Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66 - The Chaotic Opening Ceremony
Chapter 67 - Winner I
Chapter 68 - Winner Ii
Chapter 69 - Winner Iii
Chapter 70 - Designing Objects Other Than Jewelry
Chapter 71 - Needless Doubt
Chapter 72 - The Miserable Si
Chapter 73 - Moonlit Manacles
Chapter 74 - Jewelry Case
Chapter 75 - To Be A Self-Aware Hamster
Chapter 76 - The Correct Way To Use ‘A Man Of His Words’
Chapter 77 - A Special Way Of Confessing
Chapter 78 - Insomnia Is Also Contagious
Chapter 79 - The End And The Sequel
Chapter 80 - Weather Change
Chapter 81 - What It Was Like Having Split Personalities
Chapter 82 - An Unexpected Need To Break-Up
Chapter 83 - It Would Be Great If He Could Be Exposed Immediately
Chapter 84 - But It Would Be Awesome
Chapter 85 - Nannan’S Whispers (Ii)
Chapter 86 - Nannan’S Whispers (Iii)
Chapter 87 - Heart Lock
Chapter 88 - The Modelling Hamster
Chapter 89
Chapter 90 - What Goes Around Comes Around
Chapter 91 - It Was Over Just Like That
Chapter 92 - En Route
Chapter 93 - Revisiting Four Seasons Manor
Chapter 94 - How Misunderstandings Are Created
Chapter 95 - Who’S Paying For It?
Chapter 96 - Trump Card
Chapter 97 - Being Taken Advantage Of As Usual
Chapter 98 - Hacked
Chapter 99 - The Strongest Public Relations Team
Chapter 100 - A Tie-Break In Twelve Hours
Chapter 101 - Chairman Yan Plays A Game
Chapter 102 - The Wish Of A Lifetime
Chapter 103 - One Week
Chapter 104 - Battling Wits And Courage For Nothing
Chapter 105 - To Those Who Cannot Take Advice
Chapter 106 - Before Lunar New Year
Chapter 107 - There Are No What Ifs
Chapter 108 - How To Say Goodbye
Chapter 109
Chapter 110 - Omen
Chapter 111 - New Year’S Worries
Chapter 112 - New Car
Chapter 113 - Making Glutinous Rice Balls
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - The Truth Will Still Lead To Death
Chapter 117 - Mastermind
Chapter 118 - More Troubles Ensues
Chapter 119 - It Could Not Get Any Worse
Chapter 120
Chapter 121 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster I
Chapter 122 - The Meeting Of The White Cat And Hamster Ii
Chapter 123 - Discovering The Mystery Of Life
Chapter 124 - Panic
Chapter 125 - Forget It Then
Chapter 126 - (Real) Exposed
Chapter 127 - Twists And Turns I
Chapter 128 - Twists And Turns Ii
Chapter 129 - Twists And Turns Iii
Chapter 130 - The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Chapter 131 - Wrapped In Happiness
Chapter 132 - Do You Want To Become A Flaw?
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Come To Yl
Chapter 135 - “Lifetime” Contract
Chapter 136 - The Hideously Adorable Design
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139 - The Little Tail That Was Forgotten
Chapter 140 - What Could Happen In Two Weeks
Chapter 141 - The Smitten Scoundrel Who Forgot His Friends
Chapter 142 - The Unusual Faye
Chapter 143 - Earth Day
Chapter 144 - First Attempt At Drunk Play
Chapter 145 - So It’S Okay
Chapter 146 - The World Really Is Small
Chapter 147 - The Genius’ Shortcomings
Chapter 148 - It’S Not A Confession
Chapter 149 - An Unexpected Acquaintance
Chapter 150 - Something Feels Wrong
Chapter 151 - The Man Called Yan Jin
Chapter 152 - The Ups And Downs Of The Past Two Months
Chapter 153 - Discussion
Chapter 154
Chapter 155 - Settling In
Chapter 156 - : I Already Understand
Chapter 157 - Bad Friends
Chapter 158 - The Evolved Incapable Ruler
Chapter 159 - Chairman Yan’S Mark
Chapter 160 - Holding One’S Head High
Chapter 161 - Assets That Could Not Be Given
Chapter 162 - The Person He Should Have Thanked
Chapter 163 - At Every Step
Chapter 164 - About His Elders
Chapter 165 - Improvement
Chapter 166 - Nan Wei Starts His Job
Chapter 167 - The Person In Control I
Chapter 168 - The Person In Control Ii
Chapter 169 - The Person In Control Iii
Chapter 170 - The Aftermath Of The Dismissal
Chapter 171 - The Price Of A Bowl Of Noodles
Chapter 172 - Business Trip
Chapter 173 - A Storm Approaches
Chapter 174 - Explosive News
Chapter 175 - Sense Of Security
Chapter 176 - Outside The Cubicle
Chapter 177.1 - Retribution (I)
Chapter 178 - Retribution (Ii)
Chapter 179 - Retribution (Iii)
Chapter 180 - An Unexpected Development
Chapter 181 - A Powerful Comeback (I)
Chapter 182 - A Powerful Comeback (Ii)
Chapter 183 - A Powerful Comeback (Iii)
Chapter 184 - Cancelling The Engagement And Coming Out Of The Closet
Chapter 185 - An Inescapable Past (I)
Chapter 186 - An Inescapable Past (Ii)
Chapter 187 - An Inescapable Past (Iii)
Chapter 188 - Chasing Memories
Chapter 189 - From Triumph To Sorrow (I)
Chapter 190 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Ii)
Chapter 191 - From Triumph To Sorrow (Iii)
Chapter 192 - An Unprofessional Abduction
Chapter 193 - Escape
Chapter 194 - Surveillance
Chapter 195 - Planned And Unplanned
Chapter 196 - Alice’S Insanity (I)
Chapter 197 - Alice’S Insanity (Ii)
Chapter 198 - Alice’S Insanity (Iii)
Chapter 199 - The Result Of Overlooking The News
Chapter 200 - Marriage And Honeymoon
Chapter 201 - He’Ll Be Back
Chapter 202 - The Final Week
Chapter 203 - Problems Exposed And An Appeal
Chapter 204 - Emergence Of The Dead
Chapter 205 - Post-Wedding Realizations
Chapter 206 - Chess (I)
Chapter 207 - Chess (Ii)
Chapter 208 - Chess (Iii)
Chapter 209 - Seeing Is Believing
Chapter 210 - Not Taking Visitors
Chapter 211 - Summer Springs Third Clinic
Chapter 212 - Will Never Bloom Again
Chapter 213 - Blood Type Confusion
Chapter 214 - The Gene Project
Chapter 215 - External Help
Chapter 216 - Hard To Say (I)
Chapter 217 - Hard To Say (Ii)
Chapter 218 - Hard To Say (Iii)
Chapter 219 - The Rotten Family
Chapter 220 - Finally, The End
Chapter 221 - The Life That Could Be Saved
Chapter 222 - The Cat Clan (I)
Chapter 223 - The Cat Clan (Ii)
Chapter 224(End) - Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Completed, Romance, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
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CHAPTER 205: POST-WEDDING REALIZATIONS
As he returned indoors, Yan Jin saw Xiao Yu looking at something with his head lowered.
Walking over, Yan Jin wrapped Xiao Yu into a hug, resting his chin on Xiao Yu’s head.
“What are you looking at?”
Xiao Yu made no effort to hide it. “Aunty Fang sent me some post-marriage cautionary advice. It contains recommendations on how to prevent a very desirable man from cheating.”
Xiao Yu tugged on Yan Jin’s ear threateningly.
Yan Jin obediently lowered his head. “Any concrete examples?”
“Um… the Ten Great Tortures?” Xiao Yu hadn’t actually gotten to any of the actual suggestions, so he just made one up in response. [TLN: Refers to Ten Great Tortures of Qing Dynasty. First three are skinning, chopping the body in half at the waist, and tying each limb + head to five horse-drawn carts so the horses rip your limbs + head off. They get progressively more graphic and creative. I had to look this up, so y’all will learn something new today too. You’re welcome 🙂 ]
“Whaaat?” Yan Jin gave a shocked look. “I was thinking that she would say ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’.”
“Probably because she knows that’s not realistic,” Xiao Yu said calmly.
Xiao Yu’s cooking wasn’t abysmal to the point of producing burnt coal, but it wasn’t good either. As a result, before he had met Yan Jin, he could recite from memory the phone numbers of all the restaurants within three blocks of his company.
As for whether he could do it anymore… it was hard to say.
For example, two days ago, Xiao Yu had suddenly thought of ordering the same steamed chicken rice bowl he’d often ordered before. After the food arrived, the delivery man had asked to borrow Xiao Yu’s employee badge to swipe in for a meal at YL’s cafeteria.
For a moment, Xiao Yu had felt like a moron.
Aside from YL’s renowned chefs, Xiao Yu enjoyed Yan Jin’s polished dishes on the weekends too.
Xiao Yu wasn’t a trained chef, but he was an avid foodie. In his eyes, Yan Jin could easily find a job at a hotel’s restaurant.
What was more, Yan Jin could even make desserts. His desserts were the same as those sold in stores, and their quality wasn’t inferior at all.
Yan Jin’s kitchen was even bigger than their master bedroom. There were all sorts of cutting-edge appliances, each more intimidating than the next. Xiao Yu never dared to go into the kitchen; he felt dizzy just looking at the setup.
“Read it to your heart’s content, but you won’t need it.” Yan Jin laughed haughtily.
Xiao Yu: “…”
Although Xiao Yu quite liked these kinds of promises of fidelity, how come Yan Jin’s tone seemed so anger-inducing?
“I really never would have expected your Aunty Fang to send you this sort of stuff though. People don’t even do this when marrying off their daughters…” Yan Jin glanced at the screen and jumped at the number of pages. “Two hundred and two pages?”
“Haha, I had the same reaction. Pretty scary, isn’t it?” Xiao Yu moved the mouse and the pages scrolled downwards quickly. But, even after some time, they didn’t reach the end.
Yan Jin nodded.
“It’s a lot, but I’ll read it all. It’s from Aunty Fang’s heart, after all.” Xiao Yu’s gaze softened.
This two hundred page document was Aunty Fang’s wedding gift. Out of all the wedding gifts, this one moved Xiao Yu the most.
It wasn’t only Yan Jin. Xiao Yu had never heard of anything like this either.
Although it seemed a little strange, this was the same as any other mother giving her sons and daughters all the final parting advice she could before silently watching them leave home. This document was the equivalent of her blessing and unwillingness to part.
At the very least, while she had been working on this document, Fang Wanqing was definitely playing the role of a mother.
The thought of it made Xiao Yu feel extremely fortunate.
“Alright then, good luck finishing it. I won’t bother you anymore.”
“Speaking of which, isn’t it about time to introduce your family to me?” Xiao Yu suddenly asked.
“Where did this come from all of a sudden?”
Xiao Yu looked up at Yan Jin while fiddling with Yan Jin’s necktie. He lightly said, “Of course, Aunty Fang reminded me. Look at this: ‘Don’t neglect your relationship with your mother-in-law.’”
“Wait, hold up.” Yan Jin looked horrified. “Your mother-in-law?”
Xiao Yu blinked. “Is your brain still working?”
“Yes.” Yan Jin nodded.
“Then, do you have any explanation about your family?”
Xiao Yu randomly gathered all the documents on his desk, no matter their importance. Then, he rolled them up and held the roll next to Yan Jin’s mouth as if it were a microphone.
“There’s not much to explain. I hope Boss can let me go just this once.” Yan Jin raised his hands in surrender.
“Stop messing around. We’re talking about serious things here!”
To cover his laughter at Yan Jin’s awkwardness, Xiao Yu wrenched Yan Jin’s necktie down, pulling Yan Jin’s upper body down.
Yan Jin took this opportunity to steal a kiss from the nearby lips.
“Oi, you…” Xiao Yu unhappily used his “microphone” to protect his lips. “We’re talking about serious issues here!”
“You looked so cute. I couldn’t help myself.”
Yan Jin had wanted to steal another kiss, but Xiao Yu’s movement was too fast. Yan Jin noted the rising color and anger on Xiao Yu’s face from embarrassment and decided to quit while he was ahead. He obediently said, “It’s still the same as I mentioned to you before the wedding. Things still aren’t settled yet with my family.”
At the reminder of the wedding, Xiao Yu’s thoughts became a lot more complicated.
He’d found out about the wedding so late that he hadn’t had a hand in any of the preparations. Thus, when Yan Jin had said that the wedding would just be a low-key formality, Xiao Yu had believed him.
In reality, this lying snake had started preparing for the wedding a month ago while hiding everything from him. Yan Jin had booked the entire five-star hotel, invited a famous international chef, and ensured all of the raw ingredients were flown in the day of the wedding. All drinks were either custom-made on the spot or from ultra-expensive well-known brands. Even the tea was brewed from tea leaves Xiao Yu had only seen in documentaries before. Wedding guests had been invited in batches to sign in and pick up iFruit X phones, which were lined up in the hundreds like cabbages. There was also the customary wedding raffle, except that the chances of winning were one hundred percent. Among the prizes was a limited-worldwide edition Rolls-Royce.
It was worth mentioning that Xiao Yu had found a car key identical to the raffled Rolls-Royce key. At that moment, Xiao Yu had felt deeply intimidated by Yan Jin’s circle of friends.
Although Xiao Yu felt very gratified that Yan Jin took this “low-key formality that he shouldn’t worry about” to such lengths, after thinking more about it, Xiao Yu found it hard to come to terms with the fact that he hadn’t done anything for the wedding.
Ashamed and touched, Xiao Yu allowed Yan Jin to have everything his way that wedding night…
Wait, things were getting off-topic.
If there was one thing that wasn’t perfect about the wedding, it was that there were only relatives from one of the newlyweds.
Right, only Xiao Yu had had family present at the wedding.
Initially, Xiao Yu had always brooded that Madam Fang wouldn’t attend his wedding. Then, Yan Jin had easily resolved all of Xiao Yu’s decades-long concerns with Madam Fang. But, on the other hand, Yan Jin had decisively given up on his own family’s attendance to the wedding.
Actually, it was quite easy to explain the Yan Family situation in a single sentence:
The Yan Family needed a future successor.
The only reason Yan Jin could marry Xiao Yu despite all the objections was that he had already seized full control of the family. Yan Jin had the final say in whether the Yan Family needed a successor. The Yan Family couldn’t do anything about it.
Still, even if they couldn’t do anything about it, they still persevered. Hardly any of the Yan Family attended the wedding.
Yan Jin’s friendly grandfather was the only person from the Yan Family who had attended the wedding. He had flown in from overseas just for the wedding and happily conversed for a long time with Xiao Yu. Yan Jin hadn’t even been able to get a word in.
Xiao Yu didn’t know that he had already coincidentally won over his greatest obstacle. From his limited experience as a sheltered city dweller, the absence of Yan Jin’s parents was definitely a wedding deficiency. Grandparents were already one generation removed and didn’t count.
“Then, it’ll be settled in the future, right?” Xiao Yu pouted. “Otherwise, maybe I won’t even be able to step foot in your family home.”
“What have you been stepping in and out of day in and day out then?” Yan Jin retorted.
“That’s not the same. What if one day you get mad and go to your parents’ home? I won’t even be able to bring you back.”
Yan Jin was speechless.
“…That won’t ever happen.”
“Who knows? Look at this.” Xiao Yu pointed at his computer screen. “Don’t believe men’s promises.”
Yan Jin gloomily said, “I grew up with my grandfather overseas. Isn’t his acceptance enough?”
“But, even you said that he’s overseas. We’re in China right now,” Xiao Yu pointed out.
Yan Jin racked his brains for a response. “Then, I’ll hand the Yan ancestral home to you. If there ever is a day I’m deluded enough to go there, not only will you be able to go inside, you can even report me to the police for trespassing on private property. How does that sound?”
“Rejected. What nonsense is that?” Xiao Yu rolled his eyes.
Yan Jin’s expression clearly indicated “I tried my best”.
“You really…” Xiao Yu couldn’t understand what Yan Jin was thinking and didn’t really want to either. Instead, he directly expressed his own opinion. “It might not be that convincing coming from me, but the situation with Aunty Fang made me understand this a little better… Running away from the issue doesn’t help. I think we should have a good heart to heart chat with your parents. If the first time doesn’t work, we’ll try a second time. One day…”
“That day will never come,” Yan Jin confidently declared. “The process to determine who should be the head of the Yan Family is complicated. Let me spell it out for you: My father has always wanted to seize control of the family away from me. If he suddenly agrees to our marriage now, it’ll be because he has some other motive.”
“Hey, can’t you be a little reasonable…?”
“That’s really the way it is.” Yan Jin ran a hand through Xiao Yu’s hair. “The successor they want isn’t one born from some random mother and me. The mother would need to be one of their choosing, so acceptance is impossible.”
Total Chapters in book: 224
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 535798 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2679(@200wpm)___ 2143(@250wpm)___ 1786(@300wpm)
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