Chapter 599 taels of big clods
Ye Gaosheng nearly fell to the ground in astonishment, "What? Little sister, are you saying mother has prepared a matrimonial gift for me to propose to Miss Qingyue?"
"Originally, that was the plan, but since Fourth Brother is unwilling, then let’s forget about it, shall we? There’s no need to wrong Sister Qingyue!" Ye Jiu deliberately sighed.
"Don’t!" Ye Gaosheng became anxious, glanced at Ye Jiu, then turned to Mrs. Ye, "Mother, why didn’t you tell me the proposal was for Miss Qingyue?"
"So now you’re blaming me?" Mrs. Ye glared at him.
Ye Gaosheng quickly offered a placating smile, "No, my son wouldn’t dare. It’s just... putting mother to trouble."
"It’s no trouble at all. Since you don’t want to marry her, let’s just drop it, to save me the heartache of wasting my efforts." Mrs. Ye, having the upper hand, naturally became haughtier.
"No, mother, my son was wrong..." Ye Gaosheng has coaxed Ye Jiu many times before, but it was the first time he tried to appease his mother like this.
After Ye Gaosheng finally went out satisfied, Mrs. Ye became worried again, "I never expected that even you, the unresponsive Fourth Brother, would start to catch on!"
"Fourth Brother has caught on, and mother is still not happy?" Ye Jiu asked back.
Mrs. Ye had her own concerns, "I can’t say I’m entirely happy or not; it’s just that he places such importance on Miss Qingyue, I can’t tell if that will be good or bad in the future. Besides, Miss Qingyue doesn’t look like an ordinary girl from head to toe, so how could she take a fancy to your Fourth Brother?"
Mrs. Ye didn’t mean to belittle Ye Gaosheng with her words, but one could tell at a glance that the two were obviously not well-matched.
"Mother shouldn’t worry too much. Fourth Brother isn’t so bad, and besides, as good as Miss Qingyue may be, outside she’s like a displaced duckweed, perhaps she sees in Fourth Brother the chance for a stable life!" Ye Jiu really hit the nail on the head.