Mr.CEO, Please Sign the Divorce Agreement
Chapter 302: A Marriage, A Transaction

Chapter 302: Chapter 302: A Marriage, A Transaction

Fu Shinian perhaps cared about the old lady much more than anyone thought.

Xu Yansu’s silence made Fu Shinian impatient, and just as he turned to step away, she reacted and stepped forward to block him. Fu Shinian lowered his eyes to look at her, scoffing disdainfully:

"What do you want to do now?"

"I can make the old lady regain consciousness." She looked at him seriously, "What you want, I can give you."

Fu Shinian didn’t show any happiness, just watched her, without even a hint of surprise, making Xu Yansu feel somewhat uneasy under his gaze:

"Why are you looking at me like that? Don’t you believe it?"

"It’s not that," Fu Shinian said, "I’m just wondering what else you would want from me, because you, someone like you, would never do anything without benefit, right?"

"You know very well what I want."

Fu Shinian didn’t speak.

"Isn’t it possible? Didn’t you say the old lady is very important to you? If she is really that important, why don’t you even have the courage to marry me? Or is it that you’re just putting on the act of a dutiful son and grandson? Maybe you don’t really care about her that much."

"You don’t need to provoke me." Fu Shinian laughed lightly, "I just think you are foolish."

"How am I foolish when I’m getting what I want?"

"What do you want with a marriage that has no emotional foundation? Are you trying to burden yourself?"

"That’s not something you should worry about. I am only asking you, would you trade your marriage for the old lady’s life?"

Fu Shinian didn’t immediately answer, not because he didn’t want to or didn’t know the answer, but because under Xu Yansu’s aggressive tone, he was reminded of someone: five years ago, someone also boldly stepped in front of him, offering to marry him with her kidney as the dowry.

That time, Fu Shinian didn’t refuse.

This time, Fu Shinian couldn’t refuse either.

However, there was still a difference between the two situations; after all, the first was passive, this time he had actively enticed Xu Yansu to do this, the situation now was merely the outcome he had anticipated.

"What? You won’t agree?"

"Are you sure about this?" Fu Shinian looked at her, "Marrying me, I can’t give you love, at most it will just be a marriage in name. I won’t consider you important, let alone be sincere with you. In my eyes, you will just be an adornment, I will definitely not have feelings for you, don’t even think about growing love over time or using time to change me, I will never feel anything for a woman who hurts my relatives."

Fu Shinian was resolute in his words, leaving no room for possibilities. He even blocked all possible outcomes for Xu Yansu after marriage. He knew the risks were high, and it might even make Xu Yansu back out, but he had to do it. Only by showing his most genuine side, could Xu Yansu believe that their transaction was real.

Xu Yansu looked at Fu Shinian, and for a long time, she didn’t speak. She was thinking, weighing, and deciding. The wait was so long that Fu Shinian almost lost patience, but fortunately, she finally gave her answer:

"I don’t know if I will regret this in the future, I only know that if I don’t marry you, I will regret it for the rest of my life. Even if the life after marriage is completely different from what I imagined, even if you will never like me or love me, I accept it. That’s my fate, but I still want to marry you."

Fu Shinian sneered:

"Fine, I agree to your terms. You save my grandmother, and I’ll marry you."

After saying this, Fu Shinian left the gym, and Xu Yansu stood there, watching his retreating figure, and chuckled bitterly to herself.

Not long after Xu Yansu returned to her room, there was a knock on the door. At this hour, aside from Shi Lihua, no one would disturb her. Reluctantly, and not wanting to talk more, but understanding Shi Lihua’s temper, she could only go over and open the door to let her in.

After Shi Lihua entered, Xu Yansu went about her business, completely ignoring her until Shi Lihua spoke coldly:

"What have you and Fu Shinian been talking about in the gym for so long?"

"Just his health issues and about the old lady, he cares a lot about it."

"Really?"

There was a brief pause in Xu Yansu’s skincare routine, she turned to look at Shi Lihua behind her:

"Why come and ask if you don’t believe me?"

"You better not hide anything from me, otherwise those things I have won’t necessarily stay hidden forever."

Xu Yansu looked at her, smiling faintly:

"You know how much I care about those things. Even if I wanted to betray you, I wouldn’t have the guts."

"That’s for the best."

After Shi Lihua left, Xu Yansu became sullen, thinking about how to completely eliminate the virus in the old lady’s body without Shi Lihua knowing. Although the virus had been in the old lady’s body for three years, and given her poor health, it was very likely that even if it were eliminated, she might not return to her original state. But she still had to try; only then might Fu Shinian possibly marry her.

Actually, thinking back, the leverage Shi Lihua held over her wasn’t really significant; after all, Fu Shinian wouldn’t like her anyway. Whether he knew about those things or not, it seemed he really wouldn’t care.

However, Xu Yansu didn’t expect that the next morning she would receive a call about Su Mu Studio cancelling their contract. She was eating breakfast at the time of the call, Shi Lihua wasn’t there; she hadn’t been around much lately, and even if she did come back, she would leave after a short while. She said this old house gave her a thirst for blood.

When she saw Lin Ning’s number, Xu Yansu thought the call was to discuss specific details about the photo shoot, but it turned out to be nothing like she had imagined. Hearing what Lin Ning said over the phone, she immediately furrowed her brow:

"I don’t understand why you would make such a decision? Yesterday I had already been to your studio, and everything had been settled, the contract was also signed. If there were any issues, why didn’t you mention them at that time? What’s the meaning of going back on your word now?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Shinian glanced at her, and Xu Yansu smiled awkwardly, then walked over to the French window.

A contract cancellation? Fu Shinian chuckled lightly, almost exactly as he had anticipated, but how did Su Mu know the bridal photos were of him? She had only met Xu Yansu once, and a year had passed; could she still clearly remember Xu Yansu’s face? Fu Shinian wondered if he should feel happy about this.