After Rebirth, My Fiancé Helps Me Avenge the Wicked Scum

Chapter 232 She Didn’t Know About the Marriage Arrangement at All
Gu Minxing thought for a moment and said, "She said her name is Ye Rushui and that she’s Brother Dong’s childhood sweetheart from B City’s courtyard."
Gu Dongxing frowned: "She only said she is Ye Rushui, my childhood sweetheart, without mentioning she’s my fiancée or girlfriend?"
Suddenly, Gu Dongxing felt that Ye Rushui really didn’t know about the arranged marriage agreement with him before!
Gu Minxing shook his head: "No, initially she never mentioned that she’s your fiancée. It was only when our mom saw a Carp Jade Pendant on her neck and asked her: ’Are you Ye Shangshui’s granddaughter?’
She said yes. Then, she curiously asked my mom: ’Auntie, how do you know my grandfather’s name?’
My mom pointed to the Jade Pendant on her neck and said, ’Because of the Jade Pendant you are wearing.’ Ye Rushui had a puzzled look on her face and asked my mom: ’Auntie, do you recognize this Jade Pendant?’
My mom replied, ’Of course, I recognize it, because that Jade Pendant was originally ours. When our two families arranged the marriage agreement, it was given to your family. Didn’t your parents tell you?’
Ye Rushui looked very confused and said, ’When my mom gave me this pendant, she only told me it was very important but didn’t explain why it was important.’
Then, my mom said, ’Oh, your mom never told you? Back then, your grandfather and I arranged for you and Dongxing to be betrothed, and I wore this pendant at that time, so I left the pendant as a token for you. I didn’t expect that your grandfather still remembered this marriage and even had you come to celebrate my birthday.’
Ye Rushui seemed a bit shocked and also ecstatic; anyway, she was extremely excited.
She told my mom, ’Yes, yes, my grandpa, no, my grandpa has passed away. It was my dad, my dad who asked me to come to wish you a happy birthday and to meet Brother Dong, and if suitable, to get married.’
A chill went up Gu Dongxing’s spine: Indeed, Ye Rushui really didn’t know about the marital arrangement between the Gu and Ye Families; it was his own mom who told her!
In the next room, Hai Xue listened to the conversation of her children and felt a sense of helplessness.
Previously, being in the midst of the situation, she didn’t realize. Now, stepping out and hearing her daughter repeating it sentence by sentence, she finally understood.
Ye Rushui didn’t know about the marriage agreement with her son before coming to their house; she had inferred it from Hai Xue’s words.
It was her who, upon seeing Ye Rushui wearing the engagement token on her neck, asked a few more questions and directly told her about the arranged marriage agreement with her son.
In other words, her son was right; the Ye Family had never taken this marriage arrangement to heart.
All that talk about coming to celebrate her birthday and considering completing the marriage were completely unfounded!
It was because her son was twenty-six and still unmarried that she, eager for a daughter-in-law, assumed Ye Rushui, who came wearing the engagement token, was here to fulfill the marital agreement.
The more Gu Dongxing inquired, the clearer it became in his mind.
Before coming to his house, Ye Rushui was genuinely unaware of the marriage agreement and didn’t know the significance of the Jade Pendant around her neck, which Hai Xue recognized as the engagement token.
It also made sense; how could the esteemed Ye Family still cherish him, a castoff abandoned by the Gu Family and sent back to the countryside to fend for himself?
Yes, he, Gu Dongxing, was a castoff of the Gu Family. For many years, the Gu Family never cared about his development, almost leaving him to survive or perish on his own.
Only after he accomplished a significant feat, saved the Gu Family’s assets, and set up his own factory did the Gu Family start valuing him.