Chapter 217: Chapter 216 Refusal to Agree
"What are you laughing at! You little brat, you’re not even grown up and you’re already siding with an outsider! Get out of here with that punk right now!" Fang Zhenhua imdiately vented his anger on Fang Nan.
Fang Nan looked at Wu Xuefang innocently. Wu Xuefang, who doted on her precious daughter, imdiately grabbed Fang Zhenhua’s ear. "You dare curse her again? I’m warning you, only I am allowed to scold our precious daughter! If anyone else dares to, I’ll kill them! That includes you!"
Fang Zhenhua was utterly humiliated. On the battlefield, he was a high-ranking general defending the nation’s borders, but at ho, he was just a henpecked husband.
After the farce finally ended, Fang Zhenhua said, "I do not agree to this marriage!" His attitude was resolute. Ye Fan had already left him with two bad impressions: first, for mocking his boxing, and second, for being the son of his old rival, Ye Tiannan. Therefore, he decided that handing his daughter over to this punk was out of the question.
"You disagree? Your opinion doesn’t matter in this house. If I agree, that’s all that matters!" Wu Xuefang said domineeringly.
Ye Fan was in absolute awe of Wu Xuefang; she had Fang Zhenhua completely under her thumb. She was truly a heroine among won, and he looked at her with pure adoration.
"Hmph! I said I don’t agree, and I an it!" Fang Zhenhua said.
"It doesn’t matter if you disagree! I’m set on becoming in-laws with the Ye Family!" Wu Xuefang stated firmly.
"No! Do you have any idea how arrogant the Ye Family is? Our daughter marrying into their family would be asking for misery!" Fang Zhenhua rebuked.
"Don’t worry, Father-in-law, I will treat her well!" Ye Fan said quickly.
"Hmph! You and your father are cut from the sa cloth—a pair of sanctimonious hypocrites! You’re the last person on earth I would trust!" Fang Zhenhua snapped.
Ye Fan felt incredibly awkward. What on earth is the history between my father and my future father-in-law? Why do I have to be the one caught in the middle? This feels awful.
"Ye Tiannan is a decent man. I just don’t understand why you’re always picking fights with him," Wu Xuefang demanded. "Let
ask you, is it because the goddess you had a crush on married him? Is that why you’ve been so bitter all this ti?"
"No, not at all! That’s not what I an!" Fang Zhenhua hurriedly denied, a distinct lack of confidence in his voice, as if Wu Xuefang had just struck a nerve.
"I think that’s exactly what you an!" Wu Xuefang retorted.
Ye Fan felt like he had just heard sothing important. Could it be that my mother was Fang Zhenhua’s ’goddess’ back in the day?
His confidence shattered, Fang Zhenhua quickly relented. "Fine! I agree to the marriage, alright?" He was forced into a corner. Wu Xuefang had played her trump card, seizing on his weakness and refusing to let go.
Just then, Wu Xuefang said, "You think it ends here? Today, I’m going to settle this score with you!" She grabbed Fang Zhenhua’s ear and dragged him away. A jealous woman is a terrifying thing, regardless of her age.
To be honest, Wu Xuefang is quite a beauty herself, Ye Fan thought. She’s definitely on the sa level as my mother, Mrs. Jiang.
Only Fang Nan and Ye Fan remained, sighing. Neither had expected things to unfold this way. A mont later, they returned to the living room to chat.
"I know why Mom is angry," Fang Nan said.
"Why?" Ye Fan asked.
"I only found out about this by chance," Fang Nan began. "Back in the day, your mother was the number one beauty in Shangjing. Her grace and appearance captivated countless people. anwhile, my mom was the top beauty of Su and Hang. But my dad and your father both fell for your mother.
"They had enlisted together and were like brothers. Though not related by blood, their bond was closer than that of blood brothers, and they had each saved the other’s life.
"However, they both loved the sa woman. In the end, your mother married your father. Ever since then, the two of them can’t stand the sight of each other. And because my dad could never forget your mother, my mom has given him hell for it over the years," Fang Nan explained.
Ye Fan hadn’t expected such a complicated past between the two families. It was truly a bumpy road.
Fang Nan then added, "No wonder Dad avoided your mother the last ti she visited. He must have felt guilty."
Hearing all this, Ye Fan was stunned to realize his own mother possessed such incredible charm that two high-ranking military officers had been so infatuated with her. Perhaps this is what they call a beauty that can cause the downfall of nations.
After a mont, Ye Fan said, "I don’t think our families need to be enemies."
"But no one can convince them," Fang Nan said, exasperated.
By dinnerti, Fang Zhenhua erged, looking as though he had just been thoroughly disciplined by Wu Xuefang. He still wouldn’t give Ye Fan so much as a pleasant glance. He directed a harsh ultimatum at him, "Kid, if you want to marry my daughter, that’s fine. But you’ll have your father co and apologize to
in person!"
"Would it kill you to say a little less? Besides, you don’t call the shots in this family!" Wu Xuefang imdiately scolded Fang Zhenhua. Then she smiled at Ye Fan. "Ye Fan, don’t listen to this crazy old man! I’ll make the decisions for you!"
"Thank you, Aunt!" Ye Fan said quickly.
Wu Xuefang is Fang Zhenhua’s kryptonite. No matter how arrogant he acts, as long as I keep my future mother-in-law happy, he’s powerless.
"Hmph!" Fang Zhenhua fud.
Ye Fan spoke up, "Actually, Uncle, there’s no need for you and my father to be enemies. Brotherhood is for life. No matter what happened back then, shouldn’t you both be able to wish each other well?"
"I’m not that magnanimous!" Fang Zhenhua retorted.
Just then, a car pulled up to the Fang family’s doorstep. Two people stepped out: one was Mrs. Jiang, and the other was Ye Tiannan.
"The Fang family does not welco you!" Fang Zhenhua declared coldly.
"Hahaha! Zhenhua, you’re the sa as ever, always acting so childish!" Ye Tiannan said with a laugh.
"Hmph!" Fang Zhenhua scoffed disdainfully.
"Ah, it’s my in-laws! Please, co in, co in!" Wu Xuefang said, welcoming Ye Tiannan.
Ye Tiannan nodded and entered with Mrs. Jiang. Fang Zhenhua, who was usually hot-tempered, instantly deflated at the sight of Mrs. Jiang. He didn’t dare to look up, unable to et her gaze.
Ye Fan sighed internally. What a coward. If Mom had actually chosen you back then, she would have been truly blind.
In the living room, although Wu Xuefang was very amicable, it was clear in every way that she felt a need to compete with Mrs. Jiang and prove she was her equal. After all, her own husband was still lost in the shadows of the past.
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