175 One Gaze Does Plenty (1/2)

Even though Fang Mo was a good friend, Ye Shuang did not plan to sacrifice herself to help him with his problem. Normally, Ye Shuang would only lend her aid during two situations: the problem was minor, or the issue was a life or death situation. For example, if a friend asked for her help to deal with a one-time problem, the problem was minor. Since it would not affect her that much, she would not mind giving a helping hand.

A life or death situation did not require much explanation. A normal person would help when a person's life was on the line. However, if this was something like this issue with Fang Fei, Ye Shuang decided to stay away from the mess. The issue was not really marrying An Zixuan or not but how to escape from the main company's control. If she intended to intervene, she would only make things worse by complicating it.

This was because Ye Shuang had no clout within Noah Corporation, so the help that she could provide would not have helped the situation but would have gotten her involved in the mess. As long as the Fang siblings did not clarify the situation with the elders from the main company, Ye Shuang had no means to help.

Once or twice might be doable, but what if she kept getting dragged into this issue‽ Would she be expected to marry Fang Fei herself in the end‽

Fang Mo also knew it was unfair to get Ye Shuang to intervene, so he merely vented. After venting, they parted.

After that, Ye Shuang continued to receive updates on the couple from other people. In any case, things were not looking so positive. There was no discussion for a breakup, and Fang Fei was seen interacting with An Zixuan at other social events.

”Why are you following Fang Fei and An Zixuan's movement so much?” Yao Zhixing was asked out by Brother Shuang for dinner. After giving the latest update, he asked, ”Looks like the good news between the two is imminent; don't tell me you want to make a case on them?”

Ye Shuang was searching for a meatball inside the steamboat. Her chopsticks almost fell when she heard that. She looked at Yao Zhixing with widened eyes. ”They've announced their engagement or marriage‽”

She did not think so. A few days ago, Fang Mo still sounded so defeated on the phone, like he was still trying to change the main company's decision. There was no reason for him to suddenly change his mind.

Yao Zhixing laughed. ”Do they need an announcement‽ Everyone can see that this is an arranged marriage. They are each other's date at parties, pay visits to the other's elders, 'meeting accidentally' at events in every two or three days… If those are not signs of an arranged marriage, what is‽”

Ye Shuang did not know whether to laugh or cry. Of course, it was wrong to assume everyone was blind; Fang Mo thought that dragging this out would eventually get those at the headquarters to change their mind, but he had no idea this was already sending signals to everyone else.

”Actually, I think they're quite a fitting pair. One came from a multi-tiered organization, and the other is the lynchpin for the local electronics scene. Even though Noah Corporation is huge, Fang Mo is only the boss for a branch company; even though the An family is only a local business, they are one of the top companies locally…”

Yao Zhixing toyed with the pair of chopsticks and commented with a smile, ”If they get married, it's quite an equal marriage. It's rare to find that these days.”

Ye Shuang choked before she shook her head. ”You might be right, but the bride's family will not approach this so calmly. For example, Fang Mo, he will not allow his sister to marry An Zixuan.”

”What can he do?” Yao Zhixing glanced at Ye Shuang. ”Arranged marriages are a consideration of both families and not the individual. If he's that capable, then get his sister married before the arranged marriage becomes a thing. After all, not only An Zixuan has problem. At worst, An Zixuan's problem can be called a special interest, but other people might have personality deficiencies… Wait a minute, Fang Mo has already told you about this‽”

Yao Zhixing suddenly realized, when Brother and Sister Shuang came to him about this, the signs between Fang Fei and An Zixuan were not that obvious yet. So, they already knew about this from other party?

”After all, we're friends. I just happened to hear him say something about it. However, I cannot do much to help, so I can only look for updates from the sidelines,” Ye Shuang admitted with a smile.

Yao Zhixing stared at her and finally nodded after confirming she had no intention of intervening. ”Don't get yourself involved; it's not worth it.”

His friend's handsomeness was a problem. Even Yao Zhixing realized that if this face appeared before An Zixuan a few more times, whether he would be able to help or not was another issue, but he'd definitely able to make things more complicated. Ye Shuang smiled.

The two continued the dinner and turned to other topics.

It would be New Year's Eve in a week. After this dinner, the next time she met Yao Zhixing, it would be after New Year. After Christmas and New Year, every company would be busy with year end accounting. Since this year's New Year was slightly early, the work was piling up.