Marriage Contract (9)

When Lu Yi pressed down, he whispered: “Close your eyes.” 

The other party closed his eyes very well, his red lips pursed slightly, and he was ready to kiss.

The two were very close, so close that the other’s long eyelashes could touch his cheeks, and his eyes reflected the other’s magnified face, and then there was a brief interplay of lips and teeth.

Very soft lips, with the taste of lemon mint he liked, the temperature was just right, very sweet, very suitable for kissing.

When he let go of the opponent, Lu Yi’s mind came up with such an evaluation. When he let go, the other party put his arms around his waist, close to his chest, trying to deepen the kiss.

But Lu Yi quickly returned to reason. He raised a finger to the other’s slightly moist lips: “The rehearsal is over, Mr. Yu.” 

The man’s voice sounded in his ears, and the name was too unfamiliar, letting Yu Ke calm down.

At that moment, he wanted to hold the other’s fingers and deepen the ambiguity between each other, but seeing Lu Yi’s handsome and calm face, reason made him give up this behavior, he let go of the hand that was holding Lu Yi, he stepped back two steps, and the other party ended this short and restrained kiss.

Western-style weddings do not involve the couple worshiping and then sending them to the bridal chamber¹. According to the established arrangement, after this romantic kiss, the wedding ended here, so today their rehearsal also ended here.    

Because of that not long kiss, Yu Ke’s face was dyed a beautiful pink, but Lu Yi was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty. He turned his head and glanced at the locked door: “Time is running out. It’s early, you can go back to your room.”     

Yu Ke couldn’t help asking, “Is it the same when you kiss Fang Chuan? Polite and restrained?”     

Although the kiss was short, he could feel that Lu Yi was not a novice, the movements were smooth and neat, and there was no jerky feeling at all.

This question was somewhat personal, but the two people had just kissed, and the ambiguous atmosphere in the air had not yet dissipated. Even if this was a rehearsal, treating each other coldly was a bit unkind.

 Lu Yi decided to answer this question face-to-face. He said: “No, of course not.” 

The young man’s beautiful face looked even more lost, and his voice was like lemonade that had been soaked for a long time, with a faint bitter taste: “I’m really jealous.”

After saying such a bitter sentence, the other person’s face lit up again. “But I should be thankful that his taste is not very good, otherwise, I might have not met someone I really like.”

This was obviously saying that Fang Chuan had no eyes, and expressed his love to him by the way.

Lu Yi’s expression was a bit subtle for a moment: “You seem to forget that one of the important reasons Fang Chuan ran away from the wedding was because he had difficulty facing you. In a way, Mr. Yu, you also caused the previous embarrassment. You are one of the culprits for this situation.”

With ten years of getting along, he could guess what Fang Chuan was thinking now, because the person he liked came back, he wanted to flee in order to protect Yu Ke, otherwise his beloved person would be suppressed by the family’s elders, he bravely assumed all responsibilities, and except for leaving a letter stating that he had not been kidnapped to report safety, he did not tell anyone. 

Yu Ke was a little embarrassed, but he quickly argued for himself: “But this is a mistake made by Fang Chuan. You can’t just sentence me to death because he likes me. You are a fair person, you can´t be unreasonable.”     

Lu Yi asked him, “For you, feelings should be reasonable?”    

Yu Ke was not the first person to express his affection. But feelings, this kind of thing is different from gold. Gold can maintain its value. Even if time passes and mountains and rivers change, it still exists.     

The change in feelings may only be due to a word, a kiss, or even an inadvertent look. Its uncertainty is too great, and it does not need reason.

“Of course, relationships don’t need to be reasonable, but I think that since you have chosen me and I have agreed to this request, it shows that we have a special relationship. Any relationship is caused by fate, isn’t it? “

Lu Yi’s tone was rather cold, “In fact, I was irrational once in my life and chose Fang Chuan. As a result, I got the biggest humiliation in my life.”

All the facts were telling him, proving to him that there was no good end to being irrational.

Yu Ke said: “You’re giving up eating because you choke once.”

Although he walked among the flowers and thought that human nature was evil, he also believed in the existence of love and enjoyed its beauty.

“Mr. Yu, I think you should realize that you are just my employee.”

“But I think we can have a further relationship, don’t you?”

Yu Ke put his hand on his lips, and his eyes were bright. Looking at the other party: “You don’t hate me.”

Lu Yi was different from him. The other person was a very serious person. Although he said rejection, he just took a step and quickly retracted, unexpectedly considerate.

If the other party could accept this kiss, it showed that there were many possibilities between them.

Lu Yi’s attitude was ambiguous and unclear. Every step seemed to tell him that he could go further. And Yu Ke had always been a person who liked to make progress.

“You said just now that you chose Fang Chuan because you were irrational. Then you chose me also because you were irrational. Since you don’t hate me, why can’t we give it a try.” He took a step forward, and Lu Yi But he didn’t retreat as he thought.

What Yu Ke said was wrong. In fact, he chose him because of his sensible behavior, but on this point, he felt that there was no need to argue with the other party.

He glanced at his watch again and reminded him: “It’s ten o’clock in the evening.”

Since they met, Lu Yi has looked at his watch many times. He was a very time-keeping person. Therefore, he also valued ​​the time concept of his collaborators.

Yu Ke glanced at the clock in the room. He didn’t quite understand why Lu Yi suddenly came up with such a sentence: “Yes, it’s ten o’clock now, what’s the matter?”

Lu Yi explained, “Unless you work overtime, at this point, it’s my time to rest. Mr. Yu, you interrupted my rest, and I think if you continue to entangle here, it will delay your time to recite the information.”

Lu Yi’s face had completely taken away the gentle and ambiguous expression, the youth’s expression was calm and indifferent, as if it was not him who had just contended with Yu Ke.

Yu Ke couldn’t help feeling a little frustrated: “In your heart, there is only the contract. Is it so difficult to admit that you have a good impression of me?”

He had always been a love at first sight type player. Taking the initiative to attack, breaking up was also done simply and neatly, never procrastinating.

If he didn’t like them that much, but he thought they were a good suitor, he would fish for them for a while, but he would get a good grip on them. When he met Lu Yi by chance, he could neither advance nor retreat. For the first time in this ambiguous relationship, the initiative was in the hands of others.

Lu Yi sighed, but his attitude was calm: “I never said I hated you, even I wouldn’t pick someone I hate for a temporary wife.”     

Playboys often possessed the charm that attracted people, whether it was looks, talents, or money. Yu Ke himself was a very charming person, otherwise, it would not have been possible for Fang Chuan to think about him for so many years.     

There were good feelings, but it was the same as Yu Ke’s good feelings for him, which were based on appearance and other external conditions. This kind of goodwill was too shallow, like a bubble, it would be broken with a touch.     

“Since you don’t hate it, or even like it, why can’t you give it a try?” Yu Ke asked unwillingly, men should be brave and decisive.

Obviously, when they met today, the other party was very decisive and pushed forward step by step, leaving him no choice. Still, Lu Yi became indecisive as soon as he encountered feelings.

Lu Yi looked at Yu Ke quietly for three minutes of precious time: “Mr. Yu, we haven’t known each other for more than twenty-four hours.”

“For some people, as long as I see them in the crowd, I know if they are the right person or not”

He didn’t think there was anything wrong with them talking about being together so soon after they met. They had even done things like getting a marriage certificate, so what was wrong with falling in love after marriage?

“Yu Ke, I know you better than you think, but you don’t know me.”Lu Yi’s eyes were deep,”I’m different from the people you’ve been dating, and I’m not as good as you think. Don’t try to play with fire.”

When he spoke, he didn’t mean to flirt at all, but warned from the bottom of his heart: “Be careful to catch the fire.”

Notes

1.  In a traditional wedding, the couple has to worship the parents and the heavens, and then the bride will be sent to the couple’s room to wait for the husband until the end of the ceremony. ↩︎

Marriage Contract (8)

Lu Yi thought about it for half a minute and replied: “Yes.”

“Actually… wait a minute, what did you just say, yes?”

Yu Ke, who was ready to be rejected, and wanted to come up with option B, was stunned by Lu Yi’s simple and neat reply.

“I said yes.” Compared to Yu Ke’s pretending to be innocent and cute before, he really appreciates the unpredictable expression of true feelings by the other party.

The corners of Lu Yi’s lips curled up slightly: “As long as it is a reasonable request, I will consider it.”

He paused briefly and added: “However, for the rehearsal, we have to wait until after dinner. except for this matter, any other questions?”

“No, no more! Let’s go to dinner right away! I can’t wait to taste Nanny Wang’s craftsmanship.” He couldn’t wait to rehearse right away.

Because there were guests at home, Nanny Wang specially cooked her own specialties, and the table was very rich.

Lu Yi was an only child. There were four people eating at the table, Lu Yi’s parents, Lu Yi, and Yu Ke.

Regarding the contract, Lu Yi called his father personally afterwards and informed him of the situation. Mr. Lu was a thorough businessman, consciously unable to think of a better idea than this, and could understand his son’s difficulties, plus he trusted Lu Yi. With Lu Yi’s vision, he would naturally not make things difficult for the “extras” he chose.

The three members of the Lu family were all very particular about life. Nanny Wang’s craftsmanship was comparable to that of a five-star chef. Yu Ke had a sweet mouth and a wide range of knowledge, he could say a few words to the topics Lu’s father casually said.     

Lu Yi occasionally added a few sentences. Although he didn’t have much contact with Yu Ke, the other party’s opinions and certain aspects of accomplishments were indeed beyond his expectations. If there were no such surprise as Fang Chuan, they might have become friends in the future. 

An unintentional embarrassment, an intentional flattery, coupled with Lu Yi’s help in the middle of adjustment, the meal could be regarded as a good for both the host and the guest.

After dinner, Lu Yi brought Yu Ke upstairs, and took out the key to open the door of a room: “This is a room prepared for guests at home. You will sleep here today.”

The guest room in front of him was very well decorated. The warmth, beauty and comfort were comparable to the presidential suite of a five-star hotel, but Yu Ke was still quite disappointed: “Don’t I sleep with you?”     

He really wanted to see what Lu Yi’s room was like, but he couldn’t sleep, so he could go in and have a look, roll around on the other person’s bed and get his scent.  

Lu Yi turned on the light in the room and put the key on the desk: “If there is no accident, you might live here forever.”     

If it was only the day before the wedding, Yu Ke could still bear it, but he heard Lu Yi’s words from behind, his eyes dimmed, and he stood at the door of the room and did not go in: “But we have obtained the certificate. We are legal partners. If we have to cooperate, it would be better to sleep together, right?     

Newlyweds sleep in separate rooms. Wasn’t this telling others that the relationship between the two of them was not harmonious? 

To prevent the other person from thinking that he was too far-reaching, Yu Ke added: “I sleep well, I never snort, nor grind my teeth or sleepwalk in the middle of the night, nor will I disturb you. If you mind, I can also just sleep on the floor. I just think it’s more conducive to the execution of the contract if I sleep in the same room. After all, that’s 10 million. If I don’t perform my duties, I would be ashamed.”

He looked very sincere, and the suggestion was also based on the perspective of the employer. He looked serious, as if he didn’t have any selfishness. 

Lu Yi looked at him for a while: “That’s something afterwards. I will consider it after the wedding. You sleep here today.”

Since he was five years old, he had slept alone. He was not used to and did not like sharing the same bed with others. Although Yu Ke was now his nominal wife, in fact, They had only known each other for less than a day. 

He glanced at his watch again, to be precise, it had only been 9 hours, 12 minutes and 31 seconds since they met.

Even the subordinates who had worked for him for several years would not be allowed to sleep in the same room with him during business trips, not to mention that the Lu family had more than seven vacant rooms.

Yu Ke didn’t talk about where to sleep anymore, only said: “Then we have finished eating now, what about the rehearsal? Let’s start now?”

What he was thinking about was the rehearsal.

Lu Yi looked at the bathroom in the room and frowned slightly: “Wait here for a while, I will ask Nanny Wang to prepare toiletries for you. By the way, if you can, please take a shower. It’s best to wash your hair.”

He was tossed at the club for a long time in the afternoon. Yu Ke had the smell of men’s perfume that he didn’t like, and his hair was all hairspray.

Yu Ke: …

Well, this young Director Lu still had some shortcomings. But people were not perfect. If you look at it in another way, didn’t it mean that Lu Yi was a man of flesh and blood?

After half an hour, Yu Ke spit out the mint-flavored toothpaste bubbles from his mouth after bathing, and rinsed his mouth with warm water, and contained a lemon-mint-flavored mouthwash. He looked at the mirror and showed a standard smile.

Very good, the teeth were white and neat, and the smile was full of contagiousness, but there seemed to be something wrong.

Yu Ke lowered his head and glanced at his collar. As expected, the Lu family was very serious. Even the nightgowns were all of a well-deserved style, and they even had buttons.

After thinking for a second, he stretched out his hand to unlock the second button of his pajamas, and pulled it down again, revealing his sexy and beautiful collarbone.

After finishing the preparatory work, he walked out of the room with slippers and walked all the way to the end of the second floor, and then knocked on the door: “Mr. Lu, I’m ready.”

Lu Yi opened the door from the inside and saw Yu Ke in his nightgown, with a serious expression said: “Mr. Yu, is this what you mean by being ready? The rehearsal is not a trifling matter. If you decide to rehearse, I hope you can correct your attitude, for example, on clothing, do you plan to appear in front of guests in your nightgown the next day?”

He was not in the slightest tempted by the big beauty who came to his door, instead, he became stern because of the other party’s nightgown: “I am now beginning to doubt the authenticity of the professionalism you have talked about.”     

Looking at Lu Yi in a suit and leather shoes, Yu Ke became stern. The white face flushed red: “Sorry, I didn’t think about it. Wait five minutes for me, and I will change my clothes immediately.”     

There is no point in arguing whether you have made a mistake in front of your boss or employer.     

Yu Ke flew back with his feet open, changed his clothes quickly at the speed of the military training period, and ran back quickly.     

This time the door was closed. After hesitating, he knocked on the door of the room.     

Lu Yi’s voice came from the room: “Come in.”     

Lu Yi was holding a pair of rings and a gospel book in his hand. He heard the door creaking and being opened by someone, and then gently closed by someone, and then locked.     

He turned his head and looked at Yu Ke who had changed his clothes. He didn’t say much. When the other party walked over, he stood up, then stretched out his hand and straightened out the other’s collar.     

“At the wedding tomorrow, do you want to notify your parents to come over?” There was originally this link at the wedding. As his wife, Fang Chuan held hands with his father, and then walked across the long red carpet and handed it over to him. 

But the wedding between Yu Ke and him came suddenly, so what he thought was to be replaced by Fang’s family, but if Yu Ke wanted his biological parents to do this, it was not like he could not meet his requirements.     

He added: “The wedding may be broadcast in the media. Although it is not as exaggerated as the wedding of the century, your parents are likely to see it.” 

When it comes to his parents, Yu Ke’s expression looks a bit low. “My parents died for some reason when I was eight years old. Later, I was raised by my uncles and aunts. Now I don’t have much contact with them.”     

Lu Yi was silent for a while, his voice apologetic: “Sorry, I didn’t know.”

“It’s okay, you didn’t know, it’s good news for me” No one liked to be picked on, and Lu Yi didn´t know himself much, which in fact pleased him a little.

“If you are interested, I will tell you personally in the future, but for now, let’s rehearse first.”

The young man’s low and sweet voice sounded in the room, like a long-lasting mellow wine: “Dear guests… Mr. Yu, do you take Mr. Lu for your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?”

It was obviously just a rehearsal, not in the sacred church. But Yu Ke was still inexplicably nervous, his palms were wet with sweat, and he solemnly said: “I do.”

He went on, listening. He felt a little trembling: “Mr. Lu, do you take Mr. Yu for your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?”

Lu Yi: “Yes, I do”

As soon as Lu Yi’s words fell, Yu Ke couldn’t wait to say: “Next, Mr. Lu can kiss his bridegroom. “

Actually, this line was not quite right with the script, but it was too disappointing to correct the words now. The young man let out a sigh of relief, then took the other person’s face and kissed him neatly.

Marriage Contract (7)

After placing the person in the study, Lu Yi went downstairs. When he came down, Ms. Lu was talking to Fang Chuan’s mother, Qin Lan. She was very angry at first, but when Lu Yi came, she still hoped to solve the problem in a peaceful way. 

Lu Yi stood next to his mother and saw Ms. Qin in the video call, who was Fang Chuan’s mother.

He nodded slightly and signaled: “Hello Auntie.”

Seeing Lu Yi’s face appear on the screen, Ms. Qin’s expression was relaxed: “Lu Yi, you are here, your mother just said that tomorrow’s wedding will not be canceled, and the groom will be replaced, What’s the matter?”

Ms. Lu gave her son a mouth shape and whispered: “I just talked about this topic.”

Lu Yi didn’t have so much time to waste, and said bluntly: “It means literally. I hope you can cooperate with us at the wedding tomorrow.” 

The parties all spoke, and Ms. Qin’s face suddenly became very ugly: “No, Lu Yi, Auntie also watched you grow up. Fang Chuan is not sensible, but you know his character is very timid. And it’s only been a day and you got a new guy. If you tell the truth, people will think you’ve done something wrong first, right?”

This was talking soft but hard, the underlying meaning was to accuse Lu Yi of derailment first, and that her son ran away only after he found the cheating. Otherwise, based on Lu Yi’s identity, family background and personality, how could it be possible to grab someone to get married at random.

Lu Yi’s tone was very calm: “Auntie Qin, my mother may not have cleared up some details with you just now, which caused you to have a certain misunderstanding about me.”

This kind of attitude was right, Qin Lan’s face was slightly relieved, Lu Yi hit the hammer and said “I did find someone else, and I got married with him. The secretary is already helping me contact the hotel, replacing all the signs with the wrong name, and I will apologize to my uncles for the wrong name on the invitation. “

Ignoring the face of the other party that suddenly became extremely ugly, he went on to say: “The name of the other bridegroom, you should be very familiar with it. poppy’s Yu, Ke form Mu and Ke”    

When he said the last sentence, he also specially changed his voice and learned how Yu Ke introduced himself, his tone was soft and gentle, and it seemed to have a small hook in it.    

Qin Lan immediately saw that handsome boy smiling at herself ten years ago. Her expression changed from ugly to hideous. She also ignored the amiable masks of the elders, and sternly scolded Lu Yi, “What does this mean, are you humiliating our Fang family?!”     

She wouldn’t doubt Lu Yi. After all, Yu Ke had just returned to the country a few days ago. Lu Yi temporarily chose to obtain a certificate from Yu Ke, which was obviously revenge against her family´s Fang Chuan.

Ms. Lu’s hot temper was aroused, she squeezed her son away: “Qin Lan, you can figure it out, my son is the victim! Why, let your son escape because of love and fear. My son was thrown into such an embarrassing situation. Now my son has come up with the solution, and you are not cooperating. How old are you, yelling at your junior?!”    

Qin Lan flushed as her friend crackled and scolded her. She bowed her chest together, and her momentum was weakened by three points after Ms. Lu made a fire: “A Fang¹, we have known each other for more than 20 years. Who am I? Don’t you understand? We are all decent people. There is no need to make such a stalemate, right?”

Although she was very reluctant to give up Lu Yi as her son-in-law, there was no way to make up for what her son did wrong.

She made the mistake and had to take a step back: “In this way, when something like this happens, we can also understand Lu Yi’s anger. When the child comes back, I will definitely take him to the door to apologize to you. If you find someone else, this auntie won’t say anything. But if you want me to recognize Yu Ke, a vixen, as a godson, absolutely not.”   

Earlier, Ms. Lu talked to Qin Lan about her son’s plan, she wanted to persuade Qin Lan to recognize her godson. The Fang family and the Lu family agreed on the same terms, saying that the secretary made a mistake, and that the one who married Lu Yi was Fang family’s distant relative.

In this case, the Lu family and the Fang family were still regarded as in-laws, and the cooperation wouldn´t be suspended.

Because the two were family friends and the other was the mother of his future partner, Lu Yi had always treated Qin Lan gently and politely, but at this time, he changed his former gentle and courteous posture and put on a face of business affairs: “Aunt Qin, letting you recognize my new wife as a godson is just an offer for your face. If you are unwilling, there will be no loss for me.”

He paused briefly, and then finished: “You watched me grow up and know what my temperament is, I will never make changes to the things I’ve decided. In fact, it takes such a long time to explain to you because of my respect for you. Later I will personally inform Uncle Fang, I believe he can understand my difficulties.”

After saying this, he motioned to his mother to hang up.

Lu Fang had seen the gentle attitude of Lu Yi to Qin Lan. The sudden indifference of her son towards Qin Lan made her somewhat unaccustomed, but no matter whether she was used to it or not, she must be on her son´s side: “Is it all right? Do you want me to persuade her again?”

She felt that it was too stiff, and Qin Lan, such an arrogant person, would definitely disagree.

“Don’t worry about this, mom, although I have known her for less time than you, believe me, I know her better than you.”

For Fang Chuan, he spent a lot of energy studying Qin Lan’s preferences, of course, including everything that the other party hated, feared, and valued.

Compared with face, the Fang family paid more attention to the actual benefits. Qin Lan valued ​​face, but she valued ​​her husband even more.

Of the reasons why he spent time talking to each other in person, one, as he said before, was for the dignity of the two families, and another reason was because he wanted to appreciate the embarrassment and annoyance of the other party.

Seeing that Fang’s family was unhappy, he would be in a good mood at the wedding tomorrow.

Loving mothers often lose children, and Fang Chuan’s parents’ education failure had brought him such a big humiliation.

His tone was calm and determined: “Don’t worry, she will cooperate.” 

After confirming the progress with the secretary, he personally called Fang Chuan’s father, and then returned to the study after two hours.

When pushing the door open, Yu Ke was memorizing the contents of the materials. After graduation, he had rarely used this speed to memorize things.

While fully concentrating on reciting, he subconsciously made some habitual movements, and did not notice the sound of the door opening at all.

So when Lu Yi came in, his hair was very messy and beautiful, and the pen on the desk was clamped to his right ear.

He was like a primary school student who was caught by the strict class teacher on an errand. He stood up suddenly, stammering: “Lu…Lu Yi, why did you come in?”

“Two hours have passed.” Lu Yi pressed the switch on the wall, “The light is so dark, why don’t you turn on the light?” 

“I was so absorbed in memorizing that I forgot.” He took the pen off in a hurry, his face was still flushed, and he bit his lower lip lightly, looking embarrassed.

“Sit down, I’ll ask you a few questions.” Yu Ke wasn’t the only one playing tricks in front of him, but the good-looking ones always took advantage, Lu Yi didn’t reveal the other party’s performance and opened his chair to sit down in a rather flat tone.

“I have finished memorizing the content before page 57. You can test me.”

He was so confident that Lu Yi disrupted the order and picked more than 30 details, and the other party answered all of them.

“That’s enough for today. Let’s go and eat first. Let’s not waste the food that nanny Wang has carefully cooked.” He closed the information in his hand and thoughtfully added, “Do you have anything you don’t eat, like spicy?”

“There is nothing to avoid, I can eat spicy food.” In fact, he was once sent to the hospital for eating spicy food. He gave up chili, but if socializing, he would also stretch out two chopsticks.

“The taste in my house is relatively light. If you don’t think it tastes good, you can go to the kitchen to get the hot sauce.” After meeting once, Lu Yi couldn’t really immediately treat the other person as his wife and treated him rather politely.

Yu Ke hurriedly added: “I also like to eat light food, but I can eat a little spicy.”

Lu Yi nodded, “If there is no problem, let’s go down first.”

“Wait a minute, I have a question.” The young man’s voice stopped him from turning around.

Lu Yi paused for a while, then turned his face, “Do you have any questions?”

“It’s the process of the wedding. Except for the replacement of the bridegroom, everything else should follow the above, right.”

“Yes, is there any problem with the process?” This is a process that he had repeatedly confirmed, so there shouldn’t be any problems in theory.

“I saw it said that there was originally a dress rehearsal, but due to time constraints, I couldn’t do it. But after all, this is my first time getting married. I will inevitably be nervous. I think…that’s it, only the two of us are needed. Can I rehearse some of the steps?”

Lu Yi raised his eyebrows: “What do you mean?”

“It’s the priest reciting the oath, and then exchanging promises, the next step.”

He learned the priest’s tone in the film and television drama, Read the lines of the rehearsal script in a circumflex: “Next, Mr. Lu can kiss his bridegroom.”

Notes

1. Lu Yi´s mom is called Lu Fang. ↩︎

Marriage Contract (6)

Lu Yi’s hand on the steering wheel slipped, and his expression was slightly subtle: “Not sleeping.”

He didn’t turn his face to look at Yu Ke, but from the corner of his eye, he could see the youth’s beautiful face expressing deep disappointment. “But Mr. Lu, providing you with a harmonious X life is one of my responsibilities as a wife, isn’t it?”

Lu Yi continued: “The rules I said earlier do not include this one, and it will not become your job content.”

“I can work overtime, for free “

Lu Yi´s voice sank: “You have overstepped, Mr. Yu, please correct your attitude, do not ask things outside of work. “

“Okay, I’ll pay attention.” Lu Yi was cold, but he could stir up people. His heart just burst into flames, but he was poured down with a basin of ice water by his unkind looks, giving him the chills.

He struggled a bit because of the cold. Before getting off the car, Yu Ke asked again: “you would definitely not treat Fang Chuan like this. I know I’m just a partner, but out of my own appreciation of you, can I ask, the reason why you don’t want to sleep with me, is it because I don´t look good?”

Out of courtesy, Lu Yi carefully measured the other person’s current appearance. Because of the wedding tomorrow and the presence of the media, the photographer and stylist gave Yu Ke a thicker makeup, highlighting the contours of his facial features, making him look more gorgeous and compelling.     

He said according to his own aesthetics: “As far as I am concerned, your previous look was better, but now it´s not ugly.”     

Before, both Yu Ke´s clothes and makeup alleviated the impact of the facial features, and the outline was much softer and looked very comfortable.

Lu Yi’s answer was that it was not because of his appearance. Yu Ke glanced at his look in the rearview mirror. This makeup was more magnificent and more combative, his lips were painted red. It looked a bit cold and noble.  

“But when I was in the club before, you praised me for looking better.” He heard Lu Yi say this before, thinking that the other party liked this type more.

Humans are visual animals, and he originally planned to put on this kind of makeup every day in the future. If Lu Yi didn’t like it, it wouldn’t be worth the loss.

Lu Yi’s tone was flat: “Your classmate was there at the time. This was just the right choice based on interest and considerations.” Businesses are just talking about each other. Lu Yi had never spared his praise of his partners.

If the other person looked good, he would boast of being handsome. If ugly but well-educated, he could praise their talents. If there was nothing but money, he could praise each other’s children for being outstanding.

In all fairness, Yu Ke was indeed outstanding, and his praise was not against his will.

It didn’t sound pleasant. If it were someone else, Yu Ke would definitely complain about this person. But now Yu Ke saw Lu Yi and added a thick triple filter, and he directly listened to the cold and impersonal words as –I said so because I like you and want you to be happy.

“Since you don’t like it, then tomorrow I will dress according to myself? Your feelings are more important to me than to please those who don’t matter.” Every word of Yu Ke was always the same. He was showing good to the man in front of him, but his tone was natural and equal, and he wouldn’t make people think he was flattering.     

“For the wedding, this is better now.” Lu Yi explained a few words. He took back his hands on the steering wheel and glanced at his watch: “Tomorrow’s wedding is scheduled at 12:15 noon. Before that, could you recite the information I gave you?” 

Yu Ke thought about the thickness of the stack of materials, smiling very confidently: “Of course, but can I apply for a cup of coffee tonight? Or a can of Red Bull? I have confidence in myself, but for the first wedding, I still want to be 200% ready.”    

Lu Yi was very satisfied with the positive attitude shown by his new wife: “Just follow your own pace. I’ll take you to see my parents.”    

Yu Ke suddenly realized what it meant for Lu Yi to come himself. He suddenly became nervous, and his expression changed from full of confidence to nervousness: “Wait a minute, what do I do? Wouldn’t it be too rude if I didn’t buy anything?”    

This was the legendary meeting with the parents.

Lu Yi was a little surprised. He couldn’t understand why Yu Ke suddenly became so nervous: “I’m just taking you to see my mother to explain the situation clearly. I repeat it again, from now on to the end of the wedding, as long as you are responsible for doing what I ask you to do, don’t care about irrelevant people. Tomorrow, try to talk as little as possible and leave the rest to me. Do you understand?” 

A sharp tongue was a good attribute, but on some occasions it would only be more wrong, Yu Ke didn’t know anything now, and he couldn’t expect too much.

Yu Ke nodded, indicating that he knew. In fact, he still wanted to ask about the topic at the beginning, but time was tight, and now was not a good opportunity for flirting. It would obviously be annoying to ask more.

They would be together for a long time, when the wedding was over, he would surely let Lu Yi live with him and fall in love.

Lu Yi didn’t know what was going on in this person’s head. He led the person directly to Ms. Lu: “Mom, I have already arranged the wedding. This is my marriage partner for tomorrow’s wedding.”

He walked to the side and gave way to Yu Ke, who was hiding behind him: “Yu Ke, this is my mother.”

Yu Ke showed a super cute smile: “Mom, I am Yu Ke, Poppy´s Yu, Ke from Mu and Ke”

The sweet “Mom” scared Ms. Lu. She looked at her son, and then pulled Lu Yi aside, muttering softly, ” Lu Yi, Could it be that you were cheating on Fang Chuan? He caught you and that’s why he ran away?”

Lu Yi explained, “It’s just a temporary marriage for one year. I paid him a salary of 10 million for the year, and currently I have paid a deposit of 1 million, the remaining 9 million will be paid after one year.”

Ms. Lu was a fashionable person, and she realized that they married by contract. She did not expect that one day, such a bloody plot would happen to her son.

However, this kind of thing happened when the fiancé ran away temporarily, and it was understandable for her son to do so: “Why does this person’s name sound familiar?”

Lu Yi affirmed her mother’s words: “He is the first love who made Fang Chuan live and die for.”

Ms. Lu, who had seen the big wind and waves, suddenly fell silent, then clicked, and put her chin back, she persuaded earnestly. “Son, although the Lu family is very important, but your mother has only a son like you. Your happiness is the most important thing. There is no need to wrong yourself so much.” 

It was said that the Fang family and the Lu family were equal, but in reality, the Lu family’s status in City B was higher. Otherwise, both sides were sons and only children. So, why was Fang Chuan married in, instead of her family’s Lu Yi.¹?

He was just such a son. If he liked men, then he liked men, and she wouldn’t force her son to harm girls.

To be honest, she brought together Lu Yi and Fang Chuan at the time. One was because the other party knew their roots, and the other was that Fang Chuan was soft-tempered, warm like a little sun, with similar family background, and not far behind in terms of consumption.

Lu Yi was like his father, cold and impersonal. Only when the two children complement each other could life be better. She really wanted her son to live happily. The marriage between the two families was only incidental.

Lu Yi looked at Ms. Lu: “Mom, I, your son, am an adult. I know exactly what I do, and I will not joke about my marriage easily. Since I decided to choose him, it means that I think he is the most suitable person to get married at this stage, and it’s only a year of marriage. Whether I have been divorced or not, it will not lose your son’s charm.”

Well, when the son grows up, she can’t be the master, Ms. Lu gave a look: “mother listens to you, you can handle it yourself. You are responsible for the replacement of the bridegroom. I am responsible for the Fang family.” 

It was originally the Fang family who was sorry for them, and now the Lu family found a solution, the other party should also cooperate.

“Thank you, mom.” Lu Yi thought about it, then added, “Also, mom, I love you.”

“This kid, what’s the point of a family talking about thanks?” The sudden sensation made Ms. Lu’s eyes red.

The look of her tears fell in the eyes of Yu Ke, who had been secretly looking here, shocking the essence of the “Vixen”.

Could it be that he was too enthusiastic just now and scared Mr. Lu’s mother to tears?

Lu Yi and Ms. Lu said a few more words, then walked to Yu Ke: “Come upstairs with me.”

Yu Ke whispered, “Auntie?”

“I’ve already told her, in front of outsiders you can call her as before, she will cooperate with you.” 

People in their family, even if they were ugly inside, they must show family harmony outside. Since Yu Ke was his wife in the legal sense, it was reasonable to change his words.

Yu Ke nodded seriously, his expression was very serious and solemn: “I see, husband!”

Lu Yi almost choke on his saliva, he slowed down a little: “This is my home, you don’t need to call me that.”

Dedication was a good thing, but Mr. Yu was obviously a bit too dedicated.

“I remember, my dear.”

Forget it, changing the name made it easier to enter the show, Lu Yi gave up the idea of ​​correcting the other party.

“Go upstairs, you have two hours, and I will check how much you can recite.”

The wedding had been prepared for nearly a month, but the bridegroom had changed temporarily. There were still many things he had to deal with.

For example, how to get Fang Chuan’s mother to recognize the “vixen” as her godson.

Notes

1.  When a woman marries a man, she marries into the husband’s house/family, the husband’s family is her new family and it’s supposed to be more important than her own left behind family. In this case both Lu Yi and Fang Chuan are men, so Fang Chuan was the one married in, treated as the girl, implying that his status is lower than Lu Yi´s. ↩︎