Chapter 3468 — Wei Zhao Has Come Back Again
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What Wei Zhao found amusing, however, was that Guan Xiaopeng's benefactor was none other than his own master, Yang Zhao!
"All right, darling. If it's a boy, let's name him Lin Xiaoguan; if it's a girl, Lin Xiaoxin!" Guan Xin took Wei Zhao's hand and leaned almost half her body into his arms.
For Guan Xin, this was an extraordinarily bold move. She had never imagined she would act so intimately in front of so many people. But since this was all an act, she allowed herself to let go.
In truth, there was also a thrill in doing it. She felt strangely exhilarated. So this was how it felt when a good girl rebelled just once. It was rather liberating!
"What a disgrace to the family... Sister-in-law Yuxi, I'm afraid you've had to witness something embarrassing." Guan Xiaopeng genuinely had no idea what else to say. He was completely at a loss.
"Not at all. I think it's wonderful. The two of them clearly like each other, and that's a very good thing." Shen Yutang covered her mouth and laughed softly.
In Guan Xiaopeng's eyes, however, that smile became mockery, leaving him utterly humiliated. He drew a deep breath and said, "Wei Zhao, I'm begging you now. Could you please leave? Xinxin's blind date will be here any moment! Do me this favor and let the blind date proceed smoothly today, all right? After that, I won't interfere anymore, no matter what happens. You and Xinxin can do whatever you want. Is that acceptable?"
Guan Xiaopeng truly had no other choice but to compromise. Whatever else happened, he had to preserve his dignity today. He could not let his benefactor's disciple see his daughter behaving like this. That would be far too discourteous.
Once Wei Zhao left and he had gotten through the day, Guan Xiaopeng intended to stop meddling altogether. A daughter grown up was a daughter destined to leave home. That was precisely what the saying meant.
"Then..." Wei Zhao turned to look at Guan Xin.
"Wei Zhao... perhaps you should listen to my father after all..." Guan Xin was, at heart, still a good girl. She had fought for her love earlier, but even she felt that she had gone too far. Now that her father had yielded and she had achieved her purpose, she could not keep pushing him.
"Mm, all right. I'll leave for now... Call me if anything comes up." Wei Zhao nodded, then said to Guan Xiaopeng, "Uncle Guan, since you insist, I'll be going. I'll see you again in a little while."
"Fine!" Guan Xiaopeng snorted inwardly. See you in a little while? You won't be seeing me at all. Once I leave, you'd better show up only after that. I never want to see you again!
Wei Zhao smiled without saying anything more. He rose and walked toward the private room's entrance.
Shen Yutang found the whole thing rather amusing, but she did not try to stop him. She was more than happy to sit back and enjoy the farce.
Only after Wei Zhao had left did Guan Xiaopeng finally breathe a sigh of relief. He turned to Shen Yutang and said, "Sister-in-law Yuxi, you see... Xinxin refuses to listen. I'm afraid this marriage arrangement... Ah!"
"Oh? I think Xinxin is wonderful. I'm quite satisfied with her!" With Shen Yutang's sharpness, how could she possibly fail to see what was going on between Guan Xin and Wei Zhao? Besides, although Shen Yutang did not smoke, Yang Zhao did. Did she really not know what cigarette smoke smelled like simply because she had never smoked herself?
The smoke Guan Xin had just blown out contained not the slightest trace of tobacco. It was obviously a scentless prop. And that had hardly been smoking. She had merely drawn the smoke into her mouth, held it there for a moment, and blown it back out without letting it reach her lungs. That was not smoking at all!
Guan Xiaopeng, however, was too worried about his daughter to notice any of these details.