Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 2421: Chapter 2357: The Air of a Mistress of the House

”How’s it going?”

As soon as she heard him pick up the phone and ask this question, Chiang Xiao paused, a bit confused about what he meant.

Ah Liu chuckled and explained, ”While you were on the phone with Lu Shuangshuang, I deliberately walked away for a while. She might have felt more relaxed talking that way. Did you pick up on anything?”

”Dad, you walked away on purpose?”

”Yes.”

”That’s what I thought. She was putting on airs like a stepmother in front of me. Why did you keep letting her go on?”

”Hmm?”

Putting on airs like a stepmother?

Chiang Xiao explained, ”She said she would be arranging the Jiang Family’s courtyard and asked what style I liked, whether I wanted to plant the flowers myself or if she should pick some flowers and plants to put in. She also said we could talk on the phone more often in the future, and that if I wanted anything, I could just let her know, and maybe she’d even prepare a gift for me.”

Her courtyard could be arranged by anyone, but she didn’t want it to be arranged by Lu Shuangshuang.

Ah Liu said, ”I see. Well, it’s not entirely nonsense on her part.”

Chiang Xiao was taken aback. ”What do you mean?”

”Your great-grandfather said she’s a woman, meticulous and thoughtful. To have your courtyard arranged properly and beautifully, it might really need a woman’s touch. He was worried I couldn’t handle it or didn’t have enough time, so he gave the task to her during dinner today.”

Chiang Xiao suddenly felt a bit awkward.

”So, she was actually working on orders?”

Had she misunderstood Lu Shuangshuang?

She wasn’t intentionally putting on the airs of a mistress; she was following Old Master Jiang’s request?

Ah Liu couldn’t help but laugh when he heard this.

”I was planning to talk to your great-grandfather about this tomorrow. Naturally, your courtyard should be arranged by me, not someone else. Don’t worry; Dad’s not that foolish.”

Only then did Chiang Xiao smile.

”I knew Dad would do it himself. I even told her that my dad definitely knows my preferences.”

”Yes, the style my precious daughter likes should be the style that Dad carefully arranges, right?”

”Correct!”

So, the color or type of flowers didn’t really matter. What mattered was that if her dad arranged it with care, she would love it.

Besides, she trusted Ah Liu’s taste.

”Little naughty.”

”Dad, from what you’re saying, you never really intended to marry her, did you?”

Chiang Xiao hadn’t asked this question before, but now that Lu Shuangshuang was staying with the Jiang Family, she felt it needed to be clarified.

Ah Liu responded without even thinking, ”Of course. I never thought about marrying her. I just always felt there was something between us that I had forgotten, something I couldn’t recall, which is why I never said anything.”

”Dad, have you remembered now?”

With Chiang Xiao, Ah Liu felt he could say anything without feeling embarrassed.

”Yes, I remembered. It turns out that before the incident years ago, I had written a letter to be delivered to Pingzhou, and inside it was a letter calling off the engagement. At that time, I already wanted to call off the engagement with Lu Shuangshuang. The person who delivered the letter returned and told me it was handed directly to Lu Shuangshuang, so the engagement should have been called off.”

Chiang Xiao was stunned.

Really, was there such a thing?

”Dad, is it really that easy to call off an engagement? Just a letter and it’s done?”

”It wasn’t so complicated back then. Along with the letter calling off the engagement, naturally, we also sent back the tokens exchanged during the engagement. If the other party agreed, they would return my token, and that would be it.”