Our Love Story: Hard to Guard Against the Sudden Love Strike-Chapter 267 - 264: Annoying the Father-in-Law

"Come on, Annie, have some braised pork. It’s said that the ’Cheney Manor’ braised pork didn’t use a drop of soy sauce, and it was a favorite dish of our great founding marshal."

Quentin Thorne said, and was about to pick up a piece of braised pork for Sienna Thornton.

Simon Forrester glanced coldly and mocked, "Dean Thorne, please use serving chopsticks."

Recalling the time he went to the High Court to find Quentin Thorne and his dilly-dallying attitude, Simon Forrester was still simmering with anger. Now seeing Quentin Thorne use his own chopsticks to pick up braised pork for Sienna Thornton, of course, he mercilessly criticized!

Quentin Thorne had a moment of embarrassment flash across his face, then switched to serving chopsticks and put a piece of braised pork into Sienna Thornton’s bowl.

Sienna Thornton said "Thank you, Dean Thorne," and just as she was about to pick it up, the pork was snatched away by Simon Forrester’s chopsticks.

Simon Forrester ate the piece of braised pork that was originally meant for Sienna Thornton, saying as he did, "You shouldn’t eat meat late at night, you’ll gain weight!"

Seeing this, Quentin Thorne quickly picked a Marshal prawn for Sienna Thornton, which, as usual, was intercepted by Simon Forrester: "This prawn is deep-fried, it’s too greasy, if you eat it you’ll break out."

Under the table, Sienna Thornton pinched his thigh, and she pinched quite forcefully.

Simon Forrester’s expression changed slightly. He reached under the table with one hand and held onto the small hand pinching his thigh, wrapping it up in his palm.

He leaned into her ear and whispered softly, "Pinch me again, and I’ll kiss you."

Sienna Thornton slightly turned her face and side-eyed him, "Aren’t all the dishes today ordered by you? You won’t let me eat this or that, so you plan to let me sit and watch you eat?"

"No, no way," Simon Forrester said, picking up a piece of perilla Wuchang fish with his chopsticks for Sienna Thornton, "Eat fish, fish is good."

Sienna Thornton was also tormented to the point of being speechless, looked apologetically at Quentin Thorne, and said helplessly, "Dean Thorne, please don’t mind, he usually likes to keep an eye on me."

Quentin Thorne had a glimmer of amusement in his eyes and asked, "How did you two, a lawyer and an architect, meet?"

Simon Forrester: "We met because of Sienna’s lodging project!"

Sienna Thornton: "I delivered a lawyer’s letter to him and met this way..."

They both spoke in unison.

But Quentin Thorne clearly only listened to Sienna Thornton and looked at Simon Forrester with a hint of doubt on his face, "For what case?"

Sienna Thornton didn’t answer right away, turned her head to look at Simon Forrester, and smiled, "Do you mind if Dean Thorne knows about that matter?"

Simon Forrester: "... I didn’t do anything, why would I mind?!"

His tone was noticeably displeased, Sienna Thornton understood, smiled at Quentin Thorne, and said, "When I went to deliver the lawyer’s letter, I realized it was my client who made a mistake. But Simon was very angry and wanted to sue my client, so at that time, I sought him out several times for their reconciliation, and later invited him to help me design a lodging, that’s how we met."

Quentin Thorne nodded, "It’s a normal way for young men and women to meet."

Speaking with implications, with a look of satisfaction and relief, Simon Forrester got annoyed again, sneered: "Or did Dean Thorne previously think we met in an abnormal way?"

"Not at all," Quentin Thorne remained unfazed by Simon Forrester’s intentional provocation, maintaining his demeanor, "Annie wasn’t at Vantage before? I knew Thomas Reed was your cousin and thought you two met through his introduction."

Simon Forrester had no particular reaction to this, essentially, he and Sienna Thornton did indeed meet via Thomas Reed.

Upon hearing this, Sienna Thornton couldn’t help but feel delighted. She thought Quentin Thorne’s subtext was saying — Simon Forrester, whom he had watched grow up, wouldn’t casually meet girls, so he had to wait for his cousin to introduce someone to have a partner.

Simon Forrester had always been a beautiful presence in her heart, and now even the elder she respected expressed it this way. She felt even more that Simon Forrester was a particularly precious existence to her.

With this in mind, she suddenly reached out to hold Simon Forrester’s hand under the table, interlocking fingers.

"Neither of us had been in a relationship before, at first it was like Mars hitting Earth, and we confirmed our relationship after a big fight. But since then, more than a year has passed, and we haven’t argued at all," Sienna Thornton spoke, her eyes affectionately looking at Simon Forrester.

Simon Forrester was eating food he had snatched from her with a look of mixed emotions, almost unable to hold back his laughter.

Quentin Thorne watched them, feeling quite gratified.

His youngest daughter Mina Thorne started dating in high school. Back then she was admitted to Braden University’s law department, missing the score by a margin, but thanks to Old Mrs. Thorne’s connections, she took a back door in.

After graduating, she didn’t want to pursue grad school, and started working as a clerk at a regional court for several years, only last year becoming a prosecutor, which is nearly the zenith of her career.

She has a boyfriend who is a detective; one month he spends three weeks living in the office, calling the station home, working on cases non-stop, for ten days or even half a month they might not see each other. It’s not a big issue when unmarried, but once married, he began to worry about his youngest daughter’s married life.

Quentin Thorne always believed Mina Thorne should be as smart and resilient as Sienna Thornton, not, given Mina Thorne’s conditions and environment, should be more successful than Sienna Thornton.

But...

The daughter he nurtured since childhood didn’t turn out well, whereas the eldest daughter, who suffered due to him not fulfilling his duty, turned out to be golden, blossoming into a dazzling existence.

The eldest daughter is a law Ph.D. from a world-class university, attractive, with great temperament, eloquent, well-skilled professionally, lively and positive character, and the low-key rich heir from the Forrester Family is her boyfriend, with Old Master Forrester speaking highly of her.

If... if she had an illustrious maternal family, she’d be nearly perfect.

Quentin Thorne thought deeply, not realizing Sienna Thornton was speaking to him, until he inadvertently found a shadowy gaze directed at him, and only then did he realize Simon Forrester had been glaring at him for some time.

He collected his thoughts, looked at Sienna Thornton, "Hmm? Annie, what were you saying to me just now?"

Sienna Thornton smiled apologetically, "Hmm, I’ve considered, I don’t want to enter politics for now, so..."

Quentin Thorne seemed to have guessed, showing no surprise, smiling, "It’s okay. Manage your law firm well, and if you ever have a chance to join the Treaty and Law Department, that’s great too. But if you ever plan to enter politics, just let me know anytime."

Sienna Thornton nodded, "Okay. But what you mentioned the other day, that there are some cases I shouldn’t take, what does it mean?"

"Hmm," Quentin Thorne drank some tea, picked up a napkin and wiped his lips seriously, "Don’t take cases that easily reveal your political tendencies or personal views. For instance, on that law education program you participated in, under the backdrop of the country’s promotion of the second-child policy, you chose to discuss women’s rights, telling all domestic women that their rights are greater than the spousal reproductive rights. Yes, we have legal basis for this. However, in such a societal environment, I won’t say more about what our social environment is like, you should understand. In such an environment, you are letting women know they have the right to not have children, and the law will support them. Have you thought about what it means for the men in society if all women become aware of this in this aspect? What does it mean for society as a whole?"

Quentin Thorne’s expression was very serious, even his tone was somewhat stern, not at all like the previous gentle and kind demeanor.

Sienna Thornton was stunned, dazed, "Isn’t the significance of law education precisely here? The comprehensive awakening of female consciousness, isn’t that a good thing?"