Chapter 59 Playing Along
Ji Tanyuan snapped out of her daze, then exclaimed in shock, "Are you even being reasonable?"
She immediately pushed him away, seemingly unable to bear the oppressive atmosphere any longer.
She got up and stood barefoot by the bed. "Zhong Yan, do you think I have the final say? You do? You say we're husband and wife, but look at the state we've become! Your grandfather is still lying in the hospital. Can't you see how things have turned out?"
Zhong Yan didn't take it to heart, "He's not dead, and my dad, his son, doesn't blame you."
"..."
Ji Tanyuan felt a lump in her throat, unable to breathe properly. How could she not be upset? She just had no way to express it.
"I don't want to cooperate with your family anymore."
Zhong Yan hummed in agreement, "I won't cooperate. Just cooperate with me."
He patted the bed, propped his head up, lay on his side, and looked at her. "Go to sleep."
Ji Tanyuan turned and walked out, "I'll sleep in the guest room."
As soon as Ji Tanyuan opened the door, an arm wrapped around her waist, and she was lifted up and "flew" a short distance into the air onto the bed.
She was startled. This time, it was Zhong Yan's turn to stand by the bed. "Let's talk."
Since reasoning with them won't work, try appealing to their emotions and reasoning with them:
"Don't you think being a couple in a formalistic way is more troublesome? Do you think it's fine if you go back to Shanghai and I stay in Beijing? What if someone with ulterior motives leaks the news and spreads rumors of marital discord?"
After Zhong Yan finished speaking, he thought about what Assistant Liang had said earlier that day:
"You know, we'll be needed for the annual meeting, business banquets, corporate furniture club events, and chamber of commerce meetings."
Ji Tanyuan didn't take it seriously, "Sending a representative will suffice."
Zhong Yan clicked his tongue; these words sounded familiar. But he still said in a deep voice, "Yes, that was true before, but now, our marriage will more or less affect Zidian Technology. You've seen that the photovoltaic sector hasn't been doing well lately. Tongji Gaoke's new energy battery factory has just started construction, and your new company's raw materials are also just starting out. Which one doesn't need the cooperation of government departments or the exchange of favors?"
Ji Tanyuan looked up at him and asked, "So?"
"Does our separation mean I'm no longer Mrs. Chung? I just said I didn't want to be so intimate with you in private anymore."
"..." You're quite bold to say that.
This time, Zhong Yan was speechless. All he knew was that he couldn't let Ji Tanyuan and him become strangers, remaining husband and wife in name only.
Zhong Yan: "No, let's stay the same as before."
Ji Tanyuan sneered, "What were you like before? Acting? Aren't you tired?"
Zhong Yan raised his hand and grasped the back of her head, leaned down and kissed her, then pushed her onto the bed. Her white pajamas fell open, and his fingers teased her skillfully, like playing the piano.
"I'm playing myself, and I'm happy to do it."
Ji Tanyuan was forced to accept his kiss. His handsome features were right in front of her. She could see his distinct eyelashes and his deep eyes.
Zhong Yan kissed her for a while, then forced himself to stop, and touched her face: "I'm going to the guest room. Go to sleep early. Don't say hurtful things in the future. Given the current situation, once you're on the Zhong family's ship, there's no getting off. If you have any complaints, speak up, but don't even think about a marriage of convenience."
After saying that, he got up and left without looking back, decisive and restrained.
Ji Tanyuan lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, still completely dazed.
She was caught off guard from the moment Zhong Yan suddenly changed his expression. This person usually had a calm and indifferent demeanor, but now he suddenly went crazy and she didn't know what to do.
When she proposed a marriage of convenience last time, he was angry, but he didn't become abnormal. But just now, Zhong Yan's cold and aloof expression, and the dark desire in his eyes, were chilling.
Ji Tanyuan raised her hand to cover her eyes; things were getting increasingly chaotic.
Zhong Yan went straight to the study and opened his phone to search for call records.
It clearly shows the records of the phone calls Xi Qian made to him.
Did he miss the call because he didn't hear it, or did someone hang up for him?
If he had received the call and returned earlier, offering comfort when Tan Yuan was at her most vulnerable, would their relationship have improved considerably?
Zhong Yan put down her phone, closed her eyes, and pretended to sleep, but unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in time.
However, Ji Tanyuan probably won't get a divorce easily.
No one understands better than him how much everything obtained through the conversion of power depends on power itself.
Since Ji Tanyuan obtained efficient and convenient procedural approval through the Zhong family, it was impossible for her to end the marriage immediately.
There's no need to panic.
Sheng Wan and Ji Qing were discharged from the hospital the next day. They had a simple meal with Ji Tanyuan and then left.
Ji Tanyuan didn't ask anything else; her father only told her to rest assured, so she did.
From childhood to adulthood, she was never passively involved in their marital conflicts. She didn't have to hate her father because of her mother, nor did she have to distance herself from her mother because of her father. She was never forced to grow up caught in the middle of her parents' conflicts. She knew that this was the only way they tacitly loved her, so she obediently accepted it.
Ji Tanyuan never went to the Zhong family again, and she didn't give Zhong Yan any face, never attending family banquets.
Zhong Yan didn't mind, and their relationship took another strange turn.
For Ji Tanyuan, it felt more like a charade than before.
For example, at the Zhongheng Group's year-end meeting in mid-December, the two were not speaking to each other one second, but as soon as they got out of the car, Ji Tanyuan smiled and snuggled up to Zhong Yan.
To others, the two seemed intimate and loving, but Zhong Yan felt that Ji Tanyuan was not the most fake, but only more fake. She used to be cutely fake, but now she was so fake that it made him uncomfortable.
Ji Tanyuan wore a champagne-colored fishtail dress, her hair was styled in an updo, her figure was slender, and her skin was so white that it radiated a rich and lustrous glow, exuding an air of nobility.
I danced the opening dance with Zhong Yan.
Assistant Liang really didn't know what had gotten into the boss that suddenly wanted to come to the annual meeting again. If you're going to come, at least smile. It's like Zhong Heng doesn't have a next year after this year. It's bad luck.
The unluckiest person in the whole company is the big boss! I should have known better than to persuade him to come; I should have just sent Princess Ji.
However, Shen was the first to notice that something was wrong between Zhong Yan and Ji Tanyuan. There was no way around it; someone who had been divorced had experience.
He then asked a question, and Zhong Yan glanced at him, her eyes clearly showing her disdain, "Don't try to give me advice if you're divorced, I won't listen."
Shen Que's face turned cold. He shouldn't have come. Zhong Yan deserved to be taught a lesson. Even though this person was his boss, he wanted his boss's wife to torment him until he was soft-spoken and stopped being so arrogant.
Ji Tanyuan came out of the restroom and immediately saw Rong Xi, who was there at the annual meeting as a business partner.
Rong Xi saw her too and smiled, "Tan Yuan, long time no see."
Ji Tanyuan nodded and smiled slightly, "Long time no see."
Upon hearing about the recent events, Zhao Qingye asked, "Ayan, I heard that Qinghe Real Estate was acquired by Furong Real Estate. Why don't you help your wife? Such a good real estate company is gone just like that."
"Tan Yuan, don't be sad. You're Mrs. Zhong now, what's the big deal about owning a company?"
"It's good to have money," Ji Tanyuan said with a smile. It's not like they won't pay for the acquisition.
Zhao Qingye's smile froze. Was that the point? Shouldn't it be that Zhong Yan wasn't helping you?
But it doesn't matter, he wasn't saying it to the two of them anyway, he was saying it to everyone around him.
Rumors of a bad marital relationship will spread the next day.
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