"Enough, I'm old and can't control you anymore, and you don't like to listen to what I say. If I say too much, you even despise me. I'll stop meddling in your affairs..."
"I just hope you won't regret this in the future. If you treat Chuxia this way, don't blame her for not recognizing you as her parents!"
Xie Jinya felt a surge of relief in her heart, as long as the old man didn't pressure her to hold any banquet, everything else was negotiable. As for regrets, how could she possibly have any?
Mingzhu was far more outstanding than Lin Chuxia. Having Mingzhu as her only daughter was enough for her.
As for Lin Chuxia, that crude wild girl, she probably wouldn't amount to anything in her lifetime. What did it matter if she acknowledged her as her mother or not?
It would be even better if she didn't acknowledge her! She was still anxious about the possibility of Lin Chuxia's poor relatives coming to look for her for money.
Ever since Lin Chuxia returned to the An Family, she had been having nightmares intermittently. In her dreams, people claimed to be Lin Chuxia's foster family and refused to leave Jincheng, constantly coming to the An Family for money... The reputation of the An Family was ruined, and the company's business plummeted. The entire An Family was dragged down by those people.
If Lin Chuxia, that wild girl, didn't cause trouble for the An Family, she would be happy. As for everything else, she never thought she would one day need to rely on her.
After all, the old master of the An Family was experienced and had seen countless people. The slight joy in Xie Jinya's eyes could not escape his sharp gaze, and he was so infuriated that he wanted to chase the couple out with his walking stick.
"Get out! Both of you, get out! I'm old and useless, so you might as well not acknowledge me as your father!"
"Dad, why do you keep saying such infuriating things! By saying this, how do you expect other people to look at me?" Not to mention how others would criticize him for abandoning his elderly father, An Guosheng still had affection for the old man and was considered a filial son.
"It's just a banquet to publicly announce Chuxia's identity, isn't it? We never said we wouldn't hold it. Can't we just do it?"
Xie Jinya widened her eyes, looking at her husband about to say something, but was stopped by his gaze.
"Dad, I've really been very busy recently. Can we delay the banquet a bit?" This time, An Guosheng didn't make any excuses for himself; he was indeed busy.
"Delay it? How long do you want to delay? Do you think I am pushing you on this?" the old master of the An Family said, his voice trembling with anger, "At the beginning, I asked you to place an announcement in the newspaper, but you said to wait and see, uncertain if Chuxia was truly your daughter. But what about afterward?"
The old master paused for a moment, then continued angrily, "Afterward, when the paternity test between you and Chuxia came out, you continued to drag your feet! You have delayed it until now without resolving this matter for me!"
"If you had just announced it in the paper honestly from the start, would I be pushing you like this?!"
An Guosheng, reprimanded into silence, could only repeatedly assure the old master, "Dad, it won't happen this time! I promise that within two months at the latest, I will definitely organize this banquet well!"
Upon hearing this, the old master of the An Family finally looked him in the eye:
"Hmph! If you still don't sort out this matter by then, I, this wretched old man, will personally take action. If you don't acknowledge Chuxia, I will! And when that time comes, it'll only be you parents who will be disgraced!"