Song Yu, originally my younger sister-in-law, now my fiancée

  "You open the door." Qi Chengzhi said, as if he hadn't understood Qi Chengji's hint.

  Zi Chengji didn't say anything else and opened the door, walking in first.

  Mrs. Qi didn't mention that Qi Chengzhi was going to bring his girlfriend, considering Yu Keyao was there and fearing an awkward situation, she just hoped Yu Keyao could leave before dinner.

  So the old lady kept making various hints, on the surface chatting with Yu Ke Yao about her physical condition and so on, but in reality she was just trying to get rid of her. Most people would understand and leave tactfully, but Yu Ke Yao seemed not to get it and stuck to the sofa like a sticky bottom.

  And also don't know what kind of wind Xiahuan is blowing, clearly knowing that Qizheng has a girlfriend and still introducing a girl, isn't this preparing to hit the mandarin ducks?

  It's still the old problem of Qi Zhongliang and Xia Wennan, looking down on others because of their humble family background, insisting that Qi Chengzhi must find a match with an equal social status.

  In the past, the old lady had always disliked this couple for this reason. She had said so but they wouldn't listen and instead came up with all sorts of excuses. The old lady was so angry that she didn't say anything else and as a result, she never gave Xia Wennuan the family heirloom bracelet.

  The old lady only let Qi Cheng go out and take a look. If Qi Cheng brings someone back, she can also greet them and have some mental preparation.

  Just then, she heard the sound of the door opening. The old lady immediately ran to the entrance and saw Qi Chengji walking ahead, so she asked: "Where is he?"

  Qī Chéng jī zhǐ jiān guā le guā bí yì, shí zài shì bù zhī dào gāi zěn me gēn lǎo tài tài shuō, wàn yī yī huìr shòu le cì jī zěn me bàn.

  When he was about to give the old lady a preventive shot, Qi Chengzhi had already brought Song Yu in.

  "Grandma." Zhi Cheng called out.

  The old lady looked over excitedly, her expression stiffened again on her face, adjusted her glasses frame, and carefully looked at Song Yu, then strangely asked: "Isn't this Song Yaotou?"

  Song Yu nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and called out in a low, weak voice: "Grandma."

  It was just her voice at the exit, but it wasn't as calm as she had imagined, and it trembled noticeably.

  "How could you..." The old lady's gaze fell on the two hands clasped together, and she suddenly understood.

  The excitement vanished instantly, and a heart as cold as ice.

  "What's going on between you two..." The old lady's gaze kept shifting back and forth between the two people's tightly clasped hands and faces.

  "Grandma." Zhi Chengji supported the old lady, "Let's go in first and talk later."

  "Oh dear! Oh dear!" The old lady pressed her forehead, "Why does my head hurt so much at this moment."

  Everyone heard the movement coming from the entrance and was wondering what had happened, only to see Old Lady being supported by Qi Chengji as she came in. Upon closer inspection, they saw Qi Chengzhi pulling Song Yu behind him.

  Xia Wen's face changed color, she never thought that Qi Chengzhi had just left to pick up Song Yu.

  Qī Chéng Yuè's face turned particularly ugly, her eyes bulged out, the whites of her eyes fully exposed, glaring furiously at Sòng Yuè.

  How dare she come over!

  What a thick skin!

  But the most shocked person in the scene was Yu Keyao.

  "Older female cousin?" Yu Ke Yao's mouth was agape, trembling non-stop, her eyes disbelievingly staring at Song Yu, her gaze finally falling on the two hands tightly clasped together.

  She remembered what Qi Chengzhi said, he already has a girlfriend.

  She also remembered that night in the Wang Dynasty, she saw Qi Chengzhi with Song Yu and his family together, thinking it was a coincidence, but now she knew, none of it was a coincidence.

  From the moment Song Yu opened the door to their dining room, to Qi Cheng following behind the Song family to the entrance of the Wang's house to smoke, watching the Song family hail a taxi in the cold wind, it was never a coincidence.

  Yu Keyao hid her hands in her skirt and clenched her fists.

  How can it be Song Yu?

  The Song family is finished!

  At this moment, Song Yu has nothing!

  How could she lose to Song Yu!

  She recalled Liang Lihua's words, when Song Yu was just engaged to Qi Chengji, the Song family had already received so much residual influence. If they were with Qi Zhengzi together, would the Song family rise again?

  She didn't want Song Yu to take her place at all. Yu Keyao's eyes were fixed straight on Song Yu's face.

  Just now, I was so angry that I didn't notice, but now looking at Song Yu's eyebrows and eyes with a hint of spring, her cheeks were flushed red, and her lips were still swollen. Who knows what they did outside?

  That's what she wanted to do with him since she met Qi Cheng!

  Song Yu just glanced at Yu Keyao faintly, and suddenly felt that this woman was not a threat to her at all. All of her thoughts were placed on the elders of the Qi family.

  "I agree." Qi Zhongliang said with a calm face.

  But Qi Chengzhi didn't give him a chance to continue, holding Song Yu's hand even tighter, and said in a light tone: "Song Yu, originally my younger sister-in-law, now my fiancée."

  “……”

  As soon as he said this, for a while no one could say anything, and they couldn't think of how to respond to his words.

  Everyone's face looked very unsightly.

  Qī Zhòng Liáng's face was iron-green, not even looking at Sōng Yuè, but instead looked like he wanted to beat Qī Chéng up. Xià Wén Nà's expression was complex, with disapproval and disappointment. She glanced at Sōng Yuè, her lips painted with crimson lipstick pursed, shaking her head.

  Old Master Qi let out a cold snort and his hoarse voice bellowed: "What kind of nonsense are you stirring up!"

  The old lady sighed and hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

  Song Yu grasped Qi Chengzhi's hand and quietly leaned in closer to him, pressing against his arm.

  She didn't expect Zhi Chengzhi to introduce her like that, earlier he told the neighbor outside that she was a girlfriend who prioritized marriage, Song Yu thought he was just saying it to sound good and get the other person's attention.

  But facing her family, she was directly introduced as the fiancée, Song Yu couldn't help but lower her head and glance at the engagement ring on her left hand.

  Zi Chengzhi's heart was far more serious than she had initially imagined.

  She raised her head and looked at Qi Cheng's handsome profile, his expression was exceptionally calm and serious at this moment, although he didn't look at her, but held her tightly, making her feel at ease.

  Facing his family's silence, Qi Cheng couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and his low, husky voice took on a hint of recklessness, "After all, one shouldn't let good things go to waste on outsiders!"

  Song Yu: "......"

  The little bit of emotion I had just now was all lost for words by his sentence.

  Zi Zhongliang stood up straight, he hadn't seen Qi Chengzhi look so serious in years.

  To this eldest son, he has always been very confident, and whatever decisions Qi Chengzhi made, he never interfered with. As a result, today, he ended up getting himself into such an unscrupulous situation!

  "Come with me!" Qi Zhongliang's anger was so great that he couldn't keep his voice down, and he shouted loudly, causing everyone's ears to ring.

  Zi Cheng didn't listen and stood still on the spot, refusing to let Song Yu go alone.

  Song Yu pinched his thin palm and whispered: "You go ahead, I can be alone here."

  Jian Qi Cheng remained still, while Qi Zhong Liang had quickly walked out of the living room. He was frozen there, unable to move forward or backward, and for a moment, the atmosphere became awkward again.

  "Ah yo!" exclaimed Old Lady Qi, "You can go now! What's the point of leaving Song Niang here? Besides, I'm still here watching over her, who would dare to harm her?"

  "You go." Song Yu also urged in a low voice again.

  Qī Chéngzhī followed Qī Zhòngliáng, and before leaving, he pinched her hand.

  His little action didn't escape anyone's notice, except for Qi Zhongxun and Guan Liya who had an angle problem, everyone else saw it clearly.

  It's the first time everyone has seen Qi Cheng dote on a woman like this, protecting her to the point of being wary even of his own family members, and everyone is shocked.

  Zi Cheng left, and Song Yu could only stand there awkwardly.

  "Song Yaotou, sit down," said the old lady.

  But at this moment, Song Yu felt uneasy wherever he sat.

  Whether it's Xia Wennan beside her or Yu Keyao beside her.

  A small head poked out from the kitchen door, Qi Youxuan had just eaten watermelon in the kitchen and heard the commotion outside. Grandpa seemed to be very angry, so he didn't dare go out either.

  It's quiet outside now, so Ji Youxuan plucked up his courage and came out to take a look.

  As a result, it was surprising to find Song Yu standing there, but he looked quite lonely.

  Ziyu Xuan turned back to the kitchen and ran into the living room with half of the unfinished watermelon.

  "Great Aunt!" Qi Youxuan excitedly shouted, one plump arm wrapped around a watermelon, running with a stumble, some watermelon juice splashing onto his chest and sleeves, the other plump small hand grasping a spoon, waving it at Song Yu while running.

  Ran to Song Yu's side, inserted the spoon into the watermelon, and the small hand that was originally holding the spoon grasped Song Yu's hand. "Auntie, when did you arrive?"

  "Just arrived." Song Yu saw Qi Youxuan and was rarely welcomed by someone in this house with a true heart.

  "Come and sit down, Great Aunt." Qi Youxuan glanced around with his eyes, originally wanting to bring Song Yu to sit beside Qi Chenglin, but unfortunately there was no space, so he could only pull her to sit in the original seat of Qi Zhongliang.

  Yu Keyao's face sank as she looked at Song Yu, why didn't she see Qi Youxuan being so enthusiastic when she came!

  This loud and overbearing auntie is calling out to her until she's fed up, really want to go seal that bear child's mouth shut.

  "Does your great aunt want to eat watermelon?" Qi Youxuan scooped up a spoonful of watermelon, although he was speaking to Song Yu, but the spoon was facing himself. He was really afraid that if Song Yu nodded and said she wanted some, he wouldn't truly want to give it away.

  "You don't eat, you eat." Song Yu smiled slightly, letting Qi Youxuan breathe a sigh of relief.

  "Eat a bit less, you won't be able to eat dinner later." Qi Chenglin couldn't help but educate his son again.

  At this time, Mrs. Qi was entangled in her mind about the matter of Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu, so she didn't have the heart to take care of Qi Chenglin.

  The old lady is now in a dilemma, rarely does Ziqi have a girlfriend and still wants to get married. If everything goes smoothly, she will soon be able to hold her grandson, but the object of his affections is Song Yu, who was previously engaged to her younger brother. What kind of thing is this?

  The old lady didn't know how to speak, when a loud shout came from the study: "What's wrong with your brain?! She used to be your brother's fiancée, are there no other women in this world?! What's wrong with you?!"

  Thinking of Yu Keyao still being here, the faces of the Qi family members all became awkward.

  "Ke Yao." Xiatian's face didn't look good as she turned around, "Today at home is like this, it's really not convenient for you to continue eating here."

  Even if Song Yu's identity is revealed in the future, it will be hard to separate them with Qi Chengzhi's temperament. However, this is a family scandal and they don't want Yu Keyao, an outsider, to know about it.

  Earlier, Qi Lao Tai Tai's hint, Yu Ke Yao wasn't unaware, she just pretended to be confused.

  At this point, Xia Wennan had already said it so clearly that Yu Keyao could only hide her unwillingness and stood up with a faint smile, pointing to the hair on the edge of her ear, "I understand, I'm not very suitable here either."

  Xia Wen Na didn't know what to say, and her upbringing also wouldn't allow her to say anything bad about Song Yu in front of Yu Ke Yao.

  Besides, she was also her friend's daughter.

  After seeing Yu Ke Yao off, Xia Wen Na sat back down, but this time she sat in the opposite position, next to Qi Cheng Lin, leaving only Song Yu and Qi You Xuan here, who looked especially lonely and isolated.

  Song Yu was especially grateful to Qi Youxuan at this time, although he was small, but being by her side still made her not completely lonely and helpless.

  "Song Yu." After a moment of silence, Xia Wennan spoke up.

  She pursed her lips, biting the inner flesh of her mouth, "Last time at Wang Chao, I didn't get to chat with you properly either. How are your parents?"

  "They're all doing well now, and they've gotten used to living an ordinary life. Ordinary days have their own joys too. Now, he doesn't have to worry about company matters, or attend social events, and there's less scheming. My dad stays at home studying chess strategies, goes out for walks and chats with neighbors. He seems even more spirited than before, and looks younger too." At first, when they just went bankrupt, it was a bit hard to adjust, but after all these years, they've let go of everything.

  "Is your mom still mad at me?"

  Song Yu thought for a moment and said, "It's not worth mentioning now that everything has calmed down. After all, such a big family business suddenly disappeared, and it's rare for anyone to be calm about it. In fact, I later came to understand that my mom also knew that no one's help is taken for granted. Moreover, the Qi family also had their own considerations, and the Song family was a huge hole that couldn't be filled. Even my mom's relatives on her side of the family distanced themselves from us as soon as possible, let alone others, we can't say anything against them."

  "Song Yu." Xiatian lowered her head for a moment, then looked up at Song Yu straight in the eye. "Whether you believe it or not, I had good intentions to help you all. Introducing Chengzhi and Yuxiao on a blind date was also hoping that if the Yu family could rely on the Qi family's influence, as a relative by marriage, I would have a say in getting the Yu family to help the Song family more."

  "As for your family, I have an apology in my heart. However, regarding you and Cheng Zhi's matter, I cannot agree with it. The reason is also clear to you - originally the person who was engaged to the younger son is now together with the older son, how can people not talk about it? Even if you two don't have a blood relationship, this...is too messy!"

  "What's going on? I brought Song Yu back today just to see Grandpa and Grandma, didn't think about whether you guys agree or not." Qi Chengzhi, who had already spoken with Qi Zhongliang, walked out with him one after the other.

  Qizhong Liang's face turned pale, clearly he had failed to negotiate a deal.

  But Qi Chengzhi's face was calm, as if nothing had happened.

  He walked straight up to Song Yu, and his originally calm eyes immediately softened when he looked at Song Yu.

  Xia Wennan watched from the side, clearly seeing everything, and was also shocked in her heart. She didn't expect Qi Chengzhi to be so special to Song Yu. This kind of gentle gaze, she had never seen it in her son's eyes before.

  Song Yu, who was still a bit uneasy just now, immediately felt at ease when she saw Qi Cheng. Now, as their gentle gazes met, her heart melted into a warm stream.

  At this time, I especially want to lean on him.

  Qī Chéngzhī's gaze fell on Qī Yòuxuān again, and the tenderness he had shown Song Yuē was gone. His expression was emotionless, his eyes narrowed slightly as he grasped Qī Yòuxuān's collar and lifted him up.

  "Oh no, what are you doing, Uncle!" Qi Youxuan was eating watermelon when he was suddenly lifted up. His tense little hands quickly hugged the watermelon tightly and grasped a spoon, ready to attack Qi Chengzhi's hand.

  Before the spoon touched Qi Cheng, he had already placed Qi You Xuan on Xia Wen Na's leg and squeezed himself between Song Yu and Xia Wen Na, separating the two.

  Xia Wen Na's mouth tightened, was she afraid of bullying Song Yu or what?

  Is it necessary to be so careful?!

  When Qi Chengzhi sat down, the sofa seemed a bit cramped. Qi Youxuan was small in stature and didn't take up much space, but Qi Chengzhi was squeezed in tightly.

  Xia Wen Na had no choice but to move aside slightly.

  She sat up again against Qi Cheng, Song Yu felt more at ease, didn't know what to say, lowered her head, a white and slender hand stretched out, covering the one she had placed on her knee.

  His fingers were well-defined and slender, looking good. With such hands, playing musical instruments must be extremely elegant.

  Her slender fingers closed around his, the slightly roughened fingertips disappearing into her palm as his thumb gently caressed the smooth skin on the back of her hand.

  The familiar warmth and solidity made Song Yu secretly hold his hand too.

  "Grandfather, grandmother, I've brought Song Yu back with me today to pay my respects to you both." Qi Chengzhi looked at the two elderly people, his voice calm and collected. "If you don't agree, then there won't be anyone for me to have children with in the future."

  "Th...". The old lady clutched at her heart and couldn't speak a word.

  Her greatest wish now is to see her grandchildren get married, each giving birth to several great-grandchildren, and surrounded by them, it can't be better.

  But Sunzi's words were precisely what Song Yu could not bear to hear.

  She won't give birth for him, and he won't find someone else to give birth for him either, what can be done about it?

  Mrs. Qi is very contradictory.

  Old Master Qi looked at Qi Zhongliang, then at Qi Chengzhi, then at Song Yu, and finally at Qi Chengji. He let out a cold snort and said, "I'm going out for a walk!"

  What a mess!

  "Xie Zhi, how can you say such things to your grandparents!" Xia Wennan said discontentedly. "Are you using the child to threaten us?"

  "Mom, you can understand it this way too." Qi Chengzhi pulled Song Yu to stand up, "It's not easy for me to find a woman I like, and it's hard to say whether I'll meet someone as suitable in the future. If I could make do with it, I would have made do with it long ago, no need to wait until now."

  Zi Chengzhi paused, looked at the old lady with a profound meaning in his eyes, "Grandma, I'm 34 this year, no, I've already passed the new year, so I should be 35 now. If everything goes smoothly and I get married and have kids, by that time I'll almost be 40 too. If it's delayed any further, I don't know if I can still have children or not."

  "Oh dear!" The old lady clutched at her heart and lay down on the sofa, her face contorted in pain, turning away from everyone.

  "Shut up!" Qi Zhongliang stood up, unable to bear it any longer. "Get out! You've found a woman and now you're looking for your own sister's head? Aren't you afraid of others poking fun at you?! Now we can't control you anymore, you're so capable, do whatever you want! If you don't want kids, then don't have them, are we begging you to? Get out!"

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  It's the 29th already!