Chapter 67 How Can You Make Xiao Tong Happy

  "Grandma, this is my best friend in school." Chen Tong pulled Ning Yu over to introduce her to Grandma.

  She took another look at Su Nan, bit her lip, and her small face turned slightly red. "Grandma, he's my boyfriend."

  "What?" The old lady, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze there, and it took a while to come back to her senses. She nodded at Su Nan, and although her face still had a smile on it, she said, "Since you're here, come in and sit down, don't stand at the door."

  As he spoke, he turned around and led the three people into the living room.

  "Old man, Xiaotong is back." The old lady shouted towards the study.

  "I know." A voice came from inside, not sounding old at all. To Su Nan's ears, this was a sign of good health and vitality, indicating that the person's body was extremely healthy, and might even have practiced martial arts, being a master.

  "Is Grandpa looking at his treasures again?" Chen Tong asked, "I'll go and pay my respects to him."

  As they spoke, they headed towards the study, but after taking only a few steps, they turned back. "Su Nan, Ning Yu, do you want to take a look at Grandpa's study? I'll let you in on a secret, there are many treasures inside." Holding Su Nan and Ning Yu's hands, they led the two towards the study.

  The old lady looked on from behind, shook her head gently, but didn't say anything.

  "Grandpa! My friend and I have come to see you." Chen Tong stood at the door of the study room and shouted inside.

  "Xiao Tong, come in quickly and let Grandpa see if you've lost weight." The old man quickly agreed and asked them to go to the study.

  The study is quite spacious, but after being filled with things, it still feels very cramped. Three sides of the wall are three large shelves, two bookshelves, which are full of books. The largest side of the wall has a display cabinet, on which there are many bottles and jars, which appear to be antiques. On top of that, there are more than ten scrolls, which should be some calligraphy and paintings.

  In the study, there was also a table in the middle. At this moment, the old man was standing behind the table, holding a large wolf hair brush in his hand, facing a piece of Xuan paper on the table and thinking deeply.

  "We're really lucky to see Grandpa writing."

  The old man is unparalleled in both painting and calligraphy, renowned throughout the world. However, in recent years, he has rarely picked up his brush. He occasionally paints a couple of pieces, but hardly ever writes anymore. Chen Tong studied fine arts specifically because of the influence of the old man.

  With a sigh, Chen Tong motioned to Su Nan and Ning Yu to quiet down. The three of them tiptoed to the table, holding their breath as they stood there, waiting for the old man to take up his brush.

  The old man had promised a word and then ignored them, focusing his mind on the white paper in front of him.

  After a while, the old man's eyelids suddenly lifted, and two sharp lights shot out from his eyes. As his gaze shifted, he dipped the wolf hair brush in the ink box, soaking it thoroughly with ink. With a flick of his wrist, he shook off the excess ink back into the ink box, quickly turned around, and pressed the pen onto the rice paper.

  The brush moved swiftly, and soon a large character leapt onto the paper - Lao Ji Fu Xi. The entire character was robust and powerful, like an unsheathed precious sword, emitting a sharp glow.

  "Good calligraphy." Su Nan couldn't help but praise.

  "Does the young man understand Chinese?" The old man heard Su Nan's words, looked up at him with his eyes, although he had never seen him before, but was not surprised. Since he came in with Chen Tong, then he must be a friend of Chen Tong's.

  "I understand a bit." Su Nan nodded and said, "Looking at the characters with iron hooks and silver strokes, the momentum is very strong, full of positive energy, and the layout is very high. Looking at the content again, it is also full of ambition, and we can infer that the old man's heart is filled with love for the country and nation."

  After being praised a few times, the old man was visibly delighted. "Not bad, young fellow, it's not easy to see all this from just one character. However, these words would be more suitable if you were saying them to my old friend - this character was written for him."

  As he spoke, the old man changed to a small brush and wrote on the back: Congratulations on hearing that Wei Shan brother has taken up his new post, specially congratulating him. Qingyangshanren in the year of Jia Chen, Dingzi month, Gengwu day. After putting down the pen, he also stamped a seal on the paper.

  "Grandfather, is this calligraphy given to Grandfather Zhao?" Chen Tong saw the inscription behind the old man and asked curiously, "Isn't Grandfather Zhao already retired? How can he take up a new post again?"

  "It's a special organization, I don't know the specifics either." The old man explained briefly and didn't bring up the topic again.

  "Xiao Tong, who are these two people..."

  "Grandpa, let me introduce you. This is my best friend from school, her name is Ning Yu. And this one is my boyfriend, his name is Su Nan."

  Upon hearing Chen Tong's introduction, the old man also looked at Su Nan in surprise. Although he had thought about Su Nan's identity earlier, he really hadn't considered that he was actually Chen Tong's boyfriend. He knew very well why Chen Tong had been called home. Now she had directly brought her boyfriend to their doorstep, it seemed she wasn't satisfied with this arrangement.

  Looking back and forth at Chen Tong and Su Nan, the old man burst out laughing. "Little Tong, you're giving us a fait accompli! I don't advocate for making rigid arrangements about your personal matters, but shouldn't you have discussed it with your elders first?"

  As for their relationship, Lao Ye didn't comment. He came out from behind the table and walked straight outside. "You all come out too, let's go to the living room and chat."

  Watching the old man walk out, Chen Tong made a face at his back, and didn't care whether he could accept her relationship with Su Nan. After all, this was just an act for them, as long as they knew she had a boyfriend, it didn't matter if they interfered with her life.

  "Is Little Su also a student?" After everyone sat down, the old lady asked Su Nan first. The old man leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest. Writing that calligraphy earlier had indeed consumed a lot of his energy.

  "No, I'm just doing some business on my own now." Su Nan wouldn't lie and answered according to the actual situation.

  "What a small business, you do it once and earn tens of millions." Chen Tong quickly explained on the side. She was afraid that Grandpa and Grandma would look down on Su Nan and disagree with their relationship, so her plan would completely fail.

  "Oh." The old lady responded with a sound, although surprised, but still calm and didn't show any abnormality. "What did Little Su do to earn so much in one go?"

  "Su Nan is a famous doctor, but not the kind in hospitals." Chen Tong hastily said, vigorously promoting Su Nan's skills. "A few days ago, Liu Tian Shi's son got a strange illness that couldn't be cured at all in the hospital. They found Su Nan and after several treatments he was fine. Liu Tian Shi was so grateful to him that he gave him a villa worth tens of thousands."

  This is still Chen Tong unaware that Su Nan had gone to treat Wang Feng and Wang Xun again, otherwise he would have also spread the word.

  "Doctor, this job is not bad." The old lady nodded and said, "But..."

  Before the old lady could say anything else, there was another sound of opening the door outside, followed by a female voice shouting: "Dad, mom, we're here."

  Upon hearing this voice, Chen Tong introduced again to Su Nan and Ning Yu, "It's my second uncle and aunt who have arrived."

  "Oh, we have guests at home?" Chen Tong's second aunt walked into the living room and saw that apart from Chen Tong, there were also Su Nan and Ning Yu. She smiled and nodded at them, asking a question.

  "Yes, they are Xiaotong's friends." The old lady replied. Apparently, in her heart, she still hasn't acknowledged Sunan as Chen Tong's boyfriend.

  Chen Tong, however, did not want to give up. She wanted her family to know that she already had a boyfriend and would not accept the fact that they were arranging things for her. She quickly pulled Su Nan's hand, "Second Aunt, this is my boyfriend, Su Nan. That one is my best friend from school, Ning Yu."

  "Xiao Tong's boyfriend?" Er Niang was taken aback, clearly not expecting Chen Tong to make such a move.

  After Chen Tong's aunt mentioned introducing him to the deputy governor's son, he was still very supportive. Because their two families are also considered to be of equal status, and that deputy governor is likely to take office in one or two years, at which time he will be a high-ranking official with a bright future.

  "Xiao Tong, didn't you know why your family called you back home?" Er Yi said discontentedly. In her opinion, Chen Tong's actions were simply going against the family. The family had thought of her and arranged a good marriage for her, she should be happy to accept it. Even if she had a boyfriend, she should break up with him and accept the family's arrangement. Who would have thought that she would directly bring someone back home? This made Auntie (Gūgu) wonder how to explain to the other party.

  "Second Aunt, I know. But for my own affairs, I want to be in charge myself and don't hope that the family will interfere arbitrarily." Chen Tong said very calmly.

  "Do you know what?" Erniang's face turned cold, "How chaotic is the society outside now? Maybe others are getting close to you just because of the power in your family. Why can't you do something that makes our family feel at ease? The family your aunt introduced to you is very good, and when the time comes, we two families will support each other, which is very beneficial to the development of our family."

  Erniang has always been self-interested, and Chen Tong's impression of her was not good to begin with. Unexpectedly, today she just met her and already blamed herself so severely. Compared to the "familiarity" when she usually returned home, the change was too obvious. This made Chen Tong very angry in her heart.

  "Second Aunt, how can you say such a thing?" Chen Tong's voice involuntarily rose several degrees due to anger.

  "Alright, what's the fuss about?" The old man suddenly spoke up, interrupting Chen Tong. "Little Tong, come with me to the study." As he spoke, the old man stood up and headed towards the study. After all, Su Nan was a guest, and some things were not suitable to be said in front of him.

  Looking at Chen Tong following the old man into the study, Second Aunt didn't care about Second Uncle standing behind her, and sat down by herself, looking at Su Nan. "Young fellow, you're still a student, right? Your family spends money to let you go to school and learn knowledge properly, not to waste time talking about romance. Don't you ever think that since you're still spending your family's money, how can you give Xiao Tong happiness?"

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