One proposes marriage and the other visits relatives' homes.

  "What kind of person is that! She thinks this place is broken, but she still comes here herself!" The old lady was furious, truly having never seen such an unreasonable shrew. Does she think she's superior just because she has a bit of money? If she's so capable, let her bring out all their family's wealth and compare it with the Qi family!

  "Don't be angry, there are all kinds of people now." Liu Aunt hurriedly comforted and continued to walk upstairs.

  The old lady walked a few steps, "hmm" and said, "I don't know why I feel like that person looked familiar just now! Tā"

  Yesterday, the wedding was crowded, and the old man and the old lady were dignified and respected. They sat at the main table, and not many people dared to disturb them. Compared with the Yu family and the eight major families, they were not important guests, so their seats were arranged in a relatively backward position. The old lady looked at Liang Lihua from afar, but didn't have any impression of her.

  The old lady also dressed up carefully yesterday and put on makeup, but today she was afraid of giving too much pressure to Song Yu's parents, so she wore simple clothes and didn't wear makeup, with a plain face that looked no different from an ordinary old lady, so Liang Lihua couldn't recognize her either.

  Driver Xiao Fan recognized her and said: "It's Mrs. Yu, the mother of Miss Yu Keyao who was introduced to Cheng Shao by the eldest lady."

  The old lady's face immediately turned very bad, "Hmph! Who did Wen Na introduce? If the mother is like this, how can the daughter be good?"

  The old lady immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed a number for Xia Wennan.

  Xia Wen Na picked up the phone, and just called out "Mom", then heard the old lady's very unhappy voice, saying: "That Yu Ke Yao, don't even think about matching her with Cheng Zhi, what kind of people are they? You didn't even ask around? Her mom is unreasonable and rude, how can the daughter be any good? If we really get entangled with such a family, there will be trouble in the future!"

  "Have you not learned from Cheng Ze's lesson? You want to force another one on Cheng Zhi, and even drive my poor grandson to death, just to satisfy yourself?" The old lady spoke with agitation, stomping her foot heavily on the stairs. Thinking of her deceased grandson, thinking of a grandson who couldn't even find a wife according to his own wishes, her eyes turned red.

  "Mom, what are you talking about? What happened, did you meet Mrs. Yu?" Xia Wennan felt that she was too innocent, and for no reason at all, she had been scolded like this.

  "In short, I don't accept Yu Ke Yao's daughter-in-law!" The old lady slammed down the phone and continued upstairs after putting it back in her pocket.

  ……

  ……

  Song Yu sat down on the sofa with Qi Chengzhi, Song Yu's house was not big, a 100-square-meter two-bedroom apartment, two rooms and two halls, earlier five people stood in the living room and it felt crowded, now that Liang Lihua had left, it didn't improve much.

  Zi Chengzhi sat upright on the sofa, normally not smiling and looking somewhat unapproachable. Now with a serious face, he looked like he had come to pick a fight.

  Yu Qianying pulled Song Donglin to sit opposite them, and in recent years, Song Donglin, who had been living a retired life, had always adhered to the principle that ignorance is bliss. Now, his face revealed a serious expression that had not appeared for many years.

  "That time, you said that the two of you might have something, how did you tell me?" Yu Qianying looked at Song Yu, her expression stern, feeling deceived, with a hint of hurt and disappointment in her eyes.

  "Mom, at that time we really weren't together yet." Song Yu looked straight at Yu Qianying without any guilt, and indeed they were not together at that time, at most it was just Qi Cheng's one-sided flirtation with her.

  Yu Qianying looked at Song Yu deeply, "I don't care what kind of relationship you two had back then, but our relationship with the Qi family is not unknown to you. Even if we put those things aside, you were once Qi Chengji's fiancée and now you're with my brother, how do you expect others to talk about you? Those unpleasant words, dirty water, all splashed on you, can you just take it?"

  "There's also the Qi family." Yu Qianying took a deep breath, looking at Qi Chengzhi, his handsome face unusually solemn. "I don't believe your family will agree. When the Song family went bankrupt, your family couldn't wait to cut ties with us. I'm resentful, but not too angry. After all, even my own brother did that, what right do I have to blame the Qi family who are not related to me?"

  "But considering Song Yu's original relationship with Qi Cheng, would the Qi family agree to you two? Moreover, our family is now just ordinary people, we have nothing, not even much savings. All these years, it was Song Yu who worked hard outside and brought back money, most of which I saved for her dowry. But this amount of money can only buy a slightly better car at best. You wouldn't look down on us because of this little money, would you?"

  "For us who have nothing, can the Qi family afford to agree? If they could agree, they wouldn't have cut ties with us so quickly in the first place. Song Yu is my daughter, I don't want her to be wronged or humiliated by anyone. Your family will probably try to persuade Song Yu to break up with you!"

  Song Yu wanted to speak, but felt his hand being pinched, looked down, and saw that he was holding his own hand with a bony, delicate, and pale hand, warm and steady heat flowing from the palm of his hand.

  "There won't be any objections from our family." Qi Chengzhi's low and steady voice sounded particularly firm and powerful at this moment, the room was very quiet, only his voice could be heard, loud and clear. "I am with Song Yu, I have marriage in mind when interacting with her, I will not let her suffer or be humiliated."

  "Can you represent the Qi family?" Yu Qianying curled her lips.

  "Can't." Zhi Chengzhi said it very bluntly, and Yu Qianying was stunned.

  Also heard Qi Chengzhi say: "I won't represent the Qi family either. This is my personal matter, they can't make decisions for me. Even if they oppose it, what's the big deal? Can I not marry just because of their words? They don't have that much power."

  "I won't say the cliché that I must get my family's blessing to get married, even if they don't bless us, I'll still marry her. I won't let Song Yu have a hard life with me, nor will I wrong her, we'll still have a proper wedding."

  "You're getting ahead of yourself." Song Yu finally couldn't help it, his ears were red with embarrassment, how did the conversation turn into something like a marriage proposal, "Today is just to bring you to meet my parents, let them know about our relationship, not for you to propose."

  His powerful hands grasped hers firmly, his deep black eyes gazing at her slightly narrowed, his eyelashes lightly covering half of them. "Coming here today, apart from letting Uncle and Aunt know that we're dating, I also want to let them know how serious I am about being with Song Yu, it's because I want to marry her."

  "I haven't discussed this with her yet, but I guess she doesn't want to rush either and wants to get to know each other first, so I didn't mention it to her."

  Yu Qianying noticed that Qi Chengzhi was holding Song Yu's hand, with slender and long fingers, distinct joints, and the ring on his middle finger stood out particularly prominently on his fair-skinned fingers.

  Look again at Song Yu's left hand on his knee, and his middle finger is also wearing a ring.

  Yu Qianying felt a bit stuffy in her heart and was deeply dissatisfied with the two of them being together, who knew what kind of grievances Song Yu would suffer at the Qi's house.

  They have no background and no status now, when Song Yu suffers grievances, no one will support her, they will only think that Song Yu is above them, has no status in the Qi family, and is easy to bully.

  Just as he was about to speak, the doorbell rang again.

  Yu Qianying glanced at the two of them and then got up and walked towards the door.

  As soon as the door opened, an old lady stood at the entrance. Yu Qianying was stunned for half a day before she came to her senses. This old lady looked quite familiar, and seemed to be Qi Chengzhi's grandmother?

  It's been so many years since they last met, and the old lady wasn't wearing makeup, she had also aged a lot compared to before, Yu Qianying couldn't be too sure for a while.

  "Xiao Yu ah!" Old Lady Qi called out with a smile.

  "You are..." Yu Qianying hesitated, looking at the plain-dressed old lady in front of her, and then glanced at the people standing behind her, who were carrying a lot of things.

  "Don't you remember me? I'm Qi Chengzhi's grandmother." Old Lady Qi said with a smile, "Are you free now? Nothing important to attend to?"

  Yu Qianying was stunned and stood still, forgetting to react. She never thought that the old lady of the Qi family would come in person.

  She twisted her neck, then raised her left hand to pat her shoulder, "Ah, when people get old, they can't help but feel tired with just a little bit of work. My waist is almost unbearable."

  Yu Qianying finally came back to her senses and saw the old lady outside the door, baring her teeth and putting down the things in her hand, then starting to massage her lower back.

  That box doesn't look heavy at all. When it was put on the ground, the sound it made was still quite hollow, and the box even wobbled a couple of times.

  However, looking at Old Lady Qi bringing all sorts of things, it doesn't seem like she's here to cause trouble. Is she here to persuade her not to let Song Yu continue being with Qi Cheng Zhi?

  If it's like that, then wouldn't they just directly use checks?

  What's all this about?

  Yu Qianying couldn't understand, so she invited the old lady in.

  The old lady was delighted, and had Driver Fan and Liu Aunt move all the things into the house. As they walked, she asked: "These are all food and drink, where do you think it's suitable to put them? I think it's better to just put them in the kitchen!"

  Without waiting for Yu Qianying's response, she instructed Xiao Fan to move all the things into the kitchen.

  "I came without saying hello, isn't that too abrupt? I shouldn't be disturbing you. Actually, I've known for a while that you live here, it's just that I didn't want to come over so suddenly." The old lady warmly grasped Yu Qianying's hand, not giving her a chance to speak, and herself spoke continuously like a machine gun.

  That day, Qi Chengzhi brought Song Yu to his home. When the Qi family found out that Song Yu was indeed Qi Chengzhi's girlfriend, they naturally couldn't just do nothing and immediately investigated everything about Song Yu over the years.

  This residence, naturally also cannot deceive the wise family.

  Yu Qianying tried to speak up every time, but her words were blocked by Old Lady Qi and she didn't respond anymore.

  Anyway, the two had already walked into the living room. As soon as the old lady entered, she saw her grandson sitting on the sofa, motionless like a stone, and was startled.

  "Oh dear, what are you doing here?" The old lady asked in surprise, patting her own chest, fortunately it wasn't to break up the couple, otherwise how would she face her grandson now?

  Thinking again about what I just said to Yu Qianying, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it, and I'm not afraid that Qi Chengzhi will be unhappy.

  Qī Chéngzhī raised an eyebrow, he had also heard the old lady's words just now, and roughly guessed her intention. The corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards, erasing the original stern lines.

  "I'm here to propose a marriage." Qi Cheng's voice was low and calm, his face, which had lost its smile, looked particularly serious and solemn.

  Old lady: “......”

  Song Yu: "......"

  Yu Qianying: "......"

  Song Donglin: "......"

  "I came here to pay respects to my future father-in-law and mother-in-law, but as for you, Grandma, what brings you here for no reason?" Qi Chengzhi gave the old lady a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling glance, leaving her speechless for a moment.

  Yu Qianying pouted, just now it was clearly the first time her boyfriend came to her house, how did he become a suitor this time? How can his face be so thick?

  And his parents-in-law, she hasn't even agreed to their relationship yet, isn't this a bit too early?

  The next sentence from the old lady left Yu Qianying completely speechless.

  "I'm here to visit relatives." The old lady didn't wait for Yu Qiangying's invitation, and sat down on the sofa with a plop. She looked at the tea table and asked: "Relative, are there any more cups? It's strange outside, it's cold, I want to drink some hot tea now."

  "You... don't call me that, I'm not used to it." Yu Qianying said stiffly, she couldn't let these two lead her astray with just a few words. "Besides, the matter between Ling Sun and my daughter, we haven't agreed on it yet, he's only just arrived, hasn't even said a few words, now calling us relatives is too early."

  Yu Qianying said, and then went to the kitchen to fetch three cups, inviting Liu Shu and driver Xiao Fan to have tea as well.

  The old lady pouted, not very happy with Yu Qianying's refusal. She picked up her teacup, blew on it a few times, and then took a few sips of the "gurgling" tea, warming herself up as she drank. Only after that did the old lady let out a comfortable sigh and put down her cup.

  "Xiao Yu, look at me, I'm old enough to be your mother, and I'm also your elder. So don't rush, just listen to what I have to say." The old lady rubbed her hands together, looked at the teacup for a while, seemingly unsure of where to start. "Look at my eldest grandson, he's handsome and has a good personality, and after all these years, he hasn't been seen getting close to any woman, not even those entertainment gossip newspapers can find anything on him. What does this mean? It means that Chen Zhen is really a very self-loving person, men like him are hard to come by nowadays."

  "He's the type who either doesn't look for it, or once he finds it, he's determined to make it work." The old lady sighed, "It's not that I'm boasting, but with his character, his attitude towards women being so devoted and single-minded, how many women in this world would be envious of that?"

  "To be honest, when I first found out about the two of them, I wasn't too pleased either. You see, Song Yu was originally engaged to my younger grandson, and I had already considered her as my younger granddaughter-in-law. Although we hadn't seen each other in many years, I still had her in my heart. That day, she suddenly appeared at my house and said that she would become my older granddaughter-in-law in the future, it was really hard for me to accept all of a sudden."

  "This relationship is already messed up, and outsiders are also talking badly about it, whether it's about our two families or the two children." The old lady spoke slowly and elegantly, taking a sip of tea when she got thirsty.

  "But then I thought again, my grandson is now inseparable from Song Yu, and as for those unpleasant words outside, how long can they spread after the two children get married? The key is that the two children like each other, as long as they can be happy, who cares about what others say? Xiaoyu, don't you think so?"

  The old lady was a bit excited, as she began to imagine the future, her face also radiated an exceptionally brilliant light. "These two children will get married, and before long, I'll be able to hold my great-grandson, and you'll be able to hold your grandson too. We can live our own happy lives, as long as we're doing well ourselves, why bother about what others say? If we listen to those outsiders' words, can we really live happily? That's obviously impossible, instead it would break up the children, just because of a few rumors, ruining our children's own happiness, how not worth it?"

  The most important thing is that it's not easy for Qi Chengzhi to find a girl who wants to get married. Song Yu, apart from being engaged to Qi Cheng, has nothing wrong with her in other aspects. She comes from a good family, has a good personality, and the old lady has always liked her. When Qi Cheng cancelled their engagement, the old lady was especially regretful.

  She now just wants to hurry up and hold her great-grandchild in her arms, and doesn't want to care about anything else.

  "Xiao Song, Xiao Yu, when are we going to set a date?" The old lady took out a yellow calendar from her bag, "I've brought the yellow calendar."

  "Old lady, you...” Yu Qianying simply didn't know how to say it to the old woman.

  At her age, she's like an elder to everyone here, and no one dares to say anything harsh to her.

  "Grandma, you're not opposed to this anymore?" Qi Chengzhi's deep black eyes also had a soft smile.

  "If I were against it, could you really break up with Song Yu?" The old lady rolled her eyes, she understood the situation clearly!

  Even if the whole family opposed it, Qi Chengzhi could still go with Song Yu to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a certificate in minutes. Is opposition useful?

  Qī Chéngzhī smiled and said: "Hán Zhuó Lì has invested in a play, they need to go to the old mansion's siheyuan to film a scene. There is one scene that is short of an elderly lady who has a big scene with the female lead. Granny, are you interested? If you're interested, I'll give Hán Zhuó Lì a call and we won't need to hold auditions. The script isn't long, just two scenes, it can be finished in one day, and it won't tire you out."

  "Really?" The old lady's eyes lit up immediately, and she leaned forward, "What kind of role is it? Give me something challenging, such as an unfilial daughter who cheats me out of all my money and abandons me, leaving me to pick scraps for a living, or one with Alzheimer's disease or some mental issues, abandoned by her children. As long as it has difficulty, I want to showcase my acting skills."

  The old lady straightened up, smoothed out her clothes, "Look at my temperament, this spirit, one look and it's not an ordinary old lady. Let me play myself, it's too boring. What I want is extreme contrast, only this can test my acting skills, only this can reflect my professionalism."

  The old lady leaned forward, took a sip of tea, and held up her index finger in front of her. "Have I told you? When I was young, I was in the cultural troupe, I played San Mao, Bai Mao Girl, and even Tie Mei in Red Lantern. After retiring, I would go back to help out from time to time, and I even played Li Nainai."

  "I'm not quite sure about the specifics, I'll ask Han Zhuo Lie later or call him to the old mansion and you can discuss with him in detail what kind of role you want. If you think the supporting role is too minor, even if you want a leading role, just let him know and he'll add it for you." Qi Chengzhi picked up the teapot and refilled the water for Old Lady, Song Donglin and Yu Qiangying, and even Liu Shu and Xiao Fan were lucky enough to have him personally pour them a cup of tea.

  Liu Aunt and Little Fan were both startled, their hands holding tea cups still trembling.

  Yu Qianying couldn't help but glance at him, and unexpectedly, Qi Chengzhi would also personally do such a thing.

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  Don't worry everyone, there will be an update next Wednesday.