she has been set up

"what's this discussion about?" she asked.

the man's pleasant vice rang in her ears "our deal"

"wha_what deal?" Yu xiao yan asked pretending she didn't remember, she felt like crying as he had really brought up the issue she was anxiously trying to avoid.

"I'll give you my daughter then you'll become my girlfriend" he replied seriously, if you didn't know better you would think he was proposing a hundred million dollar deal.

"..." Yu xiao yan was speechless

how can be discussing giving out his daughter? isn't he supposed to try change my mind?

"Mr ye you should know i_ I was joking, you should just take it as if I never asked okay?" she tried persuading him, she really wasn't ready to collect anything from him not even something ad important and precious ad his daughter.

"No! I have already agreed, I can't change my decision" he replied firmly.

"huh? um_ okay why don't you give me money instead, it's much better to give me money right?"

"no!" The father and daughter duo answered almost simultaneously.

This time Yu xiao yan became super confused, she had thought that the kid would not be happy with her father's decision but yet now it seems she was wrong.

"why?" she asked Frustratedly

"um_ I'm a thousand times better and useful than money" lingling didn't even think before giving her answer, as far as she was concerned she preferred to be with this aunty than be with her father, besides she had to find a way to end her father's pitiable single life.

Yu xiao yan: "...?" that makes sense?

"yes besides I'm out of cash" The aloof faced man didn't forget to add righteously, this time it wasn't only Yu xiao yan that was speechless.

"..." Dad no one would ever believe that.

"...!" bullshit! if you're out of cash then the whole country is poor! out of cash my a**!

"Mr ye_" she started but he cut her off.

"Ye Haoran" He corrected her.

"what?" she asked confused.

"call me Ye Haoran" He replied again.

"Mr_ Ye Haoran, why are you so bent on giving your daughter to me?" she really wanted to know why he would be so persistent in handling over his daughter, could it be because he wanted her to be his girlfriend?

"cause I want you to be my girlfriend"

"huh?" although she suspected this was his reason, she didn't really expect him to actually voice it out.

"I said I want_"

"I heard what you said but why?!" the more she talked with this man the more she was confused.

"because you saved my daughter" even the mighty Lord didn't know why but this was the only reasonable reason.

"but that doesn't make sense" she replied almost yelling, she was really getting frustrated now.

"it does to me" he replied nonchalantly.

"so if it had been some other random girl would you want her to be your girlfriend too?"

"i_i don't know" for the first time in his life, Ye Haoran found himself stuttering, he always had an answer to every question he was asked but this question appeared hard for him to answer.

"could you have fallen in love with me?" she hesitated at first but still asked after, this was the only thing that seemed to make sense in such circumstances yet it too didn't make sense, how could he had fallen in love with her when he barely even knew her.

"that's not possible" he refuted almost immediately. Yu xiao yan expected and kind of wanted to hear this answer still she unexpectedly felt stuffy in her chest like her heart was being clenched.

'why does it feel like I'm heartbroken to hear he doesn't love me?" she thought confused then shook her head and cleared her throat to push the nasty thought away from her mind.

"you don't love me and i don't love you either so don't you think it would be ridiculous trying to make me your girlfriend?" she asked calmly but he didn't give any answer, he just furrowed his chiseled brows.

Actually Ye Haoran had not heard anything after the part where she said she didn't love him either, at that point hearing her say those word made him regret not explaining his earlier words. He had said it was not possible because he didn't know the meaning of love, so he wouldn't possibly know if wanting to have her as his girlfriend meant he loved her.

"what_ what if we both fall in love with eachother... in the future, would you be my girlfriend then?" He didn't know why he asked but he knew he was dieing to know the answer.

Yu xiao yan was dumbfounded by his question, she looked at him and was suddenly lost in his eyes, there was something about this man that made her drop her guards. her heart was thumping so fast, she could even hear the sound herself.

"yes" she blurted this response then immediately regretted it. Telling him there was a chance for her to fall in love with him was given him the excuse of coming close to her, she wasn't sure she wanted sure a powerful person in her life.

"but sir_"

"don't change it" she was going to give a long speech of how it was impossible for her to live him but he cut her off. His voice sounded like a command but he looked like he was pleading, she could not bare to say anything to refute it.

The little kid suddenly interjected into their conversation "Aunty I really like your cooking, is it possible for lingling to drop by anytime to taste Aunty's cooking?" her childish lovely voice drove away the stuff atmosphere.

"As long as it's you, aunty doesn't mind" Yu xiao yan sweetly rubbed the girls head, little did she know she had been set up by the cute little human. Under the table, the girl lifted her short leg and jabbed it into her father's knee.

Ye Haoran was surprised for a split second but he immediately understood what the little fairy was trying to do.

"Since you don't mind, you could help me look over her once in a while, I tend to travel a lot, leaving only her at home"

Yu xiao yan's eyes shot open cautiously, looking over his daughter meant he had the opportunity to come here whenever he wanted!

He continued without giving her breathing space "plus I might be good at business but I lack a lot of qualities when it comes to taking care of a child, you could help me with that"

Yu xiao yan readied herself to blatantly reject the request but the little kids glistening eyes made her helplessly swallow her words back.

"I don't mind" she felt like slapping herself after these words come out her mouth