Chapter 137 Treat
Jiang Wanying didn't want to have too much contact with Tan Hui, but he did help her today, so she agreed with Tan Hui's opinion, and the three of them went to the state-owned restaurant together.
Tan Hui asked them to order food first, then he went to the nearby post office and called home.
It was his father, Patrick Tam, who answered the phone. Upon learning that he hadn't reached Xu Jiahe, he said somewhat unhappily, "Hui'er, the Xu family's marriage is something other families would beg for. You and Jiahe have known each other since childhood. Just be patient and coax her. Sooner or later, she'll fall in love with you..."
Tan Hui interrupted him, "Dad, instead of relying on others, it is better to rely on yourself."
"Besides, Xu Jiahe has no feelings for me. My blind attention will only disgust her."
Tan Yaoyang said in a deep voice: "If you can't handle Xu Jiahe, then put more effort into Mr. Xu."
Tan Hui is a strong-willed person. Although the Xu family is a good match for him, the disparity in their social status will definitely make his future married life very uncomfortable.
He didn't want to live even a single day in the hands of others.
It was the first time he disobeyed his father and he hung up the phone.
Tan Yaoyang was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He almost smashed the phone. He ran upstairs and yelled at his wife, "Look at your son! He's so dear to me, and he's the only one with backbone! He probably doesn't know his own weight! Even if he works hard for a few more decades, he can't reach the status that Old Master Xu has now!"
"Cough cough..." Wang Chunxia covered her mouth and coughed a few times. She had been bedridden due to illness in the past few years and her health was getting worse. She was looking forward to seeing her son get married in the future.
"You talk like I'm the only one who can raise a child. How can you talk about your own son like that?"
"No matter how incompetent he is, he's still the youngest deputy director. Marriage is all about chemistry. I know Xu Jiahe, she's no ordinary girl. She has very high standards. I heard she's dated several young men, all of them talented young men, but none of them caught her eye."
"Your son isn't money, do you really think everyone can like him?"
Tan Yaoyang was furious. "Just protect him! You missed such a dear friend. Do you really think you can find someone dearer than this?"
"I know you want to step onto the Xu family's big ship, but you don't have the ability yourself, yet you instigate your son to do it. Do you really want your son to become someone else's son-in-law and be looked down upon and laughed at?"
The one Xu Hongyun had outside was also a daughter, which meant that up to Xu Jiahe's generation, the Xu family had no sons. People outside speculated that Mr. Xu wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for Xu Jiahe.
Although it is not stated explicitly, many young talents still want to live off women.
Even though Tan Hui had not been with Wang Chunxia for these years, she knew that no one knew a son better than her mother. Although she also thought that the Xu family was a good marriage, she could tell that her son was not willing to accept it after he came back from the blind date that day.
However, due to her husband's thoughts, she only told her son to try pursuing her again, so she asked him to pick up Xu Jiahe and come home for dinner today.
"What's wrong with a live-in son-in-law? You women are just narrow-minded! You have no sense of the overall situation at all!" Tan Yaoyang was too lazy to say anything more to his wife and just waved his hands away.
Wang Chunxia coughed a few more times, but was not angry at her husband's words. It was like that when people didn't agree on something, they would say nothing. Tan Yaoyang had been a chauvinist all his life, and what he had made up his mind about could not be reversed by a few words from her.
He naturally didn't care if his son became a live-in son-in-law, because he still had other sons...
As her only son, Tan Hui has always done everything according to Tan Yaoyang's requirements since he was a child. However, marriage will affect the rest of his life, and Wang Chunxia does not want her son to repeat her mistakes.
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