Chapter 125 Okay? Okay.

"After my birthday? Not good."

"Do you think it's too fast? Don't worry, let's not get engaged for now."

Xie Hui thought that Manman was still young and might not want to get engaged so early, but there was no need to rush the matter. He originally thought that after they got engaged, he would feel more at ease after the matter was settled.

Shen Yuan shook his head. "Not after my birthday, let's do the Dragon Boat Festival. I think the Dragon Boat Festival is pretty good."

Xie Hui was stunned and asked blankly: "Next year...Dragon Boat Festival?"

"Of course it's this year. If you want to do it next year, that's fine too."

"No, no, no, this year. This year."

Xie Hui gave a rare boyish smile and said, "I thought you would think this year has passed too fast."

Shen Yuan was not shy or embarrassed at all, and said openly: "It's just an engagement, not a marriage. It will be more convenient for us to communicate after the engagement, isn't it better?"

"Then when should we inform our family? We should choose an auspicious day and go to their house to propose marriage."

"Let me say hello to my dad tonight. My brother and sister-in-law haven't come home yet, so we'll talk about it another day."

Shen Yuan acted first and reported later this time, hoping that her father could withstand this huge news.

During dinner, no one knew about Xie Hui and Shen Yuan, the two kids, so they kept it a secret and kept it to themselves.

The meal was a joyful one, both the guests and the hosts had a blast, what a delight!

After the meal, the servants cleared away the dishes and served tea. It was not until the moon was at its zenith that Xie Hui and his father and mother left the Shen family's home.

Afterwards, Shen Yuan told her father that she had something to discuss with him.

Obviously, this had happened often before, but today Shen Yun inexplicably felt... something was wrong! Why did he have a bad feeling?

The father and daughter sat opposite each other in front of the tablet of Shen Yuan's mother.

"Tell me what's the matter? You're so hesitant. It's not like you normally."

"Well, let me tell you something." Shen Yuan took a deep breath and said in one go, "I have discussed this with Xie Hui, and we are going to get engaged during the Dragon Boat Festival this year."

Silence... a long silence...

The result was different from what Shen Yuan expected. She expected her father to stand up suddenly and say to her: "What did you say?! Say it again!"

"father?"

Shen Yuan carefully looked at her father's face and found that he had no expression on his face and no one knew what he was thinking.

Shen Yun found his daughter's expression funny, "Huh, why are you like that? Are you afraid that your father won't agree?"

"So you mean you agree?"

"Forget about the engagement. It's too early to get married. Let Xie Youqi forget about it for the next two years!" He paused and said, "It's better for you to get engaged, so that he won't come back every time under the pretext of seeing me, which would make it seem like we are forming a clique in the officialdom."

"Thank you, Dad." Shen Yuan rushed forward and hugged her father, hitting him like a small cannonball, almost causing Lord Shen to sprain his waist.

Shen Yun carefully protected the girl in his hands, but complained: "You are so old, but you are still so unstable."

"With Dad here, I don't have to be so cautious."

Somehow, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a little melancholy.

The father and daughter are connected by heart, and even if he didn't see the expression on his daughter's face, he quickly noticed her subtle changes in emotions.

Shen Yun deliberately teased, "What's wrong? Xie Youqi is not someone you like, so you are unhappy again? If you are unhappy, we can just reject him."

"Dad, you're making fun of me."

"Okay, okay." Shen Yun patted his daughter and motioned for her to sit down.

"Manman, you have to remember that people's hearts change. Xie Youqi is very nice now, but no one can predict what will happen in the future. No matter what time it is, you must not let yourself down, understand? But don't be afraid, Dad and your brother are here."

"Dad, I know! When has your daughter ever wronged herself? And you, my brother and sister-in-law, I am not afraid of anything with you around. And mother, if Xie Hui treats me badly, let mother deal with him."

Shen Yuan knew that her family would always support her. If she couldn't live together in the future and wanted to divorce Xie Hui, her brother would definitely set off firecrackers all the way from Shen's house to Xie's house to pick her up.

"A-choo——"

As soon as Xie Hui got home, he sneezed twice. However, he never expected that when the engagement was just mentioned, his mother was already thinking about divorce.

"Father, Mother, your son has something to tell you."

Seeing his parents coming home and about to go back to the house hand in hand, Xie Hui quickly called them back.

"Ah? What's the matter?"

"Dad and Mom, I discussed this with Manman today. We want to get engaged during the Dragon Boat Festival this year."

"Engaged?! Really?!"

Looking at his parents whose eyes were wide with excitement, Xie Hui nodded, "If Uncle Shen agrees..."

"Why don't you ask me and your mother if we agree?"

Xie Hui looked puzzled, "Would you...disagree?"

"Hahaha, of course not."

Xie Hui looked at his parents' excited expressions and couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on them. "Don't be too happy too soon. It's just an engagement."

Princess Kangle rolled her eyes gracefully upon hearing this. "Of course I know it's an engagement, but are you thinking of getting married? It's not that easy to marry a girl home."

"Engagement is fine, engagement is fine." Xie Yuan rubbed his hands and said excitedly, "After engagement, you will have a bright future and a legitimate status. Think about it, your father and I had to wait three years to get a legitimate status."

Princess Kang Le's eyes flew over immediately, "What do you mean, Xie Boyuan? Do you regret it?"

"How could that be?! Princess, you are wrongly accusing me."

Seeing that his parents were getting bored again, Xie Hui left quietly, planning to go see if there were any vacant houses near the Shen family another day. He always felt that he was a nuisance in this house.

After Shen Yuan talked to her father about this, she told her cousin Shen Xi, but did not tell anyone else in the family.

Mainly, I want to wait until my brother and sister-in-law come home before I tell them about it. Otherwise, my brother will be the last one to know about this, and he won’t be appeased by just acting cute.

On the fourth day of the New Year, Shen Si prepared to leave the capital and return to his post. If he didn't leave now, he would be delayed.

Before his brother left, Shen Yun told him about Shen Yuan and Xie Hui.

This matter shocked Shen Si greatly. After a long while, he said anxiously: "Brother, don't blame me for saying such rude words. Isn't the family of this princess too high? What if they bully us in the future? Our daughter cannot go to other people's homes and suffer grievances."

"So I and Kang'er have to move up the ladder. Even though we can't compare to the emperor's relatives, it still makes people think that we all have to think about it, right?"

Shen Xi patted his brother's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, brother. I will try my best to move up in the next assessment."

"Yes, I hope to meet you in the capital soon."

Shen Si left the capital with mixed feelings to return to his post. Shen Si did not return from the He family until three days later.

I don't know what he has been through in the past three days. If I have to say, Shen Yuan feels that he looks like there is no light in his eyes.

Suddenly she hesitated. If she told her brother about what happened between her and Xie Hui now, would he go crazy?