Title: The Villain’s Mother
Translator: Fuyu
Chapter 138 - Don't want an alliance marriage? (2)
In the Duan's, whether it was a son or a daughter, they had to marry for the benefit of the family.
Don't want an alliance marriage? Then, get out of the family. If you really want to be strong-willed, give up on enjoying the rich materialistic lifestyle and conveniences brought by the family.
In the end, it was the old patriarch of the family that quietly coughed. Using his cane, he walked over to Duan Chi. He sincerely and earnestly advised, "We're a century-old family. We can't have such a scandal. Mr. Song is giving our family face. That's why he only had someone bring up this issue to us. No one wants to cause a fuss that would lose everyone's dignity. Little Chi, you should understand that there are some things you can't do and people that you can't even think about. You're a smart child. You should know there are things that a gentleman can do and can't do."
If his grandfather had acted like his oldest uncle and second uncle, Duan Chi probably wouldn't feel that bad. But his grandfather's words made him think he had been too ignorant.
Duan Chi closed his eyes. He thought of Ruan Xia's face and the feeling that she gave him. When he opened his eyes, he saw his old, gray-haired grandfather. In the end, he gritted his teeth and promised, "Grandpa, don't worry. I won't do anymore stupid things."
He should have known a long time ago that love had nothing to do with people like him. As someone born in the Duan's, he could only marry someone that could bring benefits to the family.
After hearing these words, Grandpa Duan nodded in satisfaction. "That's the right choice. Knowing that you made a mistake and being willing to change, that's grandpa's good grandson. By the way, Mingxue, take care of this matter. Find the time to apologize in person to Song Tingshen. After all, our family did something wrong."
"Okay, father."
Everyone was happy with how the matter was resolved. Right now, Duan Chi was only thinking about Mrs. Song. There wasn't anything between them. Otherwise... it would be a scandal if other people found out.
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National Day soon arrived. The weather was pretty good. In addition, most people had a seven-day holiday. Thus, many people were traveling.
Just like right now, Assistant Chen had booked plane tickets for their family, but the road to the airport was more jam-packed than imagined.
Little Wang was very excited. For children, as long as they could go out, they were happy with any destination.
Ruan Xia was neutral about their trip. She turned her head to glance at Song Tingshen. He was looking out at the window. He had told her that he hadn't gone back to his hometown for several years. He was going back this time to build a gravestone for his deceased parents as well as bring Little Wang there to pay respects.
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It took them over two hours by plane to go from their city to Song Tingshen's hometown, City H. The weather over here was better. It was already October now, and the weather forecast predicted that the temperature would be 17 Celcius. Neither too hot nor too cold.
As the family of three came out of the airport, Ruan Xia held Little Wang's hand. Song Tingshen was responsible for pulling two rolling suitcases. Song Tingshen stopped a taxi and used the local dialect to communicate with the driver. This town's dialect was still easy enough to understand, and she could hear that he was bargaining with the driver.
What a down-to-earth CEO.
Ruan Xia let Little Wang lean against her side and asked, "Where are we going?"
The tourism here was slowly developing. All of the city’s facilities were complete, including hotels. Many people would choose to travel here during October's Golden Week.
(T/N: National Day Golden Week begins around October 1st and lasts 7-8 days depending on the lunar calendar.)
Translator Ramblings: While I'm happy that Duan Chi is finally going to leave Ruan Xia alone, it feel unsatisfying that he hasn't learned that his stalker actions are wrong. He just valuing his wealthy second generation lifestyle more than chasing after her.