75 – “Stay close to your brother at the banquet, don’t let anyone bully you.”
Three years ago, Lu Tian Shen entered a subsidiary of the Group to learn. At that time, he had already realized his feelings, but An Xing had to take the college entrance examination.
In China’s traditional culture everything must make way for the college entrance examination, so Lu Tian Shen must not confess his love before the college entrance examination.
After the college entrance examination, he realized that it was still early for the young man to have enlightenment, let alone express his feelings without any preparation.
After confirming his own feelings, coincidentally, when the Lu family couple was preparing to arrange a blind date for Lu Tian Shen, he directly refused, and told his parents about his decision.
When the Lu family heard about this, they were naturally shocked and immediately raised objections.
Even though the same-sex marriage law has been passed in China, surrogacy is still prohibited in the country. If Lu Tian Shen and An Xing are together, they will definitely not have children.
The Lu family’s business marriage was originally intended to merge their assets and continue to grow. Since their son is talented, there will always be someone to succeed them in the future of such a large family business.
——Why should a kingdom built with the efforts and painstaking efforts of several generations be handed over to others in vain? Judging from the career aspirations of Mr. and Mrs. Lu, the so-called wanting love over power is something only irresponsible fools would do.
As a result, Lu Tian Shen has been in a 3 year dispute with his parents. He worked his way up from project manager of the group’s subsidiaries, capitalizing on his status and combining his demonstrated ability to attract a group of extremely talented young people into the group.
Then he found his father and asked for a big project within the group, and succeeded.
He proved that he is capable of taking the group to the next level. No matter what will happen in the future, at least for now, he is a qualified successor, capable of bringing more benefits to the group.
When Lu Tian Shen went to An Xing to propose marriage, the Lu family couple had already loosened their stance. After Lu Tian Shen had finished the project perfectly, they finally agreed to talk to the An family to make the marriage official.
So An Xing thought it was a big deal that Lu Tianchen disappeared just after they got engaged. In fact, he was wrongly blaming the other party.
However, Lu Tian Shen did not intend to reveal his hard work and just downplayed it by saying:
“I have already talked to them before I asked you to marry me. They all know how I feel about you, so you don’t have to worry about their objections.”
An Xing was somewhat incredulous. Based on his understanding of the Lu family couple, they would have preferred Shen gege to find a beautiful young lady and have an extremely smart heir to inherit the family business!
Just thinking about this, An Xing froze.
If he hadn’t received a phone call from the Lu family couple today, he wouldn’t have even thought about whether Lu Tian Shen’s family would approve of their relationship. Lu Tian Shen, on the other hand, had already made up his mind and informed his parents of his intentions three years ago.
……So he hasn’t changed his mind for three years?
An Xing suddenly realized that his Shen gege is worthy of being a boss, even so resourceful – and he was actually so scheming – first he took care of his own parents, then his parents, and finally he confessed his love, just waiting for his approval.
If not for the incident of their family getting the wrong person in their arms, he was afraid that he would have been formally engaged to Shen gege by now! He can’t even run away!
The teenager hugged Huahua and looked at Lu Tian Shen with a look that said, ‘I didn’t expect you to be such a man with a calculating spirit’.
Lu Tian Shen: ……
The man propped one hand on the armrest of the sofa and tilted his head.
“What’s wrong? Are you still worried?”
An Xing’s attention was pulled back and he asked hesitantly:
“Did they really agree? I thought they wouldn’t like me being with you.”
The man raised his eyebrows, and there was a smile in his words.
“So, did you agree to be with me?”
The boy exploded, “No, I didn’t!”
The two of them were sitting on opposite ends of the sofa, the teenager holding the cat on one side, and the man leaning on the other side.
The cat struggled a bit and ran away with a meow. An Xing’s arms were suddenly empty, and he felt a bit panicked so he pulled a cream-colored pillow from the side. As soon as he hugged it into his arms, he remembered that yesterday, when this man was sick he also hugged it in his arms like this.
An Xing sat rigidly in place, staring at the man with wide eyes as he slowly approached.
The tall man stretched out his arms and pushed the teenager against the corner of the sofa, like a large predator approaching its prey, and then intimately pressed himself against the boy.
“So when will you agree to be with me?”
“As soon as you say yes, we can get a certificate.”
Oh my god! Not only did his Shen gege play tricks on him for three years, but he also tried to force himself on him!
“You you you ……”
Lu Tian Shen lowered his eyes and watched as the teenager’s hair slowly rose. His almond eyes were wide, and his face was red, but he didn’t push him away. His heart felt as if it was being gently scratched by a small claw. He tried to suppress it. so that he wouldn’t scare the teenager in his arms, and softened his voice to coax.
“If you agree, you can raise Hua Hua with me. Don’t you want to play with kittens and cats every day?”
“You …… stay away! I haven’t thought about it yet!”
An Xing wanted to push the person away, but for some reason he was weak and had no strength.
How could the boss agree to stay away from him? Naturally, he continued to press him:
“When are you going to be ready?”
“Depends on your performance!
An Xing is not a person who wants to save face, if he cannot push the man away, he will directly escape from under the man’s arm and crawl away from the sofa.
After getting out of the man’s strong grip, the teenager was relieved, and he arrogantly shouted at the man.
“You’ll have to do better than that, you’ll have to please me! Don’t be so coercive!”
After less than three seconds of glory, An Xing saw the man getting up, and immediately turned around and ran away in fear. He didn’t even intend to watch the movie, and fled from the place with a small bag on his back.
The man was sitting on the sofa, smiling softly and gently.
*
When An Xing arrived home, the others had already finished their lunch.
“How is Tian Shen doing?
Seeing that the pup did not look unhappy when he came back, but instead was blushing for some unknown reason, Shen Ying smiled and started to ask. An Zhaoming and An Rong didn’t say anything, but their eyes were already focused on the boy.
An Xing has gone over to his mother, and wanted to complain about someone. At the same time, he felt that it would be a bit embarrassing to complain to his parents.
It’s just that he was threatened by his Shen gege, but he couldn’t solve the situation and fled….. it’s embarrassing.
“Not bad, just a little low fever. Shen gege took medicine yesterday, and recovered well today.”
An Xing grunted.
Shen Ying put the pup up and down a few eyes feeling that the pup is not telling the whole story. But thinking about the fact that he came back from Lu Tian Shen’s place, she was relieved.
When the cub gets older, it’s not easy to take the initiative to push it into the pig’s nest.
Thinking about the discussion with her husband and son, Shen Ying felt inexplicably emotional.
“Xing xing ah, I, your father and brother are discussing, this year, will you and brother celebrate your 20th birthday together?
Hearing these words, An Xing was a bit stunned for a moment.
He was about to turn twenty years old in this life, while in his previous life, he was gone before he turned twenty.
An Xing perked up, put that little bit of discomfort behind him, and nodded his head quickly in agreement.
“It’s great. My brother and I were born on the same day, so of course we have to celebrate our birthdays together!”
The youngster’s eyes shone brightly, without any hint of unhappiness or hesitation. An Zhaoming and An Rong, who were secretly concerned, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
An Xing had already come over and asked curiously:
“How will we celebrate?”
“Let’s organize a birthday banquet for you.”
An Zhaoming interjected, as if thinking of something his face was slightly cold.
“Although it was announced at last month’s banquet that you will be the adopted son of our family, there are still some people who don’t have eyes to notice, thinking that we don’t take you seriously and that you are easy to bully. At this banquet, let those people see how important you are to our family, Xingxing!”
An Xing blinked blankly.
“Does anyone look down on me? I don’t feel any different from before.”
An Zhaoming: ……
“That’s because you used to be very nerdy as well and hardly ever went out with people.”
An Rong opened his mouth and stated calmly.
“In the past half a month, I’ve been invited to eight different parties by eight groups of people. Did they invite you?”
The teenager was stunned: “No!”
An Zhaoming and Shen Ying sighed. Their son was still speaking tactfully.
In the past, there were very few rich young masters who invited An Xing because they found An Xing unappealing. They felt that because of An Xing’s nature, he would not be able to keep An Ning’s jewelry sooner or later, so there was no need to befriend him.
Now some people have not invited An Xing because they feel that with An Rong, An Xing has even less status in the An family and there is no need to befriend him.
These people could not see the importance that the An family attached to An Xing, as well as An Xing’s own talents.
For now, they just don’t give An Xing any importance, but who knows if there will be some short-sighted people who think that suppressing An Xing will help them please An Rong? Although the An family can retaliate afterward, what to do if their pup is bullied.
So the An family discussed and felt that they had to prepare for a rainy day and bring An Xing to show up more often showing the importance of their pup!
“Anyway, you prepare well, and when the time comes for the birthday banquet, you’ll spend it with Rongrong.”
An Zhaoming put on the authority of the family head and ordered.
“Stay close to your brother at the banquet, don’t let anyone bully you.”
Although he felt that no one would have the leisure to come and bully him, An Xing still honestly agreed.
He, An Xing Xing, is a filial son!
*
It was the end of October, An Xing and An Rong’s birthday party.
Their 20th birthday was organized in a relatively grand manner. Not only did they invite many partners of An Zhaoming and Shen Ying, but the An family and the Shen family were also present.
There is no need to mention the Ning family, they left Tang City long ago.
At first, some people were confused, thinking that the An family was just putting on a show, and in fact did not value An Xing, who was originally the false young master and now the adopted son. However, when they saw the young man who appeared alongside An Rong, well-dressed and glittering like a little prince, they realized that the An family really did attach importance to An Xing.
–The An family really values the child they raised with their own hands, and An Rong really treats An Xing as his baby brother.
Not to mention the Shen family, who treated both children equally. The Shen family’s twins are actually much closer to An Xing.
Considering that after the banquet in which the An family announced the truth, many people did not put An Xing in their eyes, and were bent on pleasing An Rong. Suddenly, they broke out in a cold sweat. Unfortunately, at this time, it is no longer possible for them to go around and curry favor with An Rong.
An Hao stood in the corner and watched An Xing being surrounded by An Rong and the Shen family, with a hint of anger in his eyes. He was about to drink from his wine glass when he heard his mother’s voice behind him with suppressed anger.
“What did I tell you just now? You still have the heart to drink now?”
In the past, Tan Xiu’s anger would have made An Hao more restrained, but lately he has been having a hard time.
Somehow his mother’s ideas that worked so well in the past were failing one by one. He was a bit angry and felt that it was his mother’s wrong ideas that had brought him to this point, so he couldn’t help but say:
“What’s the use of using those tactics when we’ve already torn each other’s faces off?
Just now in the car, his mother explained a few words to him, asking him to tell them to An Rong and stir up the relationship between him and the An family.
But in An Hao’s opinion, they’ve already torn themselves apart from his uncle’s family, and that kid An Rong doesn’t like them either, so how can these words be useful now?
It would be better for him to work hard and make good use of his private experience with Weiqing Jewelry, and use his strength to hit An Xing in the face!
Tan Xiu looked at her short-sighted son with disappointment in her eyes, and said with hatred:
“Of course other strategies will not work, but what I want you to say this time is about the two people from the Ning family.”
“Of course a dead person is more useful than a living person!”
“The words of a dead man are certainly more useful than those of a living man.”
Now that there’s no proof of their deaths, there’s no way to pour any dirt on them!
TRANSLATOR’S CORNER:
I am not a native speaker of either Chinese or English. I basically MTL and edit the text, sometimes I also use some sites for reference. I can’t guarantee that everything here is accurate, But I try to stick to the author’s work as much as possible. Please feel to comment any mistakes🙂🤗.
