Tang Jianan's villa was an older styled mansion. It used to be the home of his mother when she was young, and all the future was antique but didn't seem to be out of date. The only regretful thing was that the female housekeeper was not a friendly person. She probably thought that she wasn't ladylike enough, since a proper lady wouldn't wear such clothing so late at night and would definitely not go home with a man.

The moment the housekeeper saw him, she said, “Older shaoye just left, he wanted you to call him as soon as you got home.”

Tang Jianan clearly paused but agreed and then turned towards Feng Ping, “Do you want tea or…”

“Black tea.”

Hearing this, Tang Jianan told the housekeeper and she went down.

Taking off his suit jacket, he loosened his tie. Feng Ping was getting ready to take off the coat he gave her when he waved his hands, “Just wear it. You can take it off later.”

Feng Ping laughed and put it back on.

After sitting in silence for a little bit, he spoke, “Have a seat, I'm going to make a phone call upstairs.”

Feng Ping nodded.

Tnag Jianan went upstairs into his study and called his older brother, Haoyun, “Big brother, why didn't you call my cellphone?”

Tang Haoyun's spoke in a breezy voice, “It's actually not a big deal…”

Tang Jianan: “You don't usually call me for small matters.”

“You were out of line recently, so Dad got very angry.”

“He still gets angry?”

“He still cares about you…”

“If it's because of this, I'm going to hang up.”

“Hey…” Tang Haoyun sighed and finally spoke, “Someone came from that side…”

“What?”

“Richard.” Tang Haoyun was in a somber mood, “That illegitimate son.”

Tang Jianan didn't speak.

“Grandma is going to meet him tomorrow. Dad and that woman are still in Paris, I think that he came back this time because…”

“Is that all?” Tang Jianan cut him off.

“Ah Nan, what's with your att.i.tude?” Tang Haoyun finally couldn't take it anymore and raised his voice, “This concerns our…”

“You should rest early Big Brother, you still have work tomorrow!”

Tang Jianan hung up the phone and stood up next to the desk, not moving for a very long time. There was only a single light on in the study, lighting up his profile. Half of his face was lit up by the lamp, and the other half was immersed in darkness. His face was unreadable.

Below in the living room, Feng Ping had already drank three cups of tea. The atmosphere was a little awkward, and the housekeeper's gaze was full of mockery. She wasn't considered someone who was thin-skinned, but she really couldn't sit still anymore. No matter what, wasn't it a little rude to leave a guest alone for so long?

Thankfully Tang Jianan still remembered that she was here and arranged one of the guest rooms for her to stay in.

She took off the coat and returned it to him. Tang Jianan gave a faint laugh, “Dont' worry, when you wake up tomorrow, there will be pretty clothes waiting for you.”

As mentioned before, Feng Ping is a sensitive person, so she already detected that Tang Jianan wasn't acting quite right. She felt that his entire being became a little…gentle? Weak? These two words didn't seem to quite fit. She was a little worried and opened her mouth to speak when Tang Jianan beat her to it, “Don't worry, I know your size.”

This sentence made Feng Ping laugh.

She lightly clapped her hands as she laughed, “Alright, it's rare for someone to show me such goodwill. You can now ask me for anything that's within my ability…”

Tang Jianan was getting ready to retire when she suddenly said such a thing. He turned around and stared at her before rubbing his temples, laughing, “If you say it like that, I'll think bad things.”

“How bad are you thinking?” She also laughed.

“Are you sure?”

“Of course.”

“Then I'll say it.”

“Go ahead.”

“Let's get married?”

“…”

“This should be within your abilities, right?” Tang Jianan raised his head to look at her, his ink-black eyes were pulling her in like a curse.

“…”

Too cruel! Too curle! Even though she didn't really hate him, alright, actually she did kind of like him, but no matter what, it hadn't reached to such a pa.s.sionate level yet.

“Did I scare you?” His voice carried hints of mockery.

Feng Ping felt very provoked as this was a trap she laid for herself, so if she were to back out, it would be too shameful. She took a deep breath and spoke honestly, “A little bit, um, you didn't receive a big shock or anything did you?”

“I did receive a little shock.” Tang Jianan spoke without changing his expression.

Feng Ping forced herself to laugh, “Then you should consider it quite carefully. If you don't prepare for this thoroughly, you might lose half of your a.s.sets in the future.”

Tang Jianan also laughed, his face saying he didn't care as he replied, “Then in order to have some insurance, let's get engaged first. What do you think?”

Feng Ping pretended to be in deep thought, “I think your att.i.tude is very sincere, so I can't bear to reject it. But,” she paused, making her voice clearer and she became serious, “I will give you the choice to back out whenever you want.”

Tang Jianan was secretly shocked inside. He was silent for a while before answering, “Then wouldn't that mean that I'm basically earning without any penalties?”

Feng Ping laughed, “I don't have anything to lose.”

Tang Jianan was speechless and stared at her, unable to tell what she was thinking before he finally laughed, “Sometimes, you're so full of confidence that it makes me shocked.”

Feng Ping started, feeling that this sentence seemed to be a little familiar.

Tang Jianan already closed his bedroom door, “Good night!”

As a result, this very important matter was carelessly set just like that.

After that night, Feng Ping basically lived in Tang Jianan's villa.

Tang Jianan added some more clothes and daily necessities for her to use. This made Housekeeper Lu very surprised, as she could not wrap her head around what was going on. She felt like she was suddenly ambushed.

Where did this woman come from? She had never seen her before, yet she wore such a revealing dress and was able to enter the household, and then relying on the favor of the 'emperor', she stayed and didn't leave. Other than that vulgar dress, she had no other possessions of her one. Everything else was what Jianan shaoye bought for her.

My G.o.d, who can tell her what happened?

Housekeeper Lu's shock very quickly reached the old house of Tang family, but the shock was very different. On Housekeeper Lu's side, Feng Ping was just Tang Jianan's girlfriend, but the information that Tang family received was that she was actually his fiancee.

Logically speaking, Tang Jianan was already at that age to finally settle down. It's just, just a few days ago the newspapers were still rife with his scandals, how come he suddenly announced that he was engaged? It didn't make sense. Even his blood-related brother, Tang Haoyun was frightened out of his wits. Moreover, you could have chosen any other time to announce it, but you had to choose this time?

At this time, the old Tang Madam was in turmoil. The matters in England were already giving her a headache, and the guilty party was still having a romantic vacation in Paris. Aye—

However, even though it was a headache, her grandson's lifelong matter was still something she had to investigate clearly. Such as the woman's nationality, background, education, work, etc. How could Tang Jianan possibly answer all these; he only knew that she was from Wuming, around twenty-two years-old, and as for her career, she could be considered to be a fas.h.i.+on designer.

Hearing this, the old Tang Madam immediately refused. Everyone present did not have very good expressions on their faces.

Currently, Tang Zhan was in New York, and after hearing this news, he kept silent.

Old Tang Madam grabbed a hold of her grandson's hands and spoke a bunch of useless nonsense in a bitter voice before she also started speaking out of line, “Ah Nan, even if you want to play around outside, you should also learn from your father, he would never be led by the nose by a woman…”

Tang Jianan coldly laughed, “Then how did those three from England happen?”

Old Tang Madam was angry and became stubborn, “Anyways, I refuse. She isn't worthy of you at all.”

Tang Jianan emotionlessly replied, “My mother was quite worthy of my father, it was such a shame that she died too early.”

Old Madam Tang became furious and almost fainted, causing everyone to become frightened. She pointed at Tang Jianan, scolding him for being unfilial. As a result, this matter was temporarily shelved.

What was out of everyone's expectations was that Tang Zhan never offered an opinion on this matter.

Tang Jianan anounced his engagement in a very high-key manner.

This pebble created a tsunami, causing everyone to go into an uproar. Everyone instantly became curious about this Cinderella. But the most curious person was Cinderella herself. She read the gossip columns every day, trying to gauge the reactions of Tang family. Even though Tang Jianan was getting engaged to her, it was clear that this was not an act of love.