Chapter 1311 - Engagement (2/2)

Bai Beibei sent Gong Yi a helpless look.

Sensing Beibei’s gaze, Gong Yi’s lip twitched and curved into a boyish grin. He silently conveyed his support for her: ‘It’s okay. I’m here. Don’t be afraid.’

…

Halfway through the meal, Sun Xiaoxiao excused herself and went to the washroom.

In the corridor, Old Man Gong stopped her. “Please wait.”

Sun Xiaoxiao turned around and asked Gong Yi’s father. “Is there something you need me for?”

Old Man Gong looked at her indifferently. “You knew I would seek you out.”

“Oh?”

“Sun Xiaoxiao, there are no outsiders here. There’s no need to put on an act.”

“What do you mean? I don’t understand.”

“You don’t understand?” Old Man Gong sneered. “You may have forgotten about me but don’t think for a second that I’ve forgotten about you. I honestly didn’t expect you to be Bai Beibei’s mother. At least, now I know that the maid who climbed into Bai Shida’s bed was you.”

Sun Xiaoxiao’s face froze into a glacial mask. She glared at Old Man Gong darkly with clenched fists hanging by her side.

A transformation seemed to take hold of her then. No longer was she the elegant woman of dignified grace she portrayed herself to be. Instead, what stood in her place was a woman twisted by jealousy.

“How could I have forgotten you? My life was ruined by you. Bai Shida deserves to die, and you more so. You are the perpetrator of all hardship in my life!”

“Heh! Sun Xiaoxiao, you haven’t changed at all. Indeed, the fault is mine. I shouldn’t have shown you mercy, eighteen years ago. I should have exterminated you completely.”

“Sadly, you’ve missed that opportunity. Gong Ping, you’re nothing more than a hypocrite!” Sun Xiaoxiao clenched her teeth and said.

Old Man Gong did not refute her words because he did not think there was any need to. He had nothing to say to this woman.

“Take your daughter and get out of my sight. The Gong family will never accept your child as our daughter-in-law. She can forget about stepping through our doors!”

Sun Xiaoxiao straightened her back and offered her acquaintance a smug smile. “Shouldn’t you be saying these words to your son? Get it straight. It’s not my daughter who is trying to ingratiate herself. Your son is the one who is clinging to my daughter and refusing to let go.”

Old Man Gong frowned. “Did you orchestrate these turn of events?”

“Hmph,” Sun Xiaoxiao snorted coldly. “Gong Ping, haven’t you heard of the saying, ‘the river flows east for thirty years, and the river flows west for thirty years.’ I bet you never thought a day like this would come. Oh, the irony! Your son is in love with my daughter. It seems that I’m the ultimate victor.”

…

In the private room, Gong Yi’s mother went out to answer the phone. Only Gong Yi and Bai Beibei were left.

Bai Beibei looked at Gong Yi. “Your father really doesn’t like me…”

Gong Yi held her soft little hand, “You’re getting engaged to me, not my father, so don’t take his attitude to heart. When you’re older, we’ll get married and move out. We won’t live with my parents. We’ll have our own home. I know my father. He’s an upstanding man whose actions are always open and aboveboard. He won’t do anything to break us up.”

Bai Beibei was not worried about what Gong Yi’s father would do. It saddened her, really. Why was it so hard to gain Old Man Gong’s approval?

“Your father’s dislike for me is only temporary. I’ll definitely work hard to make him see me in a better light,” Bai Beibei brightened up.

Gong Yi smirked. Pressing his strong, sculpted body against hers, he whispered, “There’s a shortcut to gaining my father’s approval…”

“What shortcut?”

“My father really wants to have grandchildren.”