If any other primary school student encountered such a situation, he would have hidden under the table long ago, but the little aunt of the Xiao family was born to be a mountain rather than a stream. She was a precocious child who was responsible, capable of independent thinking and had her own opinions.
"Do I have the final say in this matter?" the little aunt asked everyone.
No one said anything, but Xiao Xingyu tilted his neck to her and said, "It may not be the case at other times, but today, you definitely have the final say in this place."
"Oh, that's fine," the little aunt said calmly, holding up her dinner knife as a scepter. "I agree to Zhou Xia marrying the dean!"
After all, I was raised by Zhou Xia since I was a child, so I should repay his kindness now.
Xiao Huai: “…”
Zhou Xia walked to the little great aunt with tears in her eyes, knelt down and hugged her gently: "Thank you... Thank you, little great aunt."
The little aunt touched Zhou Xia's hair lovingly and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"
The situation took such an unexpected turn that it was effortless. Xiao Huai was speechless, his eyes glaring at him: "Xiao Xingyu!"
Xiao Xingyu raised his eyes: "What's wrong with me?"
"Do you support Zhou Xia and this Geng guy being together?"
"To be honest, I don't want to support it either," Xiao Xingyu stood up under Zhou Xia's frightened gaze, his well-defined profile turned to the side.
"But there's nothing I can do. Mo Yan wants Geng Jun and Zhou Xia to be a couple. This is the first time she's strongly expressed what she wants in front of me. As a man, do you think I have the responsibility and obligation to fulfill her wish?"
Zhang Moyan and Xiao Xingyu looked at each other, and suddenly they felt a heaviness on their shoulders.
"Why are you leaving me behind?" Xiao Xingyu stared at her leisurely. "Is that the only thing we need between us? I said your attitude is my attitude. What are you afraid of?"
Zhang Moyan was speechless. The dazzling crystal lights reflected Xiao Xingyu's dark hair and dark eyes, the most beautiful pair of eyes she had ever seen. Although their relationship had been forcibly restored by his eloquence, she was more concerned about the difference between Xiao Xingyu and Xiao Huai that she seemed to have glimpsed—a certain exciting possibility.
"Xiao Xingyu, are you serious?" Geng Jun couldn't hide his excitement. Zhang Moyan had made her attitude very clear before. She hoped that Zhou Xia and herself could succeed!
Xiao Xingyu turned to Geng Jun and said, "I still want your wood-fired kiln."
Geng Jun was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Yeah! Remember this first."
Xiao Xingyu rubbed the napkin beside him gracefully: "A gentleman's word is his bond."
Geng Jun: "It's hard to catch up with the old man."
Xiao Xingyu: "I'll trust you this time."
Xiao Huai looked at their almost childish behavior and said, "Xiao Xingyu, have you lost your mind because of lust? Even if you want to establish your doting wife persona, you have to be specific. How can you be so unscrupulous and have no bottom line!"
"Why do you have to persuade them to give up? The other family's fate was earned through hard work in their previous life." Xiao Xingyu asked back, "Besides, Zhou Xia is already pregnant. You can't ask her to have an abortion."
It was hard for Xiao Huai not to be angry: "I'm telling you seriously, can you straighten your attitude? This has nothing to do with whether she's pregnant or not. A red line is a red line."
"I'm serious, too. Also, is that how you use the phrase 'no principles, no bottom line'?" Xiao Xingyu raised his chin towards Zhou Xia. "Did she break the law? Did she commit a crime? You won't let her marry you, will you? Or are you planning to support her forever?"
Xiao Huai was almost vomiting blood after hearing these few words. He missed the Xiao Xingyu who was still silent a few minutes ago.
"Xiao Huai," Xiao Xingyu continued, "you're a good person in every way except for one flaw: your self-isolation. I'm not talking about your personality, but your ideology. Confucius taught us over two thousand years ago that 'a gentleman is not an instrument,' meaning that a gentleman cannot be stereotyped like an instrument, and his thinking cannot be rigid. Think about it, is celadon porcelain really our Xiao family's business? It's the business of all Chinese people, even all of humanity. We've been working hard for centuries with little success. When one path doesn't work, can't we try another?"
Xiao Huai was alert and noticed: "Why don't we take a different route?"
Xiao Xingyu paused and said, "Of course it's cooperation."
This statement shocked everyone. Although Xiao Xingyu used the most natural tone, it had overwhelming power.
Xiao Huai's skin was relatively fair for a man, and it looked even paler now. "Who do you want to cooperate with? The Geng family? I never thought you could be so imaginative. I think there's something wrong with your ideology! If these words were just something you came up with on the spur of the moment to appease your girlfriend, I can ignore them. But if they're ideas you've always held, then I'll have everyone keep a close eye on you from now on!"
"You're at it again. What else can you do besides complain?" Xiao Xingyu said lazily, and then fell silent. "Okay, you have upright values and are a well-known elder. So you're just going to watch your research on celadon porcelain become difficult?"
The room was completely silent.
Xiao Huai didn't know how many times this cousin had cornered him today, and suddenly he felt like he was dreaming back to his childhood. He recalled the conversation between Xiao Xingyu and Geng Jun just now, and couldn't help but ask Geng Jun, "Has your Geng family agreed to your relationship with Zhou Xia?"
Geng Jun said, "Your Xiao family has always been very strict with their family rules and is quite prejudiced against family status. Most of our elders are very open-minded and never restrict people from doing anything."
Xiao Huai shook his head: "That means you haven't told them yet."
"Brother Huai, I was the one who told Geng Jun not to tell my family yet," Zhou Xia retorted, "I want to get everyone's consent on my side first."
Xiao Huai looked at Zhou Xia with regret: "How can you be so love-brained?"
"Brother Huai..."
Xiao Huai rubbed his temples and waved his hands repeatedly: "You don't listen to what I say, so you don't have to waste your time on me. I will not support you marrying into the Geng family."
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