“Be my woman, for three years,”
He lifted his eyes to look at her, waiting for Gu Xiaonuan to walk away just like before.
Xu Jiaojiao gasped, Three years?
There’s an expiration date for being someone’s wife?
Gu Xijue’s face was also scarily somber, “Si Yuchen, there are plenty of people who can save Mrs.
Shen; you think too highly of yourself!”
He shouldn’t have listened to his classmate’s advice to return to the country to ask Si Yuchen for help with Mrs.
Shen’s awakening.
Had he known about the chaotic relationship between Yuchen and Nuannuan, he wouldn’t have sought him out, despite Yuchen’s many successful cases of bringing patients back to consciousness.
“I need to think about it.” Facing his cold gaze, she slowly said.
Her brother’s words were obviously spoken in a fit of anger, or else he wouldn’t have asked for help from overseas connections to find Si Yuchen back in the country.
“Two days, is that enough?”
She hadn’t outright refused, which showed she was still weighing the pros and cons of the deal.
“Enough.”
Even a day’s time was enough for her to make a decision, and whether her mother could wake up might all depend on him.
Si Yuchen crossed his arms and said with a faint smile, “When you’ve made up your mind, come find me in my office.”
“Nuannuan!”
Gu Xijue was excluded from their conversation, and by the time he wanted to stop Gu Xiaonuan’s rash decision, they’d already negotiated the terms.
She looked at Gu Xijue, her mouth curving upwards into a bitter arc, “Brother, let’s go.
We should head back to the hospital.”
Gu Xiaonuan and her brother Gu Xijue left in a hurry, as if they had never been captivated by the splendor of the palace.
Xu Jiaojiao wouldn’t miss this opportunity to tease Si Yuchen, “The seventh one?”
Including the one who died in childbirth, wouldn’t Gu Xiaonuan be the seventh?
Si Yuchen’s expression instantly darkened, “Xu Jiaojiao, please leave immediately, or you know the consequences.”
The palace is Situ Jin’s property, but it was originally built as a place for the brothers to reminisce.
Some words, some people, can only be encountered within the walls of the palace.
Xu Jiaojiao was now unhappy, “I’m not going anywhere.
What are you going to do about it?
I’m just curious about your seventh wife, is that a crime?
If you dare, don’t hide them away.
Let your brother and your other brothers know, so they can join you in a toast of celebration!”
Si Yuchen didn’t hold formal wedding ceremonies when he married his first six wives, and the marriage certificates were issued in six different countries.
Their marriage was only legal in the respective countries, but once outside, their marriage would not be protected by their home nation’s laws.
Old Sir Si must have been crazy with his desire for a great-grandson, which is why he took such drastic actions.
“As you’ve seen, even if she agrees to marry me, I will only tolerate her for three years.
Is such a celebration interesting?”
This was also the reason he hadn’t invited friends and relatives to his previous marriages: it was unnecessary and a waste of emotion.
He married them to meet his grandfather’s expectations.
As for the sorrow of being bound to one woman for life after marriage…
he wasn’t interested.
Xu Jiaojiao pointed her finger at Si Yuchen and started lecturing, “Yuchen, you’re determined to marry Mu Shan, aren’t you?”
Apart from Mu Shan, no other woman could catch his eye.
Si Yuchen’s expression darkened, and a burst of coldness flashed through his brown eyes, “Xu Jiaojiao, weren’t you just as desperate before Situ Jin married you?!”
“I…”
Xu Jiaojiao was at a loss for words, her face flushing red with frustration.
“So, let’s not laugh at each other for our failings; we’re pretty much the same,” he said, lifting his head as the golden yellow light cascaded down his face, his lips curling into a deep, cold smirk.
Mu Shan didn’t love him, but he had plenty of ways to make her fall for him!