Chapter 740: Let's Arrange a Betrothal

Male relatives of the Ji Family are not qualified to eat at the same table as the female relatives.

The female relatives are honored guests.

The male relatives are lowly guests.

After the meal.

Zhang Ma takes Ji Yingjie to the guest room to rest.

Shi Youxuan hurriedly calls her husband: "Hanyu, go to the school to pick up Ranran. You cannot let her come home; my little aunt has arrived."

Sheng Hanyu agrees: "Okay."

Ji Yingjie has come to the house, and he knows full well why his wife does not want their daughter to come home.

However, Sheng Hanyu is still one step too late when he rushes to the school; Shi Ran has already been picked up by Nianyin in advance!

"Mom, I'm back."

Seeing that her daughter was brought back by Nianyin, Shi Youxuan knows that things are not good.

"Be good, go back to your room and do your homework."

She wants to keep her daughter away from her little aunt as much as possible, but it is destined to fail.

Ji Yingjie: "Is this your family's way of treating guests? You won't even let me see the child when she returns?"

The words are so blunt that it would be unreasonable to refuse again.

"Shi Ran, come over and greet your little great-aunt, then go do your homework."

Shi Youxuan explains: "The child has a lot of homework, the teacher is particularly strict, and if she doesn't finish it, she'll be punished by having to write it one hundred times the next day. There is also a lot of homework assigned..."

Ji Yingjie looks disdainful: "Stop making excuses. Is the school run by your family? With your character, would you allow the teacher to use the 'sea of questions' tactic?"

Shi Youxuan:...

Her cover is blown; the truth is exactly that.

There is no more reason to refuse.

Shi Ran is called in front of Ji Yingjie.

After the first glance at Shi Ran, Ji Yingjie's gaze never looks at anyone else!

Ji Yingjie takes a wooden jewelry box out of her bag; it looks very simple and plain, as if it isn't worth much money.

But those in the know understand that this jewelry box is made of the most precious Agarwood, and the box alone is worth a fortune.

She smiles and hands it to Shi Ran: "This is my first time meeting you, and I don't have anything to give you. Take this and play with it; consider it a meeting gift."

It is impolite to decline something given by an elder.

Besides, the box really does look like it isn't worth much.

"Thank you, little great-aunt." Shi Ran takes it with both hands and almost drops it on the floor.

It is too heavy.

Are there stones inside? It is incredibly heavy.

The box is opened.

Everyone gasps—it is filled to the brim with various gemstones and diamonds.

Shi Youxuan says: "Ranran, give it back; it is too valuable."

Shi Ran doesn't want it, but Ji Yingjie throws a tantrum and almost tears the Sheng Family house apart, so in the end, she has no choice but to accept it.

After the meeting gift is accepted, Ji Yingjie is all smiles again.

Just a moment ago she was incredibly picky, but now she has suddenly transformed into a kind elder.

She pulls Shi Ran over and asks endless questions.

"How old are you?"

"What are your hobbies?"

"Do you want to go traveling?"

The more Shi Youxuan hears, the more alarmed she becomes. She tries to interrupt several times, but she is pestered by Nianyin and cannot get a word in.

Later, seeing the two of them chatting more and more congenially, she finally gets anxious, glares at Nianyin, and says: "Are you going to move aside or not? If you don't, I'll close the door and release Lao Qi..."

Nianyin moves aside.

Shi Youxuan roughly drives Shi Ran back to her room to "do homework."

Shi Ran returns to her room, and Ji Yingjie says goodbye with satisfaction: "Alright, I've bothered you for a day, I'm leaving."

"I'll see you out."

Shi Youxuan doesn't even say a polite word.

After seeing the little aunt off, her heart still cannot settle down.

So she discusses it with her husband.

"Husband, starting tomorrow, let Lao Qi take Shi Ran to and from school. When Shi Ran is in class, let Lao Qi stand guard outside the classroom. I always feel like the little aunt has taken a liking to Ranran."

"Why don't we stop letting Shi Ran go to school?"

Sheng Hanyu is even more nervous than she is: "Send Shi Ran to L Country. Once she leaves, we can bring Ranran back."

Sending the child to L Country to stay at Qi Heng's house means there is no need to worry about safety issues.

Shi Youxuan teases: "Didn't you say you didn't want your daughter to marry far away? Why do you want Ranran to go to L Country now?"

He explains: "It's just going over there to hide for a few days, not getting married, what are you afraid of?"

Shi Youxuan agrees.

It takes almost no effort for the two of them to talk to their daughter; Shi Ran is very happy, though she doesn't show it too obviously.

She even acts reserved: "Is that really okay? It wouldn't be good if it delays my studies."

Shi Youxuan curls her lip in disdain: "You say that as if you study very hard. Shi Ran, you are a bit hypocritical; children shouldn't learn those bad habits from adults."

……

Shi Youxuan contacted Lady Qi: "Meiqi, I have some matters at home and would like to have Ranran stay with you for a few days. Is that convenient..."

There was no response on the phone.

However, she could hear Lady Qi excitedly shouting to someone: "Li Jie, go and tidy up the guest room at the very end of the third floor, right now, immediately..."

Although they were not face-to-face, Shi Youxuan could feel Meiqi's excited mood.

After a good while.

Lady Qi's voice sounded on the phone again: "Xuanxuan, you are serious, right? You aren't just teasing me, are you?"

"I got so excited just now that I had someone tell A Heng about this; you can't go back on your word now!"

Shi Youxuan:...

She joked: "Why do I feel like you want to abduct my daughter?"

Lady Qi: "That's right, your sixth sense is very accurate. I just want to make Ranran a member of our family. What do you think?"

Shi Ran is very outstanding, and Lady Qi wants her to be her daughter-in-law.

The couple had also discussed it privately; back when they were down on their luck, the Qi Family was not a match for the Sheng Family, but now that Qi Xiansheng has become the Vice President of L Country, if the two families were to become in-laws, the Sheng Family would still be considered a bit of a reach.

Businessmen have money, but their social status is not very high; this is the same in any country.

However, marrying a daughter into a high-status family and taking a daughter-in-law from a lower-status one is, generally speaking, still a well-matched marriage.

The couple also likes Shi Ran, and they have both seen their son's feelings for Shi Ran.

It is just that the children are too young now, and no one can say for sure what the future will be like, so they had never brought it up.

Now that the conversation had led to this, Lady Qi said it half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Shi Youxuan was straightforward: "I have no objections. As long as my daughter agrees, I agree, but my husband hopes that A Heng can become our family's matrilocal son-in-law."

"Hahahaha... we'll talk about that when the time comes. Hurry and send Ranran to me."

……

A dark and windy night.

Lao Qi carried the luggage, Shi Ran followed behind, and the family's grocery shopping vehicle was parked outside to take her to the airport.

The things that needed to be said had already been said at home. This time, the official reason for going to L Country was the first anniversary of setting things right, and the two countries were conducting a friendly visit, with Shi Ran sent as a friendly Ambassador to visit L Country.

But why must the visit be done so sneakily?

Shi Ran expressed her confusion, and Shi Youxuan said: "Stop talking nonsense. Do you understand that one should be low-key?"

She didn't really understand.

Her mother was not a low-key person.

But she just smiled and said nothing; she would know sooner or later anyway, it was just a matter of time.

Adults always like to think they are clever, assuming that children don't understand anything.

In reality, children understand everything; many times, they just don't want to expose the adults.

The journey was very smooth, and Lao Qi breathed a sigh of relief upon arriving at the airport.

As long as the young lady gets on the plane and the plane takes off, his mission will be complete!

"Ranran, come back with me; your grandmother wants to see you." A voice suddenly sounded, familiar yet strange.

Lao Qi's body stiffened; she had come after all!

"Young lady, please get on the plane. No matter who tells you to get off, do not get off."

"Okay."

Shi Ran agreed and prepared to leave, but Nianyin reached her first: "Be good, Ranran, come with your aunt."