Xu Yizhou entered the room and saw Yang Qiaoqiao. He greeted her, "Sister-in-law, you're here today too."

Yang Qiaoqiao nodded to Xu Yizhou, "Dr. Xu, what brings you here..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Yizhou picked up the lunchbox and shook it, saying, "Bring food to Yingzi."

As he spoke, he excitedly placed the lunchbox in front of Luo Yingzi, "I made you mushroom and chicken today, please try it."

Luo Yingzi's face, which was already red, turned even redder, like a monkey's bottom.

She muttered in a slightly reproachful tone, "What are you doing? Didn't I tell you I didn't need you to bring me food?"

We're not even related. What will others think if they see you doing this?

Although Luo Yingzi said she was unwilling, her eyebrows and eyes were filled with a shy smile.

This shows that she was not indifferent to Xu Yizhou.

Upon hearing her words, Xu Yizhou immediately became anxious, "Luo Yingzi, you can't just kick me while I'm down! What do you mean we have no relationship?"

I've already gone home with you to pay New Year's visits and met your parents. Your elders even gave me a red envelope and told me to take good care of you. I'm waiting for you to have time so I can take you home to meet my parents, and then my parents can go to your house to propose marriage. Once we've settled things, we'll get married.

"You're telling me now that we're not together anymore? Aren't you a heartless man, toying with my feelings?"

Xu Yizhou was so anxious that he rattled off a whole bunch of things like a firecracker.

Even Yang Qiaoqiao, an outsider watching from the side, felt as if this strong man was about to break.

Luo Yingzi was stunned by what he said. When she came to her senses, her face turned so red that it looked like it could bleed.

She quickly grabbed Xu Yizhou's clothes and said in a panic, "Don't shout here!"

Xu Yizhou looked at her with a long face and a wronged expression, "Then do you want to take responsibility for me?"

Luo Yingzi: ...

“Come upstairs with me and we’ll talk.”

Luo Yingzi quickly pulled Xu Yizhou upstairs.

Xu Yizhou stood stubbornly in place, "No, now everyone knows I went to your house and got engaged to you. My reputation is ruined."

Give me a straight answer: are you going to take responsibility for me or not?

A row of black lines appeared on Luo Yingzi's bright red face.

What does a grown man like him have to worry about reputation?

Moreover, it was clearly his own suggestion that he go home with her, pretend to be her boyfriend, and help her cover up the situation so that her parents wouldn't keep pressuring her to get married.

Now he's making a scene here as if she were the scumbag who seduced and abandoned him.

"Okay, okay, I'll take responsibility for you. Come upstairs with me first, let's have a good talk, okay?" Luo Yingzi said as she pulled Xu Yizhou upstairs.

Xu Yizhou's lips curled into a triumphant smile.

When Yang Qiaoqiao saw this scene, she felt a toothache.

Tsk, she finally understood why Huo Beixiao, who was so serious in front of outsiders, could act like a rogue in front of her.

So that's the kind of people his brothers are.

They're all birds of a feather.

Yang Hongying was now enjoying the show and had completely forgotten her earlier unpleasantness about recruiting new people taking away her commission.

She watched with delight as Xu Yizhou and Luo Yingzi went upstairs, and asked, "Qiaoqiao, how long do you think it will be before we can eat Dr. Xu and Yingzi's wedding candy?"

Yang Qiaoqiao was still a little confused.

She only went to Beicheng once in the last month or two, and then she was busy with other things when she came back, so she saw Luo Yingzi and Xu Yizhou less often.

How did they get to the point of discussing marriage?

Seeing that Yang Qiaoqiao didn't know what had happened, Yang Hongying quickly pulled her aside and explained it to her.

Yang Qiaoqiao then learned that Luo Yingzi had been pressured by her mother to get married before the New Year, and Luo Yingzi was so annoyed by the pressure that she was also very worried at the shop.

When Xu Yizhou came to the store to buy clothes, he learned what Luo Yingzi was worried about.

He offered to go home with Luo Yingzi to meet her elders, saying that he was Luo Yingzi's boyfriend and that he would help her avoid her family's pressure to get married.

Luo Yingzi initially refused, feeling that it was really not a good idea.

But she was really annoyed by her family's constant urging, and Xu Yizhou kept tempting her with all sorts of benefits for taking her back home. In the end, Luo Yingzi couldn't hold back and agreed.

Who knew that after Xu Yizhou went home with Luo Yingzi, he really started to identify himself as Luo Yingzi when he came back. He brought Luo Yingzi meals every day and would ask her to go shopping or watch movies after get off work from time to time.

The more Yang Qiaoqiao listened, the more she felt that Xu Yizhou had been planning this for a long time.

It's hard to believe that Xu Yizhou, who was hiding in this small town to avoid his family's pressure to get married, would be so cunning and calculating after falling in love.

Judging from their expressions, this good news must be really close.

upstairs.

Luo Yingzi stared at Xu Yizhou for a long time before finally asking, holding her breath, "Xu Yizhou, what exactly do you want?"

Xu Yizhou looked aggrieved and sighed, "Hey, Yingzi, to be honest, we're both in the same boat."

Do you know why I, a person from Shanghai, would come all the way to a small place like Yunxian? It's because my family is pressuring me to get married. I don't want to follow their arrangements, go on blind dates, marry a woman who seems like a good match, and spend my life having children.

Luo Yingzi sighed upon hearing this.

When she was at home, she thought she could find a man with good character and a decent family background, get married, have children, and live a long life together.

But after coming to work in the city, she discovered that it wasn't the life she wanted.

She feels that she can now earn her own salary, support herself, and help her family. She is independent and self-reliant, which is great.

But if she gets married, even if her partner is willing for her to continue working, he'll probably make her hand over her money to her family, which she's unwilling to do.

Xu Yizhou noticed that Luo Yingzi had frowned.

Knowing she was starting to think about what he had said, he quickly pressed on, saying, "Luo Yingzi, actually, this is what I'm thinking. Anyway, your family is pressuring you to get married, and so am I."

"You don't want to really get married, and I don't want to really get married either, so how about we just go through the motions of getting married, and then continue living our separate lives like this?"

"Anyway, my parents live far away in Shanghai, and your parents won't come to live with us. They have no idea how we live our lives."

Upon hearing Xu Yizhou's words, Luo Yingzi stared at him with wide eyes.

She thought that Xu Yizhou's act of pretending to be her boyfriend and going home with her was already excessive and unconventional enough.

Who would have thought that Xu Yizhou could even come up with the idea of ​​a fake marriage?

Ironically, she was actually somewhat tempted by Xu Yizhou's proposed fake marriage plan.

Just as she was considering agreeing, she glanced at Xu Yizhou, suddenly realized something, and asked him in shock, "Why would you even come up with the idea of ​​a fake marriage? You don't actually like women, so you're just lying to me into marrying you to cover it up, right?"

Xu Yizhou:......