"puff!"

Xia Che was truly speechless this time. Ignoring the strange looks from others, he wiped his mouth, his expression twisted: "Who? Tang Yanyan? Engagement?"

"Is that the chubby girl who used to slap me across the face whenever we disagreed?"

"When did I get engaged to her? How come I didn't know about this?!"

Xia Che got goosebumps all over his body.

It's true that he liked to swindle money from Tang Yanyan when they were kids, but when she found out she'd been cheated, she really hit him...

Moreover, given Tang Yanyan's size when she was little, wouldn't she be even bigger now that she's grown up...?

Broad shoulders and a thick waist?

Xia Che's face turned pale.

Moreover, he carefully examined his memories and confirmed that there was no record of any engagement with Tang Yanyan. Where did this engagement come from?

"Young Master, you don't know?"

Ning Zheyuan was very surprised. At first, he thought the young master was pretending to be stupid, but looking at the other party's expression now, it really didn't seem like it.

After thinking for a moment, Ning Zheyuan suddenly realized: "Oh... I see. The engagement was arranged by the master and the head of the Tang family. Neither family had any objections. After the engagement was arranged, Miss Tang started going to the Xia family every day at the Tang family's behest. I saw that you played with Miss Tang every day when you were a child, so I thought you already knew about this..."

"Does that mean... the master never told you this from the beginning?"

"No! I've never heard of it!"

Xia Che's face turned completely dark. Things he couldn't understand before, he now understood completely.

For example, why did Tang Yanyan come to his house to play the day after he repeatedly swindled money from her and even hit him, acting as if nothing had happened?

For example, when I was little, my mother repeatedly hinted to me that I should spend more time with Tang Yanyan, saying that I would spend a lot of time with her in the future...

Xia Che had previously thought he had found a good playmate, but now he realized that Tang Yanyan had always intended to be his wife from the very beginning!

Damn it!

Who would want to marry a tank?

It's not a big deal that I transmigrated, but the original owner of this body left so carefree, leaving me with a huge mess!

Moreover, Xia Che could tell from his memory that Tang Yanyan had the potential to be a sadist since she was a child.

Now that she's grown up, isn't she a complete and utterly masculine mature woman?

With his domineering and assertive personality, coupled with his burly physique, this is no ordinary tank.

This is clearly a brand new Tiger tank!

"this……"

Ning Zheyuan fell silent. Seeing the young master's dejected and dark face, he tried to smile but dared not, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Although he had long known that the relationship between the master and the young master was strained, seeing it today, Ning Zheyuan's understanding of the severity of their relationship had deepened.

She didn't even tell him about the marriage she arranged for her son...

This is a bit too much.

"Young master, look on the bright side. Miss Tang has been slim since she started middle school, and now she's a great beauty."

Ning Zheyuan said with a smile.

Forget it.

Xia Che rubbed his face and sighed sullenly, "The news you brought me this time is really exciting..."

"I dare not accept such praise."

"I wasn't praising you."

Xia Che breathed a sigh of relief. Oh well, they weren't married yet anyway. Tang Yanyan was at most his fiancée. As long as they hadn't registered their marriage, there was still time. Maybe she would choose to cancel the engagement herself?

That's how it's always written in novels, isn't it? Most of the time, the fiancée who suddenly appears is the one who takes the initiative to break off the engagement with the protagonist.

Let's make a three-year agreement.

They'd ramble on about how fortunes change over time, and then accuse the other party's sect of opportunism...

"How long will it take for Tang Yanyan to return to China?"

Xia Che made up his mind and felt at ease, then asked.

"The exact time is still unclear, but Miss Tang is almost finished with her studies and is expected to return in the next few months."

Ning Zheyuan habitually reached into the inside pocket of his coat, wanting to take out a cigar, but then remembered that smoking was prohibited in the coffee shop, so he had no choice but to pull his hand back out.

"It's still early, no rush."

Xia Che breathed a slight sigh of relief; he would deal with the rest later.

Ning Zheyuan's meeting with him this time was quite useful, solving several problems that had troubled Xia Che for a long time. Most importantly, even someone like Ning Zheyuan, who had watched the original owner grow up, did not recognize that Xia Che had been possessed by his soul. This made Xia Che feel very at ease.

In that case, I won't have to hide from those who were on good terms with the original owner of this body anymore.

"By the way, my master's birthday is coming up soon, right? You'll be going, right? Could you bring me a gift? I won't be going myself."

Xia Che rubbed his hands together. Although he was mostly relieved, he still wanted to minimize his meetings with this terrestrial immortal.

"Oh? Young Master isn't going?"

Ning Zheyuan was somewhat surprised. In his memory, the young master would run to Master Su's place whenever he had nothing to do. The two were as close as siblings. He used to be so close that he couldn't be chased away. Why didn't the young master go to Master Su's birthday party this time?

"Yes, I'm not going."

Seeing that the young master insisted, Ning Zheyuan nodded and stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he silently calculated in his mind what kind of gift he should prepare for the young master so as not to lose face.

"Also, how's Qingshan Real Estate doing? Didn't you have dinner with Li Junyang last night?"

Xia Che took a sip of coffee and asked.

According to the original plot, Li Junyang did indeed find a backer for the Li family. The other party was a mafia boss who had never shown his face. At first, he was looking for the Li family as a cash cow. However, he gradually changed his opinion of Li Junyang during their interactions and eventually became completely subservient to him. This underground force then became Li Junyang's own force, which played a significant role in winning over the female lead.

After all, he's a manga protagonist; it's not surprising that he can make someone submit with just a glance or a word.

There was just one thing Xia Che couldn't understand: this underground boss was arrested by the police in the middle of the comic, but the comic didn't mention his identity or even his face.

Therefore, Xia Che was unsure whether the underground boss who was taken in as a subordinate by Li Junyang in the comic was actually Ning Zheyuan in front of him.

But initially, they all shared the same mentality: to use the Li family as a cash cow...

"Not bad, that kid's already taken the bait. Let him have a little more taste of sweetness, make him completely trust me, and then we can get the money from the Li family."

Ning Zheyuan shook his head and clicked his tongue in amazement: "To be honest... it's all about the nouveau riche. Qingshan Real Estate's recent financial report really makes me envious. I'd feel guilty if I didn't get a share of it."

"Is there any money to be made... I'm also quite interested in Li Junyang. If you're going to take any action later, remember to let me know in advance. This kid isn't as simple as he seems on the surface, so don't be careless."

Xia Che's heart skipped a beat. If Ning Zheyuan continued to look down on Li Junyang, he might suffer a loss.

However, with me around, the kind of development that happened in the original story, where Li Junyang took him in as a follower, would never happen to Ning Zheyuan.