The heavens set sail from the courtyard

In early July 1987, the national college entrance examination was coming to an end. After Zhuang Xiaoting finished her last exam and walked out of the examination room, she saw her eldest brother and mother standing outside the school gate, with Huang Ling holding a bouquet of flowers.

"Xiaoting, congratulations on finishing the exam." Huang Ling handed the flowers to Zhuang Xiaoting and said, "You don't have to worry about anything from now on. Just wait for the results to come out. No matter how you do, your mother will accept it."

Zhuang Xiaoting hugged her mother gratefully and said, "Thank you, Mom."

Huang Ling said happily: "Let's go and have dinner! Your uncle Chang has booked a restaurant."

Zhuang Xiaoting said: "I want to call my dad first."

Wang Gang said: "Let's go to the restaurant and play! We don't mind the time."

Zhuang Xiaoting thought so too and did not insist. In fact, the person she wanted to call more was Lin Dongzhe, who should have finished his exams in Suzhou.

Huang Ling took her two children to the Peace Hotel. The man she called "Uncle Chang" had already ordered a table of food.

Uncle Chang’s name is Chang Yin. He is also a businessman and runs a textile business.

Huang Ling and Chang Yin met through Xie Huayuan.

Chang Yin's wife was Xie Huayuan's patient. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with a terminal illness and died after three years of treatment. As a family member of the patient, Chang Yin did not blame Xie Huaying, and the two became good friends.

Xie Huayuan later introduced Chang Yin to Huang Ling. Because Huang Ling used to be a textile worker and Chang Yin was in the cotton spinning business, the two had a lot of common topics and became familiar with each other after a few interactions.

Two years ago, Chang Yin confessed his love to Huang Ling and hoped to pursue her, but Huang Ling never agreed, probably because she was concerned about her children's attitude.

Chang Yin was not discouraged. He had been trying to please Huang Ling for the past two years, and gradually Huang Ling accepted him.

In fact, Huang Ling's business has been growing bigger and bigger in the past two years, and Chang Yin has contributed to it. He introduced many connections to Huang Ling, which helped her business to become more and more successful.

The two of them were in love and had business cooperation, so all they needed to get married was an opportunity.

Wang Gang and Zhuang Xiaoting have a good attitude towards Chang Yin. They basically do not interfere with Huang Ling's love life, and sometimes they even have dinner with Chang Yin.

After Zhuang Xiaoting finished the college entrance examination, Chang Yin took the initiative to invite Huang Ling's family to dinner. Xie Lingling also came along and discussed the marriage.

"Tunan, I have already made an agreement with the manager at the Peace Hotel. We will have 20 tables on your wedding day. Each table will be priced at about 120 yuan. Do you and Lingling have any problem with that?" Chang Yin handed a menu to Wang Gang.

"Thank you, Uncle Chang." Wang Gang glanced at the menu and then handed it to Xie Lingling.

"Is it too expensive?" Xie Lingling asked worriedly.

"It's not expensive, that's nothing! If I wasn't afraid of being too ostentatious, I would have ordered 200 per table." Huang Ling said happily:
"Lingling, go home and tell grandma, we'll find a time to discuss the details of the wedding."

"Okay, Aunt Huang." Xie Lingling said shyly.

Zhuang Xiaoting teased: "Sister Lingling, why are you still calling me auntie? You should call me mom!"

Xie Lingling's face turned even redder. Wang Gang protected his fiancée and said, "We haven't gotten married yet, and my mother didn't give me any money to change my name. It's normal to call her aunt."

Zhuang Xiaoting said with a smile: "Brother, you are protecting your wife before she even gets married. It seems that you will be a henpecked husband even after marriage."

Wang Gang raised his lips and said, "You are so proud now, but when Lin Dongzhe comes to Shanghai, you will cry."

Zhuang Xiaoting was shocked and quickly begged for mercy: "Brother, I won't say anything! Please don't make things difficult for Lin Dongzhe."

Wang Gang joked: "It's too late to be afraid now."

Zhuang Xiaoting asked Huang Ling for help: "Mom, please take care of my brother."

Huang Lingle laughed loudly and said, "Xiaoting, you can never win over your brother. Don't humiliate yourself."

Chang Yin watched the family interact, sat beside them and smiled, and said, "Huang Ling, I won't go to Tunan's wedding day."

Huang Ling was stunned and asked: "Why not go?"

Chang Yin explained: "I happened to be busy that day, but I will definitely be there for the gift even if I am not there in person."

Wang Gang and Huang Ling knew that Chang Yin did not come to the wedding because he was concerned about Zhuang Chaoying.

"Uncle Chang, is your matter urgent? Can it be changed to another day? I want you to be my witness!" "Ah! I want you to be my witness?" Chang Yin was shocked.

Huang Ling also said: "Please try to make time! Someone from my place will be coming that day, and I would like to introduce you to each other."

Chang Yin felt a surge of heat in his heart when he heard this. He naturally understood what Huang Ling meant.

Zhuang Xiaoting wanted to speak, but swallowed the words back when they came to her lips.

After returning home from dinner, Wang Gang went to talk to Zhuang Xiaoting, hoping that she could bless Huang Ling and Chang Yin.

"Brother, are you really not going to get my parents back together?"

Zhuang Xiaoting has deep feelings for Zhuang Chaoying and has always hoped that her parents would get back together.

"Xiaoting, you should understand that your parents have been separated for so many years. If they wanted to get back together, Dad would have come to Shanghai a long time ago."

Zhuang Xiaoting said in a depressed mood: "Will Dad feel uncomfortable when he comes to Shanghai and sees Uncle Chang?"

Wang Gang said: "He will accept it. His mother is not the same as him now."

Zhuang Xiaoting gritted her teeth and said, "Dad is so pitiful."

Wang Gang said calmly: "This is his own choice, no one forced him."

Zhuang Xiaoting said sullenly, "You talk to Dad yourself. I can't bring myself to say this."

Wang Gang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call him and tell him, and also ask Uncle Lin and his family to come to the wedding."

When Zhuang Xiaoting thought of Lin Dongzhe, she suddenly became happy again. Wang Gang just said that girls are extroverted.

The next day, Wang Gang called Zhuang Chaoying's school and told him the news of his marriage, which made Zhuang Chaoying very happy.

At the same time, Wang Gang also mentioned that he wanted Chang Yin to be the witness. Zhuang Chaoying was speechless on the phone for a long time.

Later, Wang Gang contacted his aunt Zhuang Hualin and invited her and her family to come to Shanghai to attend the wedding. Wang Gang said he would provide food and accommodation.

As for his father, grandmother and third uncle Zhuang Ganmei's family, Wang Gang simply chose to ignore them and told Zhuang Chaoying not to tell them.

Wang Gang scheduled the wedding for early August, when the college entrance examination scores would be released. Zhuang Xiaoting had done well, exceeding Fudan's admission score in previous years.

Lin Dongzhe didn't do as well as Zhuang Xiaoting in the exam, but he was very lucky. He exceeded Fudan's score line by one point, and he was so happy that he rolled around at home.

Xiang Pengfei returned to Guizhou to take the exam and his results were average, but because Guizhou's admission score was low enough, it also reached the college score line and he was admitted to Soochow University.

To thank Wang Gang for his advice, Zhuang Hualin and his wife bought a lot of things and brought them to Shanghai, and also congratulated Wang Gang on his marriage.

Zhuang Chaoying went to Shanghai with Zhuang Hualin's family. Zhuang Xiaoting specially borrowed a car from Chang Yin to pick them up.

When Zhuang Chaoying saw the car, he asked casually.

"Xiaoting, where did you borrow the car?"

Zhuang Xiaoting hesitated for a long time, not knowing how to start.

Zhuang Chaoying vaguely guessed something and his face turned frighteningly dark, but he said nothing.

Zhuang Xiaoting did not take Zhuang Chaoying and Zhuang Hualin home, but found a guesthouse for them.

Zhuang Chaoying and Xiang Pengfei lived in one room, and Zhuang Hualin and his wife lived in another.

In the evening, Wang Gang took Xie Lingling to meet Zhuang Chaoying, and they had dinner together.

On the wedding day, Zhuang Chaoying finally met Chang Yin. When he saw Huang Ling appear with Chang Yin's arm around her, his face turned green.

Outside the Peace Hotel, Zhuang Ganmei, accompanied by Zhuang's father and mother, said indignantly:
"Mom and Dad, my eldest brother hid such a big thing as Zhuang Tunan's marriage from us. He doesn't even consider us as a family."

"Tunan is too much. We are his grandfather and grandmother, but he didn't even invite us to his wedding. Let's go in and settle the score with him!" said Zhuang's father angrily. (End of this chapter)