Chapter: 328

Song Wan-ting gazed at Yè Chén with a few degrees of dizziness in her eyes, suddenly whispering, "Actually, Mr. Yè, I've recently found that you're actually quite good."

"Quite good?" Yè Chén smiled wryly and asked curiously, "Which aspect do you mean?"

"Many aspects." Song Wan-ting said seriously, "You're more interesting than the people I usually interact with. The many people I've encountered don't always fawn over me, flatter me, or try to please me. Instead, they often have unclear intentions that can be described as few good things."

"How so?" Yè Chén asked curiously, "Don't you think I have any intentions towards you?"

Song Wan-ting nodded and said, "I feel like you seem to have a transcendent sense."

Yè Chén asked curiously, "Transcendent? How do you say that?"

Song Wan-ting spoke seriously, "Mr. Yè looks unassuming, but is actually very capable. He's capable yet not reckless, and doesn't show his strengths or weaknesses. When someone touches on your limits, you'll also strike back without hesitation, and you're merciless, leaving no room for your opponents to counterattack. These qualities are not possessed by ordinary people."

As she was saying that, Song Wan-ting added, "What's more important is, I don't understand why you have such a great reputation and want to marry into the Xiao family. The Xiao family is just an ordinary family of average standing, how could it be worthy of someone like you who is a big shot?"

Yè Chén didn't answer her question, instead asking her, "So what do you think I should stay in if I don't stay in the Xiao family? Or maybe, where can I stay that would allow me to remain there?"

Song Wan-ting spoke seriously, "I think you should marry into a top-notch aristocratic family. Someone like you who is so accomplished has countless families vying for your attention and wanting to marry their daughters off to you."

Yè Chén laughed, "What's the point of that? Such an arrangement doesn't involve any emotional factors at all. The girls from those aristocratic families would never agree to marry someone they don't like, or let their lives be controlled by the family."

Song Wan-ting said matter-of-factly, "Of course! Any aristocratic family has always been very strict in guiding its female members. For example, you have to attend an extremely prestigious noble school, not just to learn knowledge but to learn noble etiquette. And until a certain age or at a specific time, the family strictly forbids us from interacting with people outside our own social circle and absolutely does not allow us to date."

Yè Chén exclaimed in surprise, "This is all in the 21st century, you're still treating your families like those ancient feudal clans!"

"This isn't feudalism," Song Wan-ting said seriously. "This is just the survival rule of a top-notch aristocratic family."

"Survival rule?" Yè Chén asked curiously, "How do you mean?"

Song Wan-ting spoke seriously, "We need to cooperate with other families, form alliances, and exchange resources. So our family's motto is very important: all direct lineage members must obey the family's arrangement when it comes to marriage and divorce."

"In feudal times, the Song family required that marriages take place only among relatives in the same generation, meaning that the younger brother marries his older sister or vice versa, which was done to prevent wealth from being diluted or flowing out. However, even now, many families outside the country still practice cousin marriages."

"As time went by, our family's rules gradually relaxed. We no longer require marrying within distant relatives, but we must form alliances with other large families. The power of the opposing family can be stronger than ours, but it cannot be significantly weaker either."

Song Wan-ting sighed and continued, "The family values cooperation between certain families and will find a way to arrange for the males from one family to marry into another or vice versa. In essence, every family member must prioritize the interests of their own family and not defy any arrangement made by the family, especially when it comes to marriage."

Yè Chén sighed and said, "It seems that these large families have their own troubles too. The richer they are, the greedier they become."

As he spoke, Yè Chén's mind was also secretly complaining about the fact that if he were to return to his family, his family would undoubtedly control him in the same way, and might even look down on Xiao Family and force him to divorce Xiao Rou-en, then introduce him to a rich heiress from another family.

It seems that this Yè family is truly not worth returning to.

In his mind, Yè Chén asked, "By the way, Miss Song, you're also of marriageable age. Do your parents have any arranged marriages in store for you?"

Song Wan-ting shook her head and said, "Originally, it was planned that my brother, Song Rong-hui, would get married first. His fiancée is a young lady from the Northern family that our grandfather had already designated. When it's my turn, my grandfather will probably start planning for me again now that he's recovered..."

"Ah?" Yè Chén heard this and couldn't help but laugh wryly, "It seems you don't want to be bound by Song Family rules?" JrNovels.com