"Er..." The young lady hesitated after she heard what Ye Fan said. She too, felt that Ye Fan had asked for too much for her to decide on.
"Looks like you can't make the call on this matter after all. In that case, I can't do anything then," said Ye Fan as he shook his head and smiled before getting up and turning to leave.
"Fine! I'll agree to it!” The young lady panicked when she saw that Ye Fan was turning to leave and cast all her worries aside.
To her, things like money and assets were just material wealth. What was half her family's assets worth compared to Grandpa Nuo's life?
The smile on Ye Fan's handsome face widened when he heard this.
He looked at the young lady and continued teasing her, "So...if I go to your family in the future and your father and brother refuses to give it to me, what should I do?"
"That won't happen. My brother and father dote on me the most! If I tell them to give it to you, they won't refuse," said the young lady confidently.
Ye Fan continued to shake his head. "We just happened to meet in this restaurant today, so I can't possibly take your word for it so easily. Tell you what, why don't you sign a note for me? State that if your father and brother refuse to give me half of your family's assets, then you'd have to become my mistress instead. How's that?" said Ye Fan with a faint smile as he spoke in a teasing voice.
Ye Fan was really just kidding with this girl.
He could tell that she was a kindhearted girl, and just her earlier gesture of treating him to food was enough to make Ye Fan want to help her already.
He was saying all this just to pass time since he had nothing else to do.
"I..." Her face blushed when she heard that Ye Fan wanted her to become his mistress. She looked down and wrung her little hands as she deliberated on her options.
"Tsk, tsk, this poor old man. In order to save his Young Mistress, he was even willing to sacrifice his life. But his Young Mistress isn't willing to make this small sacrifice in return for his life. How sad! How tragic! His sacrifice wasn't worth it!"
There was no way a young and sheltered girl could possibly outdo Ye Fan's wit.
As expected, once Ye Fan said these provoking words, the young lady steeled herself and grit her teeth. "Alright then, I'll agree to all of it. If my father and brother refuse to honor the promise I've made to you today, I shall become your wife."
She got pen and paper from the restaurant staff, wrote all of this down and signed her name on it before handing it to Ye Fan.
"Angie Jones? You're adorable and your name sounds nice too," said Ye Fan with a pleased smile as he looked at the note in his hand.
"So can you help me to save Grandpa Nuo now?" pleaded Angie again.
"Of course." Ye Fan walked over to press on parts of the old man's wounds to stop the bleeding, then used a special technique to set his broken bones correctly. Finally, he used Invoke the Celestial Cloud to gather energy and sent it into the old man's body.
After Ye Fan injected energy into the old man, his skin regained a healthier color, like a dried up tree welcoming spring.
His shut eyes slowly opened again.
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