"Actually, I'm not the one you're engaged to."
Liu Ruying stopped crying instantly. Her breathing paused briefly like the pressure valve of a pressure cooker, and then she frowned.
"What's the meaning?"
"I'm not the one you were originally engaged to." Chen Ya said, "The one you were engaged to was Chen Hai. I'm Chen Hai's brother."
Liu Ruying looked at Chen Ya's handsome face, and unknowingly, her temperament suddenly changed.
If we say that before she was pure yet a little shy, with a little bit of foxy charm hidden under the snow and revealed only after the snow melted, then now, she only has a stern look on her face.
"Chen Hai's brother?"
"right."
"How old are you?"
"28."
"28 years old..." Liu Ruying frowned and said seriously, "She's 6 or 7 years older than me, but that's not unacceptable. Age isn't a problem for me."
Her reaction is somewhat intriguing.
What surprised Chen Ya was that her first reaction was to try to dispel her concerns.
"You misunderstood. It's not just a matter of age," said Chen Ya.
"What's the problem?" Liu Ruying asked quickly.
"Actually, they just pulled me out of the ravine, and I only met Aunt Lu Ruixiang yesterday. Before yesterday, I didn't even know which way the Lu family's door opened, and I only found out about the engagement yesterday."
Liu Ruying finally realized the seriousness of the problem.
"What mountain valley? Why doesn't Chen Hai's brother know Aunt Lu Ruixiang? Who are you?"
Liu Ruying's expression looked pretty and serious.
The sense of disharmony she had given Chen Ya before finally disappeared.
Her current temperament is the true face of the woman in front of her.
This is a purely rational woman, a rational animal as cold as a gold coin.
All her faces could be masks.
If her tears could be used as bargaining chips, she could shed a few liters without hesitation.
This is Chen Ya's current judgment of this woman.
"Chen Sheng has three children. I am the eldest, and Chen Hai is the second." Chen Ya explained, "The difference between Chen Hai and me is that he followed Chen Sheng to the capital since he was a child, grew up in the capital, and married into the Lu family with Chen Sheng, while I have always stayed in the mountains."
Liu Ruying's expression became ugly for a moment, but soon returned to being expressionless.
"You've been living in the mountains all this time. Does that mean you were abandoned by Chen Sheng?"
"Right. You're very smart."
"What did you do before this?"
"An ordinary worker."
"What about income?"
"A few thousand." Chen Ya couldn't help but smile slightly.
"A few thousand, so I'll assume you don't have more than 9,000," Liu Ruying repeated, frowning and looking at his wrist. "Then what about this Patek Philippe P5102 - Dream Starry Sky watch worth 3.41 million?"
Chen Ya opened his eyes slightly wide and said in an exaggerated tone: "So you know so much about watches?"
Liu Ruying said in a cold tone: "Answer my question."
"The Lu family bought it for me to decorate my store." Chen Ya smiled even more happily.
"In other words, you're the 'Li' the Lu family is using to replace Chen Hai in a marriage alliance with the Liu family," Liu Ruying said. "Why would the Lu family do this? ...Oh, right."
She continued, "Because Chen Hai was chosen by Beichen and was about to rise to prominence, he began to look down on the Liu family."
Having said that, Chen Ya was somewhat surprised to find that although her words sounded sour, she was not angry.
Not only was she not angry, but her expression now seemed to be one of anxiety mixed with a desire to laugh, and there was an awkward expression between her pretty eyebrows.
"Great! Lu Ruixiang's family has really made it big. They look down on the Liu family..." Liu Ruying murmured, "Do you really think that just by entering Beichen, you can become a member of the Beichen family? The competition in Beichen is so fierce. Do you really think you won't be eliminated after entering?"
Chen Ya nodded approvingly: "I think you are much wiser than Chen Hai."
Liu Ruying looked at Chen Ya and said, "Why are you confessing all this to me? Aren't you afraid of ruining this marriage? Aren't you afraid that if it gets out, it will make Old Master Lu furious?"
After saying that, she nodded and answered herself:
"Yes, you're a fresh-faced person from the mountains, and you don't have much experience. You don't understand the grievances between the wealthy families, and how much of an impact they might have on you."
Chen Ya replied: "No, I just feel that it's not good for you to hide this kind of thing from you."
Hearing this, Liu Ruying looked at him with her beautiful eyes, and then she was a little moved:
"You are an honest man."
After she finished speaking, she looked straight ahead and said:
"But honesty can't be eaten. Do you think I will treat you differently because of this? No.
"I only feel more strongly that your personality is not suitable for being involved in disputes between wealthy families. The fact that you are able to come into contact with these things is like a fool who got lucky. I don't know whether this arrangement given to you by fate is good or bad for you.
"Do you know what the consequences would be if what you said today were leaked to Old Master Lu, or to my parents, or to the elders of the Liu family?"
"I don't know." Chen Ya continued to pretend to be an honest man.
"The consequences will be severe!" Liu Ruying said word by word. "I guarantee that if you tell me, you'll never have a future again. Do you understand?"
"Oh." Chen Ya nodded.
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