When she heard the words “marry you,” Bai Jin was so shocked that she stumbled several steps backward.
She shook her head desperately, her pupils dilating as if Sheng Muchen standing before her were a demon.
Sheng Muchen didn’t care about her reaction at all. Instead, he kept walking forward on his own, opening his arms again to pull her into his embrace.
“Jin’er, I’ve missed you so much. There have already been too many regrets in the first half of my life — I don’t want our second half to have any more.”
Seeing that Sheng Muchen looked as if he had lost his mind, Bai Jin clenched her teeth and rejected him outright:
“No! Sheng Muchen, I don’t like you. We shouldn’t be this close!”
With that, she bent down and dodged his hug.
In an instant, a chill flashed across Sheng Muchen’s eyes.
Him wanting to marry Bai Jin was her honor — this was not something she had the right to refuse!
“Bai Jin.” Sheng Muchen called her name coldly, licking his lips. “Don’t tell me you don’t like your Chen-ge anymore? I’ve been thinking about you all these years. Now that this moment has come, you don’t get to go back on your word!”
His voice was low and eerie, making the hairs on Bai Jin’s arms stand on end.
Her fear of him deepened.
She gathered her courage again and pushed him away with all her strength.
“No! I said I don’t like you!”
“We are absolutely impossible!”
When she said the second sentence, she almost bit her lip until it bled — she was determined to make him give up.
“Bai Jin, I just saved your father’s life. Is this how you repay me?!”
Sheng Muchen was furious, gritting his teeth. In his eyes, Bai Jin had always been a docile little lamb — this was the first time she had ever dared to resist him!
Hearing the commotion downstairs, Bai Jin’s parents hurried down.
The moment Father Bai saw the tense atmosphere between Bai Jin and Sheng Muchen, he immediately understood what was happening.
He grabbed Bai Jin roughly and scolded her harshly:
“Bai Jin! Sheng Muchen agreed to help your father repay his debts — he is our family’s great benefactor! How dare you be so disrespectful!”
Bai Jin stared at her father in disbelief. She never expected him to speak up for an outsider against his own daughter.
Mother Bai quickly joined in.
“That’s right, Xiao Jin. Xiao Chen grew up with you, and he likes you so much. Don’t be ungrateful — just agree to him!”
She turned to Sheng Muchen with a satisfied smile, looking at him like a mother-in-law admiring her future son-in-law.
“Tsk tsk, just look at how handsome and capable he is — the more I look, the more I like him!”
“Mom…”
At that moment, Bai Jin felt utter despair.
Everything matched the original novel. The original Bai Jin had always been treated by Sheng Muchen as his private possession — that’s why this scene happened.
But Bai Jin knew clearly: if she married him, her life would become a living hell, and she would eventually fall into depression.
No matter what, she had to refuse him.
However, Sheng Muchen’s next words completely convinced her parents to sell her off in marriage.
Seeing that Mother Bai clearly liked him, Sheng Muchen spoke smoothly:
“Auntie, I’ve liked Xiao Jin since childhood. My only dream in this life is to marry her.”
He then turned to look at Bai Jin with feigned affection.
“As long as Uncle and Auntie are willing to marry Xiao Jin to me, I will help Uncle get the company through this crisis.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Jin’s parents were overjoyed.
Father Bai didn’t care about his daughter’s feelings at all and immediately agreed:
“Good, good! Then let’s pick an auspicious date and hold your wedding with Xiao Jin!”
Sheng Muchen smiled.
“It’s getting late — I won’t disturb you any further.”
Before leaving, he glanced at Bai Jin like a predator eyeing his prey, then walked out satisfied.
Bai Jin sank into deep despair.
She claimed she felt unwell and locked herself in her bedroom early.
She had been so focused on gossip about Su An’an that she had completely forgotten the original character also had her own tragic love story.
She had barely transmigrated — and now she was already being forced into marriage. How ridiculous.
In her parents’ eyes, she was nothing more than an object that could be traded.
How laughable.
If this had been her past life, she might have obediently married Sheng Muchen and lived a miserable half-life.
But now that she had a new perspective, she would never again let her parents control her fate.
Bai Jin stared blankly at the ceiling, her heart firming with resolve.
“Yes — I must fight back to the end!”
At that moment, Mother Bai suddenly pushed the door open with a cup of warm water in her hand.
“Xiao Jin, don’t blame us for deciding your marriage. Your father can’t survive without Sheng Muchen’s help.”
“Mom knows you feel wronged, but you and Xiao Chen grew up together. We know him well — entrusting you to him makes us feel at ease.”
“Drink this water to warm yourself — you’ve had a tiring day.”
These seemingly caring words made Bai Jin feel disgusted.
Precisely because she knew Sheng Muchen too well, she was terrified of him.
She glanced at the water on the bedside table, didn’t think much of it, and drank it all in one gulp.
Soon, her head grew heavy — and she fell asleep.
When she woke up again, she was already in a dressing room.
Outside was the grand wedding banquet of the Sheng and Bai families, filled with guests.
Sheng Muchen was downstairs greeting everyone, while Bai Jin’s parents stood proudly on stage chatting with the Sheng family.
Inside the dressing room, only Bai Jin remained.
Remembering last night, she felt sick to her stomach.
Her own mother had drugged her — just to marry her off.
A wedding dress lay neatly on the sofa beside her.
But Bai Jin had no intention of surrendering. Since no one was watching the dressing room, she planned to escape.
Outside, upon hearing the news of the Sheng–Bai marriage, Ji Xiaoyun had canceled all his plans and rushed to the venue.
After scanning the banquet hall and not seeing Bai Jin, he headed straight to the backstage area.
From the way Bai Jin had looked at Sheng Muchen yesterday, Ji Xiaoyun knew — she didn’t like that man.
Today, he came with only one purpose:
To take Bai Jin away.
Yes — to openly crash the wedding.
In terms of power, the Sheng family was no match for him. If he wanted Bai Jin, no one could stop him.
He arrived outside the dressing room and was about to knock.
But at that moment, the door suddenly opened from the inside.
In the next second —
Bai Jin, who was trying to escape, crashed straight into Ji Xiaoyun’s arms.