“What a coincidence,” I laughed. I had seen the woman beside Yin Zhongtian once before; she worked at the municipal government. When Yin first became deputy secretary, someone had mentioned they should be set up, noting she was the granddaughter of a retired municipal leader.
When Yin asked my opinion back then, I didn’t know Ye Zhengchen was a high-ranking official, so I casually said, “Sure! Children of high-ranking officials are always well-educated…”
“Zhongtian, who is this?” my father asked.
Yin politely replied, “Sorry, I’ll chat with Uncle for a moment. Wait for me.”
“I’ll take a walk by the lake. Take your time,” she said and walked away. Yin quickly glanced at me.
“Uncle, I’m sorry. Some things Xiao Bing and I shouldn’t have hidden from you, but we were thinking of your health…”
“You two?!” my father exclaimed.
“Xiao Bing and I are not together,” Yin said, shocking both me and my father.
“What did you say?”
Yin glanced at me again and continued: “During that period, your condition was not optimistic, and your emotions were unstable. Xiao Bing was very worried about you.”
To make you happy, she begged me for a fake engagement. Later, many things happened, and you had a heart attack because of my situation, so we couldn’t tell you anything.”
Seeing my father’s questioning look, I quickly suppressed my surprise and focused on the lake and mountain scenery.
“Uncle, Xiao Bing is very filial. She did all this for your health. Please don’t blame her,” Yin Zhongtian said. “I’ve been busy with work and will visit you another day.”
After saying this, he left without looking back, and I saw a tremor in his back.
“Xiao Bing, is what Zhongtian said true?”
“I…” He shouldn’t have done so much for me.
“Alas!” Dad let out a long sigh, continuing to walk along the cobblestone path.
I hurried to catch up. “Dad…”
After a few anxious steps, he turned to look at me. “I knew you didn’t like Zhongtian. It was strange when you suddenly said you accepted him.”
“…”
“I never thought you could be so confused, lying to me together with him. Can engagement be faked? Have you considered the consequences? What will people think?”
