After her ninth miscarriage, she finally let her scumbag husband and her beloved get together.

"What's the most direct way? To negotiate with Old Master Cen?"

After Xu Wantang finished speaking, she felt a pain in her neck.

It felt like my neck would be snapped at any moment.

Everyone knows that Old Master Cen favors Cen Shichuan the most.

If they knew that Cen Shichuan was faking his disability to trick Xu Chuxue into marriage and even helped her fake her death.

The old man would definitely kill him to silence him immediately.

Coming to his senses, Cen Yuan had already taken a document out of the drawer.

"Open."

"What...?"

Xu Wantang froze on the spot after opening it.

She asked incredulously, "A marriage application?"

Cen Yuan nodded and reminded him, "Bigamy is illegal in China, so the marriage certificate is obtained first."

Who uses this word on their marriage certificate?

but……

Xu Wantang was speechless for a moment.

He pointed to himself, then to Cen Yuan.

"You, you... you want to get a marriage certificate with me?"

"You don't want to?" Cen Yuan asked.

Xu Wantang bit her lip: "I don't want to. If you're just trying to help me by hastily getting a marriage certificate with me, of course I don't want to."

As if he had wanted to do that for a long time, Cen Yuan grabbed Xu Wantang's chin and pulled her closer.

"But they don't want to take responsibility."

Xu Wantang knew he was saying that on purpose, and her eyes stung with tears: "Second Brother, aren't you afraid I'll come and take your house and money?"

"If you're interested in these, that's fine too, I happen to have quite a few."

"But……"

"I like you."

"..."

"Yes, I like it," Cen Yuan repeated, continuing in a low voice.

"I knew from the beginning that you were acting, and I knew it was against the rules, but that day a crabapple blossom fell into my palm."

"I copied many calming scriptures as instructed by my master, and I also left on business trips, but I could never forget the crabapple blossom I was holding in my hand."

Xu Wantang's heart was pounding, and her nose was stinging. It wasn't sadness, it was...

An indescribable emotion spread throughout my body.

warm.

She used to think that liking someone was a very complicated thing.

Until the word "like" came out of Cen Yuan's mouth.

Decisive and efficient, with a solemn expression.

"But this is what happens to the old man..."

Xu Wantang was still somewhat worried.

"It doesn't matter if he finds out, because these kinds of things can only be resolved behind closed doors. If the conditions are laid out, they might not have a chance of winning."

Cen Yuan dispelled Xu Wantang's concerns.

When the conditions were mentioned, Xu Wantang immediately thought of something.

"Second Brother, Third Young Master is not disabled at all. He uses a wheelchair to cover up his condition. I used to think that he deliberately used a wheelchair to make me feel guilty because Xu Chuxue lost her child."

"But I feel like something is getting weirder and weirder. That car accident was probably staged by them to help Xu Chuxue get away with it."

"But I don't understand why."

Cen Yuan paused, clearly not expecting that Cen Shichuan was faking being in a wheelchair.

But he was smarter than Xu Wantang and quickly found some connections.

He just didn't say it.

"The engagement party may not have been the cause, but rather the trigger."

Xu Wantang said, "Third Madam doesn't know about this, and I'm not sure about the Old Master. Oh, right, I forgot to mention something yesterday, Third Madam and Lin Zhuozhong..."

"I know I kept this from you," Cen Yuan interrupted.

"You..." Xu Wantang exclaimed in surprise.

"This matter is too big, I'm afraid you'll get implicated. Cen Shichuan is suspicious by nature, if you know too much, you'll easily be exposed, and he won't let you off the hook."

"Then tell me quickly, what exactly happened?" Xu Wantang asked anxiously.

"Although Lin Zhuozhong's surname is Lin, he has no relation to the Lin family. To be precise, he only has a relationship with Lin Manzhi. They are lovers, from university to now. Lin Manzhi and Uncle San's marriage is an arranged marriage, and they have no feelings for each other. After their marriage, they lived separately under the pretext of work. Uncle San also has a lover abroad."

"This... will work?"

"Alright, the marriage between the two families, besides the interests involved, was also to ensure they had a child with shared blood, and they both accomplished those things."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wantang suddenly thought of something.

"No wonder... I understand now. I heard Xu Chuxue threaten Lin Zhuozhong, mentioning a secret. It seems this is the matter. The Cen family values ​​their reputation. If this gets out, not only will the old man lose face, but Cen Shichuan's status will also be damaged."

After all, the old man has so many children, and all of them who lost their husbands and children are known to be loyal and devoted to remaining widows.

Even Cen Yuan's mother is single, citing health reasons.

The Cen family forbids the woman from filing for divorce, but Cen Shichuan's parents outwardly comply while inwardly disobeying.

Who can be trusted?

Cen Yuan hummed in agreement.

Xu Wantang waited for a long time but received no further news.

"That's it? You're not going to say anything more? Isn't this a crucial issue?"

"Every time we meet, we talk about Cen Shichuan, and now we have Brother Gu Feng too."

Cen Yuan's tone was cold.

"Forehead……"

Xu Wantang choked.

Cen Yuan handed over a pen: "Sign it or not?"

Xu Wantang looked at him, then at the marriage application.

"Second brother, I... I have a bad reputation, and you must know why I married Cen Shichuan. I can't explain it, and I'll carry this bad name for the rest of my life. I originally wanted to leave the Cen family and find a place where no one knows me to live on my own."

She seduced Cen Yuan simply to find a powerful backer.

She never dared to imagine that Cen Yuan would like her.

She dares to think about it now, but if she actually does it, she's afraid of implicating Cen Yuan.

Cen Yuan put down his pen and leaned slightly closer to Xu Wantang's face.

"I won't say anything more sentimental."

"If I hadn't figured it out, I wouldn't have taken out this piece of paper."

Xu Wantang realized what was happening and touched his face with her finger: "Second Brother, you're finished. How long have you been lusting after me?"

"Guess?" Cen Yuan grabbed her hand and shoved the pen into it.

Xu Wantang gripped the pen tightly and looked down at the marriage application.

Compared to the last time she signed, she felt incredibly relaxed this time.

Every word was spoken willingly.

"Second brother, should we go see your mother? What if she..."

"I've already called her, and I just hope she's doing well."

"That's good."

Xu Wantang breathed a sigh of relief and handed him the marriage application.

Cen Yuan closed the document: "I'll have someone send it over."

"At this point?"

"Ji Yan is waiting."

Cen Yuan got up and handed the documents out.

Xu Wantang was stunned: "You didn't already guess I would sign, did you?"

"Um."

Xu Wantang pouted. Why wasn't this auspicious day full of surprises?

She stood up: "Then I'll go back."

Before she even reached the door, Cen Yuan grabbed her from behind.

"It's not good to separate right after getting married."

"But Cen Shichuan is acting strangely now. If he goes back and finds that I'm not here, he'll definitely say a lot of nasty things again."

"He can't go back today; there's a pile of documents waiting for him to verify," Cen Yuan whispered, leaning against Xu Wantang's shoulder.

Xu Wantang turned to look at him: "You cheated?"

"No, I've been abroad for so long, and the old man still lets Cen Shichuan run the household in China. When I come back, I'll definitely ask him. I'll just ask about a few important projects. Do you think he'll honestly tell me everything, or will he be half-hearted and bide his time?"

"It's definitely the latter. I can't possibly tell you everything," Xu Wantang said without hesitation.

"Yes, the hardest part is to be half-true and half-false, so he's probably discussing with his people how to keep me from finding out."

"Second brother, you also listen to bad things." Xu Wantang smiled.

"There's a good side to it too."

Which side?

"I'll tell you from inside the room."

"..."

Xu Wantang felt that she had been tricked.