Lin Fan didn’t say a thing in response as he looked at Ye Tian Xie with an even stranger look.
At the same time, his chin had dropped in shock as he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
There was a strange feeling of confliction, confusion, and shock that filled him after he heard this.
Ye Tian Xie didn’t seem to mind as he kept looking at Lin Fan with the same smile on his face, as if he was waiting for Lin Fan’s reply.
But there was no way that Lin Fan could give a reply to this proposal.
In fact, he didn’t even know how Ye Tian Xie knew about this.
However, he wasn’t foolish enough to believe that Ye Tian Xie didn’t know about this.
The fact that Ye Tian Xie made this proposal meant that he should have already known everything. So there really wasn’t anything that Lin Fan could say since he was worried about what Ye Tian Xie thought of this matter.
He just couldn’t read anything from Ye Tian Xie’s smile.
The brother and sister really were alike, they really hid their thoughts well that no one was able to see through them at all.
He just couldn’t figure out what Ye Tian Xie was thinking.
There was a long and awkward silence that hung in the room as neither person said a thing.
But in the end, that silence was broken when Lin Fan said, “I don’t think that this would be a good idea. After all, there’s a large difference in status between me and the young miss of the Ye Family, right? I’m just the sect master of a lowly sect in the mortal world while the young miss is from the Ye Family of the Heavenly Demon Sect. At the same time, she’s the younger sister of Young Master…Brother Ye, so that gives her an even higher status.”
He had been about to call Ye Tian Xie ‘young master’, but he felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Ye Tian Xie slightly narrow his eyes, which made him revert back to calling him ‘brother’.
Once he was finished laying out the logical approach, Lin Fan said, “I think that we should forget this matter and think of another way to solve this problem.”
Ye Tian Xie casually brought a hand up and put his cheek on that hand as he looked at Lin Fan to say, “So you’re trying to get out of it with that excuse? Do you think that this would still work?”
Lin Fan couldn’t help jolting when he heard this as he could tell that Ye Tian Xie was implying something, but he didn’t dare guess what Ye Tian Xie was implying.
After all, if he were to guess and make a mistake, that would mean exposing both him and Ye Qing Huan.
He didn’t know how much Ye Tian Xie knew, so it wasn’t as if he could just speak carelessly.
After another small pause, Lin Fan took a deep breath and said, “Brother Ye, I’m not sure what you mean by this. Can you please explain to me what you mean by this?”
Ye Tian Xie just casually looked at Lin Fan while he still had one hand on his cheek before saying, “You should be more than aware of what I’m trying to say. There’s no talking your way out of this.”
Lin Fan felt even more anxious when he heard this.
It was obvious that Ye Tian Xie knew and he didn’t just know a little bit…it seemed like he might even know everything…
But he couldn’t just shoot himself in the foot, so all Lin Fan could do was keep acting dumb.
Seeing that Lin Fan was about to make another excuse, Ye Tian Xie suddenly lifted his head and shook it before saying with a sigh, “It seems that you’re a man that can’t take responsibility. Even after you did all of that with my little sister, you’re still trying to make excuses? It seems that I was wrong about you.”
He did know everything!
That was the first thought that rushed through Lin Fan’s mind the moment that he heard this.
In that case…
Lin Fan suddenly lowered his head onto the table in front of him and said, “Brother Ye, I’m sorry. I just didn’t want to have any rumours about the young miss, so I was acting this way.”
Ye Tian Xie was silent after seeing Lin Fan do this, but then he said with a sigh, “I know what you were thinking…” Then in a more serious voice, he said, “But do you really think that this would make her happy? If you were to reject her like this, then how do you think she will feel?”
Lin Fan slowly looked up to see Ye Tian Xie’s serious face looking down at him and he couldn’t help being surprised.
If he was acting this seriously, then did that mean that things really were like he said. It really was Ye Qing Huan’s idea to propose to him…
But why would she suddenly do such a thing?
At the same time, he couldn’t understand why she would reveal such a thing to Ye Tian Xie in the first place. After all, this kind of thing was shameful and it wasn’t something that she would want others to know about…right?
So why would Ye Tian Xie know about this?
Lin Fan just looked at Ye Tian Xie like this for a bit before slowly shaking his head and saying, “I had no intentions of rejecting her, but…it just doesn’t seem like the time is right.”
Ye Tian Xie nodded in agreement when he heard this.
There was no hesitation in his actions when he nodded in agreement.
That put Lin Fan in an awkward spot since this was technically putting him down as well.
But Ye Tian Xie didn’t seem to care as he said, “You’re right, it isn’t the time yet. Even if both you and her wanted to get married, it would be impossible since there would be too many things in your way. The first step is this engagement since there is a legitimate reason behind it and I would be the one supporting you two.”
Lin Fan was all out of surprise at this point, so he just nodded in agreement.
It didn’t seem like he would be able to back out of this at this rate, but it also didn’t seem like Ye Tian Xie was against this.
It wasn’t that he wanted to use this to help him get a footstep in the Heavenly Demon Sect and with Ye Tian Xie. Since he approved this, then that meant that there was a real chance to marry Ye Qing Huan the way that he wanted to.
He had already accepted her as his woman, so this was the least that he should be doing.
The reason why he rejected this before was because he thought that it was an arranged marriage of convenience. But if there was a chance that it could be a real marriage, then he should at least take that shot.
“What’s the second step?” Lin Fan asked.
There was a smile that appeared on Ye Tian Xie’s face as he said, “Well, it’s going to be a lot of hard work. However, what you have to do is raise yourself up so that you can match my sister. When that time comes, there won’t be anyone that can complain about your marriage.”
There was a trace of bitterness that appeared on Lin Fan’s face as he said, “Is that really possible?”
Ye Tian Xie said with the same smile, “It might not be possible normally, but you have my help. Didn’t you already get the Divine Blood Fruit?”
Lin Fan was shocked when he heard this.
He never thought that Ye Tian Xie would bring this up.
In fact, he didn’t think that Ye Tian Xie would even know about this.
After all, it was only Ye Qing Huan and Ye Tian Xie who knew about this…but then again, how could Ye Qing Huan have arranged everything without Ye Tian Xie’s help.
So it could be said that everything was arranged by Ye Tian Xie in the first place.
“You’re wondering how I know? Well, it was because I helped her set up everything in the first place.” Then in a more serious tone, Ye Tian Xie said, “Brother Lin, if you want to make this work, you have to become much stronger. Only if you become much stronger will you be able to be with her. That is why we’ll be doing all that we can to give you opportunities to become stronger. At the same time, we’ll make sure that the Heavenly Demon Sect and the other four sects learn your name. With all of that, they won’t be able to say a thing.”
Though he said it so easily, there was no doubt that there would be danger if Lin Fan took this path.
However, Lin Fan also recognized that he was just too weak in this world.
If he could get Ye Tian Xie’s help to become stronger, then that would be a good thing.
He didn’t believe that Ye Tian Xie would want to hurt him since he was close with Ye Qing Huan. It seemed like Ye Tian Xie approved of the relationship that he had with Ye Qing Huan.
But before he could accept, there was still one thing he had to ask, “Why are you doing all of this?”
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