Shen Zhiyi removed the diamond ring and handed it to the sales assistant for packaging.
Lu Junyue had already begun selecting wedding bands.
There weren’t many styles of wedding rings available.
Some were minimalist designs, while others were more elaborately crafted.
“How about this one?” He chose a simple style.
The men’s and women’s rings were displayed side by side, their size difference mirroring the contrast between her and him at that moment.
Shen Zhiyi remained quiet for a long while, her small face wearing a serious expression.
“Lu Junyue, have you really thought this through? Wedding rings carry meaning. Wearing one is equivalent to announcing to everyone that we’re in a married relationship.”
“It’s not just a declaration, but an identity.”
“Once you put on a wedding ring, you can’t just take it off easily.”
She emphasized point after point, like unintentional hints.
More like commands from an owner training a dog.
Before Shen Zhiyi could say more, the cool metal of the wedding band slid onto her ring finger.
“Understood.”
Lu Junyue took out the men’s ring, placed it in her hand, then offered his own hand before her.
Shen Zhiyi accepted the men’s ring and slipped it onto his ring finger.
Light reflected off both their wedding rings, shimmering with ambiguous silver gleams.
She felt somewhat dazed.
Both the diamond ring and wedding band fit perfectly.
“Lu Junyue, how did you know my ring size?”
“…”
Lu Junyue’s ears turned red.
It was from last time, in the bathroom, when her small hand had helped him.
“Shen Zhiyi, now that you’re wearing this wedding ring, if you ever dare mention divorce again, I’ll kill you.”
Lu Junyue threw out this threat abruptly.
His tone was completely different from when he’d said he would kill her half a month ago.
There was no murderous intent, only more of a husband’s gritted-teeth fear of being abandoned.
Even the system chimed in with a sarcastic, sing-song voice: 【Kill~you~? With a murderous intent level of 10? Host baby, he probably means killing you in bed】
After purchasing the rings, Lu Junyue needed to return to the company to handle some matters and forcibly brought Shen Zhiyi along.
In the car.
Lu Junyue suddenly spoke up.
“Would you like to have dinner with your friend tonight?”
To prevent that person from the Ye family from having nothing better to do than constantly scheming to make them divorce.
Friend?
Shen Zhiyi found the word unfamiliar.
She had never had friends.
“I don’t have any friends.”
The car fell into silence.
Lu Junyue broke the stalemate first, “I don’t have any friends either.”
Once, he had one friend.
But… he betrayed him.
A former friend, now an enemy.
Shen Zhiyi leaned against the backseat and smiled softly.
“But now, you have me.”
Lu Junyue froze for a moment, looking at the woman sitting by the window.
Sunlight streamed through the car window, casting a glow across her gentle, obedient face, making every strand of her hair radiant with light.
Thump-thump—
He quickly averted his gaze, his violent heartbeat pounding like thunder, almost bursting from his chest.
Until he heard her inner thoughts.
【These six words of sweet talk must be absolutely lethal right now!】
From an angle Shen Zhiyi couldn’t see, Lu Junyue’s thin lips curved slightly as he murmured quietly.
“Little liar. Though it’s a lie, it really is… absolutely lethal.”
System: 【Ding—Detected change in Lu Junyue’s Heartbeat Value +2, Total: 27.】
Only when they reached the company did Shen Zhiyi understand why Lu Junyue had brought her along.
Inside the CEO’s office at that moment.
Ji Yanli was seated there.
The moment he saw Shen Zhiyi appear, he immediately stood up.
After two days apart, he looked much more haggard.
Dark circles, stubble, and disheveled hair had completely obscured his former handsome appearance.
“Zhiyi…”
He had so much he wanted to say to her, but when his gaze fell upon the wedding ring on Shen Zhiyi’s finger, all words lodged in his throat.
“You really married Lu Junyue?”
“Tell me this isn’t true, right?”
Ji Yanli refused to believe it.
Their eight years together—they had clearly been through so much.
It took him eight years to rise from an illegitimate child to become the Ji family heir.
During these eight years, he faced setbacks, even assassination attempts… but Shen Zhiyi had always stayed by his side, never leaving him.
She even drank until she suffered a stomach hemorrhage while helping him secure contracts during business dinners.
How could this same Shen Zhiyi marry another man?
Lu Junyue, usually the most domineering, remained unusually quiet today.
Shen Zhiyi understood—this knife aimed at Ji Yanli’s heart, Lu Junyue wanted her to wield it herself.
“Ji Yanli.” Her tone was calm. “I’m married. To your archrival Lu Junyue.”
Stab Ji Yanli? She definitely wouldn’t hold back.
Ji Yanli seemed utterly devastated, shaking his head repeatedly. “No, impossible! This absolutely can’t be true!”
Sometimes actions speak louder than words.
Shen Zhiyi turned and wrapped her arms around Lu Junyue’s neck, rising on her toes to press her lips against his thin ones.
Lu Junyue’s narrowed eyes gleamed with pleasure as he curved his palm around her waist, bending down to respond to her kiss.
This scene was devastating to Ji Yanli.
For Lu Junyue, it was ultimate pleasure and satisfaction.
“Han Ming, see our guest out.”
He lifted the breathless Shen Zhiyi who had just been kissed and issued the dismissal.
Han Ming: “President Ji, please.”
The moment Ji Yanli turned away, he collapsed from the shock and fainted.
Jiang Cheng supported Ji Yanli and immediately rushed him to the hospital.
Shen Zhiyi was pushed back onto the sofa.
The man’s fingers interlaced with hers, pinning her firmly against the cushions as his urgent kisses descended without delay.
In his fiercest moments, he even bit her several times before his anger subsided.
“Are you in the mood today?”
It sounded less like a question and more like a notification.
Informing her that whether she wanted to or not, he would have her today.
Shen Zhiyi frowned. “Being forced isn’t comfortable.”
Lu Junyue, who had been rejected twice: “…”
Was she rejecting him again?
Infuriating!
If he wanted to, he could absolutely take her, regardless of her consent.
But seeing the furrow gracing the beautiful woman’s brow, he felt unable to proceed.
Damn it, was he really being trained like a dog?
The CEO’s office contained a private restroom and shower.
Suppressing his desire, Lu Junyue stood up, preparing to take a cold shower.
But just as he rose, a delicate voice came from behind him.
“Husband, would you like to try making me interested?”
Lu Junyue turned around, his pupils trembling, his breathing growing heavy.
His ears turned completely crimson!
Shen Zhiyi sat reclined on the sofa in her dress, both feet resting on the sofa’s edge. The sheer fabric of her stockings hinted at secrets beneath.
His Adam’s apple bobbed heavily.
“?”
Shen Zhiyi curved the corners of her eyes, her kiss-reddened lips uttering just two words.
“Kneel down.”
In that moment, the air grew thin, and Lu Junyue’s world contained only her enchanting form.
He bent his knees and knelt on the carpet.
Like a dog waiting for its owner’s next command, he was staring straight into her eyes.
The woman lifted her foot from the sofa.
“Start from here.”
Lu Junyue lowered his head and saw her fair, petite, and delicate toes.