"For example, what?"
The more straightforward Tang Xiaomin asked, the more Ye Lingyun found himself unable to speak.
She was always so direct, it made one not know what to say.
"Forget it, forget it, it's nothing."
Tang Xiaomin felt that Ye Lingyun had helped her, and it would be wrong not to show some gratitude.
"How about this, I'll treat you to a meal another day."
Since Tang Xiaomin had made an offer, Ye Lingyun had nothing more to say.
He had spent some time and indeed found out the fundamental reason for the arranged marriage between the Ye family and her.
It was, in a word, absurd.
Ye Lingyun suddenly asked, "Do you believe in Yin and Yang?"
Tang Xiaomin wasn't a strong believer in this, but that didn't mean she denied it.
Tang Xiaomin nodded.
"What does this have to do with marriage?"
Ye Lingyun snapped his fingers.
"It has everything to do with it."
Ye Lingyun began to talk about the Ye family.
"The Ye family has a strong foundation and deep heritage. By the generation of Feng Ye, it had already become the foremost family in Modu, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they had reached their peak."
"However, all things reach their opposite, prosperity leads to decline. Old Master Ye was very worried that the Ye family would decline, so he asked Immortal Zhang for a solution."
"Immortal Zhang was an enlightened master over a hundred years old. He said that Feng Ye's birth data was extremely Yang, and he needed a companion with extremely Yin birth data to complement him and achieve a state of balance."
"Immortal Zhang happened to encounter Mrs. Tang when she was pregnant and also calculated your birth data. Therefore, Old Master Ye arranged the marriage before birth."
No wonder.
Every time Tang Xiaomin got close to Ye Fengxing, she felt very hot.
So, their horoscopes were indeed incompatible.
Incompatible horoscopes, to put it crudely, meant clashing.
In her previous life, this marriage had been like a fuse, leading to her tragedy.
If Ye Fengxing had decisively broken off the engagement back then, perhaps the outcome would have been different.
After a pause, a helpless cold smile curved Tang Xiaomin's lips.
"So, this engagement was just a tool for the Ye family to avoid risks, without any forethought, is that it?"
Ye Lingyun was reluctant to admit such a fact, but this was what he had heard from Old Master Ye and Immortal Zhang.
The truth was just that.
"Feng Ye actually likes you quite a bit. I've never seen him care about any other woman as much as he does about you. Don't overthink it, you'll be getting married anyway."
Like her?
In this life, Ye Fengxing had indeed been good to Tang Xiaomin.
But in her previous life, he had only shown her indifference.
That indifferent gaze treated her like a tool.
Perhaps a man as outstanding as Ye Fengxing, knowing what he wanted, wouldn't be bogged down by romantic affections.
What was the use of late-blooming deep affection?
Tang Xiaomin shook her head.
"I won't marry him."
"What?" Ye Lingyun's expression suddenly turned grave.
"Did I hear you correctly?"
"You heard correctly, I won't marry him. After my twentieth birthday, I will openly go to the Ye family to break off the engagement."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingyun's expression grew even more serious.
"The Ye family is not as simple as you think. I advise you not to have such unrealistic thoughts. If you truly do this, you will implicate your entire family."
Ye Lingyun now regretted telling Tang Xiaomin the truth.
"Alas, if I had known you had such thoughts, I wouldn't have helped you inquire."
Ye Lingyun had witnessed Tang Xiaomin's madness before.
She was the type who would go mad regardless of the consequences.
Tang Xiaomin said, "Don't worry, breaking off the engagement is my business, and I won't involve you."
Ye Lingyun hadn't expected Tang Xiaomin to think of him this way.
"Young lady, I'm not afraid of being implicated by you. I'm advising you for your own good, and for the good of your family behind you. What kind of person do you think I am?"
It is said that adversity breeds friendship. After their fight, Tang Xiaomin felt that Ye Lingyun, this young master, was actually quite a decent person.
As a friend, he was truly good.
"I know your good intentions, my friend. Thank you."
Ye Lingyun: ...
He had never felt so speechless.
Tang Xiaomin lowered her head and dug into her rice, having "borrowed" a large portion of Ye Lingyun's dishes.
"Xiaomin, you came to school. How rare!"
Shu Ya and Lin Keke arrived together and sat next to Tang Xiaomin.
Lin Keke said, "You're now the biggest truant in school, a negative example."
Tang Xiaomin said helplessly, "Absolutely do not learn from me."
"Heh heh..."
The sound of playful chatter would erupt from time to time.
Tang Xiaomin looked at the few people around her who were her "peers." This kind of innocent, carefree time was what her youth should have been.
Unfortunately, fate had been cruel, making her suffer malice during her carefree years.
Shu Ya suddenly said, "In a week, Tang Yiyi will have her twentieth birthday. I heard there will be a banquet at the Star Hotel, and many people have been invited."
Lin Keke suddenly asked, "Xiaomin, when is your birthday?"
It was peculiar.
She didn't know what Zhang Meiyu was thinking, but Tang Yiyi's birthday and Tang Xiaomin's were set for the same day.
Thinking of this, Tang Xiaomin smiled.
"My birthday is the same day as Tang Yiyi's."
"Ah? What a coincidence. Are you also holding your birthday banquet at the Star Hotel?"
Hearing this, Tang Xiaomin nodded.
"That's right."
"Wow, then they'll clash. Don't worry, we'll definitely attend your birthday banquet. As for Tang Yiyi's birthday, I'm not going. My mom also told me not to go."
Shu Ya also said, "Ever since your mother divorced your father, my mother also told me not to hang out with Tang Yiyi anymore."
People were realistic.
Tang Zhongcheng had stepped down and ceded his position, and Zhang Meiyu now controlled the entire Tang Corporation.
She had issued a statement saying that Tang Yiyi had nothing to do with her. Naturally, others would not offend Zhang Meiyu for the sake of a Tang Yiyi with no future prospects.
At her birthday banquet in her previous life, quite a scene had occurred.
At that time, the Tang family held a birthday banquet. Clearly, Tang Xiaomin and Tang Yiyi shared the same birthday.
However, there was only one birthday cake.
Everyone sent gifts, and they were only given to Tang Yiyi.
Tang Yiyi was the focus, while Tang Xiaomin was treated like an ugly duckling by her family and everyone else, left out in the cold.
What was even more unjust was not just that.
That day, she was falsely accused of sleeping with a man who attended the banquet.
No matter how Tang Xiaomin explained, it was just a misunderstanding, but no one believed her.
It was from that moment on that Ye Fengxing became even more indifferent to Tang Xiaomin.
Later, when she went to break off the engagement, he wouldn't even deign to see her, just stringing her along until she died...
Clearly not liking her, clearly detesting her, but because she still held some value, he clung to her like that.