Married at First Sight Chapter 5295 -5300

“Taking care of one is the same as taking care of two, so why don’t you have time? No matter how many children you have, your aunt will help you take care of them.”

“I’m just afraid you’ll think your aunt has a generation gap with you and won’t be able to raise your kids well.”

Zhou Yang said, “How could that be? Your aunt and uncle are both very good at educating children. Look how well you’ve raised Bao Bao and Bei Bei.”

“Bao Bao was most influenced by his great-grandmother, not just by me.”

Although the old lady was a great-grandmother, she only raised the first few children; the ones most influenced by her were Bao Bao and the twins from the third son’s family.

“Great-grandmother was a very capable person. It’s a pity she didn’t dedicate herself to education.”

“If great-grandmother were still here, I would send all my babies to her to help me take care of them.”

Serenity said, “Yes, it would be great if she were still here.”

But that’s unrealistic.

People live to be a hundred, but they are rare.

The old lady’s life was already very fulfilling. She lived to

a ripe old age, but suffered from illness and pain.

She had many children and grandchildren, all of whom were filial.

She was a true winner in life.

Serenity never dared to dream of living as long as the old lady. She always told Zachary that if she could live to see her children all grow up and start their own families, becoming both a grandmother and a maternal grandmother, then dying would be a good death.

Zachary scolded her.

He doted on her and couldn’t bear to raise his voice at her, let alone scold her.But when she said those things, Zachary would genuinely scold her.

He said he was older than her, and if anyone was to die, it would be him first. He also said his family members were all long-lived; even his grandfather, who died before his grandmother, lived to be over seventy.

Serenity said her genes weren’t Zhan family genes, and while the Zhan family were long-lived, she might not.

Zachary said she had married into the Zhan family and lived there for decades, so she was a member. Although her genes weren’t from the Zhan family, the family’s feng shui could influence her fortune, naturally leading to her longevity.

Zachary said the couple should live to at least their eighties, and of course, living a century like his grandmother would be even better.

Eighty was considered a long life; people today face immense pressure, and many feel they can’t hold on much longer by middle age.

“If she were still here, she definitely wouldn’t let you all be single in your thirties.”

Zhou Yang said with a laugh, “Auntie, it’s only because I’m over thirty that they’re all still under thirty, Bao Bao is only in his twenties.”

“When I was Bao Bao’s age, I was already a mother, and he’s still a single dog. You’re the worst, over thirty and still not in a relationship. Tell your aunt what type you like, and your aunt will find you someone according to your requirements.”

“Every time I talk to your mother on the phone, she asks me to arrange blind dates for you, she’s anxious about your marriage.”

“Yangyang, work is important, making money is important, but you can’t earn all the money in the world. Occasionally, we can relax, take a break, and have time to date.”

“Life isn’t just about work. You’re practically a workaholic, your schedule is always packed. When are you going to settle down?”

“We can’t rest easy until you’re settled, we’ll always have to worry about you. But no matter how anxious you are, you can’t listen to your father’s arrangements. I heard your aunt keeps trying to introduce you to girlfriends?”

Zhou Hongying really can’t change her ways, she’s hopeless.

Fortunately, my sister divorced Zhou Honglin; otherwise, having a relative like Zhou Hongying would be a real headache.She’s shameless, her skin is as thick as a city wall.

She’ll do anything to get what she wants, even if it means being shameless.

Zhou Yang said, “Auntie, I can’t say for sure, but none of the young women I know have yet caught my eye.”

“My aunt said she’d introduce me to a girlfriend, and she even had my grandparents tell me to come back whenever I have time. She’s arranging blind dates for me, but I’m not listening to her.”

“I also told my grandparents that I’ll decide my own marriage, and my aunt doesn’t need to worry about it.” Even

as a child, Zhou Yang wouldn’t let his aunt control him. Now, in his early thirties and a high-level manager in two large corporations, his social experience is many times greater than it was when he was a child.

How could he possibly be controlled by Zhou Hongying?

Zhou Hongying’s enthusiasm for arranging blind dates for him is simply a way to control him through marriage. If he really does what his aunt wants, he’ll become her family’s ATM.

“You’re a sensible and sensible person, your aunt isn’t afraid you’ll be manipulated by your aunt.”

“Yangyang, what do you think of Fu Wanning?”

After chatting for so long, Serenity finally got to the point.

She had her eye on Fu Wanning.

Of course, it was for her nephew’s sake.

Yangyang was in his early thirties, it was time to think about marriage. Her own son was only in his twenties, no rush, and there was no point in rushing. If she mentioned it even slightly, he would turn around and leave, not wanting to listen to her at all. If she

said anything more, he would say that his older cousin was several years older than him and still single, so why was he in such a hurry?

There were people older than him.
Zhou Yang paused for a moment, then asked, “Auntie has taken a liking to Fu Wanning? She’s chosen her for me?”

Serenity smiled, “I think she’s quite good. It just so happens you two are working together, you’re about the same age, and both single, so I was thinking, could you two give it a try?”

“Of course, this is just my initial thought. After all, I’ve only just met her and don’t know her very well yet. You can learn more about her. My intuition is that this girl is good, it’s just a bit far.”

“Besides, she’s an only child, a posthumous child, lonely, and under a lot of pressure. She probably won’t marry far away, and she probably wouldn’t be willing to have a son-in-law come to live with her.” Based on Serenity’s interactions with Fu Wanning, she believed that Fu Wanning wouldn’t be willing to have a son-in-law come to live with her. In fact,

Fu Wanning wouldn’t be interested in men who were willing to come to live with her.

Zhou Yang chuckled slightly and said, “Auntie, you’re just like my mom. Whenever I meet a young, unmarried woman, I can’t help but think of her as my future wife, testing my feelings for her.”

“I really don’t feel anything. President Fu is outstanding. I’m not that familiar with her. Regarding the cooperation, I mainly dealt with President Fu.”

He hadn’t seen Fu Wanning when he interacted with President Fu; it was only now, after the deal was finalized and the contract was to be signed, that President Fu brought Fu Wanning over. Zhou Yang’s interactions with Fu Wanning weren’t any more than Serenity’s.

He wasn’t particularly interested in women; he preferred a slow and steady approach to relationships. Love at first sight was unlikely to happen to him.

So, if asked how he felt about Fu Wanning, the answer was simply no.

“If you had started dating earlier, your mother and I wouldn’t have to worry so much,”

Zhou Yang said. “If I had started dating earlier, you would have said I was too young. If I haven’t started dating yet, you would have said I’m not proactive enough, and you would have worried that I would be single forever. Auntie, it’s tough being the younger generation.”

Serenity laughed, “We’re not asking you to date in junior high or high school. You’ll be an adult when you go to college. You can actually try dating. Since you started junior high, quite a few girls have liked you and had crushes on you.”

“They’ve had all sorts of girls, but you haven’t brought one home to meet the parents. I really envy those who bring home wives after graduating from college, and some even have grandchildren.”

Zhou Yang: “…””Auntie, I have to go now, we’ll talk later.”

Zhou Yang hung up the phone.

Serenity wanted to say something, but he had already hung up.

“They’re all like that, they hang up as soon as you urge them to get married.”

Serenity muttered.

Now she understood her grandmother’s anxiety when she was alive. The children were all grown up, but they were all still single. If only

her grandmother were still here.

While Zhou Yang was being asked by his aunt about his impression of Fu Wanning, the Fu family grandfather and granddaughter had finally returned to Dongcheng after a several-hour flight.

The Fu family’s driver was waiting for them at the airport. After the grandfather and granddaughter arrived, the driver picked them up. Chairman Fu said, “Take me back to the company first.”

“Then take Miss home.”

“Wanning, there’s a lot of stuff, Grandpa should go back to the company first, you go home so your mother won’t worry.”

Fu Wanning said, “Just call my mother, I’ll go back to the company with Grandpa.”

She was a little tired after a several-hour flight, and her grandfather was older, he would be even more tired.

She should be the one going back to the company so that Grandpa could go home and rest.

“Grandpa, I’ll go back to the company. You can go home and rest for half a day. There’s nothing important at the company, I can go back myself. I don’t have any business dinners tonight, let’s eat at home.”

“It’s settled then,”

Fu Wanning said firmly.

Seeing his granddaughter’s insistence, Chairman Fu agreed to her arrangement, letting her go back to the company first while he went home to rest for half a day. He

was indeed a little tired.

Getting old.
Her physical strength and energy were not what they used to be.

Fortunately, Wan Ning had grown up and, under his tutelage, could now handle things independently. Most people in the company had come to trust her, except for a few old troublemakers who still had many complaints about her.

He was still around, and those old troublemakers were all people he had promoted and were still loyal to him.

In fact, the people in the Fu Group also knew that regardless of whether Fu Wan Ning was capable or not, she was the successor of the Fu Group because she was Chairman Fu’s only descendant.

It wouldn’t be so easy for those relatives of the Fu family to covet the Fu Group. If Fu Wan Ning were still young and incompetent, those relatives’ schemes might actually succeed.

But Fu Wan Ning was very outstanding, and she was almost thirty years old. She was not a naive young girl who knew nothing, and she had deeply inherited Chairman Fu’s true teachings.

In a few more years, she would be even more capable.

Those relatives, apart from scheming about Fu Wan Ning’s marriage, would have no chance of getting their hands on the Fu Group.

The driver took Fu Wan Ning back to the company before taking Chairman Fu home.

The Fu family owns a large estate, a home Mr. Fu built for his wife and children at great expense in his youth. He envisioned his son marrying and having many children, making the estate lively.

However, his wife passed away first, followed by his son. Now, only the grandfather, grandson, and daughter live in the estate, though a large number of workers are provided with food and lodging; otherwise, the estate would be very quiet.

Mrs. Fu knew her father-in-law and daughter were returning today. She assumed they would go home first and had instructed the kitchen to prepare a lavish lunch. Her brothers, sisters-in-law, and other relatives were also present.

She thought it would be lively with everyone together since her daughter was back.

After lunch, she could play cards with them.

Hearing a car outside, Mrs. Fu immediately got up and went outside, saying, “A-Ning is back.”

Her brothers, sisters-in-law, and other relatives followed.

The car stopped in front of the main house.

Mrs. Fu smiled broadly, waiting for her daughter to get out, but only her father-in-law did.”Dad, where’s A-Ning?” Mrs. Fu asked .

“Wasn’t she on a business trip with you?”

Mr. Fu replied gently, “Wan-Ning went back to the company first. I’m old, and after sitting on a plane for several hours, I’m too tired. Wan-Ning told me to go home and rest.”

He glanced at the people around his daughter-in-law and said politely, “You’re all here.”

“Uncle Fu,”

Uncle Fu and the others quickly greeted Mr. Fu.

Mr. Fu nodded.

The driver and bodyguards unloaded the luggage from the car.

Seeing the two large suitcases, Mrs. Fu asked her father-in-law, “Dad, you and Wan Ning only took two small suitcases when you left. Why did you bring back two such big suitcases?”

Mr. Fu had his bodyguard pull the suitcases into the house, and as he walked in, he replied, “They were given to us by the matriarch of the Zhan family. She and Wan Ning hit it off immediately, and knowing we were coming back today, she gave us many gifts to bring back.”

“Too lazy to use express delivery, so I bought two more suitcases, packed them up, and checked them in. We arrived, and the things arrived too.”

Mrs. Fu stepped forward to help her father-in-law, but Mr. Fu said, “I can walk by myself.”

He wasn’t old enough to need help walking. So

Mrs. Fu didn’t help her father-in-law and followed him.

“Is there something very important to do at the company? This should be lunchtime. Wan Ning didn’t come back for dinner first. I told the kitchen to prepare dishes that you and Wan Ning both like to eat.”

Mrs. Fu was quite displeased that her daughter went back to the company first instead of home after returning from her business trip.

She had been away for three days; shouldn’t she have rested properly upon returning?

And it was only for half a day.

“A-Ning will take care of her affairs.”
“If Chairman Fu said calmly

,” Mrs. Fu said. Mrs. Fu remained silent.

She knew her father-in-law didn’t like her asking about company matters.

She wasn’t good at business, and couldn’t help with company affairs, but she had so many nieces and nephews—all cousins ​​of Aning, and very close by blood.

Getting them jobs at the Fu Group would help Aning.

She had mentioned it to her daughter several times, but her daughter had refused.

Mrs. Fu didn’t dare tell her father-in-law; she was still quite afraid of him. Even though he treated her gently, the old man had a long-standing reputation for strictness, and while he considered himself gentle, Mrs. Fu perceived him as very harsh.

“If Aning had a sibling, she wouldn’t have to suffer from not being able to rest after business trips,”

Mrs. Fu sighed, her words filled with concern for her daughter.

Actually, she hoped her nieces and nephews could get jobs at the Fu Group.

Her family’s company wasn’t doing well; if it weren’t for the orders from the Fu Group, it might have gone bankrupt.

If her nieces and nephews could work for the Fu Group and become senior executives, they would definitely cooperate more with their family company, which would allow her family’s business to return to its best period.

“Ah Ning is young, and she slept for several hours on the plane. She really slept from boarding to disembarking; she’s rested enough and won’t be tired.”

Chairman Fu knew the deeper meaning in his daughter-in-law’s words.

Her in-laws often came to persuade her.

Luckily, his daughter-in-law lacked ability, and he didn’t allow her to get involved in the Fu Group’s business; otherwise, the Fu Group might really have fallen into the hands of her in-laws.

Therefore, Ah Ning had been raised by him since she was a child.

He only had this one grandchild, whom he cherished like the apple of his eye. He personally took care of her upbringing, not entrusting it to others; he didn’t trust those people.
After Mr. Fu said that, Mrs. Fu couldn’t say anything more.

She couldn’t very well complain that her father-in-law was going home to rest while her daughter went back to the company, could she?

Her father-in-law was getting old; it was normal for him to go home to rest first.

She felt that since her father-in-law and Aning had gone on a business trip together, the grandfather and granddaughter should come back together.

Mr. Fu didn’t care what his daughter-in-law thought.

He sat for a short while and then went into the dining room to eat.

Mrs. Fu and the others naturally followed.

During the meal, Mr. Fu’s uncle tentatively said to Mr. Fu, “Uncle Fu, Aning is twenty-eight years old, not young anymore. She should be allowed to date and find a good man to marry.”

“Work is important, but marriage is also very important. Aning only listens to you; you should talk to her about it.”

“If she’s willing to go on blind dates, I have two good candidates here, both from our city, close by. They’re about the same age as Aning, and honest and reliable. Aning can marry into their family or be adopted.”

Mrs. Fu’s sisters quickly added that they had candidates in their circle,

afraid that Mr. Fu would choose the one recommended by his brother.

Their chosen candidates were all people with whom they had close personal relationships. If even one of them could be with Fu Wanning, they would receive a high reward, and there would be a continuous stream of benefits afterward.

Chairman Fu did not refuse. He took a couple of sips of soup, ate a piece of food, and then asked, “Uncle Aning, tell me who you’ve chosen for Aning? Do I know him?”

Uncle Fu smiled, “Yes, I know him. He’s the son of a friend of mine. He studied at a university abroad, and after graduating, he came back and found a job. His income isn’t as high as Aning’s, but he’s a very good person, has a gentle temperament, and is good-looking.”

“He has two brothers in his family, so either of them can come to our door.”

As he spoke, Uncle Fu said the man’s name, “Ling Hao, the second young master of the Ling family.”Chairman Fu thought for a while before remembering which Ling family he was referring to. They were neighbors with his in-laws and had a good personal relationship.

The Ling family used to be doing well, but like his in-laws, their business declined. Now, although the company hadn’t gone bankrupt, it was barely surviving, hanging on by a thread.

The Ling family had two sons. The elder son worked at the family company and was probably going to take over.

Chairman Fu had met the second young master, Ling Hao, when he was young. He was indeed handsome, but whether he was good-tempered or honest was another matter.

In short, Chairman Fu looked down on the Ling family’s son.

Chairman Fu knew perfectly well what his uncle was up to by introducing the neighbor’s son to Wan

Ning. If it weren’t for the rule against cousins ​​marrying, his uncle would have loved to have his own son with Wan Ning.

“That child, I remember him,”

Chairman Fu said calmly, neither agreeing nor refusing.

“Right? He’s my neighbor’s son. I watched him grow up. Even Aning played with him when she was little. We all know each other well. Since we live so close, Aning doesn’t need to worry about being bullied after marrying him. As her uncle, I’ll definitely protect her.” ”

If it’s a matrilocal marriage, Ling Hao can work at Fu’s company to help Aning. If she doesn’t need his help, he can take care of the household. His job is easy, and he can do some housework after work every day.”

“After the baby is born, he can be a stay-at-home dad, so Aning won’t have to worry.”

Mrs. Fu said, “Brother, Ling Hao is a smooth talker, isn’t he? He’s handsome, but the more handsome a man is, the harder he is to control. Aning is so busy. If the couple doesn’t spend much time together, won’t he cheat on Aning?”

Mrs. Fu knew her neighbor’s son well, of course.

“He’s just eloquent and has a good tongue. What’s wrong with smooth talk? As long as he’s not unfaithful. He’s handsome, so their children will be especially good-looking. He said that if he gets married, he will be loyal to his family and marriage and won’t cheat on Aning.””With us watching over him, we can’t let him cheat on Aning,”

Uncle Fu strongly recommended Ling Hao.

In his opinion, his niece wasn’t particularly beautiful, but if she were with Ling Hao, their children would be even more attractive, improving their genes.

His niece was just rich.

Actually, many men admired strong women like his niece but didn’t want to marry her.

Especially those capable young CEOs; they feared that both being strong-willed would lead to arguments and neither being willing to back down.

If the Ling family hadn’t experienced a business downturn and wanted a wealthy marriage, Ling Hao wouldn’t even have considered his niece.

Of course, Uncle Fu couldn’t say these things aloud.

“I think Ling Hao isn’t good enough for Aning. Aning is too picky and wouldn’t even look at him,”

Mrs. Fu herself disapproved of Ling Hao.

She was easily swayed, siding with her family was one thing, but choosing a son-in-law was another.

Yes, she was anxious about her daughter’s marriage.

But she wanted someone of equal social standing. Given

the Ling family’s situation, wouldn’t Aning being with Ling Hao be like philanthropy?

Mrs. Fu’s family business wasn’t doing well, and they relied on her husband’s family for survival. She always felt inferior to her father-in-law. Her daughter sometimes said she always sided with her own family, but that was her family.

Her family had once been prosperous; otherwise, she wouldn’t have married into the Fu family.

Her husband died young, but she was devoted to her family and insisted on giving birth to their posthumous daughter, ensuring the Fu family line wouldn’t end. She remained a widow for decades. She had contributed to the Fu family, and her father-in-law always supported her family financially, turning a blind eye to her actions.