"I donāt think Li Aoās matter is important." Ye Ziāan put down his chopsticks and looked at him steadily.
Seeing Ye Ziāanās serious expression, Luo Linhao couldnāt continue eating the steamed bun in his hand.
"Cousin, why are you so serious? Just speak directly, do you know how scary you look right now?"
"You have a quarter of an hour to finish your meal, then get to the study!"
Ye Ziāan huffed and went straight upstairs.
Luo Linhao was stunned for quite a while before asking Yang Chuxia, "Cousin-in-law, whatās wrong with my cousin? Did you two have a fight?"
"Nonsense, how could we possibly have a fight?"
She glared at him annoyed. This kid really had a way with words. How good was her relationship with Brother An? Had they ever fought in all the years they knew each other?
"Oh, I know now, cousin must be sexually frustrated. I heard people say that couples canāt share a bed just after having a child, so thatās why cousin is glowering..."
As soon as Yang Chuxia heard this, her face darkened. This kid was really asking for a lesson, saying whatever came to his mind.
Sure enough, before he could finish speaking, Ye Ziāanās voice came from upstairs, and it seemed a bit cold.
"You, come up here this instant!"
Luo Linhao shivered immediately.
"Hehe"
Yang Chuxia smiled, "Go on, your cousin has always been very gentle; he wonāt beat you up."
At that moment, a certain renowned physician who had been beaten up by Ye Ziāan was sneezing non-stop in a carriage.
Yang Chuxia knew that Brother An wanted to talk to him about Yunyun, the two of them were neither very young nor very old anymore, and they couldnāt keep hanging onto the word "wife" every day like before.
No one knew what they talked about in the study, but when they came downstairs, Ye Ziāan seemed very pleased, whereas Luo Linhaoās expression was hard to describeāsomewhat pleased, somewhat conflicted, and somewhat troubled.
"What did you tell him exactly?"
"I didnāt really say much. I just asked if he really wants to marry Yunyun or if itās just a pretense. Heās the same age as I was back then, and should be able to distinguish these things. Then I told him that if heās sure, he should write a letter himself to inform the uncle, and also start preparing the bride price and whatnot to propose." Ye Ziāan spread his hands; he indeed hadnāt said much.
"So, does he not want to?"
Yang Chuxia was less pleased at the thought. Could this kid dare to be unwilling? Yunyun was such an adorable and clever girl.
"Heās willing," Ye Ziāan paused and then continued, "but I also casually mentioned what I had prepared back in the day, and just so happened to remind that gifts donāt have to be expensive but should carry heartfelt sentiment. With the precedent of my pearl and jade gifts, he canāt give anything less. Probably he is fretting over what to prepare."
"Pfft, youāre a troublemaker; it would take quite an effort to surpass the gifts you gave. No wonder I saw him looking so troubled." The gifts from that year were challenging demands spoken by Grand Dowager She when Eighth Sister Yang refused Prince Song.
It was Brother Anās ingenuity that produced the items using corresponding weights in silver, a feat not easily matched.
"Humph,"
At this Ye Ziāan was smug.
However, when he saw what Luo Linhao had come up with, his face turned pitch black in an instant.
No one expected Luo Linhao to act so quickly; three days after talking to Ye Ziāan, he came with a box of items.
"How about this, cousin? Isnāt this engagement gift even more awesome than yours? Yours was just silver, but mine is gold, real gold!"
"I knew there was a reason you wanted to see what your cousin had prepared the day before yesterday. So you were planning on making a high-quality imitation!"