Regardless of what Grandpa Shen said, Shen Qinglan just knelt silently, and her eyes were firm and motionless.
Grandpa Shen looked at his stubborn granddaughter, his heart was in pain and angry. He could guess the reason why she did so. It was because he knew, he couldn"t promise.
He couldn"t let Shen Qinglan sacrifice her whole life"s happiness in order to make her grandmother go peacefully. Fu Hengyi is really a good man. If Shen Qinglan and Fu Hengyi married because they loved each other, then he would never oppose it or even support it with both hands, but now it"s absolutely impossible.
When Shen Junyu came in, he saw this scene: Grandpa Shen was sitting on his bed, angry. His sister knelt on the ground and remained motionless.
“Grandpa, what happened?” Shen Junyu was shocked. He thought that Shen Qinglan had done something wrong, that made Grandpa angry.
Neither of them spoke.
“Grandpa, Lanlan is young. If she did something that makes you unhappy, don"t argue with her. The floor is so hard, her knees would hurt after kneeling for so long. Would you let her get up first?”
Shen Junyu didn"t know what had happened, but he was sure that Shen Qinglan had done something. Otherwise, Grandpa Shen wouldn"t have treated Shen Qinglan like this.
“Is it I who won"t let her up? She is the one who doesn"t want to get up.” Master Shen finally opened his mouth, but his tone was a little sour.
“Lan Lan, apologize to Grandpa.”
Shen Qinglan did not move. No one could change what she had decided.
“Shen Qinglan, you"ve made up your mind, haven"t you?” Grandpa Shen hated his own tone and stared at Shen Qinglan. He wanted to shake her a few times and wake her up, but he couldn"t do that.
“Yes.” Shen Qinglan did not hesitate to answer.
“Well, then you kneel as long as you like.”
“Grandpa.” Shen Junyu opened his voice.
“You go out for me.” Master Shen stared at his grandson and pointed to the door.
Shen Junyu looked at Shen Qinglan, who was kneeling on the ground. “Grandpa, no matter what my sister did wrong, she is a girl after all. Now Grandma is in the hospital again, you…”
“Get out of here!” Master Shen roared.
Shen Junyu had no choice but to leave the room. His family members are all at the hospital now, he couldn"t find any help. Most importantly, he didn"t know what happened before he came in.
Shen Qinglan knelt down all night. Shen patriarch also stayed up all night. His favorite granddaughter knelt down and begged him to allow her to marry a man she didn"t love, so how could he sleep well.
At dawn, the sun rose higher and higher, and it was getting closer and closer to 12 noon. She and Fu Hengyi had an appointment to meet at the gate of the Civil Affairs Office at 12 o"clock.
Shen Qinglan heart unavoidably worried, she just didn"t show it on the surface. She knelt all night, her knees were already numb.
“You have considered the matter thoroughly, haven"t you?” Grandpa Shen had a hard time calming his anger.
“Please approve Grandpa.”
Grandpa Shen put his hands on his waist and walked around the room, panting. After a long time, he threw a dark red book in front of Shen Qinglan. “Take it.”
(Red book = family registry/Family ID, usually shaped like a pa.s.sport. A must-have to officially get married if you"re a citizen there.)
Shen Qinglan picked up the book on the ground and kowtowed to Grandpa Shen. Shen Qinglan was proud of her age. She had never knelt or kowtowed to anyone before. This was the first time, but she was willing because she had hurt the heart of the old man who really loved her.
“Shen Qinglan, this is your own decision. Even if you regret it later, you can"t come to me to complain.”
“Thank you, Grandpa.”
Grandpa Shen closed his eyes, refused to look at the person on the ground again, and waved powerlessly.
Shen Qinglan stood up. As soon as she moved, a sharp pain came from her knee. She fell and sat on the ground feebly.
Grandpa Shen clearly could see and wanted to come forward to help her, but he just turned his back.
Shen Qinglan waited for the pain to pa.s.s, then slowly stood up and moved towards the door. She walked very slowly, gently moving, but her back was straight.
Grandpa Shen looked at his granddaughter"s back and sighed deeply.
At the entrance of the Civil Affairs Office, Fu Hengyi was there when Qinglan arrived.
“It"s too late to regret now.” Fu Hengyi opened his mouth lightly, and his eyes were fixed on Shen Qinglan"s face.
“Let"s go.”
Shen Qinglan took the lead going in.
Fu Hengyi raised his heel.
When they came out again, they had two more red books on their hands.
Shen Qinglan followed Fu Hengyi, and neither of them spoke.
“Get in the car.” Fu Hengyi opened the door.
Shen Qinglan went in and didn"t ask him where he was going to take her.
The car stopped at the city hospital and Fu Hengyi got off. Shen Qinglan still followed him.
The elevator opened on the seventh floor, Fu Hengyi came forward and took Shen Qinglan"s hand.
Shen Qinglan struggled a bit.
“If you don"t want your family to worry, cooperate.” Fu Hengyi leaned over and whispered in Shen Qinglan"s ear.
Shen Qinglan remained motionless, allowing Fu Hengyi to lead her by hand to Grandma Shen"s ward.
In the ward, besides the Shen family, Grandpa Fu was also there, looking at the two people who came hand in hand. Everyone was surprised.
The most shocked was Shen Xitong, who was still sitting in a wheelchair. She looked palely at their hands holding each other. The joints of her own were white, gripping the armrest of the wheelchair.
Fu Hengyi led Shen Qinglan to Grandma Shen"s bed. “Grandma, I"m sorry, I"m late.”
Grandma Shen looked at them and realized that they were together. She turned her head to Grandpa Shen, who nodded with a smile.
Grandma Shen relaxed her look and waved to Fu Hengyi. Hengyi stepped forward. “Are you with Lan Lan?”
Fu Hengyi nodded. “Yes, Grandma, to be exact, I married Qinglan. We just got the certificate in the morning.” Fu Hengyi with a mild tone.
Grandma Shen was shocked even though she was prepared. She looked at Fu Hengyi with severity in her eyes and turned to the others. “You go out first and Hengyi stays.”
“Grandma.” Shen Qinglan made a sound.
Granny Shen laughed. “I"ll talk to Hengyi a little bit. I won"t bully him. Go out first.”
Everyone went out one after another.
Only Grandma Shen and Fu Hengyi were left in the ward.
In the corridor, Shen Qian looked at Shen Qinglan"s eyes and asked, “Qinglan, what is going on? When did you get together with Hengyi? ”
“We have been together for some time. I met Hengyi when he came back from his last vacation, and then I contacted him several times. I have good feelings toward him. We went everywhere together and spent some time together. We both felt very good, and Hengyi isn"t young. So, we got married.” Shen Qinglan downplayed it.
Grandpa Fu and Grandpa Shen, who knew the truth, unconsciously drew their lips.
“You"re talking nonsense!” Shen Xitong interrupted loudly, “You are simply deceiving people. You have known Hengyi for no more than three months. The number of times you have met is very few. Where did these feelings come from?” Her lips trembled slightly, apparently not believing that the two were married.
Author: RandomAlex Sleep is for the weak.. XD