Chapter 490 Playing Couple
After consulting with a lawyer, Tang Shishi drafted two agreements under the lawyer's guidance and sent them to Yan Huai for review, with a message saying, "Your last proposal makes sense, and I agree. Take a look at these two agreements first. If there is no problem, we will sign them in front of the lawyer."
About ten minutes later, Yan Huai replied to her, "I have some questions. Are you free now? I want to talk to you in person."
Tang Shishi paused for a moment, "Then come to the coffee shop downstairs in my neighborhood. Call me when you're almost there."
"good."
Twenty minutes later, Tang Shishi came to the coffee shop, looked around, and saw that Yan Huai had not arrived yet, so she found a seat in the corner and sat down.
In less than two minutes, a well-mannered man appeared at the door of the cafe. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked elegant and knowledgeable.
He stopped and glanced around the hall. He caught sight of Tang Shishi and walked straight towards her. He smoothly pulled out the chair opposite her and sat down.
"Come on. Have you read the agreement? If you have any questions, you can raise them." Tang Shishi said.
Of course she may not agree.
Seeing Tang Shishi speak directly, Yan Huai said, "Then I'll be frank. My first question is, the agreement states that we need to play the role of a loving couple? What does that mean?"
Shouldn't it be a marriage by agreement?
"It means we won't get a marriage certificate, we'll just have the wedding. If necessary, we can forge a fake one."
Yan Huai: "..."
No wonder there was a second agreement regarding property.
Who gave her this idea? ! !
He stared at Tang Shishi in silence for a few seconds, his face serious as he disapproved, "It's easy to be exposed this way."
"No, as long as we have the wedding, will anyone bother us about whether we have a marriage certificate? Marriages by agreement will eventually lead to divorce anyway, so it doesn't matter whether we have a marriage certificate or not."
Tang Shishi raised her eyebrows and looked at Yan Huai, who was hesitant to speak, with a half-smile, "Or are you planning to tear up the agreement after the divorce and make it look real? If that's the case, then I don't think there's any need to continue the discussion."
"...Okay, next question."
Yan Huai lowered his eyes helplessly and compromised, "While we're playing husband and wife, the man is not allowed to enter and leave the woman's bedroom privately. Does that mean we have to sleep in separate rooms?"
"Yeah. We just need to show our affection in public, and we don't have to act in private."
"But what if your parents find out?"
Even if they lived separately after marriage, it was impossible for Tang's mother not to visit their home once.
Tang Shishi thought about it and said confidently, "That's easy. You sleep in the guest room and put away the quilt and pillow every morning when you wake up. As for toiletries, prepare two sets. Put one in the bedroom in case my mom makes a surprise inspection, and the other in the public bathroom. Put it away after you use it."
“…This is too troublesome.”
"No trouble."
Yan Huai: "..."
Indeed, she was not the one in trouble.
He finally figured it out.
He can raise any issues with the agreement.
But she would not agree to correct it.
He didn't raise the remaining questions. "That's it. When are we going to sign the agreement?"
"You agreed?" Tang Shishi raised her eyebrows in surprise.
When she drafted the agreement, she deliberately included many clauses that were biased in her favor.
Tang Shishi originally thought that Yan Huai would discuss the conditions with her again, but she didn't expect him to agree so readily.
"Yeah." Yan Huai nodded.
Tang Shishi suddenly hesitated again.
This agreement obviously did him no good, it was equivalent to working for her, yet he agreed to it so quickly?
Should she add a few more?
Seeing what Tang Shishi was thinking, Yan Huai curled his lips, "Don't treat me like a nobody, Zhou Paopi?"
"This isn't something you volunteered for?" Tang Shishi pouted. "Then shall we go sign the agreement now?"
"Um."
Tang Shishi was about to stand up when she heard Yan Huai say, "By the way, the agreement doesn't mention a wedding date. I suggest setting it in October."
Tang Shishi was stunned for a moment, then immediately refused: "No, it's already early September, how can October be too late? Besides, I don't have a boyfriend yet, and my parents won't agree if a marriage partner suddenly appears. My dad might even get suspicious. After all, we have to act like boyfriend and girlfriend in front of them first, and then have the wedding early next year."
"By the beginning of next year, the flowers will be cold. What grade is your cheap brother in now?"
"Just entered sophomore year."
"He can intern at the company during his senior year, which means we have to take control of the company and gain the support of senior management within two years. Your father will only allow me to join after we get married. We only have a year and a half left, which is very short. Do you understand?"
Tang Shishi hesitated for a moment, "Is it really that short?"
"It's very short. I need to familiarize myself with the business, gain a firm foothold in the company, and achieve certain results before I can win over people. Otherwise, why would others come to rely on us?"
What do those shareholders value?
Of course, it is visible benefits, not blank checks.
They will support whoever can make the company prosper, improve its performance, make their shares more valuable and distribute more dividends.
"But if I told my parents I was going to get married without them being prepared or having any idea about it, they wouldn't agree."
"It's simple. Just tell them that we were each other's first love. Later, I went abroad to study, and we had to separate. Last year, I returned to China and started pursuing you. You were afraid that we wouldn't be together, so you didn't tell your parents in advance."
Tang Shishi opened her mouth, a look of confusion on her face: "Is this... this okay?"
"This is the easiest way to convince them that we have a foundation of love, so that marriage won't be so abrupt."
"Well... okay." Tang Shishi thought about it and reluctantly agreed, "But if my mom knew I had a premature love affair in high school, I'm afraid she would lecture me again."
"Don't worry, I'm here. Now that we've made the decision, let's go sign the agreement."
The two went to the law firm together, printed out the agreement, and signed it in front of the lawyer, one copy for each.
"Okay, we are now an engaged couple. It's better to do it today than to wait for a better day. I will go to the Tang family to visit my parents-in-law tomorrow. You should inform them first." Yan Huai put away the agreement and looked at Tang Shishi with a smile.
Tang Shishi was still detached from her emotions, but she didn't expect Yan Huai to get into the role so quickly.
"Tomorrow? So soon?"
"It's only a matter of time."
"...Okay, I'll tell them."
Looking at the smile on Yan Huai's face, Tang Shishi felt like she had been fooled.
In the evening, Tang Shishika returned to the Tang family before dinner time.
In the living room, Tang Shishi's father was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.
Hearing footsteps outside, he looked over and saw that it was Tang Shishi. He asked in confusion, "Shishi, why did you want to come back today? Is there something wrong?"
"Need I say more?"
Tang Shishi rolled her eyes silently and paused, "Where's my mom?"
Ever since the news of his illegitimate child was exposed, his daughter often spoke to him in sarcastic and aggressive terms. Tang's father had gradually gotten used to it. "Your mother is upstairs. Ask her to come down. It's almost time for dinner."
Tang Shishi went upstairs to talk to her mother for a while, then helped her mother downstairs.
The nanny had already placed several dishes on the table, with a pair of chopsticks placed horizontally on each of the three bowls of millet porridge, waiting for people to come and eat.
Tang Shishi helped her mother sit down, glanced at the two of them, cleared her throat, and said seriously, "I came back today because I have something to announce."
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