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Thinking back to the scene at that time, Jeremy couldn’t help but laugh.
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Widi was stunned. “Wait,” she interrupted, “so you’re saying Anna is a girl, and Yvonne told Grandpa she wants to marry a girl someday? And Grandpa wasn’t angry? He even accepted that we might not get married?”
“Yep.” Jeremy nodded.
Widi could imagine just how shocked Richard must have been at that moment.
On her right, the little girl, who had been staring at the diamonds on her dress, immediately lifted her head when she heard
Anna’s name.
Her large, grape–like, glistening eyes blinked as she stared intently at Jeremy, her delicate and cute look hearts.
When she had been chatting with Richard that day, she had also looked at him with the same expression.
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It made it impossible for the old man, who had originally wanted to have a serious talk with her, to remain stern. His voice softened, and he ended up practically coaxing her.
Jeremy overheard part of the conversation and was struck by Richard’s humility, finding it almost excessive.
Richard was nothing like the stubborn old man who had refused to let him dye his hair. Only Yvonne could make him behave so humbly.
If it were anyone else bringing up the matter in front of Richard, he would have grabbed his cane and beaten the person, then scolded them fiercely.
But it was Yvonne, the child, who would make him so flustered that he would rather slap himself than speak harshly to her.
Later, Richard had been talking so much that his mouth went dry. When he finally stopped to rest for a bit, he asked the little girl, “Do you understand what I said to you?”
Yvonne nodded seriously and replied quickly, “I understand, Grandpa.”
Richard’s face was filled with satisfaction as he asked with a soft voice, “So what did I just say?”
“You said I couldn’t marry a girl,” Yvonne answered.
The little girl had summarized the key points perfectly, and Richard was extremely pleased.
He felt both moved and proud. Moved because Yvonne really listened to what he said, and proud because his granddaughter was so smart, remembering everything he had said.
But when he asked next, “So, when you grow up, do you still want to marry Anna?”
Yvonne nodded and replied without thinking, “Yes, Grandpa.”
Richard, who was full of relief, was immediately petrified.
Jeremy, watching from the side, felt like Richard was about to have a stroke.
The old man’s face dropped slightly, and probably realizing that he couldn’t change Yvonne’s mind, he remained silent for a long time before mumbling, “Actually, you both could stay friends forever without getting married. Isn’t that good?”
He thought to himself, ‘Even if Yvonne never gets married, I still can’t accept the idea of her growing up to marry a girl.’
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So, this seventy–year–old man, known for his steadfast and immovable principles, found himself completely defeated by a four–year–old child,
He knew he couldn’t change Yvonne’s mind, and after sitting in a corner, wrestling with his thoughts for a long time, he decided to lower his own standards.
Therefore, Richard started to instill in Yvonne the idea that “even if they were to get married, it would be Anna who would marry into the family, not Yvonne marrying out.”
He would bring it up every chance he got. He figured if he couldn’t change Yvonne’s mind, he would change himself.
Before this, Jeremy had never imagined that Richard would do something like that.
That was why he said they were all benefiting from Yvonne’s influence.
In the past, no one would have dared to think about such a thing.
Jeremy even thought that if Yvonne had been born a few years earlier and wanted to dye her hair, Richard would probably have compromised, too.
Then he wouldn’t have been scolded for wanting to dye his hair.
He felt a bit regretful, but not too much, since he had already gotten past that phase of wanting to dye his hair so badly.
On the other hand, Widi was excited now.
She didn’t expect the problem she had been struggling with for so long to be solved so easily. Although the process was a bit strange, the result was what mattered. At least she no longer had to worry about upsetting Richard over this matter.
While heading there, Widi had been thinking that if Laura stayed unmarried, she could take the brunt of Richard’s and the elders‘ attention, and no one would pay attention to her.
But Laura’s engagement had come as a harsh reality check for her.
She felt a little disappointed, but deep down, she still wished Laura well in her marriage.
Although she had hoped Laura staying single would keep the family’s attention off her. She knew marriage was a lifelong commitment, so she wished Laura happiness and decided to find another way to tackle her no–marriage plans.
She never expected it to be resolved so quickly.
Suddenly, she felt that it might actually be a good thing that Richard indulged Yvonne. After all, only the little girl could shake his stubborn ways, something no one else could have done.
Thinking of this, she looked down at the child sitting next to her.
Yvonne rested her elbows on her knees, craning her neck to look at Jeremy.
She had heard Anna’s name, so she was very curious and had been listening intently the whole time, trying to figure out what they were talking about.
After listening for a while, she understood a little. When neither Widi nor Jeremy spoke, the little girl added, “It’s me, you know. I’m going to marry Anna when I grow up!”
She looked so adorable, and the serious expression on her face made her even cuter–cute enough to make one scream. Jeremy nodded with an amused smile, “Yeah, yeah, Anna is so lucky.”
As a young man, he was very open–minded, and with the rapid development of the internet, people posted all sorts of things
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He thought that as long as Yvonne was happy, it didn’t matter if she married a girl.
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Besides, the child was still small, and most of what she said didn’t matter. She might forget about it when she grew up. More importantly, he realized he couldn’t accept his sister hanging out with other boys, and if he thought long–term, he would not be able to accept her marrying a boy.
Just imagining that scene made him feel uneasy, and he wanted to pull out the big idiot who tried to steal his sister away and give him a good beating.
He was the first to know about Yvonne and Anna. When he heard Yvonne mention it for the first time, he accepted it very happily.
He thought girls were great.
