Chapter 14 I am her husband, legally
After paying the bill and leaving the supermarket, Jiang Shibai drove straight to a nearby flower shop.
The door curtain made of wind chime beads fluttered in the wind, and the pleasant sound startled the female owner in the house. She stopped tidying up the flower stand and looked towards the door.
The glass door was half opened, and a tall man followed closely behind a smiling girl, carefully stretching out his long arms to help her clear away the obstructions in front of her eyes. The difference in their body shapes was obvious.
Handsome man and beautiful woman, eye-catching and well-matched.
The female shop owner greeted them with a smile, "What kind of flowers would you like to buy?"
Xu Xian glanced at the gorgeous flowers in the flower shop and said softly, "Can you help me put together a few bouquets that are warm and sunny and brightly colored?"
"Sure." The female owner looked at them again and found that while the girl in front of her was talking, the man's eyes were always on her and never moved away.
"Alice, hyacinths and lilies are all good. I will use green leaves as decoration, and it will look very beautiful." The female owner said a few words and started to pick the flowers.
Xu Xian looked around and found that the vases in the flower shop were of good style. "Do you have any vases at home?"
Jiang Shibai wanted to say yes, but when he saw her staring at the vase, he changed the subject and said, "No, you can pick one."
"Okay, I promise to pick something beautiful." Xu Xian did not refuse. She liked beautiful objects. Those glass vases were very beautiful and suited her aesthetic taste.
Seeing her picking out a vase, Jiang Shibai glanced idly at the flowers, pointed at a mix of white and green flowers, and asked, "Hello, what kind is this?"
He didn't know much about flower varieties, he just felt that the bunch of flowers was very similar to the feeling Xu Xian gave him, clean and flawless, yet with a faint sharpness.
The female shop owner looked up and subconsciously introduced the flower, trying to attract customers. "Sir, this is a lisianthus. It symbolizes pure and innocent love and loyalty to love. It's a perfect gift for your loved one."
"You can give your girlfriend a bouquet. It's also known as the 'thornless rose', representing my unchanging love for you."
Jiang Shibai looked deeply at the white lisianthus and said in a deep voice: "I'm not her boyfriend."
As soon as he finished speaking, the female shop owner thought she had misunderstood the relationship between the two and was about to apologize, but she heard the man's next words.
"I'm her husband, legally."
His voice is very recognizable, deep and pleasant, with a bit of hoarse magnetism, which makes people's ears pregnant.
The deliberate emphasis on his identity shows how much he cares about his reputation.
Xu Xian, who was picking out vases not far away, also heard these words. He almost dropped the glass vase in his hand, and his curved eyes opened slightly, like a frightened kitten.
She remembered one thing: it seemed that they had never discussed whether to make their marriage public from the beginning to the end.
Their current status as superior and subordinate is really awkward. She doesn't want to be talked about in the company because of her relationship with Jiang Shibai, not to mention that they have no feelings for each other at all.
If colleagues started to make trouble or gossiped behind her back, Jiang Shibai would naturally not be affected much as he was the boss of the company, but that might not be the case for her.
It seems that I need to discuss the secret marriage with him when I get back.
On the other side, Jiang Shibai raised his thin lips and said to the female shop owner, "Pack a bunch of lisianthus for me."
Mr. Jiang, who was too proud, didn't know that his young wife was planning to have a secret marriage and not give him a legal status.
In the end, the two of them bought three bouquets of flowers and three vases and went home.
After returning home, Xu Xian had no reason not to take the medicine, so he could only drink it with gritted teeth. He ate a dessert and two candies before he could suppress the bitterness in his mouth.
With nothing to do, she could only trim the flowers she bought in the living room and put them in a vase filled with water.
Jiang Shibai was not as free as her. Yesterday's high-level meeting was cancelled due to some urgent matters and was moved directly to this afternoon. When he came downstairs after the meeting, three glass vases were already filled with flowers.
In Jiang Shibai's eyes, the gorgeous flowers were not as beautiful as the person arranging the flowers. The person was more beautiful than the flowers, especially Xu Xian who was standing behind the flowers. The flowers surrounded her face. She had no smile and looked cold and elegant.
Xu Xian was admiring her own masterpiece. When she heard the sound of unhurried footsteps, she looked up and met Jiang Shibai's deep eyes. She looked at him with anticipation.
"Mrs. Jiang is really clever and skillful. The flowers look even better than when I bought them, especially the vase, which makes the flowers look even more gorgeous." Jiang Shibai did not miss her glance and praised her without hesitation.
No one doesn't like to hear words of praise. Even though Xu Xian knew that Jiang Shibai's words were false, he was still very happy. It was the first time that Xu Xian showed a sincere smile in front of him.
The woman in front of him was so charming with her smile that she had curved eyebrows, fox eyes flashing with dazzling starlight, pink lips raised in an arc, and her cold face was smart and lively.
Jiang Shibai was stunned for a moment, his cold brows melted into water, and his lips unconsciously raised a faint smile.
Xu Xian assigned the positions of the vases, placing one in the living room and the other two in each of their rooms.
There were only two people at home, and she couldn't carry two vases by herself, so she had to ask Jiang Shibai for help, "Can you help me carry one upstairs?"
Jiang Shibai is willing to help others, but he always wants some benefits. Hearing her address, he felt inexplicably unpleasant.
"Xianxian, what is our relationship?"
He had also called her by this nickname in the supermarket. At that time, she was focused on the second half of Jiang Shibai's sentence and didn't notice how ambiguous the name was.
Xu Xian didn't understand why, but he still responded, "The relationship between superiors and subordinates, and... husband and wife."
As she finished speaking, she bit her lower lip lightly, leaving a mark on her red lips with the back of her teeth.
A subtle atmosphere spread between the two.
Jiang Shibai didn't mind her putting the superior-subordinate relationship before the husband-wife relationship. With a smile on his lips, he said in a mellow voice, "Since we are husband and wife, don't you think it's inappropriate for you to use honorifics for me?"
"But..." Even if Xu Xian stopped refuting, she was no match for Jiang Shibai in debate. He always had a lot of reasonable reasons waiting for her, and she could easily fall into the trap.
She has fallen into many traps in the past two days.
"I see."
Seeing that she was obedient, Jiang Shibai smiled silently, but the next second, the smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
Xu Xianchou carefully considered his words and spoke nervously, "I think we should not make our marriage public for the time being."
After saying that, those seductive eyes blinked, looking extremely innocent.
"The reason." Jiang Shibai suppressed his lost emotions, his expression was indifferent, and his thin lips were slightly pursed.
Xu Xian saw the change in his expression clearly, but he was not afraid. He just thought he was weird.
Logically speaking, why make a big deal about the marriage of your elders? It would be embarrassing if the divorce became a hot topic.
"I just want to work peacefully and don't want to be disturbed by outside noises. The company does not encourage internal employees to fall in love, and we don't have any emotional foundation." She didn't say the rest, but Jiang Shibai understood what she meant.
In the end it was because there was no affection between the two of them.
Jiang Shibai lowered his eyes in thought, and the living room fell into an eerie silence. Xu Xian's heart was pounding, and he stared at him nervously, waiting for his statement.
"I agree to keep our marriage secret at work, but we have to act like a loving couple in other situations." Jiang Shibai plans to take a step back. Since he can't do it all at once, he'll just take it step by step.
When Xu Xian heard the word "love", he was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what he meant. The newlyweds were so unfamiliar with each other that it was inevitable that people would be suspicious.
"make a deal."
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