“Jianye. Your proposal is too sudden, it’s normal that she can’t agree now” Ling Jiang said.
Jianye Su was also a bit embarrassed, he smiled, “It was a bit sudden, but since you agreed to be Wenbei’s sister, being my daughter is also reasonable. My offer is not abrupt, right?
“Nala, do you agree? If you say yes, we are family then.” said Wenbei Su.
At that time I came to myself slowly. I said to them, “Thank you for your kindness. It’s just that I come from a poor background and I’ve been to prison. I’m afraid that if I were to be your daughter, I would tarnish the Su Family’s reputation.”
Jianye was stunned. He looked at Ling Jiang and then at Wenbei. He was even more embarrassed.
Wenbei was a little unhappy, “Nala, since you are already my sister, you are related to my Su Family. I know that you were accused wrongly, you are a good person. How could you tarnish the reputation of my Su Family?”
“I know your stories too. Not everyone who’s been in jail is a bad person. There have been a lot of suspicious aspects of the Yaohui Hua’s case. We all know you’re not a bad person. The past is in the past, so you don’t need to care about the past.” said Jianye.
“Since the chairman has said so, you shouldn’t refuse, or you’re just looking down on my Su Family.” Ling tried to persuade me to accept this.
“Nala, since we have a close affinity with you, you just agree to my father’s request then.” said Wenbei.
“Su Family is a big and well-known family. I really don’t want to affect the Su family’s reputation. I am very grateful for all of your kindness. I just…”
I didn’t know what to say anymore. Although I knew the influence of the Su Family, but I really didn’t want to enter a big and rich family like Su Family anymore. I was tired of the conflicts in the big and rich family.
“You still don’t agree? Then forget it.” Jianye looked disappointed and gestured for the maid to pour him a glass of wine, and then drank it all.
“Nala, you just accept it. My dad is a little angry.” Wenbei gave me a wink.
“Since she doesn’t want to, you don’t force her.” Jianye said to Wenbei. He seemed really angry. He must think that I was not giving him face.
“Mr. Su, I’m really afraid of affecting the Su Family’s reputation and my status is…”
“Nala, since the chairman wants you to be his daughter, you just agreed. Then we’ll be a family from now on.” Ling said again, “If you continue to refuse, are you trying to disrespect the chairman?”
Her words reminded me. If I rejected Jianye like this, did I still want to stay with the group in the future? My work was already stressful, and if Jianye didn’t like me because of this, then I was afraid that I could lost my job. I also wanted Wenbei to help me get my child back, how could I offend the chairman?
“Since Mr. Su thinks so highly of me, I am honored to be your daughter. I have no family in the world, and I’m very happy to have so many family members this time.” said I.
“Great. I have you as my daughter and I’ll have fewer regrets. From now, just call me dad at home like Wenbei.” Jianye said happily.
“Nala toasts to the chairman. Then it shows that you have officially become Jianye’s daughter.” Ling smiled.
I took a glass of wine and served it to Jianye respectfully, wanting to call him ‘dad’. But the words appeared in my mind, but I couldn’t say them. It was just as hard as when I called Yaohui Hua ‘dad’. It was a really strange word for me who had no family.
“Dad, Nala is still a little shy. She needs some time to adjust to this relationship.” said Wenbei.
“Good. I’ll drink the toast first, and you’ll be my daughter. It’s fine if you don’t call me father if you really think I can be your father.” Jianye was pleased and he said, “I’m happy today, I want to drink three more glasses of wine.
Then he did drink three glasses of wine. Ling reminded him, “Now that you are her father, how about giving a gift for Nala?”
Jianye nodded his head repeatedly, “Good. Nala, what do you want? Do you have a wish that you haven’t been able to fulfill? I’ll help you fulfill it.”
Actually, my biggest wish was to want my baby back from Leon. But it would be inappropriate for me to say it at this point and I would be a spoilsport if I said it. After all, it was not a wish that can be granted all at once.
“Thank you. I don’t have any wish or anything I want.” I said with a smile.
“When you know what you want, you can tell me.” Jianye said.
“She’s very shy and she certainly won’t say outright what she wants. But it’s necessary for you to give her a gift out of courtesy. I have a sports car I don’t use, so I’ll give it to her. It’s for young people. I’m old and I feel strange to drive it. I just give Nala an old car, I wonder if Nala would like it?” Ling said with a smile.
“Aunt Ling has given Nala a luxury car, Dad should be very anxious now in thinking what to give Nala.” Wenbei smiled.
I heard it clearly that Wenbei called Ling “Aunt Ling”. It turned out that Wenbei wasn’t Ling’s biological son either. Their relationship was very similar to the relationship between Leon and Xiang Feng in Hua Family.
“It’s just an old car, Nala, do you like it?” Ling looked at me and asked.
“Thank you. I think I’ll like it very much when I see it. I haven’t given you two a gift yet.”
“Then it’s settled. You’ll just drive that car for now. It’s not new but it’s not old either. I gave it to Ling as a gift for her birthday last year. She thought it was too flashy and never drove it much. It’s almost brand new. If you have anything you like in the future, you just tell me and I’ll give it to you.” Jianye said.
“Dad and Aunt Ling are partial to my sister and only give her gifts. You don’t give me gifts.” Wenbei laughed.
“You still want a sports car? I know you have seven or eight cars in your garage, right? I don’t understand why you need so many cars.” Jianye said.
“I just like the sport car. Please don’t judge me, dad.” Wenbei laughed, “Congratulations you on having a daughter, cheers.”
The atmosphere was much better now. I seemed to have become a member of the family. But I knew that I was still an outsider even if I became Jianye’s daughter,
What I just couldn’t understand was why did Jianye want someone of such a low status like me to be his daughter? Did he really think I was like his daughter? Or were there other reasons?
At the end of the meal, Jianye was a little drunk. Ling advised him not to drink anymore, and then she asked the maid to help him back to his room. She told me that I could stay overnight and return tomorrow.
But Jianye was in high spirit. He insisted on personally taking me to the room that was prepared for me and he told me that the room would belong to me from now on. He asked me to come here often.
I followed him to that room.
When I opened the door to the room, I could see that it was a room designed for girls. It was clearly a girly style and was decorated in a cozy way.
There was a picture frame on the wall and the girl in the picture was smiling happily, like spring flower. Her face was so familiar to me, she looked just like me when I was a child.