Li Zhiyan said earnestly, "This, it's called 'love me, love my dog'!"
"I like you, so of course I have to care about your parents."
Jiang Xian's heart was very touched, and she gently kissed Li Zhiyan's face.
After that, she turned her phone back on and made a call to her mother.
"Mom."
"You still have the nerve to call me, your dad and I have been looking for you all over the world."
"Where are you now?"
Jiang Xian didn't want her parents to run so far.
"Mom, where are you and dad? I'll come to you."
After confirming their location, Jiang Xian took Li Zhiyan's hand and hailed a cab.
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Seeing the two elders, Li Zhiyan also couldn't help but feel a bit heartbroken.
When his own grandparents were still alive,
they, too, hunched over collecting scraps around the county town, just to earn a little extra pocket money for him.
Back then, they looked just as unkempt.
"Dad, Mom."
As soon as Jiang Xian approached, the old man reached out to hit her.
"Grandpa, what are you doing!"
Li Zhiyan grabbed his hand. Although he was Jiang Xian's biological father, he wasn't going to allow domestic violence against Auntie Jiang.
"You are the adulterer!"
The old man had been a teacher his entire life, upright and honest, and couldn't stand things like affairs.
Even if it was his own daughter who had an affair, he didn't show any partiality.
Li Zhiyan was a bit stunned. What "adulterer"?
Then he realized what was going on—it seemed Yen Zhengjin had made up some lies.
"I have no daughter like you, you're well over forty,"
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Jiang Xian said earnestly.
"Good, that's good, when we get back I'll arrange for someone to introduce you to some prospects."
"And try to find a good son-in-law."
Jiang Xian had no interest in that whatsoever.
"Dad, I don't want to date anyone."
"What are you saying!"
"How can you not want to!"
The old man's temper flared up again.
"You're still young now, if not now then when?
"Who would want you when you're old? If you don't have a partner, how can your mom and I be at ease?"
Jiang Xian knew that her parents were concerned about her, but dating someone was truly the last thing she wanted.
Yen Zhengjin had made her utterly regretful, and only if a man like Li Zhiyan came along would she consider dating.
But he was only 18, and she knew that a relationship with him was impossible.
Then the old man looked over at Li Zhiyan, as if he had thought of something.
"Do you have some kind of relationship with this kid?"
"Your dad isn't inflexible, I can accept a love affair with a 20-year age difference."
"After all, we live in a civilized society, one that is open and free."
"A romance crossing age boundaries is not an extraordinary thing anymore."
Li Zhiyan didn't expect the old man to be so open-minded.
"Dad, don't talk nonsense, Xiao Yan is only 18,"
"and I'm already 41."
"There is a full 23-year gap between Xiao Yan and me, it's impossible for us."
At that moment, the old man felt a sense of disappointment. He thought Li Zhiyan was a very polite young man and gave off a dependable impression.
"Grandpa, I really like Auntie Jiang,"
"It would be wonderful if you supported us,"
Li Zhiyan said, and gently took Jiang Xian's hand, making her blush shyly in front of her parents.