Chapter 425: Then What Were You Doing Earlier?

Fu's father saw his wife had fallen silent again and said, "The children are grown now; they surely have many hidden thoughts. I just wanted to let you know beforehand so you can be mentally prepared."

Fu's mother nodded: "I always feel they are still young, but without us noticing, they have all started families and established careers."

Fu's father feared his wife would be upset: "When a tree grows large, its branches split apart. We went through that too. Sending them away to live separately will actually lighten our load. Stop thinking about it and rest early; we have important matters tomorrow."

Fu's mother thought it over and found it true, so she did not argue back, but asked gloomily, "Then what about our Xiao Wan?"

Fu's father pulled her into his embrace: "For now, we can only ask her to endure. We will send more money and goods later so she doesn't suffer over there. I will call Old Zhang later to find him a chance to get Xiao Wan a more leisurely job. In a year or two, if it really doesn't work out, I will go beg my father."

Fu's mother felt relieved at this: "Let's sleep; we have to get up early tomorrow."

On the other side, Fu Yanwan went to Huagu Village near the North Suburb Farm at noon, only to learn that her second brother and second sister-in-law had taken leave and were not at the Ding Zhiqing point.

She had to leave first, thinking she would come back after work in the afternoon.

After eating, she asked Sun Juanjuan and her partner Geng Changzheng to accompany her on another trip, but her second brother and second sister-in-law had already returned. After going to the Huagu Village Party Secretary's house, they learned the two had taken two days of leave and gone back to Huicheng.

That meant the two would probably not return until later tomorrow, making her run around twice for nothing; she was furious in her heart.

Seeing her expression was not good, Sun Juanjuan comforted her: "You were worried before that your second sister-in-law couldn't control her mouth over there; now isn't that just right?"

Thinking it over, she said: "Alright, it seems this is destined by heaven."

Beijing City Military Region Compound, Qi Family.

Qi Shufang held the investigation results she had received: "A country bumpkin dares to compete with me for Yan Cheng brother? She truly doesn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth."

After speaking, she directly flung those documents onto the table: "No one must ruin my good things."

After muttering to herself, she suddenly stood up from the chair, turned around, and walked out of the room.

'Knock, knock, knock' as she went downstairs, she arrived before a door on the first floor, raised her hand, and knocked lightly on the door: "Grandpa, are you asleep?"

Grandpa Qi was wearing his reading glasses and reading a newspaper: "I'm not asleep; come in."

As his granddaughter entered, he placed the newspaper in his hands onto the table: "It's so late; why didn't you sleep and run over here? What is it?"

After building up her resolve for quite a while, Qi Shufang said: "Grandpa, I, I still can't let go of Yan Cheng brother. Can you help me speak to Grandpa Fu again? After all, if our two families marry into each other, it benefits both the Qi family and the Fu family, not to mention Yan Cheng brother's future."

Grandpa Qi stared at his own granddaughter: "Fangfang, a forcibly twisted melon is not sweet. Why force it? There are many outstanding young men in the compound just like Yan Cheng; you..."

Before the old man finished speaking, his granddaughter interrupted him: "But I only like Yan Cheng brother."

The old man felt some frustration, like iron that wouldn't turn to steel: "Then what were you doing earlier?"

Qi Shufang's eyes immediately turned red: "Before, he had an attitude of keeping strangers away and rejected so many girls in the compound. Naturally, I was afraid he would reject me too, so I thought to take it slowly, believing that one day he would notice me. But I never expected it would be so sudden."

As she spoke, she choked up: "Grandpa, I really like Yan Cheng brother. Will you help me?"

Seeing his granddaughter like this, Grandpa Qi felt bad in his heart too, but he knew Fu Yan Cheng's temper: "Fangfang, it's not that Grandpa won't help you. You know Yan Cheng's temper. If he is unwilling, no one can pressure him into it. If it backfires, I'm afraid the friendship between our two families will be over then."