novelraw Chapter 217: What? I’m Getting Married Off?
Chapter 217: What? I’m Getting Married Off?
In the little western-style house, Ye Qingtian sat quietly on the sofa, without turning on the lights in the room.
"Click!"
Ye Kuangfeng strode into the room like a dragon or a tiger and turned on the lights.
"Why aren’t the lights on? What are you up to? Trying to scare people?"
Ye Kuangfeng stared at Ye Qingtian and questioned him.
Ye Qingtian ignored him, or rather, didn’t even look at him.
Seeing this, Ye Kuangfeng smiled helplessly.
"Fine, I won’t ask about that. But I want to ask what’s the matter with you coming back now? I heard you want to mourn for your mother? Don’t you know how your mother died? And why didn’t you come back all these years for mourning, but just now?"
Ye Kuangfeng asked.
Ye Qingtian suddenly showed a strange smile: "Don’t rush, I’ll answer everything in seven days, and settle the accounts with you all then!"
During the mourning period for his mother, he didn’t like to take action.
"Bastard, what nonsense are you talking?"
Ye Kuangfeng raged.
"You get out of here..."
Just as Ye Kuangfeng was about to yell and drive Ye Qingtian away, Long Yuxin and Ye Zeyan appeared.
"Kuangfeng, what are you doing? It’s a good thing that the child is back! We’re just happy he is back!"
Long Yuxin stopped Ye Kuangfeng.
Then, Long Yuxin looked at Ye Qingtian: "Child, it’s good that you can come back, I’m very happy. The Ye Family welcomes you!"
"Are you done talking? If you’re done, get out. My mother’s place doesn’t welcome you!"
Ye Qingtian said flatly.
His tone was calm, and even the word "get out" sounded like "please".
"You..."
Just as Ye Kuangfeng was about to get angry again, Long Yuxin stopped him.
"Okay, okay, I’ll hold back! But since you’re already in the Ye Family, shouldn’t you at least pay respects to the elders? Your grandfather is still waiting for you!"
Ye Kuangfeng suppressed his anger and spoke.
"I don’t have a grandfather, and I didn’t come into the Ye Family. I’ll leave in seven days!"
Ye Qingtian explained.
"You... I... ah..."
Ye Kuangfeng was almost about to explode with anger but had nowhere to vent.
It felt like punching into a piece of cotton.
"Forget it, let’s just leave."
Long Yuxin forcibly dragged Ye Kuangfeng away.
"By the way, child, if you need anything, feel free to find Zeyan!"
Long Yuxin said to Ye Qingtian.
...
Outside the little western-style house.
"Why did you stop me from teaching that brat a lesson?"
Ye Kuangfeng asked, confused.
Long Yuxin smiled: "Don’t you think his personality is very similar to yours? Stubborn, with a strong sense of pride. When he says he’ll leave in seven days, it’s just out of anger. He’s too proud to allow himself to lose face. Don’t expose him, just give him a way out!"
Ye Kuangfeng thought for a moment and said, "It does seem to be the case."
"Let’s go see father and discuss his issue!"
Ye Kuangfeng and Long Yuxin went to the Ye Family’s main hall.
"So? The brat hasn’t come yet?"
Ye Longkun couldn’t help but ask.
Ye Kuangfeng smiled: "Father, the brat said he needs to mourn for his mother for seven days, so it’s not appropriate to come to see you."
"Oh, I see. I was wondering, being a son of the Ye Family and not having such basic manners?"
Ye Longkun said.
Ye Kuangfeng hesitated and said, "Father, how do you think we should handle Ye Qingtian?"
"Now that he’s back, he’s a member of the Ye Family, at least we can’t mistreat him. But for the nearly twenty years he’s been away, he has no skill, no ability. Or rather, we know nothing about any talents he may have. There’s no way he can get involved with the core family matters, nor does he have the capability. I think it’s good enough to let him be a young master with plenty of money to spend. Once that’s done, whatever you do to nurture him is up to you!"
Ye Longkun said.
"Alright, father, as you say!"
Ye Kuangfeng nodded.
"By the way, this reminds me of something."
Ye Longkun suddenly said.
"Oh? What is it, father?"
Ye Kuangfeng looked at him, puzzled.
"The lass from Hua Family who was once engaged to this brat now has a marriage arrangement with the heir of the Li Family from Han Country, the top consortium there."
Ye Longkun said.
"No wonder, when I mentioned it to the Hua Family’s patriarch last time, he outright refused."
Qin Lingtian is his adopted son and likes Hua Qingfei.
Ye Kuangfeng mentioned this, but the Hua Family patriarch flatly refused.
"Although what the Hua Family did is completely reasonable, someone is bound to use this against the Ye Family. Besides, that old man from the Hua Family is deliberately provoking us! Furthermore, the Li Family from Han Country is powerful, which will elevate the Hua Family’s strength by several tiers. It’s a challenge directly at us!"
Ye Longkun said, with a hint of disdain on his face.
"So, father, how should we respond?"
Ye Kuangfeng asked, naturally guessing that Ye Longkun had a plan.
"The name of Ye Kuangfeng is our Ye Family’s emblem, but Zeyan is too young to wield this emblem of honor. Now that Ye Qingtian is back, it’s time to use this emblem."
Ye Longkun smiled meaningfully, with a deeper purpose.
Ye Kuangfeng immediately understood: "Father, you mean arranging a marriage for Qingtian?"
"Exactly."
"But everyone in the circle knows who Ye Qingtian is, how can it be that easy?"
Ye Kuangfeng hesitated.
Ye Longkun looked him straight in the eye: "Actually, just remember one thing, he is Ye Kuangfeng’s son. That’s enough!"
"Father, I understand!"
Ye Kuangfeng nodded.
The next day.
A piece of news spread throughout the upper circles of Tianjing, stating that the former young master of the Ye Family, Ye Qingtian, had returned.
This news caused quite a stir.
The issue was being discussed everywhere.
By the evening, even bigger news came out: The Ye Family had decided on a marriage alliance with the Shen Family, marrying Shen Junqing, the second daughter of the Shen Family, to Ye Qingtian.
This news was like a bomb dropped, shaking the entire Tianjing circle.
Among the top-tier families in Tianjing, aside from the four great families, the Shen Family was the strongest.
The four great families tried to keep their status by aligning with the Shen Family.
However, the Ren Family was the victor, arranging a marriage between Ren Shaoqing and Shen Huamo.
Ren Shaoqing was ranked first among the young masters of Tianjing, and Shen Huamo was the most beautiful woman in Tianjing.
No one opposed this marriage.
But no one expected the Ye Family to arrange for Ye Qingtian to marry Shen Huamo’s sister, Shen Junqing, in an effort to pull the Shen Family into their fold.
This might even bring the Ren Family into the same alliance.
The Hua Family was especially shocked to hear this news.
The Ye Family clearly intended to target them!
"But where on earth did Ye Qingtian come from?"
This was another question in people’s minds.
For the past couple of days, Ye Qingtian had been mourning quietly in the little western-style house, and no one had disturbed him.
And he was unaware that the Ye Family had arranged a marriage for him.
At this moment, in a club somewhere in Tianjing, a group of young people was partying wildly.
Among them were Shen Junqing and Qi Yuexi.
"Junqing, look at this huge news! You’ve been married off!"
Chou Lifu suddenly shouted at his phone.
Shen Junqing looked puzzled: "What? I’ve been married off?"