After the birthday banquet was over, when Qiao Zhendong returned to Jingan Hou Mansion, it was already midnight.
It was pitch dark, and the night was cold and windy. All the servants in the house had taken a rest, but the lights in the main hall were still on.
"Dad, are you back? You smell like alcohol. You must have drank a lot today."
The thick curtain in the main hall was lifted, and Qiao Yin came out of the house and helped him in.
Qiao Zhendong sat down on the chair, and Qiao Yin sent the warm sobering soup to Qiao Zhendong's hand.
"Dad, drink some hangover soup, or you'll have a headache again tomorrow."
After drinking a bowl of hangover soup, Qiao Zhendong's body instantly warmed up.
He looked at Qiao Yin who was busy beside him and sighed with emotion: "My good daughter is really daddy's caring little cotton-padded jacket."
In the past few days, he took Qiao Yin everywhere to socialize. Every day when he came back, Qiao Yin would prepare sobering soup and stomach-warming soup for her and take care of her everywhere.
Qiao Yin stood beside Qiao Zhendong and helped him rub his shoulders. Qiao Zhendong had old injuries and his joints would be sore at the end of the day.
"Dad, I have good news for you. Our family is about to have a new member. Miss Xue from Yingtian Academy has agreed to my eldest brother's marriage proposal. If nothing else happens, you will be a grandfather next year. Dad, are you happy? ?”
"Really?" Qiao Zhendong grinned from ear to ear with joy, "Then dad has to find a matchmaker quickly. If not, I'll let you, Uncle Yuan, make a trip."
"Dad, don't worry about the matchmaker. There is a Mr. Meng in the capital who has some friendship with my daughter. Tomorrow, my daughter will ask him to be a matchmaker. The marriage will definitely happen," Qiao Yin said with guarantee.
Qiao Zhendong looked at her and asked, "Is it your friendship or that of Xie Yu'an?"
This was the first time Qiao Zhendong took the initiative to mention Xie Yuan.
Qiao Yin looked at Qiao Zhendong's face and saw that there was no anger on his face, so she hurriedly said coquettishly: "Oh, Old Qiao, see through but don't tell off. This is the most basic courtesy between adults."
Qiao Zhendong snorted, "No matter how old you are, you will always be a little girl in dad's eyes."
Qiao Yin lay on Qiao Zhendong's back and said obediently: "I know that dad always wants to protect his daughter. The reason he refused Xie Yuan that day was not because he opposed the marriage, but because he was afraid that his daughter would be bullied, so he went out of his way to support his daughter."
Qiao Zhendong sighed - his daughter has really grown up, but he, the father, has done nothing for her.
"Ayin likes that kid that much?" Qiao Zhendong asked seriously.
Qiao Yin nodded and said solemnly: "Dad, you only saw that letter. You only know that I saved him and he broke the promise, but you don't know that he also saved me countless times in the meantime."
"He grabbed food for his daughter, fought off the covetous predators for her, and protected her in those dark days."
"It was not his intention to break the promise, it was just a trick of God's will, just like a father to his mother..."
Speaking of his deceased wife, Qiao Zhendong's face became darker and darker, and his heart was instantly overwhelmed by guilt.
Poor Fang Niang followed him and never had a good life. When she was dead and her bones were gone, he couldn't even get her a tomb.
"Let him come tomorrow." Qiao Zhendong said suddenly.
Qiao Yin was stunned for a moment before she realized who Qiao Zhendong was talking about.
ah! Her father nodded, her father agreed!
"Thank you dad, dad you are so kind."
Qiao Yin was so happy that he wished he could inform Xie Yuan right now.
But she held back, she also wanted to give Xie Yuan a little sense of ceremony.
……
the next day--
General Dingguo's Mansion——
Xie Yu'an went to the dining room to have breakfast. Qin Baishuang saw that he was fine and felt anxious.
"Son, Mr. Qiao is your future father-in-law. Don't be upset if he scolds you. Now you are asking to marry someone else's daughter. If you should bow your head, you must bow your head. If you deserve to be stalked, you will be stalked. What’s more, this matter is indeed beyond our control.”
Xie Yu'an said: "Don't worry, mother, she will be fine soon. I will show my sincerity and determination to the old Marquis."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wangshan's voice came from outside, "Young Master, I'm back."
Xie Yuan was overjoyed. Wangshan came back two days earlier than he expected.
"What you want!" Wangshan delivered a small, palm-sized box.
Xie Yu'an took it and opened it. Inside was a mottled peach wood bracelet. The workmanship was not very exquisite, but the inside of the bracelet was very round, like an old object.
"What is this?" Qin Baishuang asked curiously.
Xie Yu'an did not explain, but only gave instructions: "Prepare the car, I am going to Jing'an Marquis Mansion."
As soon as he finished speaking, the concierge's servant hurried in, holding a gold-plated invitation in his hand.
"Young Master, the Marquis of Jing'an has sent an invitation."
When Qin Baishuang saw this, she couldn't help but joked: "You two really have a good understanding of each other."
Xie Yu'an smiled knowingly, stretched out his hand to take it, opened it and saw that it read:
【With a small glass of wine, I invite Xie Lang to drink together. Come quickly, come quickly. 】
The handwriting is not very elegant, but the wording is interesting and has a chanting style.
From the moment the post was opened, the corners of Xie Yuan's mouth rose little by little without even pressing down.
When Qin Baishuang saw this, her heart settled - the young couple was doing well, so she could prepare for the job with peace of mind.
……
Xie Yu'an changed his clothes, and then took a car to the Jingan Marquis Mansion. As soon as he got off the car, he saw a slender figure waiting at the gate.
Qiao Yin had a smile on her face, just like the last time he was waiting for her at the door.
Xie Yuan smiled knowingly again and walked to the door, "Are you waiting for me?"
Qiao Yin nodded and said, "My father wants to see you."
Afraid that he would be nervous, Qiao Yin added, "My father no longer objects."
Xie Yu'an guessed this when he received the post, but he thought it was Qiao Yin who persuaded Qiao's father. He had no idea that his father also played a role.
Xie Yu'an followed Qiao Yin to the dining table. Qiao Zhendong sat at the table and Qiao Mo stood aside.
Qiao Mo winked at Xie Yu'an, telling him to rest assured that he would be on his side today.
"Dad, Yu An is here." Qiao Mo greeted.
Xie Yu'an stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Qiao Zhendong.
"Junior, I pay my respects to the Marquis."
Qiao Zhendong hummed and said straight to the point: "I know your Xie family has a great business, but our Qiao family doesn't care about this. We only care about sincerity. You have failed A Yin once before, so it is difficult for me to trust her to you." .”
After Qiao Zhendong finished speaking, Xie Yuan did not argue or make empty promises.
He just took out the peach wood bracelet Wangshan brought back from his sleeve and handed it to Qiao Zhendong.
"Before, because I saw that A Yin missed her mother, I sent some people to search. Although I knew that this was a hopeless task of finding a needle in a haystack, I thought that maybe A Yin could find some thoughts, so I still asked people to do it. ”
"Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was Ayin's mother's guidance from heaven that we actually found some traces, and found a skeleton and the peach wood bracelet on the skeleton's wrist."
Qiao Zhendong stood up suddenly and snatched the peach wood bracelet from Xie Yuan's hand.
Qiao Mo on the side also ran over with a face full of shock, pointed to a few small dents on it, and shouted in surprise: "It's my mother's bracelet, and there are teeth marks on it from when I was a child."
