Chapter 1
"Talk to people nicely. Remember, you will only be well if the Pei family is well." Pei Shichen stopped the car and warned Shi Wan, but Shi Wan opened the door and got out of the car as if he didn't hear anything. Pei Shichen was very dissatisfied with Shi Wan's lack of response. He frowned and looked impatient. It turned out that Shi Wan was not raised at home and was not as sensible and obedient as Shi Jin.
Pei Shichen didn't leave. He watched Shi Wan enter the gate and waited there for a while. Only after he was sure that Shi Wan would not run away did he drive away.
Shi Wan sat in the private room, looking at the misty pond outside, listening to the sound of flowing water and pipa, and felt a little drowsy.
"Are you sleepy?" A low voice with a doting smile sounded above Shi Wan's head. Before Shi Wan could react, Gu Zhinian rubbed Shi Wan's hair. Shi Wan looked up at Gu Zhinian with a bit of confusion in his eyes and slightly moist eyes, like a little kitten that people couldn't help but want to hold in their palms and "torture".
"No." Shi Wan shook his head, moved his eyes away, lowered his head, and sipped the watermelon juice in front of him.
"Are you sure you want to marry me?" Shi Wan looked at Gu Zhinian and was stunned again.
Gu Zhinian was wearing a silk shirt with a slightly open collar. The dark color of the shirt set off his fair collarbone, making him indescribably seductive. Gu Zhinian noticed Shi Wan's gaze, and as he looked at Shi Wan's dull eyes, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious. He even slightly adjusted the angle to allow Shi Wan to see more.
"I'm sure." Gu Zhinian waited for a long time before coming back to his senses and speaking, with a subtle and undetectable smile in his voice.
"I have hearing impairment and have a cochlear implant. I can only hear a little bit in my left ear. I also have thrombocytopenia and many other diseases." He spends more time in the hospital than at Pei's house.
"I don't have much status in the Pei family. If you marry me, you will not only be entangled by the Pei family, but you will also gain nothing." Shi Wan spoke word by word in a very soft voice.
He was found by the Pei family when he was sixteen. No one in the Pei family liked him, especially his biological mother. Everyone loved the fake young master, and everyone thought he had bullied the fake young master. Those relatives in the Pei family who were related to him by blood were not as good as his mother, the director of the orphanage.
The Pei family only warned him, and his biological mother only despised him and thought he was a cripple. But all his illnesses were caused by the abuse of the fake young master's biological parents. Is it his fault?
The reason he came to the blind date today was because the Pei family was in trouble and they were looking for ways to save the Pei family's company. Except for the youngest, all the other four children were looking for blind dates and marriages to find money to save the Pei family's company. Shi Wan looked the best among the four children of the Pei family, but he was very sick. Who knew if this disease was hereditary? So no decent family wanted to marry Shi Wan. As a father, Pei Hongyuan also had to save his face. After all, he couldn't bear to give Shi Wan to those old men. Besides, he was also afraid that Shi Wan would be doomed.
Shi Wan didn't want to come. After all, his household registration had not been moved back to the Pei family because of the desperate efforts of the fake young master Pei Shijin who replaced him. He now had a separate household registration and was an adult, so he was not restricted by the Pei family at all. However, the two million yuan that the Pei family gave to the orphanage director's mother for medical treatment became a handle for the Pei family. His biological mother and brother said that if he didn't go, they would sue the director's mother and ask her to pay back the money.
The director's mother couldn't come up with the money at all, so she came here late.
"I can support you." Gu Zhinian said softly as he helped Shi Wan refill his juice.
"Huh?" Shi Wan thought he had misheard and opened his mouth blankly to ask, "Why me?"
"I like you." Gu Zhinian's eyes were gentle and deep, like an endless sea, so gentle that it could drown people.
"..." Shi Wan reached out to turn his cochlear implant unit off and then back on again. He wondered if it was broken. "I didn't hear what you said just now?"
"...You heard it right." Gu Zhinian found Shi Wan's actions funny and cute.
"Ah, but haven't we met before?" Shi Wan just felt that the person in front of him looked familiar, but when he thought about it carefully, he really had never seen this Mr. Gu before.
"Yeah, love at first sight."
Shi Wan blinked, unable to believe it.
"Gu Zhinian, 28 years old, actor."
"Twenty-eight?" Wasn't it twenty-three? "I... maybe I went the wrong way." Shi Wan stood up and was about to leave, not noticing that Gu Zhinian's face looked a little grim.
"We're not wrong." Gu Zhinian took a sip of tea and pulled Shi Wan back.
Shi Wan sat down dryly, "But..." Pei Shichen said that the man was twenty-three, although his surname was also Gu.
"Well, I got it."
Gu Zhinian was so confident that Shi Wan didn't know what expression to make.
"Then, can you give me two million to marry you?" Shi Wan hesitated for a long time and spoke carefully, fearing that he would be rejected. He had to settle the matter between the dean's mother and the Pei family first, otherwise the Pei family would definitely cause trouble for the dean's mother because of this.
The money must be transferred back to the dean's account and marked as repayment. What he didn't expect was that the Pei family had used this money as a handle in their hands.
"I'll pay it back."
"You don't have to pay it back. That's the betrothal gift for you. You can do with it as you please." Gu Zhinian supported his head with one hand and looked at Shi Wan with a smile.
Shi Wan was a little nervous when being stared at, "Then you...then what do you want me to do."
Gu Zhinian leaned close to Shi Wan's ear and said with a smile, "Just fulfill your husband's duties."
"Huh?" The little brain didn't react.
“…Ah!” Shi Wan blocked his body with his hands and shrank back, “Bang.”
"Hiss..." Shi Wan forgot about being shy because of the pain. He covered his elbow with his hands. Tears came out from the pain and wet the corners of his eyes.
"How is it? Do you want to go to the hospital?" Gu Zhinian stood up and walked to the other side of Shi Wan and took Shi Wan's hand to check. It was a little red. Shi Wan was wearing a loose short-sleeved shirt. When he raised his hand, Gu Zhinian could see Shi Wan's shoulder. Gu Zhinian saw a horrific bruise on Shi Wan's shoulder and directly lifted up Shi Wan's sleeve.
"Did they beat you?" Gu Zhinian's eyes were fierce and murderous, carrying a sense of oppression as if a storm was about to come.
Shi Wan was frightened by Gu Zhinian's aura and shuddered. His arm was still in Gu Zhinian's hand. He pursed his lips and wondered whether he should pull his arm out. After all, Gu Zhinian looked a little scary now, but he didn't use any force on him. Gu Zhinian was very gentle. Shi Wan didn't feel uncomfortable and could even think about it.
[This person shouldn't have a tendency towards domestic violence, right?!]
"No, Pei Shijin pushed me and accidentally hit the stair railing, so I fought back." Shi Wan said a little fiercely, and then he secretly looked at the expression on Gu Zhinian's face.
He is not the kind of person who will just accept things as they come!
"Have you seen a doctor?" Gu Zhinian looked into Shi Wan's eyes, and his expression softened when he was sure that Shi Wan was not lying to him.
"It's nothing, just a subcutaneous hemorrhage. It doesn't hurt and will be gone in a few days." Shi Wan explained as if it was normal and pulled back his arm. This is what thrombocytopenia is like. A large area of subcutaneous hemorrhages often appear on the body for no reason, just like being beaten.
In fact, it just looks scary and doesn't hurt.
"Then when are we going to get the certificate?"
"Ah?" Shi Wan was stuck by Gu Zhinian's words, "Is that...that's all we are talking about?" Did he lose a part of his memory?
"I am very satisfied with you. I can also meet your requirements. Shouldn't we talk about this?" Gu Zhinian looked at Shi Wan leisurely and tapped the table with his fingers.
"But...but..."
"One hundred million for the betrothal gift, and five million per month for living expenses after marriage. But there is one condition, we cannot get divorced in this lifetime." Shi Wan's eyes widened a little with every word Gu Zhinian said. He spoke so nonchalantly about this amount of money that he could never earn in his entire life.
Shi Wan tried his best to control himself and didn't agree without hesitation.
"You... won't commit domestic violence, right?" Such good conditions!
Gu Zhinian almost couldn't keep his composure on his face. He looked like a domestic violence victim.
"I can't." Gu Zhinian squeezed out these three words from between his teeth.
"Then...then we will sign an agreement at that time. This must be written into the agreement. If you do...what, we will divorce, and I will not return the betrothal gift." Shi Wan secretly glanced at Gu Zhinian's face and did not say the word "domestic violence".
"……good."
"When are we going to get the marriage certificate?" Gu Zhinian asked, closing his eyes.
"I don't have time recently. I have to work part-time, and I won't be free until September 1st." Shi Wan works part-time in a cake shop until August 31st. He only has one day off a week, the weekend, and he makes 6,000 yuan a month.
"You can go now." Gu Zhinian's voice was light, tapping the table with his index finger occasionally. Gu Zhinian's hands were very nice, with distinct knuckles and slender fingers. Shi Wan stared at Gu Zhinian's fingers with wide eyes. Gu Zhinian naturally noticed Shi Wan's gaze and slightly raised the corners of his lips, but it was fleeting and Shi Wan didn't notice it at all.
"What do you think?" Gu Zhinian asked again after a long time.
"Ah? But I didn't bring my household registration." Shi Wan came back to her senses and looked up at Gu Zhinian. Why... so anxious? Is he really not going to commit domestic violence?
"..." Gu Zhinian, who hadn't expected this, turned pale and said, "Will you take a day off tomorrow?"
"No, my salary will be deducted. It's two hundred yuan a day." Shi Wan refused so firmly. Gu Zhinian, who was worth hundreds of billions, lost to two hundred yuan. Gu Zhinian felt a little stuffy in his chest.
"Then we'll go get the marriage certificate on September 1st. I'll transfer the money to you first."
"Okay." Shi Wan nodded obediently. He really felt that this was the best arrangement and nothing would be delayed.
Gu Zhinian: “…”
After that, the two of them didn't speak anymore. Shi Wan drank up all the juice in the private room before saying he was leaving. Shi Wan had never been hungry, but when he was in the orphanage, he couldn't eat as much as he wanted. Every meal had to be carefully calculated by the director, so every child in the orphanage knew how precious food was and was reluctant to waste it.
When Shi Wan went out to the bathroom, Gu Zhinian packed a snack for Shi Wan. The name "Yunhai" was on the box. Just by looking at the outside, you can tell that this thing is very valuable. Yunhai's snacks are limited.
As soon as he walked out of the Yunhai Gate, he was hit by a wave of heat. Shi Wan suddenly couldn't adapt and his body swayed. Gu Zhinian was quick to support Shi Wan and prevent him from hitting the pillar on the side.
"Where do you feel uncomfortable? Let's go to the hospital." Gu Zhinian was very nervous as he held Shi Wan in his arms.
"It's okay. I'm a little uncomfortable with the sudden heat. I'll be fine after sitting for a while." Shi Wan subconsciously put his hands between the two of them to resist Gu Zhinian's closeness. Gu Zhinian noticed it, pursed his lips, let go of Shi Wan, took a step back, and put his hands lightly behind Shi Wan to make Shi Wan feel less tense.
The low temperature in the car gave Shi Wan goose bumps on her hands, and Gu Zhinian noticed it immediately.
"Turn up the temperature." Gu Zhinian said as he wrapped a blanket around Shi Wan.
"Ahh... Ahhh... Ahhh..." Shi Wan sneezed several times while wrapped in a blanket. His face became paler and paler. He was shaky and his temples were throbbing with pain. Feeling the vibration of the car, Shi Wan curled up.
Shi Wan was a little carsick. It wasn't serious per se, just the alternation of hot and cold, and it became serious. Shi Wan didn't dare to say a word. He just felt as if his internal organs were churning and shifting.
His face became paler and paler, and Gu Zhinian didn't dare to breathe heavily. He always felt that Shi Wan was like mist that could be blown away with a breath.
The driver drove very steadily and there was no traffic jam along the way. The road was smooth all the way to Pei's house. As soon as the car stopped, Shi Wan couldn't wait to get off.
"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..." Shi Wan coughed violently when the hot air entered her mouth. Gu Zhinian stroked Shi Wan's back to help her breathe smoothly and handed the bottle of water to her. Shi Wan's hand was shaking and she couldn't hold the bottle for several times. Gu Zhinian fed the water to Shi Wan's mouth. Shi Wan took two sips before she felt a little better.
Originally, Gu Zhinian wanted to send Shi Wan in, but Shi Wan refused and went back with the snacks Gu Zhinian gave him under an umbrella. As he walked further away, Shi Wan looked thinner and sicker.
"Sir." Gu Zhinian's assistant Zhou Cheng called out to him when he saw that Gu Zhinian hadn't said where he was going in the car.
"Zhou Cheng."
When Zhou Cheng heard Gu Zhinian calling his name, he immediately listened attentively, but there was no response for a long time. When Zhou Cheng looked up at Gu Zhinian, Gu Zhinian suddenly spoke.
"Do I look like someone who would commit domestic violence?"
"Ah?" Zhou Cheng thought he was distracted and had misheard.
"Forget it, let's go." Gu Zhinian took off his glasses, rubbed his eyebrows, closed his eyes and rested, being very quiet all the way.
Zhou Cheng held his breath, and in the middle of the night he suddenly remembered and sat up in bed and said, "No, I'm sick!"
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