The entire private room suddenly fell silent.
Lu Chuan, his face full of gossip, asked, "Did I hear that right? You're getting married?! Lao Ji, who are you marrying?"
Ji Hanchen lowered his eyelids, his thick eyelashes concealing the disgust and irritation in his eyes. He sneered, "Who else could it be?! Someone the old man arranged."
Lu Chuan gasped, "Holy crap, the person your old man arranged wouldn't be that Xu Jia, would he?"
The elite circles are always well-informed, especially for a prodigy like Ji Hanchen, who is almost always secretly keeping an eye on this top heir.
So the news that Xu Jia forcibly hugged and kissed Ji Hanchen at the door had already spread.
Lu Chuan and Shen Luo were close to Ji Hanchen and had long known that Ji Huai had arranged a marriage for Ji Hanchen with Xu Jia.
Shen Luo frowned and asked in a deep voice, "You actually admitted it?!"
Ji Hanchen's brows furrowed, and he gripped the crystal glass in his hand tightly, his fierce aura emanating from every pore. "The old man suffered a stroke and can't handle any stimulation. He's set his sights on Xu Jia."
Lu Chuan and Shen Luo both fell silent.
After a long pause, Shen Luo chuckled, "Our marriage has never been decided by us."
"As long as those old geezers think a woman is suitable to be a wife, they will force you to marry her, regardless of whether you like her or not, and regardless of whether you have a woman you like in your heart."
"Han Chen, it doesn't really matter who you marry."
Shen Luo's own marriage came about in this way, so she can very well understand Ji Hanchen's feelings at this moment.
Lu Chuan, usually unrestrained and unconventional, merely curled his lips into a slightly mocking smile this time, without saying a word.
Shen Luo looked at Lu Chuan, "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Lu Chuan put his hands behind his head, leaned back on the sofa, and said sarcastically, "What did I say? If I told you I've been married for five years, would you be shocked?"
Shen Luo sat up abruptly. "Are you serious?!"
Ji Hanchen frowned as well, "Five years?"
Lu Chuan sneered, "The old man in my family just got the marriage certificate for me without even discussing it with me. I didn't even go to the Civil Affairs Bureau."
"Damn, those old guys are so powerful. They own the Civil Affairs Bureau, and they can issue marriage certificates anytime they want."
After a pause, Lu Chuan grinned again, "So Lao Ji, you're luckier than me. At least you know what kind of person you're marrying. I don't even know what my wife looks like."
Shen Luo sneered, "So what if I know? In the end, it's not what I like."
Lu Chuan pouted, "Shen Luo, don't be ungrateful. Your sister-in-law is so generous and dignified, what are you still making a fuss about?"
"I think you're just being stubborn and won't admit that you like her."
Shen Luo sneered, "I like her?"
Lu Chuan pouted again, "If you don't like it, why did you take the insulated lunchbox with you when you came back from the hospital today?"
“I asked around, and the food inside wasn’t cooked by your wife Chen, but by my sister-in-law.”
Shen Luo crossed his legs, his expression cold and wicked. "I fed it to the dogs."
Lu Chuan's eyes widened. "Holy crap, you're ruthless! If I were your wife, I would definitely divorce you!"
Shen Luo sneered, "She only forced me to marry her for money, so how could she be willing to divorce me?"
Hearing Shen Luo's certainty, Lu Chuan remained noncommittal.
Human hearts are made of flesh and blood; Xia Chu could not warm Chen Luo's heart, and she would not continue to wait in the same place.
Xia Chu was Shen Luo's wife.
Her marriage to Shen Luo caused quite a stir back then, and it's still brought up from time to time.
Ji Hanchen grew increasingly irritated as he listened. His thick eyebrows furrowed deeply, and he poured himself another glass of strong liquor, which he drank alone.
"Don't drink by yourself, come and drink with us." Lu Chuan leaned over.
Shen Luo felt inexplicably angry because Lu Chuan mentioned Xia Chu. She took the wine glass and handed it to Lu Chuan, saying in a cold voice, "Fill it up."
Outside the door, Xu Jia was acting suspiciously, having overheard the entire conversation between the three of them.
She was so excited that she ran home immediately.
"Mom, Mom!" Xu Jia shouted as she ran into the villa gate.
The maid reminded her, "Miss, the madam is in the Buddhist hall."
Liang Wanrou is a devout Buddhist. She built a Buddhist shrine in her villa and specially invited a large Buddha statue from a temple to worship. She would eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist prayers on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
Xu Jia rushed to the Buddhist hall, calling out, "Mom! Mom!"
Liang Wanrou was kneeling on the prayer mat, holding prayer beads in one hand, very humble.
Seeing her daughter barge in, Liang Wanrou's face darkened with displeasure, and she scolded, "Jiajia! This is a Buddhist hall. What if you disturb the Buddha by making such a ruckus?!"
Xu Jia clung to the doorframe, looking extremely petty. "Mom, Mom, come out, I have something to tell you!"
Liang Wanrou got up and walked out, very dissatisfied. "Why do you have to say it now?! When will you be able to have the demeanor of a lady from a prestigious family like Xu Qingyun?"
"Mom, Ji Hanchen said that Ji Huai suffered a stroke and can't be stimulated. If Ji Huai forces him to marry me, then he'll have to marry me!"
Xu Jia's voice was unsteady due to her excitement, and her eyes were wide open.
Liang Wanrou glared at her, "Ji Huai doesn't know yet that Ji Hanchen has taken you as his fiancée, otherwise he would force him to marry Xu Qingyun."
Xu Jia tilted her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said in a sinister tone, "Then let's just kill him, and Ji Hanchen will never know."
"Then we'll make a fake will and force him to marry me, otherwise he can't inherit the Ji family fortune."
Liang Wanrou was instantly enraged, so shocked she almost raised her voice, but thankfully she quickly lowered it, "Are you crazy?! Kill Ji Huai?! Are you tired of living, or am I?!"
Xu Jia pouted, "Didn't you tell me that anyone who gets in our way should be made to disappear forever? Didn't you kill my grandfather and Xu Qingyun's mother back then?"
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