Using power to force marriage

They played cards all afternoon and didn't finish until it got dark.

Ruan Fu won a fortune.

Gu Qingyue is so depressed from losing.

"You two do nothing but practice your card skills at home, right?"

He strongly suspected that Zhao Jingnian was secretly instructing Ruan Fu, but he had no evidence.

The two played their tricks very discreetly, and no one noticed.

Zhao Jingnian stared at Gu Qingyue, who was transferring money, with a mocking look in his eyes. He had originally told Gu Qingyue to go easy on him and that he would reimburse him no matter how much money he lost.

But this guy was stubborn and insisted on giving money away.

Qi Xiao glanced at his phone; Zhao Jingnian had already transferred back the money he and Chen Yinmo had lost that day.

Upon seeing the amount, Qi Xiao sent him a message to remind him: 【Brother, you transferred too much.】

N: [The extra money is for the trouble you guys caused by playing cards with Xiaofu.]

He was much better than Gu Qingyue, and he let Zhao Jingnian off the hook in a way that satisfied him greatly.

Qi Xiao: [I want to participate again next time there's a good opportunity like this.]

Therefore, only Gu Qingyue's injured world was achieved at the entire card table, because he disobeyed.

Qi Xiao: "Sister-in-law, you won quite a few this afternoon, you have to treat us to dinner tonight."

Ruan Fu: "No problem, what would you like to eat?"

After playing all afternoon, it was lunchtime, and everyone was a little hungry.

Gu Qingyue transferred the 30 million, saying, "I'm not eating, I'm too angry."

Zhao Jingnian scoffed at him, "If you can't handle it, don't play."

"Who can't afford to lose?" he asked, puzzled. "I'm just wondering why your sister-in-law's card-playing style is so similar to yours?"

Ruan Fu had a really great afternoon, and she suddenly started to like this entertainment activity.

"Shall we come here to play cards again tomorrow?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyue was the first to refuse, "I never want to play cards with you two again in my life."

Losing money is secondary; the main problem is being constantly suppressed with no chance of turning things around. The feeling of being repeatedly defeated is really devastating.

-

We went out for barbecue for dinner and had some drinks.

Ruan Fu has a low alcohol tolerance; she gets drunk after just one cup.

On the way back, she was drunk and talking nonsense in the car, "Zhao Jingnian, our teamwork was so perfect, they didn't even realize we were cheating."

Ruan Fu had already begun to imagine the scene of her and Zhao Jingnian dominating the casinos in Macau.

"No, Xiao Fu, if you try to cheat at a casino in Macau, they'll chop off your hand."

Hearing Zhao Jingnian threaten her, Ruan Fu quickly hid her hands behind her back, "Then I won't go."

Her cheeks were flushed, and after drinking, she felt like she was on a rollercoaster, so she leaned on him, feeling dizzy.

His daughter, Xiao Fu, looks so adorable when she's drunk; I can't help but want to kiss her.

"You won the game today, are you happier?"

Zhao Jingnian paid close attention to her emotions.

"I'm happy every day."

"But you were acting really strange last night."

He cupped her face in his hands, his tone earnest, "Is our little Fu baby troubled by something?"

Ruan Fu was drunk, and when she heard him say that, she suddenly became emotionally vulnerable, and her eyes welled up with tears.

"Zhao Jingnian, I'm unhappy because you're unhappy."

As she spoke, Ruan Fu pouted, looking like she was about to cry.

"Zhao Jingnian, I wish I had met you sooner."

That way, he will be loved sooner and won't be all alone for so long.

"Did someone say something to you?" Seeing the tears welling up in her eyes, Zhao Jingnian had a vague idea.

"Qi Xiao?"

Ruan Fu shook her head. "No."

Nestled in his arms, she said softly, "I just feel like you're working too hard."

From the age of six, he carried a heavy burden of guilt and responsibility, dared not be close to his parents, was used by his own grandfather, and fought for power with Zhao Qi. He really had a hard time.

"Zhao Jingnian, I will love you even more from now on, and we will never be apart."

He already had a pretty good idea of ​​what had happened; it must have been Qi Xiao who told her about what happened back then.

This guy has a loose tongue and deserves a beating.

"Zhao Jingnian, let's break our bad habit of not celebrating birthdays starting this year, okay?"

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face like they were free.

Seeing her tears, Zhao Jingnian's heart ached. "Xiao Fu, what happened back then is in the past. I've forgotten about it."

The implication was that she shouldn't feel sorry for him.

"Since it's all in the past, why do you lock yourself away every year on your birthday?"

She knows quite a lot; Qi Xiao really is very open with everything he knows.

"The fact that you don't let people mention your birthday shows that you haven't forgotten the pain from back then."

Pain that penetrates to the bone marrow cannot be forgotten so easily.

Ruan Fu looked at him with tears in her eyes, hugged his neck, and said, "Brother Jingnian, shall we go up the mountain to tie red ribbons for our birthdays this year?"

When he was 6 years old, he went up the mountain with a red ribbon in his heart, but an accident happened on the way, and he was unable to tie the red ribbon until he was 30 years old.

"Shall we make up for the regrets of my 6th birthday this year?"

A deep sadness welled up in Zhao Jingnian's eyes. "Xiao Fu, I don't want my affairs to affect your mood."

He didn't want Ruan Fu to be bothered by messy affairs, and he hoped that she would always be free, carefree, happy and successful.

Qi Xiao must be asking for trouble; why did he have to tell her all this?

"Brother Jingnian, please don't reject me."

Ruan Fu looked up and kissed him, "I want to celebrate your birthday, and I want to go up the mountain with you to tie red ribbons."

"But……"

He was about to speak when Ruan Fu kissed him again, silencing him.

"Didn't you say you wanted to make me happy? Then you can't refuse me."

Zhao Jingnian felt it was unnecessary; he was long past the age where he needed to celebrate his birthday.

Even if the red ribbon is tied, the wish will not come true, and his relationship with Zhao Yuzhou and Su Yao can never go back to what it was before.

"Jingnian-gege~ please say yes!"

With eyes full of anticipation, she kissed him again and again.

"Go ahead and say it! Okay, hurry up and say it!"

"Xiao Fu, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, she silenced him with a kiss.

Ruan Fu only wanted to hear him say "okay," and didn't give him a chance to say anything else.

Zhao Jingnian still has a strong aversion to his birthday, feeling that it is a day of disaster.

After that disaster, no one in the Zhao family celebrated his birthday anymore. Everyone would tacitly ignore the day and no one would mention it. He had gotten used to it.

"Brother Jingnian, you should let it go. I want to hold your hand and we can overcome this little hurdle together."

She wanted to erase Zhao Jingnian's unpleasant memories little by little, and spend a few happy birthdays with him so that he wouldn't feel that birthdays were a disaster.

"Please?"

He wanted to say "no," but Ruan Fu was very domineering, repeatedly silencing his refusal with kisses.

Staring at her rosy, full lips, Zhao Jingnian smiled and sighed softly, "Baby, you're being a little unreasonable."

Ruan Fu has always been like this, only willing to speak her own reasoning.

"So, are you going to say yes or no?"

She acted coquettishly and whined, her tearful appearance was heartbreaking.

Zhao Jingnian couldn't bear to disappoint her, "Okay, I promise you."

-

Back at the "Water Moon Bay Villa", she was carried out of the car.

Ruan Fu was very happy because Zhao Jingnian promised her that he would change his bad habit of not celebrating his birthday starting this year.

I had barbecue tonight, and my clothes smell greasy.

"Jingnian, shall we take a bath together?"

Hearing her invitation, Zhao Jingnian's eyes lit up slightly. "What did you say?"

Although Ruan Fu drank alcohol today, she was not so drunk that she was unconscious, and she could wash herself.

But she didn't want to be alone today.

"I'm drunk! Oh dear, I'm so drunk I can't stand up straight. Oh dear, I'm going to faint."

She looked delicate and frail, and deliberately leaned against him.

"Brother Jingnian, I'll slip and fall if I take a shower by myself."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhao Jingnian picked her up and carried her into the bathroom.

Since Ruan Fu took the initiative, he had no reason to refuse.

The bathtub is just the right size.