Capítulo 527: Chapter 13 Request

“Your answers don’t matter anymore.”

Qiao Shan suddenly said, “Whether it’s me who’s important or the distant architecture and Mengli Clothing, there’s only one result, and that’s that I’m marrying Yinian.”

In the stunned silence of her parents, she smiled and said, “If I’m important, naturally you should prioritize my wishes and happiness, but if it’s the distant architecture and Mengli Clothing that’s important…”

Her face turned cold as she continued, “Since even in your hearts I can’t compare to those inanimate things, why should I listen to you?”

Having finished speaking, she didn’t wait for Qiao Yuanting and Luo Meng to respond and walked straight out.

Seeing Qiao Shan walk out, Shen Yinian was taken aback, “…Everything okay?”

“What could be wrong?” Qiao Shan, however, appeared unexpectedly relaxed, taking Shen Yinian by the hand and pulling him to her room.

“I feel like it’s the first time I’ve realized that my parents aren’t as scary as I imagined, and saying ‘no’ to them isn’t as hard as I thought.” Qiao Shan hugged Shen Yinian’s arm and said.

“It was never hard,” Shen Yinian couldn’t help but smile and said, “But, shouldn’t you be thanking me?”

“Why should I?” Qiao Shan’s eyes widened in surprise.

“You tell me, isn’t the reason you could say ‘no’ to them because I gave you the confidence?” Shen Yinian leaned in close and asked.

“Uh…” Qiao Shan thought carefully, and it did indeed seem to be the case. Her parents were very pragmatic people. Had it not been for having Yinian and the Shen Family to back her up, she wouldn’t even speak of daring to say such things to her parents, and even if she did… they would likely just ignore her.

“Fine, thank you then.” She leaned in and planted a kiss on Shen Yinian’s face.

Shen Yinian raised an eyebrow, “Is that all?”

“What else do you want?” Qiao Shan raised her eyebrows and placed his hand on her belly, mischievously saying, “Have you forgotten about our little treasure?”

Shen Yinian felt frustrated, having a wife who returned from studying in the United States just wasn’t easy; he couldn’t even tease her.

Not to mention the situation at the Qiao Family, on the other side, Han Shouzhen was a mix of envy, jealousy, and resentment towards Lin Xiaoguai.

“Seriously, you’re too lucky. Our Ping’an is six years older than Little Niangao, yet Little Niangao is about to be a dad, and our Ping’an isn’t even allowed to get married.” Han Shouzhen complained, “I really want to hold a grandson.”

“Don’t you just have to wait one more year?” Lin Xiaoguai comforted.

“That’s not certain yet,” Han Shouzhen sighed and said, “Last time, Ping’an even called back saying Xiao Xiao might go to the UK to study for two years.”

She got along with He Xiaoxiao quite well now, so she was not as overly critical of her as before. However, she was still rather preoccupied about He Xiaoxiao’s age and probably wouldn’t let it go until He Xiaoxiao gave birth to a grandson for her.

“Going to study in the UK?” Lin Xiaoguai was somewhat surprised; as far as she knew, even though Xiao Xiao usually chased after Ping’an, in reality, it was Ping’an who kept a tight leash on Xiao Xiao—any slight movement would immediately come to his attention. Would Ping’an really be happy with Xiao Xiao going abroad without him?

“Ping’an is also going abroad,” Han Shouzhen took a sip of tea and said, “But he’s going to the United States for additional training.”

Lin Xiaoguai nodded in understanding and reassured, “Don’t worry, isn’t it just waiting another year?”

“That’s easy for you to say,” Han Shouzhen complained, “Among our three families, Ping’an is the oldest, but now, the eldest sister-in-law has become a grandmother, you too, and yet I don’t even have a shadow of a grandson.”

“Perhaps you can have hopes for Nannan?” Lin Xiaoguai ventured.

“Let’s not,” Han Shouzhen quickly waved her off, “Nannan is still young; she should enjoy herself for a few more years.”

Lin Xiaoguai was speechless; how was Nannan still young? She was only a year younger than Little Niangao and would be graduating from university next year, yet she was still supposed to play for a few more years?

“Speaking of which, didn’t Qiao Yuanting and Luo Meng do anything?” Han Shouzhen curiously asked, “Those two are tough characters, did they just easily let their only daughter get married?”

“You don’t know what your brother’s like. He and Little Niangao planned everything—once they got the certificate and had the baby, they would then go to her parents and say they’re getting married. What could the parents do? Qiao Yuanting and Luo Meng, no matter how tough they are, they wouldn’t dare force their daughter to abort the bloodline of our Shen Family or directly confront us, right?”

The likes of Qiao Yuanting and Luo Meng were very clear about reality. As long as they didn’t really want to be enemies with the Shen Family, they had no choice but to back down when facing them.

“Did they really do that?” Han Shouzhen couldn’t help but snort and burst into laughter.

After laughing, she added, “But that does sound like something they would do.”