She doesn't want to pretend anymore

"Ah Zhan, I heard from the Imperial Capital University Admissions Office that you refused to allow Manshu to study at Imperial Capital University?"

Qin Ru carefully chose her words.

She wasn't questioning Yan Zhan, she just wanted to know whether the Yan family had really changed their minds and would not allow Manman to study in the imperial capital.

Yan Zhan was silent: "...I didn't notice."

Didn't notice anything?

Ms. Qin Ru didn't understand.

“A lot of schools called—”

Yan Zhan didn't need to say anything else, Ms. Qin Ru had already reacted.

It seems that he just rejected them easily. He rejected all the schools that called him, right?

"So, is Manman sure she's going to apply to Imperial University?"

Yan Zhan glanced in the direction of the office next door: "Yes, she didn't want to change her choice."

"That's good." Ms. Qin Ru felt relieved.

As a result, Yan Zhan dropped a bomb the next second: "Professor Qin, the Yan family will hold a No. 1 banquet for Man Shu, which is also the engagement banquet for Man Shu and me. Are you and Professor Yan free?"

"What did you say?" Ms. Qin Ru thought she had misheard.

The No. 1 Scholar Banquet is fine, but what is an engagement banquet?

Yan Zhan did not hesitate: "Manshu and I will announce our engagement at the No. 1 Scholar Banquet."

"Are you engaged, or is Manshu engaged? How did you get together? Who is Manshu engaged to?"

Ms. Qin Ru forced herself to calm down.

She is not a feudal parent, but that does not mean she would be happy to see her granddaughter get married at such a young age.

"It's the two of us getting engaged." Just to each other, no one else. Yan Zhan explained patiently without moving his brows.

"Why are you two getting engaged? You are uncle and nephew, did you know that?" Ms. Qin Ru could no longer maintain her superficial gentleness.

There was even a hint of severity in her voice.

Yan Zhan was very calm: "We are not related by blood."

"You are not related by blood, you are only uncle and nephew in name only!"

This is absolutely not possible unless Ms. Qin Ru agrees!

She didn't even want to say more to Yan Zhan and just hung up the phone.

I immediately called Professor Yan.

"Yan Lang, something big has happened!"

Professor Yan has been feeling a little proud these days because his granddaughter became the top scorer in the college entrance examination.

This family invites him to drink today, and that family invites him to drink tomorrow.

If he had not still retained some rationality, he would probably have agreed to arrange seven or eight sons-in-law for his granddaughter.

When he suddenly heard his wife say that something had happened, he was a little slow to react.

"Aju, what happened?"

"In order to keep Manman by his side, that old man Yan Zhentian actually arranged for his adopted son to get engaged to Manman."

"You say, is this something a human would do?"

"He's really good at thinking of this. Yan Zhan is much older than our Manman, and they are uncle and nephew. If they announce their engagement at the top scholar banquet, will Manman's reputation be ruined?"

It’s not that Qin Ru is pedantic, she is just worried that her child will be criticized in the future.

They are people who have lived through that era and know better that rumors are terrifying and can kill people.

"Manman and Yan Zhan?" Professor Yan is more rational than Ms. Qin Ru.

He thought about it carefully and realized that Yan Zhan had taken over the Yan family's company for a long time and was a rare young talent.

Even Professor Yan admires him very much.

If he was not old man Yan's adopted son, Professor Yan would even be happy to see it happen.

Even if he is an adopted son, it doesn't matter. There is no blood relationship. The Yan family is selfish and weak. Old man Yan wants to keep his adopted son and granddaughter by his side. It doesn't seem strange that he came up with such an idea.

I heard that she was engaged to Yan Zhan. Actually, Professor Yan was not as opposed to it as Ms. Qin Ru.