Transmigrated as My Aunt in the 70s

Chapter 529: Chapter 522: Meeting the Song Family

This round of negotiations with the Dan Yu Family was extremely successful; even the higher-ups had not anticipated that Dan Yu Xinchang would offer 31 precious artifacts, each more valuable than mere money!

Sisi didn’t keep any of the artifacts for herself; instead, she donated them all to the country, which greatly satisfied the leadership and silenced those who accused Mr. Yun of abusing his power.

Thirty-one artifacts were delivered by Dan Yu Changxiu half a month later and were all authenticated as genuine by experts.

Thus, the National Museum acquired thirty-one valuable new artifacts, and both Sisi and Tian Xinhua were credited by the higher-ups. Since Sisi is just a teacher, it was inappropriate to openly commend her, so the recognition was formally attributed to Tian Xinhua.

A few days later, Mr. Yun said to Tian Xinhua with a smile, "Prepare to be promoted to full status."

Tian Xinhua understood the implication and respectfully saluted Mr. Yun with a smile.

Sisi was also happy for Tian Xinhua; achieving the position of full secretary at the age of twenty-seven was indeed impressive!

Although he had some help from Mr. Yun and others, a rotten egg cannot be lifted up to the wall—if Tian Xinhua were incompetent, no amount of pulling from others would be of any help. Of course, his own competence combined with some guidance from above was the best-case scenario.

The night before he left, Tian Xinhua shared with Sisi the results of the investigation he had ordered on Song Xiaowei.

"It’s pretty much as Zhong Anping described; Song Xiaowei is indeed a good man with no bad habits. He leads a very disciplined life; waking up at six in the morning and going to bed at ten at night, and he spends weekends hiking with friends—a routine he’s maintained for almost ten years except when it rains."

"From what you’re saying, Song Xiaowei seems even better than you?" Sisi teased with a laugh.

Tian Xinhua swept her into his arms with a big grin, "Don’t you already know whether I’m good or not, Ah Nan?"

Sisi took the opportunity to lean against Tian Xinhua, gave him a glance, and drew circles on his chest with her small hand, murmuring, "Something doesn’t seem quite right though. There’s no such thing as a perfect person. Often, those who appear perfect are internally flawed, as they use their perfect exterior to cover up their inner ugliness."

Tian Xinhua frowned upon hearing this, what kind of absurd reasoning was that? That the more perfect one appears, the uglier their heart? Such nonsense!

"Where did you get such twisted logic? According to your theory, there are no good people in the world?" Tian Xinhua lightly reprimanded.

"Brother Zeng said it. He said it’s an analysis from a psychological perspective. Take those foreign serial killers, for instance. They appear like polite gentlemen or scholars on the surface; you would never guess they were bad people," Sisi argued convincingly.

The more she spoke, the more outrageous it seemed. Tian Xinhua didn’t want to hear any more of Sisi’s nonsense and simply shut her talkative mouth, thinking their time could be better spent on pleasurable pursuits rather than analyzing others’ psychological issues.

The next day, Tian Xinhua returned to Huang Yuan. He didn’t get involved in Xu Qianwen’s event of meeting her future son-in-law; firstly, he didn’t want to meddle in Tian Lili’s affairs, and secondly, he had already had Song Xiaowei investigated and believed that Song Xiaowei was more than a good match for Tian Lili!

According to Sisi’s own words, it was like a fresh flower stuck in cow dung!

Of course, the fresh flower was Song Xiaowei, and the cow dung was Tian Lili!

Xu Qianwen considered this meeting extremely important, almost as if she was meeting a national head of state, dressing herself up extravagantly with a necklace, earrings, bracelets, and all, sporting quite the grand style.

Granny Zhao shook her head at this sight and asked, "Are you meeting the President or what?"

Xu Qianwen was taken aback, but quickly realized and smiled, "Mama, I didn’t want them to misunderstand that we don’t value this meeting."

"What in-laws? Is your daughter worth so little? There isn’t even a matchmaker or dowry, and you’re already calling them in-laws? It’s fine if you don’t respect yourself, but don’t lose face for the Old Tian Family."

Granny Zhao was infuriated upon hearing this; Xu Qianwen’s eagerness could make the Song Family think that Lili from their family couldn’t find a suitor!

Truly is a decorative but useless vase; fortunately, she and the old man were vigilant behind the scenes. Otherwise, the Tian Family would have been utterly embarrassed.

Granny Zhao berated Xu Qianwen in front of Sisi, making her terribly embarrassed. She silently resented Granny Zhao for not giving her any face.

Yet despite her reluctance, Xu Qianwen had to go back to her room and change her dress, only wearing a bracelet when she came out; it was then that Granny Zhao hummed in satisfaction and left the house with Sisi, leaving the old man at home.

The meeting with the Song Family was set in a private room of a restaurant in the city center, which was clean and tranquil, showing that the Song Family greatly valued this meeting.

Granny Zhao showed a hint of satisfaction on her face, getting a better impression of the Song Family even before meeting them.

The Song Family came with Song Xiaowei, his parents, his elder sister, and her husband - the whole family was in attendance, which showed their high regard for this meeting.

Sisi briefly observed Song Xiaowei and couldn’t help but inwardly applaud him. Putting aside his talents and focusing solely on looks, he was far more attractive than Tian Lili!

Moreover, Song Xiaowei was very appropriate when interacting with others, always smiling and maintaining eye contact during conversations, which made him appear very sincere. He answered all of Granny Zhao’s and Xu Qianwen’s questions, confidently and smoothly.

Such a man with top intelligence and emotional quotient would be liked by anyone!

Sisi noticed more smiles on Granny Zhao’s face. Xu Qianwen was, of course, overjoyed from the moment they entered, her mouth barely closing, while Lili kept shyly and timidly looking at her boyfriend, her eyes practically glued on him.

Sisi couldn’t bear to watch it; it was truly cringe-worthy!

While no one was paying attention, she quietly nudged Lili, who was sitting next to her, and whispered in her ear, "Control yourself!"

Lili, still having some sense of shame, although unconvinced by Sisi’s interference, still restrained herself and stopped blatantly staring at Song Xiaowei like before.

Everyone overlooked that Song Xiaowei’s parents, sister, and brother-in-law all gave Lili a disdainful glance, but they quickly masked it with warm and friendly smiles, praising her excessively as if they couldn’t wait for her to marry into the Song Family immediately.

The eagerness from the groom’s family pleased Granny Zhao a lot, but she still wouldn’t agree immediately. She preempted Xu Qianwen and said, "The character and appearance of young Song are impeccable, and he is a good kid. But he and our Lili have only known each other for two months, and they don’t understand each other enough. How about this: let the young people spend more time getting to know each other deeply, and then our families can discuss this marriage further?"

Although the Song Family was not satisfied, Granny Zhao made a sensible argument; their son indeed knew the girl for too short a time, and by both sentiment and reason, they could not refute Granny Zhao.

Mrs. Song could only smile and say, "Granny in-law, our family genuinely likes Lili, and you can rest assured that if Lili marries into our family, my husband and I will definitely cherish her as our own daughter, with our son coming in second."

Hearing this, Xu Qianwen was overjoyed and was about to speak again, but Granny Zhao stared her down, forcing her to hold back her words.

Granny Zhao, too, was all smiles, speaking very politely, but she firmly did not agree to let the children marry immediately. The Song Family, left with no choice, had to follow Granny Zhao’s wishes and allowed some more time for the young ones to get to know each other better.