Chapter 14 Confrontation
Chapter 14 Confrontation
"The Eighth Prince is a smart man, so I won't hide anything from you. I... don't agree with your marriage to my Chu family."
Chu Yan'er didn't dwell on it anymore. She sat down at the stone table and said calmly.
"Oh, Miss Chu doesn't agree, and I'm afraid it's useless... The marriage granted by our father... is not so easy to change." Jiang Fan looked at Chu Yan'er with a smile, and their first confrontation began.
"If the Eighth Prince goes to His Majesty in person to cancel the engagement, considering His Majesty's current high regard for the Eighth Prince, the marriage can be cancelled." Chu Yan'er looked at Jiang Fan steadily and said.
"Ms. Chu, what makes you think that I would ask my father to break off the engagement? With your Chu family helping me, wouldn't my path to succession be smoother?"
Jiang Fan looked at Chu Yan'er steadily, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.
"The battle for the throne is not a game. You can't win it with just a little bit of cleverness. How about we make a bet, Eighth Prince? Three rounds are enough. As long as you can beat me in one round, I will agree to the marriage. If you lose in three rounds, the Eighth Prince will personally go to His Majesty to cancel the engagement. Do you dare to make the bet?"
As soon as Chu Yan'er said this, Chu Chengxiong, who had been silent, fell down from his seat. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
He stared at Jiang Fan in a daze, then looked at Chu Yan'er, sobering up. His eyes were full of shock and disbelief.
Chu Chengxiong actually still had doubts about what Jiang Fan had said before, because what his sister said before seemed normal.
He felt that Jiang Fan might have guessed wrong, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed with Jiang Fan.
Chu Yan'er's words just now completely shocked him. Because Jiang Fan not only guessed it right, but also guessed it so accurately. How could this be possible!
Upon hearing this, Chu Yan'er looked at her seventh brother. Meeting his shocked eyes, Chu Yan'er's heart moved and she instantly looked at Jiang Fan.
Her brother's expression made her feel that there might be something going on between Jiang Fan and her brother, but she couldn't figure it out for the time being.
Moreover, she is now putting all her thoughts on getting Jiang Fan to agree to cancel the engagement.
"Since Miss Chu said so, if I don't agree, it will seem that I am shameless and don't know the seriousness of the matter. Let's do as Miss Chu said. We will bet three times, but the conditions can be changed. As long as Miss Chu can beat me in one game, I will go to my father and ask for a breakup. What do you think, Miss Chu?"
Jiang Fan smiled at Chu Yan'er and said, his voice was a little arrogant.
Chu Yan'er looked down on him, which made him very unhappy. This woman could be proud, so why couldn't he be proud?
Of course, Jiang Fan also knew that if he wanted to completely conquer the woman in front of him, he couldn't win her heart by just letting her lose.
If he wanted her to be convinced by him, he had to completely destroy her self-confidence. Of course, it would be best if he could hold on to the big tree of the Chu family.
As for whether it can succeed, Jiang Fan is not worried. Chu Yan'er is indeed smart, but he has the 5,000 years of Chinese heritage as his trump card.
If he still loses to Chu Yan'er, then he can only say that he has no destiny with this woman or the Chu family.
Anyway, taking advantage of the Chu family is just one of his options, not the only one. At worst, he can just not take advantage of the Chu family and think of other ways.
Upon hearing this, Chu Yan'er suddenly looked up at Jiang Fan, with a hint of admiration in her eyes.
She didn't expect that Jiang Fan could be so courageous.
However, thinking about it again, she knew that the man in front of her was probably as proud as she was, and he wanted her to accept defeat with conviction.
It was as if she wanted Jiang Fan to admit defeat sincerely.
"Okay... I'll do as you say!" Chu Yan'er said with a smile.
After a brief confrontation, she actually developed a little interest in this man.
Or, if the other party could defeat her and really win three games in a row, it would not be a bad idea for such a man to be her husband!
For this reason, it is not impossible to gamble the fate of her Chu family.
"Let's make a deal for us... let's go..." Jiang Fan smiled, put the empty glass in front of Chu Yan'er, filled it for her, raised his glass and smiled.
"Go one!?" Chu Yan'er looked at Jiang Fan in surprise, confused by his inexplicable term.
Moreover, the friendliness emanating from Jiang Fan made her want to get closer to him, or perhaps Jiang Fan's performance invisibly made her feel a little more favorable towards him and interested in him.
"It just means to have a drink to celebrate...Miss Chu, don't you want to?!" Jiang Fan smiled at Chu Yan'er, and this unwillingness carried a bit of momentum and oppression.
Chu Yan'er's momentum inexplicably weakened when she heard this, and she instinctively raised the cup.
When she raised her glass, she realized that just now, she had been brought into Jiang Fan's rhythm without realizing it.
This man! Terrible... Awesome... She couldn't help but think of these two words.
She had never been so easily carried away by someone's rhythm before. But she found that since she entered the courtyard, she seemed to be influenced by the man in front of her.
Is this kind of person really the waste that the rumors say he is?
How did he endure all these years? If it weren't for her father's accidental act, would this man have endured it for his entire life!
While Chu Yan'er was daydreaming, she inexplicably clinked glasses with Jiang Fan and drank it all in one gulp.
Chu Chengxiong on the side was dumbfounded. It was the first time he saw someone who could make his sister so obedient.
Chu Yan'er came back to her senses and looked at Jiang Fan deeply, put down the cup, smiled faintly and said:
"Eighth Prince, please enjoy yourself. I will not accompany you! Tomorrow, I will have someone inform the Eighth Prince about the details of our first bet!"
After saying that, without waiting for Jiang Fan to speak, Chu Yan'er put down the cup, turned around and walked out. She looked like she was running away in a panic.
Before leaving, she glanced at Chu Chengxiong who was standing there in a daze.
Meeting her indifferent gaze, Chu Chengxiong's momentum suddenly weakened, and he quickly stood up and followed her out. When he left, he did not forget to say to Jiang Fan: "Old Eight, I will come to see you again when I have time..."
At this moment, he was already full of admiration for Jiang Fan. Not to mention admitting the bet, he now really wanted to ask Jiang Fan how he did it.
After leaving the hospital, even if she walked a long way, Chu Yan'er still felt her face flushed and her heartbeat seemed to speed up.
This feeling made her a little confused. But she quickly turned her attention to Chu Chengxiong.
The moment that indifferent gaze turned to Chu Chengxiong, Chu Chengxiong immediately smiled awkwardly.
"Tell me, did you make a bet with him..." Chu Yan'er looked at Chu Chengxiong and said coldly.
These words made Chu Chengxiong shrink his neck immediately, and he couldn't help but mutter.
"What a freak! Both of them are freaks! You guessed it before I even said anything! I don't know how you guessed it!"
Chu Yan'er frowned when she heard this, and a feeling of horror surged in her heart. She vaguely guessed a possibility.
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