Chapter 58 Why does this name sound familiar?
Huo Shu was quite satisfied with his future daughter-in-law, Gu Yanran. He had been planning to take advantage of today's dinner to mention the marriage agreement between the two families that had been in place since childhood.
After all, the two children are not young anymore, so it’s time to finalize this matter.
Seeing that they were talking about his eldest son, his eyes immediately fell on Jiang Ruyun and he said, "Ruyun, regarding Tingzhou and Yanran's marriage, I think our two families should pick a time to have a meal together and set the date."
Jiang Ruyun was slightly stunned when she heard this. She reacted and was about to say something, but she saw Gu Yanran suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand on her leg, and spoke before her:
"Aunt Huo, what does Brother Tingzhou mean... I'm afraid of him..."
Huo Shu looked at her again and smiled, "Yanran, don't worry about this. I will also talk to Ting Zhou about it. It will be no problem."
In her opinion, if Xie Tingzhou didn't want to follow his family's arrangements, given his personality, he would have already proposed to cancel the engagement.
Gu Yanran nodded and said sweetly, "Okay."
Huo Shu hummed, retracted his gaze, looked back at Jiang Ruyun, and asked her again what she meant, "Ruyun, what do you think about this matter...?"
Jiang Ruyun was a little confused at first and didn't understand what Gu Yanran was going to do.
When I turned to look at her, meeting her eyes filled with pleading, I vaguely guessed something.
Jiang Ruyun turned back to look at Huo Shu, stroking the teacup in her hand. After thinking for a few seconds, she replied, "I can't decide this matter alone. I'll discuss it with Yuntian when I get back tonight and give you an answer."
Huo Shu nodded, "Okay."
......
Back home.
Jiang Ruyun held it in for the entire journey. After she dismissed all the servants in the living room, she turned to look at Gu Yanran who was sitting next to her, and hesitated to say, "Yanran, when we were having dinner earlier, you..."
Gu Yanran reached out and took her hand, no longer hiding anything, with a firm look in her eyes, "Mom, I want to marry Brother Tingzhou."
Jiang Ruyun frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment, "You..."
Gu Yanran bit her lip and said, "Mom, I know you want to say that I'm not the Gu family's biological daughter and that marrying into the family would be deceiving the Xie family, but I really like Brother Tingzhou."
She paused and continued, "Sister definitely can't get married in her current situation, otherwise I wouldn't beg you like this."
"Besides, no one in the circle knows that I'm not Gu's biological daughter yet. As long as you and Dad don't tell anyone, no one will know this secret. In the eyes of outsiders, I will be your biological daughter."
Jiang Ruyun didn't say anything, mainly because she didn't want to deceive the Xie family.
"If you want to cancel the engagement, why not let me marry him naturally? It will only benefit our Gu family, not harm them. Isn't that good?"
Gu Yanran released her hand, hugged her arm tightly, and said softly, "Mom, you have loved me the most since I was a child. Can you please help me this time? I really want to marry Brother Tingzhou..."
Jiang Ruyun pressed her brows with a headache and said slowly: "It's useless for you to tell me about this. If your father agrees, then I naturally have no objection."
Gu Yanran's eyes flickered, knowing that she had given in, and nodded, "Then when Dad comes back tonight, I'll go tell him, Mom, you will help me, right?"
Jiang Ruyun neither agreed nor refused, and seemed to be considering the feasibility of this matter.
......
Li Zhi wanted to eat ice cream, so Li Yanjing went downstairs to help her get it from the refrigerator.
When passing by the living room, I happened to hear Gu Yanran talking about who she was going to marry. I subconsciously stopped and hid aside to eavesdrop.
After the two stopped talking, he immediately withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked upstairs.
Li Yanjing returned to the room and his eyes fell on Li Zhi, who was sitting on the bedside playing with her phone. He said, "I heard something when I passed by the living room just now."
Li Zhi put down her phone and looked up at him, "What's the matter?"
Li Yanjing walked to the bedside, tore open the ice cream cone wrapper in his hand, and handed it to her. "It seems like you are engaged to someone else."
Li Zhi took the ice cream cone and paused, "Who told you that?"
"Gu Yanran said so. She said that you can't marry into the Xie family in your current situation. She wants to marry into the Xie family herself, and she also wants grandpa and grandma not to announce the news that she is not their biological daughter." Li Yanjing said concisely.
Li Zhi took a bite of the ice cream cone and narrowed her eyes slightly, "Xie family?"
Li Yanjing tilted his head, "It seems that person's name is Xie Tingzhou."
"Xie Tingzhou... this name sounds familiar..."
Li Zhiqing's eyes moved, and he suddenly remembered that this little rascal's father was called Xie Tingzhou.
Li Yanjing noticed the change in her expression and asked, "Do you know him?"
"Maybe, maybe he knows her." Li Zhi said slowly.
Li Yanjing: “???”
Li Zhi quickly finished the ice cream in her hand, then picked up her phone, opened WeChat, and tapped the screen with her fair fingers quickly, sending a message to Pei Yuanzhi.
[Is Xie Tingzhou engaged? ]
About a minute later, Pei Yuanzhi replied.
[Master Li, have you figured this out?]
Li Zhi: [With whom?]
Pei Yuanzhi: [You probably don't know the eldest daughter of the Gu family, Gu Yanran.]
Li Zhi raised an eyebrow, realizing that things were becoming increasingly interesting. [What's the relationship between Xie Tingzhou and Gu Yanran like?]
Pei Yuanzhi: [Not very good. That engagement was arranged for him by Grandpa Ting before he died, but he ignored it and doesn't like Gu Yanran either.]
Li Zhi: [If he doesn't like it, why doesn't he cancel the engagement?]
Pei Yuanzhi: [Master Li, why are you suddenly concerned about Brother Ting? Are you...?]
Li Zhi: [Pure gossip.]
Pei Yuanzhi: [Well, he didn't cancel the engagement because he didn't take it seriously at all.]
Li Zhi: [Oh, I see.]
Li Zhi turned off her phone and looked up at Li Yanjing who was standing beside the bed. "Son, do you know who Xie Tingzhou is?"
Li Yanjing shook her head, her round eyes clear and innocent, "I don't know."
Li Zhi smiled slightly, "It's your father."
Li Yanjing: “…”
Li Yanjing's eyelids twitched. "Are you serious?"
Li Zhi spread her hands, "Do I look like I'm joking?"
Li Yanjing didn't know for a moment whether it was a coincidence or fate. The man who was engaged to Li Zhi turned out to be his biological father?
He pursed his lips, "What do you think?"
Li Zhi looked at him, stroking her chin with one hand, "If Xie Tingzhou took you in and raised you, and Gu Yanran married him, wouldn't she be your stepmother?"
She tutted and shook her head, then continued, "Fake aunt becomes stepmother, this is too dramatic."
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