Chapter 14: Engagement

  Lying in bed, Wen Rentai suddenly thought of Si Tu Xue's hand being pulled by Professor Liu and felt extremely uncomfortable. "Old lady, give me my phone," he said to Zhang Wenyu, who was repairing his iPhone.

  Zhang Yuyan put down the apple and looked at Wen Ren with a puzzled expression: "What do you want to use your phone for? Who are you going to call?"

  "Don't ask so many questions, just give it to me." He said while taking over the phone and dialing a number.

  After a while, the line connected, and I heard the person on the other end of the phone say: "Is that Brother Wen? It's so late, is something going on?"

  "It's me, Sutou, didn't I disturb your rest?" Wen Ren said.

  "Is something wrong with Sakura?"

  "No, she's fine. I let her stay at my place, don't worry about it. But this thing is indeed related to her. Wenren Tai told Liu Professor what happened with Si Tu Xue today."

  I wonder why everyone likes Sutu XueXue so much, they are all very straightforward and speak directly.

  All that was heard from the other end was laughter, followed by: "You misunderstood, Liu Yumin is my good friend and also Xue Xue's current mentor. He has been watching over Xue Xue since she was a child and has always liked her, wanting her to be his daughter-in-law."

  Wei Ren Taiyi immediately said: "What? How can that be? Our two families have a marriage agreement."

  "Listen, brother Wen, didn't I tell you? Xue's temper is very stubborn. If you say this to her, she definitely won't agree. Even if you killed her, she wouldn't budge if she doesn't like it. Besides, nowadays it's all about free love, and as parents, we can't interfere too much either. You know what I mean? This time I let her go, just so she could spend more time with your son and make her own choice. However, Xue and Zi Xuan have grown up together since childhood, their feelings for each other are very deep, so everything depends on fate now."

  Wen Ren Taiyi listened to Si Tu Fa Zheng's words and thought they made sense. Although there was an engagement, if it wasn't for this illness, he wouldn't have found them, and he still wouldn't know that they had a daughter, thinking it was another son instead.

  This engagement should be traced back to when. It has to start from the ancestors of the Wen and Situ families.

  In what dynasty it was no longer clear, the He family were also doctors, specializing in traditional Chinese internal medicine, while the Sutu family specialized in traditional Chinese external medicine. The two families joined together to open a pharmacy. The two families got along extremely harmoniously and decided to strengthen their relationship through intermarriage. However, unexpectedly both wives gave birth to sons. Therefore, an agreement was made that from then on, the two families would continue to intermarry generation after generation.

  During the Qing dynasty, because of their excellent medical skills, they were selected to enter the palace as imperial physicians. Later, when the Qing dynasty was in chaos, the pharmacy was looted several times, so the two families decided to disband, with the Wen family moving south and the Situ family following the emperor northward.

  They heard that the family had settled in Shanghai and opened a pharmacy, but the business was still not doing well, so they gave up practicing medicine and switched to doing pharmaceutical business. Unexpectedly, their business went very well, earning a lot of money, and later, due to war, they escaped to Hong Kong with the money and started doing pharmaceutical business again. From doing pharmaceuticals to opening a pharmaceutical factory, until now it's not only a pharmaceutical factory but also involves many industries, building the present Tianyang Empire.

  The Xitu family also experienced many hardships, but still managed to preserve China's precious traditional Chinese medicine and continued their medical career.

  Although they have experienced many changes, the two families have always been in contact. If it weren't for this time when Wen Ren was ill, everyone would have remembered this appointment during casual conversation.

  Wen Rentai and Situ Fa Zheng chatted for a while longer, then Situ Fa Zheng asked about Wen Rentai's illness again, and the two hung up.

  Wen Ren put down his phone and told Zhang Yu Yan about the conversation he just had. The two of them discussed it and decided not to let Si Tu Xue return to the mainland or have any further contact with that Zi Xuan, she could only stay by their son's side obediently.

  Just as Situ Fa Zheng put down his phone, it rang again. He saw that the call was from Professor Liu and thought he wanted to discuss Wen Ren Tai's condition. Unexpectedly, it was about Wen Ren Tai wanting to marry Situ Xue Xue as his daughter-in-law. This was even more bold and direct proposal, Situ Fa Zheng had no choice but to tell him about the agreement between the Situ and Wen families, saying that as parents they couldn't make decisions, everything depended on Situ Xue Xue's decision.

  Professor Liu was so angry that he couldn't speak, ah, it seems that Old Man Wen is really competing with me for my daughter-in-law. Haha, my son and Xueying are a match made in heaven, childhood sweethearts. Your son doesn't stand a chance.

  Mrs. Sit looked at Sit Far's worried face and asked with concern: "What's wrong, Far? What happened?"

  Situ Fa Zheng sighed and told Mrs. Situ about the two phone calls from earlier, then sighed again and said: "I don't know if this is good or bad."

  Mrs. Sit patted Mr. Sit's shoulder and said, "Forget it, don't think about it anymore, Sakurako is a grown-up now, she can handle things well, you have to trust your own daughter." Then, she pulled Mr. Sit out of the study room.

  Zhao Mei Mei returned home and asked the servant to prepare dinner immediately, only to find out that her mother-in-law had already made arrangements. Dinner was at the eldest brother's villa. So Zhao Mei Mei and Wen Ren Kyoto went to Wen Ren Zhao Xian's villa together. However, they waited left and right but didn't see the two return, so they called Si Tu Ying Xue.

  Sitting in the car waiting for Wen Ren Xiang's, Si Tu Ying Xue heard a song that was Xiao Ya Xuan's solo masterpiece. It turned out to be her own phone ringing. She took it out and saw that it was Zhao Mei Mei calling. As soon as she picked up, before Si Tu Ying Xue could say anything, she heard Zhao Mei Mei say: "Ying Xue, why haven't you come back yet? I'm starving to death."

  At this time, it just so happened that Wen Ren Zhao Xian arrived with his luggage and sat in the car. He saw Si Tu Ying Xue was making a phone call again and thought to himself: Which wild man is she calling now?

  Xīu Yīngxuě saw that Wén Rénzhāo Xián had returned, looked at his expression, and then couldn't help but say: "It's Měi Měi who called." After speaking, she regretted it. Why should I explain to him? It's none of his business when I make a phone call.

  Wen Ren Xiang heard Shi Tu Ying Xue's explanation and suddenly felt much better. As he fastened his seatbelt, he said: "Mei Mei, is there something you want to talk about?"

  Before Su Tu Xue Xue could respond, she heard her sister's classmate yelling loudly: "Xue Xue, can you hear me?!"

  Situ Yuxue quickly moved the phone away from her ear, waited until the voice was gone, then brought it back to her ear and said: "I'm listening, I'll be right back." Then she hung up.

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