Chapter 415: 415: Deciding to Betroth You to Fang Dongxun

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(Chapter Ten)

“After discussing with Grandfather, Dad and I have decided to betroth you to Fang Dongxun,” Yang Yunlin said seriously, looking at Yang Qingyin. “The marriage alliance between the Yang and Fang families will be very beneficial to both. Besides, you are quite familiar with Fang Dongxun and get along well with him. He has always liked you, and you know he’s a decent person. He’s open-hearted, not sinister, and he is set to inherit the position of Fang Family Head and achieve great things. He is a worthy match for you.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingyin’s face changed color instantly, and she rejected the proposal without a second thought: “I don’t agree.”

Seeing that Yang Qingyin’s face had turned quite ugly and that she had suddenly stood up, Chen Qiaoyu immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her back down to the seat: “Yin’er, please listen to us first, all right?”

After being pulled back to the sofa by her mother, Yang Qingyin sat with an ashen face and silent, refusing to look at anyone.

“Regardless of your relationship with that Luo or how you feel about him, I have to tell you, it’s impossible for you to be together,” Yang Yunlin said sternly to Yang Qingyin. “The blood feud between our two families simply cannot be resolved. Moreover, currently, Ling Ruonan and that Luo boy are aggressively pressing us and now plan to humiliate the Yang Family again. There’s no way anyone can stomach this. Also, while that Luo boy has been seeing you, he has been very close with the two Ouyang sisters. To my knowledge, he often enters Ouyang Feifei’s villa and stays for half a day each time. When the two of them are alone, do you know what they do?”

Listening to Yang Yunlin speak in this way, Yang Qingyin suddenly raised her head and looked at her father incredulously.

“Hehe, every time that Luo boy visits Ouyang Feifei’s villa, he stays for a long time. With just a single man and woman together for extended periods, as an adult, you can imagine what might happen. At Ouyang Huihui’s birthday party, Ouyang Feifei asked Luo alone to dance, and the sisters treated him with special attention while declining others’ advances. This is clearly showing everyone what’s going on, right?”

Seeing a change in Yang Qingyin’s expression, Yang Yunlin felt a surge of satisfaction and continued: “Maybe in a few days, that Luo will tell you he’s getting engaged to Ouyang Feifei. I’ve been suspecting that Luo’s approach to you is a deliberate act of revenge against the Yang Family. He’ll toy with you and then discard you, causing our Yang Family to lose face once again. Daughter, you must be cautious and not be deceived by such a scoundrel.”

“I understand,” Yang Qingyin said, and then stood up immediately, speaking to her parents: “Dad, Mom, I’m tired and would like to go to bed early. We can discuss this tomorrow if there’s anything else!”

With that, she left the living room without waiting for her parents to say anything more and entered her own room, where she locked the door behind her.

After exchanging glances for a while, Yang Yunlin and Chen Qiaoyu could only sigh helplessly.

“Old Yang, when you find the time, I’ll talk to Luo Ziling about their matter and ask him to stop bothering our Qingyin,” Chen Qiaoyu whispered to Yang Yunlin: “I won’t allow him to deceive Yin’er.”

“There’s no need,” Yang Yunlin shook his head, frowning: “If you go talk to him, do you think it would yield any result?”

Chen Qiaoyu didn’t want to argue with her husband about this, so she didn’t say much, only softly adding: “Forget it, it’s late, let’s go to sleep.” With that, she stood up first and went to her room to wash up.

After returning to her room, Yang Qingyin laid on her bed fully clothed and thought about the day’s events.

She regretted coming home, never expecting to return only to discuss such matters with her parents.

Already in a bad mood today, hearing her father’s words only made her feel worse.

She felt like she was harboring a deep resentment that needed to be vented but found no outlet for it.

When the WeChat notification sound from her purse went off, she hurriedly grabbed her small bag and took out her phone. It was a message from Luo Ziling.

There were several messages sent by Luo Ziling before this one.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Qingyin finally opened the messages and read them.

“Little Lamb, what’s wrong today? Speak up if you’re upset. Don’t bottle it up inside; it can cause harm.”

“Is it because you had to undergo another session of ‘moral and ideological education’ at home? What did your parents tell you?”

“Have you seen my messages? Please don’t ignore me, okay?” This message was followed by several frantic emojis.

“Alright then, get to bed early, and get some good rest. I’m heading to bed early too, I have to see patients tomorrow morning. Good night!” He added several kissy face emojis at the end.

Yang Qingyin gave it some thought, and in the end, she sent back a message, “Sorry, just saw this. I really am a bit tired today, let’s go to sleep early, and we’ll get in touch after I get back to school.”

After sending the message, Yang Qingyin held her phone, waiting for Luo Ziling’s reply.

But to her surprise, Luo Ziling didn’t respond.

She waited for about ten minutes and still no reply came. Feeling increasingly annoyed, she tossed her phone aside and went to the bathroom to wash up.

After she finished washing up, she picked up her phone out of habit and saw a notification. It was from Luo Ziling.

She quickly opened it.

“Senior sister, I was showering just now so I didn’t see your message. It’s getting late, let’s sleep, have a beauty sleep. If you have no other plans, come back to school early. If you are coming back tomorrow, I’ll treat you to a big meal.”

Seeing this message, and the kissy face emojis at the end of it, Yang Qingyin’s mood lightened considerably.

In the end, she sent back a message, “Just finished washing up, go to sleep early, good night. I’ll contact you when I return to school tomorrow!”

Seeing Yang Qingyin’s reply, Luo Ziling also breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn’t reply to the message but instead started browsing through his moments and other people’s messages.

Unexpectedly, he saw that Ouyang Huihui had sent him a long video.

It was of his entire performance on stage that night.

From start to finish, not a single second was missed, and all of his martial arts moves were recorded; this truly surprised him.

Because Ouyang Huihui was standing at the edge of the stage filming, the video was incredibly clear—far clearer than any his classmates had taken from a distance. It filled Luo Ziling with an indescribable sense of delight.

“How are you going to thank me?” Ouyang Huihui followed it up with a few more messages, the first one in a very proud tone, asking Luo Ziling how he was going to thank her, then added a few more messages. “I think besides the live recordings, no one else’s video is clearer or more complete than mine.”

“This video will at least leave you with a memory. Hmph, I took a big loss today because of you. My reputation suffered in your hands. If you don’t properly make it up to me, I won’t let it go,” she added.

After watching the full video on mute, Luo Ziling replied to Ouyang Huihui, “Thank you so much for keeping this video, it must have been a hassle. Whenever convenient, I will definitely treat you to a big meal.”

“You better keep your promise!”

Ouyang Huihui sent another message, followed by another, “Why didn’t Yang Qingyin perform today? Her name was on the program! Was it because she got scared off by my flower offering? Jealous and angry so she chose to not perform? If that’s the case, isn’t that a bit too petty?”

“I don’t know!” Luo Ziling replied.

“You must know!” she insisted.

So, Luo Ziling decided to ignore Ouyang Huihui.