"Keep your voice down and don't let your mother worry." Ye Qian reminded Mu Mingda.
The two of them whispered to each other for a while, and both of them felt unwell.
Mu Ruanruan saw them through the crack in the window and began to feel unhappy. The Zhao family was really too much. They wanted to cancel the engagement three years ago and then broke it off. Now they came back to want to get married and came to show their goodwill again.
It was probably the forced marriage that made Mu Mingda so angry.
Zhao Qishan's status is not low. If he uses his power to suppress Mu Mingda, Mu Mingda will indeed have no room for resistance, but he is not the kind of person who will succumb to power.
But being like a chicken is too much.
Grandpa and grandma had just reunited, and in order not to worry them, Mu Ruanruan did not show any emotions, and even ignored Qi Siji's inquiries without leaving a trace.
After the meal, Mu Ruanruan was very full, but Mu Mingda was not full, so Ye Qian was cooking a midnight snack for him.
The haze just dissipated, and several people started chatting again. Qi Siji kept promoting his eldest grandson, and Mu Ruanruan pulled Ruan Zaiqing over to block the bullets.
"Grandpa, tell me your story."
Ruan Zaiqing talked for a few paragraphs, all of which were old stories. After a while, he fell silent.
"What's wrong?"
"I forgot about your brothers. I have to call them over."
"elder brother?"
She has a brother. Isn’t Ruan Zaiqing unmarried?
Not only Mu Ruanruan, but everyone present except Qi Siji was a little surprised, especially Mu Baizhi, who twisted her handkerchief in her hands and looked unhappy.
"Dad, do you have another son?" Seeing his mother's unusual expression, Mu Mingda asked this scary but important question.
This time it was Ruan Zaiqing's turn to be confused: "What are you talking about? You are my only son."
That's the daughter?
Mu Mingda asked him if he had other daughters and asked him to bring them to meet everyone. When he asked, he pretended to be relaxed, but his clenched fists on his knees betrayed him.
"Daughter?" Ruan Zaiqing was confused. "Where did you hear that I have a daughter?"
After saying that, he swung his knife towards Qi Siji.
Qi Siji immediately defended himself: "It wasn't me, I didn't say anything."
Ruan Zaiqing was about to explain when Mu Baizhi stood up and left, her hands rubbing up and down on her face. He thought she was crying.
Hurrying to catch up, Mu Baizhi shook his hand away. He lowered his head and coaxed her softly, explaining, "You are the only woman I have in my life, Ruan Zaiqing. You haven't given me a daughter, so how can I have a daughter?"
"I'll explain to you slowly about those bastards. Don't be angry."
The two of them went back into the room and closed the door.
In the living room, Mu Mingda asked Qi Siji what was going on.
Qi Siji looked at the closed door and said reluctantly, "After separating from Bai Zhi, he never got married, and those children were all adopted."
"grandson?"
"Well, he felt that he was too old to be someone's father, so he adopted them as his grandsons. They were all poor kids who had lost their parents in the war and had nothing to eat. They were begging on the street, and he happened to see them."
"I see."
"My three sons are accomplished men. They are all studying now. The eldest is attending a military academy, the second is studying medicine, and the third is studying law."
When talking about these children, Qi Siji was a little cold. Everyone thought he didn't like those children, so they didn't ask any more questions.
The scene turned cold.
"Aren't you curious about your brothers?" Qi Siji was puzzled for a long time and asked Mu Ruanruan quietly.
Mu Ruanruan was even more puzzled: "I thought you didn't want to mention them."
"I really don't want to," Qi Siji's face was becoming more and more unhappy. "This old guy is half a grade higher than me, and that's fine. But how come he raises his grandchildren so well? He's a grown man, and he doesn't even have a woman by his side, yet those bastards are so well-behaved."
Ye Qian burst out laughing.
Mu Ruanruan also laughed loudly.
Even Mu Mingda smiled.
Qi Siji didn't mind and continued introducing those "bastards": "Da Ning is now an officer of medium rank, and he's quite promising. I heard he even won a second-class merit last year. Er Ning is one level below my kid, but he's also a good kid, and his advisor never hesitates to praise him. That little one, who's serious and reserved, is a lot like Zai Qing. I heard he's also going to graduate school."
"They are good-looking, motivated and well-behaved. I don't know what this old guy Zai Qing feeds them."
This is a family of academic elites, no wonder Qi Siji is unhappy.
Mu Ruanruan also felt unhappy. Her three brothers were so powerful, but now she didn't even want to go to college. Wouldn't she be despised even more?
What should I do?
Seeing Mu Ruanruan's embarrassment, Qi Siji guessed her thoughts and comforted her: "You are just a little girl, there is no need to compare yourself with those rough men. They pamper you and would never dare to look down on you."
"But..." I would feel embarrassed.
Before he could finish his words, Qi Siji interrupted him: "No buts. If they dare to say anything, come to Grandpa Qi and he will take care of it for you. At worst, we can just ignore him. My eldest grandson is also a very good playmate."
He really promoted his eldest grandson anytime and anywhere, which made Mu Ruanruan a little curious about him and what kind of person he was. Qi Siji praised him highly. Although he loved his granddaughter, he now seemed to be thinking about his eldest grandson.
Qi Siji tried to persuade him not to study but Mu Mingda and Ye Qian, who were sitting opposite him, looked worried.
Mu Mingda: "Ruan Ruan, what Grandpa Qi said makes sense, but you are so young and don't want to go to school, do you think you want to get married?"
Ye Qian also agreed.
Mu Ruanruan was about to refuse.
Qi Siji said hurriedly: "It's not impossible for her to get married. Our Qi family doesn't have so many rules. Whether our daughter-in-law is educated or not, or how much she has educated, is not such a big deal."
Mu Mingda laughed.
Mu Ruanruan couldn't even laugh. So this was what Qi Siji meant.
This is just like her grandmother, who got married without studying.
"Grandpa Qi, it's not that I won't go to school. I'm just... still thinking about it, thinking about it... hehe..."
"Then you should think about it carefully. Grandpa Qi is not as rigid as Ruan Zaiqing. Grandpa Qi respects the opinions of young people the most."
The door opened and Ruan Zaiqing's voice came: "Lao Qi, what bad things are you saying about me behind my back again?"
The two of them came out sweetly again.
Ruan Zaiqing walked over to sit across from Mu Mingda and asked him, "Did you answer the phone several times just now just because of Ruan Ruan's matter?"
Mu Mingda didn't want to tell the old man about this matter and make him worry. He was just trying to find a reason to hide it when Mu Baizhi said, "The Zhao family wants to use some trickery to force you to marry Ruan Ruan off, right?"
Ruan Zaiqing hadn't said anything yet, but Qi Siji was extremely angry: "Who is the Zhao family? They use such dirty tricks to force my granddaughter-in-law to marry someone?"
"Who is the grandson's wife?" Ruan Zaiqing asked.
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