Translator: CokeZero
Editor: Rainystars
During her three years in this city, Gu Xiao Xiao had never felt very settled or certain. But right at this moment, standing beside this man who was merely a stranger not too long ago, she felt strangely calm and safe.
Chu Yi Chen’s phone call lasted around 20 minutes. After he hung up, Gu Xiao Xiao turned her head and looked him in the eyes.
Staring into Chu Yi Chen’s dark eyes, Gu Xiao Xiao hesitated for a bit before asking, “Why me? Why did you agree to marry me? You should have a lot of other options.”
“If I am not wrong. I have answered that once already before,” Chu Yi Chen tussled her hair and said in a low voice.
“But I want to hear the truth.”
Back then, he said he needed a wife and she needed a husband. So they were getting married. But Gu Xiao Xiao now knows that many women want to be his wife. There was also no way that ridiculous night or the joking suggestion she made while she was furious would just get him to nod and agree to marry her.
Regarding marriage, Gu Xiao Xiao didn’t detest it. Or it could even be claimed that she has been dreaming about marriage since a long time ago. Because Mu Yun Fan had said to her that after their graduation, they would get married.
Looking back, Mu Yun Fan didn’t lie. It was just that his wife wasn’t her, and her husband wasn’t him.
“I don’t believe that there’s nobody who is gawking at you, this fat piece of meat.” Gu Xiao Xiao bit down on her red lips and stared at Chu Yi Chen with a serious expression. “What is your reason for choosing me?”
“So to the missus, I am a fat piece of meat.” Chu Yi Chen smiled. His calling her “missus” made Gu Xiao Xiao blush instantly.
Looking at Gu Xiao Xiao’s embarrassed expression, Chu Yi Chen answered while sighing, “You are right. There are many people who target this fat piece of meat. But, they are not you.”
Maybe Gu Xiao Xiao was unfamiliar with Chu Yi Chen, but to Chu Yi Chen, the words Gu Xiao Xiao were words he has been familiar with even before he returned to the country.
Three years ago, when Chu Xiao Xi gave up her spot at the ivy league school and stepped into University B with great determination, Chu Yi Chen has already ordered people to watch over her in secret and protect her.
The Chu family, in terms of raising their children, is typical in how they raise their daughter richly and raise their son poorly. Chu Xiao Xi, growing up, has always been the tender spot in everyone’s heart. Plus, because she was the victim of a kidnap case when she was little, it became Chu Yi Chen’s responsibility to protect her safety after she suddenly moved back to the country.
Chu Xiao Xi has all kinds of people around her and Chu Yi Chen had many ways to find that out. The first time she met Gu Xiao Xiao was from a picture. The picture of her was full of vitality and she was smiling very sweetly. Anyone who sees it would be influenced to be in a great mood. After that, there became more and more news about Gu Xiao Xiao. Not just from the photos or the documents he got his hands on, but when Chu Xiao Xi called him, she would occasionally mention this interesting girl.
Gu Xiao Xiao had a childhood friend who grew up to be her boyfriend. Chu Yi Chen learned this from Chu Xiao Xi. Therefore, that night, when the half-conscious Gu Xiao Xiao lied there on his bed from her drugged drink and when she grabbed onto his collar while crying and asked him in a mumble as to why he didn’t want her anymore, Chu Yi Chen’s heart ached for her.
Even Chu Yi Chen didn’t know when Gu Xiao Xiao rooted herself in his heart. But he knew that his decision to marry her was not one he made impulsively.