Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 34 Pleasant Cooperation

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Pleasant Cooperation

"The conditions Mr. Xiao proposed are indeed surprising."

"Why surprised? Miss Gu should be happy. Don’t you want to see such a situation?"

"No."

Gu Nuan smiled faintly, causing the man opposite her to suddenly narrow his eyes.

"It’s completely illogical for Mr. Xiao, a businessman of such caliber, to help someone he has no ties with. An investor wouldn’t do something that defies logic. Therefore, before Mr. Xiao shows his true sincerity for cooperation, I cannot accept his proposal."

After her words fell, it was clear that the man opposite put away his previous casual expression. He was slowly spinning the white coffee cup in his hand, raised his eyebrows suddenly, and swept a sharp gaze across her face.

"My sincerity, Miss Gu should be able to guess, actually doesn’t need me to say much more." The man’s finger suddenly pointed at her, "Our goals are the same."

Gu Nuan’s heart stirred at once. Did this mean the man had some connection with Lin Yishan?

What kind of connection? The man’s last name is Xiao, Lin Yishan’s is Lin; they don’t share a last name. Were they ex-boyfriends and girlfriends?

For a man as debonair as he, it wouldn’t be unusual for him to have had many lady friends. The only oddity would be, could such a man have been dumped by Lin Yishan?

An arrogant man, extremely so.

Perhaps it was this arrogance that led to some dispute with Lin Yishan.

Gu Nuan found she couldn’t speculatively deduce much from these words at the moment, and it was clear that the man before her was unfathomable. Therefore, his wariness toward her and his not being frank, opting to test her first, were normal.

"Miss Gu can likewise test my fidelity during our marriage. If she ever discovers any unfaithful conduct from me, I am willing to divide half of my personal property to Miss Gu. All these will be clearly written into our transactional contract. Miss Gu is smart and can personally review each clause to see if I am deceptive. After all, Miss Gu can be confident that I cannot fool you."

Accompanied by the man’s succession of highly attractive and tempting conditions, Gu Nuan indeed felt there was no reason to refuse.

It was, after all, a contractual marriage. Besides, as the man said, if all men were of the same sort, picking one with wealth, power, and good looks to flaunt wouldn’t be bad.

Women should not shortchange themselves.

What’s most important is that this marriage could bring her something other than the generous compensation agreed upon. Just being married to a man like this could allow her to enter a completely different circle from before, the one harboring immense wealth.

Didn’t she study finance for this exact purpose?

"Please allow me to consider it."

"Sure, I’ll wait for Miss Gu’s answer." He checked his watch and added, "Today, if that’s okay? I need to catch a flight tonight; there are other business matters to address."

Business? He certainly didn’t seem like a ne’er-do-well. What was the true face behind this man’s façade?

Gu Nuan narrowed her eyes slightly again.

*

After descending the stairs, Zang Xiaolian waited for her downstairs with the driver to take her home.

On the way, Gu Nuan received another message from her mother, saying her grandfather seemed to be in a better mood and had agreed for all the younger members to go home. Both her father and mother would rush back before the evening.

Thinking there wasn’t much food in the fridge at home, Gu Nuan got off the car midway and bought some vegetables at the local market. Carrying her basket of vegetables, she passed by many familiar places on her way home, including the high school she and Wa Zicong had both attended.

The school, hazily viewed, hadn’t changed much in appearance. The teaching buildings and sports field looked the same. The gatekeeper might have been replaced, but the location hadn’t changed, the houses hadn’t changed, the gate hadn’t changed.

The school’s large signboard was certainly not going to change.

Gu Nuan suddenly realized something: everything might stay the same, but people changing is inevitable.

She was not one to dwell on the past without looking forward.

Without reason, he could pick a better life. So why shouldn’t she, Gu Nuan? Thinking about it, Wa’s mother’s words were truly like the ranting of a mad dog.

However, she certainly wouldn’t admit that she wanted to change her life just for revenge against him.

Her life also held value in investment. Gu Nuan would invest in anything that could benefit her and her family.

Was that man worth her investment?

When her father returned, he said he had received a call and went to meet old colleagues. Only her mother had hurried home. Whenever her daughter was at home, her mother never felt at ease leaving her alone.

This was because her mother would always subconsciously remember the incident when her daughter suddenly became deaf.

When she arrived home, Gu Nuan had just finished cooking the rice and was preparing to start cooking the vegetables.

Her mother pushed her aside, saying: "Let me do it."

Gu Nuan wouldn’t allow it, just as her phone began to vibrate.

Not knowing who was calling, anyone who knew Gu Nuan’s number should also know she was deaf.

As she went to the balcony to answer, she suddenly realized it was a video call.

The caller was indeed the only man to date who knew she could read lips.

"Miss Gu is indeed straightforward." The man in the video, sitting on a sofa, still in that cross-legged posture, but looking at her, held up a glass of red wine, "Here’s to the pleasant cooperation ahead."

Zang Xiaolian had given her the marriage application on the way back.

Gu Nuan turned to look at her mother in the kitchen: What would her mother think if she knew that she had married a wealthy man today?