Using power to force marriage

With other people around, Ruan Fu hadn't yet found an opportunity to ask Ruan Qian about Jiang Qiyu, nor did she know how far her brother and sister's relationship had progressed.

The two were chatting happily with several ladies when they suddenly heard someone shouting from not far away.

"Miss Ruan, both of you."

A young woman in a gold fishtail dress walked towards them.

This person is Jiang Qiyu's arranged marriage partner, and her name is Cen Dai.

She had striking features, full and bold, with slightly upturned fox-like eyes and a strong presence. She walked slowly to the two of them in high heels.

Cen Dai greeted them politely.

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, Ruan Fu found this beautiful woman to be straightforward and cheerful, without much guile, and she liked her very much.

"Qi Yu and I plan to get engaged in October. We'll be family soon, but I haven't had a chance to meet my two younger sisters yet."

Cen Dai was 29 years old, so she affectionately called them her younger sisters.

"Engaged?" Ruan Fu's heart skipped a beat.

"Is it confirmed?"

Cen Dai chuckled, "We've already discussed it and will try to arrange a meal with both sets of parents soon to finalize the date."

Unlike Ruan Fu's blatant shock, Ruan Qian was calm and reserved. Upon hearing the news, she showed no emotional change, only silently clenching her fingers.

"So fast!"

Ruan Qian gave a gentle smile, "Fufu and I will soon have a sister-in-law."

Ever since Ruan Qian confessed her feelings and kissed him while drunk, Jiang Qiyu has been keeping a cold eye on her and avoiding her.

Ruan Qian dared not do anything out of line again, for fear of angering Jiang Qiyu, at which point they would no longer be able to be siblings.

"Sister Cen, are you really going to be with my brother?" Ruan Fu felt like she had been doused with hot oil, and she was anxious for Ruan Qian.

"Qi Yu and I are at the age to settle down, that's for sure."

"But you two aren't very familiar with each other yet. Do you like my brother?"

After Ruan Fu asked this question, Cen Dai was suddenly amused and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as it's suitable."

Therefore, like Jiang Qiyu, she only regarded marriage as a task that had to be completed, valuing the word "well-matched".

"Sister Cen, my brother actually has a lot of flaws, and his personality isn't very good either. You're so beautiful, he's not a good match for you."

At that moment, Jiang Qiyu, who was negotiating a project with someone, sneezed.

Cen Dai found Ruan Fu's personality very interesting. "Do all the younger sisters in the world dislike their older brothers? I always complain about my brother too, thinking he's stupid and ugly and doesn't deserve my sister-in-law."

As she spoke, she handed over the two velvet boxes in her hand, "This is the first time I've met my two sisters, and I don't have anything I can give them as gifts."

The box contained bracelets, one for each of the two sisters, as a gift from their future sister-in-law.

"I wonder what your hobbies are like, my two sisters. I run an equestrian club. We can meet up sometime."

Cen Dai is open-minded and sincere. She gives them gifts and invites them out to play. Ruan Fu and Ruan Qian really like this beautiful and kind-hearted Sister Cen.

Because of Cen Dai's good personality, Ruan Fu spoke to her more openly, saying, "Sister Cen, I still think love is a necessity for marriage. Why don't you and my brother reconsider?"

As she finished speaking, a hint of sadness flickered in Cen Dai's bright red eyes, but she smiled and replied, "I don't want to suffer the pain of love anymore. Now I just want to follow my family's arrangements and live a peaceful and ordinary life."

She thought Jiang Qiyu was a very good person, and their values ​​were very similar. As for feelings, they could be cultivated slowly.

Even if she can't be cultivated, it doesn't matter; she's long past the age of prioritizing love above all else.

The three chatted for a while, then someone came to talk to Cen Dai, so she left first.

Watching Cen Dai's departing figure, Ruan Qian sighed, "Our sister-in-law is a very nice person, and she and my brother are a perfect match."

Jiang Qiyu already knew her feelings and made it clear that they could only be brother and sister, with no other possibility.

Moreover, he and Cen Dai were about to get engaged, so Ruan Qian had no reason to continue and could only give up.

"Sister, did you hear that? Sister Cen doesn't like Brother at all, and Brother doesn't like Sister Cen either."

"But he doesn't like me either."

"But your brother has never explicitly said that he doesn't like you. He just doesn't dare to express his feelings because of the sibling relationship."

Ruan Fu couldn't take it anymore. She had to go to Jiang Qiyu and get the truth from him, to ask him what he was really thinking.

Why are her older brother and sister so troublesome? They're all grown up, yet their love lives still require her, their younger sister, to worry about them.

Lifting her skirt, Ruan Fu searched for Jiang Qiyu's figure throughout the banquet hall.

Zhao Jingnian, who was talking to someone, noticed it.

Although Ruan Fu was not by his side, he kept an eye on her out of the corner of his eye.

I saw that pink figure moving around the banquet hall, as if looking for someone.

Zhao Jingnian thought Ruan Fu was looking for him, so he nodded slightly to the person next to him and then went to find her.

"Was the banquet hall too crowded? She couldn't even recognize her own husband?"

Hearing that familiar voice behind her, Ruan Fu turned around.

"I'm not looking for you."

Were you looking for him?

"Get out of my way, I'm looking for someone."

Zhao Jingnian curled his lips into a mocking smile. "Looking for whom?"

"Looking for my brother? Have you seen him?"

"He was discussing a collaboration with a Hong Kong businessman in the second-floor lounge. Why did he want to see him?"

Ruan Fu puffed out her cheeks.

The relationship between her older brother and sister and Miss Cen is rather complicated, and it's hard to know where to begin.

"Oh well, anyway, it's something very important. I need to find out who my brother likes."

Ruan Fu was in a hurry to go upstairs to find Jiang Qiyu, and did not notice the subtle change in Zhao Jingnian's expression.

What does it matter to her who Jiang Qiyu likes? Zhao Jingnian reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her back.

"Isn't Jiang Qiyu supposed to be engaged to the Cen family?"

"But I don't want him to get engaged to Sister Cen. They're just not a good match."

Jiang Qiyu is an adopted son of the Ruan family. His mother died in childbirth and his father raised him alone. He is Ruan Zhengyang's most capable secretary.

Twenty-five years ago, Ruan Zhengyang was framed, his company faced a crisis, and an investigation was launched. Jiang Qiyu's father, carrying evidence he had gathered over the past few days, drove to the police station late at night in heavy rain, but unfortunately, he was involved in a car accident on the way and died unexpectedly.

The Ruan family then adopted him when he was only five years old and treated him like their own son.

Considering that Ruan Fu and Jiang Qiyu were not related by blood, and seeing her anxiously searching for someone, repeatedly insisting on finding out who he liked, and saying that she didn't want him to get engaged to Miss Cen.

Zhao Jingnian's eyes darkened slightly, and he couldn't help but speculate in that direction.

"Why are you stopping me? I'm in a hurry to find my brother."

His voice was cold and stern as he gripped her arm tightly.

Do you know who you are?

Ruan Fu looked completely bewildered. "What is my identity?"

The man's tone was clearly restrained, but a hint of bitterness could still be detected: "Xiao Fu, you are married. You are my wife."