After the plane landed, Su Fan and Dongfang Tingyin left quickly. The middle-aged man wanted to find Su Fan but couldn't. He had given away a watch for nothing and got nothing, which made him very angry.
"Don't let me find out who you are!"
But Su Fan and the two had already gotten into a car heading to the Dongfang family's house.
"Who is in your family? Do I need to bring gifts? What are your father's hobbies? Would sending cosmetics to your mother seem vulgar?"
Su Fan didn't know why, but the closer he got to the Dongfang family's home, the more nervous he felt.
It was like the feeling of a couple meeting each other's parents for the first time, being afraid to meet the other's parents and not knowing how to greet them.
"Everything is prepared for you, you don't need to worry. My father doesn't have many hobbies, he just likes to drink. As for my mother... if you have time, you can choose to go shopping with her," Dongfang Tingyin said to Su Fan.
The more Dongfang Tingyin said, the more nervous Su Fan became.
"Do you have any brothers or sisters besides yourself? Have you bought them gifts?" Su Fan asked again.
"Yes, but they are all cousins, and I'm not close to them, so no gifts are needed," Dongfang Tingyin continued to explain to Su Fan.
"What about your grandfather? Your grandmother?" Su Fan asked again, as if he wanted to know Dongfang Tingyin's entire family tree.
"Why are you so hesitant, like a woman? It's not like you're going to the execution ground!" Dongfang Tingyin felt Su Fan's reaction was a bit excessive. Was it necessary?
Su Fan immediately fell silent. Seeing that Dongfang Tingyin clearly had no life experience, he cursed her to have an embarrassing encounter when meeting parents in the future!
Soon, the car stopped outside a siheyuan, which was the ancestral home of the Dongfang family.
"Your home is truly magnificent."
Su Fan said sincerely.
To own such a large siheyuan in Beijing was unheard of; most people probably wouldn't even dare to imagine it.
"Come in."
Dongfang Tingyin pushed the door open and entered. Her family didn't even close their doors.
"Miss is back!"
As soon as they opened the door, they saw an aunt sweeping the floor. She was surprised to see Dongfang Tingyin.
"Miss, you go back to your room first, I'll go inform the master!" The aunt seemed very happy and excitedly ran to inform them of Dongfang Tingyin's return.
Dongfang Tingyin shook her head.
She looked around the familiar yet unfamiliar environment.
This home was her childhood, bringing her joy and sorrow.
"Miss, the master is waiting for you in the living room and wants you to go over now." As Dongfang Tingyin and Su Fan returned to her bedroom, the aunt ran over to tell Dongfang Tingyin.
"I know, Wu Ma. I'll be right there."
Dongfang Tingyin nodded to show she understood.
Then, she put down her luggage and took out the gifts she had prepared in advance.
"Take these, these are all for you to give."
Dongfang Tingyin stuffed more than ten gift bags into Su Fan's hands, containing all sorts of things, some for her mother and some for her father.
"Uh."
Su Fan looked speechlessly at the bags full of gifts in his hands. Fortunately, he was strong; an ordinary person would have probably collapsed under the weight.
"Dad, Mom."
Dongfang Tingyin and Su Fan arrived at the living room. Dongfang Tingyin smiled and called out to a man and a woman inside the room.
"Hello, Uncle and Aunt."
Su Fan nervously followed Dongfang Tingyin and called out.
Dongfang Shu, who had been smiling, suddenly changed his expression.
"Who is he?"
Dongfang Shu asked his daughter with a cold face.
"My boyfriend, Su Fan," Dongfang Tingyin said boldly.
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Shu's expression didn't just turn cold; he became very angry.
"Do you know you have an engagement! How can you bring a man back now? What will outsiders think of our Dongfang family!" Dongfang Shu roared angrily, pointing at Dongfang Tingyin.
Dongfang Tingyin sneered.
"You were the one who agreed to the engagement. When did you ever ask for my opinion?" Dongfang Tingyin met her father's gaze without fear.
Dongfang Shu was so angry he was puffing his beard and glaring.
"You two, stop arguing. Your daughter finally came back, what are you doing!" Zhang Yuxin said angrily to Dongfang Shu.
Dongfang Shu immediately quieted down, merely looking at Dongfang Tingyin with anger.
"Su Fan, is it? Come sit, what a good young man," Zhang Yuxin said, looking at Su Fan with satisfaction.
"Auntie, these are gifts for you."
Su Fan was immediately relieved.
As soon as they entered, Dongfang Tingyin started arguing with her father. Su Fan was very nervous standing by. With Zhang Yuxin mediating, Su Fan seized the opportunity to present the gifts in his hands.
"Little Su, you're so thoughtful. Wu Jie, have someone take these things down," Zhang Yuxin said to Wu Ma outside the door.
Zhang Yuxin was quite satisfied with Su Fan, mainly because she trusted her daughter's judgment.
Besides, she didn't like the fiancé Dongfang Shu had arranged for their daughter.
"Auntie, Tingyin said you like shopping. When you have time, I'll accompany you and help you carry your bags," Su Fan found an opening and began to appeal to Zhang Yuxin's hobby.
"That would be wonderful! I was just wishing I had someone to go shopping with," Zhang Yuxin's eyes lit up. She then secretly glared at Dongfang Shu, clearly dissatisfied with him.
"Cough!"
Dongfang Shu coughed, pretending not to see Zhang Yuxin's gaze, to cover his embarrassment.
He genuinely didn't have time to accompany Zhang Yuxin.
"Now that you've suddenly brought back a boyfriend, how am I supposed to explain to the Xu family?" Dongfang Shu was still angry and said discontentedly to Dongfang Tingyin.
"I didn't ask you to come back to slap my face!"
Dongfang Shu was very unhappy. He had urged Dongfang Tingyin to return to finalize the engagement, not to humiliate him.
"In any case, I will not marry Xu Tianming. If you want to marry him, you marry him!" Dongfang Tingyin's attitude was very clear; she simply refused to acknowledge the engagement.
"You... you are being utterly unreasonable!" Dongfang Shu was helpless against Dongfang Tingyin for the moment.
"Su Fan, is it?"
Unable to deal with his daughter, he turned his attention to Su Fan.
"Yes, Uncle, please speak."
Su Fan nodded, listening attentively.
"Do you know about our Dongfang family's situation? Chinese people value matching social status. Not everyone has the chance to become a phoenix from a common bird," Dongfang Shu said meaningfully to Su Fan.
"Uncle is right. However, I love Tingyin, and that's enough. And Tingyin loves me too. If mutual affection isn't considered matching social status, then what is?" Su Fan was not intimidated at all at this point. Since Dongfang Shu was speaking indirectly, why should he be polite?
"Heh! Young man, you should know that some people are simply not in the same world as you. No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to enter their circle. Why waste your time?" Dongfang Shu sneered, looking at the naive Su Fan with disdain.
"When you say 'not in the same world,' do you mean the ancient martial arts world?" Su Fan naturally understood Dongfang Shu's meaning. If he were an ordinary person, he truly wouldn't have access to the ancient martial arts world in his lifetime.
"You know about the ancient martial arts world!" Dongfang Shu was very surprised. How could an ordinary person know about the ancient martial arts world?