Defrosting The Cold Young Master
Chapter 1220: 1224: On What Grounds?

Chapter 1220: Chapter 1224: On What Grounds?

Clothes half off, Ye Xingbei’s phone rang.

Ye Xingbei had set a personalized ringtone for her phone.

After thinking for a few seconds, Ye Xingbei said, “It’s Second Brother’s call.”

“That idiot!” Gu Junzhu kissed her, “Don’t answer! That blockhead, looking for you can’t be for anything serious!”

“Get off me!” Ye Xingbei playfully chided as she pushed him away, sat up, straightened her clothes, and grabbed the phone.

It was a video call.

Ye Xingbei tapped to accept the video invitation.

The handsome face of Xie Jinfei immediately appeared in Ye Xingbei’s view.

The usually sunny and cheerful Xie Jinfei looked somewhat depressed and particularly aggrieved.

Ye Xingbei asked with concern, “Second Brother, what’s wrong? You look a bit down.”

Xie Jinfei was immensely touched, “Sister, indeed you’re the best. No wonder people always say, ‘A daughter is a little cotton-padded jacket close to her parents’ hearts.’ You really are the most thoughtful!”

Ye Xingbei: “…”

‘Daughters are little cotton-padded jackets to their parents’ has what to do with you, a brother?

Xie Jinfei made the call to Ye Xingbei simply because he was full of sorrow with no one to confide in and specifically came to vent to Ye Xingbei.

He looked at the screen, his face full of grievance, “Sister, let me tell you, now I know why Xie Wenhui, Xie Meiwei, and Xie Meiwei are so foolish; they all take after our grandma! Our mom is bright as snow, having a gentle and kind-hearted nature, it’s completely a genetic mutation!”

Ye Xingbei: “…Second Brother, how did Grandma provoke you?”

“Do you know? What era is this, and she still wants to arrange my marriage, dead set on making me marry the grandniece of her sister-in-law!” Xie Jinfei ranted, “What time are we living in that we still talk about parental orders and the matchmaker’s words? Besides, she’s not even my parent!”

“Grandma wants you to marry the grandniece of her sister-in-law?” Ye Xingbei was somewhat confused by the convoluted relations but after a moment she understood and curiously asked, “Why? Everything was fine, how did she come up with this idea?”

“Because her brother and sister-in-law are dead,” said Xie Jinfei, “Her family was sparse in numbers, a few years ago there was an accident, and everyone died, only her brother and sister-in-law were left. Her brother and sister-in-law took in their sister-in-law’s grandniece to raise, and now they’ve died too, leaving only that grandniece. She felt sorry for the girl, so she brought her to our house. Okay fine, bringing her over is one thing, our family can handle another mouth to feed, but for her to insist I marry her, by what right?”

Ye Xingbei frowned.

Indeed, by what right?

Just as Xie Jinfei said, it’s the age of free love now, there aren’t many arranged marriages.

There are still business marriages, but Grandma’s grandniece is now an orphan, Xie Jinfei marrying her wouldn’t benefit the Xie family’s future in any way.

This isn’t about forming an alliance through marriage.

Given Second Brother’s circumstances, he could totally find a girl he likes and live a happy life.

His grandma is sacrificing his happiness for her and her sister-in-law’s grandniece.

The more she thought about it, the more furrowed her brows became, and the less good she felt about her maternal family.

She hadn’t spent many days with Senior Master Xie and Senior Madame Xie and initially didn’t have much affection for them.

Furthermore, many things had happened in between, making her feel annoyed; it was difficult for her to feel warmth towards Senior Master Xie and Senior Madame Xie in her heart.

Now with Senior Madame Xie sacrificing her brother’s happiness to fulfill her own agenda, Ye Xingbei felt even more repulsed.