allonlinenovel Chapter 199 The Wedding is About to Be Held
Chapter 199 The Wedding is About to Be Held
"Grandpa, I can't take on this responsibility. I don't know anything. You should pass this important task on to someone else."
Chu Xinglan was startled to learn that Old Master Ming had entrusted the entire Ming family to her.
"Lanlan, I believe in you. You are a smart child. I am very relieved to entrust the Ming family to you." Old Master Ming looked at Chu Xinglan with a kind expression.
“But I’m not comfortable with it. I’m only twenty, and I didn’t even study this major. I really don’t know how to manage a company. Besides, the Ming family has such a large business. Is it appropriate to hand it all over to me?” Chu Xinglan felt that Old Master Ming’s decision was too hasty.
“Why is it inappropriate? You are the only young lady of the Ming family, and it is only reasonable to entrust everything of the Ming family to you.” Old Master Ming’s thoughts were quite different.
"But……"
Chu Xinglan was about to say something more when Uncle Ma spoke up.
"Miss, please grant the old man's wish. He has devoted his whole life to the Ming family. Now that he is getting old, he deserves to rest well."
"Uncle Ma?" Chu Xinglan was surprised. She didn't expect Uncle Ma to support her grandfather's decision. The two most powerful and outstanding men in the Ming family trusted her so much.
She looked at Grandpa Ming and saw that his temples were turning white. Because of his advanced age, he had difficulty walking and could only use a cane. It would be unfilial to make him work so hard.
“But Uncle Ma, I really don’t understand anything. Grandpa trusts you so much. It’s better to hand over the Ming family to you than to me.”
Uncle Ma was both amused and exasperated by Chu Xinglan's words.
“Miss, I am an outsider after all. The Ming family has been passed down for generations. I, an outsider, cannot handle it. Don’t worry, Miss. If you don’t understand something, Gu Ye will help you. The company is just an honorary title for you. In fact, what the old man values is Gu Ye’s ability.”
Uncle Ma smiled mysteriously as he finished speaking.
Chu Xinglan was surprised. She looked at Old Master Ming and saw that he also smiled kindly at her.
Chu Xinglan was a smart person and immediately understood what they meant.
So what truly puts Grandpa Ming at ease is Gu Ye, who is behind her.
"Alright, Grandpa, you can retire in peace. I will definitely protect the Ming family with Gu Ye."
"Young Miss is truly intelligent and perceptive; she understood immediately," Uncle Ma praised.
“Child, since your father Minghao died in an accident, the Ming family has no suitable heir. Now this heavy burden can only fall on your shoulders.”
When Grandpa Ming thought of his only son, a wound in his heart remained forever.
"Grandpa, no one knew that such a thing would happen, you don't need to blame yourself anymore."
Chu Xinglan comforted Old Master Ming.
Old Master Ming was stunned. He had raised Ming Yin for so long, but he had never heard her comfort him like this before. Instead, she repeatedly used the scar on his heart to gain benefits.
"It really is our young lady." Uncle Ma had been by Old Master Ming's side all along, and naturally he was used to Ming Yin rubbing salt into Old Master Ming's wounds. He originally thought that finding the young lady would bring some comfort to the old man, but he did not expect that what he found was a sharp knife, stabbing the old man's heart again and again. Hearing Chu Xinglan say words of comfort to the old man made Uncle Ma very excited.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Chu Xinglan was puzzled by their expressions.
"The past is too painful to recall; let bygones be bygones." Old Master Ming didn't want to bring up Ming Yin's matter again.
Uncle Ma immediately understood and stopped mentioning Ming Yin. He simply held Chu Xinglan's hand and excitedly said:
"Young Miss, you are the one who has truly returned to save the old man."
Chu Xinglan chatted with Old Master Ming for a while. Later, a maid told her that Mr. Xue and his wife had come to see her. Because Chu Xinglan was about to hold another wedding with Gu Ye, she had specially invited Ye Xiaoxiao to be her bridesmaid. When she heard that they had arrived, she took her leave from Old Master Ming and went to meet her guests.
Grandpa Ming stared at Chu Xinglan's figure for a long time, his heart aching as he looked forward.
"If I hadn't looked down on Xiang Wan for being an obscure celebrity and had stopped her from entering the Ming family, would the outcome have been different?"
"Don't overthink it, old man. It's no use dwelling on it now that it's happened," Uncle Ma comforted him.
“Look how sensible Lanlan is, and her mother is naturally no less so. No wonder Minghao likes her so much. If I hadn’t been so forceful and so arbitrary in assuming that she wanted to marry Minghao just because of his status as the young master of the Ming family, perhaps I should have tried to understand that woman. Perhaps… once I truly understood her, I would have realized that she was a woman suitable to be the young mistress of the Ming family.”
Grandpa Ming felt a pang of heartache as he spoke of this.
Uncle Ma, who was standing to the side, didn't know how to answer him. He could tell that the old man was very regretful.
Grandpa Ming wiped the tears from his eyes and sighed deeply.
"Forget it, there's no use thinking about it. Fortunately, they left behind a good daughter. Their daughter is the continuation of their lives."
"That's the right thing for the old man to think," Uncle Ma breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Old Master Ming has come to terms with it. The return of this real young lady has resolved the knot in his heart that he has carried for many years. It seems that it is the spirit of Young Master Ming Hao in heaven who is protecting him.
"How are the preparations for Lanlan and Gu Ye's wedding going?" Old Master Ming suddenly asked seriously.
"It's almost ready."
"This time, Lanlan is marrying Gu Ye as the eldest daughter of the Ming family. The wedding must be super grand. I want everyone to know that Ming Lanlan, the eldest daughter of the Ming family, is going to marry Gu Ye."
Grandpa Ming became very excited as he spoke.
"Of course, how could I be careless about the wedding of my Miss Ming?" Uncle Ma smiled.
The person who came to find Chu Xinglan was none other than Ye Xiaoxiao.
Ye Xiaoxiao's belly has grown significantly larger, and Xue Bai is now taking care of her the whole time, afraid that something might happen to her.
Chu Xinglan looked at Ye Xiaoxiao's belly, then at her own. Her baby was so good to her, making her suffer less during pregnancy.
"Who does things like you, having two weddings? I wanted to be your bridesmaid, but I had to wait month after month, until I was all pregnant. Tell me, are you doing this on purpose? Are you afraid I'll steal your thunder, so you want me to be your bridesmaid while you're heavily pregnant?"
Ye Xiaoxiao angrily questioned Chu Xinglan.
Xue Bai, who was standing to the side, immediately became nervous. "My dear wife, please restrain yourself. The person in front of you right now is the eldest daughter of the Ming family."
Ye Xiaoxiao noticed Xue Bai's strange expression, but pretended not to see it.
So what if she's the eldest daughter of the Ming family? Whether she's the eldest daughter of the Ming family or the eldest daughter of the Chu family, she's still Xinglan, the one she knows.