As Hu Yue listened to Xu Jie's words, he had a bad feeling.
His grandparents had brought this up with him many times, and he naturally agreed. As a descendant of the Hu family, he felt obligated to fulfill the promise made by his elders.
But Xu Jie came to say this today, and he felt that the promise Xu Jie wanted was probably related to him.
"Do not break the law or commit crimes, and do not do anything that is immoral or against your conscience."
Hu Yue spoke up.
Xu Jie nodded with a smile.
"Of course, we will not allow you to break the law or commit crimes, nor will we allow you to do anything that is immoral or against your conscience."
Hearing Xu Jie's words, Hu Yue felt even more strongly that something was wrong.
"Tell me about it, I want to hear it."
Hu Yue harbored a suspicion; he felt that Xu Jie was plotting against him.
"Marry me."
Hu Yue spat out the tea he had just drunk.
"puff."
He started coughing violently.
"Cough cough cough."
After a while, he recovered somewhat and looked at Xu Jie with a surprised expression.
How could this young lady say such shocking things in such a calm tone?
Seeing Hu Yue's shocked expression, Xu Jie tried her best to appear calm.
"What, you don't want to?"
How could you have such an idea?
He couldn't believe that a girl who was barely twenty years old would ask a man she barely knew to marry her. And the way she spoke to him was as casual as if she were asking, "Have you eaten today?"
“I’ve run into Fang Yu several times these past few days, and I suspect he’s after me. He’s cunning, and marrying you is the best choice for me.”
Hearing Xu Jie mention Fang Yu.
Hu Yue remained silent for a while.
"You don't want to?"
Xu Jie looked at Hu Yue and said.
"If you have someone you love, then forget what I said. If I can't avoid it, I'll just donate all my assets."
For some reason, Hu Yue didn't want Xu Jie to misunderstand.
"I don't have anyone I love."
Xu Jie smiled when she heard Hu Yue's words; she smiled very happily.
She came here with a do-or-die mentality. If Hu Yue agreed, all the better; if not, she would find a way to escape. If she couldn't escape, she would donate all her assets, and if things got out of hand, Fang Yu wouldn't be able to get his hands on her.
"So, will you agree or not?"
Seeing that Hu Yue remained silent, Xu Jie decided to increase the amount of food in the next serving.
"If you don't agree, I'll ask someone else."
Upon hearing this, Hu Yue immediately became furious.
"Xu Jie, what do you take me for? You think you can just marry me like that? And who do you think you are? Marriage is such a big deal, you treat it so casually?"
Hearing Hu Yue's question, Xu Jie lowered her head in grievance.
"Then what should I do?"
She started to cry.
"I can't handle Fang Yu. If I don't do this, he'll definitely scheme against me. I don't want my grandfather's life's work to be taken away by someone like him. I don't want him to climb higher and higher; then, even more people will suffer..."
Hu Yue is responsive to gentle persuasion but not to force. Although he felt somewhat uncomfortable with Xu Jie's aggressive demeanor just now, he didn't dislike her.
But seeing Xu Jie cry now, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
"I'll take a few days to think about it."
Xu Jie raised her head, tears welling in her eyes, and asked Hu Yue.
"A few days?"
Three days?
Hu Yue frowned and said unhappily.
"Give me more time."
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