Chapter 382 Finally Propose for Marriage
When Ling Tianyi found Xia Youfeng, Xia Youfeng was very frustrated. His villa had been taken to pay for the debt. Now he was living in a small apartment alone. Although only a few years pa.s.sed, he seemed to be more than ten years older than before.
Ling Tianyi saw Xia Youfeng so frustrated, in accordance with his style in the past, he would help Xia Youfeng. However, Xia Xiaoluo was hurt by Xia Youfeng, being in a dilemma, and living a very miserable life. With the things Xia Youfeng did in the past, whether he did it intentionally or not, he couldn’t get rid of it. So Ling Tianyi just treated Xia Youfeng coldly. He warned Xia Youfeng to control Xia Jingru well. If Xia Jingru caused troubles, he would suffer it, too.
Xia Youfeng didn’t know anything about his daughter. When Xia Youfeng was going bankrupt, Xia Jingru and Zhu Yufen took away all the money and left him, without contacting him again. As the whereabouts of them, Xia Youfeng didn’t know it, so he could only guess it.
However, under Ling Tianyi’s instructions, Xia Youfeng still guaranteed to try his best to do it.
“Manager Ling, even if she wanted to come back, she might not come to find me. To tell you the truth, we have broken up with each other for years.” Xia Youfeng sighed, his tone was full of irritation and bitterness.
“Do you want to help your daughter to cause trouble?” Ling Tianyi asked, “Although they took away your money, Xia Jingru is your daughter after all. If she wants to find someone to help her, as her father, she would definitely come to find you.”
“Xia Jingru is not my daughter. Zhu Yufen, the b.i.t.c.h, cheated me. I didn’t know that I had been cheated by her for so many years. When she took away my money and taunted me on purpose, I finally knew it.” Xia Youfeng sighed. His eyes were empty and blank.
“What do you mean?” Ling Tianyi asked curiously. He was not a gossip man, but as long as it related to Xia Xiaoluo, he would become very gossip.
Xia Youfeng didn’t want to talk about his stupidity and cowardice, but the man in front of him was Ling Tianyi, he was not only the commercial tyc.o.o.n of A City but also his future son-in-law, so he spoke it out.
Zhu Yufen wanted to seduce Xia Youfeng at that time because Xia Youfeng had more and more a.s.sets. But she could not be pregnant, having Xia Youfeng’s baby. Finally, she made love with her first boyfriend, who had fallen in love with her in high school, and then she was pregnant with Xia Jingru.
That man went to Macau then; that was why Zhu Yufen often went to Macau. She knew it because she could judge it from Xia Jingru’s blood type.
Then, that man died of cancer, and he didn’t have a family, so he left two apartments and some savings as the legacy to Xia Jingru.
“Manager Ling, did Xiaoluo come back?” Xia Youfeng asked. Now Xia Xiaoluo was his only child. After so many things, he remembered Xia Xiaoluo finally.
“It was none of your business whether Xiaoluo came back or not. Since Xia Jingru pushed Xiaoluo into the well last time, and you even helped Xia Jingru. I didn’t think that you could be Xiaoluo’s father anymore, and you didn’t have the right to ask the affairs about Xiaoluo. Meanwhile, Xiaoluo had no obligation to you,” Ling Tianyi said coldly.
Ling Tianyi looked down upon Xia Youfeng very much. He thought that Xia Youfeng was bringing the trouble on himself. If he was not seduced by Zhu Yufen, he was the son-in-law of Ouyang Feng now. With the support of the Ouyang family, he would be an excellent man definitely. Unfortunately, this kind of person was doomed to fail because of his bad moral quality.
“By the way, I forgot to tell you. Xiaoluo was the child of the Ouyang family in Y Country, and Xiaoluo’s mother was Sir Ouyang’s lost daughter, who had been lost a long time ago.” Ling Tianyi finished and left.
Ling Tianyi thought that this kind of words was enough to annoy Xia Youfeng. He didn’t know how to cherish Lin Fei, who was good, but he just had an affair with the wicked woman like a snake and scorpion. He was cheated, raising other man’s daughter with an extravagant life, but he made his own daughter miserable, even inferior to the servants. Now, it was time for him to hit the wall to die.
The several big families kept an eye on Xia Jingru’s affairs. However, even if there was such a small episode, it couldn’t affect the event of proposing.
Ling Tianyi and his parents went to the Ouyang family with the engagement, the marriage plans, and the list of the betrothal presents. They were well-prepared this time.
The Ling family came, the Ouyang family treated them as the guest of honor politely, which was to do Xia Xiaoluo a favor, not letting Xia Xiaoluo embarra.s.sed.
“Daddy!”
“Grandpa, grandma…”
Taotao ran out quickly, he saw so many people, and then he jumped, seemingly to be very happy.
Xia Xiaoluo looked at Ling Tianyi’s cheerful face, she suddenly felt that her husband was really handsome. Ling Tianyi picked his eyebrows at Xia Xiaoluo. It seemed that he saw through Xia Xiaoluo’s mind.
Xia Xiaoluo stared at Ling Tianyi and asked A Tie to take Taotao to the garden. Xia Xiaoluo didn’t want Taotao to hear something about the proposal, for fear that the two families might have a dispute, making the kid unhappy.
Because the Ling family told the Ouyang family in advance that they would come to propose today. It was a big event, so Ouyang Mingyu came here especially to help Xia Xiaoluo as well.
Facing Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Mingyu, although the Ling family did not lose the momentum, Ling Tianyi loved Xia Xiaoluo too much. Moreover, the Ling family was reluctant to lose Taotao, so they had to propose for marriage successfully. At this point, they lacked some courage. They had to compromise when it was necessary.
Ling Tianyi gave the plan book and the list of the betrothal presents to Ouyang Feng and Ouyang Mingyu with respect. He showed those to them while explaining.
“We planned to get married on the same day with Luo Xixi on October 10th at the beginning. However, after careful consideration, we find that there would be many inconveniences if we get married on the same day. For example, the guests would gather together. Taotao is our child, but we promised to let him be a little flower boy for the Luo family. And it’s not easy to have a good wedding as well.”
“So, we want to hold an engagement ceremony on the Chinese Valentine’s day after more than a week, on July 7th, the lunar calendar. The wedding ceremony will be held on September 9th, the lunar calendar, which means that we will be together forever.”
“Although the time is limited, we, the Ling family, also have the position in A City, so we won’t make Xiaoluo feel wronged, the wedding must be luxurious and grand.”
Ling Tianyi explained one by one, Ouyang Feng nodded frequently. From the engagement to the process of marriage and even their life after marriage, Ling Tianyi had arranged everything properly. Even the marriage room on the second wedding was arranged in Y Country, it was right beside the manor of the Ouyang family. What’s more, the list of the betrothal presents of the Ling family was really wealthy enough.
Such an arrangement made the Ouyang family unable to object. However, Ouyang Mingyu still raised the question, “The Ouyang family has been in Y Country for several generations, and we have a very wide network of friends there, so it is impossible for us to marry our daughter without inviting these friends. But Y Country and A City are not close. How can you solve this problem?”
“Uncle, look at the seventh page of the wedding planning. We have provided two sets of arrangements for you to choose from. First, we can go to Y Country to hold the wedding again after we finish the wedding here. Second, we can provide the charter service to take relatives and friends who are willing to come here to attend the wedding here,” Ling Tianyi said.
“As expected, the design was very considerate!” Ouyang Mingyu said.
“Ling Tianyi, how do you explain the existence of Taotao at that time?” Ouyang Feng asked, “You are the leader of the Ling family. Xiaoluo is the daughter of the Ouyang family. You two are unmarried, but you had a son more than four years old. Do you think that the paparazzi will let you go?”
Ouyang Feng’s question was very sharp. In fact, it was not a problem at all. It was not too difficult to suppress the media, and only made them publish some positive reports with the strength of the Ouyang family and the Ling family. However, as Xia Xiaoluo had children before marriage, Ouyang Feng felt sorry for his poor granddaughter; he felt that Xia Xiaoluo was wronged.
“I will try my best to suppress the media. If there is any bad news, I will take all the responsibilities,” Ling Tianyi said firmly.
At this time, Ling Desheng also said.
“Don’t worry, Sir Ouyang. We must suppress the media! As Tianyi said, even if there is any bad news, our Ling family will hold the press conference at the first time, and all the responsibilities would be taken by me. We will tell the media that it was me, Ling Desheng, who broke them up so that the two young people who loved each other were not together. I will repent in front of the media.” Ling Desheng said, doing so would protect the Ouyang family as well as his son from the bad reputation of the heartless man. And it didn’t matter how he would be talked about.
“That’s good! Xiaoluo and Tianyi will not damage their dignity in the eyes of the public. Instead, the public will think that they have gone through many hardships and finally get married. Taotao is also the witness of their love.” He Meishu helped to echo hurriedly. Although she was unwilling to let Ling Desheng be scolded, they agreed that they must succeed in proposing at all costs before they came here today.
“All right! All right!” Ouyang Feng finally nodded, “Since you have done it, if I object again, I will be an old fossil.”
“Xiaoluo, Grandpa wants to agree at this marriage. Do you have any opinions?” Ouyang Feng asked Xia Xiaoluo, who was beside him.
Xia Xiaoluo was asked in public, so she felt very embarra.s.sed. She blushed. Ouyang Ziqian helped to get her out of trouble hurriedly, “Grandpa, don’t you understand Xiaoluo’s mind? She was not interested in a man except Ling Tianyi. You shouldn’t ask Xiaoluo so directly.”
“Xiaoluo, let’s go to see Taotao!” Ouyang Ziqian answered for Xia Xiaoluo, then gave Xia Xiaoluo a chance to escape.
Xia Xiaoluo went out with Ouyang Ziqian. Xia Xiaoluo said, “Cousin, thank you for helping me. Otherwise, Grandpa would ask me to say it by myself, I’m really embarra.s.sed!”
“I knew you would be embarra.s.sed, so you should not be there.” Ouyang Ziqian said with a smile.
“I was worried! I was afraid that they would argue with each other.” Xia Xiaoluo said. She was relaxed at this time, but really anxious just now.
“Don’t worry! No matter what decisions grandpa and my dad made, they would take your happiness as the starting point. We could see that Ling Tianyi really loved you, so even if they made troubles to the Ling family, they would eventually do your will.” Ouyang Ziqian said.
“By the way, when will you and Dou Ya get married?” Xia Xiaoluo changed the topic.
“Dou Ya wanted to get married on February 14th, on Valentine’s Day! It happened to be the Spring Festival. However, it was too early to talk about my things. I need to help you first. And Fang Ruichen sent me the invitation as well.” Ouyang Ziqian said, “One after another! First, it is you, then Fang Ruichen, at last, it’s me and Dou Ya’s turn.”
“I’m afraid there will be Ling Tianxue’s marriage in the middle!” Xia Xiaoluo said with a smile, “Ling Tianxue went back. She and Chu Wei will register for marriage next week. However, how to arrange the wedding for them is still unknown.”
“There are so many happy events this year! Good luck! Maybe Dou Ya doesn’t want to wait for Valentine’s day next year, so let’s get married this year!” Ouyang Ziqian said.
“Cousin, I think you want to get married in advance by yourself? Don’t take Dou Ya as an excuse,” Xia Xiaoluo said. And then, both of them laughed.