Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Seeing Ye Xingbei’s amazement, Gu Junzhu suddenly laughed.
Being the overly handsome man that he was, there was this sort of captivating brilliance whenever he laughed.
As he rubbed Ye Xingbei’s head, unexpectedly, there was some intangible gentleness within those eyes, which were as beautiful as starlight. “I’ve heard the music that you play on the piano. It sounds very clean. You’re someone who willingly sacrificed her own youth as a young girl, reputation, and the most beautiful time of your life to raise a baby forced upon you by someone who had framed you. How could you possibly care about that bit of money from my Gu family?”
This was the reason why his dad wasn’t worried about allowing Ye Xingbei to marry him.
From the beginning to the end, his dad had never wanted Jiang Siyou or Jiang Lingyu. Even if the Jiang family wanted to let them marry over to their family, his dad would never allow it.
The daughter-in-law that his dad had wanted the whole time had always been Ye Xingbei.
Fortunately, the Jiang family was very cooperative. Upon hearing that he was about to die, they couldn’t bear to let Jiang Siyou or Jiang Lingyu become widows. Immediately, they set their sights on Ye Xingbei, who was living abroad.
Their actions just happened to follow his dad’s wishes.
This was the wife that his dad had selected very carefully for him.
Furthermore, his dad had said that if he dared to get a divorce, the former would immediately ram his head into his mom’s tombstone and kill himself.
According to his dad’s temperament, he was capable of doing what he had said.
So, why would he want a divorce?
Anyway, he didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
There was no choice but to dupe this little girl into pretending to be a legal couple with him.
They would pass their days one day at a time, at least to allow the old man to spend his later years in peace.
Divorce or whatever, could only wait till after the old man’s death.
Ye Xingbei was slightly surprised, “You’ve heard the tunes that I played on the piano before?”
“You composed and played a piano version of the poem, ‘Qing Ping Diao’ by yourself, right? Since we’ve decided to pretend that we’re husband and wife, then naturally, I need to understand you better,” Gu Junzhu looked at her with a slight curl to the corner of his lips. “After understanding you, I found out that I’m very satisfied with you! It is a great honor to have such a beautiful and talented wife!”
Ye Xingbei raised her brow, “I don’t believe that I’ve agreed to become a pretend couple with you, right? Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse when the opposite party’s not interested?”
Gu Junzhu laughed out loud and was about to speak when his cell phone rang.
As he turned on the phone to take a look, it was a piece of investigation material sent to him by his trusted aide.
Since he had made the decision to become a pretend couple with Ye Xingbei, of course he had to understand more comprehensive matters concerning Ye Xingbei.
As a result, he sent his most trusted aide to investigate about the things concerning Ye Xingbei.
He felt extremely interested in Ye Xingbei.
Therefore, the order he gave was that no matter the significance of the information—as long as it was about Ye Xingbei—he wanted to know about it.
Just now, his subordinate had sent him a piece of information that gave him an unexpected surprise.
This Jiang family’s secrets were very deep.
They weren’t simple-minded people, indeed!
Who knows how many other conspiracies were unknown to outsiders, hidden behind the lintel of their splendidly-decorated entrance as Jiang City’s topmost aristocratic family.
He already had a lot of inner speculations the moment he received this information but his expression remained calm and collected as he toyed with his phone. He lifted his eyes to look towards Ye Xingbei with a shadow of a smile, “Why don’t we make an exchange!”
Ye Xingbei frowned, “What?”
Gu Junzhu’s posture was lazy but his tone was filled with confidence that Ye Xingbei would agree. “Promise to be a pretend couple with me. Let me become your Xiao Shumiao’s dad and we’ll partner up to pass our days peacefully in the future. Then, I’ll tell you about your true identity.”
“What? Ye Xingbei looked at him with utmost shock. “What did you say?”
Gu Junzhu looked at her with pupils shining as bright as the northern star. “There are no parents who do not love their own offspring in this world. Haven’t you ever been suspicious about why your dad and mom would rather want Jiang Siyou—that adopted daughter—than accept you, their birth daughter?”