Chapter 207 The Biggest Winner
"Dad, aren't you going to tell me what happened?" Dan Anwen slowly picked up a cup of tea, breaking the deadlock first.
"Hmph," the father snorted coldly, clearly not satisfied with the result.
Dan's mother immediately pinched Dan's father's thigh, saying, "Stop pretending. I know what you're thinking. Don't act all mysterious."
The father rubbed his thigh in pain, looking aggrieved, feeling that his mother had seen through him.
Everyone present knew that Danfu was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. This time, he had lost the negotiation with Xiao Han completely, so naturally he had to put on a show.
"That's how it is, as you can see. Xiao Han has won the heart of his beloved." Father Dan sighed. "It can be considered as fulfilling his last wish."
Upon hearing this, Dan An straightened up and asked in confusion, "What do you mean? Shouldn't it be that the will wasn't completed?"
The father calmly took a sip of tea, keeping everyone in suspense.
Dan Si had an impatient temper. Seeing that his father was still silent, he couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Grandpa, hurry up and tell us!"
Dan Si's father glared at him, which made Dan Si immediately shut up. In his heart, he was cursing that his grandmother had bullied him and was using him as a punching bag.
"When he asked you to go out and said he wanted to talk to me about the inheritance, he also said something that was related to Shushu's marriage."
The father glanced at the two playing outside the window and said, "He said if Shushu falls in love with a soldier or a policeman, and they both firmly choose each other, then we shouldn't stop them."
"Why didn't my uncle just tell us directly? Why did he have to keep it from us?" Dan Si asked, puzzled.
"Because he still doesn't want Shushu to suffer, but at the same time he wants her to be happy." The father lowered his eyes slightly.
If everyone knows the latter part of his last words, then the former part is meaningless. He simply hoped that Dan Shu would live a peaceful and safe life, without having to live in fear.
The first part of his last words was to reduce the risk of Dan Shu falling in love with a dangerous profession, while the second part was for her happiness.
If Dan Shu insists on choosing a partner who has a dangerous profession, then he, as her father, can only give in.
"Then why didn't you say so sooner?" Dan Si asked again.
The father tapped him on the head, "Are you a walking encyclopedia of questions?"
Dan Si rubbed his head in pain and said to his mother in a spoiled tone, "Grandma, look, Grandpa is being unreasonable. He even hit me."
"Alright, why are you arguing with him?" Dan's mother glared at Dan's father, clearly supporting Dan Si.
Dan's father dared not speak his anger, and could only answer Dan Si's question, "Naturally, I want Xiao Han to retire from the army, so that Shu Shu won't have to worry about his safety all the time."
Even though there was the latter part of Dan Shu's father's last words, Dan Shu knew that he preferred the first part of his last words.
If the last words are to be fulfilled, the only way is to have Xiao Han retire from the army. This way, Dan Shu can be happy without having to live in fear.
As long as there's a glimmer of hope, Danfu is willing to give it a try.
Dan Anwen put his arm around Gu Ji's waist, lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Little friend, what do you think Xiao Han's choice is?"
Gu Ji was puzzled and looked up at Dan Anwen, "Judging from this situation, they should choose Shushu, right?"
Given Danfu's temperament, he wouldn't agree to the two of them being together if Xiao Han's answer didn't satisfy him.
“I don’t think so.” Dan Anwen shook his head and gave another answer, “Xiao Han hasn’t given up either.”
Gu Ji was skeptical and turned his gaze to Dan's father, "Dad, what did Uncle Xiao choose?"
“Anwen is right, he wants both books and career.” Danfu sighed, “He really has surpassed his teacher.”
The initiative was in Xiao Han's hands. He had the power to avoid being controlled by Dan's father and to passively choose between his career and Dan Shu.
If he can give Danfu a satisfactory answer, he will be the ultimate winner of this game.
"What did he say?" Dan's mother asked, slightly puzzled.
Father Dan shook his head and smiled, "I can't say that. We have a verbal gentleman's agreement. You'll both know when it's done."
"It's all so mysterious," Dan's mother complained.
Dan's father smiled but didn't say anything. He put down his tea and started to settle accounts with Dan Anwen, saying, "Anwen, you made a good move. You've dragged your old man into this mess."
Don't think he doesn't know that it was Dan Anwen who sent Xiao Han home.
Dan Si was completely bewildered. He wanted to ask what kind of chess it was, but remembering his father hitting him on the head, he held back from asking.
Seeing that both Dan's mother and Gu Ji looked like they knew everything, he became even more confused.
Gu Ji glanced at Dan Anwen with a worried expression. He was afraid that Dan's father would really be angry. Originally, Dan's father was about to win, but he had intervened and turned the situation around.
Dan Anwen gave her a reassuring look, then looked at her father with a slight smile.
“Xiao Han is my brother, so naturally I have to help him. I also want to test his abilities. If he can’t even handle this, what right does he have to be with Dan Shu?”
"I'm still your father, how could you do this to me?" Dan's father glared at Dan Anwen.
Dan Anwen remained calm and spoke slowly: "I've also left you a way out. As long as you're a little more determined than the other two, you might be the winner of this game."
If either Xiao Han or Dan Shu were to back down first, then the game would be in Dan Shu's father's hands, and both of them would become his pawns.
Dan Shu's father smiled helplessly, "How can you expect me to be resolute? Dan Shu's happiness depends entirely on my decision. As long as I think of her father's last words, I can't be resolute to the end."
He wanted Xiao Han to choose between his career and his book, but he was also afraid that Xiao Han would not choose the book, because he knew very well why Xiao Han became a special forces soldier.
The reason was too cruel, and he couldn't bear to let Xiao Han give up this career, but Dan Shu was his elder brother's only bloodline, and his only hope was that she could live a peaceful life.
He also worried that if Xiao Han chose to pursue a career, Dan Shu would suffer for the rest of her life, which would go against her father's last wishes.
The dilemma troubled him for a whole week, but he finally couldn't hold back and called Xiao Han to his home for a talk.
Fortunately, everyone was satisfied with the final solution.
Dan Shu and Xiao Han found happiness, and he and her father no longer had to worry that Dan Shu would live in fear for the rest of her life, nor did Xiao Han need to give up his lifelong obsession.
Dan Anwen has no intention of taking the blame. "I don't know the latter part of my cousin's last words. I can only say that it was fate."
Mr. Dan shook his head helplessly. In his opinion, the biggest winner in this game was Dan Anwen.
He had everyone's thoughts under his control, down to the smallest detail.
However, he also has a weakness: he only loses his composure and sense of propriety when it comes to her.
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