Chapter 1292: I Want to Make You Stay (170)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
While walking, he said to her softly, “Our family is very strict and uptight about social etiquette. We try to avoid making noises when we walk, as far as possible. You may be wearing stilettos, but you should still try to take lighter footsteps.”
She answered, “No, that’s your family rule, not mine. I’m not a mber of your family so I don’t have to follow it, at least not until I gain your family’s approval.”
“You’re so willful.”
Donggong Lianzhi brought her to a large mansion. They walked toward the door in the middle, and he said, “This mansion belongs to my grandparents. My family would usually gather here at this ti, lest the two of them feel lonely. This has already beco an unspoken rule.”
“Oh.”
“My grandparents dislike , so they would naturally be prejudiced against you too, but that doesn’t matter. It’s always been difficult to survive in a huge family.”
An Xiaoning glanced at him, feeling a little tense. However, she had been through all sorts of events and was not afraid of the Donggong family at all.
The mont they entered, An Xiaoning almost gasped in shock. Although she had heard about all his family mbers, she did not expect to see so many of them at once. Almost all the mbers were present, except those who could not make it.
An Xiaoning felt as if she had just witnessed an ancient family that was largely extended.
“Good morning, Grandpa and Grandma,” Donggong Lianzhi greeted.
Instead of standing next to him, she glanced at all the eyes on her dauntlessly without uttering a single word. She did not rush to introduce herself because she knew that soone would definitely ask about her.
“Who’s this woman who’s dressed so awfully?” an elderly lady remarked while sitting on a high chair and glaring at them coldly.
An Xiaoning almost choked the mont she heard the snide remark. I’m dressed so normally, how is this awful!?!
What an overbearing elderly woman who throws her weight around!
At this very mont, it was her turn to speak.
An Xiaoning replied, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the way I’m dressed. Did you forget that you’re dressed in red too, Madam? I don’t think you should be criticizing yourself like this.”
The elderly Mrs. Donggong looked down at her own outfit and humphed before rebuking, “Who gave you the audacity to mock !?!”
“You’ve gotten wrong, Old Madam. I was just stating facts. I didn’t an to be disrespectful to you at all. I didn’t comnt about your outfit or call it awful the mont I saw you, did I? I didn’t play the age card and say that you’re bullying because I’m young. I was just stating facts from an objective viewpoint. Lianzhi and I ca here today to announce sothing important to you guys.”
“Who do you think you are? Who allowed this woman in my house!?!”
“I’m nobody. I’m Lianzhi’s girlfriend. I heard that you guys have arranged a marriage for him. Please call off the engagent. This is what I ca here to talk about today,” she said while holding onto Donggong Lianzhi’s arm.
The patriarch finally broke his silence and chastised, “What an arrogant little lass. Who are you to jeopardize our family matters? Lianzhi, she may be unsure of our rules since she’s an outsider but how could you not know? We can’t just make changes to your marriage. You’d better handle this woman properly. If you don’t, I’ll have to punish her myself.”
An Xiaoning drawled, “I’m carrying your family’s flesh and blood. Old Mr. Donggong, are you sure you want to break us up?”
Donggong Lianzhi looked at her in shock. She didn’t rehearse this bit with beforehand!
“What!?!” The patriarch flew into a rage and stood up imdiately.
Her words had garnered a variety of responses and reactions.
So were nonchalant and indifferent.
So were shocked and derisive.
So were simply waiting to watch a show.
There were all sorts of facial expressions. An Xiaoning shifted her gaze onto a woman who seed rather worried and anxious. An Xiaoning could guess from her features that she was probably Donggong Lianzhi’s mother.
His mother was the only one who had such a reaction.
Clearly, Donggong Lianzhi did not command respect in the Donggong family at all.
“Lianzhi, is this true!?!” Old Mr. Donggong questioned sternly.
Donggong Lianzhi felt a sense of relief and comfort after An Xiaoning tightened her grip around his arm.
He answered composedly, “Yes, Grandpa. That’s why I want you to cancel my engagent. I must be responsible toward Mu Ning and our child.”
Donggong Lianzhi’s mother finally stood up and stared at him in disbelief. “Son, did you forget what you said to last ti? You said clearly that you wouldn’t get into any other relationships outside of your engagent. Were you lying to ?”
After a few seconds of silence, Donggong Lianzhi answered, “I just want to be with the woman I love.”
Donggong Lianzhi’s mother glared daggers at An Xiaoning, who exchanged glances with her and even smiled at her. It seed as if An Xiaoning was the arrogant daughter-in-law while Donggong Lianzhi’s mother was an aggrieved mother-in-law.
Old Mrs. Donggong hollered, “In that case, I’ll have to uphold justice for my granddaughter-in-law-to-be! Guards! Take this witch out to be beaten and executed!”
Donggong Lianzhi stared at An Xiaoning in astonishnt only to see that she was still cool and collected. She retorted composedly, “You’ve really given an eyeopener. The Donggong family is still so old-fashioned and you guys still resort to dieval punishnt. I shall make things clear beforehand. I’ll teach whoever dares to lay a finger on a hard lesson!”
“How arrogant! Take her away to be executed!” Old Mrs. Donggong screeched.
Soon, four n entered in a bid to pull An Xiaoning away. However, as soon as they touched her, they were thrown off balance by a sudden force and were propelled out of the door.
Everyone stared at her in astonishnt. Old Mrs. Donggong then exclaid frantically, “Shoot her to death! Hurry!”
The guards outside the door imdiately whipped out their guns and rushed inside. Since the mbers of the Donggong family were not allowed to carry guns into the house, the bodyguards were the only ones who were ard with them.
The mont they sward inside, they stopped in their tracks, not daring to take another step forward.
The reason was, An Xiaoning was already holding the elderly matriarch at gunpoint.
Donggong Lianzhi stood rooted to the ground in shock, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
He had witnessed An Xiaoning placing her gun against his grandmother’s forehead within just a few seconds.
The thing was, she was in stilettos...
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