A Birthday Present from James
"Your grandpa?"
Wang Yi was surprised.
In the more than two years he'd been dating Nicole, her family had never interfered, and he'd never met a single member of her family.
From what Wang Yi had learned from James, the Nicole Family was an enormously powerful family in the United States and even around the world.
Families like that usually had countless rules, and they tended to have very high standards.
Winning the approval of a family like that was incredibly difficult.
That was why, despite dating Nicole for more than two years, Wang Yi had never seen her family. They had never interfered, but they had never appeared in front of Nicole, either.
They didn't interfere in Nicole's marriage, but they didn't approve of Wang Yi.
Wang Yi asked Nicole, "So they're starting to approve of me now?"
Nicole looked surprised. "They've always approved of you! They approved of you from the first time they heard I was dating you."
"Huh?"
Wang Yi was even more confused.
"Don't families like yours have strict rules? Isn't it really, really hard to earn your family's approval? Doesn't someone have to pass all kinds of tests to become your husband?"
Nicole burst out laughing. "You've read too many novels! We don't have that many rules. My family is pretty laid-back."
Wang Yi was even more surprised. "Then why haven't you ever taken me to meet your family, even though we've been dating for more than two years?"
Nicole looked taken aback. "You never asked about my family. I remember mentioning once that my family controlled public opinion. You furrowed your brow and seemed unhappy, so I thought you didn't like talking about them. That's why I hardly ever brought them up around you. My grandpa actually told