The boss has no descendants, but he encounters four smaller versions of himself

Lu Ranran thought about it and felt that it made sense, so she finally nodded: "Okay, then let's wait until Brother Niannian is done with his work. But Grandpa, you have to promise me that once Brother Niannian is done with his work, you must ask him for me."

"Okay, okay, Grandpa promises you." Lu Zhengyang reluctantly agreed, but in his heart he was planning how to postpone this matter until his little granddaughter grew up and became sensible, and naturally forgot about it.

Behind the door, Su Sinian listened to the conversation in the courtyard and froze completely.

Baby kiss?

With Ranran?

Although Lu Ranran is indeed very cute, but... an arranged marriage? That's just too outrageous.

But on second thought, I think it's understandable.

Kids always have some wild and imaginative ideas.

Today she wants to marry Niannian's brother, tomorrow she might want to be an astronaut. When Ranran gets older, she'll naturally stop thinking about such things.

However... Grandpa Lu is probably going to have a headache for a while.

......

Su Sinian guessed correctly; Lu Zhengyang was indeed having a headache.

Lu Zhengyang originally planned to postpone the arranged marriage. After all, children have different ideas every day, and Ranran might forget about it after a while.

But he clearly underestimated his granddaughter's persistence.

In the following days, Lu Ranran seemed to regard "arranging a marriage between her and her brother Niannian" as the most important thing in her life. Every day, as soon as she opened her eyes, she would run to her grandfather's room and the first thing she would say was, "Grandpa, have you told your brother Niannian yet?"

During dinner, I asked, "Grandpa, did you tell your brother Niannian?"

When learning piano, he asked, "Grandpa, did you tell your brother Niannian?"

Even before going to bed at night, she would run to her grandfather's bedside with her little rabbit doll, looking at him expectantly and asking, "Grandpa, you must tell Niannian's brother tomorrow..."

Lu Zhengyang was driven to the brink of despair by his little granddaughter's constant pestering.

He both loved and couldn't do anything about the only girl in the family. He couldn't hit her or scold her. If he tried to reason with her, she would argue, "Ranran just likes Niannian-gege. What's wrong with liking someone?"

Seeing his granddaughter grow more anxious every day, and seeing her lose her appetite for her favorite strawberries because of this, Lu Zhengyang finally couldn't take it anymore.

That afternoon, Su Sinian had just finished practicing the piano and was helping Lu Zhengyang prune the grapevines in the yard.

Lu Ranran hid behind the door, constantly giving her grandfather meaningful glances.

Lu Zhengyang looked at his granddaughter's expectant eyes, then at Su Sinian who was working diligently beside him, and was torn between his own feelings and his inner turmoil.

Say or don't say?

Tell me, this is indeed absurd. Su Sinian is still a child. What kind of betrothal is this?

If I don't tell her, I won't be able to get past my granddaughter...

"Grandpa Lu, should we prune this branch?" Su Sinian asked, pointing to an old branch.

"Huh? Oh, cut it, cut it off." Lu Zhengyang snapped out of his reverie and answered absentmindedly.

He opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back down.

I just... can't bring myself to say it!

Just then, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: wait, why not talk to Niannian's mother first?

He had met Su Yutang a few times; she was a reasonable, gentle, and intellectual person.

If we talk to her first and sound her out, maybe... maybe she'll think it's a good thing?

right! Just do it!

Lu Zhengyang immediately made an excuse: "Xiao Niannian, you keep cutting, Grandpa is going to make a phone call."

After saying that, he hurriedly went back into the house, leaving Su Sinian standing alone under the grape trellis, looking completely bewildered.

Back in his study, Lu Zhengyang closed the door, calmed himself down, and then dialed Su Yutang's number.

The phone rang a few times before being answered.

"Hello, who is this?" It was Su Yutang's voice.

Lu Zhengyang quickly said, "Madam Su, it's me, Lu Zhengyang."

"Teacher Lu!" Su Yutang's voice immediately became warm. "Long time no see! How has Niannian been doing with you lately? Has the child caused you any trouble?"

Lu Zhengyang quickly replied, "No, no, Xiao Niannian is very well-behaved. He recently wrote a new piece of music, which is really good. I'm helping him polish it up."

Su Yutang was very happy. "That's wonderful. It's a blessing for him to have a teacher like you to guide him every year."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and chatted about Su Sinian's recent situation, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

Lu Zhengyang gradually began to have a better understanding of the situation. Since Madam Su was so easy to talk to, perhaps…

He cleared his throat, preparing to get to the point, "Mrs. Su, actually, there's something else I wanted to discuss with you today..."

Before he could finish speaking, the study door was suddenly pushed open.

Su Sinian stood at the door, holding pruning shears in her hand. "Grandpa Lu."

Lu Zhengyang jumped, almost dropping his phone: "Hey, Niannian? What are you doing here?"

In a panic, Lu Zhengyang hurriedly said to Su Yutang on the other end of the phone, "Mrs. Su, let's talk later, that's all..."

The phone rang, and Lu Zhengyang hung up the phone guiltily.

Over here, Su Sinian blinked: "Grandpa Lu, what were you and Mommy talking about just now? Did you need to discuss it?"

Lu Zhengyang's heart tightened, but he forced himself to remain calm: "It's nothing, just... let's chat casually and ask how you've been lately."

"Oh." Su Sinian nodded, not paying much attention, and turned to go back out to continue pruning the branches.

Lu Zhengyang breathed a sigh of relief, but felt even more conflicted.

My call was interrupted just now, and I didn't get to the point. Nian Nian is currently away from home, and if I don't speak up soon…

After thinking it over, he decided that he should bring it up in person.

Discussing it with his mother without telling Niannian would be bad if Niannian found out.

And... what if Madam Su agrees, but Niannian herself disagrees? Wouldn't that be even more awkward?

Yes, we still need to ask for Nian Nian's opinion first.

Having made up his mind, Lu Zhengyang left the study and went to the courtyard.

Su Sinian had almost finished pruning the grape trellis and was sitting on a stone bench drinking water.

Seeing Grandpa Lu approach, he smiled and asked, "Grandpa Lu, do you think this is alright?"

"Okay, okay, it's very well cut." Lu Zhengyang nodded absentmindedly and sat down opposite Su Sinian.

The two were silent for a while.

Lu Zhengyang tried to speak several times, but swallowed his words back.

He's lived most of his life; what storms hasn't he weathered?

But talking to a little kid about "arranging a marriage between children" is something I've never done before.

"Um... Little Niannian, Grandpa has something to tell you."

Su Sinian put down her water glass and looked at him seriously: "Okay, what is it?"

Lu Zhengyang rubbed his hands together, carefully choosing his words: "It's like this... Grandpa knows you're still young, but Grandpa really likes you."

He paused, observing Su Sinian's expression.

"so what……"

Lu Zhengyang forced himself to continue, "Grandpa wants to... wants to arrange a marriage between you and your granddaughter Ranran. What do you think?"