"...What did you say?" Gu Qingqiu could hardly believe her ears. She had just been worrying about how to get close to the male lead, and now such a good opportunity had come knocking on her door?
To everyone's surprise, Gu Qingqiu's shock had a different meaning in Yan Yanan's eyes. He felt a rare sense of guilt and said, "Qiu, listen to me. If you don't agree, I'll marry another woman. Can you bear to see me marry another woman?"
"...I don't want to," Gu Qingqiu murmured. "...Why?"
Yan Yanan sighed, "To keep those old guys in line, my dad said that if I can't control the company, I'll have to marry the Lin family's daughter to shut them up. But I don't want to marry her, I only want to marry you!"
"...Then why should I marry Yan Shengxiao?" Gu Qingqiu couldn't understand Yan Yanan's thought process for a moment.
“You are the eldest daughter of the Gu family, your status is so noble. If you marry my eldest brother and then express your support for me in the company as his sister-in-law, the problem will naturally be solved,” Yan Yanan explained.
Gu Qingqiu chuckled and asked, "Then why don't you marry me?"
“This…” Yan Yanan naturally wouldn’t say that he didn’t love Gu Qingqiu at all, so he could only make up an excuse: “Big brother is the one those old guys are afraid of, not me.”
"Oh." Gu Qingqiu listened to Yan Yanan's contradictory and flawed explanation and made a hesitant look.
"This is also my father's idea. If your parents knew, they would definitely agree to you doing this." Yan Yanan gritted her teeth and revealed her last trump card.
As expected, Gu Qingqiu's expression softened a bit, and Yan Yanan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Gu Qingqiu looked somewhat lost and said with her head down, "Let me think about it."
Seeing a glimmer of hope, Yan Yanan almost couldn't hide her smile. "Okay, okay, believe me, once we get through this, I'll marry you!"
Gu Qingqiu didn't answer, but turned and went up to the dormitory building. Her back looked particularly thin in the dark night and under the streetlights, revealing a deep sense of sadness.
Yan Yanan showed no sympathy whatsoever. He had never liked this eldest daughter of the Gu family. She was arrogant and domineering, and always bullied his beloved Bai Yuxia. If this incident hadn't happened so suddenly, he would have been looking for an opportunity to dump Gu Qingqiu!
However, this is also good, killing two birds with one stone. After she marries her elder brother, he will definitely be dissatisfied with the marriage. As long as her elder brother can wake up smoothly, he will definitely deal with Gu Qingqiu properly. Moreover, with the background of marrying her elder brother, it will not be appropriate for her to marry him. At worst, she can spread some rumors to force Gu Qingqiu to leave her.
Yan Yanan no longer needed to suppress his laughter and laughed out loud. What he didn't know was that when Gu Qingqiu's figure disappeared at the top of the stairs, a smile even more unrestrained than his appeared on her face.
Gu Qingqiu: [System! System! You're truly my lucky star! I never expected things to go so smoothly!]
Male protagonist system: [Don't call me "System Master," it makes me sound really silly.]
Gu Qingqiu: [Oh dear, that's a term of endearment! Do you know what's going on with Yan Shengxiao? Is he really in trouble?]
Male Protagonist System: [Don't worry, I've already checked with my permissions. This is part of the main storyline, not an unexpected turn of events.]
Gu Qingqiu thought for a moment: [Was his car accident serious? Will he suffer any lasting effects? Like, brain damage or something... um, better not. If he has to get injured, it's fine if it's just his leg. If he has difficulty walking and needs a wheelchair, it'll be hard for him to push me away, right? Then it'll be much easier for us to stick close together!]
Male Lead System: [The main storyline involves him becoming a vegetable for a period of time. Bai Yuxia, wanting to spend more time with Yan Yanan, offers to help take care of Yan Shengxiao. You don't want to take care of Yan Shengxiao yourself, and since Bai Yuxia is your servant, you agree to let her take care of him in your place.]
Gu Qingqiu was shocked: [How can this be? No! I have to take care of him myself!]
Male Lead System: [Very good, you've already shown the awareness to actively get close to the male lead.]
Gu Qingqiu: [I want to go to the hospital right now! It's a pity I forgot to ask him which hospital he's in.]
Male Protagonist System: [...]6
The next day, Gu Qingqiu was woken up by a phone call from Yan Yanan and learned about Yan Shengxiao's health condition.
Although Yan Shengxiao is now out of danger, he has become a vegetable. The hospital said he may not wake up for several months. The old man in the family has already put the marriage between Yan Yanan and the Lin family's daughter on the agenda.
Not long after hanging up the phone, Gu Qingqiu received another call from her mother.
Zhang Lili's tone was filled with barely concealed excitement, "Did you know? Yan Shengxiao is in trouble, and it seems that Yan Yanan is going to marry that girl from the Lin family."
Gu Qingqiu's tone was calm, "Have you forgotten that Yan Yanan is my boyfriend?"
Zhang Lili said in an lecturing tone, "Personal feelings are nothing compared to your future. Now the Yan family is proposing that you marry Yan Shengxiao. If you can marry Yan Shengxiao, won't you have everything you want in the future?"
Gu Qingqiu smiled and said, "Zhang Lili, whose future and prospects are you talking about? Are you prepared to trade your daughter's lifelong happiness for the Gu family's future?"
Zhang Lili said with dissatisfaction, "Why are you talking so rudely? I'm doing this for your own good. Do you think you're losing out by marrying Yan Shengxiao?"
Gu Qingqiu was too lazy to waste words and hung up the phone directly.
Last night, with the help of the male protagonist system, she learned about Yan Shengxiao's situation and the motives of this group of people.
The real power in the Yan family is still in the hands of the old man, Yan Mingzhong, but the various branches are still fighting openly and covertly. Yan Mingzhong turns a blind eye to this, believing that only those who fight to the end deserve to be the heir of the Yan family.
Yan Shengxiao was born to his father Yan Anjian's legal wife, while Yan Yanan was an illegitimate son who was recognized by the family. However, Yan Anjian usually doted on Yan Yanan more and was at odds with Yan Shengxiao.
The marriage alliance with the Lin family was probably deliberately leaked to mislead the public; the Lin family's daughter would never be willing to marry a person in a vegetative state.
If Yan Shengxiao doesn't wake up, what he has will eventually be taken away by others.
Therefore, Yan Anjian and the Gu family plan to join forces and, by arranging a marriage between Gu Qingqiu and Yan Shengxiao, to legitimately seize what rightfully belongs to Yan Shengxiao.
What a clever scheme!
However, Gu Qingqiu still has to marry Yan Shengxiao. Her current resistance is just for show, and to mislead Yan Anjian and the Gu family.
As everyone knows, those who oppose the male lead never have a good ending. Therefore, Gu Qingqiu decided to protect everything about Yan Shengxiao from this moment on.
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