Chapter 3 The Ancestorss Desire (2/2)

“Marry into a family with tens of billions of assets? How lucky I am! I won’t be so foolish as to break off the engagement. At worst, I can receive money as part of the divorce settlement,” said Rachel Ruan.

Their great-grandfathers made a pact about their engagement a hundred years ago...

dates? She has met some seven or eight men till date. But every time, Rachel wanted to start a relationship with them, some unfortunate things would occur to these men. Some of them were hit by the cars on the road; some had flat tyres. Now no one dares to date or marry Rachel.”

”I think I have finally figured out the reason for it.

I believe that our ancestors died with some regret. They couldn't be related by marriage while they were alive. Now they are deliberately preventing my daughter from dating other men, so that your son and Rachel can be together forever.”

Joanna Fang sighed and shook her head, saying, ”But Hiram is a master of his mind. He always takes his own decisions. We don't have the authority to make decisions for him on this matter.”

”Don't! Joanna, don't say that. You are Hiram's mother, so as parents you and your husband can surely make a decision about his marriage. Now if you don't agree with me, I'm afraid that you might face a divine punishment.”

When she just finished these words, Fannie subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand.

She realized that she just said something unkind, but she thought that sometimes such things could be so mystical. And this time she had to help her daughter strive for her chance to marry Joanna's son.

”You...” Joanna Fang was now very angry so she looked away from Fannie and clenched her fists.

Fannie immediately sat down and gently said, ”Joanna, don't be angry. I'm very outspoken. I apologize if in any way I offended you. We are both parents. Simpson and I have only one daughter. Simpson died a long time ago. Rachel is a grown-up lady now and should get married, but she still hasn't found a right man for herself.

I believe that our ancestors know what has happened to us and are trying to help us even when they are dead.”

Rachel's father and Hiram's father didn't have any sisters. In the generation ahead of them, there was a son and a daughter respectively in the Rong family and the Ruan family, but the girl and the boy from the two families couldn't get married to each other, because the girl was fifteen years older than the boy. So, naturally when the boy grew up, the girl became old...

So till date, the ancestors of the two families haven't been able to fulfil their desire.

After hearing Fannie, Joanna Fang slightly sighed and said with sincerity, ”Fannie, to be honest, I have the same thoughts as you. In today's time, the family business of Rong family need not be maintained by way of marital alliance. If Hiram is willing to marry your daughter, our ancestors' desire can be fulfilled. We will definitely be happy if that happens.

The year Rachel was born, my husband dreamt of the same thing for a couple of days. In his dreams, our ancestors would tell him that they wanted our son and your daughter to get married to fulfil their life long desire.”

Fannie kept nodding while hearing Joanna. ”Now that our ancestors had the same wish, why don't you talk about it to Hiram?”

Joanna Fang nodded and said with pride, ”Hiram is extremely hard working. He always does his jobs perfectly. He has never disappointed us. Although he doesn't want us to interfere in his matters, he is filial towards us.

I think since we have met today, my son and your daughter might be pre-destined to be the perfect match for each other. I will have to try again. If I insist Hiram on marrying Rachel, he perhaps will...”

Upon hearing Joanna Fang, Fannie smiled and said, ”That's great if you are willing to give it a try. Please do that as soon as possible. Inform me once you get any news.”

Fannie kept smiling after she came back from the four-corner pavilion. She lit some incenses in front of the memorial tablets of her ancestors. She believed that Simpson was blessing them from heaven.

With a remote control in one hand, Rachel was sitting in the living room. She was eating a freshly picked apple that the aunt from the next door gave her. She kept staring at Fannie.

'She looks so happy today. Did she win a lottery?' Rachel thought.

”Fannie, did you win a lottery? If so, I'm willing to share your happiness. Would you like to give me some money too?” While chewing the apple, Rachel smiled and said these words to Fannie who was putting away the clothes.

Fannie folded a dress and looked at her daughter with a smile. ”I'm not interested in the lottery, ” she said.

”Well then does that mean that you have found a gold mine?” said Rachel smilingly while raising her eyebrows.

After she folded the clothes and placed them in the wardrobe, Fannie beamed with joy and replied, ”Don't think of me as a person who only cares about money. I will tell you about it only after it is settled. I'm afraid that you will be disappointed in the end if I tell you now and it doesn't happen as planned.”

Rachel took a bite of the apple and was confused about Fannie's words.

The next morning

Before Rachel woke up, Fannie was very excited and came running into Rachel's bedroom.