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"Aren't you just the smart one?"
Nalan Jie rolled his eyes.
Yes, he had this idea a long time ago!
However, he simply never had the opportunity before. Now that the chance had finally arrived, he naturally started forming thoughts about it.
Xiao Lin ignored Nalan Jie, quietly waiting for him to continue.
"Cough, cough... Old Xiao, do you still remember that agreement we once made?"
Faking a couple of coughs, Nalan Jie spoke tentatively.
"Forgot it!"
Xiao Lin replied with absolute confidence.
Fine! You're just retaliating, aren't you?
"It's about that time we visited the Capital's Spring Breeze Pavilion together, we..."
"Stop right there, I remember! That's ancient history, to think you're already a grandfather and you still have the nerve to bring it up?"
Xiao Lin interrupted Nalan Jie's subsequent words with quite a bit of speechlessness.
Weren't those all matters from their youth? Back then, he hadn't even married yet.
Now, he already had three grandsons!
Therefore, it was better not to mention these "glorious" past events.
"Hehehe!"
Looking at Xiao Lin's reaction, Nalan Jie chuckled wickedly without a shred of shame.
He knew Xiao Lin was wary of this matter!
"Then let's talk about this original agreement."
Seeing that Xiao Lin stopped pretending, Nalan Jie also spoke up at a leisurely pace at this time.
"Sigh, wasn't that just a verbal agreement? Besides, we both ended up having boys!"
Sighing, and recalling all kinds of things from the original timeline, Xiao Lin actually tried his best to avoid bringing up this topic. But he couldn't help the fact that Nalan Jie was setting his mind entirely on squeezing into this matter!
"Even though it was a verbal agreement back then, it's still a promise nonetheless, isn't it? Don't tell me, Old Xiao, that you want to back out of your debt?"
As he spoke, Nalan Jie revealed a highly suspicious expression.
Xiao Lin: "..."
Xiao Lin didn't deny it, nor did he admit it.
When it came to this matter of pitting his grandson, he still felt a little embarrassed doing it. The version of himself in the original timeline didn't know about future events, so agreeing was just agreeing.
But he was different in this life!
Since he already knew what would happen in the original story, he couldn't possibly continue to catch his grandson and pit him, right?
Although that did indeed sound quite interesting...
Mm, Xiao Lin was only tempted, but he hadn't acted yet!
Seeing Xiao Lin fall silent, Nalan Jie didn't care about him either and just continued speaking.
"Besides, although we both had sons, I have a granddaughter and you have grandsons!"
Speaking up to this point, Nalan Jie once again revealed a "you know what I mean" expression.
Seeing Nalan Jie smile so treacherously, combined with him speaking so clearly, it wasn't good for Xiao Lin to continue playing dumb while knowing the truth.
"Old Nalan, I always feel that it's not a good thing for us elders to excessively interfere in the lifelong matters of the younger generation. What if they don't like each other in the future? Wouldn't we have just blindly put together a pair of enemies?"
Xiao Lin was still a little worried.
Moreover, just as he had said, this was by no means necessarily for the good of their grandson and granddaughter!
Judging by the philosophies of Xiao Lin's previous life, he did not agree with Nalan Jie's way of thinking.
"What's the big deal? With the relationship between our two families, we can just let them interact more in the future. Feelings will develop eventually! Besides, isn't there an old saying that goes, 'enemies are bound to meet'? Becoming a pair of bickering enemies would actually be for the best!"
Since Nalan Jie had already set his mind on this idea, all sorts of twisted logic naturally spilled out of his mouth. His words weren't completely devoid of reason, but they were strictly limited to the surface level.
After Nalan Jie laid down this whole stream of twisted logic, Xiao Lin was instantly left at a loss for how to refute him. Therefore, Xiao Lin could only seek another angle of thought, attempting to dispel Nalan Jie's idea.
"You and I might not have a problem with it, but Old Nalan, what about your son and daughter-in-law? For this kind of matter, they still need to give their nod as parents, right? Furthermore, I have no way of making this decision on behalf of Zhan'er and Xiyue."
The reasoning in these words from Xiao Lin was actually not very sound.
One had to understand that in this world, for a clan leader like Xiao Lin, deciding the lifelong marriage of a clan member with a single word was completely reasonable.
If Xiao Lin and Nalan Jie reached an agreement, the members of the Xiao Clan and Nalan Clan would naturally have no right to object. It was just that Xiao Lin, after all, possessed the memories of his past life, so he had naturally never forced any of his clansmen into such matters!
Hearing Xiao Lin bring this up, Nalan Jie also revealed a look of surprise.
However, since Xiao Lin had already put it this way, he wouldn't go so far as to act overly tyrannical regarding this matter either. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that he had already discussed this idea with his son and daughter-in-law long ago.
He had even instructed his son and daughter-in-law to test the waters with the couple Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue during the interactions between the Xiao and Nalan Clans. Although the couple Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue hadn't agreed directly.
His son and daughter-in-law told him that Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue were clearly very tempted.
Truth be told, the couple Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue still desperately wanted a daughter.
Lo and behold, after Nalan Yanran was born, they were tempted a bit by Nalan Su and his wife, and they had actually already become exceptionally fond of this baby girl who had not been born for very long.
It could be said that everything was truly ready now, only lacking Xiao Lin's nod of approval!
This was precisely the reason why Nalan Jie brought this matter up with Xiao Lin today.
Because regarding all the other aspects, he was already fully prepared!
"You don't need to worry about that, Old Xiao. I already asked Su'er and his wife long ago. They both completely agree with my idea, and they also want to make our families even closer through marriage!"
"As for your son and daughter-in-law, to be honest, Old Xiao, you probably still don't know just how much they adore my Yanran, do you?"
"If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask them yourself! Therefore, you absolutely don't need to fret over whether they will agree or not. Right now, as long as you nod your head, this matter can be settled!"
Nalan Jie spoke with great certainty, and Xiao Lin believed his words as well.
After all, how could he fail to see his own son and daughter-in-law's longing for a daughter?
As for Nalan Su agreeing to this matter, to be completely honest, it wasn't surprising either. For one thing, he indeed wanted to bring the two families closer through marriage. For another thing, it was driven by benefits and interests.
The current Xiao Clan had been developing more and more rapidly.
Among the Four Great Clans of the Capital, the Xiao Clan on the surface could already run neck and neck with the Mittel Clan that lacked Hai Bodong!
What's more, the Xiao Clan still had the backing of the Yun Lan Sect behind them, which was something the Nalan Clan couldn't even begin to compare with.
Currently among the Four Great Clans of the Capital, outsiders were already spreading the saying that the Xiao Clan and the Mittel Clan were the upper two clans, while the Nalan Clan and the Mu Clan were the lower two clans.
The strength of the Xiao Clan was now firmly superior to that of the Nalan Clan!
Nalan Jie might purely want to become in-laws with Xiao Lin, but the other members of the Nalan Clan might not necessarily think the same way.
As the young clan leader of the Nalan Clan, it couldn't be ruled out that Nalan Su indeed intended to pull their relationship with the Xiao Clan a layer closer, but he was still acting more out of self-interest, wanting an alliance through marriage with the Xiao Clan.
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