"Silly child," Grandpa Jiang chuckled, patting Jiang Ning's back. "Why are you crying? Are you hungry? Grandpa will make you some hand-pulled noodles."
“Okay,” Jiang Ning nodded slightly, “I was just thinking about eating your handmade noodles.”
Grandpa Jiang happily went to make hand-pulled noodles for his granddaughter.
In the evening, Jiang Ning accompanied Grandpa Jiang to stroll in the park.
The old man was overjoyed and told everyone he met, "My granddaughter has come back to see me."
The old man would be even happier if anyone complimented him on how beautiful his granddaughter was.
The next day at noon, Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang boarded a plane to Beijing.
Shi Nanxing and Si Huashang, a married couple, came to pick him up at the airport in person.
"Godfather."
From afar, Shi Nanxing waved to the old man.
"Ningning's dad." Grandpa Jiang waved excitedly at Shi Nanxing.
As Jiang Ning and the old man approached, Shi Nanxing immediately took the suitcase from the old man's hand and introduced, "Godfather, this is your daughter-in-law, Si Huashang."
"Hua Chang, quickly call him godfather."
"Hello, godfather," Si Huashang said with a smile.
"Alright, alright," Grandpa Jiang took out a red envelope he had prepared beforehand from his pocket. "Ningning's mom, this is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it. I wish you and Ningning's dad all the best. It would be even better if you could give Ningning a younger brother or sister."
Jiang Ning nodded slightly, "Grandpa is right. Mom and Dad, please give me a younger brother or sister soon. I'm very lonely!"
Whether it's a younger brother or sister, Jiang Ning will warmly welcome the little one's arrival.
Shi Nanxing and Si Huashang exchanged a glance, their faces flushing simultaneously.
Time quickly came to the day of the banquet.
It was the same as Jiang Ning's family reunion banquet.
Almost everyone who had any connection with the Shi family was present.
The dinner started promptly at 6 p.m.
Jiang Ning took Si Huashang's hand and walked step by step toward the stage of the banquet hall.
Shi Nanxing stood on the stage.
All I could see was...
Si Huashang wore a red evening gown, light makeup, and her hair was styled in a high bun, revealing purple diamond earrings on her ears and a matching purple diamond necklace around her neck. She looked elegant and noble.
Jiang Ning, on the other hand, completely changed her usual style, wearing a pink princess dress, her hair was permed by the makeup artist and tied up halfway, with a small crown on her head, making her look like Snow White who had stepped out of a fairy tale.
The mother and daughter, dressed differently and styled differently, embodied the beauty of different ages.
Almost as soon as the two entered, deafening applause erupted in the banquet hall, followed by murmurs of discussion.
"Wow! The matriarch of the Shi family and Miss Shi are so beautiful! One is charming and the other is gentle and graceful. They are simply the most beautiful mother-daughter duo!"
"The matriarch of the Shi family truly deserves to be called the most beautiful woman in Hong Kong."
"No wonder Miss Shi is so beautiful."
"......"
Shi Nanxing looked at Si Huashang, who was walking towards him, and his eyes were filled with love. He took Si Huashang's hand from his daughter and said, "Huashang, welcome back."
Then she looked down at the audience and said, "Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for attending my wife Si Huashang's homecoming banquet. Today, I would like to formally introduce her to you. This is Si Huashang, the matriarch of the Shi family!"
slap slap slap--
Another round of applause followed.
The three elders, Mrs. Si, Mrs. Shi, and Mr. Jiang, sat at the main table, their eyes glistening with tears of happiness.
The Si family's uncles and aunts were also very moved.
"Mom, weren't you going to introduce a potential partner to my brother? What do you think of Miss Shi?" Below the stage, at a table next to the main table, besides the Shi family's close relatives, sat the Song family.
Old Mrs. Song and Song Zhizhi, the second daughter of the Song family.
Mr. Song and Mr. Shi were comrades-in-arms when they were young, so the two families have always had a good relationship.
Upon hearing this, Grandma Song looked up at Jiang Ning and said, "She is quite pretty, but I heard that she is a divorcee."
A second marriage is ultimately not quite the same.
Song Zhizhi was speechless. "Mom, don't forget, my brother is also remarried, and he has a child with him."
When Song Zhizhi's older brother, Song Junying, was young, he was immature. At the age of 19, he started dating a female classmate and got pregnant out of wedlock while he was a freshman in college. Helpless, the two had to get married. However, less than two years later, they felt that their personalities were not compatible and they quickly divorced. Currently, the child lives with Song Junying.
Since his divorce, Song Junying has not been looking for a partner and is now 28 years old and still single. Therefore, Mrs. Song is very concerned about her son's personal life.
Grandma Song frowned slightly. "How can a woman be compared to a man? A man's second marriage is a treasure, but a woman's second marriage is nothing more than a blade of grass!"
In Old Man Song's eyes, even if his son was divorced, he was still an unattainable figure.
No matter how good the Shi family's granddaughter is, she can't compare to their own son.
Song Zhizhi narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice, saying, "Mom, you can't think like that! The Shi and Si families only have this one girl right now, and they treat her like a precious gem! Especially the way those eight uncles in the Si family look at her, tsk tsk tsk, like they're looking at a rare treasure. If my brother marries her, it's like he'll monopolize all the commercial resources in Beijing and Hong Kong!"
"What you should be worried about now is whether the Shi family and the Si family will take a liking to my brother."
Upon hearing Song Zhizhi's last sentence, Old Mrs. Song rolled her eyes. "Who is your brother? He's one of the Ten Outstanding Youths, a sure-fire candidate for a business tycoon! Shi Sheng is just a secondhand commodity no one wants. If I were to go to the Shi family and discuss this, they would be eternally grateful to me! How dare they look down on your brother?"
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