A sophomore in college starts by getting a marriage certificate with a female CEO.

notebook?

Lu Yang paused slightly, his hand resting on the diary.

This woman actually keeps a diary?

To be honest, this surprised him a bit.

It's hard to imagine that the usually aloof CEO would actually have time to record his life in a diary.

He hesitated for two seconds before withdrawing his hand.

Forget it.

It's not that I don't want to read it, but diaries are inherently private.

Even though it's his wife, it's not a good idea to spy on her.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang turned his chair towards the window and glanced at the city outside.

The morning sunlight shone on the glass curtain walls of the office buildings across the street, making people squint.

Just then, his gaze involuntarily drifted back to the table.

The diary was light brown, with only a small label in the lower right corner bearing the date.

Lu Yang saw the date.

He tapped his hand twice on the table, then reached out again.

Because that date was the day he and Li Xixue got their marriage certificate.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't curious.

It's been several months since I got my marriage certificate with Li Xixue.

What exactly did she write about herself?

Lu Yang hesitated for a moment, then picked up the notebook and opened to the first page.

Just one glance.

Yeah, just one look.

Upon opening it, the handwriting was very neat; it was Li Xixue's handwriting.

The first page only had a few lines written on it.

"I got my marriage certificate with a complete stranger today."

His name is Lu Yang.

"I drank too much and don't remember what happened. I inexplicably ended up going to the Civil Affairs Bureau with him to get our marriage certificate."

"No, this absolutely cannot be known by anyone else."

Lu Yang stared at those few lines of text for several seconds.

I subconsciously turned to the second page.

"At first I thought he was a liar, but then he actually said he wanted a divorce, and he seemed even more anxious than I was."

"I agree."

"But the Civil Affairs Bureau has a one-month cooling-off period for divorce."

Page 3.

He called me "sister".

"He's eight years younger than me."

"She's alright looking."

Lu Yang stared at the words "not bad looking" and his lips twitched slightly.

What does it mean to be "okay-looking"?

He turned to the next page.

"My parents called again today, urging me to get married. I had no choice but to ask him to deal with them for me."

"He didn't take any money, nor did he make any demands."

"I'm a little surprised."

"I took him to meet my parents."

"This guy bought a foot bath tub as a gift for meeting me, and surprisingly, my mom really liked it."

"My dad didn't show much expression, and although he didn't say anything, I know he liked it too."

"My parents kept urging me to have a baby while we were eating."

"Who wants to have a child with him? I, Li Xixue, would never have a child with him in this lifetime!"

Lu Yang recalled the scene from that day.

When he first went to Li Xixue's house, he was so nervous that he didn't know what to do with his hands. As a result, her mother didn't say a word, but silently put a lot of food on his plate.

He continued flipping through the pages.

Some pages are very short, some containing only a single sentence.

The content on the later pages increased, with some pages containing only half a page and others a full page.

Continue flipping through.

"I felt uncomfortable because he was texting other girls today."

"I shouldn't feel this way."

"We were clearly only in a fake marriage."

Lu Yang turned to the next page.

"He cooked today."

"I don't know where they learned it from, but it tastes amazing. I ate two big bowls of it."

He asked me if it tasted good, and I said it was so-so.

"He laughed, as if he'd been seen through. How infuriating."

Lu Yang could recall the scene from that day.

The first time I cooked at her house, she cleared all the dishes off the table and still insisted that it was just so-so.

Turn the page.

"Nobody has ever said that to me."

"Chen Yan said it, but it's different."

"I feel like he cares about me."

Lu Yang stared at the last sentence for two seconds.

The content starts to get longer on the next few pages.

The handwriting wasn't as neat as before; in some places, you could see that it had been written, crossed out, and rewritten.

"I worked overtime at the company until 11 p.m. today."

"He was still awake when I got home, sitting in the living room waiting for me."

There was a bowl of noodles on the table, covered with a plate to keep it from getting cold.

"I didn't eat, I said I wasn't hungry."

He didn't say anything, but took the noodles into the kitchen to reheat them, and then brought them out again.

"I ate it, it was delicious."

"And I've discovered that this guy always likes to tempt me with delicious food, it's absolutely awful."

Lu Yang smiled and turned to the next page.

This page contains only one sentence.

"I think I'm getting used to him."

The words were written very small, hidden in the corner of the page.

Lu Yang stared at the sentence, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Continue flipping through.

"Chen Yan asked me if I had fallen for Lu Yang."

I said no.

She said I was already in a relationship, and that my IQ had dropped recently.

"I kicked her."

Upon seeing this, Lu Yang's lips twitched involuntarily.

Just like her...

Continue to the next page.

I lay in bed thinking about it for a long time that night.

What is liking?

I'm not sure.

"But I know that if he's not here one day, I won't be used to it."

Lu Yang did not immediately turn to the next page.

He read this page several times.

"I would feel uneasy if he were gone someday."

Li Xixue is the kind of person who never directly says she likes someone.

But she will express herself in her own way.

I knitted a scarf, cooked for him, and ate the noodles he cooked when I came home from working overtime.

Including this diary.

She wrote down everything she couldn't say in person here.

Lu Yang turned to the next page.

The date jumped several days.

"I had a company physical today, and the doctor said I don't sleep well and told me to drink less coffee."

"On the way back, he called and asked me what I wanted to eat for dinner."

I said whatever.

"He said 'anything' isn't a dish name."

"In the end, he made braised pork ribs."

"It's delicious."

"I didn't say it was delicious, because I was afraid he'd get smug."

Lu Yang's lips curved into a smile.

This woman is so concerned about saving face.

The dates become increasingly frequent in the following content.

"The Civil Affairs Bureau called today to say that our cooling-off period for divorce has expired, but I surprisingly don't want to leave this guy."

"And he even held my hand today."

"There are many people on the beach."

"Is this what liking someone is?"

Next page.

He said I look good when I smile.

I rarely laugh.

"But it seems like there have been a few more lately."

Another page.

There are only three lines of text.

"I think I might actually like him."

"It's over."

"And I actually want to have a child with him, and I've even thought of a name for it. I feel like I'm going crazy."

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"He went crazy today, I don't know what got into him, he kept hugging and kissing me."

"My heart was beating for a while before it returned to normal."

Lu Yang looked at these lines of text and pursed his lips.

He kissed me again today.

"I was brushing my teeth when he came up from behind and gave me a surprise kiss."

"I got angry and kissed him back."

"Ever since then, I've even been a little... looking forward to it."