Chapter 184 Marriage Certificate
Xie Qi snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Xie Xuchuan quickly stepped forward and stopped the person.
“You have absolutely no connection with the Xie family. Even if you stayed here, you wouldn’t feel at ease. So leaving the Xie family is the right decision you could have made.”
Xie Xuchuan said anxiously, "But you can't take Yuanzhu away. Your marriage to Yuanzhu is illegitimate and improper."
“Yuanzhu is now my wife. If you still have any sense of propriety, you should stop calling her by her maiden name. You should call her by her full name…”
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Xie Qi's eyes: "Fourth Aunt."
Xie Xuchuan's face stiffened, and then he said, "Xie Qi, what kind of fourth uncle are you to me? With your status, you will only make Yuanzhu suffer from the contempt of others in the future."
“She has never suffered such injustice since she was a child, you…”
"I don't know if Yuanzhu will suffer from disdain because of my identity, but she has been affected by a lot of gossip because you cheated on her with someone else and were forced to break off the engagement."
Xie Qi's gaze slowly slid across Xie Xuchuan's face, and he couldn't help but sneer, "Xie Xuchuan, Yuanzhu is my wife. What right do you have to decide whether she stays or leaves?"
Xie Xuchuan said, "What about you? You have nothing. How will you support Yuanzhu if you leave the Xie family? Are you going to live off Yuanzhu's dowry?"
"Xie Qi, you and Yuan Zhu were never meant to be together. Now that you have your proper status, shouldn't you put everything back on the right track?"
"If you're willing, I can send someone to help you find your birth mother."
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi smiled sarcastically: "I'm sorry to trouble you, nephew. My biological father is in the east courtyard of the Xie family."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Xuchuan and said, "But I'm very curious, what is your status and what gives you the confidence to let your fourth aunt stay in the Xie family?"
"What, you and your niece-in-law together support her, and you think you can support my wife better than I have?"
Xie Qi crossed his arms, a growing rage rising within him, but his face remained impassive.
"Your wife?"
Xie Xuchuan's eyes reddened slightly: "Your marriage certificate is fake. The names and birth dates on your marriage certificate are all fake. What kind of couple are you?"
He stepped forward and tossed the item in his hand to Xie Qi.
That was the marriage certificate that the Shen family had returned to him.
Xie Xuchuan said, "Yuanzhu and I are what the book 'Sanming Huitong' calls a 'couple', a predestined fate."
"How can you, a person of unknown birth and lowly origin, be worthy of her?"
During this time, he watched Shen Yuanzhu and Xie Qi go in and out together every day, and his heartache was beyond words.
Now, he has finally found a glimmer of hope to take Yuanzhu back from Xie Qi.
Xie Qi opened the red marriage certificate, looked at the red paper annotations tucked inside, and lowered his eyes without saying a word.
He had read the same annotations countless times, and even memorized them perfectly.
Countless days and nights, he would recite those lines: "Like the moon reflected in an autumn river, a long and lasting marriage, a perfect union with many children and grandchildren..."
He remembered every single word on it clearly.
But now, the birthday of the two of them, a match made in heaven, is not his and Yuanzhu's.
Xie Qi looked at it, then casually tore the marriage certificate and its annotations to shreds.
"Xie Xuchuan, are you brainless?"
He spread his long, slender fingers and dropped the red scraps of paper from between them, one by one.
Looking at the red stains scattered on the ground, Xie Xuchuan's eyes welled up with tears. He felt that the marriage certificate was like his and Yuanzhu's predestined relationship, now withered and scattered.
How could Xie Xuchuan be willing to accept this?
He raised his head and said, word by word, "Xie Qi, you not only stole my birthday, but also stole my marriage with Yuanzhu."
"Xie Xuchuan, even without me, Yuanzhu would not have chosen you."
After saying that, Xie Qi turned and left.
"Without you, Yuanzhu would never have been able to marry someone else."
Xie Xuchuan grabbed Xie Qi's collar, and a faint fragrance wafted by, a scent he was very familiar with.
Suddenly, Xie Xuchuan's eyes reddened and tears fell.
He's been getting increasingly scared lately, and he's tried several times to convince himself that things have come to this point, so he should just let it go. But every time he sees Yuanzhu and Xie Qi together, his heart aches.
He was still unwilling to accept that his childhood friendship with Yuanzhu would be gradually replaced.
Xie Qi pushed Xie Xuchuan away and straightened his clothes.
"Xie Qi, give her back to me."
Xie Qi: "Idiot."
"She doesn't like you. Forcing her to stay by your side will only cause her pain."
Xie Xuchuan bent over, tears falling one by one onto the shattered marriage certificate scattered on the ground.
Looking at him, Xie Qi was also filled with many thoughts.
Over the years, he was jealous of Xie Xuchuan and also envied Xie Xuchuan. He hated Xie Xuchuan when he saw him being pampered. When he was young, he even wanted to take Xie Xuchuan's place.
But now he is grateful.
He didn't care what a perfect match Xie Xuchuan and Yuanzhu were; all he knew was that Yuanzhu was now his wife.
Xie Qi stepped forward, stomped on the red scraps of paper on the ground, and then crushed them into the soil little by little.
"She loves me."
Xie Qi squatted down and looked at Xie Xuchuan, who looked disheveled: "She said she loves me and will love me for a long time, and that's when our marriage will truly last and our family will be harmonious."
"And just as the annotation says, they will live in harmony, with many children and grandchildren."
"ha……"
Xie Xuchuan said, "Are you dreaming? I've known Yuanzhu for ten years, how could I not understand her personality?"
"Xie Qi, besides money, Yuan Zhu wouldn't like anything in just a few months, let alone love you."
He and Shen Yuanzhu were childhood sweethearts and had a very deep relationship. How could he dare to say that Shen Yuanzhu loved him?
He hadn't understood Yuanzhu's personality before, but he understood it all when the engagement was called off.
She just looks obedient and compliant.
"Xie Qi, do you dare to come with me to Tiqi Courtyard?"
Xie Xuchuan got up and pulled Xie Qi toward Tiqi Courtyard.
Xie Qi pushed his hand away, stood still for a moment, and then followed him.
He believed in Yuanzhu, and even more so, he believed that Yuanzhu loved him.
If I didn't love him, why would I be so passionately entangled with him every day?
Everything Xie Xuchuan said was just to deceive him, to trick him into giving up Yuanzhu.
Lightly brushing off the wrinkles on his sleeves that Xie Xuchuan had gripped, Xie Qi said coldly, "My nephew sincerely invited me, how could I refuse? It's just that I'll have to trouble my pregnant niece-in-law."
"..."
Xie Xuchuan pursed his lips, but did not utter a rebuttal.
As soon as Xie Qi leaves Yuanzhu, he will immediately go to Yuanzhu and explain everything.
Once the truth comes out, Yuanzhu will forgive him.
Xie Xuchuan gripped his sleeves and headed towards Tiqi Courtyard without looking back.
Having lived in the Xie family for so long, this was Xie Qi's first time visiting Xie Xuchuan's Tiqi Courtyard.
Tiqi Courtyard is about the same size as Qianxiang Courtyard, and its furnishings and amenities are second only to Suxuezhai.
Xie Qi looked at it, but no longer felt the indignation he used to have.
When the two entered the courtyard, Jiang Wansu was sunbathing in the courtyard. She was quite surprised to see Xie Qi.
She is doing well now; her belly has grown quite a bit, and she no longer appears sickly or weak.
Because she was pregnant, she was naturally not allowed to participate in the family funeral.
Seeing Xie Qi enter the hospital, she stood there stunned.
Xie Xuchuan glanced at Caihuan, who understood immediately and led Jiang Wansu into the room.
"We've arrived. Go in and take a look."
Leading Xie Qi to the door of a side room, Xie Xuchuan unlocked the brass lock and pushed the door open.
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