Xiao replied to her, still somewhat dazed.
"Uh, no. I mean... yes. But still, I cannot believe that things went this smoothly. Your parents seem to find me a little too trustworthy. As though they know with absolute certainty that I would never betray you, nor would I ever break your heart."
"Will you?"
She looked straight into his eyes.
Feeling her stare, Xiao felt a cold sweat run down his back as he thought.
'Dammit, why did I have to put it like that!'
Cursing himself in his mind, Xiao stumbled over his words as he really didn't know how to answer her.
Seeing him fumbling like that, Xi Hong shook her head as she spoke.
"It's not that they blindly trust you or anything like that."
She calmly explained.
"It was because before meeting you, when I told them about you and our relationship, at first they were very worried, which was very normal for any parents. After checking your background, your behavior patterns, and your character, and seeing how strongly loyal you are toward your grandmother and friends, they finally felt reassured. They believe that you can take care of me, protect me from any harm, and give me a happy life. That's why they are so relaxed about it."
She looked at him.
"What would parents ask from their daughter's husband? A person who would take care of their daughter. A person who has a financial and social background that matches theirs so that their daughter doesn't have to suffer financially or in any other way."
She stared ahead as she continued.
"A person who values their family and friends and has good moral character, and so on. And Xiao, you have all of those. Plus, they trust my judgment very much. After all, since I have chosen you as my life partner, that means you are that good and exceptional."
Xiao wanted to point out that they were still not married, nor was he currently her husband. But he stopped, knowing that if he dared say anything stupid right now, she would make him regret saying it.
So Xiao simply nodded to her, as he had expected something like this because earlier, during the family meeting, when he had met her parents for the first time, he had thought that the entire gathering would be full of oppression and interrogation, with her parents constantly questioning and threatening him.
As he had expected them to be overprotective. But to his surprise, her parents were much friendlier and more chill than he had given them credit for. Xi Hong's mother was a blonde lady with blue eyes, a gentle personality, and an inexplicable calmness mixed with cunning.
While her father was a very cool and relaxed person with blood-red eyes along with dark hair.
At that moment, he finally understood where Xi Hong had inherited her blood-red eyes, raven black hair, calmness, and sharp intelligence from.
At that time, Xiao truly understood the meaning of the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. During his entire conversation with her family, they asked him how he was doing, whether his health was fine, how his grandmother was doing, and whether she was okay.
Along with some other things like that. It seemed that even though they did not personally know each other, they still knew of each other. Maybe it was because powerful and influential people, even though they did not know one another personally, had at least heard of each other and possessed some basic knowledge about one another.
Anyway, during the conversation, Xi Hong's mother suddenly said that she had something she wanted to talk about with Xi Hong alone and took her with her.
But before leaving, Xi Hong nodded at him and secretly whispered into his ear not to worry and to just go with the flow.
After that, he was left alone at the dining table with her father. Even though Xi Hong had told him not to worry, Xiao was actually sweating buckets right now as he thought bitterly.
'Here we go. Now I am actually going to get interrogated and threatened. So what's he going to say? "How dare you seduce my daughter?" Or something stupid and crazy like, "Keep your filthy hands away from my daughter."'
He was eagerly waiting for her father to say something like that, as he had seen similar scenes in movies. But to his surprise, Xi Hong's father didn't actually say anything like that.
Instead, he smiled at him and talked with him casually for a few minutes. Just as Xiao wondered what was going on, he finally spoke to him with serious eyes and a solemn expression.
But contrary to what Xiao had expected to hear from Xi Hong's father, he didn't say any of those things.
Instead, he simply told him that he was entrusting his most precious and important thing in the world to him his one and only beloved child, his daughter.
And he hoped that Xiao would take care of her, never disappoint her, and never make her cry.
Hearing a father simply expressing his concerns and entrusting his daughter to him, Xiao also listened patiently with a solemn expression as he understood what it meant for a father to entrust his daughter's future to someone she loved.
Even though he was the head of a huge and influential family, it seemed that he truly loved and cared for his daughter, as some things simply could not be faked or hidden.
In the end, after listening to him without interrupting, Xiao finally spoke with a solemn expression, as though he were taking an oath.
"I understand, Sir. I will take care of Xi Hong until my death and will never disappoint her, nor will I ever make her cry. May Heaven and Earth be the witnesses of my words."
Hearing this, Xi Hong's father smiled as he spoke.
"What a good, responsible, and sensible lad."
After that, both of them did not talk much about serious topics or discuss anything important. Instead, they casually chatted about light hearted things.
Soon after that, Xi Hong's mother returned with Xi Hong, and after that, all of them continued eating their dinner as the atmosphere between them was warm and comfortable.
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