Tao Jing's grandfather spoke with anger. He was nearly seventy years old, and being rebuked by a young man in his twenties, who could easily be his grandson, really made him lose face.
Tao Jingying was his late - born daughter. He doted on this daughter very much in his heart. But as much as he loved her, compared with the future of the family for decades or even a century, his daughter's marriage wasn't that important. That's why he was willing to marry his daughter into the Shen family, even though it made him seem a bit inferior.
After all, daughters from these high - class families all went through this. After a few years of marriage, they would just make do. Even those who wanted to pursue love and did something out of line during marriage, as long as it wasn't too big a deal, each family would turn a blind eye. Whether the married life of the couple from the alliance was happy or not didn't matter. What mattered was that the alliance could make the cooperation between the two families smoother and firmer.
Now, through Lin Yao, he knew about the chaos within the Lu family and its downward - spiraling situation. It was a hopeless enterprise whose internal corruption had reached a point where its demise was inevitable. How could he possibly marry his beloved daughter into such a family?
He could quickly shake off the Lu family, which might rely on the in - law's family in the future, and at the same time form an alliance with the Lin family in Nancheng. Moreover, his daughter could happily marry for love. This win - win situation for all three parties was simply perfect.
Even a fool should know how to choose.
"Fine, Uncle. I won't argue with you because of your age. If you want to break off the engagement, come to my house in person, bring your daughter with you, and talk it over with my parents. Then this engagement can be broken." Lu Huai seemed to have some plan in mind. He just came to vent his dissatisfaction, left this sentence, and then turned around and left.
No one expected this matter to end so quickly. Looking at Lu Huai's departing car, everyone present was full of doubts.
Three days later, they got the answer.
Tao Jing rushed to the research institute in a hurry. This was something that had never happened before.
Miaomiao and Wei Ziqi, who were informed of a visitor, calmly finished the work at hand and went to the flower bed outside.
In the research institute, non - internal personnel were not allowed to enter the laboratory building. Even though Tao Jing was in a hurry, she couldn't go in.
When they came out and saw Tao Jing's dressing, the two kids, Miaomiao, were stunned.
At this moment, Tao Jing was wearing a mermaid evening dress and was exquisitely groomed from head to toe, as if she had just attended an important banquet or was about to attend an important occasion.
"Why did you come here dressed like this?" Miaomiao asked in surprise. Usually, Tao Jing only liked to wear sportswear and rarely touched skirts. Dressing so gorgeously must mean there was something very urgent.
"I don't know what's wrong with my family. They've had a change of heart. They don't want to form an alliance with your family anymore. Instead, they've reached an agreement with the Lu family. Finally, they've decided to marry my little aunt to the Lu family. They've been keeping this a secret. They didn't contact Uncle Lin. Everything was prepared in a hurry. They've settled everything within three days. They even took away my little aunt's and my phones and confined us, not allowing us to go out. They're going to marry off my little aunt today. I took advantage of the time when they were choosing the dress and doing my makeup to run out and find you. What should I do? I have no idea now. I really don't know who else to turn to for help. I can only come to you, Miaomiao. Can you see if you can contact Uncle Lin to stop them?"
Tao Jing was on the verge of crying. In these three days, she and Tao Jingying had been locked in two different rooms respectively. Tao Jingying was locked up to prevent her from running away, and she was locked up because the Tao family knew she was close to Miaomiao and was afraid she would tip off the news.
This marriage with the Lu family had always been a fact that couldn't be changed.
In her previous life, although her little aunt was also forced to marry Lu Huai, she had never resisted so fiercely.
Moreover, her little aunt had never had someone she liked from beginning to end. After marriage, although Lu Huai had his own affairs, he still respected his little aunt. So besides feeling sorry for her little aunt and thinking it was unfair that her marriage wasn't free, she didn't have too many feelings.
But in this life, her little aunt had someone she liked, and the family background was even better than the Lu family's. Everything was moving in a good direction.
Her little aunt could marry the person she liked as she wished, and her grandfather was even willing to humble himself to go to the Lu family to break off the engagement for his beloved daughter.
But in the morning, when people left, and in the afternoon when they came back, everything had changed. The engagement, which was almost broken off, suddenly took a turn and became an immediate wedding. After hearing this news, Tao Jing seemed to see her own future. Even though she was reborn and had shown extraordinary talents since childhood, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't change her fate.
In her previous life, she was also extremely smart and had business talents that many boys couldn't match. Her father also gave her a lot of power. But in the end, that playboy Tao Cheng suddenly woke up and worked hard to learn business with his father. Although he lacked talent and couldn't master it quickly, with a little training, it was no problem for him to maintain the family business.
On the premise that there was someone in the family who could support the family, the power in her hands was gradually taken away. In the end, she was still forced to marry for the sake of interests, to a demon who would beat people to relieve stress when he got home.
After today's wedding, there would be no turning back for this matter.
Even if the Lin family didn't mind that her little aunt had already had a wedding banquet, it was impossible. The two families would definitely try their best to restrict her little aunt's freedom, seize her ID card and household register, until her little aunt was willing to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Lu Huai. Only then would this shackle be untied.
Since the two families had already held a wedding banquet, in the social aspect, everyone recognized the marriage relationship between her little aunt and Lu Huai. Naturally, no one would speak up for her. There was only one way for this matter to develop.
Unless something happened to Lu Huai in the future or he died of some illness, and her little aunt left the Shen family as a widow, could she possibly break away from the Lu family.
But even if such an accident really happened, by that time, no one could guarantee whether Lin Chenghui would wait infatuatedly or would already be married with children.
The future seemed like a piece of darkness without light. She had deliberately angered Tao Cheng since childhood, found someone to lead him astray, and made him more of a playboy and unreliable than in his previous life. But her father still distributed all the shares to Tao Cheng. And this time, there must be Tao Cheng's hand in making the connection with the Shen family.
It could be seen that that Tao Cheng, who only knew how to eat, drink and play all day long, had already started to consciously compete with her for power. The difference in gender was destined for her to fail.
All of this was a foregone conclusion. The process didn't matter, and no one could change the result.