Chapter 021: He was attracted by my unimaginable talent
It was rare to see some anxiety on her brother's face, which rarely changed expression. Suddenly, a sentence flashed in Liu Yulan's mind: Gods and Buddhas are about to come down to earth.
He and his two sisters once said that their younger brother's indifferent appearance made him look more and more like the gods and Buddhas enshrined in the temple.
The three of them were worried that one day their younger brother would completely see through the world and go to a temple to become a monk or Taoist priest.
It was because of this worry that he rushed over immediately after receiving the letter from his brother, which said it was related to his lifelong happiness.
Perhaps for other families, they would rather their children become disillusioned with the world and become monks or Taoists than become someone else's son-in-law.
But for them, as long as their younger brother is willing to find someone to spend the rest of his life with, let alone being a son-in-law, even if he wants to marry a man, they have no objection.
After all, everyone in their family speaks with real ability and does not need so-called reputation.
It can even be said that, given their family's current situation, a slightly blemished reputation is more advantageous than a flawless one.
Of course, when Liu Yulan heard that he was going to be someone's son-in-law, she knew why he didn't tell his grandmother right away.
After all, the grandmother is old and has traditional ideas. If she knew that her youngest grandson was eager to be someone's son-in-law, it would be good enough if she didn't chase him with a broom. She would never think of going to the house to propose marriage on his behalf.
He was very curious about what kind of woman could catch the eye of his brother, who never looked at women with respect. "Tell me, where is this girl from?"
"She's the daughter of a salt merchant, with only one father to rely on for survival. In her own words, he only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, and he's completely uneducated." Seeing his brother's expression, Liu Zhiyan continued, "Whenever she enters the kitchen, she definitely makes things worse than she helps."
"The ladies she interacted with privately said she was a fool who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun."
It sounded like this was a girl without any merits at all. Liu Yulan asked her brother with a complicated expression, "So you haven't gotten married until this age, is it because you've never met a girl like this?"
Not to mention that there are girls in their family who are all more talented than the other, even the girls from families that have some dealings with their family all have their own strengths. There is no girl like the one his younger brother described who sounds like he has no strengths at all.
Liu Zhiyan knew what Liu Yulan meant. He didn't rush to explain himself, but instead told her the reason why he and Qin Xue were so close. "It was my mother who met her first, and it was my mother who asked me to be a teacher."
Hearing that her mother had already met the girl and even introduced her to her brother, Liu Yulan knew that this girl must have some strengths unknown to outsiders. "Tell me in detail."
Liu Zhiyan then explained his mother's offer to teach her in exchange for him not having to teach at the academy, and repeatedly reiterated that he was not allowed to speak harshly to others. He therefore tolerated her clumsiness, even failing to crack an egg, and did not try to get rid of her. Then, that afternoon, while teaching her a foreign language, he unexpectedly discovered her talent for it, surprisingly good, and began to slowly adjust his attitude towards her.
Liu Yulan knew that his mother had been looking for someone to take over as the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for years.
In fact, the person his mother likes most is the younger brother in front of him who can speak several foreign languages, but unfortunately this younger brother is not interested in this.
Let’s not talk about whether her mother has found a successor or not.
But it seems like she found her daughter-in-law by accident? !
"Mom asked you to teach her foreign languages. You should know what she meant. You yourself have no intention of joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yet now you want to marry a girl who has a high probability of becoming the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the future. Are you sure you're serious?"
"Who are you suspecting?!" Liu Zhiyan rolled his eyes at his eldest brother in annoyance. "Mom joked with me before, telling me to find a stupid wife so I could see through the other person more clearly. I thought her suggestion was a good one, so I tried to understand this stupid girl who appeared in front of me every day."
"Then I found that after paying attention to her, my days became very interesting, because I never knew what joke she would make me laugh at next."
"I think it's nice to have her live so lively compared to the usual routine."
After hearing what her brother said, Liu Yulan nodded seriously, "So what you lack is not love, but the woman who makes you willingly enter the mortal world."
"Maybe." It could also be that he had been alone for too long and suddenly wanted someone like this to be by his side.
In short, after getting along with her, he began to like the feeling of being with her.
In their family, because his mother is the head of the family who comes from another world and has advanced ideas, both parent-child relationships and sibling relationships are more relaxed than in other families.
Parents will not impose their ideas on their children, and siblings will not interfere too much in each other's affairs.
Since this brother knew exactly what he was doing, and the girl he liked was the one his mother favored, he didn't say anything more. "What do you need me to do?"
"It's very simple. First, let my future husband Taishan believe that his family agrees that I will be a son-in-law. Second, ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage."
"Are you sure your grandmother will agree? Besides, since you are someone else's son-in-law, the matter of proposing marriage should be theirs." Being someone's son-in-law is equivalent to exchanging roles between men and women.
"I'll go back and talk to Grandmother myself." He planned to return to Suzhou Prefecture after things were settled here and tell her everything. "As for the proposal, whether it's our family or theirs, you two can discuss it. What I want is for the marriage to be finalized as soon as possible."
"Then arrange for me to meet him as soon as possible."
"I've already said we'll come to your house tomorrow."
Being so anxious to arrange a marriage, my brother really wants to start a family. "I see."
Later, he would write to his sister and younger sister to tell them about this.
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On this side, Liu Zhiyan and Liu Yulan were talking about Qin Xue and the Qin family, and on the other side, Qin Xue was talking about Liu Zhiyan with Qin Laicai.
When Qin Laicai heard that the dessert shop was actually opened by Liu Zhiyan's grandmother, he suddenly felt that a marriage between the two families was probably impossible. He told his daughter, who had been in a good mood these days, with some reluctance, "Xue'er, I'm afraid that Liu Zhiyan's marriage to me as a son-in-law will not work out."
"Although no one knows who owns Fang's Dessert Shop, everyone says the owner is very influential."
"This kind of family won't agree to let their child become someone else's son-in-law."
Then he thought, "If the man is really good and you really like him, we don't have to marry him home. However, the child you have must have the surname Qin."
After hearing what Qin Laicai said, Qin Xue did not rush to defend Liu Zhiyan. Instead, she told Qin Laicai what he said when she backed out after learning that he was Sister Ye's son. "Dad, I believe what he said to me, so his decision to become a son-in-law will not change."
Back then, I was eager to be someone's son-in-law.
But my situation back then was completely different from Liu Zhiyan's.
He fled alone back then, and it was only after he met the Qin family that he was able to live a life without going hungry.
The Qin family has been kind to him, and he has no clan or family, so there will be no obstacles even if he becomes a son-in-law of the Qin family.
If he were in Liu Zhiyan's situation back then, no matter how much he liked Qin's mother, he probably wouldn't be willing to be a son-in-law. At most, he would agree to have a child take Qin's mother's surname.
So, after hearing his daughter's words, Qin Laicai remained silent for a rare moment.
He couldn't understand why someone would be willing to be someone else's son-in-law when being a son-in-law wasn't the best option?!
Qin Laicai didn't believe that it was because the other party loved his daughter so much.
Men are naturally more open-minded than women when it comes to emotions.
Not to mention that he and his daughter had only known each other for two months. Even if they had known each other for two years, he would not believe that the other party was willing to be his son-in-law because he loved his daughter.
It's not that he has no choice, and it's not for love. Qin Laicai really can't understand what the other party is doing.
Qin Xue was dissatisfied when she heard Qin Laicai repeatedly say that the other party was willing to become a son-in-law because of her. "How can it not be for me?"
"..." Qin Laicai wanted to say that it was more likely that he was after our family's money than you as a person, but he thought that he couldn't hurt his own daughter like this.
Seeing her father still remained silent, Qin Xue puffed out her chest and said, "Two months ago, I was a person who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. Apart from my family's money, there was nothing else worth liking about me. But in the past two months, I have studied foreign languages seriously every day. I am no longer the person I was two months ago."
"Maybe he discovered my extraordinary talent while teaching me foreign languages and fell in love with me."
Qin Xue secretly thought so in her heart.
After all, apart from this, she herself felt that apart from the fact that her family was rich, there seemed to be nothing else about her that was worthy of someone insisting on becoming her son-in-law.
Qin Laicai doesn't understand foreign languages.
But he could hear Qin Xue reading that gibberish at home almost every day, and he couldn't understand a word of it.
It didn't sound smooth at first, but gradually, not only did it become smoother, but the length of time I could say in one breath also became longer and longer.
He feels that learning a foreign language should be like a child learning to speak. When first speaking, he speaks word by word, slowly becoming fluent, and then slowly speaking longer and longer.
The more fluently and longer you speak, the better your command of the language.
Therefore, even if he didn't understand, Qin Laicai felt that his daughter must have learned foreign languages very well.
To be honest, this was the first time he saw his daughter studying something seriously. Qin Laicai was happy to see that she could learn to this level.
He felt that regardless of whether Liu Zhiyan was attracted to his daughter because of her foreign language skills, he should encourage her. "It's really possible. Your father doesn't understand foreign languages, but every time I hear you speak, I can't help but be attracted to you. He understands what you are saying and is more aware of your progress. It's entirely possible that he is attracted to your learning ability."
With her father's affirmation, Qin Xue felt more and more that her guess was correct, and she felt that she should work harder. She clenched her fists and gave Qin Laicai a strong gesture, "So as long as I keep learning foreign languages, he will always be attracted to me."
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