Chapter 17 - Getting A Big Red Envelope

Translated by Huntress

Chapter 17: Getting A Big Red Envelope

Looking towards Ye Fanxing, Mother Fu had some concerns, “Xiao Ye seems to be a little bit young?”

She looked like Gu Yuze’s age.

Ye Fanxing was still a student and her whole body was filled with youthfulness.

Ye Fanxing said, “I’ll be twenty already in October.” She couldn’t tell them that she was actually younger than that.

Mother Fu said, “That’s a bit young.”

However, when she looked at Fu Jingyu, it seemed that her son did not mind it at all.

“You’re still in school, right?” Fu Linglong said.

The family was very curious about Ye Fanxing.

“I’m going to college soon.”

“Which school did you get admitted into?”

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“I applied to Jiangzhou University.”

Although Jiangzhou University was a local university, it was still a well-known key university ranked in the country.

She originally wanted to go to another city but at that time, she made an agreement with Gu Yuze.

Now that she thought about it, it was really ridiculous.

Hearing her say Jiangzhou, Fu Linglong’s eyes brightened, “Not bad! Then your grades must be very good! My son is also going to Jiangzhou University. We were not at ease having him go out there by himself so we made him stay. Oh my, Xiao Ye, which high school did you go to?”

Ye Fanxing stiffened, “It’s First Central School.”

It would be no good for her to lie about something that could be known by casually investigating.

“Wow!” Fu Linglong uttered in surprise, “It’s the same school as my baby! His name is Gu Yuze, do you know him?”

Far more than knowing, they were even sitting at the same table and they had also dated……

Thinking of this, Ye Fanxing felt her head go numb.

Based on Fu Linglong’s manner, if she told them the truth, she reckoned that even the matter of her dating Gu Yuze would be turned over completely.

As a result, she chose to tell a little lie, “I usually don’t pay attention to these things.”

“Yeah, looking at Xingxing, she’s the kind of person who concentrates on studying. Unlike other girls at school…… Don’t see my baby acting like this. I heard that there are a lot of girls who like him! Nowadays, children are really maturing early! I also heard before that he had a girlfriend at school!”

“……” Ye Fanxing stiffly smiled, simply not knowing how to respond to this conversation.

If Fu Linglong knew that she was Gu Yuze’s girlfriend, it would be awkward.

Fu Jingyu was sitting very close to Ye Fanxing and she could feel that she was a little uncomfortable.

Could it be because of Gu Yuze’s reaction a moment ago……

“When are we eating?” Fu Jingyu asked.

“Are you hungry, Jingyu? It’ll be ready soon. I’ll just go and check on my soup.” Mother Fu also no longer paid attention to Ye Fanxing and went straight to the kitchen.

Just a moment ago, she was anxious to see her son and daughter-in-law so she made the house’s nursemaid watch it for her before immediately going to greet them.

After Fu Jingyu himself spoke, Fu Linglong stopped asking Ye Fanxing about school. She stood up and said, “I’ll go call my baby down to eat.”

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This is Ye Fanxing’s first visit to the house. Therefore, Fu Jinyu’s parents even gave her a big red envelope 1 .

After returning to the room, Ye Fanxing took a peek and discovered that there was a lot of money.

“Uncle, this is for you.” She gave the red envelope back to Fu Jingyu.

Fu Jingyu glanced at it but he didn’t take it, “Keep it.”

“How can I do that?” Ye Fanxing was only temporarily brought in by Fu Jingyu as his bride.

It wasn’t that she married Fu Jingyu because of love. In any case, she felt that it was not good for her to take the things that his family gave her.

“I’m making you keep it so keep it.” Fu Jingyu was incomparably serious.

Ye Fanxing said, “Then I’ll be keeping it for now. When you want it back, I’ll return it to you.”

Fu Jingyu lifted his head and looked at her serious face. He could see that although they had already signed the marriage agreement, Ye Fanxing had not yet really adapted to being his wife.

[End of the chapter]

Footnotes

Red envelopes are gifts presented at social and family gatherings such as weddings or holidays such as Chinese New Year. The red color of the envelope that symbolizes good luck and is a symbol to ward off evil spirits. It is also gifted when a person is visiting as a gesture of kindness for visiting.