Chapter 1708: Engagement (Part 5)

As soon as the phone connected, he heard Duan Xi say, "Come to the Ruan Family’s place for dinner tonight."

Duan Qianyang knew that Duan Xi had the day off, but he also knew that Duan Xi certainly wouldn’t want to go back to the Duan Family, so he’d already prepared to visit the Ruan Family to see his son these couple of days.

Now that he received a call from his son asking him to come over tonight, he was overjoyed. This man, who rarely showed his emotions, was a bit cheerful as he asked, "So eager to see me?"

In fact, what he really wanted to ask was, did his son miss him?

But since he was a man’s man, with Duan Xi’s temperament, he figured that Duan Xi would just hang up, so he didn’t say it out loud.

What he didn’t expect was that Duan Xi responded, "Yes, tonight, or even sooner if possible."

Duan Qianyang was delighted, but as his joy grew, he started to feel something was off; this wasn’t like his son’s usual demeanor. He asked discreetly, "Xiaoxi, is there something going on?"

"Yes, I’m getting engaged and I need my parents to be there." Duan Xi dropped a bomb.

"!!!!" Duan Qianyang was so shocked that he spilled the tea he was holding by his side.

The assistant beside him rushed over to clean up, but he waved him away, stood up from his seat, walked to the balcony, and asked in disbelief, "Xiaoxi, are you joking?"

"No, I’m getting engaged."

"With whom?"

"..." Duan Xi.

Duan Xi didn’t answer, but Duan Qianyang inexplicably felt his son’s tone getting a little colder over the phone, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I know, I know, it must be Jiaojiao, right?"

"Hmm." Only then did the chill around Duan Xi slightly retract.

"When was this decided? Why wasn’t I informed?" Duan Qianyang.

"You know now." Duan Xi.

"..." Duan Qianyang, there wasn’t any fault with this logic, but it just felt wrong!

"How did the Ruan Family talk to you about it?" He could only ask, given what he knew of the Ruan Family, they wouldn’t do something so rash, especially with people like the Ruanlin Family and Shu Jiao there.

Duan Qianyang couldn’t help but think of yesterday’s odd call from Ruan Jianguo, connect it with his son’s liking for the young girl, and add in that they’d just been away due to military training, suddenly a bad feeling arose. He carefully asked, "Son, you didn’t do anything wrong, did you? Jiaojiao is only fifteen!"

Now, thinking about what Duan Xi might have done, Duan Qianyang couldn’t help but feel guilty. No wonder Ruan Jianguo was so furious yesterday; the root of the problem was here.

Putting himself in the same place, if his daughter was treated like this or that, he’d likely do more than just scold; he’d directly send the person to jail to eat free meals, for life even.

Duan Xi didn’t quite catch what Duan Qianyang meant, although he did understand everything now, he still hadn’t thought in that direction. He simply found Duan Qianyang’s words a bit unpleasant and directly refuted, "Even at fifteen, she’s mine." No matter how old she is, she’s his!

"You really..." This is the first time Duan Qianyang felt the trouble of raising a son.

He thought for a moment and said, "Just don’t run around, I’m coming over right away, make sure not to have a direct confrontation with the Ruan Family, I’ll be there soon."

After saying this, he hung up and hurried to the Ruan Family’s place, afraid that if he were late, his son would be devastated by the Ruan Family!