After being abandoned by my parents, I became a top boss

The living room fell into silence. Jiang Hengzhi didn't say anything. In fact, he didn't care whether Jiang Zhiyi would marry into the Shen family, whether she would live a happy life in the future, or whether she would become a chess piece in the hands of the old man.

Because she was willing to marry into the Shen family. Since she was willing to be a pawn, what did her happiness have to do with him?

The reason why he stopped her was really because of what the old man said. He just felt that she took something that did not belong to her.

It’s not that this thing is so good, but it belongs to Xiaofeng. Even if she looks down on it, she can’t let anyone take it away easily.

His fingertips turned white from pinching. If this was not a society ruled by law, he really couldn't imagine what he would do.

Maybe he was really crazy. He had been crazy since the moment Xiaofeng sank into the sea.

Old Master Jiang looked at his pale fingertips and suppressed emotions, and thought that he was just thinking about... thinking about the death of the child, and was sad.

He has always known that their brother-sister relationship is deep and unmatched by anyone. Even Jiang Zhiyi, who is also his sister, cannot replace the child's place in his heart.

He patted Jiang Hengzhi's shoulder and said, "Well, I'll take care of this matter, so don't think too much about it. Now that you're back, why don't you stay tonight and have dinner together?"

"No need, I have something else to do later, so I can't stay long." His tone was still normal, without a trace of emotion.

Seeing that he really had no intention of staying, Mr. Jiang had no choice but to agree, "In that case, then you can go and get busy first. When you have time, come home more often to accompany an old man like me."

"I will." After leaving these words, Jiang Hengzhi stood up and said, "Grandpa, I'll leave first."

Without waiting for Mr. Jiang's response, he walked away.

When I was about to go out, I happened to run into Jiang Zhiyi who came in from outside.

"Brother, you're back?" Jiang Zhiyi had a smile on his face, but Jiang Hengzhi's face was emotionless, except that the coldness in his eyes seemed to be a little more than usual.

"Ah."

"Brother, aren't you staying for dinner?"

"There's something else."

After he finished speaking, Jiang Yan and his wife also came over.

When they saw him, the couple didn't say anything. They were still angry about what happened yesterday. Jiang Hengzhi didn't care either. He walked past Jiang Zhiyi and walked out of the house.

Murong Yin looked at his back and complained, "Look at him, what's his attitude? Even if what I did was wrong, I am still his mother who gave birth to him and raised him. How can he treat his mother like this?"

Jiang Yan put his arm around her shoulders and was about to speak to comfort her when he heard the voice of Old Master Jiang, "You also know that what you did was wrong? And you still expect others to treat you well. I advise you to reflect on your past actions. It's better to grow your brain and stop causing trouble for the Jiang family!"

It's obvious that he's just taking advantage of the situation. It seems that Mr. Jiang is still angry.

Murong Yin didn't dare to speak anymore. She walked into the house with her head lowered and her eyes submissive, without saying a word.

It was not until after dinner that she was really worried about Jiang Zhiyi and the Shen family's marriage that she mustered up the courage to ask, "Dad, what do you think about Zhizhi and the Shen family?"

Mr. Jiang didn't even look at her, he just said: "Tomorrow I will go to the Shen family in person to apologize and find out what the Shen family has to say."

Murong Yin felt relieved when she heard that the old man was going to the Shen family in person. She held on to a glimmer of hope. What if he went there tomorrow to sound out the situation and the marriage was finalized?

The next day, Mr. Jiang went to the Shen family in person. Because he had inquired about the news in advance, Shen Ji Chen happened to be at home when he went there this time.

The two of them sat on a carved wooden bench. Old Master Jiang leaned on his cane and looked at the scenery in the courtyard. After organizing his words in his mind, he spoke solemnly, "Ji Chen, why am I here today? I'm sure you can guess it without me telling you."

He said, sighing, "My son and daughter-in-law are not good enough. They came to my house for such a small matter. It's really wrong. I, Jiang, would like to apologize to you here. It's my fault for not educating my son well."

Hearing this, Shen Jichen hurriedly said, "Mr. Jiang, you are too serious. It's not a big deal. Why do you need to come here in person?"

He actually accepted the apology?

Mr. Jiang's brows tightened, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

He spoke tentatively, "Ji Chen, who in the upper class circles of Lucheng doesn't know about the engagement between our two families? In my opinion, we should pick a good date for these two children and settle the marriage as soon as possible."

Shen Jichen said slowly, "There's no rush for this, Mr. Jiang, Zhizhi is still in high school, right? As for me, why don't we discuss this matter after she goes to college? After all, both children are still young. What do you think?"

How could Mr. Jiang not understand the meaning behind his words? On the surface, he was saying that the marriage should be postponed and there was no rush, but in reality, he was trying to shirk responsibility.

Wait for Zhizhi to go to college? Mr. Jiang sneered inwardly. College takes four years!

When he said we'll discuss it after he goes to college, which college does he mean?

Besides, there is still a long time from high school to college!

No one knows what will happen in the meantime. What if their family breaks off the engagement?

But no matter how anxious he was, he knew that he must not bring up the engagement at this time, otherwise the marriage would probably fall through.

He smiled and said, "You have a point. Look at me. I am so old and I am counting on the younger generation to get better. That's why I am in such a hurry to bring this up."

"Mr. Jiang, you're joking. Don't elders expect the best from their younger generations? Sometimes I think that it doesn't really matter whether there is an engagement or not. It mainly depends on whether the children like it."

"If they like each other and can live happily together, we as elders can rest assured. Don't you think so, Mr. Jiang?"

Old Master Jiang's brows tightened again. Doesn't this mean that if the children don't like each other, the engagement will be invalid?

How could this be possible? He would never allow such a thing to happen.

He just nodded and said, "Ji Chen is right, but the marriage contract cannot be sloppy. After all, it is a promise made by the elders of both families. If we just ignore it casually, wouldn't it be a loss of credibility?"

Shen Ji Chen was secretly complaining in his heart, thinking that this was a hint at him, but he didn't care about it. He thought about it all night last night and finally figured it out.

What Minzhi said made sense. He didn't want his son to follow his old path.

One day in the future, if his son really doesn't like Jiang Zhiyi, this marriage will be ruined no matter what he says. He doesn't care what outsiders think of their Shen family, as long as his son can be happy.

He believed that if his father were still in heaven, he would not blame him if he knew what he did.