Chapter 19: A date
Zizi gritted her teeth. "I-I said nothing wrong in that…Caihong and bro h-have always loved each other."
Zhiyuan said, "Zizi. I already said that is the past now. I know you care about me but you need to stop this now."
Han Huizhong glanced at Zhiyuan and raised his eyebrow. Then he stepped towards Zizi and stood directly in front of her. Zizi was already shaking and gulping in fear.
He smiled. "Zhiyuan and that woman loved each other? But what is the use of it if I don't like her? And if I don't, then I will just squash that love like killing a pesky bug."
Zhiyuan and Xinyi kept quiet.
"And you seem to have a lot of interest in your brother's life. Why don't you pay a little attention to your own? But don't worry. Your grandfather will help you with that. I have arranged a date for you."
Zizi froze.
Ah Cy and Liang widened their eyes.
This old man really doesn't pull any punches…
Xinyi and Zhiyuan were taken aback too.
This was too sudden.
A marriage meeting?
"Huh?" Zizi looked at him dumbfounded.
"You will meet him tomorrow. I have arranged your date at Moonlight hotel."
Moonlight was one of the hotels that came under Han Corp's hotel chains.
Zizi panicked. "What? B-but I don't want to."
Tears rolled down her cheeks. "But Grandpa! I don't want to marry right now!"
He ignored her and said, "Are you excited to know what man I chose for you? I am sure you would be so thrilled and so would Xinyi."
Xinyi was confused. "Me?"
"Yup. After all, it's your twin brother I have set up Zizi with - Soo Yunru."
Xinyi gasped.
"Yunru?"
Soo Yunru, the same age as Xinyi, was her fraternal twin brother.
Zizi couldn't believe her ears. "What!? Soo Yunru? Why him? The Soo family is just a middle-class family! They are not rich and have a status like us. And Soo Yunru is just some lowly police officer. How-how can you..."
Han Huizhong narrowed his eyes. "Voice down Han Zizi. Don't forget who you are talking to."
She gulped back her words.
Zizi rushed to Zhiyuan's side and cried. "B-bro… please tell Grandpa something. I-I don't want to meet him. I don't want to marry!"
Zhiyuan stood before Han Huizhong and said, "As my brother-in-law, I know Yunru and he is a good man who can keep her happy but don't force her, Grandpa, if she doesn't want-"
Han Huizhong suddenly stomped his stick hard on the floor. His voice roared like a lion. "Don't you dare tell me what I should do and what I shouldn't. Stay in your limits, young man, or I will beat the hell out of you right now."
Ah Cy and Liang felt really bad for him but they couldn't do anything right now.
Then he shot a glare at Zizi. "And you. I don't want any more arguments about this. If you don't meet Soo Yunru tomorrow, then pack your bags and get out of this house."
She froze.
"You-you will throw me out just for a marriage meeting…?" She was shocked.
How could he throw his own granddaughter out of the house?
"Yes, I will. Who will stop me?"
Xinyi finally stepped in between. "Grandpa. Please let this go. You are going too far."
Han Huizhong raised her brow. "She tried to convince your husband to leave you for another woman and you got nothing to say to that?"
Xinyi calmly said, "Yes, I do. But as long as Zhiyuan doesn't think that way, I don't mind what others say to me. And forcibly making her meet Yunru isn't a solution."
"Of course it is. Once she gets married and starts her new life, she wouldn't have time to poke her nose in other people's marriages."
Zhiyuan and Xinyi got a headache.
Once he gets pissed off and sets his mind on something, it was impossible to convince him out of it.
I will talk to Yunru tonight and ask him to decline this engagement, Xinyi thought.
Han Huizhong said, "Now get back to your room already Zizi. Oh and pick your best dress for tomorrow's meeting."
Zizi trembled and burst into tears. She ran to her room as she cried.
Han Huizhong's attention finally fell to the guests.
"Xu Ah Cy and Xu Liang. Oof. You had to witness such a drama. But then again, all of my family members are such fools that drama just becomes a part of life now," he smiled.
They didn't know how to respond to that. Basically, he just dissed his own family.
" ...Hello Grandpa Han."
"Yo pharma boy. How is business going?" He asked as he sat down on the couch.
Liang's brow twitched. His company was in the pharmaceutical industry and so Han Huizhong got this weird nickname for him.
Liang smiled. "It's going good. Recently we have signed a collaboration project with Mu Constructions."
"I know that. Han Corps is a part of it too. I heard Mu Chuanli is organizing a cruise trip."
Zhiyuan said, "Yes. It's held next week and Xinyi and I will be going too."
"I didn't ask you to butt in the conversation Zhiyuan."
Zhiyuan stiffened. He faintly smiled. "I am sorry."
Xinyi bit her lip.
"And why is Xinyi going on the cruise too?"
Ah Cy said, "Mu Chuanli has invited her along with Zhiyuan."
Han Huizhong stared at Zhiyuan and Xinyi for a long time.
"I don't want Xinyi to go on the cruise trip."
Zhiyuan frowned.
Xinyi blinked her eyes. "Why?"
"Because I don't like you two to be together."
Zhiyuan already knew that he would say something like that. He hated him so much that he didn't like him anywhere near him or Xinyi.
"Grandpa-"
"No means no! That's that!" He roared.