Chapter 150: 126 The Old Master Entrusts an Orphan? Cohabitation Trial Marriage (3 updates)_3
"I just wandered around." Tang Wan pursed her lips, not in the mood to chat about this at all.
After the Jiang Family left, the three members of the Tang Family talked in the house for a while, and Tang Yunxian still suggested having the surgery. In her heart, Tang Wan also inclined toward this, since there was still a chance to fight.
Otherwise, as Zhou Zhongqing said, he could pass away at any time, and that risk was something they couldnât afford...
"I know youâre looking out for me, but what if something happens to me on the operating table, Yunxian, you said youâre so busy with work, can you take care of Wanwan?"
"Grandpa, Iâm an adult now, I donât need Dad to take care of me." Tang Wan frowned.
"Iâm just worried what will happen if I pass away and you get a boyfriend, and later youâre bullied by someone? Iâm not at peace with that, I absolutely refuse to have the surgery." The old man was stubborn and became quite agitated.
Tang Wan, feeling helpless, could only patiently try to persuade him, "But what if the surgery is successful? You canât always think of the worst."
"Yes, Dad, Dr. Zhou is an authority, and the success rate of the surgery is quite high." Tang Yunxian followed with his persuasion.
"No, I absolutely refuse to go! If I pass away like this, at least Iâm intact, but if I die on the operating table, what would that be..."
...
The Jiang Family in the living room heard the quarrel inside and exchanged glances.
"Xiaowu, your Grandpa Tang likes you, you go persuade him." Fan Mingyu urged Jiang Jinsang to go in.
"Iâll go too, this old man, at his age, why trouble the child?" The old lady sighed.
The two knocked and then entered, and the dispute inside stopped. Tang Wan was standing by the bed, already so anxious that her eyes were red, feeling her grandfather was too proud and angry at her own helplessness.
"What canât be talked about nicely, whatâs all this arguing?" The old lady sighed, "Old Tang, the child is looking out for you, surgery is the best choice."
"Iâm just worried about what will happen to our Wanwan if I pass away, the child has been motherless since she was young, and Yunxianâs second wife... ah, never mind, I just canât be at peace about her," said Old Tang firmly, seemingly with no room for compromise on this matter.
"Arenât you just worried that if something happens to you, Wanwan will have no one to take care of her?" The old lady sat by the bed, "I can understand your feelings."
"Iâm afraid sheâll be bullied."
"Itâs no problem, in the future our family can take care of her too. I consider her like my own granddaughter."
"How could that be, I just have some acquaintance with you and Old Jiang, weâre not family, it would be rude to trouble you all."
"Not family, but canât we become family?"
"What do you mean by that?" Old Tang arched his brows.
"Wanwan was already the granddaughter-in-law that I chose. In the future, if she marries into our family, donât you know our people? If Wanwan marries into our family, no one would dare to bully her. Then you can go through with the surgery without worries, right!"
Tang Wan, still engulfed in sorrow, was caught off guard by this unexpected news.
Werenât we talking about surgery?
How did it turn to her getting married?
Tang Yunxian stood to the side, similarly taken aback.
"This child isnât willing either, there are no feelings there, let it be!" Old Tang waved his hands helplessly.
"Feelings can develop, weâre not asking them to get married immediately, can they not try a trial marriage? Experience cohabitating as husband and wife, who knows, it might turn out to be very suitable?"
The old lady kept signaling Tang Wan with her eyes.
Tang Wan knew the old lady was trying to persuade her grandfather to have the surgery, and in this situation, she couldnât refuse, so she could only nod in agreement, "Yes, Grandpa, I think everything can be given a try..."
"Forget Yanting, you try it out with our Xiaowu." The old lady looked toward Jiang Jinsang, "Xiaowu, what do you think?"
Jiang Jinsang stood by the bed, he already had a vague idea of what was going to happen but didnât expect the elders to play such a big card!
Co-habiting... a trial marriage?
"Whatâs the matter? Wanwan has agreed, and youâre still not happy? Weâre not asking you two to get married immediately, just to give it a try," the old lady huffed. "Do you want your Grandpa Tang to live a few more years or not?"
Let Grandpa Tang live a few more years?
With such a heavy accusation thrown his way, even if Jiang Jinsang were unwilling, heâd have to agree.
Furthermore...
He was quite willing to give it a try.
"I donât have a problem with it."
The old lady burst into laughter upon hearing this, turning her head to look at Elder Tang, "Old Tang, now you can rest assured. From now on, Wanwan will be part of our family. With so many people to take care of her, you wonât have to worry."
Elder Tang sighed helplessly, "Since youâve spoken, I might as well go through with the surgery. I canât keep troubling the children forever."
Tang Wan: "..."
Tang Yunxian had originally thought that the old lady was talking about an adopted granddaughter, or maybe just a goddaughter, but somehow she managed to âmarry offâ his actual daughter in the confusion.
"You see, hasnât the problem been resolved? Look how anxious youâve made Wanwan, her eyes are even red. What a big deal," the old lady said with a smile, comforting Tang Wan. "Xiaowu, take her to wash her face, weâre going out for a meal soon."
"Wanwan?" Jiang Jinsang went with the flow.
The two elders had staged a grand play of entrusting a child to someoneâs care, and if he did not cooperate, his own grandmother would probably beat him to death with her cane.
Tang Wan nodded and followed Jiang Jinsang to the restroom.
When the old lady turned around, it was as if she had just noticed Tang Yunxian, "Yunxian, you donât have any objections, do you? Itâs just a trial marriage, weâre not going to get a certificate."
She did it for the sake of his family too, and Tang Yunxian hardly dared to contradict her at this point, fearing his father might balk and decide against the surgery again, so he just nodded.
It was a temporary solution and they werenât really getting a marriage certificate, but Tang Yunxian still felt something wasnât quite right about it.
Moreover, stepping back ten thousand steps, even if something really happened to the old man, Tang Wan still had him as her father. Why the need to âentrustâ her to someone?
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The Jiang family members were initially worried that Elder Tang, with his stubborn temperament, might lead to a long dispute. Unexpectedly, he came out leaning on his cane with a smile.
At the dining table, the old lady directly announced:
The matter of Tang Wan and Jiang Jinsang having a trial marriage.
The expressions of the Jiang family members varied. Jiang Zhenhuan remained neutral. He thought Tang Wan was a decent child, and as long as his youngest son liked her, he certainly had no objections. Fan Mingyu was obviously overjoyed.
Jiang Yanting might have guessed something and just looked at the two of them, marveling that his grandmother was up to date with such trendy things like trial marriage and softly said, "Congratulations."
Jiang Jinsang replied, "Thank you."
Tang Wan was astonished. It wasnât a wedding; what was there to congratulate?
The old lady, however, snorted, "Yanting, look at your brother, youâd better hurry up."
Jiangjiang was biting his chopsticks, "So do I not call her âsisterâ anymore, but âsecond auntâ instead?"
Fan Mingyu laughed as she served him a chicken leg, "Eat more."
Jiang Jinsang followed suit, serving Tang Wan some dishes, "You should eat more too."
"Thank you." Tang Wan bowed her head to eat, her ears burning red; their relationship had changed, and so had her feelings.
"Grandma, is the second aunt shy? Her ears are all red!" Jiangjiang seemed to have discovered something novel.
Jiang Yanting served him another chicken wing, "Eat more, talk less!"