Nan Chengcheng then realized something and slowly turned her head, only to see her father, mother, elder brother and younger brother all standing downstairs, staring at them in shock.
Nan Chengcheng, who had been so shameless just now, suddenly wanted to find a hole to crawl into. The next second, she quickly got off him and awkwardly smoothed her hair. "Ah, ha, Dad, Mom, you, why are you here?"
Zhan Hengyi looked down at her bare feet on the floor, then picked her up and said, "Go back and put on your shoes. It's cold."
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After 10 minutes, the living room was closed.
Nan's parents and brothers sat on one side, Zhan Hengyi and Nan Chengcheng sat on the other side, with a coffee table between them.
Nan Yuanzhong, Nan's father, looked very cold.
My daughter hasn't been home for several days. Last night, the family decided to come here in the morning to make Cheng Cheng her favorite steamed dumplings. She is very busy, but as parents, they still hope that she can eat well. They came for a while and were afraid of waking up their daughter, so they cooked in the kitchen with very low noise.
But I didn't expect to see Zhan Hengyi and his daughter...
Nowadays, it is very uncomfortable for parents to deceive a girl into living with her before getting married.
Nan Yuanzhong had told his daughter many times before that he didn't want her to be with Marshal Zhan, because the two families were not a good match and were not suitable.
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Zhan Hengyi spoke first, "Auntie, Auntie, Cheng Cheng and I have been together for a while. It's my fault. I should have come home to formally meet your elders first."
"Young Marshal Zhan!" Nan Yuanzhong said solemnly, "Recently, a group of people have been digging a canal on the mountain near the Nan family tea garden to divert spring water. You sent people to do this, right?
I asked around and found out it was you."
In the past, the Nan family tea plantation used to draw water from a nearby river to irrigate the tea fields. However, due to the drought of the past two years, the nearby river was almost dry. Nan Yuanzhong was a little worried, so he inquired about the possibility of digging a canal from the mountain. After much inquiry, he learned that digging a canal would require approval from many departments, a lot of procedures, and a huge cost...
The Nan family had given up and was just hoping for more rain.
I once thought that within a few days of this incident, someone would dig a canal on the mountain, and the spring water from it would flow into the Nan family tea garden.
Nan Yuanzhong made inquiries from many sources and finally found out that it was the canal dug by Zhan Hengyi.
He had planned to go to the Defense Department in the next few days to find Zhan Hengyi to thank him and give him the money needed to build the canal.
I had thought that today I would run into this scene between the young marshal and his daughter.
Nan Yuanzhong felt bad. He would rather not open the tea garden and let his family live in poverty than let his daughter be without a name or a family...
Zhan Hengyi nodded. "It's just a small matter, uncle, don't worry about it. The canal to draw spring water wasn't opened for the Nan family tea garden. It was opened because of the drought in the past two years, and the surrounding villagers had difficulty using water."
He didn't want to put any psychological burden on Nan's father.
Nan Chengcheng looked at Zhan Hengyi in surprise. She had no idea that he had dug a canal.
He built her a paradise and dug canals for their tea garden... How many things did this man do for her behind her back?
"Young Marshal, how much does it cost to build the canal? Our Nan family must pay for this.
I hope that the young marshal will let our daughter go. We are an ordinary family, and I know I can't marry into the Zhan family... but our daughter is everything to me and my wife.
We can’t let her lose face for the rest of her life—” If she lives with someone else without getting married, and word gets out about it, our daughter will be criticized.
Nan Chengcheng said hurriedly, "Dad, it was me who pursued Zhan Hengyi. It was me who said we wouldn't get married and would just date. It was me who asked him to keep it a secret from you.
Blame it on me, it's my daughter's fault for keeping it a secret from you."
Nan Chengcheng slowly lowered her head, "Dad, you've been telling me to stay away from Zhan Hengyi, and I know why.
My fate is to be childless. You think that a family like the Zhan family cannot allow Zhan Hengyi to be without descendants. You are afraid that Zhan Hengyi and I will not have a good result together, and that I will be wronged in a wealthy family. I know all this.
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