Chapter 186 - Chapter 186: Chapter One-Hundred and Eighty-Six: Marriage Proposal (1/2)
Chapter 186: Chapter One-Hundred and Eighty-Six: Marriage Proposal
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Xu Yun smiled and said, “Although we joked about getting the two engaged when they were young, the children are grown up and have their own ideas now. We’re not old-fashioned parents; we should listen to and respect our kids’ opinions. I’ve given my children plenty of freedom, so they grew up very independent, including Shi Xiu. I’ve never forced my kids to get married, and I won’t start now.”
Bai Jie smiled. “Of course. It’s the twenty-first century after all—arranged marriages are a thing of the past. However, it’s really not an easy feat to find a suitable marriage partner for families like ours. I don’t mind if the kids want a love match, but we can’t just let them fool around, right?”
“Do you still remember the Xie family? Both of their sons had married celebrities. As for their daughter… She insisted on marrying her bodyguard. In the end, the sons’ divorce proceedings are in full swing after less than ten years of marriage, and their daughter actually got abused by her bodyguard husband and even made it into the entertainment news,” Bai Jie informed Xu Yun.
“Old Master Xie was so angry that he fell ill and got hospitalized. When Gu Fei’s grandparents heard this, they sighed and told us we can’t let our kids mess around where their marriage is concerned. Our children should find good matches, isn’t that right?”
Xu Yun concurred, “You do have a point. However, it’s still up to the kids whether they want to get married or not. You can’t force love; after all, marriage means they’ll have to live together for the rest of their lives, and we can’t watch them for their entire lives.”
Bai Jie smilingly replied, “Of course. That’s why we came; we wanted to let the kids spend more time together and give them a chance to get to know each other. You never know; they might develop an interest in each other; fate is a mysterious thing. The two were already engaged when they were young—who’s to say this wasn’t meant to be? Won’t it be great if their childhood relationship comes to fruition? It really isn’t easy for families like ours to find a match of equal status!”
Xu Yun smiled politely. She agreed with Bai Jie’s logic, but she didn’t approve of her method. She still felt that mutual affection is more important than equal social status in a marriage.
However, she didn’t want to continue arguing, so she didn’t say anything further. Her daughter is assertive, and her two sons and daughters-in-law weren’t just for show. They’ll be able to take care of it; she truly didn’t have to worry about this.
Bai Jie thought she had convinced Xu Yun when the woman didn’t refute her and was secretly happy. ‘Everything I said is true, so ofcourse, Xu Yun couldn’t argue,’ Bai Jie thought. It was true that there weren’t many families of equal status to the Gu family; there were only two or three families that could match her family’s social standing in White City, and these families had watched their children grow up, so they knew each other very well.
None of those kids were suitable to be Gu Fei’s wife. Gu Fei was currently the only male child in their clan, so saying that his wife had to be one in a million wasn’t an exaggeration. They must be stringent when choosing his wife because this was a major issue that concerns the Gu family’s future bloodline!