Published: March 8, 2025
Chapter 194: The Perfect Couple
"How can this be! What a disgrace!" Xie Zhiqiu puffed out his cheeks, glaring furiously, his old face as black as coal. "This is truly a misfortune for the family, it's infuriating!"
In front of him stood Xie Guang'en, rigid and sweating, bearing the brunt of the Ancestral Patriarch's fury...
Beside him were Xie Danfeng and Tan Tan, both sporting bruised faces.
Chu Yang and the others sat serious and upright, their eyes fixed straight ahead.
"I haven't managed the family for years, but I never expected that the descendants would end up like this under your guidance!" Xie Zhiqiu pointed at Xie Guang'en, his finger trembling furiously. "Look at the good you've done!"
Xie Guang'en lowered his head deeply, not daring to utter a word.
Xie Danfeng bit her lip and timidly approached, placing a hand on Xie Zhiqiu's arm, shaking it gently, and whining, "Ancestral Patriarch..."
Chu Yang and the others broke out in goosebumps: This mother tiger can be so coy?
Xie Zhiqiu shuddered even more, his face turning a deeper shade of iron gray. "Don't call me that! Danfeng, ah..." His whole body trembled, old tears threatening to spill. "I remember how well-behaved and cute you were when you were little. I always liked you, but I never expected your father would raise you like this... It's heartbreaking..."
Xie Guang'en opened his mouth wide: How can you blame me? Don't I want my daughter to be a gentlewoman? But this girl is just not that type... What can I do?
Yet, even though he opened his mouth, he couldn't dare say it out loud.
If those words came out, the consequences would be dire. Even if the Ancestral Patriarch didn't get angry, the mother and daughter duo would surely skin him alive...
"Chu Imperial Seat..." Xie Zhiqiu looked at Chu Yang with shame, his old face turning as red as a monkey's butt. "It's a misfortune for the family, making you laugh at us..."
Chu Yang chuckled awkwardly. "Not at all, Miss Danfeng has a cheerful, open-hearted personality. She's truly a rare gem among the children of the martial arts world..."
Xie Zhiqiu's face flushed at once, and he coughed a few times. This was simply a wild and bold character, with just a hint of natural clumsiness, what did open-hearted mean...
With a blink, he asked, "So... does this engagement still count?"
Saying this, his face also turned red.
He thought to himself, I wasn't too satisfied at first, feeling like a beautiful flower was planted in cow dung. But now, it seems that the flower and cow dung need to switch places; if someone wants this crazy girl, that's already a great blessing! If we miss this opportunity, there might not be another chance; if Tan Tan doesn't want her, this great-granddaughter might just end up staying at home forever...
"Of course it counts!" Chu Yang said sternly, with unwavering determination.
"That's good, that's good!" Xie Zhiqiu sighed in relief, smiling more amiably. "Now that I see it, they truly are a match made in heaven! Since that's the case..."
He turned and said sternly, "Guang'en, do you have the wedding ceremony tokens with you?"
Xie Guang'en felt a rush of frustration: since ancient times, it has always been the male side that presents the engagement tokens first! The male side sends a matchmaker, discusses terms, and even if the female side is eager, they have to initially refuse, allowing the second matchmaker to come in, until a third one is finally accepted, at which point the male side presents gifts, that’s the customary three mediators and six gifts; only then are the birthdates matched, and the female side exchanges tokens...
This should have been a done deal!
How did it come to the point where it was his daughter's turn, and it became his family presenting the tokens first? What kind of reasoning is that?
"Uh... this..." Xie Guang'en fumbled around his body. Although he did have the tokens, he still needed to put on a show.
"Dad!" Xie Danfeng stamped her foot. "What’s wrong with you? In such an important matter, how could you forget where you put them?"