Chapter 172 - MEETING SHI FAMILY AND YANG FAMILY (3)

[Yang Menghuo POV]

"She was the one who told me that my parents loved me, despite me having no hope towards my parents."

"So please understand that she is very important in my heart. She is the reason why I can be with you two right now. Even without your blessing, I will still marry Ying Jie."

Everyone was stunned, including Ying Jie. Yang Menghuo understood that Ying Jie must've not expected him to be so upfront about his feeling and announced in front of their parents that none of the matters because he would still marry Ying Jie nonetheless.

But for Yang Menghuo, he had planned this way before this family meeting. He knew that Ying Jie would never allow him to say such a thing because family mattered the most for her.

While for Menghuo, the family didn't matter a lot as long as they didn't provide him with enough love. What he did right now was the same thing they did to him when he was a kid.

Menghuo showered his parents with money that he earned, and he didn't even complain once about the money spent. 

But he was never close to his parents, no matter how much his parents claimed it to be. 

Yang Menghuo observed the expression of his parents and then Ying Jie's parents. He thought all of them would be angry, especially his overbearing mother.

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He waited and waited. But to his surprise, Ying Jie's parents looked relieved after he said it, and his dad nodded affirmingly. 

Meanwhile, his mom, Madam Yang, looked annoyed as usual, but she actually sat down. 

Menghuo's dad was the first one to speak, "I understand that we have never been good parents to you. That's why we've been trying to compensate for it when you got older. But it's a bit too late because we found out that you're a lot more capable than you look, my son."

Madam Yang added, "Mom doesn't hate you at all, my son. But I've been raised in a very harsh condition since I was a kid. My parents want me to be the best, the most perfect. So I also want you to be something similar."

"You're perfect now. You're handsome, extremely wealthy, young, and well-established," Madam Yang sighed as she stared at her beloved only son. "But you're getting farther and farther from us. It's our fault for leaving you alone with your grandma when you were a child."

"I'm not getting farther, Mom. I'm just independent now, thanks to Ying Jie. She told me about being independent and be the way I wanted to be. So I didn't need to listen to someone else's expectation."

"I don't want to live based on the expectation that you set me. I never want to marry one of your models or celebrities. My heart only beats for one woman."

Yang Menghuo glanced at his beloved Ying Jie and smiled. He held Ying Jie's palm and put it on his chest, "My heart beats for you, Ying Jie."

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Now Menghuo was the one who got confused since nobody talked after what he said. 

Until Father Shi broke the ice with a comment;

"Aiya, Menghuo, you're really a sweet talker, ah? Don't you see my daughters face right now?"

"Huh?" 

Yang Menghuo checked on Ying Jie's face, and he saw that Ying Jie was completely red as a tomato. She lowered her head but still couldn't hide that her face was so red.

Mother Shi also laughed heartily, "Look at Shi Ying now. It's very rare for her to be this bashful! Yang Menghuo, you really can melt my daughter's heart, can you? She has always been fierce to everyone!"

Father and Mother Shi was laughing together, full of warmth. Not long after, his father, Mr. Yang Zhuhuo, also smiled and snickered lowly, "I have to admit that you're able to melt Secretary Shi and all her toughness. You're amazing, my son."

Yang Menghuo had just remembered that his dad worked with Ying Jie for seven years, so his dad must've had at least an emotional connection with her.

Meanwhile, the one silent right now was his mother, Madam Yang. 

After the laughter and happy time ended, they were all staring at Madam Yang, waiting for her response.

Everybody seemed to have accepted Yang Menghuo and Shi Ying's marriage, except for Madam Yang. She appeared to be so stubborn about making her son be the most perfect man on earth. 

Madam Yang sighed as the attention quickly shifted at her, "I want my son to be perfect. I want him to be the best man on earth because I've always been taught how to be perfect, so I will also apply that to Yang Menghuo, my only son."

Everyone looked disappointed, Madam Yang was too stubborn, but before they could assume that Madam Yang didn't bless this marriage, she suddenly added, "That being said, picking the right partner is also crucial. A suitable, loving, lifetime partner will fit you like the last puzzle piece."

"And I believe after listening to the story that Shi Ying and Yang Menghuo deserve to be together. They're meant to be together, even though fate, they found each other again."

"T—That means—" Yang Menghuo couldn't believe that he could finally hear what he wanted to hear from his mother the whole time. "D—Did you—"

"Yes, my son, I bless your marriage with Shi Ying. But under one condition. Your children will be under my tutelage. I want my grandchildren to be great figures in the entertainment industry. At least, I need an heir to be the next leader for the VAGUE magazine."

Yang Menghuo was about to agree upon hearing that request. But Mother Shi suddenly interrupted, "Aiya, you want to take ALL my grandchildren and raised them like a pampered baby the whole time? I also want to teach them how to fight tigers and bears! All my children all trained to be warrior ladies! Of course, I want them to be a warrior as well!"

"Even Shi Ying can handle two tigers at once with ease!" Mother Shi added. 

Madam Yang widened her eyes, "Why would I want my grandchildren to be fighting tigers!? They should be on the runway! Movie! Music Concert! Interview! If they want to fight, they have to fight smart!" 

"Peh! They will be a bunch of pampered Young Masters and Misses! I want them to be able to handle the wildlife! Just look at Shi Ying. She can survive alone in Beijing, even working as a secretary, because she is a warrior lady!" Mother Shi said.

"Just look at my son, then, he might be a pampered Young Master, but he is one of the richest men on earth right now. And he can do it all by himself!" Madam Yang didn't want to lose either. 

Meanwhile, Mister Yang and Father Shi just stared at their wives and tried to calm them down, knowing that their fierce wives weren't going to stop arguing anytime soon. 

Shi Ying and Yang Menghuo stared at their families and then turned their heads to stare at each other.

Yang Menghuo grinned happily and proudly, like a kid that wanted to be praised after doing a great job over something. 

"Ying Jie—"

"No."

"Eeeeh!? But I haven't said anything!"

"I won't praise your just because you make me so embarrassed today. What a cheesy man, doing cheesy stuff in front of his families."

Yang Menghuo was stunned after realizing that he accidentally got his beloved Ying Jie in a bad mood. Well, not exactly a bad mood, but she was definitely not pleased with how everyone laughed at her red as tomato cheeks since she was used to be a strong warrior lady.

"Y—Ying Jie, I really don't mean it like that. I just want to prove to them that you're truly my beloved!"

"You can prove that without being cheesy," Shi Ying looked away in annoyance. Although, she was actually still embarrassed and shy about the whole ordeal. 

Thus, the awkward family introduction turned to be three henpecked husbands trying to calm their wives. 

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"D—Dear, please calm down. You're embarrassing us," Father Shi tried to calm Mother Shi to no avail.

"What's embarrassing about me? They're literally going to take away your grandchild and turn them into weak, pampered crybaby young masters and missus! And you still want to say stuff about being embarrassing!?"

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"Darling, let's just stop this argument, okay? It's nothing important, really—"

Madam Yang glared at Mister Yang, who tried to calm her down, "What are you on about?! This woman is trying to take our grandchildren and turn them into savages that beat up tigers and eat wild hogs as snacks! This is a violation of human rights!" 

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"Y—Ying Jie, please don't get mad, okay? How about we celebrate the successful family meeting by drinking? Do you want wine or—"

"YOU CALL THIS SUCCESSFUL!?" Shi Ying pointed at their arguing parents. 

Yang Menghuo choked. Of course, it was still far until they became harmonious. But at least all of them have given their blessing.

"Ummm… it's a good first step, don't you think?