Chapter 1528: Master Your Own Destiny

The old man was silent. In the past, he always felt that marriage alliances weren't a bad thing, because every family was like that.

But ever since the matter of Jian Qiu and Zhou Andong happened, he started to reflect.

A marriage alliance between children of two families is definitely good for both families in the short term.

But in the long term, this is a bit uncertain. After all, they are all old, how many more years can they live?

If you marry someone capable, it's easy to say. Even if these old guys die, they will still have a certain right to speak in the family and can maintain the interests of both families.

But if you are unlucky and marry a mediocre person, once these old guys die, they will definitely be marginalized by their family.

In this way, not only will it not bring benefits to your own family, but it is very likely that you will be dragged down.

But if you find a son-in-law with outstanding qualifications and strong ability, then he will always be an aid to the Jian family.

Thinking of this, the old man looked at Zhou Andong. For example, this kid, how many big problems did he solve for him?

Even if those aristocratic children were tied together, including those so-called family elites, they were still too far apart.

Not to mention the far ones, just look at that Tong Huaiyu from the Tong family. Everyone praised him for being smart and talented when he was young, and he would definitely become the successor of the Tong family when he grew up.

But look at him now, he is a waste who couldn't be more wasted.

Fortunately, Qiuqiu insisted on choosing Zhou Andong at that time and didn't marry Tong Huaiyu.

Otherwise, the Jian family would definitely have been led into the ditch by him, covered in shit, and couldn't be wiped off.

The old man looked at Zhou Andong with increasingly gentle eyes, but this made Zhou Andong feel a chill in his heart.

This old man's eyes are weird, he wouldn't be plotting something against me, right? Must be careful, don't get tricked.

"Sigh!"

The old man sighed. He didn't know Zhou Andong's heart was so active.

"Fine, when they come, I will tell them that the Jian family will not have marriage alliances with any family in the future. Your feelings are your own to decide. Even if you find a beggar, I won't care."

Not only Jian Yue, but even Jian Qiu was stunned.

"Grandpa!" The first one to react was Jian Mingfan: "Is what you said true?"

"False!" The old man snorted and got up to walk towards the study: "What time is it, and they still haven't come back to cook, don't know what's so good about shopping."

It was the New Year, the old man gave the nanny a holiday, and for these few days, the two daughters and daughter-in-law were cooking.

Watching the old man enter the study, immediately after, unbridled laughter rang out in the living room.

It was Jian Yue laughing, but as she laughed, tears flowed down from this girl's eyes.

Jian Qiu hugged Jian Yue's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is a huge good thing, why are you still crying."

Jian Yue leaned her head on Jian Qiu's shoulder: "Sister, this should be the result of your struggle."

Zhou Andong looked at Jian Mingfan: "Shouldn't you thank me, kid?"

Jian Mingfan was stunned: "Thank you for what?"

Zhou Andong said: "If it weren't for the struggle between me and your sister, you wouldn't be able to escape the fate of a marriage alliance in the future."

"Cut!" Jian Mingfan curled his lips: "Do you really think I'm made of mud? They can't arrange my sister's destiny, and don't even think about arranging mine."

"Smack!" Jian Mingfan's head was slapped, and Jian Qiu said with a straight face: "Who are you calling 'Little Master'?"

Jian Mingfan rubbed his head: "I just said it casually, can you not hit my head?"

"Oh, everyone is back."

As the voice fell, a young man wearing a military uniform and carrying the rank of major walked in.

"Big Brother!" Jian Mingfan shouted: "Why are you back too?"

The young man was Jian Mingliang, the son of the Jian family's third son, Jian Zhengcun, and also Jian Yue's own big brother.

Let's put it this way, Jian Qiu had sky-high resentment towards this third uncle, and Jian Yue had sky-high resentment towards her own father.

Because Jian Zhengcun had always supported their marriage alliances most, and when he opposed Jian Qiu and Zhou Andong, he was also relatively strong.

However, Jian Mingliang had a very good relationship with his younger sister. Because of the marriage alliance matter, he had a very stiff relationship with his father and didn't know how many times they had quarreled.

Naturally, he was very close to Jian Qiu and Jian Mingfan. Anyway, in this family, the four of them were huddled together.

While Jian Minglang, and Jian Mingqi and Jian Mingzhi from the big uncle's family, and the cousin from the big aunt's family were in one group.

As for the one from the old aunt's family, he was still young, four years younger than Jian Mingfan, and only fourteen years old this year.

However, speaking of relationships, that kid still liked to play with Jian Mingfan; after all, the age gap between the two was the smallest.

"Brother-in-law!" Jian Mingliang saluted Zhou Andong.

Zhou Andong stood up and shook hands with Jian Mingliang with a smile: "Your sister often mentions you to me, saying you are the most promising one in the old Jian family. Seeing you today, you are indeed full of momentum, worthy of being a Chinese soldier."

This was the first time Zhou Andong saw Jian Mingliang, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, his skin was a bit dark, and he wasn't tall, but standing there, he had a lot of momentum.

Jian Mingliang blinked: "Did my sister really praise me like that? You didn't lie to me?"

"How could I lie to you?" Zhou Andong said solemnly: "If you don't believe me, ask your sister."

Jian Qiu smiled, neither admitting nor denying.

Jian Mingliang also laughed: "Sister, praise me to my face in the future, so I can have a sense of achievement."

Jian Qiu snorted: "If I praise you to your face, I'm afraid you'll be proud."

Jian Mingfan said with a smile: "Sister, praise me, I absolutely won't be proud."

Jian Mingliang only then discovered that Jian Yue was a bit wrong, and her eyes were red, as if she had cried.

"Xiao Yue, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Jian Yue shook her head.

Jian Mingliang frowned: "Then why are you crying?"

"Just a bit emotional, and happy." Jian Yue told the story: "In the future, none of us need to have marriage alliances, our own marriages are for us to decide."

Jian Mingliang was stunned and said somewhat incredulously: "Is this true?"

"What's true?"

Jian Minglang walked in with a smile on his face. This guy looked in a very good mood.

"What are you chatting about?"

"Nothing?" Jian Mingliang changed the subject: "Looking at your smiling face, did you get the money?"

Jian Mingliang had also heard in the army that Jian Minglang was doing that old city renovation project in Jiangzhou.

"Got it." Jian Minglang sighed, but couldn't hide the pride in his eyes.

"It's really not easy. It's been almost a year, and this money is finally gotten. I can finally give the people of Jiangzhou an explanation."

"Ha!" Zhou Andong couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?"

Jian Minglang glared at Zhou Andong, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

This guy came in and deliberately ignored Zhou Andong, wanting to embarrass Zhou Andong.

It was just that Zhou Andong's laugh broke his defense again. ===== CHAPTER 1529 =====

It was just this laugh from Zhou Andong that broke his defenses once again.