Entwined by Dawn: The CEO's Relentless Obsession-Chapter 737 - 736: On the Marriage with the Bai Family (Part 1)
Speaking of which, Tian Tian shook the pawn she was holding with some dissatisfaction, expressing her inner thoughts.
"Grandpa, it’s these days now, how can there still be those arranged marriages decided by parents?"
Mu Qinghan glanced at the chessboard, noticing that his granddaughter’s chess skills had improved significantly since the last few times, and smiled slightly.
"Such things, as long as they exist, have a reason to exist. Of course, if one doesn’t want them to exist, there are ways for that too."
Tian Tian was momentarily stunned, blinking her big black eyes at Mu Qinghan.
"Grandpa, does this mean... if the Mu Family doesn’t want to acknowledge the marriage, they can pretend it doesn’t exist?"
Mu Qinghan looked at his granddaughter, his eyes dark and unreadable.
He pointed at the chessboard, signaling his granddaughter to make her move.
Tian Tian hesitated for a moment, deciding to take a direct approach, boldly moving her pawn across the river.
The next second, she saw her grandpa decisively blast her newly-crossed pawn with a cannon, and from across came her grandpa’s affectionate voice.
"Tian Tian, haven’t you had any thoughts about Bai Chenyao after spending time with him?"
Tian Tian froze all over, her mind flashing through scenes of her time with Bai Chenyao.
Many of those scenes were utterly unbearable to look at.
Of course, there were also some that were quite warm and harmonious.
With her eyes lowered, looking at the chessboard, Tian Tian hid her emotional fluctuations in her eyes and curled her lips into a faint smile.
"I feel like a small fry like me isn’t fit to enter a grand residence like the Bai Family. If we must proceed with this marriage, perhaps Grandpa should see if my sister has any interest."
Mu Qinghan’s expression paused slightly, scrutinizing his granddaughter closely.
Seeing her frowning and staring at the chessboard, unable to find a way out, she seemed somewhat exasperated, and he was momentarily taken aback again.
After a while, he slowly spoke.
"Is it because your sister said something to you?"
Tian Tian did not look up, continuing to stare at the chessboard, pondering an escape route.
"Sister did mention the marriage last night, but she didn’t say she had any thoughts about Bai Chenyao, so I suggested Grandpa ask her directly to see what she really thinks. Since there’s a marriage contract, if my sister is interested, it would indeed be a good match."
If Mu Haiyun married Bai Chenyao, she and Bai Chenyao would naturally clear everything between them.
A sour feeling arose in her heart, but she quickly suppressed it.
She repeatedly reminded herself that this was truly a good thing for her, as she had felt suffocated two years ago.
And about Bai Chenyao...
She felt uneasy, and there was a more complex emotion she couldn’t quite understand.
Even after two years, when she saw Bai Chenyao again, the unease in her heart was still so strong, even the uncontrollable emotions made her fearfully anxious.
Afraid that if she wasn’t careful, she’d fall into his trap once more.
No!
She wouldn’t allow it!
Mu Qinghan didn’t expect his granddaughter to say such things, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
But it quickly disappeared as his gaze fell back on the chessboard, and he slowly spoke.
"Grandpa originally thought you and Bai Chenyao were mutually in love."
Tian Tian listened, her heart stirred slightly, but she quickly suppressed it, focusing intently on the chessboard, feeling anxious as her general was about to be captured by her grandpa’s pieces.
"Grandpa, I just got back, and you’re already in such a hurry to marry me off?"
Mu Qinghan paused slightly, his eyes extremely sharp as he looked at his granddaughter.
