NFBE Chapter 47 Targeting the Second Brother
Chapter 47 Targeting the Second Brother
"Uh..." Fan Yunying came to her senses and forced what she thought was a proper smile at the three siblings. "My eldest cousin is the elder brother, so naturally we should listen to him."
Ye Shijun smiled broadly and said to Ye Shishu, "Little sister, even our future sister-in-law agrees with my idea, so it's settled then. You take one-tenth of the dowry to the Prince Cheng's mansion, and the rest is mine. I'll find some time to move the dowry into my private treasury."
Ye Shishu nodded generously, "Okay, I'll tell Dad when he gets back."
Fan Yunying didn't say anything more, but secretly glanced at Ye Shiting. No one knew how disappointed she was with her fiancé at this moment.
She even developed a sense of disgust towards her fiancé!
That's a fortune worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
This man is either stupid or incompetent. He is the eldest son, and everything in the Ye family should belong to him, but he not only remains unmoved, but even willingly hands over this huge family fortune to his brother!
If he's so useless, what can I expect from him after we get married?
……
Back at Shusui-in.
Fan Yunying immediately told Madam Fan about the division of the dowry among the three siblings.
Upon hearing this, Madam Fan couldn't help but feel furious. "Ninety percent of the dowry, worth hundreds of thousands, went to Ye Shijun? Do those three think they're playing house? How could they be so outrageous!"
Fan Yunying gritted her teeth and said, "Ye Shiting is no man at all, he's incredibly stupid! Today he can give all his dowry to his brothers, and tomorrow he'll give his family fortune to his brothers and sisters again. What use is there for me to marry a man like that?"
Madam Fan's face was gloomy.
It has to be said that the matter of the three siblings dividing their dowry really upset her!
She had originally planned for Ye Shishu to leave her dowry in the Ye family, so that it could be used by the Fan family after her granddaughter took over the household. She never expected that the enormous dowry would end up in the hands of her second-in-command, Ye Shijun. It was like having a duck that was already in someone's mouth suddenly snatched away, leaving not even a bone...
How could she possibly accept this?
"Ying'er, if those dowries really end up in Ye Shijun's hands, then your marriage will have to change!"
"Huh?" Fan Yunying didn't understand what she meant and asked in surprise, "Grandmother, is it because of this that you want me to break off my engagement with Ye Shiting?"
Madam Fan glared at her, "What I mean is, you should marry Ye Shijun!"
"This……"
"The two brothers in the Ye family have very different personalities. Ye Shiting is indeed the eldest son, but he's very methodical and hard to control. Ye Shijun, while not as steady, I've heard from people in the household that he's straightforward and cheerful, like a child who never grows up. I've seen many people like that; they're honest, straightforward, and easy to manipulate. If Ye Shishu really gives her dowry to the second son, then marrying the second son is better than marrying the eldest."
Fan Yunying bit her lip, carefully considering her options.
Grandmother was right.
It's one thing for Ye Shiting to be oblivious to romance, but he's also preoccupied with the war. If she marries him, she'll be destined to live a life of widowhood.
Although Ye Shijun is a bit impulsive, his handling of the dowry distribution today shows that he is a shrewd and calculating person. Once she wins his heart, she won't have to worry about not being able to control him.
Upon closer comparison, both brothers are quite good-looking, but compared to Ye Shiting's coldness, Ye Shijun's sunny and magnanimous nature is more captivating.
"Grandma, what should we do next?"
Madam Fan gave her a disapproving look. "What else can you do? Of course, find an opportunity to contact Ye Shijun! As long as you can get him to meet you, he will have to take responsibility for you! If that doesn't work, find a way to make it a fait accompli, then he won't be able to refuse to marry you!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Yunying's red lips involuntarily curled into a smile.
……
In the study.
After Fan Yunying left, Ye Shijun picked up the neatly folded new robe on the table, frowned, and asked, "Big brother, you're not really going to marry her, are you?"
Ye Shiting had already noticed his younger brother and sister's unusual behavior today, and said with a stern face, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Ye Shijun pouted, "Nothing much, it's just that my aunt immediately set her sights on my younger sister's dowry as soon as she arrived, and even made my younger sister hand over the key to her private treasury."
"Such a thing actually happened?" A cold glint appeared in Ye Shiting's eyes.
“Brother, we don’t want to judge you by our own standards, but you are engaged to Fan Yunying. If my younger sister’s dowry stays in the Ye family, and Fan Yunying becomes the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ye family, everything in this mansion will fall into her hands. Considering this, we have to be careful!” Ye Shijun put away his playful tone and said very seriously.
Ye Shiting pursed his thin lips, and apart from the coldness in his eyes, his whole body exuded a chill.
Ye Shijun continued, "Brother, you saw Fan Yunying's behavior just now. She's not one of us at all! We men of the Ye family bear the mission of protecting our country. If the woman we marry is like her, harboring selfish motives and scheming, it would be a disgrace to our Ye family! Besides, even if she's a good person, if Aunt and the Fan family have ambitions, it would be detrimental to our Ye family! So please think carefully about your marriage to her!"
Ye Shiting looked at Ye Shishu and asked, "What do you think, little sister?"
Ye Shishu was slightly taken aback, not expecting him to ask for her opinion.
However, since he had asked, she had no reason to hide anything, so she said seriously, "Big brother, I agree with what second brother said. But we don't want to dismiss the Fan family based on guesswork, so second brother and I discussed testing them."
Ye Shiting sighed softly, "Actually, I don't want to get married too early, and I only have cousin feelings for Fan Yunying, not romantic feelings. Since none of you like her either, let's observe her for a while."
Ye Shijun and Ye Shishu looked at each other and smiled.
the next day.
Around noon, Ye Shijun suddenly shouted that he wanted to go to the lotus pond to catch fish.
He even specially invited Fan Yunru and his sister Fan Yunying to come over.
As soon as Ye Shijun arrived at the lotus pond, he plunged into it, splashing around like a water monkey. Ye Shishu followed suit, jumping into the pond to look for fish.
On the shore, Aunt Jiu and Hao Fu watched, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Fan Yunru and Fan Yunying, brother and sister, watched quietly, occasionally exchanging glances.
Seeing that Shu had caught a big fish, Fan Yunying walked to Jiu Gu's side and said worriedly, "Shu'er is about to be married and will be marrying Prince Cheng in less than a month. The pond water is still cold. If Shu'er stays in the water for too long, it may not be good for her health."
Ninth Aunt glanced at her, seemingly agreeing with her words, and hurriedly called out to Ye Shishu, "Your Highness, quickly throw the fish to me. The water is cold; please don't stay there too long, and take care of your health!"
Hearing this, Ye Shijun, who was wading in the water looking for fish, straightened up and urged Ye Shishu, "Little sister, you've caught a big one already. Hurry up and go ashore, go back to your room and change your clothes. Don't catch a cold!"
Ye Shishu smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll go back to my room to change now. The rest of the fish will have to go to Second Brother, otherwise there won't be enough to eat!"
She then carried the large, fat fish ashore.
Hao Fu quickly caught it, then suddenly realized he hadn't brought the wooden bucket, so he carried the fish to the main kitchen.
Before leaving, Ye Shishu didn't forget to say goodbye to the Fan siblings, "Cousin, I'll come back later!"
After watching her and Aunt Jiu walk away, the brother and sister exchanged glances again.
Fan Yunying walked towards Ye Shijun's direction, stopped at the nearest shore, and then bent down to carefully observe the underwater movements. Suddenly, she pointed in a direction and exclaimed, "Second cousin, there's a big fish over there!"
Ye Shijun was also very helpful, rushing in the direction she pointed and successfully catching the big fish. He then threw it directly at Fan Yunying, shouting, "Cousin Yunying, catch!"
The next moment, he threw the fish onto the shore.
Fan Yunying seemed completely taken aback by his action; she screamed in surprise and suddenly plunged into the water.
"what--"
"Ying'er!" Fan Yunru exclaimed in alarm upon seeing this, "Second cousin, Ying'er can't swim, quickly save her!"
After Prince Cheng fell into the water here last time, Ye Gengxin had a lot of water drained. Now the water in the lotus pond only reaches Ye Shijun's upper thighs. Even though Fan Yunying is more than a head shorter than him, it won't reach her heart.
But after Fan Yunying fell into the water, she frantically pounded the surface with her hands, her eyes closed, repeatedly shouting, "Second cousin, save me! Second cousin, save me—"