210 Mental Gymnastics (1/2)

Ye Shuang's sojourn to Chaohai had lasted half a month. During that period, while nothing big had happened in San Lin City, plenty of small things did happen. Even though Ye Shuang would have occasional phone calls with Han Chu and Yao Zhixing, these were men, so their conversations limited themselves to work and would not touch upon gossip. Therefore, Ye Shuang had no idea about the relationship update on Fang Fei.

First, the engagement between Fang Fei and An Zixuan had been spread during Noah's annual gathering. Then, one night, while she was out having drinks with her girlfriends, Fang Fei openly revealed that there was another man in her heart. After this news started to make its round, people paid attention to An Zixuan's attitude toward his future fiancé, and they realized that the atmosphere between them was not even common, much less friendly.

Then again, forced marriages were common within the business world, so this was nothing rare. However, the problem was that Fang Fei stopped making the effort to pretend after her slip-up. She would tell others that she had no intention of getting married. She stopped preserving the face, and this made things awkward for other people.

This was just a verbal marriage, so after Fang Fei did such a thing, naturally, the engagement could only fall apart. How many people talked behind An Zixuan and Fang Fei's backs aside, how many rumors were flying aside, other than the An family, the party that had the most violent reaction was definitely the Noah Organization's headquarters in Beijing. After all, Fang Fei did not give them any face!

After the new year, Fang Mo had been busy with the cold chain. Thankfully, while the elders in the family were angry, they were not insane enough to shut down their business in San Lin City as warning and punishment. After all, they were part of the Noah Organization, so if Fang Mo really fell, the whole organization's reputation would be affected. Therefore, after Fang Mo finished the work, he heard about the cancelation of the engagement from the higher ups. Initially, he was happy, but after he realized the reason behind the cancelation, Fang Mo could not help but worried about his little sister.

The headquarters would not come for Fang Mo, but what about a Fang Fei that had no contribution and did not give them face‽ It simply depended on when they had time to deal with her.

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Ye Shuang coughed and almost choked on that cough when she heard what Fang Fei had to say. She turned around to ask, ”Are you sure your bother meant to use Brother Yao as a shield and then announce your peaceful break-up‽”

Fang Fei fixed her powder at the mirror and gave a nasally confirmation like this had nothing to do with her. ”My brother said that Yao Zhixing is very trustworthy and friendly. He will not take advantage of others when they're down, is willing to help, and won't care about the small details. Most importantly, my family is now working with the Yao family, so no one will suspect anything if we say we got close over this issue. It is simple for my brother to get the permission, but to get the approval for the money needed to build the warehouse and construction so soon, that has plenty to do with Yao Zhixing as well.”

Ye Shuang coughed. ”You mean, it is because people really thought you two are getting married, so the green light was given easily to strengthen the familial relationship with Brother Yao's family‽”

”That's possible, yes.” Fang Fei checked her make-up, and after making sure that there was no problem, she put away her powder. Then she turned to face Ye Shuang, who stood behind her. ”What do you think of this idea?”

”Honestly?” Ye Shuang frowned as she looked at Fang Fei. When the latter nodded, she sighed. ”Honestly, I think your brother is acting too reckless.”

Then again, this was not his fault. The walls were closing in, and temporarily, there was no perfect solution. Thus, he could only rely on what he had. Since this was just an 'emergency' solution. Naturally, there were plenty of loopholes.

First, with Yao Zhixing's personality, for him to agree to a proposal was impossible. Everyone in San Lin City knew Yao Zhixing had no interest in marriage, not because he was that pure of an individual but because he did not have the concept of gender in his mind. If he thought someone matched his taste and had something that impressed him, only then he would be willing to make their acquaintance.

Which young lady would have that ability? Most the young ladies were the soft and reserved kind; therefore, to find one that could be buddy-buddy with Yao Zhixing was impossible, on top of that, she had to impress him, which was more than impossible. To suddenly announce that Yao Zhixing was getting engage, no one would believe that. The man gathered with his friends every two or three days, so if there was a woman in his life, people would have found out already.

The next loophole was naturally on Fang Fei herself. It had been less than two months since the break-up with An Zixuan, and suddenly, she had gotten 'engaged' again? Who would believe that‽ Fine, if this was real, then how would she explain the earlier talk of having another man in her heart?

The more Ye Shuang thought about it, the more confused she became of Fang Mo's plan. She could not help but sigh. ”Everything aside, let's say that no one realizes the problem or everyone just wants this to happen peacefully, even if you came out with two engagements and ended up not getting married neither time… honestly, this won't affect the men. After all, society is more forgiving to the males, but you're a woman. Have you imagined the effect it'll have your reputation?”