A whirlwind marriage: The real heiress marries a warlord.

Cen Yan sat alone at the dining table.

He asked the servants to tidy up, left a few snacks to go with his drinks, and then poured himself a drink.

He was just chatting with Lin Zi.

Xiang Linzi liked him; this was practically an open secret in the Xiang family, known to everyone. This was thanks to Xiang Linchuan's big mouth; he couldn't keep a secret.

Once he finds out, he'll make sure everyone knows.

So during the Chinese New Year, Cen Yan's adoptive father urged him to immediately finalize the marriage arrangements.

"The Xiang family cannot afford to have a scandal. You are a smart kid, and I have always trusted you. You don't need me to say anything more."

"I'll have your mother choose two women. Get to know them as soon as possible. I'll be back for the Dragon Boat Festival in May to arrange the betrothal, and we'll get married in August," his adoptive father said.

This is a military order.

Cen Yan should be the one.

This was kept from Lin Zi.

He hoped that Xiang Linzi could go abroad as soon as possible, and he also told his second uncle's family.

His second uncle and aunt were more afraid of his adoptive father than he was.

In their eyes, Cen Yan was an exceptionally upright person, while Xiang Linzi was young and lively; she was the one who created the scandal in the Xiang family.

If they ruin the eldest son's heir, the eldest brother might chop them up.

Unfortunately, they didn't have much influence over Lin Zi, and she didn't listen to them.

Not only did she ignore him, Xiang Linzi also received a job offer from the newspaper and found a job on her own, even abandoning her studies at the church university.

Nobody spoke out about these things.

Cen Yan simply told Xiang Linzi, "Studying abroad will be better for your future, and you won't regret it."

Xiang Linzi said she would never regret it.

"You need to broaden your horizons to know what you want," Cen Yan added.

Xiang Linzi asked him, "Then do you know what you want?"

"I know."

"Just keep moving forward," Xiang Linzi said. "Tell me honestly, have I ever held you back?"

He said no.

"Have I asked you anything?" she asked again.

He also said no.

"Am I blocking your path by choosing my own?" she asked.

Cen Yan had nothing to say.

"I fought for this job myself; I didn't ask anyone for anything. Even if the company president wasn't my cousin's wife, I would still have been hired," she said.

The newspaper is hiring a chief writer; the educational requirement is only high school; as long as the articles are acceptable, that's all that matters.

Although Miss Ling gave her some help, the real time she received the employment certificate was when her abilities were proven.

"I know what you're afraid of. You're afraid my work will delay my marriage. In the eyes of the elders, marriage is the most important thing," Xiang Linzi added.

Cen Yan remained silent.

Xiang Linzi added, "Are you worried that I'll delay your marriage?"

Cen Yan suddenly looked at her.

These words revealed her unrequited love, and Xiang Linzi's eyes welled up with tears.

"I never expected anything. You're the older brother, I've always known that," she said.

Cen Yan wanted to speak, but his voice was so hoarse that it took him a long time to speak normally: "This is also why I advised you to study abroad."

You're too young; you haven't seen many people or experienced much. You think you've made a good choice, but that's just a sign of your limited experience.

"I have good knowledge, so what makes you say my 'knowledge' is limited?" Xiang Linzi immediately raised her voice.

No one can say that Cen Yan is bad, including Cen Yan himself.

Cen Yan: "..."

It's hard to feel sad when talking to her, because you'll end up arguing.

She was just too persistent.

Xiang Linzi told him, "You don't need to treat me like a thief. I have a boyfriend, I just haven't told you."

Cen Yan looked at her quietly.

He remained silent for too long, his eyes too still, as if frozen in ice.

"...Did you really hand it in?" he asked.

His voice seemed to break the ice, causing a slight ripple in the room.

Xiang Linzi had no idea what he had been thinking about for so long, but in the end he asked such a sharp question.

She seemed transparent in his presence.

She couldn't tell a single lie.

"No," Xiang Linzi said dejectedly. "Go out and take a look. The young men outside are either arrogant and domineering like my second brother, or spoiled and dissolute like my brother. Who among them has any semblance of humanity?"

"Lin Zi".

He felt somewhat helpless.

"You get married, I'll go to work. If you dare interfere with my affairs, I'll commit suicide at your wedding and make sure you never have peace of mind for the rest of your life," Xiang Linzi said.

"Lin Zi!"

"That was just a joke, you know I'm afraid of pain." Xiang Linzi almost laughed in anger. "You don't understand me at all."

Cen Yan also looked at her dejectedly.

Unable to continue their conversation, Xiang Linzi opened the door and left.

When I came out, I saw Qin Yan and Cheng Tianxun being all lovey-dovey in the restaurant, the two of them almost touching.

Xiang Linzi left, and Qin Yan and Cheng Tianxun, the couple, also left. Cen Yan was drinking alone.

Later, he drank the entire jar of osmanthus wine by himself and got completely drunk.

Both Qin Yan and Cheng Tianxun were slightly drunk. When they returned to the bedroom, he pulled Qin Yan aside and said, "Don't go to the bed, or you'll have to sleep in the guest room tonight."

Qin Yan: "You can be gentler."

"The bed legs are loose. It's the bed that's faulty, not me," Cheng Tianxun said.

Anyway, he's very capable.

"I'm not blaming you." Qin Yan put her arms around his neck and gently pecked his lips.

Cheng Tianxun felt as if he was about to be ignited.

They were on the sofa in the outer room. Qin Yan fell into his arms, and he rested his hand on the back of her head. He put one foot on the ground for support, and the sofa couldn't bear the weight.

Qin Yan felt dizzy, but still managed to say to him, "If the sofa breaks and there's nowhere to buy a new one, you..."

The rest of the sentence was cut off.

Fortunately, the sofa was more sturdy than Qin Yan had imagined and did not break.

In the end, it's still the bed that's the problem.

After taking a shower, the couple lay down. Qin Yan was so tired that her eyelids kept drooping, but Cheng Tianxun called out to her, "Qin Yan."

Qin Yan assumed he was just asking her to have a late-night snack, and she mumbled a response.

"You should buy a bed from another furniture store. This store's beds are really no good. The sofa isn't broken though," Cheng Tianxun said.

"I don't know whose bed is good either," Qin Yan said.

"Why must we buy from this company?"

Qin Yan said, "This place is expensive."

Cheng Tianxun: "..."

"There's always a reason why something is expensive," Qin Yan added.

"Because the boss wants to make money, that's the reason for the high price," Cheng Tianxun said. "I'll go back and find out which company has better beds."

"I want a Western-style bed, not a canopy bed," Qin Yan said.

It wasn't that she disliked old-fashioned things, but rather that their entire room was Western-style, from the chandeliers to the glass in the windows.

The canopy bed really didn't match the style of the room, and Qin Yan didn't plan to change the room's style; she didn't have the time.

"I know, go to sleep." Cheng Tianxun kissed her.

Qin Yan turned over and fell asleep a moment later.

Cheng Tianxun was also tired, so he didn't bother to have a late-night snack and went to sleep with her in his arms.

The couple overslept the next day, so they decided to stay in bed together, slowly getting up, washing up, and going downstairs for breakfast.

"...The Xiang family is going to arrange a wedding for Cen Yan," Cheng Tianxun told Qin Yan.

"This year?"

"It'll be soon, right? Didn't they say they'd chosen someone at the beginning of the year?" Cheng Tianxun said. "Lin Zi probably won't have a peaceful life, that's why they want to get rid of her."

"Lin Zi is not an unreasonable person," Qin Yan said.

Then he asked Cheng Tianxun, "What did you want to say yesterday? Did you want to say that Cen Yan values ​​his future more than Lin Zi?"

"There's nothing wrong with that; a person's future is the foundation of their life," Cheng Tianxun said. "What I mean is that they're pretending to be stupid. None of them have any opinions of their own, and they insist on waiting for my eldest uncle to come back and deal with them."

She added, "If I were Lin Zi, I would beat them all to a pulp."

Qin Yan was surprised: "I thought you would advocate for Lin Zi to go abroad."

"What's the point of going out? If she goes out, she'll miss Cen Yan for the rest of her life. She should stay and watch over him. Everyone's life is full of troubles. When she finds out that Cen Yan is just an ordinary man, she should be grateful that her elders have maintained the family's dignity," Cheng Tianxun said.

Qin Yan: "..."