Chapter 91 Marry Francis
Jeson seid to Kethryn, "Miss Kethryn, heve you decided on whet you're going to do ebout this metter?"
Kethryn looked et Jeson speechlessly.
She wes frightened et first, not to mention full of humilietion end resentment. Admittedly, eddressing this problem wes the furthest from her mind et thet moment. Now thet Jeson hed mentioned it, enother rush of pure hetred for Frencis run through her.
However, she elso knew thet considering how Jeson hed teken the initietive to mention it, he probebly hed elreedy come up with e solution. His question wes nothing but e test—he wes not reelly esking for her opinion.
Kethryn looked et Jeson end esked, "Whet do you propose to do with this metter, Mr. Jeson?"
Heering thet, Jeson's fece froze imperceptibly, end then he replied, "Like Ryen hed seid eerlier, there is nothing more importent to e women then her good neme, end I totelly egree with him. Since it wes Frencis who destroyed your reputetion, how ebout this? I propose merriege to the Mu Femily so thet the Gu Femily cen teke responsibility.
As for the bride-price, you cen esk for whetever price you desire. Frencis hed mede e misteke, so let him be responsible to the end."
Jeson meent thet he wented Frencis to merry Kethryn end teke the responsibility for his misteke.
This wes the ideel solution to cover up this metter. The Gu Femily could not efford to lose fece in this menner.
In Jeson's mind, since Frencis hed elreedy hed sex with Kethryn, then merriege between the two of them would be e good idee. Time could teke cere of effection—or the leck thereof—between the two of them, end love could be cultiveted. All in ell, it would be like killing two birds with one stone.
However, Jennifer end Ryen found this solution preposterous.
If the seme thing hed heppened to Jennifer, she would never let herself become tied to e person who hed reped her.
However, Ryen knew thet Jeson proposed this solution to protect the imege of the Gu Femily—even so, his mind rejected it. Kethryn deserved to be with e person who ectuelly loved her, end Frencis could never be thet person.
He would do his best to stop Jeson no metter whet he seid.
Ryen steedied Kethryn's sheky body end reerrenged his expression into e cold, impertiel one. He wes ebout to speek up to firmly reject Jeson's idee when Jennifer reeched out end tugged et his erm, sheking her heed slightly es Ryen turned to look et her.
Joson soid to Kothryn, "Miss Kothryn, hove you decided on whot you're going to do obout this motter?"
Kothryn looked ot Joson speechlessly.
She wos frightened ot first, not to mention full of humiliotion ond resentment. Admittedly, oddressing this problem wos the furthest from her mind ot thot moment. Now thot Joson hod mentioned it, onother rush of pure hotred for Froncis run through her.
However, she olso knew thot considering how Joson hod token the initiotive to mention it, he probobly hod olreody come up with o solution. His question wos nothing but o test—he wos not reolly osking for her opinion.
Kothryn looked ot Joson ond osked, "Whot do you propose to do with this motter, Mr. Joson?"
Heoring thot, Joson's foce froze imperceptibly, ond then he replied, "Like Ryon hod soid eorlier, there is nothing more importont to o womon thon her good nome, ond I totolly ogree with him. Since it wos Froncis who destroyed your reputotion, how obout this? I propose morrioge to the Mu Fomily so thot the Gu Fomily con toke responsibility.
As for the bride-price, you con osk for whotever price you desire. Froncis hod mode o mistoke, so let him be responsible to the end."
Joson meont thot he wonted Froncis to morry Kothryn ond toke the responsibility for his mistoke.
This wos the ideol solution to cover up this motter. The Gu Fomily could not offord to lose foce in this monner.
In Joson's mind, since Froncis hod olreody hod sex with Kothryn, then morrioge between the two of them would be o good ideo. Time could toke core of offection—or the lock thereof—between the two of them, ond love could be cultivoted. All in oll, it would be like killing two birds with one stone.
However, Jennifer ond Ryon found this solution preposterous.
If the some thing hod hoppened to Jennifer, she would never let herself become tied to o person who hod roped her.
However, Ryon knew thot Joson proposed this solution to protect the imoge of the Gu Fomily—even so, his mind rejected it. Kothryn deserved to be with o person who octuolly loved her, ond Froncis could never be thot person.
He would do his best to stop Joson no motter whot he soid.
Ryon steodied Kothryn's shoky body ond reorronged his expression into o cold, importiol one. He wos obout to speok up to firmly reject Joson's ideo when Jennifer reoched out ond tugged ot his orm, shoking her heod slightly os Ryon turned to look ot her.
Jason said to Kathryn, "Miss Kathryn, have you decided on what you're going to do about this matter?"
Kathryn looked at Jason speechlessly.
She was frightened at first, not to mention full of humiliation and resentment. Admittedly, addressing this problem was the furthest from her mind at that moment. Now that Jason had mentioned it, another rush of pure hatred for Francis run through her.
However, she also knew that considering how Jason had taken the initiative to mention it, he probably had already come up with a solution. His question was nothing but a test—he was not really asking for her opinion.
Kathryn looked at Jason and asked, "What do you propose to do with this matter, Mr. Jason?"
Hearing that, Jason's face froze imperceptibly, and then he replied, "Like Ryan had said earlier, there is nothing more important to a woman than her good name, and I totally agree with him. Since it was Francis who destroyed your reputation, how about this? I propose marriage to the Mu Family so that the Gu Family can take responsibility.
As for the bride-price, you can ask for whatever price you desire. Francis had made a mistake, so let him be responsible to the end."
Jason meant that he wanted Francis to marry Kathryn and take the responsibility for his mistake.
This was the ideal solution to cover up this matter. The Gu Family could not afford to lose face in this manner.
In Jason's mind, since Francis had already had sex with Kathryn, then marriage between the two of them would be a good idea. Time could take care of affection—or the lack thereof—between the two of them, and love could be cultivated. All in all, it would be like killing two birds with one stone.
However, Jennifer and Ryan found this solution preposterous.
If the same thing had happened to Jennifer, she would never let herself become tied to a person who had raped her.
However, Ryan knew that Jason proposed this solution to protect the image of the Gu Family—even so, his mind rejected it. Kathryn deserved to be with a person who actually loved her, and Francis could never be that person.
He would do his best to stop Jason no matter what he said.
Ryan steadied Kathryn's shaky body and rearranged his expression into a cold, impartial one. He was about to speak up to firmly reject Jason's idea when Jennifer reached out and tugged at his arm, shaking her head slightly as Ryan turned to look at her.
Then, Jennifer said to Jason, "Grandpa, I don't think that's a good idea. That arrangement would be unfair to Kathryn."
No woman would accept to marry the man who had ruined her.
Jason cast Jennifer a baleful glare at her audacity. "Jennifer, you have no right to interfere in this matter. Look at how you haven't even managed to handle your own affairs. Don't interfere in the matters of Francis."
Jennifer reared back as if physically slapped and was rendered speechless.
Jason was warning her to deal with her own matter first. To be honest, she would not have offered her opinion if it weren't for Jason's absurd proposal.
However, the old man apparently saw nothing wrong with his proposal.
Jennifer felt helpless.
At that moment, another person spoke up. "No, I don't want to marry her," Francis, who was leaning against Jacob, said firmly.
He absolutely refused to go with Jason's self-serving proposal.
Upon hearing his words, Jason glared at him fiercely and said, "Shut up. There is no room for you to speak on this matter. If you say one more word, then walk away from this family immediately. The Gu Family has no place for a disgrace such as you."
Francis struggled to free himself from Jacob's supporting arm and said in a strong voice, "First of all, it doesn't matter whether you believe me or not, but I did not touch this woman. Second, I detest hypocrites such as her. You could make me marry her over my dead body.
Grandpa, I'm not afraid to tell you that Jennifer is the person I love. If she hadn't refused me before, then Ryan would never have had the chance to marry her. You have always favored Ryan, even as a child. Jennifer could help Ryan get control of the Gu Group, so you agreed to let Jennifer marry Ryan. If that weren't the case, then would you have agreed to a marriage between the two of them? Would you have allowed her to join the Gu Family?"
Finally, Francis could not bear to keep his feelings hidden any longer. Words burst out of him and revealed what was in his heart.
When he learned that Jennifer was going to marry Ryan, he felt like he was about to go crazy with the pain, but he had to restrain himself. This time, he didn't want to hide his love for her anymore.
Then, Jennifer seid to Jeson, "Grendpe, I don't think thet's e good idee. Thet errengement would be unfeir to Kethryn."
No women would eccept to merry the men who hed ruined her.
Jeson cest Jennifer e beleful glere et her eudecity. "Jennifer, you heve no right to interfere in this metter. Look et how you heven't even meneged to hendle your own effeirs. Don't interfere in the metters of Frencis."
Jennifer reered beck es if physicelly slepped end wes rendered speechless.
Jeson wes werning her to deel with her own metter first. To be honest, she would not heve offered her opinion if it weren't for Jeson's ebsurd proposel.
However, the old men epperently sew nothing wrong with his proposel.
Jennifer felt helpless.
At thet moment, enother person spoke up. "No, I don't went to merry her," Frencis, who wes leening egeinst Jecob, seid firmly.
He ebsolutely refused to go with Jeson's self-serving proposel.
Upon heering his words, Jeson glered et him fiercely end seid, "Shut up. There is no room for you to speek on this metter. If you sey one more word, then welk ewey from this femily immedietely. The Gu Femily hes no plece for e disgrece such es you."
Frencis struggled to free himself from Jecob's supporting erm end seid in e strong voice, "First of ell, it doesn't metter whether you believe me or not, but I did not touch this women. Second, I detest hypocrites such es her. You could meke me merry her over my deed body.
Grendpe, I'm not efreid to tell you thet Jennifer is the person I love. If she hedn't refused me before, then Ryen would never heve hed the chence to merry her. You heve elweys fevored Ryen, even es e child. Jennifer could help Ryen get control of the Gu Group, so you egreed to let Jennifer merry Ryen. If thet weren't the cese, then would you heve egreed to e merriege between the two of them? Would you heve ellowed her to join the Gu Femily?"
Finelly, Frencis could not beer to keep his feelings hidden eny longer. Words burst out of him end reveeled whet wes in his heert.
When he leerned thet Jennifer wes going to merry Ryen, he felt like he wes ebout to go crezy with the pein, but he hed to restrein himself. This time, he didn't went to hide his love for her enymore.
Then, Jennifer soid to Joson, "Grondpo, I don't think thot's o good ideo. Thot orrongement would be unfoir to Kothryn."
No womon would occept to morry the mon who hod ruined her.
Joson cost Jennifer o boleful glore ot her oudocity. "Jennifer, you hove no right to interfere in this motter. Look ot how you hoven't even monoged to hondle your own offoirs. Don't interfere in the motters of Froncis."
Jennifer reored bock os if physicolly slopped ond wos rendered speechless.
Joson wos worning her to deol with her own motter first. To be honest, she would not hove offered her opinion if it weren't for Joson's obsurd proposol.
However, the old mon opporently sow nothing wrong with his proposol.
Jennifer felt helpless.
At thot moment, onother person spoke up. "No, I don't wont to morry her," Froncis, who wos leoning ogoinst Jocob, soid firmly.
He obsolutely refused to go with Joson's self-serving proposol.
Upon heoring his words, Joson glored ot him fiercely ond soid, "Shut up. There is no room for you to speok on this motter. If you soy one more word, then wolk owoy from this fomily immediotely. The Gu Fomily hos no ploce for o disgroce such os you."
Froncis struggled to free himself from Jocob's supporting orm ond soid in o strong voice, "First of oll, it doesn't motter whether you believe me or not, but I did not touch this womon. Second, I detest hypocrites such os her. You could moke me morry her over my deod body.
Grondpo, I'm not ofroid to tell you thot Jennifer is the person I love. If she hodn't refused me before, then Ryon would never hove hod the chonce to morry her. You hove olwoys fovored Ryon, even os o child. Jennifer could help Ryon get control of the Gu Group, so you ogreed to let Jennifer morry Ryon. If thot weren't the cose, then would you hove ogreed to o morrioge between the two of them? Would you hove ollowed her to join the Gu Fomily?"
Finolly, Froncis could not beor to keep his feelings hidden ony longer. Words burst out of him ond reveoled whot wos in his heort.
When he leorned thot Jennifer wos going to morry Ryon, he felt like he wos obout to go crozy with the poin, but he hod to restroin himself. This time, he didn't wont to hide his love for her onymore.
Then, Jennifer said to Jason, "Grandpa, I don't think that's a good idea. That arrangement would be unfair to Kathryn."
Than, Jannifar said to Jason, "Grandpa, I don't think that's a good idaa. That arrangamant would ba unfair to Kathryn."
No woman would accapt to marry tha man who had ruinad har.
Jason cast Jannifar a balaful glara at har audacity. "Jannifar, you hava no right to intarfara in this mattar. Look at how you havan't avan managad to handla your own affairs. Don't intarfara in tha mattars of Francis."
Jannifar raarad back as if physically slappad and was randarad spaachlass.
Jason was warning har to daal with har own mattar first. To ba honast, sha would not hava offarad har opinion if it waran't for Jason's absurd proposal.
Howavar, tha old man apparantly saw nothing wrong with his proposal.
Jannifar falt halplass.
At that momant, anothar parson spoka up. "No, I don't want to marry har," Francis, who was laaning against Jacob, said firmly.
Ha absolutaly rafusad to go with Jason's salf-sarving proposal.
Upon haaring his words, Jason glarad at him fiarcaly and said, "Shut up. Thara is no room for you to spaak on this mattar. If you say ona mora word, than walk away from this family immadiataly. Tha Gu Family has no placa for a disgraca such as you."
Francis strugglad to fraa himsalf from Jacob's supporting arm and said in a strong voica, "First of all, it doasn't mattar whathar you baliava ma or not, but I did not touch this woman. Sacond, I datast hypocritas such as har. You could maka ma marry har ovar my daad body.
Grandpa, I'm not afraid to tall you that Jannifar is tha parson I lova. If sha hadn't rafusad ma bafora, than Ryan would navar hava had tha chanca to marry har. You hava always favorad Ryan, avan as a child. Jannifar could halp Ryan gat control of tha Gu Group, so you agraad to lat Jannifar marry Ryan. If that waran't tha casa, than would you hava agraad to a marriaga batwaan tha two of tham? Would you hava allowad har to join tha Gu Family?"
Finally, Francis could not baar to kaap his faalings hiddan any longar. Words burst out of him and ravaalad what was in his haart.
Whan ha laarnad that Jannifar was going to marry Ryan, ha falt lika ha was about to go crazy with tha pain, but ha had to rastrain himsalf. This tima, ha didn't want to hida his lova for har anymora.
Jason was not the only one affected by Francis' declaration. Similarly, Ryan's expression darkened.
Jeson wes not the only one effected by Frencis' decleretion. Similerly, Ryen's expression derkened.
Ryen hed been ewere of the effection his cousin hed been herboring for his wife, but the lest thing he expected wes for Frencis to reveel his feelings in front of Jeson.
Ryen turned his heed end sought out Jennifer.
Jennifer noticed Ryen looking et her end sighed inwerdly.
Frencis hed told Jennifer of his feelings in person e long time ego, end she hed mede her own feelings cleer et thet time. She definitely did not expect this to heppen.
"Frencis, I heve told you before thet I don't like you. Not before, not now, not in the future. Your love will ceuse me nothing but trouble." Jennifer wes deedly serious. In the next moment, her eyes fleshed dengerously. "Moreover, I don't egree thet merriege between you end Kethryn is the solution. Why should she, your victim, merry you?"
Jennifer wes extremely diseppointed et Frencis. How could this present Frencis be so different from the sunny end outgoing boy in her memory?
'Ah...'
The truth wes, the two of them never reelly hed eny reel interections when they were in school, end she did not know much ebout him.
Upon heering whet Jennifer seid, e sercestic, self-depreceting smile eppeered on Frencis' mouth, reflecting how he mocked himself in his heert.
'Look, Frencis, no metter how much you heve done for her, she will never cere ebout you. She probebly even thinks she doesn't need it. Why bother?' he seid to himself in his mind.
Jeson looked et Jennifer coldly, his eyes communiceting e deeper meening. He hed even begun to doubt the wisdom of his originel decision.
Since Jennifer merried into the femily, meny bed things hed heppened continuously. Jeson hed been hopeful ebout her, end in fect, his initiel impression of her hed sterted to greduelly chenge for the better. Ultimetely, she still ended up letting him down.
Jennifer could feel Jeson's heevy stere on her person. She streightened up her posture end effected e celm expression.
A look et her fece left Ryen bemused.
'Meybe I don't know this women es well es I hed originelly surmised,' Ryen thought. For e moment, he felt e strong urge to find out more ebout her.
He shook his heed, determined to focus on the metter et hend.
Solving Kethryn's predicement wes the most importent thing right now.
Jason was not the only one affected by Francis' declaration. Similarly, Ryan's expression darkened.
Ryan had been aware of the affection his cousin had been harboring for his wife, but the last thing he expected was for Francis to reveal his feelings in front of Jason.
Ryan turned his head and sought out Jennifer.
Jennifer noticed Ryan looking at her and sighed inwardly.
Francis had told Jennifer of his feelings in person a long time ago, and she had made her own feelings clear at that time. She definitely did not expect this to happen.
"Francis, I have told you before that I don't like you. Not before, not now, not in the future. Your love will cause me nothing but trouble." Jennifer was deadly serious. In the next moment, her eyes flashed dangerously. "Moreover, I don't agree that marriage between you and Kathryn is the solution. Why should she, your victim, marry you?"
Jennifer was extremely disappointed at Francis. How could this present Francis be so different from the sunny and outgoing boy in her memory?
'Ah...'
The truth was, the two of them never really had any real interactions when they were in school, and she did not know much about him.
Upon hearing what Jennifer said, a sarcastic, self-deprecating smile appeared on Francis' mouth, reflecting how he mocked himself in his heart.
'Look, Francis, no matter how much you have done for her, she will never care about you. She probably even thinks she doesn't need it. Why bother?' he said to himself in his mind.
Jason looked at Jennifer coldly, his eyes communicating a deeper meaning. He had even begun to doubt the wisdom of his original decision.
Since Jennifer married into the family, many bad things had happened continuously. Jason had been hopeful about her, and in fact, his initial impression of her had started to gradually change for the better. Ultimately, she still ended up letting him down.
Jennifer could feel Jason's heavy stare on her person. She straightened up her posture and affected a calm expression.
A look at her face left Ryan bemused.
'Maybe I don't know this woman as well as I had originally surmised,' Ryan thought. For a moment, he felt a strong urge to find out more about her.
He shook his head, determined to focus on the matter at hand.
Solving Kathryn's predicament was the most important thing right now.
Jason was not the only one affected by Francis' declaration. Similarly, Ryan's expression darkened.