Chapter 203 Destined

Without waiting for her to answer, he continued, "I could have not waited, and I could have married according to my family's arrangement, but I didn't. What does this mean? Don't you understand?"

He Fei spoke directly, his eyes filled with genuine emotions as he looked straight at her.

Fang Yutong was shocked by his words, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the answer in her heart was about to come out.

Yes, he had many choices, and now he was doing this just for her.

She asked with a choked voice, "Then you don't blame me for leaving without saying goodbye that year?"

"I think I know why you are like that."

"Then you..." Did he know that she minded his marriage?

So it might really be because of her that he broke off the engagement with Xiao Qingmei, even though he clearly denied it that day.

"Yu'er, why didn't you come and confront me back then? I had no intention of accepting that marriage."

There was some helplessness in He Fei's words, but these words also made everything clearer.

He had no intention of accepting his family's arrangement, and he had no intention of marrying that childhood sweetheart.

"But, will your family listen to you?"

What Fang Yutong is worried about is whether you can make your own decisions in your family, and whether you will listen or not if something like this happens again in the future.

"So that's what you're worried about."

Fang Yutong continued to explore carefully, and finally He Fei discovered something.

Feeling her thoughts being seen through, Fang Yutong looked down, her eyes darting around everywhere.

Her reaction further confirmed He Fei's guess.

"If I hadn't been able to decide my own marriage, then you would have seen me as a married man now."

Yeah, she should have thought of it earlier.

"Now, do you have any other concerns?"

Fang Yutong shook her head obediently and was temporarily silent.

"Then I'll take this as your consent and come back to me, okay?"

He Fei raised his hand and touched her head, feeling very nervous, afraid that she would reject him again.

Who would have thought that after a brief silence...

"good."

Her voice was light and faint. When it reached He Fei's ears, his body felt as if it was hit by an electric current. His mind went blank. He even thought that he was hallucinating because he was expecting too much.

It could also be that the scene he had dreamed of suddenly came true, causing him to feel it was unreal.

"Yu'er, you didn't... lie to me."

Fang Yutong's face was still a little hot at this time. She figured it out. Since He Fei had the dominant position in his marriage, she had nothing to worry about. The hidden danger of the disparity in their status no longer existed.

Moreover, he had been waiting for her, and there had been no woman around him all these years. She could see his determination, and she was willing to give it a try.

After all, she had never forgotten him.

It feels good to follow your heart.

Fang Yutong nodded, "Yes, but you have to do what you say."

"I will."

He thanked fate for its kindness in allowing him to recover his lost treasure.

…

In the private room, everyone had left, leaving only Su Mi and Xiao Xuanjin.

She could smell the faint scent of tobacco on him and knew that he had just gone out to smoke.

Generally speaking, she knew he would smoke only when he was upset.

Thinking that he might have noticed something, Su Mi calmly picked up his coat and put it on, "Let's go too."

Xiao Xuanjin put on his coat, walked up to her, and tidied up her hair that was pressed under her coat. "Are you full?"

"I am full."

She looked up into his dark eyes and asked carefully, "Honey, I want to ask you a question."

"You say."

"If I had not appeared at the University of Washington and had not met you, would you have married me?"

After all, it was he who had facilitated this marriage, and it was because of the hatred he had for her at the time. If that had not happened, would he still have accepted the marriage?

"Although the question you asked does not exist at all, assuming that this is possible, then, I will."

"Why? Would you marry a strange woman?"

Xiao Xuanjin lowered his voice, his eyes showing a calm and composed mood, "The premise of my dislike for arranged marriages is that I can't let you go in my heart. If you are not the premise, then I will probably just go with the flow in marriage, and it doesn't matter who I marry."

If he had never liked anyone when the two families decided to get married, then it wouldn't matter who he married.

So, when his family arranged for her to be his bride, he would still accept it.

Perhaps, they were destined to be together, and he could foresee that even if they had no interaction before marriage, he would still be attracted to her after marriage.

After Su Mi heard this, the thoughts that had been running through his mind seemed to finally come together.

Yes, even if they don’t know each other, as long as both parents are interested in the marriage, they will still be together.

They are not tied up in the present because of their past.

Because even if not, they can still be together.

Thinking of this, the shadow that lingered in my heart finally cleared up.

"So, we really are destined to be together." Su Mi smiled brilliantly, her almond-shaped eyes trembling with curled eyelashes, making people's hearts itch.

Xiao Xuanjin put his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him, "Su Su, we are inseparable."

"Well, they are inseparable."

Su Mi took the initiative to hold his neck, pressed her lips against his, and kissed him gently, lingering on him like a dragonfly skimming the water. After leaving quickly, she buried her head in his chest, "Honey, I think I finally understand something."

"What is it?"

Of course, the reason why the system came to her at that time was probably because she was Xiao Xuanjin's future wife.

There is no such thing as a system. If things develop normally, they will still become husband and wife.

There seemed to be some kind of connection between them, so the system let her complete the task. x|

Although a lot of damage was done at the time, fortunately, they were able to accept each other again.

"I understand...nothing is a coincidence."

…

Return to Jinhua Residence.

After taking a shower, Su Mi went into the study.

She lay over the table, holding a piece of paper, and scribbled down the process of her original task.

I was thinking to myself that the ringing of the bells meant that the mission had reached a stage, not that it had been completed.

And Gu Muqing's bell was obviously different from hers.

He said that the bell was related to her. Was it really related to her? Then under what circumstances would it ring?

Does she have to like him for this to work? She doesn't think so.

If he was on the same mission as me, why had he never confessed his feelings before? Moreover, the missions of the two systems could not be contradictory.

The system has clearly pushed her towards Xiao Xuanjin, so why does Gu Muqing have to come out to stop it now?

This does not make sense.

Could it be that his system mission was not to capture her, but to break up her and Xiao Xuanjin?

In the past, she was not sure whether the world did not allow her to be with Xiao Xuanjin, and whether their union really violated something.

But now, she was absolutely sure that they were allowed to be together.

The deliberate arrangement back then and the subsequent marriage were all leading them together.