Chapter 423 Tunan Got Beaten 1
Tunan and Hongbin both shut up at the same time and chose to stop talking about this topic.
The weather was nice today, with sunshine, so the three of them sat on the stone steps of the school and chatted.
Most of the time, Zhuang Chaoying was chattering non-stop. People who had attended universities outside knew that many of Zhuang Chaoying's ideas were outdated. Tuanan and Hongbin just listened, and then responded with "hmm", neither responding nor refuting.
"Don't be in a hurry to date. Wait until your work is stable. Be cautious, cautious, and cautious again." Zhuang Chaoying talked about this point.
The two still didn't speak, just looked at each other.
Zhuang Chaoying continued, "Especially Tunan. Your mother has many friends and connections. I know you're also very talented. If you get a good job, there will definitely be a lot of people who will introduce you to someone. I think..."
"Dad, no. If anyone wants to introduce someone they can't even come to me. Mom will stop them." Tunan interrupted him.
"Oh..." Zhuang Chaoying was speechless, and then he remembered something, so he said, "Tunan, your aunt and uncle are back, you know!"
"I know. I saw him yesterday." Tuanan didn't tell everyone that he had dinner with them yesterday, for fear that he would feel uncomfortable.
"Oh, that's good. Since you are back, ask Pengfei to go visit grandpa and grandma. They haven't been noisy this year, and their health is getting worse day by day. I hope you can go and see them. You are about to enter the next stage of your life, so you can go and tell them." Zhuang Chaoying said again.
"Dad." Tuanan didn't say anything, just called out, but his voice was full of rejection.
Unexpectedly, the word "Dad" actually ignited Zhuang Chaoying's anger. He roared:
"Tunan! How did you become like this now?"
Tunan gave Hongbin a look and said, "Hongbin, wait for me at the school gate."
Hongbin was worried, so he didn't walk too far and waited behind a tree at the end of the road.
Zhuang Chaoying's chest heaved violently, and he shouted:
"Is there no reason why I asked you if you were in a relationship? I only found out because someone saw you walking on the street with a girl and told me! If you didn't tell me the truth, I thought you were embarrassed so I didn't ask. After all, you are already grown up.
Now I ask you to go and see your elders, but you are not happy about it! What’s wrong with going and seeing them? Will you lose a piece of meat by seeing them? Shouldn’t you go and see your grandparents?
Where are all the books you've read? Or is it that your mom doesn't allow you to read them because she herself doesn't like them and grandparents don't allow you to read them either?
Don't forget, you were given to me when we divorced! Your last name is Zhuang!"
Tunan sat still, seemingly unaware of Zhuang Chaoying's anger. He said calmly:
"Dad, I haven't told you about the relationship yet because I don't think the time is right. If the time comes, I will tell you. All I can say now is that she is a very good girl."
Because Xingyan is going to graduate school, it will take another three years for the two of them to really talk about marriage. It is indeed not the right time yet.
Tunan knew the consequences of telling Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhuang Chaoying is likely to object, which may disrupt the good balance maintained by the two families.
Moreover, if Zhuang's father and mother knew about this, there was no telling what they would do, so to be on the safe side, he chose not to say anything.
"Can't I tell Dad about this?" Zhuang Chaoying said, slapping his thigh.
"Dad, in order to protect her and our future, I really can't tell her. I don't want anyone to disturb her family when we're not in Suzhou. After all, my grandma is very good at this, and I have to be on guard."
Zhuang Chaoying became even more angry and said heavily:
"Who do you think we are? They have a good family, right? So you think we would be so shameless to get close to them?"
"Dad, don't you understand that all families are the same?" Tunan scoffed. "So if you want to do this for my own good, I hope you won't tell them."
"So according to what you said, you don't plan to tell us until we get married!" Zhuang Chaoying stood up suddenly. He stood up so quickly that his long hair drooped over his glasses and his face looked a little crazy.
"You must inform them. I won't." Tunan answered very seriously.
"You! You unfilial son! What did your grandparents do to you? Ah! How have they wronged you?" Zhuang Chaoying felt like his chest was about to explode.
"I don't feel sorry at all, because my mother is here." Tuanan stared at Zhuang Chaoying and answered slowly.
Zhuang Chaoying only felt a loud "boom" in his head.
Now that the topic had been brought up, Tunan wanted to say exactly what he wanted to say.
"Before you divorced Mom, you didn't think there was anything wrong with how they treated Mom and us. It was Mom who got out of it on her own.
When you married Aunt Zhu, they came and beat up Pengfei and me, but you didn't say a word. It was Mom who went to find them.
When I was in the third grade of junior high school, my grandmother came to the school gate to find Pengfei and me. She taught us how to cheat our mother of her money. We pretended to be stupid and said we didn’t understand what she meant. She didn’t succeed. Finally, she reached into my trouser pocket and took out one yuan and thirty cents from me. The rest of the money was earned by Pengfei, Dongzhe and I by selling scrap.
She didn't dare to look for Xiaoting, because of her mother.
One Chinese New Year after I went to college, she gave me a red envelope out of the three of us. I refused because I knew I couldn’t accept it. If I did, I wouldn’t be able to give her a red envelope in return.
Zhuang Chaoying looked at Tuanan in surprise.
He didn't know these things.
"Yes, I didn't tell you these things because it's useless. You won't stand on our side. You think they are my grandparents, so what does it matter? I didn't tell Mom either because I was afraid she would be angry and sad."
Hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying felt a little embarrassed in his anger.
Tunan continued:
"Also, Dad, my mom has never told me not to go see them. Since I started high school, I've made all my own decisions. She respects my decisions and only consults me if I'm undecided. So, it's me who doesn't want to go.
Whether you admit it or not, I think you should be very clear that they don’t care whether we go to see them or not.
If they were asked to choose between our visit and a hundred yuan, they would choose the money without hesitation. Therefore, the family love you speak of does not exist in their hearts.
Now they mentioned us in front of you not because they like us so much, but because they hope we can take over your job in the future. After all, you will also grow old, and Third Uncle is several years younger than you, and Third Uncle may have descendants in the future. So after your blood is sucked out, you need us as backup blood packs, but this is impossible.
You can do it without expecting anything in return, but we do. Except for you, probably everyone knows that we have not received any reward in the past, nor will we get any in the present or in the future, because they only take and never give.
Moreover, their demands are even without regard for our lives. For example, if your Third Uncle going to jail can be exchanged for yours, they will force you to do so without hesitation, so it is impossible for us to do as they wish.
You are great, and I admire you, but I do not agree with your approach. Moreover, I have no obligation to them. You and Mom are my responsibilities.
Even though I need to be responsible for you and Mom, I won't be as foolishly filial as you. I have my own judgment and approach. More importantly, I believe that you and Mom are definitely not people like my grandparents, and you won't make endless demands on me.
Tuanan had never discussed this matter in depth with his father, but today he spoke out his thoughts in one breath.
Zhuang Chaoying stared blankly at the mature young man in front of him, as if he didn't recognize him.
"If you think I must go, then I will go, but I will definitely not become their blood bag. My surname is Zhuang, and that's all. If a surname can trap me and force me to go against my principles, then I don't have to be surnamed Zhuang."
"Pa!" Zhuang Chaoying slapped him.
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