novelraw Chapter 694 : Feeling Sorry for a Young Woman
Chapter 694 : Feeling Sorry for a Young Woman
Chapter 694: Feeling Sorry for a Young Woman
Seeing Chen Fan frozen in place, Fang Ling repeated seriously.
"I'm getting married."
Chen Fan: "Are you serious? Not joking?"
Fang Ling: "Do I look like I'm joking with you right now?"
Chen Fan put down his chopsticks and looked at Fang Ling, asking:
"Aren't you... still in the middle of your studies abroad? Why are you suddenly getting married?"
"Who says you can't get married while studying abroad?"
"Besides, getting married won't affect my continued studies."
Chen Fan coughed dryly and quickly smiled, "Congratulations. I wish you happiness."
"Will the wedding be in Yunhai? Remember to send me an invitation. If I have time, I'll definitely come to drink a celebratory toast..."
Chen Fan suddenly stopped talking because he noticed Fang Ling's gaze on him.
Complex, helpless, resentful, and even tinged with a bit of disappointment...
Fang Ling picked up the wine glass in front of her and drained it again.
Putting down the glass, she looked up at Chen Fan.
"Are you that eager for me to get married soon?"
Chen Fan was immediately embarrassed.
"Well..."
"You're the one who said you're getting married. I can't very well tell you not to get married, can I?"
"Why not?"
Fang Ling stared at Chen Fan.
"Do you know who I like?"
"Just say the word, and I can throw away everything and..."
"Um..." Chen Fan quickly interrupted her, "The meat is ready. Let's eat while it's hot."
As he spoke, Chen Fan picked up the strainer and scooped up plenty of meat for Fang Ling.
"Eat up. If it's not enough, we can order more."
Fang Ling suddenly smiled.
"You seem to be very afraid of me."
"Afraid?"
"Yes. You're afraid to see me."
Fang Ling looked at Chen Fan: "Did my confession last time scare you? So you don't know how to face me?"
Chen Fan looked at her, took a deep breath, and slowly put down the strainer.
"That's not it."
"I just don't know how to interact with you. I'm afraid of hurting you..."
Fang Ling laughed.
"That's ridiculous. You think you could hurt me?"
"Who am I? I'm Fang Ling, the one who can never be knocked down."
Chen Fan shook his head with a bitter smile.
"I didn't expect that after more than a year, you still haven't changed..."
Fang Ling looked serious: "Why should I change?"
"I've said it before. Although I'm usually carefree, I, Fang Ling, am not a casual woman."
"When I like someone, I express it openly and frankly."
"I like you. I told you last time. And it won't change in the future."
Chen Fan looked at her and said seriously: "Then let me explain to you very seriously once again."
"I already have a girlfriend, no, a fiancee."
"My relationship with my fiancee is very good. I will marry her as my wife in the future."
"Secondly, even if I didn't have a fiancée, I don't think we're suitable for each other. We both have very strong personalities, and even if we were together, we'd probably often have conflicts in the future."
"Thirdly: You're about to get married now, so you shouldn't..."
"But I don't like him at all!"
Chen Fan's words suddenly stopped.
He looked at Fang Ling in confusion, "What's really going on?"
"If you don't like him, why are you marrying him?"
Fang Ling lowered her head, and this time she couldn't hold back; a tear rolled down from the corner of her eye.
Chen Fan reached for the wine bottle in front of him and poured a glass for Fang Ling.
"I've felt that you've been preoccupied since we met earlier."
"At first, I thought it was because of your grandmother's passing, but now it seems there are other reasons."
"Would you like to talk about it? If you're willing, I can be your listener."
Fang Ling picked up the wine glass and drained it in one go again.
Bang!
The wine glass made a muffled sound as it was put down on the table.
Fang Ling laughed self-mockingly.
"What's there to say? It's just those typical rich family affairs. You can probably guess."
"My family's business has been in big trouble since last year. A bunch of people in the family tried to pull strings and beg for help, but in the end, there was no solution."
"Seeing that the company was about to collapse, my parents decided to marry me off to the son of a big boss in Yunhai."
Fang Ling glanced at Chen Fan: "A strong alliance, an arranged marriage... think of it however you like. It's all the same thing anyway."
"Isn't it funny? Parents don't care about their daughter's happiness at all, they only think about how to keep the family's assets."
"Others think it's fortunate to be born into a rich family, but in my view, a rich family is just a cage. There's no freedom at all, not even the right to decide your own lifelong happiness..."
As she spoke, Fang Ling shook her head and picked up the wine bottle to pour another glass.
Watching her sit across from him, drinking one glass after another on her own.
At this moment.
Chen Fan suddenly felt a bit sorry for Fang Ling.
She was like a commodity, casually arranged by her family to be given to another family.
Just to save their own business.
During this process, no one cared about what Fang Ling thought.
Chen Fan thought for a moment, then picked up a second bottle of beer, opened it, and poured himself a full glass.
Fang Ling mumbled, "Why are you stealing my drinks? Didn't you say you'd only have one bottle?"
"These are all mine..."
Chen Fan tapped the table.
"Don't just drink, eat some food before you drink more."
"I'm very curious, with your personality, did you just agree when your family told you to get married?"
"Wouldn't you resist?"
"Resist?" Fang Ling showed a bitter smile.
"What's the point of resisting?"
"The family company is about to fail. This concerns the interests of everyone in the Fang family."
"For rich second generations like us, having enjoyed the advantages brought by the family, we naturally have to be ready to sacrifice everything for the family at any time."
"Actually, I did refuse and oppose it..."
Fang Ling looked up at Chen Fan, smiling as she said, "But when all the relatives in the family surround you, constantly talking about doing it for the Fang family, putting all sorts of shackles on you, what can I do?"
"My dad sighs all day long, and my mom just keeps crying in front of me... How can I still say no?"
"After all... I'm also a member of the Fang family."
Chen Fan shook his head, somewhat disapproving of the approach taken by Fang's family elders.
It was almost unscrupulous.
"By the way, what kind of trouble did your family's business run into?"
Chen Fan casually asked, but unexpectedly, the answer he got surprised him a bit.
According to Fang Ling's explanation, last year, because of the Zhao family's downfall, not only were those leaders affected, but also many business owners who had close relationships with the Zhao family.
At that time, due to public pressure, the investigation team didn't dare to be careless at all and directly imposed heavy penalties on all related personnel...
And the Fang family was unfortunate enough to be one of those affected.
Because the Fang family was also one of those who had business dealings with the Zhao family, and several of them even had close relationships with the Zhao family...
So the relevant personnel were arrested, and the Fang family's enterprises were affected.
Business plummeted, and even previous partners all canceled their cooperation.
The Fang family's business fell sharply, struggling for more than half a year, but finally couldn't hold on...
That's why they had no choice but to resort to the last option, an arranged marriage.
After understanding the cause and effect, Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
After all this, it turned out that the Fang family's current predicament was somewhat related to him.