Chapter 10 Engagement
"Mother, I'll call Xiaoyi." Ling Xueqin took Maida Mai into the hall.
"No need, you guys continue. After the banquet, I will take Xiaoyi away directly." Maeda Yiyi found the two children sitting in front of the cake and eating the cake. Most of the guests present looked at them, and no one shared the cake with them. There was a pleasing look in their eyes. Everyone was holding the moon. Only the grandson of the Ling family, Sun Siyi, could enjoy such treatment here.
I have to say that the Ling family protected Sun Siyi very well, and the Ling family manor was also very strict. He had sent someone to secretly investigate the situation about his grandson, but failed.
I am just a stranger to Xiaoyi now. Although I am his grandmother, I have never visited him since he was born. If I suddenly told him to take him away, he would definitely resist. There are so many guests here now, and today is Xiaoyi's birthday. Let him have fun after his birthday.
"Old Ling, what's wrong? That's not?" Xiao Yunting looked at Maeda Mai and was a little confused. It happened that Ling Feilong and Sun Wen Chong and others also came in from outside and asked.
"Well, yes, she is here to attend Xiaoyi's birthday party." Ling Feilong nodded, without giving too much explanation, and did not cause Xiaoyi to be taken to Sakuragi Kingdom in a while.
"Well, Lao Xiao, what we discussed...you see?" Sun Wen was a little worried when he thought that his grandson would be taken away later, but he couldn't do anything. As Uniqab said, this was what they owe her. Besides, she was not an outsider, but Sun Siyi's grandmother. Taking him to Sakuragi Kingdom was to inherit the Maeda Consortium. That was a good thing. But his grandson was smart and liked by him since he was a child. He really couldn't bear to separate from him for so long. Since it was already a certain fact that his grandson was going to be taken away, he had to quickly settle everything he should do so, so that Lao Xiao would not regret it in the future.
"Yes, Lao Xiao, look at how happy the two little guys are and get along well together. Why not..." Ling Feilong immediately reacted when he heard Sun Wen mention this and had to quickly take down his future marriage for his grandson. Otherwise, when he went to Sakuragi Kingdom, he would have to go there for ten years and the people of the Xiao family would regret it when they came back. Even if it was just a verbal promise, there were so many upright officials coming today. As long as Xiao Yunting said in front of them, after their publicity, plus the power of the Ling family and the Sun family, there would be no short-lived girls in the Xiao family in the future. Then, the marriage of these two little guys would be a foregone conclusion.
"Yeah." Xiao Yunting nodded with a wry smile. These two old guys are really impatient, but who said that this proposal was originally proposed by him. He couldn't say what the future would be like for the two children. Let's take one step at a time.
"Everyone, we will announce a decision today." Ling Feilong winked his daughter, walked to the center of the hall, raised his voice and said.
As soon as Ling Feilong opened his mouth, the guests who were talking to each other in the hall quieted down and looked at Ling Feilong in the center of the hall.
After receiving his father's wink, Ling Xueqin quickly walked to Sun Siyi, who was still eating the cake, snatched the cake in his hand, picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth.
Xiao Jie on the other side also walked to Xiao Yuxuan after seeing Xiao Yunting's wink and took her little hand.
"Today, a few of us made a decision for our grandson here to make a engagement. Twelve years later, when Sun Siyi and Xiao Yuxuan have the legal age for marriage, we will hold a wedding for them."
As soon as Ling Feilong said this, the guests in the audience started to make noise. Although they had long guessed that this matter would be announced today, it was another matter to actually hear it officially.
The marriage between Sun Siyi and Xiao Yuxuan is the marriage between the prince and the princess. Their affairs are certain. The close alliance between the Xiao family, the Sun family, and the Ling family will make the strength of the three families a higher level.
Maeda frowned when she heard the news. This kind of noble marriage is also found in Sakuragi Kingdom. She once thought that there would be no such thing as a big family like the Ling family sacrificing their descendants' happiness for interests. Unexpectedly, the Ling family did such a thing. The old guy Ling Feilong has really not changed at all.
A good match? Haha, she was ruined by this word at the beginning.
Logically speaking, the Ling family and the consortium the day before yesterday were considered a match, but because of the relationship between the two countries, she was actually called a spy. If it weren't for her father's help, she might have been like this now.
Maeda Yiyi did not resent anyone. She knew that Ling Feilong had no choice but to do that. Tadashi had never been able to do both since ancient times, let alone a transnational "hostile" love. But as a woman, she could not forgive the harm Ling Feilong brought to her.
"Mom, what is engagement?" Sun Siyi asked strangely.
"Entering is to find a wife for you." Ling Xueqin squatted beside Sun Siyi with a smile and explained.
"Is that little girl?" Sun Siyi pointed at Xiao Yuxuan.
"Yes, do you like her?" Ling Xueqin and Xue Yiyi looked at each other and smiled.
"I like it, don't like it, like it..." Sun Siyi tilted his mouth and wondered whether he liked Xiao Yuxuan. In fact, he still couldn't figure out what it means to like it.
"Mom, I don't want to talk to that little fat man..." Xiao Yuxuan resisted loudly.
The sound was a little loud, attracting the attention of people around him. Xue Yiyi quickly reached out to cover Xiao Yuxuan's mouth.
Fortunately, everyone was having an uproar because of the engagement, and they didn't notice Xiao Yuxuan's conversation. Even if they noticed it, it was nothing. This kind of political marriage of a big family is no longer a commonplace in aristocratic circle like them.
After the marriage was decided, Ling Xueqin took Sun Siyi upstairs.
Xue Yiyi was afraid that Xiao Yuxuan would have any conflicts and would take her to a room to persuade her.
For Xue Yiyi, who is not from a noble family, her ability to marry into the Xiao family shows that the Xiao family is not a person who must be a good match. However, when people are born at a high place, they cannot help themselves. Perhaps when they are a small character, others will never pay attention to it. However, when they are at a peak, and when there is only that peak, many people will pay attention to that position, and if they are not careful, they will fall off the "cliff" at any time.
If you jump from the first floor, you won’t be injured. If you jump from the rooftop...
Xiao Yunting has been in that position for a long time, which has aroused some people's dissatisfaction. In order to consolidate his position, he had to make this decision. Xiao Jie and Xiao Yunting did not mention these things to her, but it does not mean that she does not know.
Of course, Xiao Yuxuan's persuasion was definitely not to tell her the real situation and the real reasons, but to carry out some kind-hearted "deception".
So, a limited edition he11okitty successfully bribed Xiao Yuxuan.
Thirty minutes later, Sun Siyi appeared in the center of the hall wearing a reduced-edged black tuxedo, holding a white princess dress and a princess crown. The hall of the Ling family was also decorated as the engagement scene by Xun.
Two children who didn't know what it was to get engaged and get married had a simple engagement ceremony like this.
After the ceremony, Ling Feilong invited all the guests to enter the restaurant next to him for a meal. At this time, the ten-meter-long dining table finally made its use.
Sun Siyi and Xiao Yuxuan are the protagonists today, sitting in their seats, while Xiao Yunting, Sun Wenchong and others sat down one by one.
In the evening, after sending the last guest, Xiao Yunting, Sun Wenchong and Ling Feilong looked at the two little guys who were already asleep on the sand and laughed haha.
"Brother Xiao, you will live here tonight?" Ling Feilong arranged.
"No, I have to go abroad tomorrow, and it has been delayed for a day today." Xiao Yunting shook his head.
"Okay." Ling Feilong knew that there would be a lot of things to deal with in that position, so he expressed his understanding.
As Longteng's brain travel, Xiao Yunting naturally had a special convoy to pick up and drop off. At this moment, their convoy was parked in the private parking lot of the Ling family. With the protection of the Brain Guard Corps, Ling Feilong naturally didn't have to worry about their safety.
After Xiao Jie and Xue Yiyi said goodbye to several people, Xiao Jie gently picked up Xiao Yuxuan and walked into a car arranged by the guard captain. Xiao Yunting was arranged to be in another car.
Nearly ten black cars light up at the same time and slowly drove outwards in turn. In the spacious private lane of the Ling family, the formation changed from time to time, hiding the vehicles that the Xiao family was riding in.
"Uyi, you see, Xiaoyi is already asleep, why don't you?" Ling Feilong stood in front of Maeda Mai and said with a smile.
"Let's leave tomorrow." Maeda Yiyi was also a woman after all. She felt a little reluctant to see her daughter's pleading eyes. Sun Siyi was her own grandson again. Let's give them a buffer time to part.
"Mother..." Ling Xueqin wanted to say something else.
"This is my greatest limit. I just took him to Sakuragiko to live for a while. Why did Xiaoyi feel wronged as a grandmother? I think the living conditions I give will be worse than those of this old guy?" Maeda Yiyi was tough and sarcastic about Ling Feilong every word.
"It's not like this." Ling Xueqin was discouraged. She knew that her mother's intentions had been settled, not to mention that as she said, she was Xiaoyi's grandmother. Sun Siyi followed her to live in Sakuragi Kingdom, and her conditions would never be worse than those here, but she just couldn't bear to part with her son.
"You say goodbye to Xiaoyi. I will take him away tomorrow morning. Mr. Qin, can you arrange a room for me?" Maeda Yiyi turned her head and looked at Mr. Qin standing beside her. She was afraid that she would feel soft-hearted when she looked at her daughter's sad look.
"Of course, madam, please come here." Butler Qin has lived in the Ling family since he was a child and knows Ling Feilong's original difficulties. Although they have lived separately and verbally call each other an ex-husband, they have not actually completed the divorce procedures. Maybe it was because they left in a hurry, or maybe they actually didn't want to... So over the years, even if they met, they have never mentioned it.
Maeda Yiyi did not refute and followed Butler Qin upstairs.
Chapter completed!