ebookland Chapter 168 I Want to Marry Her
Chapter 168 I Want to Marry Her
Mr. Tang rocked his rocking chair and continued, "Actually, I don't have such a strong prejudice against family background. If your family hadn't been in trouble, you would be considered a scholar. It's a pity that your father is now a labor camp prisoner."
Ling Zhen continued to listen quietly, her expression relatively calm, but her trembling fingers betrayed her panic.
Seeing Ling Zhen didn't respond, Elder Tang turned around and glanced at him lightly, his eyes dim and unclear. "Do you know why I asked someone to bring you here today?"
Suddenly, a gust of hot wind blew by. Ling Zhen calmly brushed the hair by his ear and said, "I know."
"Tell me."
Ling Zhen looked at the ground. "You don't want me to have a child, and you certainly don't want me to marry Tang Shuya."
Mr. Tang stared at Ling Zhen for a moment, then burst into a hearty laugh, "You are smarter than I thought."
Ling Yu raised his eyes, his gaze clear, and said in a clear voice, "Old Master, to be honest, neither having a child nor marrying Tang Shuya was my original intention."
Hearing this, Old Master Tang pondered for a while, and looked at Ling Yuan with a sharp gaze, as if he was judging the truth of Ling Yuan's words.
Mr. Tang smiled with an ambiguous smile. "Your strategy of retreating to advance is quite good. So what was your original intention?"
Ling Zhen opened his mouth, but swallowed the words that were about to come out.
She hesitated, not knowing whether she should reveal all the grudges between herself and Tang Shuya.
I weighed the pros and cons over and over again, but still couldn't make up my mind.
Her speechless look seemed to Master Tang to indicate that she was guilty and at a loss for words.
He closed his eyes lightly and said slowly, "Alright, no matter what your purpose is, now that you have a child, just give birth to it. As for the rest, it's better not to think too much about it."
Just as Ling Zhen was about to explain, a voice called out from behind: "Grandpa."
Tang Shuya's voice arrived before he did.
Ling Zhen turned around and saw that he had taken off his suit and was hanging it over his arm. His shirt sleeves were also rolled up to his forearms, and the blue veins on them were clearly visible.
His expression was calm, but his steps seemed a little anxious.
He took two steps at a time with his long legs, and in the blink of an eye he was next to Ling Zhen and stood in front of her.
It's like a hen protecting her chicks.
"Why are you here?" Elder Tang raised his eyebrows, his expression tense, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you afraid that I'll eat her?"
Tang Shuya lowered his head slightly, a faint smile on his lips, "Grandpa, you misunderstood. I'm just afraid that she didn't know the seriousness of the matter and offended you."
This statement softened Elder Tang's expression, but his brows remained furrowed. "Since you're here, I have something to tell you. She said that having children and getting married weren't her original intentions?"
Tang Shuya was stunned for a moment, then turned around and glanced at Ling Yuan.
There was clearly no emotion in this look, but Ling Zhen's heart skipped a beat and he unconsciously looked away.
Tang Shuya understood, lowered his eyebrows and smiled, then turned to Old Man Tang and said, "She's right, because all of this was my idea. I was the one who made Ling Yuan pregnant, and I was the one who proposed to marry her."
Ling Yuan stood there in surprise like a piece of wood, and involuntarily reached out to grab Tang Shuya's rolled up sleeves.
"Ridiculous!" Old Master Tang suddenly stood up from his rocking chair, his eyes bulging as he cursed, "When did the children of our Tang family become so hopeless? They're actually trying to get a woman pregnant? If this despicable behavior gets out, won't you be laughed at?"
Mr. Tang was furious, his face was full of anger, and the hand holding the crutch was shaking constantly. He was really angry.
Seeing this, Tang Shuya hurried over to support him, but the old man pushed him away and cursed him in disgust, "I don't need your support, you unfilial descendant!"
"Grandpa, if you don't let me support you, who else do you want to support you?"
Tang Shuya was calm and composed, with his eyes curved downwards, looking quite rogue.
"You, you, you..." Old Master Tang rolled his eyes at him, his chest heaving with anger.
Tang Shuya supported Mr. Tang again. This time, the old man did not refuse and sat back in the rocking chair.
After he calmed down, the old man asked in a hoarse voice: "What did you promise me last time? Didn't you say you could have the child, but we wouldn't get married?"
Tang Shuya said slowly, "After talking to you on the phone that day, I went back and thought about it for a long time. I felt that I should give her a legitimate status, so I wanted to marry her."
Tang Shuya felt a gaze on his back, and he knew it was Ling Zhen staring at his back.
Ling Zhen looked at the back of his head and his broad back, and her heartstrings were plucked heavily several times, and the plucking sound echoed in her ventricles.
Does he know what he's talking about?
Not only Ling Zhen, but Old Master Tang also had an expression that said "You know what you are talking about" on his face, his eyes lingering on Tang Shuya's calm and handsome face.
Tang Shuya calmly explained, "Grandpa, as long as you're here, I don't need an arranged marriage. I'd rather be with Ling Yuan than anyone else. Besides, we have a child now, so everything is legal."
"Unfilial offspring! Unfilial offspring!" Old Master Tang shouted furiously, slamming his cane on the ground twice. He said coldly, "I know you've grown so powerful now that you no longer take me, an old man, seriously. Marriage is a major event in life. How can you treat it like a joke?"
"Grandpa, I absolutely don't mean that." Tang Shuya said with a smile, "Think about it carefully. After the child is born, can I really abandon them?"
Mr. Tang glanced at him coldly, "What if I just don't agree?"
Tang Shuya said, "It's not impossible for me to marry another woman, but aren't my parents a failure? You don't know how big a fuss it was back then. Do you have the heart to let me repeat my father's mistakes?"
Old Master Tang fell silent, his face was so gloomy that ink could be seen on it, and his half-white eyebrows trembled slightly with his twitching eyelids.
Ling Zhen's palms were wet and cold. At this time, Tang Shuya's warm big hands wrapped around her, and then intertwined their fingers.
Strangely, the panic in my heart gradually subsided as his body temperature passed on to me.
She looked at Tang Shuya's profile and felt that he was so unfamiliar.
His profile was still very handsome, with clear lines like those drawn by a painter with charcoal. He looked straight ahead with a calm gaze and a peaceful face, and it didn't look like he was babbling in the heat of the moment.
Ling Zhen tightened his grip and whispered to Tang Shuya, "Stop talking. The old man had a minor stroke a while ago and can't be stimulated."
Tang Shuya narrowed his eyes as he examined Ling Zhen, jokingly saying, "You haven't even married into the family yet, and you're already calling me grandpa, acting like a grandson's wife?"