Wang Yi-An also has to work early in the morning tomorrow as well. So she didn’t do anything much but washes-up and hit the bed at 9 PM.
Meanwhile, the heiress to the Tong Family had come to pay a visit to Grandfather Yang. She felt like she should have brought some gifts, but Yang Tian-Xu didn’t drop by any stores; also he told her that it wasn’t necessary for gifts. Still, Tong Yue-Yan felt ashamed to come empty-handed.
The moment the maids told Grandfather Yang that his grandson had finally arrived, Grandfather Yang most certainly did not mind at all. He was just happy to see his grandson, Yang Tian-Xu, “Tian-Xu! My boy! You finally came to see this old man!” The 87-year-old man wore a male hanfu. A hanfu is an old traditional Chinese outfit. He genuinely likes the traditional styles, and it indeed suited him because it makes him feel comfortable.
“Ye-ye!” He called his grandfather, Ye-Ye. It simply means grandfather, and it was one of the most loving ways for a grandson to call his grandfather. Grandfather Yang came over, and Yang Tian-Xu got pulled into his grandfather’s embrace. “You were supposed to be a filial child, how come it takes you over three weeks to come to visit this old body of mine?”
“Ye-Ye, you might be old, but you are still very healthy! I was busy with work, but I am here now, aren’t I?”
“Work?” he lifted his eyebrows up and looked over to Tong Yue-Yan. “She looks like she could be much work!” Grandfather Yang laughed and smiled at the girl. Making her face glowing red. Yang Tian-Xu immediately explains and introduce her, “This is Miss Tong Yue-Yan, she is the daughter of Mayor Tong from City A, she just came to City Y, so I took her out to show her around the city as a host.”
“Hello, Elder-Mr Yang.” She had politely said as she lowers her head to bow to him.
“Oh please, call me Grandfather Yang! You don’t need to be too polite, and this is a new era! It’s great to see you kids respect your elders, but that made me feel like a thousand years older!”
“Grandfather Yang, I am sorry I had not borne you any gifts today, for sure tomorrow I shall bear you some gifts as an apology.”
“Nonsense, child! Your aunt also came today bearing plenty of gifts already! I would feel ashamed to have received any more.”
Tong Yue-Yan was happy to hear that her aunt had brought some gifts to Grandfather Yang. She thought to herself, “Yes! Thank you, auntie, I won’t forget to thank you later!”
“Come, come, let’s all sit at the dining table, and have dinner. Today’s menu is your favourite dishes Tian-Xu! I had the chefs made them for you!” Grandfather Yang was a cheerful and jolly old man. He loves to have guests over at his house, which had made Tong Yue-Yan less nervous.
They followed Grandfather Yang to the dining room, and they would sit down at their respected seating. The Table was a roundtable, Tong Yue-Yan would sit next to her aunt, on the left side. Yang Tian-Xu’s mother would have him sit next to Tong Yue-Yan, and she would sit next to him on his left hand, then her husband, Yang Fei-Hung. Then again to the left would be Grandfather Yang, it is a roundtable the middle has been undetermined from each person's point of view, but Grandfather Yang would undoubtedly be at the centre, in the Head-of-the-house seat.
The dishes would be served to them by the maids like they are in like a five-star Chinese restaurant. At the top of each seating area are public chopsticks and spoons. Used so that they could pick their food into their plates. The table has a rotating centre in which the side dishes positioned.
Tong Yue-Yan felt like a new bride that just married into the Yang Family; she couldn’t help but smiled. She would use her public chopstick to take some food for Grandfather Yang. The man was so happy and delighted, and he too felt that this Miss Tong was a delightful girl. He would be more than glad to have her as his grand-daughter-in-law.
Mrs Yang had pretty much been saying Grandfather Yang kind words about Tong Yue-Yan, all while they waited for the two of them to arrive. Grandfather Yang had a perfect impression about Tong Yue-Yan, not only was she pretty, she was very knowledgeable about the Yang Family’s history. As a man who’s so proud of his family heritage, he felt delighted to hear Tong Yue-Yan talk about how much she admired the Yang Family.
Just like that Tong Yue-Yan had bonded into the Yang Family. Tong Yue-Yan had a fantastic talent to make other adores her. However, Yang Tian-Xu had remained unaffected by this. His heart and mind were still wandering off to a random girl he had never known anything! Yang Tian-Xu thought it would be impossible to tell his family that he had fallen in love at first sight, and this girl was undoubtedly not Tong Yue-Yan.
Yang Tian-Xu doesn’t think he could ever tell his families that he had fallen for some random girl. Yang Tian-Xu remains quiet for quite a while. Until his grandfather jokily asked him, “If only I could see you married and have my great-grandchildren, I would be happy to pass then.”
“Ye-Ye! You can’t say something like that, Ye-Ye will live a very long life, even long enough to see your Great-Great Grandchildren.”
“Oh, I could only wish so.” Grandfather Yang hasn’t seen his grandson in a while, so naturally, he would pull him over into the garden to enjoy the night scenery at Tian-Bo-Fu. It was just the two of them, and Grandfather Yang straightforwardly asked, “You seems absent-minded, and uninterested in Miss Tong. Is there someone else you might have liked?”
Yang Tian-Xu was surprised at how sharp Grandfather Yang was, his parents couldn’t even tell that he had no interest in Tong Yue-Yan. However, most certainly Grandfather Yang had quickly noticed. “Ye-Ye…” Yang Tian-Xu was at lost for words, but Grandfather Yang reassured him.
“My good grandson, listen to Ye-Ye’s suggestion. Miss Tong Yue-Yan may seem to be the most compatible woman for you. However, if you have someone else you love deeply, don’t you be afraid to bring her home for Ye-Ye. Ye-Ye gave you his full support, no matter whom you have fallen fall.”
Yang Tian-Xu and his grandfather had a very close relationship. He was always doted on by his grandfather. After hearing his grandfather's words, he felt like he could tell his grandfather everything. Yang Tian-Xu was about to open his mouth when they were interrupted by Yang Tian-Xu’s mother. Ms Yang called out to them, “Tian-Xu! It is getting very late; you should take Ms Tong and Yue-Yan home.”
“Yes, mother.” He replied and turned to his grandfather to face him. “Ye-ye, don’t you worry, Ye-Ye. When I met the girl of my dream; I definitely would bring her to meet you!” he gave a slight head bow to his grandfather and left.
Yang Tian-Xu looked at the time; 9:30 PM was the current time. As he, Yang Tian-Xu tried to remain quiet the entire trip towards the Tong Family villa. He was driving, and Tong Yue-yan and his aunt wouldn’t want to disturb him, of course, they would say beautiful things about Grandfather Yang.
Yang Tian-Xu would merely nod his head, and occasionally he would thank them for their kind words. Tong Yue-Yan felt that today wasn’t long enough, but to Yang Tian-Xu today had been such a long day. After all, Yang Tian-Xu had taken them back to the Tong villa. Yang Tian-Xu had finally made it home. His parent was to stay with Grandfather Yang for the weekend, so Yang Tian-Xu had the Yang Family Estate to himself, by the time he had reached home it was already 11:05 PM.
The western architecture of the Yang Family manor in the city was completely different than Tian-Bo-Fu. Instead of being traditional and grand, it is just a fancy manor on top of a hill. They have about two live-in maids that worked for them 24/7 while some part-timers come in and out from the back door to help out with cleaning and gardening. However, at night-time, the manor becomes a big empty house.
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