Chapter 214 - Permission to Marry Your Daughter

The room turned silent after that sudden announcement.

Li Qin Yao looked lifted her head and noticed that ever everyone was looking at them with a shocked expression on their face. Seconds ticked by and she was starting to get anxious due to their lack of reaction.

Her palm started to sweat as she wondered whether this was not joyous news for them. As various thoughts went to her mind all at once, Li Qin Yao felt Zhang Yu Han's squeezed her hand lightly. She turned to look at him and saw his encouraging smile. 

Just one look at his face, Li Qin Yao knew that everything will be alright.

"You're getting married?" Zhang Yu Ying was the first to react. She looked at her brother speechlessly and said, "Brother, you proposed?" Her expression changed again and she turned to Li Qin Yao with a wide grin. Zhang Yu Ying stood up from her chair and went over to Li Qin Yao's side to give her a tight hug.

Zhang Yu Ying's words and cheery reaction snapped the two elders' from their trance.

Suddenly, there was a bright smile on Zhang Jing's face and he then broke into a hearty laugh. "Good! Good! The two of you getting married is happy news. We should celebrate!"

Zhang Jing nodded as he watched his grandson.

Finally, his grandson had done something right. He was always too slow in the relationship department that Zhang Jing could not help but worry. Previously, he had to give a slight push to his grandson before he could woo his granddaughter-in-law.

Fortunately, his grandson was a fast learner and knew that he should grasp at the opportunity before it slipped away through his hand.

Meanwhile, Xu Yilan did not say anything. There was a slight smile on her face as she continued to watch her daughter's expression.

The news was a joyous and a sudden one. Though she had seen how Zhang Yu Han treated her daughter and knew how much her daughter liked him, as a mother, she could not help but to worry at the unexpected announcement. 

A soft escape escaped her as her daughter turned to look at her. 

Xu Yilan had a lot of question she wanted to ask the two of them, but those question suddenly vanished the moment she saw her daughter's hesitant, but happy smile on her face.

From the way her daughter was staring back at her, Xu Yilan could see that Li Qin Yao was silently asking for her blessing. 

As a mother, what Xu Yilan was worried most was her daughter's happiness. As long as her daughter was happy, she would not mind anything. As long as it was something that could make her daughter happy, Xu Yilan was willing to do anything.

"I thought that it was strange for you to suddenly invited everyone here to have a meal together," Xu Yilan said. "It turns out that you wanted to share this news."

Li Qin Yao fidgeted at the side. At this time, she did not know how to perceive her mother's mind. Although she knew that her mother liked Zhang Yu Han, she was still worried that her mother was going to object their choice to get married.

Zhang Yu Han turned to Xu Yilan with a serious expression on his face. It was then that he realized that he had not asked for his mother-in-law's permission to marry her daughter.

"Mother-in-law."

Xu Yilan felt the corner of her mouth twitched at Zhang Yu Han's change in addressing her. Didn't he always address her as 'auntie'? When did it turn to 'mother-in-law'? 

When did he become this shameless?

"I know that this news might be a bit too sudden," Zhang Yu Han said. "But I hope to get your permission to marry your daughter. I promise that I will take good care of Qin Yao and try my best to always be by her side." 

Xu Yilan's expression softened at his words. "As long as Yao Yao had happily agreed to it, then I don't have much objection. But, I wonder what did your parents think about this? A relationship might be a two people's affair, but a marriage is not."

She had heard that Zhang Yu Han's parents were currently residing in Country C and her daughter had never met his parents. Because of that, Xu Yilan was worried of what Zhang Yu Han's parents thought of her daughter. 

The last time, didn't her daughter broke up because her ex-boyfriend's parents did not like her daughter's background?

"You don't have to worry about this," Zhang Jing spoke. "Yu Han's parents have already know about Qin Yao and they did not have any objection to his marriage. Although my son and daughter-in-law had never met Qin Yao, the two of them fully support their son's choice."

Anyway, since he had agreed to his grandson's choice, both his son and daughter-in-law will have no way to object to Zhang Yu Han's choice. Both of them always listened to his words and arrangement.

"If your parents have no objection to it, then I don't have any objection to it as well," Xu Yilan said. She looked at her daughter and sighed. "Qin Yao is the only daughter I have. As long as you can look after her and make her happy, then I will be glad."

Li Qin Yao held her mother's hand and called out, "Ma…" Her nose and eyes starting to sour and she could not utter another word.

"In-law, you don't have to worry," Zhang Jing spoke. "If my grandson dares to hurt your daughter, I will help you to teach him a lesson."

Xu Yilan looked at the elder man and wondered whether Zhang Yu Han inherited his shamelessness. Her daughter had yet married his grandson, and he had started to address her as in-law?

"Marriage is a happy occasion," Zhang Jing spoke. "Of course, we will discuss the matter of their wedding once Yu Han's parents return. But when do you plan to register your marriage? It would be better if you can get registered earlier."

Zhang Jing was anxious. He had to wait for years to see his grandson in a relationship and now, he was afraid that his granddaughter-in-law would suddenly change her mind and decided not to marry his grandson. What should he do if that happened?

"Hmm," Zhang Jing frowned deeply as he looked at the couple. "The bureau will be closed tomorrow. How about you just get registered on Monday?"

Li Qin Yao blinked as she heard Zhang Jing's words. "Huh!?"

Monday... that's two days away. Was that not too quick?

She turned to Zhang Yu Han and saw the apparent joy on his face. Facing his loving gaze, Li Qin Yao suddenly became dazed. Her brain short-circuited and she had forgotten the words she wanted to say.

Then, she heard Zhang Yu Han's reply.

"Alright."