308 Lets Get Married Now (1/2)

Chen Fan didn't have to wait too long before Fang Qiong finally showed up.

She rarely put her makeup on, and today was one of those days. She was in a slim fit peacoat and matched it with a pencil jean skirt. She had curled her hair into a cascade of dark silk that tumbled down to her shoulder. Adding on her sapphire-colored shoes and a pair of fashionable sunglasses, she looked more attractive than ever.

Chen Fan had a Deja vu when he saw the girl in sunglasses. It was as if she had grown a few years older and reminded Chen Fan about when he met her again at the class reunion party.

Fang Qiong walked over to him with an LV handbag and sat down.

”Was my mom here?” She got right down to the point.

”Yes.” Chen Fan nodded.

There was nothing to hide. Chen Fan knew that Fang Qiong was waiting outside of the coffee shop while he was talking to her mother. She must have seen her mother carrying a conversation with Chen Fan and felt reluctant to go in.

”Did she say that she wants us to stop seeing each other?” Fang Qiong's innocent eyes locked onto Chen Fan. Her hands clenched tightly under the table.

”Yes.” Chen Fan nodded and said.

Then Chen Fan continued. ”I told her that I wouldn't stop.”

Deep down, Fang Qiong was relieved after hearing it. Her closed fist also loosened.

She paused a second and furrowed her brows. ”Xiao Fan, did my mom talk to you about Su Family?”

”Yes..” This time, Chen Fan seemed a little hesitant. He leaned over and held onto Fang Qiong's hand. ”Don't worry; the Su Family is not a problem. Whatever you want to do, I will be right behind you. Whether you want to take over Ming De or Su Family's business, I am all for it.”

Fang Qiong didn't say a word, but she squeezed Chen Fan's hand a little.

Despite Chen Fan's reassurance, she knew that the Su Family of Wu Zhou City was a huge roadblock that not even the Jin Xiu Group nor the Chen family could topple, much less Chen Fan himself. They had accumulated over three hundred years of wealth and influence, and a twenty-year-old boy simply couldn't compare.

Fang Qiong grew up surrounded by the Su Family, and therefore she knew the mighty ancient family very well.

After a while, she looked up with fear flickering in her eyes. She looked right into Chen Fan's eyes and said: ”Xiao Fan, let's get married.”

”What?”

The girl's words had shaken the Dao Heart of a five-hundred-year-old invincible North Mystic Celestial Lord.

”I know my mom well. If she has made up her mind, nothing will change it.” Fang Qiong said to herself. ”When I was young, she forced my father to work hard to move out of Si Shui County to the Chu Zhou City, and then from Chu Zhou City to Jin City. My father only comes home every month and spends most of his time working.”

”She also had a master plan for my life. She made me come to Jin City for university. She made me choose an economics major, and made me attend the IELTS class so that I will go out to the US to continue my education. She wants me to take over the Ming De Group and the Su Family. She wants me to be a success.”

”However, I can't let her make a decision for me in terms of my personal life. I just can't.”

Fang Qiong said firmly with strong conviction.

The girl looked up, exposing the tender and smooth skin on her elegant neck. ”That's why we should get married now. Let's get it done with, and she can't stop us once its all over.”

”that's the only way.” The girl said firmly.

”But.. we barely had one real date?”

Chen Fan couldn't believe what was happening.

In this life, he got to know Fang Qiong for a little over half a year, and during this time, they were practically joined by the hip. They eat, walk, talk, and hang out together all the time.

In their classmates' eyes, they act just like a couple. However, both Chen Fan and Fang Qiong knew that at this stage, they were simply soul mates, just like how they were when they were kids. They had hung out together all the time and got teased by the adult who told them to play pretend as a couple. Chen Fan wanted to take things slowly this time and to get married after a few years of getting to know each other. After he helped Fang Qiong finished her life goal, he would leave the planet with her and start the real journey of cultivation.

”Let's get married first, and then we will fall in love with each other.”

The girl announced with unswerving conviction.

”Don't you like me?” She asked

”Of course I do.” Chen Fan answered.

”Are you willing to marry me?” The girl asked again.

This time Chen Fan was quiet.

”You promised to marry me when we were both kids, don't you remember?” She batted her eyes and looked expectant and nervous.

Chen Fan was quiet again.

Of course, he didn't forget about it, and neither did Fang Qiong. However, just as she said, they were both kids at the time. Fang Qiong had even refused the invitations from Yan Jin University as well as Huaqin University to attend Jin City University to fulfill a childhood promise.

Chen Fan looked at the attractive girl before him as memories of his past life flooded his mind.

They were inseparable until junior high, and they met again at university after all these years. However, Fang Qiong's commitment to their relationship had not wavered at all. Like mother like daughter. Once she had made up her mind, nothing would change it.

There and then, Chen Fan realized that he was the coward that shriveled before challenges.

In his last life, Fang Qiong didn't let go of their bond even when she was under her mother's most vehement protest. Instead, she proposed to leave Jinlin City with Chen Fan. However, Chen Fan was much less of a man then. Crushed by the unbearable weight of his mother's death and Jin Xiu Group's bankruptcy, he faltered and broke up with Fang Qiong.

Having lost all faith in himself, he didn't want Fang Qiong to suffer alongside him, and to endure the sneers around them.