I Like You?
"This is what our Jiang Family elders want. As a direct descendant of the Ning Family, they'd be thrilled to marry one of their own women to you. A marriage alliance between the Ning and Jiang Families would benefit both sides. Of course, speaking for myself, I also hope you find a Dual Cultivation Partner soon. But come to think of it, every time I urge you to find one, you get awfully resistant. Don't tell me you have some unusual preferences?" Jiang Dong teased.
Ning Wuque rolled his eyes and said irritably, "I like you? Would that count as an unusual preference? And you have the nerve to talk about me! I introduced you to women from the Ning Family too, but you didn't take a single one of them up on it, did you?"
Jiang Dong gave an awkward smile. "Haven't I told you? I, Jiang Dong, have only one fiancée: Qu Feiyan. She's the Dual Cultivation Partner I've chosen. No one can stop me from pursuing Fairy Qu—not even my father."
"My dear Young Master Jiang, don't forget—you and Qu Feiyan have already broken off your engagement. You're no longer connected. Given Qu Feiyan's status, she may well have been promised to a scion of some powerful faction by now. You'd better give up on that idea."
"Besides me, Jiang Dong, who would dare marry Fairy Qu? I'd make sure he regretted it." Jiang Dong's expression hardened, and a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.
Ning Wuque frowned. "Are you all right? She's just a woman. Is she really worth doing this for? You could plunge the Jiang Family into a doom from which there's no escape."
"So what? If I can't be with the person I love in this life, then becoming an