Elder Yi slapped his thigh. “You make a very good point, that’s indeed how it is. Why didn’t I think of that before?”
Jiang Ranran nodded vigorously. “Right, right!”
Xue Wan, standing nearby, was dumbfounded.
How dare someone speak like that in front of Yi Jingnian?
It was one thing for the old man, but was this girl trying to get herself killed?
She couldn’t help but glance at her brother-in-law. Sure enough, the man’s expression had darkened.
Xue Wan felt a surge of delight and quickly fanned the flames. “Jingnian, listen to what she’s saying! How dare she pick and choose like this with you?”
Yi Jingnian said in a low voice, “Does Sister-in-law want to discipline my fiancée?”
Xue Wan’s face instantly paled. “No, no, that’s not what I meant…”
Elder Yi said, “Exactly! Jingnian’s wild fiancée is for him to manage himself. You, an outsider, shouldn’t interfere!”
He turned to Jiang Ranran with a beaming smile. “Also, you really don’t need to worry about age. A man’s shelf life mainly depends on talent, and Jingnian definitely takes after me in that regard! I had Jingnian when I was in my forties, and my wife was over a decade younger than me…”
“…”
A flicker of nostalgia and regret passed through Elder Yi’s eyes. “If she hadn’t passed away so early, we really could have kept the passion alive until old age… Losing steam? Not a chance!”
Yi Changhai, standing nearby, couldn’t take it anymore. “Can’t you talk about something normal?!”
He seemed to have been pricked by the phrase “losing steam” on some fragile nerve, and he shouted angrily:
“Dad, Jingnian, I’m begging you, calm down! This girl even calls herself a wild person. Can just any creature marry into our Yi family?”
Elder Yi: “Then tell me, what kind of creature can marry in?”
Yi Changhai: “Like Si Chen’s fiancée—she’s the real young lady the Jiang family just found, named Jiang Ranran!”
“I heard she’s well-educated, gentle, sensible, and her background is clear… That’s the kind of match that’s truly suitable for our Yi family!”
Jiang Ranran: “??”
Before he finished speaking, Yi Changhai’s phone rang. It was Yi Sichen calling.
Yi Changhai quickly covered the phone and walked to the doorway, lowering his voice. “Si Chen, where are you?”
Yi Sichen said, “Dad, I’m coming home right now.”
Yi Changhai was overjoyed. “Good, hurry back! Your grandfather heard you eloped with someone and wants to disown you! When you get back, whatever you do, don’t slip up!”
Yi Sichen said, “I originally wanted to take Yingying away, but the flight got canceled. I can come home now, but in the future…”
“Shut up!” Yi Changhai hissed through gritted teeth. “Just get your ass back here now! I’m telling you, you have to marry that Jiang Ranran, or I’ll break your legs!”
Yi Sichen said impatiently, “I know, I’ll talk about it when I get back.”
Yi Changhai hung up the phone and walked back into the living room triumphantly.
“Dad, Si Chen will be back soon! I told you, how could he possibly elope with someone? That was all just rumors!”
Seeing this, Jiang Ranran was shocked.
What? Yi Sichen is coming back?!
Then won’t her identity be exposed?
No, she had to run, and fast!
Yi Changhai looked at Jiang Ranran with contempt and waved a hand dismissively. “Aren’t you a wild person? When Si Chen gets back, I’ll have him bring his fiancée, Jiang Ranran, over too. Then you can see what a real lady from a good family looks like!”
As the word “lady” left his lips…
Jiang Ranran suddenly grabbed the dessert platter from the table and smacked it right into his face.
Thump!
A dull thud sounded.
The wooden base clattered down along with chunks of cake.
The remaining cream smeared thickly all over Yi Changhai’s face, so thick that everyone could no longer see his features—it looked like he was wearing a face mask.
Yi Changhai was stunned by the blow.
In disbelief, he opened his mouth and immediately tasted the sweet cream…
Xue Wan’s piercing scream nearly tore through the roof, “Ahhh! What are you doing, you savage?!”
Jiang Ranran looked panicked, “He was waving his hands at me loudly just now, and I thought he was going to hit me, so I instinctively defended myself a little…”
Hearing this, Yi Changhai nearly choked with rage, “When did I ever try to hit you? Huh?!”
His mouth opened and closed through the layer of cream, stretching and squeezing the cream with each movement.
Jiang Ranran hurriedly apologized, “Then I misunderstood you! I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. That’s just how we savages are—when we sense danger, we strike first…”
“…”
Yi Changhai was so angry he was speechless. He reached out to wipe his face, then pointed a trembling finger at Jiang Ranran, “Jingnian, look! Just look at your fiancée… What on earth is she?!”
Jiang Ranran had already hidden behind Yi Jingnian, tugging fearfully at the hem of his coat, “Oh no, your older brother seems really upset. Maybe we should leave first…”
Yi Jingnian glanced at the girl’s hand gripping his coat—pale, soft, like a small animal’s paw.
He casually took hold of that hand and said to Elder Yi, “Dad, Aotian is frightened. We’ll come see you another day.”
Yi Changhai: “??”
Wait, what do you mean she’s frightened? Shouldn’t I be the one who’s frightened?!
Elder Yi had been watching the whole scene with amusement, grinning from ear to ear, “Get out of here, both of you! Just remember, the wedding date is set—the eighth day of the fourth lunar month!”
He then turned to Yi Changhai and Xue Wan, “From now on, don’t pick fights with Aotian. Savages are an endangered species—we need to protect them, understand?”
“…”
Jiang Ranran followed Yi Jingnian out of the villa.
Her hand was held firmly in the man’s palm, with a grip she couldn’t break free from.
Only after getting into the car did Yi Jingnian release her.
The car started moving.
A Maybach drove in toward them—it was Yi Sichen returning home, passing right by their car.
Jiang Ranran secretly let out a sigh of relief and took off her sunglasses.
Good thing they left in time. If they had been just five minutes later, they would have run into Yi Sichen.
Thinking about the marriage arrangement Elder Yi had settled on, Jiang Ranran felt like crying but had no tears left.
“So what do we do now?” she asked with a crestfallen expression, whispering, “I really didn’t expect your dad to accept a savage as his daughter-in-law…”
It seemed now that whether Yi Jingnian liked savages or not was uncertain, but Elder Yi genuinely did…
If only she hadn’t claimed to be a savage in the first place!
Yi Jingnian replied calmly, “We’ll talk about it when we get back.”
“Get back?” Jiang Ranran instantly grew wary, “Back where?”
“To my place.”
“…”
Jiang Ranran felt as if she had been kidnapped.
She hugged her suitcase helplessly, resting her chin on it, her face full of regret, “If only I hadn’t gone to the airport to buy clothes… Who knew I’d run into all this trouble…”
Yi Jingnian glanced sideways at her, “You went to the airport to buy clothes?”
Jiang Ranran nodded weakly.
Yi Jingnian’s gaze fell on the rolling suitcase, finally seeming to take an interest in it. “What’s inside?”
Jiang Ranran said, “Just some clothes I bought while shopping.”
She patted the suitcase and added, “I bought this suitcase too. I really like this kind of bag.”
“You like rolling suitcases?”
“Yes, because they’re big.”
Jiang Ranran said, “I like big things.”
Lu Feng, who was driving, had just taken a sip of water and choked again.
Girl, who taught you to talk like that in front of men?
You sure know how to speak!