Investigating Three Generations Up the Line-Wouldn't That Mean Investigating the Three of Us Too?

Li Ye and Li Juan returned home. Before they could tell everyone about Li Juan's boyfriend, the whole group had already surrounded her.

They cut cake and served longevity noodles, while Little Dun'er, Little Treasure, and Little Pouch even sang her a birthday song.

Though Li Juan had lived quite well these past years, she had never experienced such a "grand occasion" birthday from childhood to adulthood. Her cheeks flushed crimson with emotion, and tears shimmered at the corners of her eyes.

But after all that familial fanfare, everyone revealed their true colors and began the part older unmarried women hated most: urging her to marry.

"Juan, after this birthday, you'll be twenty-six. You're already a year older than the marriage age encouraged by the state. You may not be afraid of the gossip from every aunt and uncle under the sun, but your mother is.

"Back then, your brother gave you a deadline of twenty-five. Now even your twenty-fifth birthday has passed. No matter what, you have to give us an answer, right?"

"..."

Li Juan blinked rapidly, forcibly holding back the tears in her eyes. In the end, she looked to Li Ye as if pleading for help.

She and Cao Jianqing had not even made things clear yet! Only today had Li Ye spoken with the other man's superior on the phone. How was she, an unmarried young woman, supposed to explain it?

Li Ye gave a light cough and said with a smile, "Everyone in the Li family keeps their word. Juan has recently started seeing someone, but both young people are rather shy and haven't made things completely clear yet.

"By chance, I know that young man's superior, so I called and asked whether he had someone he was seeing. The young man clearly stated