"Wait, Grandpa! Isn't this a little too soon?!" Cheng Tian jumped in fright. "We're both only eighteen!"
"I know. You're not old enough to legally marry yet, so you'll get engaged first." Old Master Su smiled. "You've already accepted the dowry, so don't even think about running away. It's settled."
Cheng Tian struggled to accept reality. "But..."
"When the time comes, I'll have Xiaohan's father make a special trip over from Bingzhou. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, too."
Cheng Tian sucked in a breath of cold air. To tell the truth.
He had never even met Xiaohan's father!
And he had asked before-Xiaohan apparently still hadn't told her father she was dating anyone. In other words, his father-in-law was still completely in the dark?!
When his father-in-law traveled all that way from Bingzhou and suddenly learned that his precious pearl was getting engaged to someone, the scene would be so beautiful he simply couldn't imagine it...
"All right, we're done here. Let's head out. We can talk as we walk."
Old Master Su personally escorted Cheng Tian downstairs the whole way. Seeing that he couldn't get out of the engagement, Cheng Tian agreed with fear and trepidation.
"Don't worry. I'll tell that girl Xiaohan about this. She'll definitely be delighted." Even after escorting him downstairs and out of the company building, Old Master Su was still all smiles. He handed Cheng Tian the exquisite wooden box he was holding and patted his shoulder.
"Xiao Tian, I still have things to attend to, so I'll see you off here. You must... cough, cough, cough, cough..." Old Master Su suddenly began coughing violently. Cheng Tian hurriedly asked with concern, "Are you all right?"
"Cough, cough... I'm fine..." Old Master Su smiled and waved a hand. He took a handkerchief