Chapter 9: My Sister Already Knows About Us
Zheng Wanyu continued, “So, at that business gala, Mom and Dad t a real estate entrepreneur.”
“He has a son who just returned from advanced studies at Harvard two months ago. Not exactly handso, but pleasant to look at. Most importantly, he earned a PhD from Harvard Business School. Combine that with his family background and their business connections…”
“Besides, his parents’ company is a real estate giant from another province.”
“What Mom and Dad ant was, if you could be with his son, it would benefit our family’s company…”
Sigh, but now it’s too late to talk about all this.
Zheng Wanyu let out a long sigh. “Everything was already arranged. You two were supposed to et in a few days and get to know each other.”
“But then, right at this crucial mont, the news of you having a boyfriend suddenly broke out and completely caught Mom and Dad off guard.”
“Now there’s no way to explain it to the other party.”
“Tell , don’t you think you’ve caused our family a lot of trouble?”
Zheng Wanqing said pitifully, “I’m sorry, okay? But it’s not like I knew about all this. Dad didn’t allow to date, and I wasn’t inford about the arranged eting. How’s this my fault?”
“Dad told you not to date, so you decided to do it in secret?” Zheng Wanyu replied, speechless.
“Forget it. Since you already have a boyfriend, I’ll find a way to decline on your behalf later.”
“As for whether they’ll be offended or not… there’s no telling.”
“After all, those people are pretty influential in their province.”
“They were expecting to et you and see if things might work out.”
“And now we’ve just stood them up.”
“Where’s that supposed to leave their pride?”
“Whatever. This whole ss is my headache now. You go back to your room.”
Zheng Wanqing quickly said, “Jie, does that an you’re okay with having a boyfriend now?”
“Don’t get it twisted. I never said that!” Zheng Wanyu clarified imdiately.
She did care about her sister deeply—she just had a proud personality and wouldn’t admit it so easily.
“Hehe, I knew it. You’re the best, Sis!”
Zheng Wanqing said, “Then can I ask you to speak on my behalf to Mom and Dad?”
“Because this whole sneaking-around thing with my boyfriend…”
“It makes feel a bit guilty toward him.”
“If you guys don’t object anymore, I’d like to go public with our relationship.”
“Then we can finally be together out in the open!”
“Eat together in the cafeteria, study in the library, attend lectures, and do all kinds of stuff together!”
Seeing her sister so excited, Zheng Wanyu said, “Don’t get ahead of yourself. Even if I’m okay with it, I can’t guarantee Mom and Dad will be.”
“Also, I already told you earlier—find a ti to bring your boyfriend over.”
“I want to see for myself what kind of man he is.”
“Soone who managed to steal my one and only baby sister.”
Zheng Wanqing replied, “Okay, Jie, I’ll talk to him tomorrow.”
“He’s good to . Once you et him, I’m sure you’ll like him too.”
“If you get a good impression of him, then it’s all on you to sway Mom and Dad!”
“Pretty please!”
“……”
After returning to her room, Zheng Wanqing imdiately sent a ssage to Ye Fei on WeChat.
[Zheng Wanqing: “Ye Fei, my sister already knows about us.]
[Zheng Wanqing: My Sister wants to et you.]
[Zheng Wanqing: Do you have ti tomorrow?]
[Ye Fei: Sure. What ti tomorrow?]
[Zheng Wanqing: Around lunchti, I think. Let’s find sowhere quiet.]
[Zheng Wanqing: You better behave and make a great impression, okay? Don’t let down.]
[Ye Fei: Alright, I can do that. But wait—what did you just call ?]
[Ye Fei,she typed instinctively.]
Then quickly corrected herself.
[No, no,o no.]
[Husband.]
[Is that good enough?]
[Ye Fei replied: Mm, that’s more like it. Be careful next ti.]
Zheng Wanqing sent a rolling-eyes emoji.
[Zheng Wanqing:Oh, and don’t forget to dress nicely tomorrow. Make a good impression on my sister!]
[Zheng Wanqing: Although honestly, it doesn’t even matter. My hubby looks the best no matter what he wears.]
Zheng Wanqing was a serious face-con (外貌协会 wàimào xiéhuì)^1. The reason she fell for Ye Fei in the first place was that she saw him once in the library and fell in love at first sight. After that, she secretly pursued him.
All that stuff she said about personality, values, and manners was just an excuse.
Let’s be real—his looks were the deciding factor.
By noon the next day, Ye Fei casually changed into a clean set of casual clothes and headed out.
Even though his bank account currently had ten million yuan, enough to buy a couple of top-tier designer suits from Armani or Versace—Because of a system task that required him to hide the fact that he had ten million— He couldn’t reveal anything, at least for the next three days.
Footnotes:外貌协会 (wàimào xiéhuì)– Literally “Appearance Association.”A slang term used online to describe soone who judges others solely or mainly based on appearance. Equivalent to a face-conor soone with a “looks-first” mindset.
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