Daddy Always Gets Jealous

A counter-question silenced the old master for a long while before he finally spoke, fixing his gaze on Huo Jinnan, ”What’s past is past. Since the marriage certificate has been obtained, a wedding ceremony should be held regardless. Fortunately, before Jizhou’s wedding was kept secret, not many outsiders knew about it...”

Huo Jinnan stood there, quietly listening, before he finally looked up at the old master, ”She now goes by the name Qin Huan, not Che Huan anymore. Also, she and Gu Jizhou had a secret marriage? How come I wasn’t aware of that?”

”...”

The old master glared, his mind suddenly flashing back to his previous words, as he grasped the implication.

Huo Jinnan observed the old master’s changing expression, ”When I married her, I had just reached the legal age for marriage. Is Grandpa joking?”

”...”

The old master gripped his cane tighter, Anan was attempting to erase Jizhou and Che Huan’s past entirely.

Five years earlier—

This way, the little guy would be considered born after their marriage, everything seems to have been considered thoroughly! Only—

How good it would have been if Che Huan were not Wen Ru’s daughter, with the Qin Family connection, he would have begrudgingly accepted this granddaughter-in-law!

But things never go as one wishes!

Soon, he thought of the Weibo account ”Yi Ren He Mu,” which clearly belonged to Anan. Could it be that in the end, they were planning to spin the story in that direction, at which point, Jizhou’s five years of marriage history would truly be wiped out?

He was angry that Jizhou had concealed their secret marriage for so many years, but—

How could Jizhou bear it if Anan did this?

Recalling the car accident Jizhou had been in, where he had nearly not awakened, and his repeated impulsive actions, all because of Che Huan—

Jizhou must have loved Che Huan in his heart, right?

No man could tolerate such a thing!

Perhaps Anan’s taking Che Huan from Jizhou’s grasp wasn’t entirely out of fondness for her.

Thinking this, the old master felt much more at ease.

Seeing that the old master was silent for a long while, Huo Jinnan put out his cigarette and glanced at his watch, ”It’s getting late, I’ll head back to rest first. Please do as you wish, Grandpa.”

The old master looked at Huo Jinnan, ”Anan, how is your mother doing?”

Huo Jinnan had just turned around when he halted, looking back at the old master.

The old master sighed heavily and decided to lay it all out, ”Anan, truthfully, whether Che Huan agreed or not, the heart would have been given to Xiaoqin in the end. You know how your father felt about your mother.”

Huo Jinnan’s gaze was deep as he stared at the old master, ”Agreeing and not agreeing are different matters, Grandpa should know that.”

The old master coughed once, ”Isn’t it rather good this way? At least it shows she cares about you in her heart.”

”I don’t need such tests. How insecure must a man be to resort to such foolish actions?”

Huo Jinnan turned and entered Nanyuan Villa.

The old master watched Huo Jinnan’s retreating figure, thinking of the ten million Che Huan had taken without Anan’s knowledge. He turned to Uncle Guan at his side, ”Go check where that ten million was spent. Also, investigate the exact time Anan and Che Huan registered their marriage.”

...

The next day, Uncle Guan entered the old master’s study, ”Old master, there is something peculiar.”

The old master looked up at Uncle Guan.

Uncle Guan thought for a moment but still started with the marriage certificate issue, ”Previously, the Second Young Master and Miss Che... Miss Qin merely exchanged marriage certificates at the Civil Affairs Bureau, because Miss Qin had changed her name from Che Huan to Qin Huan.”

”So the Civil Affairs Bureau has a record of their marriage registration from five years ago?”

”Yes!”

Just as he suspected!

”The marriage record between Jizhou and Che Huan can’t be found?”

”Yes, it was checked through the military district. The second master arranged it, right before that storm in Winter City. Miss Qin had been living apart from the second master until he went to Winter City, and they had been constantly negotiating a divorce.”