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2.87% The Young master's fake bride and her lucky system / Chapter 18: Two to tangle.

Kapitel 18: Two to tangle.

The moment of truth was here and she could admit the truth and say what it was that she truly wanted. Or perhaps, she could lay everything on the table just as Jin Kang had advised her to do. Marriage was one of those it takes two to tangle situations after all. 

"I want to be your wife." she declared. 

Caishen had just lifted the glass juice and when she said that he placed it back down. She was already his wife, perhaps she misunderstood him.

"Miss Lin, did you not understand me when I said that I have investigated your background. There is no single point where our live intersected so I don't believe you when you say that you have always liked me or want to be my wife." 

Alix folded her arms, leaned back against the chair and said confidently, "Your investigation did not cover my personal feelings, did it? How did you investigate my heart?" 

Caishen chuckled and looked down, he suddenly thought that what he needed was glass of wine and not juice. 

"I have seen you on television, I have seen your pictures in newspapers or financial magazines and I have always kept in mind that you were engaged to me before Billi came along. You used the document yourself to prove it so that the public would stop referring to me as a mistress. 

It's concrete evidence that you are my man. Am I wrong?" She faced him boldly, daring him with her gaze to prove her wrong. 

Caishen shook his head, and leaned back in his wheel chair. 

"Fine, we were once engaged." he admitted. "But.."

"I want us to give the marriage the chance, no divorce, marriage of convenience, or sexless marriage crap." She further declared boldly, cutting him off. 

Surprised, Caishen tilted his head and gave her an amused look , chuckling again. 

Alix was determined and she pushed her chin out and looked at him almost defiantly even though he had not replied.

 

I am going to make you a man that every woman desires, a man that Billi will want but never get. I am going to make her eat her heart out in regret as I take your hand and show you off. 

"I don't think you understand what you are saying." Caishen told her. He looked at the glass of juice from which she had taken one sip. Is there alcohol in there? he asked himself. "I am already aware that your father threatened you.."

"No, I could have run away if I wanted." she cut him off. "Whatever road led us here, the deal is done. You can only reject me if I am not your type physically but do not push me away because of your physical condition." 

She saw him clench his jaw when she mentioned his physical condition. 

"I will make you stand again, or I will contribute and the rest will be on you and a physical therapist." 

Annoyed, Caishen stared with her with rage and he sneered. Then he asked her through gritted teeth, "Are you mocking me?" 

He had been to the best and most expensive doctors, he had seen every expert in the country and outside. His mother had hired every miracle worker, been to every temple, church and mosque. She had visited every known practitioner of Chinese traditional medicine.

The diagnosis did not change, he could not walk again. If this was the trick she had up her sleeve than he might as well kick her out immediately.

Alix took off the glove and showed him her hand, her fingers. "You are not the only one here with a physical disability. When my fingers were broken, I looked for every way to get them fixed. 

When I was old enough, I sold some of my mothers jewels and raised money which I used to go from one expert to another. Most of them told me the same thing and I almost gave up but I met the right one by chance. 

I could not even move these fingers but look at them now, they can move. They are not healed but I am making progress. That mysterious man told me that his medicine can fix every broken bone in the body, no matter how bad the situation is.

I will share all of my medicines with you but if you think that I am going to poison you we can even drink from the same bottle. All I want in return is you, your name, your power and your influence. 

That is the deal on the table on my end. So, what about you, what do you want out of this marriage?"

Caishen grabbed her hand slightly roughly so that he could take a closer look at her fingers. He already knew that they were broken, it's why she gave up on playing the piano.

According to the information that had been dug up on her, these fingers were useless, and it was also true that she had searched high and low for a cure, her financial statements proved it. 

"I don't see it." he said and threw her hand to the side. 

Alix, put the glove back on her hand as told him, "You will, very soon. I am not in a hurry to prove myself to you so you can watch patiently and wait. Take your time deciding what you want, marriage involves two people after all. 

Think about it carefully and then you can share what you think is best for us moving forward."

He had been expecting her to push the subject or find another way of convincing him but she backed down. 

Is that it? he asked himself. 

His eyes strayed to her gloved hand, and a myriad questions bounced around in his mind but he was too afraid to ask and too afraid to hope. It was better to keep her close and observe. 

If her mysterious medicine could save him from the plight of the wheelchair, he would take it. 

His original plan was to initiate a divorce after a year in which he would pay her a sizeable fee and they could go their separate ways quietly. Now, he changed his mind on a whim. It would be better if she remained his wife for a while, he would bring up the divorce later. 

Meow, the kitten cried. 

Caishen raised his hand and soothed it, beaming with confidence in the new plan which he had made. If she wanted a real marriage he would play along with her for a while. 

How hard could it be? 


Kapitel 19: House of pain______1

As tradition dictated, three days after the wedding, Alix and Caishen were supposed to visit her family. She, however was torn between unwillingness and the expectation of grandpa Zhang that she would fulfill her duty no matter how much she loathed her family. 

Also insistent was Caishen, who was rather weirdly determined to visit the Lin family house. 

That was how Alix found herself bundled into Caishen's personal car, and driven to the house in which she had not stepped a foot into for two years now. 

The car ride was silent, as if the two occupants in the back were mute. It would have been awkward but Caishen spent it all conducting a business meeting and she filled her time with the game. 

So far, she had finished two quests and not once had she run into any of her fellow game players. 

Currently, she was doing her third task, helping the town priest deliver meals to the orphans who lived in the church. 

The game, to Alix who wanted to fight monsters and pick up loots was quite boring. Where was the thrill and excitement that came with decimating a foe or a rival? 

"System, can we change the settings and this becomes an apocalyptic world. I can shoot zombies, steal from other camps, blow up my enemies strong hold." she spoke with fervor the more she went on.

Those were the games she used to play, and as violent as they could be at times, she found them to be relaxing. 

Maybe it was because every time she shot a zombie to pieces she imagined that it Billi or her mother Jing Hee. 

"You are a newbie, the continent changes as you level up." The system replied. 

"Will I get to kill anything at level one?" she asked. 

"I thought you wanted the rewards more than you wanted to exercise the dark fantasies in your mind." 

Alix snorted and sneered. "What dark fantasies do I have?" 

Killing a zombie that had Billi's face was not a dark fantasy, it was therapy. 

"I can read your thoughts you know." The small elf giggled on the virtual screen. 

"That is an invasion of privacy." she replied. 

"Sue me if you can." The small elf told her with so much sass. 

She snorted again as she and the priest gave out the last plate of food to a cheeky little girl that was smiling so hard that Alix could see her three missing teeth. 

Turning expectantly to the priest, Alix waited for her reward.

"Thank you kind bard, I will gift you with this bracelet that wards off evil luck nine times." 

A brown bracelet made of wooden beads appeared in Alix's hands. She gave it a once over and it disappeared into one of the cubes on the virtual screen that housed all her rewards. 

"Please come back and assist us when you find time, the church of all souls is open to everyone." The priest told her politely. 

"En, thank you." Alix cupped her hands and bowed politely.

She left the church skipping like a happy child as she went into the town, heading to the market specifically. Aside from the boring nature of the game so far, the town was actually a pretty good place to live. 

She knew some of the townspeople by name now, and when she walked by, they usually waved or tipped their hats to her. 

One of the butchers had even been kind enough to offer her some meat that was sitting in her reward cubes as well. 

Occasionally, children gave her flowers, fruits, and other small gifts when she played a song for them. She loved spending time in the gaming world and if it was not for the other responsibilities on her shoulders, she would spend days and nights here. 

Someone shook her arm, and she looked up, away from her phone. She also removed the earphones in her ears. 

"We are here." Caishen said. 

Alix clenched the phone in her hands and smiled wryly. She was back again, to the house which had been her personal hell. 

"Mmm," she nodded and stepped out of the car. 

The Lin villa, she finally set her eyes on it after so long. It was like the perfect family house, two stories, a swing set outside under a tree, a dog house and a swimming pool. Any outsider would envy a child that grew up here, thinking that they must have had a beautiful childhood. 

For Lin Billi, that was the case but for her, not so much. Her friends had always been clamoring for invitations but Alix never invited them over. Some thought she was being arrogant and others thought her a snob. If only they knew what darkness laid inside!!

In Alix's eyes, the beautiful villa might as well have been a haunted house in which real devils lived. You did not need to go to hell to find them, this house was the portal to hell where evil wined and dined. 

Even standing outside of the house gave her the chills, and that bad feeling which she always had just before she was made to give up on something she wanted.

Perhaps that priest had been on to something when he gave her a bracelet that warded off evil luck. What could be more evil than her sister and step mother. 

"System, give me the bracelet." she said. 

She opened her bag, took it out and placed it on her right hand wrist where her mother's pearl bracelet used to sit. 

"Are you okay?" she heard Caishen ask.

He had managed to wheel himself next to her without her realization. He was staring at her with concern in his eyes, which was unusual. He had hardly said ten words to her since the night of their talk.

"No, I am not. I feel like I am suffocating and I want to turn back and hide inside the car. I want to make sure that you keep in mind the fact that I cancelled all ties to these people on the day of our wedding. 

My scummy father, whatever he requests of you, feel free to say no. But, if you discover that there is a way for you take advantage of him, say yes and take as much as you can." 


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