Someday, I'll bring you home. - Part 1

Wang Yi-An was already in bed by 9:00 p.m. sleeping like a baby, peacefully. Meanwhile, at Tian-Bo-Fu the heiress to the Tong family came to visit Grandfather Yang. She regretted not being able to bring gifts with her to visit Grandfather Yang, this is because Yang Tian-Xu told her it wasn't necessary for gifts, so they didn't drop by a gift store. Still, Tong Yue-Yan felt ashamed to come empty-handed.

The moment the maids notified Grandfather Yang that his grandson had arrived, Grandfather Yang became too excited and cheerful. Gifts? He couldn't care less about them. He was just happy to see his grandson, Yang Tian-Xu, “Tian-Xu! My boy! Finally, you decide to visit this old man!” The 87-year-old man wore a male hanfu. A hanfu is an old traditional Chinese outfit. He genuinely likes the traditional styles, and it indeed suited him because it makes him feel comfortable.

“Ye-ye!” He called his grandfather, Ye-Ye. It means grandfather, and it was one of the most loving ways for a grandson to call his grandfather. Grandfather Yang came over, and Yang Tian-Xu got pulled into his grandfather’s embrace. “You were supposed to be a filial child, yet, you take over three weeks to come visit this old body of mine?”

“Ye-Ye, you might be old, but you are still very healthy! Work kept me busy, but I am here now, aren’t I?”

“Work?” he lifted his eyebrows, then he looked over to Tong Yue-Yan. “She looks like she could be much work!” Grandfather Yang laughed and smiled at the girl. Making her face glowing red. Yang Tian-Xu immediately explains and introduce her, “This is Miss Tong Yue-Yan, she is the daughter of Mayor Tong from City A, she just came to City Y, so I took her out to show her around the city as a host.”

“Hello, Elder-Mr Yang.” modest and polite as she lowers her head and bows at Grandfather Yang.

“Oh please, call me Grandfather Yang! No need for politeness, we lived in a new era! It’s great to see you kids respect your elders, but that made me feel like a thousand years old!”

“Grandfather Yang, I am sorry I had not borne you any gifts today, for sure tomorrow I shall bring you some gifts as an apology.”

“Nonsense, child! Your aunt came today bearing plenty of gifts! I feel ashamed to receive any more.”

Tong Yue-Yan was happy to hear her aunt had brought gifts to Grandfather Yang. She thought to herself, “Yes! Thank you, auntie, I won’t forget to thank you later!”

“Come-come. Let's go enjoy a good dinner. Today’s menu is your favourite dishes Tian-Xu! I had the chefs made them for you!” Grandfather Yang was a jolly old man. He loves to have guests over at his house, which had made Tong Yue-Yan less nervous.

They followed Grandfather Yang to the dining room, and they sat down at their respected seating. The Table was a roundtable, Tong Yue-Yan sat next to her aunt, on the left side. Yang Tian-Xu’s mother would him have a seat next to Tong Yue-Yan, and she'd be in the seat next to him on his left hand, then her husband, Yang Fei-Hung. Grandfather Yang sat in the seat to the left of his son, it is a roundtable, so the middle would be undetermined from each person's point of view, but Grandfather Yang would undoubtedly be at the centre, in the Head-of-the-house seat.

The maids served them the dishes, like they would be in a five-star Chinese restaurant. At the top of each seating area are public chopsticks and spoons. Used so they could pick their food into their plates. The table has a rotating centre in which the side dishes positioned.

Tong Yue-Yan felt like a new bride that just married into the Yang Family; she couldn’t hide her smile. She would use her public chopstick to take food for Grandfather Yang's plate. The man was delighted, and he felt that this Miss Tong was indeed a wonderful girl. He would be more than glad to have her as his granddaughter-in-law.

Mrs Yang put all kinds of good words about Tong Yue-Yan, telling Grandfather Yang how great she would be as her son's bride, all while they waited for them to arrive. Grandfather Yang had a perfect impression about Tong Yue-Yan, not only was she pretty, she was very knowledgeable about the Yang Family’s history. As a man who’s so proud of his family heritage, he felt delighted to hear Tong Yue-Yan talk about how much she admired the Yang Family.

Just like that Tong Yue-Yan had bonded into the Yang Family. Tong Yue-Yan had a fantastic talent to make other adores her. However, Yang Tian-Xu had remained unaffected by this. His heart and mind wandering off to a random stranger he knew nothing about! Yang Tian-Xu thought it would be impossible to tell his family that he had fallen in love at first sight, and the girl was undoubtedly not Tong Yue-Yan.

He doesn’t think he could ever tell his families he fell for some random girl. Yang Tian-Xu remains quiet for a while. Until his grandfather jokily asked him, “If only I could see you married and have my great-grandchildren, I would be happy to pass then.”

“Ye-Ye! Don't say that! Ye-Ye will live long enough to see your great-great grandchildren.”

With just him and his grandfather, Grandfather Yang didn't push around the bush, and straightforwardly asked, “You seem absent-minded, and uninterested in Miss Tong. Is there someone else you might have liked?”

Surprised at how sharp his grandfather was, his parents couldn’t even tell that he had no interest in Tong Yue-Yan. However, most certainly Grandfather Yang did noticed it.

“Oh, I could only wish so.” Grandfather Yang hasn’t seen his grandson in a while, so naturally, he would pull him over into the garden to enjoy the night scenery at Tian-Bo-Fu.