"No!" Mother Ran was quick to rebut Father Yang's words. "What do you mean? Not only do you want my eldest daughter, you want my Yue'er to marry Yang Baihua? Mr. Yang, do you really think I would let this thing to happen?"
"Absolutely not! I won't let Yue'er marry into your Yang family and have Yang Baihua as her husband. That will only happen if I am dead!"
Mother Ran couldn't let them take her youngest daughter into their cheap family. The Yang family could be considered as one of the richest families in their province and city. They also have tons of connections with other wealthy and prominent families across the country and were just a little bit behind the Ran family in terms of high social ranking in the city.
However, what other people didn't know was that the Yang family was already experiencing some troubles in their businesses and contracts that reduced their worth. The Yang family might be on the verge of falling out of the high elite ranking in the city, however, they still have enough reputation and assets to cover that up.
And the only reason why Father Yang got entangled with the Ran family was due to the debt that Ran Mo Zheng owed him ten years ago. If it weren't because of that, Father Yang wouldn't even try to involve himself with the cunning and self righteous Ran Mo Zheng. But it was also thanks to the debt Ran Mo Zheng owed him that Father Yang found a new lease of chance in regaining the Yang family's grandeur that was gradually and slowly disappearing at this moment.
If Ran Mo Zheng paid him back the money he owed him, Father Yang wouldn't even worry about the state of his company.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"There's no need to be so adamant and refuse it now. You all can think about it first. Our family will also wait for your reply." Father Yang didn't lose his temper like Mother Ran. "Think about it. This marriage might be the only way for all of us to survive now that Ran Xueyi has drawn out her sword."
Mother Ran wanted to refute, but surprisingly, Ran Mo Zheng reached out and held her hand to stop her. She looked at him and saw him shaking his head. Mother Ran was in disbelief. What does her husband mean by that gesture? He was going to let them go and think about the topic of Ran Yue and Yang Baihua's marriage?
No matter how much Mother Ran wanted to object to this, Father Ran had already stopped her.
In the end, they had to watch the members of the Yang family leave one by one through that door.
Just when Yang Baihua, who was the last one to walk out, stepped a foot to come out of that room, a sweet and female voice called out to him.
"<anno data-annotation-id="7f621455-ac61-5597-8e89-4bc541671952">Hua ge!</anno>"
Yang Baihua stopped in his tracks and turned around. It was Ran Yue who had called him.
Seeing him stop for her, Ran Yue ran to him despite her mother's disapproval.
"What is it?" Yang Baihua asked impatiently.
Ran Yue didn't take his tone in her heart and softened her voice and said, "I won't regret it."
Yang Baihua raised his head and looked into her eyes. He saw that her eyes were filled with determination and there were also traces of affection inside it.
He frowned and wondered why she was like this. Hasn't she listened to any words their parents had said just now?
"Even if you don't regret it, I might regret it." Yang Baihua didn't spare a shed of pity towards her feelings for him. He already had Song Qian, who was his<anno data-annotation-id="97ccb4ed-73d8-c81e-6f75-b92e4154c69f"> white moonlight</anno> since they were young, and there was no way he could give a space in his heart to Ran Yue.
Ran Yue shook her head and replied to him, not taking any of his words as a finality to everything. "There's no need for you to say it now. The world and the weather changes just as your feelings will. Give me a chance and you will find that I am much better than anyone else. Besides, don't you also think we're quite compatible?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm Yang Baihua was surprised at how she was acting. In the past, Ran Yue never showed this kind of boldness to him. It was only just recently that he had seen her act like this. It was quite surprising because he felt like he had been watching a doll-like person slowly turn into a brave and fearless tigress.
Even when Ran Yue didn't get a verbal response from Yang Baihua after he left, Ran Yue didn't think of giving up. She already took his silence as an agreement and she was dedicated to making him fall in love with her.
So what if Yang Baihua was still together with Song Qian? Was there love for each other eternal? Ran Yue didn't think so. She was so much better than that piss poor secretary who doesn't know her place. The only one who can match up with Yang Baihua was her and no one else.
As for what Ran Xueyi did today... Ran Yue was half thankful and half regretful. She was thankful that with this, she was able to get Yang Baihua into her net of love, but at the same time, she was afraid and worried about her career in the entertainment industry.
Ran Yue somehow thought herself as fearless today. However, what she didn't know was that in the eyes of other people, aside from Yang Baihua, she was just being extraordinarily shameless without any dignity left for herself.
After the Yang family and the rest of the people in the party had left, the remaining people who were still inside the Ran family's mansion were only the servants who came to clean the place. They tacitly didn't utter a word as they did their work.
Soon, the mansion was filled with indefinite silence with noises of people walking and cleaning echoed occasionally.
However, this silence soon disappeared after a day had passed. The moment Ran Yue opened her eyes after a night of sleep, she was bombarded by the sight of people crowding the mansion's front gate, holding their cameras and mics and also some fans camped out there while she was sleeping.
They were all united as they waited for the main star of the scandal to come out and receive their hundred questions.
<annotations style="display: none;"><ol class="tinymce-annotation-container"><li data-annotation-id="7f621455-ac61-5597-8e89-4bc541671952">Ge = Brother/Oppa/ or an endearing way to call a man.</li><li data-annotation-id="97ccb4ed-73d8-c81e-6f75-b92e4154c69f">White Moonlight = First Love</li></ol></annotations>",