“Grandpa Tai, Brother Fanfan and I have just met not long ago and have only just started dating, would it be too soon to talk about marriage now?” Zhong Ruishu withdrew her gaze from Fanfan’s face and spoke up against the pressure.
“What’s so fast about it? You two are dating for the purpose of marriage, and now you like each other, so it’s a good idea to settle the marriage sooner rather than later, so that your grandfather and I can clear our minds.” Master Fan said kindly.
After saying that, he looked at the old man of the Zhong family who was sitting next to him.
Master Zhong also nodded in agreement.
Stroking his beard, he teased, “It’s good to settle down early, if you get married early, maybe we two old men can still have the chance to see your children born, Fanfan, you’re a boy, what do you think?”
“……”
Fanfan’s palms tightened, his thin lips pursed, his gaze retracted from Fanny, and in his eyes, a complex light colour settled in.
Some people, from the start, were not meant to be his.
He had never thought about them, nor was he willing to deceive himself.
When he found out that his family was arranging a blind date for him, he couldn’t refuse, but he made up his mind to have a showdown with the other person.
What he didn’t expect was that the other party was of the same mind as he was ……
The relationship with Zhong Rishu was in accordance with the wishes of the elders and the cooperation that had been negotiated with her.
He didn’t want to marry, and she didn’t want to marry either.
Two people together, pretending to be each other’s other half, can avoid a lot of trouble.
They had agreed a long time ago that if the other met someone they liked and wanted to be together, they would announce a peaceful break-up when the time came.
It was just that no one had expected that Master Fan, who had been settled abroad, would suddenly return home and come to the Zhong family personally to finalise the marriage.
Falling in love is not the same as talking about marriage.
Once they had really agreed, the two families would inevitably have to start preparing for the wedding.
The Van family and the Zhong family are both prominent figures in the business world, and a marriage between the two families will definitely be in the papers, and when the news gets out, it will be like a nail in the coffin.
Now that the elders of both families are here, and there are many of the Zhong family’s friends and relatives, if Fanfan refuses the marriage, he will be embarrassing Zhong Rishu in front of everyone.
Fan Yu had been taught since he was a child to be a gentleman and to take care of his younger siblings, and he could not say anything that would make Zhong Rishu feel ashamed.
But if he didn’t say anything, he would be tacitly agreeing to the marriage ……
“Great grandfather, can we let our own nature take its course in the matter of Brother Fanfan and me?” Zhong Ruishu, who had never liked to speak, realized Van Fan’s difficulty at this moment and had already grabbed the opportunity to speak in front of him twice in a row.
But the two old masters ignored it, only thinking she was shy at the mention of her marriage.
He laughed and continued to ask Fanfan.
“Fanfan, everyone is watching here, tell us yourself, do you want to marry Ruishu?”
As the two old men’s words fell, a silence fell over the living room.
Everyone’s eyes, focused on Fanfan, waited for his answer.
Including Fanny.
She had a smile on her face that was almost too big to laugh.
Seeing the delighted and expectant eyes of the people around her, she just wanted to run away from the place, not wanting to hear another word.
But she couldn’t.
“Fanfan?” Master Fan, who had waited for a long time for an answer, had a slightly deep voice.
There were also many elders of the Zhong family around, who began to whisper.
“……” Fanfan’s hand, which was hanging at his side, unconsciously clenched into a fist.
Thin lips were tightly pursed.
This was a question he couldn’t answer.
Once he asked to postpone the marriage, the elders would surely ask for a reason, and that reason, of course, was a secret he could not tell.
