Chapter 353 - Why Does That Woman, Standing Among the Qi Family, Look so Familiar? (2/2)

“He went into the school first. We were worried that we may hold him back too long from class,” Qi Chenglin explained.

At that moment, there were already a number of cars in the car park that had become almost full. Those parents were also present to attend the parents’ visitation day.

They could choose to not turn up at any other time, but the parents’ visitation day was a very important event. As long as the parents were free, they would attend the event. That included The Great Eight Families.

The Great Eight Families, such as the Wei family and the Qi family, placed great importance on their children that the other families would go as far as to try their luck if they could catch a sight of anyone from the Great Eight Families. Therefore, no matter how tied down they were, they would always rearrange their schedule to make time for the event.

As a result of such a cycle, the parents’ visitation day would turn out to be a very lively event every time. The Jixia Elementary School had become a stage for the upper-class society to get acquainted with one another.

“Aye, let’s go too,” pushing up her sunglasses, Grandmother Qi said hastily and walked into the school before the others.

“Mom, it has just snowed and the road is slippery. Please slow down.” Guan Liya hurried along to support Grandmother Qi.

They had already met a number of familiar faces along the way.

Usually, any common family would not simply step up to greet them. Instead, they would observe from a distance. In case that their children were just in the same class as Qi Youxuan, they would rejoice. During class, they could take this opportunity to converse with the Qi family.

Nonetheless, it was really unexpected to see such a big group of the Qi family. Even Grandfather Qi and Grandmother Qi were present. That led them to deduced Qi Youxuan’s importance to the Qi family, he could not simply be an illegitimate child.

“Grandfather Qi, Grandmother Qi, auntie.” A voice greeted from behind them.

They turned around to see Li Zhuohui striding towards them.

Grandmother Qi was rather fond of Li Zhuohui. The Li family had always stayed low and did not have many scandals. She could understand that the youngsters would play around and get into affairs occasionally. In their circle, even if they did not initiate it, someone would still try to stick around them. They could not even stop it.

Among the families’ younger generation, Li Zhuohui was considered to possess a steady disposition.

Next to Li Zhuohui were his mother and aunt. They too greeted Grandfather Qi and Grandmother Qi politely.

“Xiao Li, why are you here?” Grandmother Qi asked with a smile.

“I came with my mom and aunt. My cousin just happens to be on a business trip and his wife is still in confinement. Today is the parents’ visitation day. So, I am here on their behalf.”

“I see.” Grandmother Qi laughed while nodding her head.

“Are you here to visit Youxuan?” Li Zhuohui’s aunt, Zheng Yuxia asked.

“Yes,” Grandmother Qi nodded happily.

Li Zhuohui’s mother, Xu Yaomin, was wondering why Grandmother Qi was in such a good mood. Although Grandmother Qi always greeted the others with a smile, she seemed more thrilled that day.

“I heard from Youxuan that he’s in the same class as your Jianyu,” remarked Grandmother Qi, her back straightened suddenly.

Zheng Yuxia agreed with a smile. Her eyes suddenly came across Ruan Danchen and asked curiously, “This young lady is…”

“Hahaha!” Grandmother Qi laughed delightfully. She was waiting for someone to ask her that question. She pulled Ruan Danchen towards her and introduced, “This is my second grandson’s girlfriend. Her name is Ruan Danchen. Our Youxuan loves her very much and we have also considered her a part of our family.”

“Oh! Then I suppose that the good news is in order?” Xu Yaomin’s sight fell on Ruan Danchen before smiling towards Grandmother Qi saying, “The Qi family’s happy occasions come one after another. Isn’t the wife of your eldest grandson going to give birth soon? Your youngest granddaughter has just gotten married and now, a wife for your second grandson. This is really triple happiness coming one after another.”

“Isn’t it true?” Grandmother Qi was stroking Ruan Danchen’s hand softly when she felt something hard and looked down. “Oh, Xiao Ruan! Why’s there a ring on your finger? Has Chenglin proposed to you?”

“We…” Ruan Danchen tried to explain but was not given the chance. Grandmother Qi turned around and smiled towards the Li family in elation.

“Sigh, my second grandson acts really fast. Liya, quick! Make a call to print the wedding invitation, the one that printed the wedding invitation for Chengzhi and the Song girl. Their cards were pretty exquisite.” Grandmother Qi told Guan Liya before turning back to the Li family and said in a smile, “We will send you the invitation later!”

Xu Yaomin and Zheng Yuxia laughed along with her. They felt thankful that the grandmothers from the remaining of The Great Eight Families were not present today. Otherwise, they would have ripped into Grandmother Qi.

The Qi family’s grandchildren had gotten married one after another, getting on the nerves of the other families.

Looking at the high spirited Grandmother Qi, Ruan Danchen was unable to explain any further. She could not refute Grandmother Qi, embarrassing her in public. She could only explain when they were back home later.

Li Zhuohui, his mother and aunt then took their leave and started towards the school building ahead of the Qi family.

The others who saw the occurrence glanced towards the Qi family. Although they might not be qualified enough to greet the Qi family, they were also curious about Qi Chenglin’s girlfriend.

If she could attend Qi Youxuan’s parents’ visitation day with the Qi family, she must have already been accepted into the family. Thus, they could not help but stare at her a little longer.

They noticed that Qi Chenglin’s arm was wrapped around Ruan Danchen’s waist protectively. He seemed to dote on her very much. Ruan Danchen also appeared to be a lot younger than Qi Chenglin. The two Qi young masters had both gotten themselves young wives.

Checked out Qi Chenglin’s warm gaze on Ruan Danchen. That was the first time they have ever seen it.

In the past, when Qi Chengzhi took off his sunglasses, those sharp eyes softened when they met Song Yu. Now, Qi Chenglin who looked at everyone else impatiently would become full of patience when his sight fell onto Ruan Danchen.

They wondered which family did that lady come from for she could firmly attract the attention of the second young master of the Qi family.

Looking back at Grandmother Qi and Guan Liya, their mood seemed lifted and they gleamed happily at Ruan Danchen. Their sincere smiles revealed their acceptance of Ruan Danchen as their granddaughter-in-law. It seemed that a wedding was in order for the Qi family.

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“Zhijing, why does that woman, standing among the Qi family, look so familiar?” When Gu Ziyao and Shen Zhijing walked into the school ground, they saw Grandmother Qi holding onto Ruan Danchen’s hand affectionately while conversing with the Li family.

Shen Zhijing was accompanying Gu Ziyao to the parents’ visitation day. Her brother, Shen Zhenghong, was in Z City. Gu Ziyao was unable to care for their two children at the same time on her own. Hence, she asked Shen Zhijing over to help her out.

Shen Zhenghong and Gu Ziyao had a boy and a girl. Their nine-year-old son, walking next to Gu Ziyao, was in the third year of Jixia Elementary School. Their younger daughter, Shen Manman, whose hand was held by Gu Ziyao, was in the same class as Qi Youxuan.

Gu Ziyao would attend her son’s parents’ visitation day and leave Shen Manman’s to Shen Zhijing.

“That auntie is Qi Youxuan’s dad’s girlfriend,” said Shen Manman all of a sudden.

“What did you just say?” Shen Zhijing stopped in her tracks and glared down at Shen Manman.

Shen Manman was intimidated by Shen Zhijing’s intensive glare and hid behind Gu Ziyao. Shen Zhijing’s expression at that moment was really frightening, her eyes opened wide as if they could gobble her up anytime.

Gu Ziyao was displeased with that and shielded Shen Manman from Shen Zhijing’s sight. She advised, “Calm down. Don’t get too agitated. You’re scaring the child.”

“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Shen Zhijing ignored Gu Ziyao to glare at Shen Manman.

Frightened, Shen Manman took another step backward, “Why are you being so mean to me, auntie?”

Shocked and enraged, she could not be bothered about Shen Manman’s feeling but pushed on instead, “You said that she’s Qi Chenglin’s girlfriend. Is she the one whose hands are clasped by Grandmother Qi?”

Shen Manman nodded perturbed.

“Zhijing, what’s wrong with you? You are scaring the child.” Gu Ziyao frowned at Shen Zhijing while shielding her daughter.

“Didn’t you ask why that woman seems so familiar? She is Ruan Danchen.”

Stunned into silence, Gu Ziyao blinked and her face changed after recalling her memory.

“Ruan Danchen? Could you possibly be mistaken? Perhaps they only look similar. It has been seven years after all. It’s perfectly normal to not remember clearly.” Gu Ziyao frowned, looking towards Ruan Danchen.

Fortunately, the Qi family’s attention was on the Li family and did not notice them.

“Impossible! I met her at the entrance of Shengyue a few days ago. At that time, she was with Mu Huaisheng’s assistant and I thought that they were going out together. How did she end up with Qi Chenglin?” Shen Zhijing was driven mad with rage.

She already abhorred the sight of Ruan Danchen when she saw her again after seven years. She hoped that Ruan Danchen would vanish and never appear in her life ever again.

Looking at Ruan Danchen among the Qi family, she was not only shocked. She could not accept it at all!