Chapter 499 - 497: Who Will Treat You Sincerely
Yet Ye Xinyan harbored an unconscious resistance toward Jiang Yifan, who was the original host’s husband. By all logic, he and the original host should have been the closest and most intimate of relations, yet they were not on good terms and even detested each other. A saying from a thousand years later goes, "The person who understands you best is not your friend, but your enemy."
As an enemy with sufficient closeness and intelligence, Ye Xinyan unconsciously believed it would be easy to give herself away in front of Jiang Yifan. Therefore, she had always tried to avoid excessive contact with Jiang Yifan, but still, she had been seen through by that fellow.
Such people needed to be kept at a distance, ensuring the well water did not interfere with the river water was the safest approach.
"The cheese was a token of my Miss Cousin’s goodwill, naturally it is for her to decide its disposal, how could we trouble Lord Jiang, an outsider, to concern himself?" Zhao Gang replied indifferently.
Jiang Yifan paused for a moment, his face bitter. Who could be as miserable as he, his journey to woo his wife proving so arduous. Others marry with the blessing of their parents and the matchmaker’s words, but not so for him.
He had already overcome the hurdle of the wife of the heir apparent, if only Ah Yan’s father were reliable, all that would remain would be to ingratiate himself with Ah Yan’s father. But Ah Yan had such a father, utterly unworthy of reliance; however, this led to more people who could decide Ah Yan’s marital affairs, nearly all of whom were hostile toward him.
Like Zhao Gang, although not yet a relative, he played a pivotal role in Ah Yan’s life. Zhao Gang had not shown him the slightest kindness during his last visit to Qingyuan County, and even now that the wife of the heir apparent had tacitly allowed him to reconcile with Ah Yan, Zhao Gang remained unchanged, not granting him even a single chance to speak.