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Chapter 1026 - 1023: What Do You Think?

Chapter 1026: Chapter 1023: What Do You Think?

As they said their goodbyes, Master Tong apologized to his brothers, "Let’s find a time to get together again. Today wasn’t very enjoyable."

In front of Mother Tong and Tong Xiaohua, Master Tong’s brothers could only laugh it off, carefully avoiding any discussion about the level of enjoyment at the gathering.

Tong Xiaohua, of course, knew that her and her mother’s presence had tied the uncles’ hands, making them feel restricted in their speech and less able to enjoy their drinks."

"Dear uncles, next Saturday, I’ll reserve a large private room at the Clubhouse for you all. You can play how you like and drink as much as you want, all right?" she offered.

If it hadn’t been for the fear that her father would discuss Yan Bo becoming a son-in-law in front of his brothers, Tong Xiaohua would never have been so insensitive as to interrupt their gathering.

Now that she took the initiative to apologize, the uncles, of course, appreciated her gesture, clapping their hands in approval and then leaving in the cars specially arranged by Master Tong, escorted by the Tong family’s drivers and bodyguards.

It was only after all the uncles had left that the family of three, along with Yan Bo, got into the same car.

"Wei Yao, weren’t you going to look at suits? Why did you suddenly come here?" Master Tong finally asked about the reason for their visit.

Tong Xiaohua was about to speak when her mother beat her to it, "Miss Zhao had an emergency today and couldn’t see us, and since it’s been a long time since I’ve seen your brothers, we thought we’d come when everyone was gathered."

Those words weren’t entirely untrue.

Secretly giving her mother a thumbs up, Tong Xiaohua then turned her gaze to Yan Bo.

"Did you drink a lot?" she asked.

Yan Bo was someone who usually exercised restraint, but in a situation like today’s, for the sake of Master Tong’s face, restraint was out of the question.

He hugged her and shook his head, "I didn’t drink much after you arrived."

But the catch was, before Tong Xiaohua had arrived, he, a member of the younger generation, had already gone through several rounds with the uncles present.

Even if he only took a sip each time, it still added up to quite a bit.

"Dad, if you’re always this thoughtless about Yan Bo’s drinking when you entertain, next time I won’t let him come!" Tong Xiaohua rarely acted spoiled, but when she did, Master Tong was utterly at her mercy.

"Ah, Xiaohua, you’re overthinking it. Xiao Yan and I didn’t drink much! Don’t worry, although your dad is getting older, I’m not that muddled yet," Master Tong said, his speech laden with appeasement—a sharp contrast to his usual stubborn demeanor.

Tong Xiaohua snorted, "That’s good to hear. Yan Bo has a lot on his plate with the company, and drinking can harm his health. It would be troublesome if it affected his work."

Master Tong nodded along, but after a moment, he turned to look at Yan Bo again.

"Xiao Yan, are you coming to next Sunday’s gathering?" he asked.

Before Yan Bo could answer, Tong Xiaohua firmly declined on his behalf.

"He won’t be coming; he promised to watch a movie with me that day."

Yan Bo could only smile apologetically at Master Tong and took Tong Xiaohua’s hand, silently urging her to let the matter go.

Master Tong grumbled discontentedly, "Another movie? Didn’t you watch one today? Watching movies every day, don’t you get tired of it?"

Tong Xiaohua leaned forward to glare at Master Tong, "Dad, you and mom have your own world every day, aren’t you tired of it? Don’t think I don’t know that no matter how busy you were, you used to watch a movie with my mom every week."

Bringing that up, Tong Xiaohua expressed that it still cast a shadow over her to this very day.

Back then, her father wasn’t as open about it, insisting on deceiving her with various excuses to keep her at home and not clinging to them while he spent time alone with her mother.

Master Tong coughed twice, "Tsk, that’s ancient history, why bring it up?"

Tong Xiaohua didn’t ask him anymore, and turned around smiling to ask her mom, "Mom, when was the last time you and dad went to see a movie?"

Mrs. Tong smiled, and Tong Xiaohua glared at her, "No lying allowed!"

Mrs. Tong laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, I won’t lie. The most recent time was last week."

Yan Bo heard this and leaned in to say to Tong Xiaohua, "It seems I really do need to step up my game."

Tong Xiaohua also chuckled, "Of course, look at yourself, you can’t even match up to my dad."

Tong Xiaohua’s remark was very casual, even playful, and certainly did not imply any criticism of Yan Bo.

But Yan Bo himself took a moment to reflect in secret and realized that indeed, he had rarely offered Tong Xiaohua much in the way of romantic gestures or beautiful moments under the moonlight.

"Got it, I’ll work harder from now on!"

The promise made by Yan Bo was not a casual remark.

All the way, Tong Xiaohua was worried that her dad would suddenly propose some matter like having Yan Bo marry into the Tong Family, so she tried to distract with various topics.

In the end, Master Tong got a bit fed up, "Girl, what’s gotten into you today? You haven’t stopped talking the whole way. Give it a rest, you’re giving me a headache."

"Your headache is because you drank too much, what does it have to do with me talking?"

Tong Xiaohua saw that the car pulled into Tong village and felt secretly pleased.

Back in the house, Master Tong wrapped an arm around Mrs. Tong, ready to head back to their room, but stopped and gave a cautionary word to them both.

"You two also don’t stay up too late, remember, sleep separately!"

Tong Xiaohua’s face turned red, "Dad, what nonsense are you spouting?"

To date, she and Yan Bo were still perfectly innocent. However, Master Tong’s special reminder made it seem as though there was something going on between them.

Master Tong pointed at Yan Bo, "Anyway, until you and Xiao Hua are engaged, you’d better strictly adhere to the proper etiquette."

Yan Bo obediently nodded, promising again, "Uncle Tong, rest assured, I won’t do anything inappropriate."

Tong Xiaohua felt extremely embarrassed but still didn’t forget to protest to her dad.

"Dad, I’m not a kid anymore, I have the right to make decisions about these things!"

Master Tong turned to look at Mrs. Tong, then back at Tong Xiaohua, "Who said you’re not a kid? In our eyes, you’ll still be a child even when you’re eighty."

Tong Xiaohua felt her dad must have really been drunk, his words were all over the place, so she made eye signals to her mom, winking and pursing her lips.

Mrs. Tong understood and tugged at Master Tong’s arm, "Okay, let’s stop the nagging, it’s late, and I’m tired, let’s go rest."

Master Tong always listened to Mrs. Tong. Finally, without saying anything more, he just pointed a finger at Yan Bo, evidently warning him to behave, then turned and helped Mrs. Tong back to their room.

Tong Xiaohua saw her parents’ room door close and pulled Yan Bo into her own room.

She had thought it over, rather than living in constant fear of her dad, it would be better to lay it all out for Yan Bo, giving him a heads up to be mentally prepared and swiftly find the words to refuse her dad’s proposal.

"What is it? Did something happen? You’re being all secretive!"

Yan Bo found it funny when he saw Tong Xiaohua making sure the door was closed properly.

But Tong Xiaohua looked at him seriously, "My dad wants you to marry into the Tong Family, what do you think?"

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