Chapter 32: A Happy Marriage - Subconscious Dependence

Pei Yuning got married? To someone other than Shang Heng? Xu Wei stood there in a daze, letting Xu's mother walk past her.

After coming to her senses, she ran back to the upstairs bedroom, picked up her cell phone and called Qi Yue.

The call was hung up twice, and Xu Wei continued calling.

The third time, Qi Yue answered and gritted his teeth and said, "You want to die?"

Xu Wei: "Pei Yuning is married."

Qi Yue glanced at the note and cursed: "Xu Wei, are you sick?"

"Oh, you're sick." Xu Wei hung up the phone. If she was unhappy, then no one else would be happy.

Qi Yue was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and called back, but Xu Wei refused to answer.

He had no choice but to call Xu Du.

The other party immediately responded: "Master Qi?"

Qi Yue asked directly: "Is Pei Yuning married?"

Xu Du: "Yes, I got married. After I called off the engagement with Shang Heng a few days ago, I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Shang Heng's uncle the next day to get the marriage certificate. The wedding has not been held yet."

Qi Yue suppressed his anger and asked: "Where did Shang Heng get this uncle from?"

Xu Du: "The son born to Mr. Shang's second wife is called Shang Yanci. He lived in France since he was a child and just returned to China not long ago. He is now the acting president of the Shang Group."

Qi Yue looked at the fractured part of his right arm, his brows grimacing, "Do you have a photo of that person?"

"Wait a moment, Master Qi." Soon, Xu Du said, "I sent you a WeChat message."

Qi Yue clicked into WeChat and looked at the photo on the screen. The piercing pain in his heart came back to his mind again. It turned out that Shang Yanci was the man who broke his arm that night!

Pei Yuning woke up again at 9:30 in the morning.

Shang Yanci was wearing a black shirt, without a tie, and with the top button undone. He sat lazily on the sofa, feeding his aunt with a cat noodle in his hand.

The dark green dial on the wrist bone was half exposed, and the slender, white and beautiful finger bones were stroking the kitten's head.

Pei Yuning lay on the bed and asked softly, "Ayan, do you like my little cat?"

Shang Yanci raised his eyes and looked at her, with a smile on his face: "I like everything about you, Madam."

Pei Yuning: "But auntie is very clingy."

Shang Yanci laughed softly and rubbed the kitten's chin: "You can also be as clingy as it is."

Hearing this, Pei Yuning turned over and lay flat, pulling up the quilt to cover the area below her eyes and hide the rouge color on her cheeks.

Shang Yanci put the kitten down, walked to the bed and sat down, peeling back the quilt: "Breathe well."

Pei Yuning blinked and looked at him.

"Would you like to go downstairs for breakfast?" Shang Yanci asked, "Or, I'll bring it up."

Pei Yuning: "Let's go downstairs and eat."

Having slept too much in the morning, he skipped a nap at noon. Pei Yuning lay on the bed reading a novel, while Shang Yanci lay on the side with his eyes closed, resting.

There was a continuous drizzle in the evening, and rain streaks gathered on the window surface, meandering all the way down.

Pei Yuning sat on the couch by the window, arranging the flowers in the vase with Old Madam Pei.

Mr. Pei and Pei Yinzhi are playing chess.

After the multinational meeting, Shang Yanci went to the cloakroom to get a soft sweater, then went downstairs to the couch.

Madam Pei saw him and asked: "Are you done with the inkstone?"

Shang Yanci: "Well, I'm done, grandma."

He bent down and put the sweater on Pei Yuning's shoulders: "Be careful not to catch a cold."

Pei Yuning: "Thank you, Ah Yan."

Shang Yanci sat down beside her. Pei Yuning raised her eyes to look at him and handed him a lily with freshly trimmed branches.

Shang Yanci took over: "Well, Ningning and I will live happily together forever."

Pei Yuning's heart trembled suddenly.

Madam Pei chuckled: "Yanci, you accompany Ningning to arrange flowers, I will go and watch them play chess."

Shang Yanci: "Okay."

Shang Yanci put the lily into the vase and said softly, "Madam, grandpa and grandma want to meet you via video."

The scissors in Pei Yuning's hand shook, and he cut off half an extra petal.

Shang Yanci lowered his eyes, took the scissors from her hand and put them aside: "I didn't think carefully enough, don't rush, I'll see you again after a while when you're ready."

"That's not what I meant." Pei Yuning looked at him and said, "We should meet, but you mentioned it suddenly and I was a little nervous. Is it by video? When is the video? Do I need to prepare anything? What kind of girls do your grandparents like? I..."

"Be good, don't be anxious." Shang Yanci had to interrupt her and held her in his arms to comfort her. "It's not my intention to make you nervous. Grandpa and grandma are very important to me, and so are you. I just want to introduce my closest family members to you, that's all."

Shang Yanci: "We'll meet via video. As for the specific time of the video, it's up to you to decide. You don't need to prepare anything. Grandpa and grandma like the girls I like. They've seen our marriage certificate photo and they like you very much, so don't worry, no one will dislike you, believe me, okay?"

Pei Yuning's nervousness was gradually eased by Shang Yanci's words, which were responsive to every word. Realizing that they were still in the hall, Pei Yuning came out of his arms and looked at the direction of the chessboard. Seeing that no one was looking at her, she felt relieved.

Pei Yuning: "Let's set it tomorrow. Ask grandpa and grandma for the specific time. I'm fine with it."

Shang Yanci: "Okay."

Pei Yuning led him to the upstairs cloakroom: "A Yan, help me figure out what to wear tomorrow."

Shang Yanci liked her unconscious dependence on him, he lowered his eyes to look at their interlocked hands, and said with a smile: "Madam looks good in anything she wears."

Although she said so, Pei Yuning still tried on many dresses of the season that she had not moved to Wentang Palace.

Shang Yanci replied to the messages from her grandparents while watching her dress-up game.

"Grandpa and grandma have scheduled a video call at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Let me ask for your opinion." Shang Yanci said as she hung the skirt she had tried on but was not satisfied with back in the closet.

Pei Yuning: "It's two o'clock in the afternoon here, isn't it almost seven o'clock in the morning in France?"

Shang Yanci: "Well, the two old men are old, they sleep little and wake up early."

Pei Yuning frowned slightly: "You remembered to take a photo for the marriage certificate, but you forgot to let me video chat with my grandparents on the same day. What if they don't have a good impression of me?"

Shang Yanci looked at her and chuckled, "If we had video chatted on the same day, wouldn't Madam be nervous and cry? That would be so pitiful."