Fu Chenlie had remained silent after Grandma had finished speaking.
Wen Ran felt a void inside her.
Grandma turned to him again, "Xiao Fu, you tell , I’m listening."
The man glanced at Wen Ran, catching sight of her downcast look, and lifted his lips without a trace of sound.
Then, he turned to Grandma and began to speak slowly, "Ranran is very well-behaved, very adorable, has a good temperant, and can be quite clever at tis. Most of the ti I enjoy our ti together, and as for marriage, it was a joint decision made by the two of us."
Hearing these words, Wen Ran promptly raised her bowed head to look at Fu Chenlie.
He also looked at her, his gaze like the cool waters of a sumr spring, making Wen Ran feel a peculiar itch in her heart.
In the gap as she averted her gaze, Grandma had already spoken up again, "Right, Ranran has never told how you two t."
"She helped my grandma by chance, and Grandma introduced us," he replied.
Instantly, Grandma smiled, "Is that so? Our Ranran has always been willing to help others."
Fu Chenlie responded ambiguously, "Yes, I’ve noticed."
After Grandma finished speaking, she felt sothing was amiss, and hurriedly inquired, "Then, Xiao Fu, your marriage to Ranran wasn’t at the behest of your Grandma, was it?"
Wen Ran interrupted her, "Grandma, why so many questions? If he didn’t agree to the marriage, even with your approval, it wouldn’t have happened. Stop talking to him for a bit, talk to . Tell , has anything interesting happened in town while I wasn’t ho?"
Grandma patted her hand, "Alright, alright, I’ll chat with you."
Just as she was about to speak, she realized sothing, looked down at Wen Ran’s hand, and saw it was bare, without a thing on it.
Grandma imdiately turned to Fu Chenlie, "Xiao Fu, there’s sothing I don’t know if I should say."
"Grandma, please speak."
"I’ve asked Ranran about it before, and you’re the manager of a small company, with a monthly inco also over ten thousand, so I imagine you must have saved up so money over the years."
As Fu Chenlie humd an acknowledgnt, he looked at Wen Ran with a stare sharp as a knife.
From the way he looked at her, she knew he was still bothered by her offense of calling him a manager and not acknowledging his intelligence.
She couldn’t fathom why such a heavy burden.
He’s not even a celebrity!
Grandma’s words continued, "I’ve never hoped that our Ranran would marry into a particularly wealthy family, just that she finds soone who knows how to cherish her, soone who will take good care of her. Today, having t you, I find you to be courteous, not much of a talker, but reassuringly steady, and that puts at ease. However, there’s one thing I’d like to ntion, and I hope you won’t think old-fashioned for speaking my mind."
Fu Chenlie showed rare patience, "I won’t."
"See, I never expected to ask for much bride price when Ranran got married, but now I see so many girls in town receiving betrothal gifts like ’five gold pieces and a diamond’ or ’three gold pieces and a diamond.’ Whether you want diamonds or not is up to you young people, but my precious granddaughter is no less deserving than anyone else. She shouldn’t lack even the ’three gold pieces,’ should she?"
Listening to Grandma say this, Wen Ran imdiately felt her heart put on alert.
If it were a love marriage, or eting soone through a normal matchmaking process, discussing marriage, the betrothal gifts of three gold pieces were undoubtedly essential.
But her marriage to Fu Chenlie was based on an agreent, completely devoid of emotional foundation, not to ntion the lack of a courtship period. How could she have the nerve to ask him for three gold pieces and a diamond?!
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