Suddenly, the sound of dogs barking was heard all around.
The lights in the Chinese medicine clinic quickly lit up.
When Meng's father and mother came out to open the door, they both thought that someone was giving birth in the middle of the night and was calling for someone to deliver the baby.
Unexpectedly, when the door opened, the person standing at the door frightened them so much that they almost lost their souls.
Inside the clinic of traditional Chinese medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. Meng and the father and son of the Shen family sat opposite each other.
When they understood the intention of the two people proposing marriage, they were stunned and could not believe their ears.
"You...you are not kidding my daughter, are you? How can our daughter be worthy of Captain Shen? This is really too high, and she is pregnant..."
Father Meng's head was dizzy after just waking up. Even though he loved his daughter, he would never believe that pie would fall from the sky.
Mother Meng also nodded in agreement, "My daughter said that you don't have to cancel the engagement. Just pick a relative from your Shen family to marry our girl. There's no need to sacrifice the happiness of Captain Shen..."
Mother Meng said a lot, she was just worried that Shen Jinxiao was seven years older than her daughter, and the gap in status was too big. She was afraid that the two would not get along after marriage, not to mention that her daughter was pregnant with someone else's child and she was afraid that he would mind.
All in all, the Meng couple were opposed to it.
But Mr. Shen was extremely anxious, he wanted to tell everyone that the girl Meng was pregnant with his grandson.
But he absolutely couldn't say it now. Once he said it, the gentle and ascetic image of his precious son in public would be completely ruined.
Old Master Shen was twirling the Buddhist beads in his hand, racking his brains to think of how to persuade the Meng couple.
Unexpectedly, Shen Jinxiao spoke first and asked a question that they could not ignore.
"Uncle and aunt, I know it's presumptuous of me to propose marriage so suddenly, but Comrade Meng's belly has grown big soon, so she must be anxious to get the birth certificate and other materials. Time is urgent, I can get the marriage certificate with her first and then get the birth certificate."
"As for your fear that our personalities are incompatible, I think you can give us a year to get along. Don't let Comrade Meng know my identity, just treat me like an ordinary person and see if it's a good match. If she still decides that she can't get along with me by then, we can secretly get a divorce certificate. What do you think?"
The question raised by Shen Jinxiao was indeed what the Meng family was most worried about.
Without a marriage certificate or a birth permit, how are they going to register their grandchildren?
Besides, the proposal proposed by Shen Jinxiao was impeccable and no one could refuse it.
The Meng couple looked at each other, and after thinking for a long time, they finally agreed to the marriage.
This made Mr. Shen who was standing by very happy.
He quickly asked the driver to take out the cigarettes, alcohol, famous tea and a large bag of White Rabbit candy that he prepared every year, and set them on the entire table where they diagnosed pulses in the museum, which stunned the two Meng family members...
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