"You're not kidding me, are you?"
Shu Jia murmured, then, as if remembering something, she hugged herself tightly.
"Or is it that you've always had a crush on me?"
Zhuo Zhiyuan couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Where does Shu Jia get her confidence?
He didn't even mention that he, a fine young man, had been ruined by this tomboy, Shu Jia.
"It's just living together as a couple. You're overthinking it. Do you think I would have a crush on you?"
Zhuo Zhiyuan scoffed.
Shu Jia awkwardly lowered her arm.
"Do you really think we can get married, for the sake of having children?"
Shu Jia asked.
"Yes, I'm willing to marry you solely for the sake of the child, but don't even think about anything else!"
Shu Jia looked Zhuo Zhiyuan up and down, and finally concluded: "You're overthinking it. Someone like you isn't my type!"
Zhuo Zhiyuan: "..."
The two of them agreed to live together.
After that, their relationship changed from being cold and distant to being as natural as before.
At Zhuo Zhiyuan's insistence, Shu Jia stayed in the hospital for a whole week. In the end, Shu Jia couldn't stand it anymore, and Zhuo Zhiyuan finally went through the discharge procedures despite the nurses' disapproving looks.
Upon returning to Xingcheng, Zhuo Zhiyuan immediately had a frank conversation with Zhuo He and his grandmother.
That night, the lights in the Zhuo family's living room stayed on all night.
The next day, dressed smartly and formally, Zhuo He helped Grandma Zhuo to the door of the Shu family.
Zhuo Zhiyuan, grimacing and limping, followed at the back, his hands full of gifts.
When Shu's mother opened the door, she was stunned to see Grandma Zhuo and Zhuo He. It wasn't until she saw the familiar face of Zhuo Zhiyuan at the back that she lowered her guard and revealed a kind smile.
But this friendly smile lasted for less than two seconds. When he heard that the other party's purpose was to "propose marriage," the smile froze on his lips.
Even the legendary business tycoon Zhuo He, who remains unfazed even when Mount Tai collapses before him, couldn't help but feel a little guilty when faced with the indifferent gaze of his future mother-in-law.
In the end, it was Grandma Zhuo who used her social skills and elder status to get the family of three into the Shu family's house.
When Shu's parents learned the whole story, they immediately scolded Shu Jia and Zhuo Zhiyuan.
After a flurry of activity, Grandma Zhuo and her son Zhuo He sat facing each other in the living room with Dad and Mom Shu.
The reason there were only four people in the living room was because Zhuo Zhiyuan and Shu Jia had been ordered by Shu's father to stay in their room and not come out.
They were still in different rooms.
So, on his first day at his future mother-in-law's house, Zhuo Zhiyuan spent the entire afternoon locked up in the Shu family's small study.
When they were released, the tense atmosphere between the two families had turned into a harmonious scene.
Completely bewildered, Zhuo Zhiyuan and Shu Jia followed their parents to the private restaurant that Zhuo He had booked in advance, where they ate their first family reunion dinner.
At the dinner table, the two families talked about everything from when the young couple would get their marriage certificate to when they would hold their wedding banquet, and finally about which school their child would attend in the future.
Shu Jia: ...
Zhuo Zhiyuan: ...
The speed of its development is astonishing.
Chi Chan learned about their marriage from their parents' social media posts.
"??? What did I miss???"
The news was known to everyone in the company, but Chi Chan, who was far away in Beijing, was the last to know.
Chi Chan was very depressed.
"Honestly, I never imagined that Shu Jia and Zhuo Zhiyuan would end up together! And I only found out today!"
Upon seeing this news, Chi Chan lost all interest in continuing her experiment, which was only halfway done.
I went to the lab next door to complain to Ji Siyuan.
"As expected. There were signs of it the night of our high school graduation trip, weren't there?"
Ji Siyuan stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at the WeChat Moments that Chi Chan had shown him, and remained unusually calm.
I turned back to continue the experiment, my hand dropping reagents remained perfectly steady without the slightest tremor!
"What?! I don't believe it! I just called Jiajia to ask for details! They had a ridiculous night together and were forced to get married because she was pregnant!"
Ji Siyuan looked at Chi Chan with affection but did not refute her.
Xiao Chan is quick to grasp things at work and in her studies, and she's also very adept at making friends, but when it comes to love, she's a complete blockhead.
If there was nothing between Shu Jia and Zhuo Zhiyuan, and it was just a game, was it really worth it for Shu Jia to force herself on him?
Besides, there's more to this game than just this relationship between the two. Perhaps their connection began with the "third wheel" incident in high school.
A bizarre night? A shotgun wedding?
Perhaps there were some external factors involved, but was it just because of these external factors that Zhuo Zhiyuan, who was fearless, was willing to get married because of a pregnancy?
Based on Ji Siyuan's understanding of Zhuo Zhiyuan, he simply couldn't believe it.
After all, Zhuo Zhiyuan is a very persistent person; he can remember even the smallest things for a long time!
"Time flies! It feels like just yesterday we finished the college entrance exam and entered university, and in the blink of an eye, Zhuo Zhiyuan and the other two have already graduated for several months!"
Chi Chan couldn't help but sigh.
After entering university, time seemed to fly by like a rocket.
After Chi Chan finished her sigh, she received a slightly resentful look from Ji Siyuan: "Zhuo Zhiyuan is getting married soon, and I still have no status with you. When will you finally give me a proper title?"
Chi Chan's eyes darted around, looking slightly guilty: "What's the point of clarifying our relationship? The whole school knows about us!"
"What about your family? Do your uncle and aunt know?"
Chi Chan changed the subject: "Oh dear—I just remembered, I've only finished half of my experiment! I need to hurry up and do it! I'll come find you at noon and treat you to that new restaurant near the school gate; Jingjing and the others said it's pretty good!"
Before Ji Siyuan could answer, Chi Chan disappeared in the blink of an eye, just as she had come.
"They really slipped away quickly!"
Ji Siyuan shook his head, both amused and exasperated, and continued with the experiment.
Although it was a shotgun wedding and the time was very tight, Zhuohe used his financial power to make the impossible possible for ordinary people.
On her wedding day, Shu Jia's belly was still flat and not protruding, making her undoubtedly the most dazzling woman present, without exception.
Chi Chan, as a bridesmaid, took a day off in advance to rush back from Beijing. She spent a whole day having private conversations with Shu Jia, and the night before the wedding, she also had a night of intimate chats with Shu Jia.
This made Ji Siyuan extremely displeased with Zhuo Zhiyuan.
"You're almost a father, and you still don't know how to control your wife. All you do is hogging other people's wives!"
"Huh—you know I'm the father of the child? Well—it's much better than someone who's still nobody's officially recognized!"
Ji Siyuan: ...
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