ALL NOVEL Chapter 5.1: Unfairness
Nalan Yanran proposed this three-year bet, which was naturally the idea of Ge Ye.
If Xiao Yan couldn’t defeat Nalan Yanran after three years, then Nalan Yanran’s wish would be fulfilled and she could marry Xiao Yan.
If Nalan Yanran lost to Xiao Yan, the engagement would be canceled, but it would also prove that Xiao Yan was worthy of Nalan Yanran. If Nalan Yanran pursued him again at that time, Xiao Yan could not use this as an excuse to refuse.
In other words, Nalan Yanran would not lose in any case.
Moreover, in order to ensure that she could marry Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran would certainly practice harder to ensure that she could defeat Xiao Yan, which was also a good thing for the Yun Lan Sect.
Everyone understood the reason.
But why did it feel strange?
Xiao Zhan and the three elders frowned, showing suspicion between their brows.
There was nothing wrong with the logic, but why did it feel… weird?
Did Nalan Yanran really fall in love with Xiao Yan?
Xiao Zhan, who was Xiao Yan’s father, frowned. He knew his son was excellent, but was he really so excellent that the future Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect would marry him no matter what?
Moreover, Xiao Yan’s Dao Qi had been stagnating for some reason, and no one could guarantee that they could solve this problem. If Xiao Yan really lost to Nalan Yanran, she would end up marrying a useless husband. Did she not care about that?
Xiao Yan quietly looked at Nalan Yanran, feeling slightly uneasy.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Yan once again clasped his fists and solemnly replied, “I accept this three-year bet.”
“What?! Why did you accept it?!” As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, Xiao Mei exploded. “She’s the one who begged and pleaded to marry you, why—wah wah wah!!!”
“Can you please keep your mouth shut?!”
Xiao Ning quickly came behind Xiao Mei with his crutch and covered her mouth with one hand to prevent her from speaking recklessly.
Nalan Yanran ignored Xiao Mei and looked at Ge Ye.
“Elder Ge, please put the gift down, Xiao Yan may need it in the future.”
After speaking, Nalan Yanran turned and left the reception hall, glancing at Xiao Xun’er deeply before departing.
Both of them saw the flames of a formidable rival in each other’s gaze.
Nalan Yanran knew that the impulsive and brainless little girl, Xiao Mei, was not her true enemy, but rather Xiao Xun’er with her cold calculation was.
“Niece Nalan, Elder Ge Ye, please take care on your way back!”
Xiao Zhan and the three elders stood up to see their guests off. And so, Yun Lan Sect left Wutan City in a grand and imposing manner, leaving the city to return to its former calmness.
After Yun Lan Sect had left, everyone returned to the reception hall. Xiao Ning also released his hand covering Xiao Mei’s mouth, only to be met with a hard heel stomp on his foot.
“Xiao Ning! Have you no manners?! How dare you stop me?!”
Xiao Mei grabbed Xiao Ning’s collar and angrily reprimanded him. The second elder, who was standing by, couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
“Let go! Do you know how much disgrace you have done?!!”
“Tsk!”
Seeing her grandfather really getting angry, Xiao Mei let go of Xiao Ning, who was grinning awkwardly, and came to Xiao Yan’s side, scolding him.
“Cousin Xiao Yan! How could you agree to her bet? You won’t be able to beat her in three years looking like this!”
“Can’t you be silent like a mute for a minute!”
Xiao Xun’er finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and hit Xiao Mei on the head with a hammer. This little girl spoke whatever was on her mind, wasn’t she just saying that Xiao Yan was useless?
“But, but…” Xiao Mei covered her head and looked aggrieved. “If cousin Xiao Yan really loses in three years, he’ll be taken away by Nalan Yanran!”
After speaking, Xiao Mei ran straight into Xiao Yan’s arms and hugged him tightly like a koala, crying.
“Waaaaa!!! Don’t go! I don’t want cousin Xiao Yan to leave!!!”
“Ahaha…”
Looking at Xiao Mei clinging to him like this, Xiao Yan smiled wryly and lifted her off of him, while Xiao Zhan looked at his son with guilt.
Regardless of Xiao Yan’s own wishes, whether it was breaking off the engagement or getting married, it was all up to the other party’s whim. This made Xiao Zhan, as a father, feel extremely uncomfortable.
It was true that Nalan Yanran wanted to marry Xiao Yan, and it sounded like a happy occasion with the Xiao Clan making a great match.
But Nalan Yanran’s attitude undoubtedly metaphorized that the will of the Xiao Clan is insignificant, even if that’s not her intention.
“Sorry, Yan’er.” Xiao Zhan’s hand under his sleeve tightened into a fist. “If the Xiao Clan wasn’t so down and weak, you wouldn’t have been forced to agree.”
Just now, Nalan Yanran asked if Xiao Yan dared to accept, but could he refuse?
It was no longer a matter of whether Xiao Yan wanted to accept it or not, but he had to accept it.
The three-year agreement was the result of Nalan Yanran taking the initiative to compromise.