As soon as they walked into the depths of the grove, Yi Zeyang suddenly stopped in his tracks. Anhao also hurriedly stopped behind him before she took a few steps back. She then raised her eyes to meet his gaze.
“Do you want me to ask you sentence by sentence, or would you like to directly give me an explanation?” Yi Zeyang asked as he stared at the girl who was all tensed up as she stood about three meters away from him.
Anhao looked directly at him as she replied, “Professor Yi…”
“Anhao, I am not in the mood to role-play with you now! You should also understand what I have been doing in A High for the past few days. Why do you think I am here under the guise of a professor? Anhao, all I want is an explanation from you, and not for you to call me Professor Yi so eloquently.”
Yi Zeyang’s voice was very cold and serious as he interrupted Gu Anhao halfway through her sentence.
“You still refuse to explain yourself?” Yi Zeyang frowned as he continued questioning her. “Alright then, why don’t I ask the questions so that you can answer me then?”
Anhao was stunned and she was slightly at a loss for words at Y Zeyang’s outburst and attitude. At this time, she could only secretly squeeze her fists together under her long sleeves.
“What exactly is going on between you and Zuo Hancheng?”
Anhao took a huge breath before replying, “Everything is just as you heard over the phone last night. We are married.”
“Who are you kidding? You have not even reached the legal age to get married yet! The legal age for marriage is twenty years old! How and why did you get married?”
Yi Zeyang frowned as soon as he heard Anhao’s answer because he did not believe that she would have gotten married at such a young age.
The expression on Anhao’s face was very calm and she no longer felt nervous. “Both you and him belong in the same circle. Therefore, you should understand Zuo Hancheng’s personality better than I do. It doesn’t matter whether I am already of the legal age to get married or not because even if I am just six years old or ten years old right now, as long as Zuo Hancheng is willing to marry me, then our marriage would definitely be recognized legally. Furthermore, there is only a few more months before my twentieth birthday.”
Yi Zeyang was breathing very heavily at this point
Gu Anhao regained her composure as she started explaining and narrating the entire situation to Yi Zeyang in a calm manner.
“Are you serious?”
“No matter what it is, we are already officially married so is there any need to talk about whether I am serious or not?” Anhao asked as she glanced at him. “It’s the same thing as you getting engaged. Everyone already knows about it. So, it does not really matter whether you are serious or not because it is a fact anyway…”
“That is completely different!”
Yi Zeyang interrupted Anhao before she could finish her sentence again. Anhao paused for a moment because she could not understand why Yi Zeyang was so angry at her.
Perhaps it was simply because he still regarded her as his sister, and as her brother, he must be feeling very hurt because he did not know about her marriage at all.
“My engagement is all just a show! You should also know the situation that Yishi Group is facing in A City, and you should also understand the importance of a partnership in developing a shopping mall! We are just pretending to be in a commercial marriage for the time being! This does not mean that we are really going to get married! Firstly, there is really nothing going on between the two of us. Secondly, we have not even shared the same bed before! All that we have ever shared was the engagement ceremony, which was all just a show to me. Lastly, we did not even get the priest’s blessing, nor did we get our marriage notarized! Everything is fake!”
Yi Zeyang explained himself as he looked at Anhao with a frown on his face. “So, what in the world happened between Zuo Hancheng and yourself? How did you get involved with someone like him in the first place? Tell me what exactly is going on! It is absolutely impossible for you to be married to him!”
“Why is it impossible? I already told you that age is not a problem! I am already an adult. Even though I am still attending high school, this is not illegal anyway! Nothing is impossible!”
Anhao turned her back to him as she refuted his statement. “If there is nothing else that Professor Yi wants to talk to me about, then I guess you have already said everything that you wanted to say. I am going to head back to my classroom to study now.”
“Anhao, I do not know what kind of sufferings you have gone through over the past few years but how can you get married to someone like Zuo Hancheng at such a young age? If there is something that he is using against you, then you have to tell me! If you continue hiding the truth, there is no way for me to help you at all!”
Anhao suddenly paused in her tracks when she heard his voice from behind. After that, she continued moving forward.
“Anhao! You are not a child anymore. You should be more responsible for your own life. Marriage is not child’s play. It is a serious matter.”
Anhao did not reply as she focused on walking out of the grove.
“The only girlfriend that Zuo Hancheng ever had and acknowledged is Rongxue! The only woman that he has ever loved in this life is also Rongxue! How could he have any emotional attachments to you? Anhao, can you please tell me the truth? I know for a fact that Zuo Hancheng is definitely not in love with you so why would he marry you?”
Anhao’s stopped in her tracks immediately.
Rongxue?
Who is Rongxue?
When Yi Zeyang realized that Anhao had already stopped walking forward, he continued staring at her solemnly. “Even though the incident and relationship between Zuo Hancheng and Rongxue have never been publicized to the public, it is a well-known secret in the business and commercial world! Otherwise, why else do you think I am forcing you to explain yourself to me?”
Gu Anhao turned around to look at him.
Anhao did not even know if the young woman who walked out of Deways Hotel with Zuo Hancheng the other night was Rongxue.
What was even stranger was the fact that Yi Zeyang was so calm and indifferent as he spoke to her.
Why was he accusing her of not loving herself? Why was he accusing her of getting married so casually? Why would he be telling her all this?
When Yi Zeyang saw that Anhao was standing still as she stared at him, he walked toward her immediately.
It was only until he had gotten much closer to her and was looking right into her face that he realized that she was already at the age of a young girl who should be spreading her wings. Yi Zeyang raised his hand and placed it at the back of her head before forcing her to face him directly.
As Anhao stared blankly at him, he asked her, “Anhao, I am not an outsider. Just tell me the truth…”
Anhao clenched her fists tightly together and after thinking for a short while, she felt that there was no need to hide anything else. If she were to keep concealing this matter from Yi Zeyang, then this misunderstanding would gradually develop into something much more intense and complicated. This was not what she wanted.
Moreover, Yi Zeyang was only one small reason why she had gotten married in the first place and everything else had nothing to do with him. Therefore, even if she explained the situation to him, it was not a big deal anyway.
“When I found out that you were engaged, I dragged Chunchun out for a drink that night…”
Anhao stared right into his eyes as she started explaining everything to him in a low voice. During the entire process, Yi Zeyang was holding onto her wrist and it felt as though he was crushing her with his strength. Anhao endured the pain and she raised her eyes to look at him with a sad expression on her face.
After that, she continued explaining herself, “I was in the bar that day as I was very upset about your engagement. I am sorry but at that time, I must have gotten a little drunk…”
However, Yi Zeyang seemed to have turned a deaf ear against her apology as he continued staring at her in an indifferent manner…