In the Duanâs, whether it was a son or a daughter, they had to marry for the benefit of the family.
Donât want an alliance marriage? Then, get out of the family. If you really want to be strong-willed, give up on enjoying the rich materialistic lifestyle and conveniences brought by the family.
In the end, it was the old patriarch of the family that quietly coughed. Using his cane, he walked over to Duan Chi. He sincerely and earnestly advised, âWeâre a century-old family. We canât have such a scandal. Mr. Song is giving our family face. Thatâs why he only had someone bring up this issue to us. No one wants to cause a fuss that would lose everyoneâs dignity. Little Chi, you should understand that there are some things you canât do and people that you canât even think about. Youâre a smart child. You should know there are things that a gentleman can do and canât do.â
If his grandfather had acted like his oldest uncle and second uncle, Duan Chi probably wouldnât feel that bad. But his grandfatherâs words made him think he had been too ignorant.
Duan Chi closed his eyes. He thought of Ruan Xiaâs face and the feeling that she gave him. When he opened his eyes, he saw his old, gray-haired grandfather. In the end, he gritted his teeth and promised, âGrandpa, donât worry. I wonât do anymore stupid things.â
He should have known a long time ago that love had nothing to do with people like him. As someone born in the Duanâs, he could only marry someone that could bring benefits to the family.
After hearing these words, Grandpa Duan nodded in satisfaction. âThatâs the right choice. Knowing that you made a mistake and being willing to change, thatâs grandpaâs good grandson. By the way, Mingxue, take care of this matter. Find the time to apologize in person to Song Tingshen. After all, our family did something wrong.â
âOkay, father.â
Everyone was happy with how the matter was resolved. Right now, Duan Chi was only thinking about Mrs. Song. There wasnât anything between them. Otherwise... it would be a scandal if other people found out.
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National Day soon arrived. The weather was pretty good. In addition, most people had a seven-day holiday. Thus, many people were traveling.
Just like right now, Assistant Chen had booked plane tickets for their family, but the road to the airport was more jam-packed than imagined.
Little Wang was very excited. For children, as long as they could go out, they were happy with any destination.
Ruan Xia was neutral about their trip. She turned her head to glance at Song Tingshen. He was looking out at the window. He had told her that he hadnât gone back to his hometown for several years. He was going back this time to build a gravestone for his deceased parents as well as bring Little Wang there to pay respects.
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It took them over two hours by plane to go from their city to Song Tingshenâs hometown, City H. The weather over here was better. It was already October now, and the weather forecast predicted that the temperature would be 17 Celcius. Neither too hot nor too cold.
As the family of three came out of the airport, Ruan Xia held Little Wangâs hand. Song Tingshen was responsible for pulling two rolling suitcases. Song Tingshen stopped a taxi and used the local dialect to communicate with the driver. This townâs dialect was still easy enough to understand, and she could hear that he was bargaining with the driver.
What a down-to-earth CEO.
Ruan Xia let Little Wang lean against her side and asked, âWhere are we going?â
The tourism here was slowly developing. All of the cityâs facilities were complete, including hotels. Many people would choose to travel here during Octoberâs Golden Week.
(T/N: National Day Golden Week begins around October 1st and lasts 7-8 days depending on the lunar calendar.)
Translator Ramblings: While Iâm happy that Duan Chi is finally going to leave Ruan Xia alone, it feel unsatisfying that he hasnât learned that his stalker actions are wrong. He just valuing his wealthy second generation lifestyle more than chasing after her.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om