章 12: Chapter 12: Marry Me

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Bang!

With a heavy bang, the car door closed. Xia Wanwan looked with some resignation at the man who had squeezed into the car after she got in.

"Xi Muchen, what on earth do you want?" This time she addressed him by his full name. "Why did you get in the car?"

"I'll drive you wherever you're going," he said, evidently not insisting on her coming home with him. "There might be a follow-up to yesterday's incident, the newspapers just published it this morning, and now people are watching you everywhere."

He was at least half right; reporters were probably keeping tabs on her by now.

Xia Wanwan didn't insist either. "Driver, to Shenghuang Garden, please."

In the car, Xi Muchen received a phone call from Cecile, who had been left by the roadside: "Boss, do you need me to follow you?"

"Why would you follow me? Go find somewhere cool to hang out!"

Forty minutes later, inside Shenghuang Garden.

Yao Qin looked at the man on the sofa and tugged at Xia Wanwan, whispering, "He's the guy from the newspapers, right? Xia Wanwan, you're so lucky. Even getting drugged, you randomly hook up with a hot guy!"

"Stop right there!" Xia Wanwan glanced at Xi Muchen on the sofa and corrected her. "Nothing happened between us."

"Well, that's a pity, leaving such a fine man untouched!" Yao Qin's eyes covertly drifted back to the man on the sofa, finding him a delightful sight. "Anyway, since you have to pretend with someone, why not the handsome guy the whole world thinks is your husband? Wouldn't that be great?"

"Forget it, my dad was just angry at the moment. Do you think he'd believe my lies once he calms down?"

"That depends on the person." From the sofa, Xi Muchen looked at her, his gaze intense. "Marry me, and I guarantee, all these troubles will disappear."

The man on the sofa, who had been lying back lethargically, suddenly sat up straight, trying his best to look serious. A flicker of surprise crossed Xia Wanwan's eyes.

Heavens... Yao Qin felt her jaw drop in astonishment as she seemingly witnessed a marriage proposal out of the blue.

The room fell into an eerie silence. After a while, Xia Wanwan finally said, "I'll think about it, you... you should go back first."

Consider? What is there to think about?!

Xi Muchen had been rejected by this girl for the second time and simply could not comprehend. How could she keep refusing him, such an outstanding man, over and over again?

"Ahem... well, take your time thinking," said Xi Muchen, rising from the sofa. "Time is something I have plenty of."

Though he said that, he seemed to leave in a rather gentlemanly fashion. But why did Xia Wanwan feel like she saw subtle displeasure in his eyes?

"I get the sense he wasn't very happy?" Yao Qin noticed as well. "But that's normal! For a man as extremely outstanding as he is, it's normal to be unhappy after being continuously rejected!"

Yao Qin was right; he really did seem unhappy. With this in mind, did Xia Wanwan's mouth curve into a smile?

"And you're laughing? Is your current situation really something to be happy about?" Yao Qin thought about the events of the past few days and became enraged. "That Xia An'an, I never realized she was so vicious before, setting up her own sister! I swear, next time I see her, I'll make sure it's the end of her!"

Yao Qin's words deeply moved Xia Wanwan, but she still advised, "Enough now. The Yao Family and the Gu Family still have to collaborate on the harbor city project. Don't offend Gu Junhan for my sake, or it will put Uncle Yao in a difficult position."

"Pfft! As if I'm scared of that jerk!" Yao Qin rolled her eyes, her expression becoming serious as if a thought struck her. "But Wanwan, are you really going to marry that man named Xi Muchen?"

"I'm still considering it, am I not? After all, marrying him, at least, leaves me a way out. If I don't marry, I will have no way out." A bitter smile appeared on Xia Wanwan's lips. "I don't want to be threatened and manipulated by him anymore."

"Wanwan..." Yao Qin knew she was thinking about the past and felt a surge of compassion. She couldn't help but ask cautiously, "Are you still not over that person?"

Xia Wanwan's gaze dimmed slightly, offering no answer to Yao Qin's question.

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