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Chapter 581: Chapter 581: Knowing the Bottom Line to Match Jinnian
Tong Yaohui was taken aback and didn’t expect his daughter to ask him to matchmake Guo Jinnian. Honestly, Guo Jinnian acts so tomboyish that Tong Yaohui never thought about this before.
Now hearing his daughter’s words, Tong Yaohui looked at Guo Jinnian and thought that it was indeed time for her to find someone. Though she’s always been like the tomboy, Tong Yaohui quite liked her.
But after considering carefully, he couldn’t find a suitable candidate. Jian Jun and Liu Sanwa were good, but they were too young to match with Guo Jinnian. On the other hand, there was Gu Hongwei... Tong Yaohui’s eyes lit up as he looked at Gu Hongwei.
Gu Hongwei felt a bit awkward under Tong Yaohui’s gaze. However, Tong Yaohui only looked at him for a moment before laughing and saying, "Jinnian is a good child. Marriage isn’t something to take lightly. I have to think carefully about who’s right for her. The person must be excellent in all respects, good at taking care of people, ambitious, and good-looking. It should be someone I know well who deserves Jinnian."
Tong Yao laughed quietly. Sure enough, her father was about to suggest Gu Hongwei. As she had guessed, when it comes to introducing someone to Guo Jinnian, her dad thought of Gu Hongwei first.
"Dad, you better make sure to find someone suitable for Jinnian."
Tong Yaohui nodded, "Of course, it has to be someone good. I wouldn’t approve otherwise."
Guo Jinnian didn’t expect Tong Yaohui to take it so seriously and was deeply moved. She jokingly said, "Father Tong, I’d be willing to accept anyone you introduce me to. I believe that even if you introduce a pig to me, it would be the best pig."
Everyone there burst into laughter at her remark. Tong Yaohui had the biggest laugh, but Gu Hongwei just wore an helpless smile.
After casually chatting for a while, Fu Yiheng insisted on going fishing again. Taking advantage of this, Tong Yaohui summoned Gu Hongwei. Tong Yao noticed this and chuckled quietly.
She deliberately teased Guo Jinnian saying, "Jinnian, you just made quite a grand promise in front of my dad. What if my dad wants to match make you with Hongwei? What will you do then?"
Guo Jinnian got a big shock and widened her eyes in fear, "Yaoyao, I’m injured right now. Please don’t scare me like this."
Tong Yao pretended to be serious saying, "I’m not scaring you. My dad really thinks highly of Gu Hongwei. He wishes he could have another daughter to marry him."
Guo Jinnian’s eyes widened in horror. Looking at the backs of Gu Hongwei and Tong Yaohui, she almost felt like running over to separate them. Would it be too late for her to go over and tell Tong Yaohui not to match her with Gu Hongwei?
Tong Yao guessed right. Tong Yaohui did think Gu Hongwei was ideal for Guo Jinnian. Both were quite complementary, with one being outgoing and the other reserved.
However, they were all adults and friends. Tong Yaohui worried that it would be embarrassing if neither was thinking in those terms. Therefore, he wanted to privately ask Gu Hongwei his thoughts.
After a while, Tong Yaohui asked with a jolly laugh, "Hongwei, what do you think of our Jinnian?"
Gu Hongwei had guessed Tong Yaohui’s thoughts when he was called over, and his mind was a mess. Upon hearing Tong Yaohui’s question, he didn’t know how to respond at first.
After pondering for a while, he said: "Father Tong, Jinnian is a nice girl."
He paused for a moment before adding: "Actually, to be honest with you, I’m not thinking about settling down right now. I’m still trying to establish my career. I don’t even have my own home. It would be unfair to others if I start a relationship now. It’s not right to let a young girl in her prime spend her life wandering aimlessly with me. So, my main focus now is my career."
Although Gu Hongwei was ambitious, he was not certain of how far he could go, whether he would rise to the top or fall into the abyss. At this point, he didn’t qualify to consider marriage.
Guo Jinnian was already 25. He couldn’t selfishly delay her youth.
Tong Yaohui nodded in acceptance, complimenting him, "I was right about you. You truly are considerate. You always put others before yourself in everything you do. You are right but, you should also consider your own feelings."
With that, Tong Yaohui patted his shoulder and solemnly advised, "If you have any special feelings for Jinnian, don’t miss a good girl."
After that, Tong Yaohui stopped bringing up the topic. He walked over to the reservoir and started discussing fishing with Fu Yiheng. However, Gu Hongwei was caught off guard by Tong Yaohui’s words.
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Tong Yao and the others stayed on the breeding farm until around four in the afternoon before heading back to Kyoto. Tong Yaohui did not mention anything about match making Guo Jinnian. It was as if his previous promise to find a match for her was just a casual remark.
Tong Yao couldn’t help speculating what Gu Hongwei had talked about with Tong Yaohui.
Although she wasn’t sure whether Gu Hongwei had flatly rejected the idea, Tong Yao was sure that he hadn’t agreed to it. Otherwise, Tong Yaohui wouldn’t have stopped mentioning it.
Tong Yao kept pondering over this, her gaze involuntarily turning towards Gu Hongwei, until he became uncomfortable. It was only when she realized this that she turned away, only to find Si Chen staring at her.
Tong Yao blinked and heard Si Chen’s nonchalant question, "Do you find it interesting?"
Tong Yao nodded subconsciously but quickly shook her head when she realized what she had done. Then, desperately wanting to live, she asserted, "You are the most handsome."
Fu Yiheng, who had eaten their dog food, clicked his tongue twice, covered his mouth and said, "My teeth are sour."
Si Chen glanced at him, "I know a dentist who is very good at pulling teeth."
Fu Yiheng’s mouth twitched twice, and he dared not go.
On the way home, Gu Hongwei and Guo Jinnian were both surprisingly quiet, especially Guo Jinnian, who hardly spoke. Despite Guo Jinnian’s careless personality, she was quite sensitive at times.
Father Tong didn’t mention match making her with Gu Hongwei, but for some reason, she felt a little disappointed. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
Guo Jinnian concluded that she felt disappointed because only she could reject Gu Hongwei, not the other way around. Otherwise, it would look like no one wanted her. Now Father Tong stopped mentioning it. Could it be that Gu Hongwei rejected her in front of Father Tong?
Or did Father Tong really help her find candidates and did not mention this to Gu Hongwei?
Unable to find the answer, Guo Jinnian felt as frustrated as a scratching cat. She wished she could pull Gu Hongwei off the car now to ask him clearly.
When the van returned to Kyoto, it was already past eight o’clock in the evening. Mrs. Zheng had prepared dinner in advance awaiting their return. Guo Jinnian had something on her mind and only ate a bowl of rice for dinner. Tong Yao thought it was strange. Guo Jinnian, who always had a good appetite even for bread, actually had no appetite?
However, Guo Jinnian explained, "Auntie Wen’s cooking is too good. I ate too much at noon."
