Chapter 25 The ninth day of the sixth lunar month is a good day for holding a ceremony...
Jiang Shiyuan seemed to have become immune to it, and was not greatly affected by Huo Lan's words that deliberately provoked her emotions.
Huo Lan continued, "Ever since I learned that Zhou Shili had invited you to Huise, I knew we were going to meet. I knew he wouldn't do anything good, so I was planning a cliché rescue scene, but I didn't expect you to keep running to the top floor. So I had to go back ahead of you and wait for you at the suite door."
"My Shi Yuan is really amazing. In that situation, she was able to stay calm and take photos of evidence that was in her favor, and she still had the strength to run up to the top floor and crash into my world."
Huo Lan looked intently into her eyes and continued, "Would you like to know more?"
Jiang Shiyuan's red eyes were dry and devoid of moisture, and when she looked at him, only a trace of stubbornness remained, unwilling to admit defeat.
"No wonder you didn't refuse back then... Okay, keep going, let me see just how perverted you really are."
Upon hearing the word "pervert," Huo Lan merely chuckled, tucked the soft hair that had fallen across her forehead behind her ear, and then used his large hand to cup the back of her neck, pulling her close to him in an intimately intimate manner.
The reporters not far away only saw Huo Lan's gentle and doting demeanor. Just standing there quietly, he exuded an inimitable nobility that was ingrained in his very being.
But this noble air was shattered by an ordinary girl with no family background. The man who was always seen as exceptionally refined and noble in everyone's eyes now offered all his tenderness to her.
But that's how outsiders see Huo Lan.
In Jiang Shiyuan's eyes, he was an absolute scoundrel.
"Do you think the reporters will mention the word 'pervert' in their photos and articles? It's a pity that in their articles I will always be a powerful and wealthy person who can only be admired from afar and cannot be approached."
"It's the same now. They can only be kept far away from me, but only you can get close to me and touch me at will."
"Jiang Shiyuan, you should say you're lucky, not those two words."
His thumb traced the outline of her lips, and what followed was even more outrageous.
"You can't imagine how many people want to sleep with me, but I only want you to sleep with me. It's your honor."
Jiang Shiyuan turned her eyes away and stopped looking at him. At this moment, the media from all walks of life were gathered around, and she was surrounded by Huo family's well-trained bodyguards. For her, any emotion was superfluous. All she could do now was to face everything calmly.
So speaking recklessly is useless, getting excited is useless, and being angry is even more useless. The most effective thing to do is to go along with him and let him fall into the trap of gentleness.
It wasn't long before Jiang Shiyuan convinced herself to continue being Huo Lan's obedient and docile canary, without any resistance.
"Um."
With just one simple word, Huo Lan knew she had given up and wouldn't go against him anymore.
His mood instantly improved, as if the sky above him had become clearer.
"That's right."
Huo Lan embraced Jiang Shiyuan with satisfaction, though there were still many things he hadn't told her.
Jiang Shiyuan grew more and more beautiful after entering junior high school, and more and more people began to covet her beauty.
Although she was supported by her uncle, she was still living under someone else's roof. In addition, her aunt wanted to give her away, so she rarely stayed at home when she was young. She spent most of her time wandering around aimlessly outside or going to bookstores to read, sometimes for an entire night.
The bookstore owner took a lustful view of the young and vulnerable Jiang Shiyuan. One night, he kicked everyone out of the store early, leaving only Jiang Shiyuan, who was engrossed in reading.
The people Huo Lan had placed around her were very perceptive; they only had to see the boss kicking someone out before they relayed the message to Huo Lan.
After Jiang Shiyuan finished reading the entire "Baisha Song Tomb," she found the bookstore completely empty, and the owner nowhere to be found. She didn't think much of it; she simply straightened the wrinkles on her skirt from sitting for so long, put the book back in its place, and went home.
It was just an ordinary day for her, so much so that even if others brought it up, she would hardly remember it.
For many years afterward, her life seemed to go smoothly.
In high school, I met a kind-hearted pet shop owner who kept me in the shop even though I was a minor. She provided me with food and lodging and paid me the same salary as long-term full-time employees.
There are also various milk tea shops, coffee shops, tutoring jobs, etc. She always meets many kind and generous people, which allows her to quickly save enough tuition fees, enabling her to take control of her own life and freely choose the university she wants to attend.
Strangely, she didn't receive any advances from men for a long time afterward, or even if she did, she never saw any boys showing interest in her again.
But she didn't care, because feelings were the least important thing to her. Even if she were alone for the rest of her life, as long as she had money, she could solve anything.
Jiang Shiyuan, who was still trying to save money before her junior year of college, thought this way. However, after Huo Lan lured her into Huo Garden with a nominal monthly salary of 3 million, completely shattering and reshaping her concept of money, she suddenly lost all sense of money.
Money gradually became something that was readily available to her, requiring no effort on her part.
Sometimes she would suddenly come to her senses and feel that this extravagant lifestyle was eroding her, but other times she would feel incredibly lucky to be enjoying a level of wealth and luxury that most people could never achieve in their entire lives at the best age of her life.
It's possible that the more you have something, the less you care about it; and the more you lose something, the more you want to get it back.
When the number in her account reached the ninth digit, and when Huo Lan increasingly wanted to lock her up, her desire to leave grew stronger.
Almost everyone was helping her, helping her escape this weightless relationship.
Huo Lan seemed never to have imagined that she would run away from him.
Since she got together with him, she has been very well-behaved and happy every day, and she clings to him as if she really likes him.
So when he returned to Bell Pavilion and couldn't find her, he felt the world begin to feel unreal, as if everything was fake, and even Jiang Shiyuan was fake.
His world spun around him, so he began to self-harm, hoping to return to the real world he believed in as his blood flowed away, the world where Jiang Shiyuan was still by his side, obediently waiting for him every day.
Hearing Jiang Shiyuan's compromise, Huo Lan felt as if he had returned to his real world.
And all of this will become more real and clear with their wedding.
Huo Lan couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh and said, "Let's go home. There's still a lot to do for the wedding."
Under the flashing camera lights of multiple media outlets, Huo Lan practically buried Jiang Shiyuan in his arms as he led her to the car.
He wanted everyone in Wancheng to know about their marriage, but he didn't want her to become the target of public criticism, so all news reports were required to avoid showing her face or identity.
However, some inexperienced reporters, unfamiliar with the Huo family's rules, still managed to ask the two sharp questions despite being firmly blocked outside by bodyguards.
"I've heard that the future Mrs. Huo was actually a mistress who became the wife. Is this true? Does Mr. Huo have anything to say about it?"
Huo Lan frowned and glanced at the man. Shi Teng had already understood his command and walked into the crowd to start talking to the girl.
The Huo family's method for covering up the noise was simple: offer them enough monetary incentives.
The girl accepted the irresistible reward, and her headline changed from gossip to a blessing for the newlyweds.
Jiang Shiyuan returned to the car, finally shutting out all the noise once again.
She had no energy to express her emotions; she just wanted to lean against the soft calfskin chair and fall asleep.
Seeing that Jiang Shiyuan had closed her eyes, Huo Lan asked the driver to turn up the air conditioning and then brought a cashmere blanket to cover Jiang Shiyuan.
“I had someone calculate it, and the ninth day of the sixth lunar month is most compatible with our birth dates and times, making it a very suitable day for our wedding.”
Jiang Shiyuan slightly opened her eyes and began to silently count the days.
If it's the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, that's less than a month away now.
"If you have a moment, you can check the messages on your phone."
After being reminded by Huo Lan, Jiang Shiyuan remembered the news media who were watching. She didn't know how Huo Lan's high-profile trip would be reported, but she felt vaguely uneasy.
However, before she could even go online to check the reports about the Huo family, her WeChat was already flooded with messages from relatives and friends.
Cheng Yan originally wanted to take Jiang Shiyuan's uncle and aunt's family abroad, but because time was too tight, she could only take the two of them north to the capital for a trip. However, as soon as they returned to the hotel from the tourist attractions, they found that the Weibo hot search was full of news about the Huo family's high-profile car trip to visit their future in-laws.
Cheng Yan knew that Jiang Shiyuan's plan had failed, and she no longer needed to rack her brains to find excuses to coax her family to continue traveling with her to other places. However, she was very worried about Jiang Shiyuan's situation.
[Shi Yuan, what exactly happened? So, should we go back to Wancheng now?]
【Shi Yuan, no matter what happens, stay happy. Although Huo Lan is domineering and stubborn, he has always been good to you. Don't be pessimistic or sad. I'll be back at Huo Garden to be with you soon.】
Jiang Shiyuan didn't have time to reply to Cheng Yan because there were still many messages coming up.
The group chat of Mengkong Studio has been in an uproar. Although her face is not clearly visible in the videos and photos from the media and entertainment magazines, those who are familiar with her can basically recognize her at a glance from her clothing, figure, and some outline.
Old Chen: [@Jiang Shiyuan, Shiyuan, what exactly happened? Didn't you ask for leave to catch up with friends?]
Tang Tang: [I get it now! No wonder Shi Yuan came to the studio under the guise of Jiang Zhiyu; she was hiding from Boss Huo!]
Tang Tang: [Ahhhhh, I'm actually a colleague of the Huo family's future wife! Ahhhhh, I'm so proud of myself! I'm going to tell my parents and all my relatives and friends!]
Li Fengmian: [@Tang Tang, don't spread rumors about the Huo family! Be careful not to get yourself into trouble!]
Tang Tang: [Okay, okay, you're such a busybody. You seem more like a member of the Huo family than someone else. Who are you on their side anyway?]
Li Fengmian ignored Tang Tang, so Tang Tang boldly started gossiping about the Huo family with several other colleagues again.
Qiao Wei didn't speak in the work group, but instead sent a private message to Jiang Shiyuan.
It seems my guesses were right; you really did date Huo Lan.
[Shi Yuan, tell me what you really think. Are you willing to marry him? You weren't coerced, were you? After all, you called yourself Jiang Zhiyu before to avoid him.]
Jiang Shiyuan didn't know how to reply to any of the messages. Scrolling down, she found Xie Shuning, who hadn't sent her a message in a long time.
I'm going back to Wancheng, Shi Yuan.
The Huo family snatched away my new energy project, and my company went bankrupt and was liquidated. My brother also stopped helping me after he found out about my relationship with you.
I saw the news that you're with Huo Lan, but I still don't want to admit defeat.
I will also be attending the grand banquet at Huo Garden this time. Many prominent families want to establish close ties with the Huo family, and they won't let Huo Lan marry you so easily. Furthermore, the uncles and elders of the Huo family certainly won't agree either.
[Shi Yuan, let me help you one more time. I won't lock you up this time...]
Jiang Shiyuan finally had some strength left, so she sat up from the backrest and began replying to messages.
We're not that close yet.
After sending the message, he immediately blocked Xie Shuning.
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Author's note: There's more to Xie Shuning's story, which will gradually come out later.
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