Chapter 18 Daddy Control
"After I pay you a formal visit tomorrow, we'll go get the certificate, okay?" Shang Yanci asked politely while gently stroking Pei Yuning's left hand with his thinly woven fingertips.
Instantly, Pei Yuning recalled the erotic dream he had that night. It was just like this, from the fingertips to the bases, stroking each of her fingers, every line, as ambiguous as flirting.
The only difference was that his tone of voice was serious now, unlike in Chun Meng when he was very mean and possessive and would not let her refuse at all.
Without hearing her answer, Shang Yanci raised his eyes and saw Pei Yuning's eyelashes trembling, and her small earlobes were flushed with tender pink: "What are you thinking about?"
Pei Yuning shook his head: "...I didn't think about anything."
Shang Yanci put the silver pinky ring on the middle finger of her left hand: "Use this as a substitute first. I just measured your size. The wedding ring will be customized tomorrow."
"Yeah." Pei Yuning nodded in agreement.
The nose is filled with the clear and mellow aroma of cedar and ebony, and the woody scent of Shang Yanci is very special.
The invisible fragrance turned into visible threads, gently invading her chest, entangling and imprisoning her heart. Every blood vessel was stained with his breath, as if declaring sovereignty.
Shang Yanci needs a clear answer: "Is this 'um' about the time to get the marriage certificate, or about the wedding ring?"
"Both." Pei Yuning looked at him and said seriously, "Before getting the marriage certificate, I need a marriage agreement."
"Sure, I will meet any of your requests. Later, I will ask my assistant to organize the content of our conversation into an agreement, and sign it before receiving the certificate. In duplicate, we will keep two copies separately." After saying that, Shang Yanci turned on the recording function on his mobile phone and nodded for her to start.
He is 27 years old this year and should accept her unconditionally as an elder. Shang Yanci enjoys the process.
Pei Yuning took a businesslike attitude: "During the marriage, both parties cannot have any physical affairs or flirt with each other. In short, they must maintain an absolute and reasonable social distance from the opposite sex."
Shang Yanci did not comment, and added: "First, I can guarantee my absolute loyalty to my wife; second, if I cheat, then all the assets under my name will be transferred to your name. Of course, the above assumptions are not true; finally, you can unilaterally file for divorce, I agree unconditionally, and half of the assets under my name will be transferred to your name after the divorce, as compensation to you. I only have one request, no divorce within one year, no matter what, I need time to steadily bring the group back on track."
It seems that Shang Yanci really wants to take back the control of Shang Group. As long as she has one year of marriage time, he will take the initiative to accept this agreement that is harmful to him and has no benefit at all, leaving no way out for himself. How could he make such a low-level mistake?
Pei Yuning was slightly stunned: "This part can be cut out. We can talk about it after you think it over carefully."
Shang Yanci looked at her seriously, his thin lips curled up: "I have considered it very clearly, please continue to state your request."
Adults are responsible for their words and actions. Since he has considered it clearly, Pei Yuning continued: "Regarding the physical needs after marriage, you cannot use tough means to make me fulfill them. You must follow my wishes."
Shang Yanci raised his hand nonchalantly and gently touched her cheek with his fingertips. The touch was instantaneous and they parted: "So this is who I am in Miss Pei's eyes?"
Pei Yuning blinked and said innocently: "You asked me to continue."
Shang Yanci chuckled, "Yes, but I also said that I hope this is a permanent partnership. Divorce is just the worst-case scenario, and I don't expect that to happen. Let's get the marriage certificate first, and when we have the emotional support, we can choose an auspicious date and hold the wedding. The physical needs you mentioned will not occur before we get married, I can guarantee you that."
In order to avoid her misunderstanding, Shang Yan said: "I am not going to hold a wedding ceremony for the time being, not to save trouble, but because I think wedding is a very sacred thing. Only people who love each other can walk into the palace hand in hand, exchange wedding rings and kiss."
As those two words appeared, the atmosphere seemed to slowly become ambiguous.
Her heartbeat coincided with the second hand on the clock for a moment. Pei Yuning looked up at the time and realized that she had been upstairs for a while. She wondered if the meal downstairs had ended, and whether anyone would look for her.
Pei Yuning: "I'm done, that's all."
"If you think of anything else in the future, you can always add to it." Shang Yanci saved the recording and sent it to his assistant.
Pei Yuning stood up: "Then I'll go down first."
"You first?" Shang Yanci grabbed her wrist easily. He was still sitting on the sofa, lazily lifting his eyelids, staring at her with his amber eyes, looking up at her with the attitude of a subordinate, "Let's go down together. After all, we are about to get married, Miss Pei."
Pei Yuning's heart trembled at his careless words and actions. His palm was very large, and it gently pressed against her soft white wrist skin. The temperature of his palm was so hot that it was hard to ignore.
"What should I say if we go down together?" Pei Yuning simply couldn't imagine that kind of excitement.
"Don't worry, leave it all to me." Shang Yanci stood up, slid his hand from Pei Yuning's wrist to her palm, and then interlocked his fingers with hers very naturally.
Pei Yuning looked at the two people's clasped hands, and a thought came to his mind: Daddy should be the type of Shang Yanci. Calm and reserved, dignified and elegant, gentle and well-educated, very emotionally stable, and able to do everything with ease, as if everything is under his control, without exception.
Shang Yanci's gaze stopped at her side. Pei Yuning was wearing a cheongsam with a side slit. When she walked, her fair and slender legs were half-exposed, giving off a pure desire that was hard to describe.
He could see Pei Yuning's nervousness at the moment, and said in a low, mellow voice, "I forgot to mention that Miss Pei looks very beautiful in cheongsam."
Pei Yuning thanked him politely, then became nervous.
After the meal, everyone moved to the hall to drink tea.
Pei Yuchen asked, "Who among you has seen Ning Ning?"
Yi Huan saw Pei Yuning leave the table at that time. She thought the eldest lady was angry because Shang Heng did not show up at the wedding cancellation banquet. Her son was wrong, and as a mother, it was not convenient for her to say anything, so she lowered her head.
Everyone looked around and realized at this time that Shang Yanci was also missing, but no one would associate him with Pei Yuning.
Except for Jiang Xinzhi who knew the truth and Pei Yuchen who had the instinct of protecting his brother.
Madam Pei: "Maybe he went out to get some fresh air, it's not a big deal."
Pei Yuchen was worried: "I'll go look for her."
"Ningning is an adult." Pei Yunzhi glanced at him, obviously disapproving of his approach. This was not his own home, so he had to be tactful in his actions.
Pei Yuchen didn't know how to explain to his elder brother, a straight man who didn't understand love.
The sound of high heels came from upstairs. Everyone looked up and saw Shang Yanci and Pei Yuning walking down with their fingers intertwined.
There was a muffled sound, and Shang Xuan lost hold of the teacup in his hand and it fell onto the carpet. The carpet was instantly wet and steaming, with the tea stains very noticeable.
It took Mr. Shang a long time to find his voice again: "What are you doing?"
Shang Yanci said calmly: "On the evening of the day Shang Heng cheated on me, Ning Ning and I happened to meet in a private kitchen in City Z. I fell in love with her and she just agreed to my proposal."
So this is what he called "Ning Ning". Pei Yuning couldn't help but look up at him. Shang Yanci noticed it and pinched her fingers affectionately.
Everyone was stunned, their eyes focused on the butterfly brooch on the collar of Shang Yanci's suit and the ice-blue emerald butterfly placket hanging from the buttons of Pei Yuning's cheongsam, as if the two had made an appointment in advance.