After the two got in the car, Tang Yi took out his cell phone. He had muted his phone at the conference, but when he turned it on, he found that there were many missed calls, including hers and calls from the Tang family's old house.
Tang Yi pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of something. He originally intended to call the police but instead called the old man directly.
The phone rang several times before the old man's full-bodied voice came from the other end, "Hello."
Just from one word he said, you could tell that he was in a very good mood.
Tang Yi was immediately certain that his guess was correct. Recently, the Tang family was almost sick with anger because of him running away from marriage, and because of the interference of the sixth son. He could only think of one reason why he was in such a good mood at the moment.
"Grandpa, shouldn't you say hello to me or her mother before taking her away?" When Tang Yi said this, he glanced sideways at Zhao Chuning beside him.
She turned around when she heard the voice and looked at him with surprise and joy.
The old man distanced himself from the matter. "I called you, but you didn't answer. Who can you blame? Your great-granddaughter is already this big, and you didn't bring her back to show us. So we can only do it ourselves."
Hearing the old man's words, Tang Yi felt relieved and gave Zhao Chuning a reassuring look.
It turned out to be a false alarm, and she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she thought that it was the elders of the Tang family who took the child away, she had to tense up again. After all, she had no idea what the elders of the Tang family meant.
Tang Yi asked: "Where are you?"
"In the house, come over."
"Yeah." Tang Yi hung up the phone. Zhao Chuning half turned sideways and looked at him, "Did Mr. Tang take Mimi away?"
"Yeah. Let's go over there now."
Zhao Chuning nodded, "Okay."
Tang Yi held the steering wheel with one hand, his eyes wandered to her face, and seeing that she still looked melancholy, he asked, "What are you worried about?"
"..." Zhao Chuning raised her eyes and glanced at him, her expression somewhat dim. After a while, her sight fell to the front, and she spoke in a quiet voice: "You know."
"I can tell from the phone call just now that the old man really likes Mimi." He paused and said, "Do you understand what I mean?"
Her heart was tense, as if a huge rock was pressing on her heart, making her feel a little breathless.
Tang Yi continued: "Even if you can convince me not to snatch Mimi from you, you can't convince grandpa, you can't convince my dad."
So, what he meant was that Mimi and the others were determined to win.
Zhao Chuning didn't say anything, just sat there quietly, clenching his hands.
No matter what, she won't let go!
Tang Yi sat aside, occasionally glancing at her flustered expression, with the corners of his lips raised. It didn't seem like a bad thing for the old man to take Mimi away without saying a word.
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It took a long time to drive to the old house.
When we arrived, there were already quite a few cars parked in the parking lot. It looked like most of the Tang family were there.
Zhao Chuning was thinking about Mimi, so she followed Tang Yi out of the car. She couldn't wait to get in.
The two of them walked up the stairs. She walked quite fast. Tang Yi narrowed his eyes and looked at her back with interest. He put one hand in his pocket and followed her. "Aren't you nervous at all?"
"Nervous." Zhao Chuning said truthfully: "If I can't bring Mimi back, I don't know what I will do."
Tang Yi thought her words were funny, "There are so many bodyguards here, what else can you do?"
Zhao Chuning took a look and saw a number of sturdy men in black standing under the majestic Roman columns. His heart suddenly became colder.
If they really wanted to snatch Mimi from her, she would be nothing but meat on the chopping board.
"I'm not asking you about Mimi. You're going to meet my grandfather and my father soon, aren't you nervous?" Tang Yi's words brought her back to her senses.
Zhao Chuning was stunned.
She didn't expect that Tang Yi was asking about this.
Suddenly she remembered that when they were dating a few years ago, she had envied other young couples around her who had already met their parents, but Tang Yi had never put such a thing on the agenda. In his opinion, it was just for fun, and it was not necessary to escalate to meeting the parents.
When people around him asked her about it, she would always answer before him that she was too timid and not mentally prepared to meet his parents. She was the one who rushed to answer because she didn't want to hear his answer and didn't want to disappoint herself.
"I remember you said before that you would be very nervous if this day really came." Tang Yi glanced at her, "But I see that you don't seem to be nervous at all now."
Zhao Chuning twitched his lips and forced a smile, "It's not time to meet the parents now."
"..." Tang Yi's face turned cold, and he was obviously quite dissatisfied with this answer.
He stared at Zhao Chuning, stretched out his hand, held her hand without saying anything, and led her upstairs.
Zhao Chuning came back to his senses, "Tang Yi, what are you doing?"
He walked fast and his legs were so long that she had to jog to keep up with him.
"My grandfather is a good guy, quite open-minded, so you don't have to be afraid of him. As for my dad..." Tang Yi's thin lips tightened when he mentioned Tang Shoulin, "You don't have to pay attention to him."
Zhao Chuning could feel that when Tang Yi talked about his father, even though there was rebellion in his expression, he couldn't hide the loneliness.
She wanted to pull her hands free, but in the end she didn't move and just let him hold her.
It's a really strange feeling.
She hadn't felt nervous at all just now, but now that Tang Yi had dragged her in, she felt as if she was meeting his parents. Her heart was lifted unconsciously.
"Master Wu, you're back." When he reached the last step, the servant was already waiting at the door. After greeting Tang Yi respectfully, he looked at Zhao Chuning with a smile on his face. Zhao Chuning smiled and nodded slightly in response.
"Come in quickly, everyone is waiting." The servant led them in.
The three of them entered the hall one after another.
Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Zhao Chu Ning was still stunned for a moment when he saw the hall full of strangers.
In the entire hall of the Tang family, besides Mr. Tang and Tang Yi's father, there were also Tang Yu, Tang Jue and Tang Wei. Tang Yu was with Song Zhixing, and next to Tang Jue was the pregnant Qiqi. Tang Wei was alone.
Mimi was now leaning against Qiqi's bulging belly. Qiqi spoke softly to her, and she listened curiously. It was obvious that they were talking about the baby in her belly. She listened so attentively that she didn't even notice Zhao Chuning and Tang Yi coming in.
This little guy is really friendly to everyone.
Zhao Chuning didn't know who her personality resembled. Neither she nor Tang Yi was like that.
"Here they come!" The old man spoke first when he saw them.