The Beautiful Boss's Personal Bodyguard
Chapter 98

Chapter 98: Chapter 98

"Old Tang, it’s just a gift from a junior, why fuss over it?" As he spoke, Old Mr. Tan stood up and looked around, "In Huaxia, we have always valued celebration. Everyone in Tianhe City knows that you, Old Tang, love seals. So what’s wrong with my girl giving you a seal to play with? Do I really have to give you a gun, a suit, a sports car, a book, hey, Old Tang, I know you didn’t even graduate elementary school, don’t pretend to be an intellectual with me." There was another burst of laughter from everyone.

"So for your birthday, of course we should give you something you like. Moreover, today is meant to be a joyful day, so accept it, it’s the thought from a kid."

Old Master Tang looked at the seal, a smile on his face, and Tang Guoqing said, "Dad, just accept it. If it comes to that, when Uncle Tan has his birthday, we’ll send a gift back."

"Good! Then I’ll accept it. Tan Family girl, I won’t stand on ceremony then!"

The atmosphere in the living room relaxed all of a sudden, and a tense game came to a balanced end.

Watching Tang Guoqing hand over the box to someone next to him, Tan Xiao reached out and said, "Hey, Uncle Tan, wait a minute, you can’t just take the gift away like that?"

Tang Guoqing smiled and put down the box, "Heh, I knew you mischievous girl wouldn’t let it go easily. So, what else do you want?"

"You talk as if I’m robbing you."

Tan Xiao’s coquettish tone made Tang Guoqing, the municipal party secretary, not know whether to laugh or cry, "Alright, alright, I spoke incorrectly. Tell me, how can I take away this gift?"

"Uncle Tan, just now my grandpa wanted to borrow a son from the Tang Family, and it didn’t work out. Now I want to borrow a daughter-in-law for the Tan Family, how about that?"

"Borrowing a daughter-in-law for the Tan Family" – this was proposing marriage!

Sitting silently at the table, Tang Su suddenly felt surprised, raising her head to see the passionate eyes of Tan Xin fixed on her, feeling a bit uneasy. Tang Su lowered her head again, her teeth biting her lip, not knowing what to do.

Everyone present of course understood what Tan Xiao meant, and couldn’t help but give a thumbs up to this "Tan" of the Tan Family, for her sharp mind and potential for great things.

"Uncle Tang, I was thinking, since borrowing a son from the Tang Family didn’t work, let’s borrow a daughter-in-law from the Tang Family instead."

Chen Pingyue stood up, her face brimming with a smile, "Great, great, I remember Xin is a year younger than Susu. As the old saying goes, ’an older girl marries off like a golden rooster’ – this match is excellent!"

Tang Guoyao glared at her, and Chen Pingyue sat down feeling rather wronged.

"Good, it would be wonderful to become in-laws with the Tan Family," Tang Guoqing said, his face not showing a smile but his tone was fairly gentle.

"Thank you, Uncle Tang," Tan Xiao then turned to look at Old Master Tang, "Grandpa Tang, congratulations, you’re about to get a grandson-in-law."

"Hehe." Old Master Tang just laughed but did not speak.

Almost a foregone conclusion, the people around them looked on without speaking, smiling on their faces, but in their hearts, they were all cursing Tang Guoqing for being shameless, for paving his own future by selling off his own daughter so easily with a few words.

"Hold on!" Just as everyone was basking in the joyful atmosphere, Tang Su stood up.

All applause ceased, and some watched with schadenfreude, curious about what this girl, sold by her own father, would say.

Tang Su turned around, presenting everyone with her delicate and fragile back, as she looked towards the direction of the door. Her eyes were filled with hope yet mixed with an even greater sense of helplessness. Surrounded by pairs of gloating eyes and insidious skins, and the inescapable responsibility of the Tang Family on her shoulders, everything was too much for her. Didn’t she even have the courage or the right to refuse?

She spun around abruptly, and every pair of eyes was on this seemingly fragile woman, but what they heard was a clear and resolute answer that cut through the air like a knife,

"I’m unwilling!"

Ye Tian, who was lying in bed in a hotel on the opposite side, suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He touched the area over his heart with his hand, feeling an intense throbbing...

Those eyes, what kind of eyes were they? They were filled with unwillingness and remorse, yet there was also a hint of terror. She deliberately avoided her grandfather’s gaze; she didn’t want to see the kind old man caught between her father and herself in difficulty.

However, that man who said "she’s my woman" was still waiting for her, and that was her reason for refusal.

The whole room watched the woman who had just spoken out with resolute decisiveness as if cutting jade and slicing gold, unable to fathom what could have given this seemingly fragile woman the strength to utter the words "I’m unwilling."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Speaking such callous words in front of everyone caused a loss of face for both the Tang and Tan families in public. If this were to spread, the whole Tianhe City would know, and it could very likely bring the relationship between the two families to a freezing point.

Tan Xiao had not expected Tang Su to react so fiercely. She had been quite confident in her own words; a woman living under pressure and exclusion couldn’t possibly act so recklessly. In other words, she didn’t have the right to resist. Tan Xiao had also considered what she would do if she were in Tang Su’s place and, after pondering, the answer was still the worst but also the most helpless one.

"Pingyue, you really take the children’s joke too seriously. You, as the second wife of the Tang Family, are really playing the fool," it was time for the women of the Tan Family to step in. Luo Ningshui, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tan Family, stood up and walked over to comfort Tang Su, "Susu, don’t listen to your Second Aunt, she was just kidding."

While comforting her, she pulled Tang Su back down to sit in her seat.

Chen Pingyue hurriedly stood up, feeling somewhat guilty as she said to Tang Su, "Susu, Second Aunt was just joking. Don’t be mad at Second Aunt. These days, everyone practices free love, and we, as elders, are just worried for you. Who you like and who you don’t like is still up to you. Even Second Aunt understands that a melon forced off its vine is not sweet."

"Yes, Susu, your Second Aunt is just concerned about you, don’t be upset anymore."

Now you come out to play the good person, where have you been all this time! Chen Pingyue said pretty words, but inside she was silently scolding everyone present, with the first to get her ire being Luo Ningshui, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tan Family who was comforting Tang Su. Instead of mentioning Old Master Tang or Tang Guoqing, she directly implicated herself. What kind of mentality was that, she didn’t even accuse Tan Xiao, the primary instigator, of any wrong. Truly a cunning woman to the core! And then there’s her own husband, who, while others didn’t dare to speak up, insisted on lecturing his own daughter-in-law, seemingly afraid others wouldn’t know he knew how to control his wife.