Strong Female Side Character Awakens

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Chapter 169: The Beginning of a Coincidental Encounter

Chu Yan was silent for three seconds before he suddenly laughed. “Are you angry?”

Ye Qingran replied, “No.”

Chu Yan’s tone was firm. “You are.”

Ye Qingran thought for a moment before she spoke honestly about what was on her mind. “I just feel that you shouldn’t do something that she doesn’t like in the name of it being best for her.”

She was once the same as Chu Ruoruo. She was very resistant about going to another country.

In that strange and cold place, even if there were people to take care of you and people to protect you, without your family by your side, you would still be afraid.

After a long time, perhaps you might grow up and get used to it.

However, what you would really get used to was loneliness instead.

She paused for a moment and continued, “If you think about it from another perspective, if your family arranged for you to marry a woman you didn’t like just because it would be helpful to your career if you did so, would you still agree?”

Chu Yan: “…”

Ye Qingran stood up. “I’d better go and take a look at her after all.”

Chu Yan said softly, “Sure, that’s fine. You can also tell her that I’m still considering it.”

Ye Qingran was stunned for a moment before she smiled. “Okay.”

Once she headed out, she immediately saw Chu Ruoruo kicking stones in the courtyard. She was still cursing, “Tyrant tyrant tyrant, stubborn and tyrannical brother.”

Seeing Ye Qingran walk to her side, she immediately stopped and pouted. Her face was so long that it could hang a bottle.

Ye Qingran asked her, “You’ve eaten so much. Why don’t you take a walk to help in digestion?”

Chu Ruoruo did not say anything but still started walking.

Ye Qingran followed her and advised, “Don’t be angry. Your brother only wants to choose a future that’s good for you. Parents always think ahead.”

Chu ruoruo said angrily, “But I really don’t want to go.”

As she said that, her shoulders softened. “I know that I can’t fight back either. They’ve already arranged everything for me. Forget it, I’ll just go then. I won’t think about it anymore.”

Ye Qingran hummed in acknowledged faintly. “But your brother didn’t reject you either. He just didn’t reply you.”

Chu ruoruo said, “When he doesn’t speak, it’s usually because he is rejecting me. He even scolds me for being unreasonable.”

Ye Qingran’s tone was especially light, as if she was puzzled. “But when I came out, your brother told me that he was still considering it.”

Chu Ruoruo’s eyes lit up, and she stared at Ye Qingran. “Really?”

Ye Qingran slowly smiled and nodded.

Ye Qingran said, “Can I even lie to you? Think about it, I only asked him in the afternoon. He hasn’t even had a day to consider for it and yet you’re in a hurry to ask him. It’s normal for him to give you a cold glance.”

“He’s still thinking about it, which means that there’s still a chance. But the chances are still slim”. Chu Ruoruo clasped her hands together as if she was praying. “I hope brother will agree to letting me stay.”